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Jennifer Lopez becomes Mrs Ben Affleck as she shares snaps of surprise Las Vegas wedding

Jennifer Lopez has shared the first pictures of her surprise wedding to Ben Affleck.

The singer-actress, 52, and the Hollywood star, 49, tied the knot in an intimate Las Vegas wedding over the weekend.

Last year, the newlyweds rekindled their romance more than 20 years after they first dated which led to Ben getting down on one knee in 2002.

They were then forced to postpone their wedding in September 2003 before they split in the following January.

But the power couple finally walked down the aisle together on July 16 in Sin City after they queued for a marriage license in Clark County, Nevada alongside four other happy couples, according to Lopez.

Jennifer detailed the events of their wedding on her official newsletter, On The JLo, on Sunday evening, which also revealed the first images of the bride in her white dress.

All five of the pair's children - Ben shares Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13, and Samuel, 10, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, while Lopez shares 14-year-old twins Emme and Max with ex-husband Marc Anthony - were in attendance as witnesses.

According to Jennifer, the couple almost didn't get married as they struggled to make the chapel on time.

Jennifer published the photos on her newsletter On The JLo (ON THE JLO)
The couple had their five children as witnesses for the ceremony (ON THE JLO)

"They graciously stayed open late a few minutes," she wrote.

"Let us take pictures in a pink Cadillac convertible, evidently once used by the king himself (but if we wanted Elvis himself to show, that cost extra and he was in bed)."

Celebrity hair artist Chris Appleton posted a video of Jennifer moments before she was due to walk down the aisle as she got ready in the chapel's changing room.

The superstar was beaming as he quizzed her on her emotions in the post, which he captioned: "Last minute feelings before the wedding...."

Jennifer looked in her white dress (ON THE JLO)
Ben looked smart in a white dinner jacket and black bow tie (ON THE JLO)

She said in the video: "I feel amazing. I'm so excited. I've had this dress for so many years, I was just saving and saving and saving it and now I'm wearing it on my wedding day."

On her newsletter, J-Lo published photos of herself in the flowing white dress while Ben took a selfie in a separate changing room as he donned a white jacket and black bow tie for the nuptials.

J-Lo was beaming before and after the nuptials (ON THE JLO)

She continued: ""Stick around long enough and maybe you'll find the best moment of your life in a drive through in Las Vegas at twelve thirty in the morning in the tunnel of love drive through, with your kids and the one you'll spend forever with.

"Love is a great thing, maybe the best of things - and worth waiting for. "

Jennifer signed off the newsletter: "With love, Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Affleck."

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