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Last Updated: Sunday, 9 January, 2005, 15:14 GMT
Posh and Becks doubles to wed
Matthew Middleton and Nerys Jones
Matthew Middleton and Nerys Jones make a living as lookalikes
A Victoria Beckham lookalike from north Wales is to wed her business partner - who doubles for England soccer star David Beckham.

Nerys Jones and Matthew Middleton first met two years ago on a photo shoot, posing as the celebrity couple for a Sunday newspaper.

They had planned to wed in Sri Lanka but had to swap locations after the tsunami disaster.

Instead, they will marry in Cuba next month, watched by family and friends.

On our wedding day in Cuba we just want to be ourselves
Victoria Beckham lookalike Nerys Jones

The couple, who live in Ruabon, Wrexham, have made a successful living as lookalikes of the former Spice Girl and her heart-throb sportsman husband.

Nerys, 32, said: "We first met when we were booked by the News of the World paper in Manchester.

"We just clicked straight away. It was about one week after that we got together."

The couple have appeared together on countless television programmes and travelled the world imitating the Beckhams.

"When we are out locally people know us but when we are in, say Liverpool or Manchester, people do double-takes.

"It's just part of the job. Matthew's got the shaven head and I have the long hair extensions."

Posh and Becks
The real David and Victoria Beckham married in 1999

They have been planning their wedding since Christmas 2003, when Matthew, 28, originally from Bradford, proposed.

"We were going to Sri Lanka but because of what has happened we have to go somewhere else - so Cuba it is going to have to be," added Nerys.

Unlike the Beckhams wedding at Luttrellstown Castle near Dublin in July 1999 which had a star-studded guest list of over 200, Nerys and Matthew are taking just a small group of family and close friends to Cuba.

"We are having a reception when we come home with a George Michael tribute act, but on our wedding day in Cuba we just want to be ourselves."


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