LABOUR leader Ed Miliband is to marry his partner Justine Thornton on May 27, a spokesman said today.
Miss Thornton, 40, a top barrister, is a former pupil of West Bridgford School.
She said the venue for the wedding was Langar Hall in Notts - just 20 minutes from where she grew up.
The couple have two sons, Daniel, 21 months, and Samuel, four months.
They will be married by a registrar in front of around 50 guests.
The couple have been together for several years, but the Labour leader previously said he had been "too busy" to get married.
Mr Miliband, 41, who is MP for Doncaster, told the Doncaster Free Press it was "the right time" for the couple to tie the knot and that they had decided they would get married about a year ago.
It will be a "small ceremony" at Langar Hall, followed by a honeymoon in an undisclosed location.
"This is going to be a fantastic day for us both and I feel incredibly privileged to be marrying someone so beautiful and who is such a special person," he told the newspaper.
"It's the right time for us to do this and I'm really looking forward to a lovely day.
"We're going to have a party in Doncaster when we get back from honeymoon - which will be in an undisclosed location," he said.
"At the end of the day we're in our 40s and we've got two kids - so it wasn't a case of me suddenly popping the question. This is just something we think is right for us."
Although his older brother David - whom he beat to the party leadership in last year's hard-fought contest - will be among the guests, Mr Miliband has decided against having a best man.
There might be a "low key" stag night though, he disclosed.
Ms Thornton said: "Ed wasn't even an MP when I met him and at the end of the day I am marrying him because of who he is and not because of what he's doing now.
"We're planning on a small ceremony, all at the hotel with everything at the same place and we're looking forward to it very much."
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