The UK press are particularly fond of giving publicity to the weddings of people twice or three times removed from celebrities ("It's Jamie Theakston's Babysitter's Cousin's Exclusive Wedding Photos, Only In OK!"), but in this instance I'll applaud them for it.

Leah Wood, daughter of Rolling Stones guitarist Ron, is getting married soon, and Ronnie has decided that the best thing to make his beloved daughter's wedding a success would be... some dwarves.

Wedding planners are looking for male and female "mischievous, giggling little imps" as short as 4ft. They will leap out of bushes to surprise guests with stunts such as stealing ladies' hats.

A wedding source said: "They're working on a theme based on the character of Puck -- the cheeky sprite from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.

"The idea is to have little people in costume popping up. It's going to be a fabulous do with no expense spared and the elves will make it even more fun."

The rumours have been more or less confirmed by a spokesperson, but the whole thing was really just an excuse for the greatest piece of tabloid Photoshop magic I've seen in a long time:

(Points must also go to the Sun subs for coming up with the headline, "Rolling Gnomes".)

Really, I... there are no words. Do you think The Sun will offer it as a poster-sized art print? I'll take 50!

 

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