Hottest Sporting Buzz: Cheryl ditches Ashley's surname post 'swanky secret wedding'

Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole, who recently got married to her French beau Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini in a lavish but private ceremony, wants to ditch 'Cole' and be known as Cheryl Fernandez-Versini.

Singer and X Factor judge Cheryl has managed to charm people across the world with her sex appeal and sense of style.

Cheryl was married to former England defender Ashley Cole from 2006 to 2010. Cole's alleged affairs cost him his marriage to Cheryl.

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The 31-year-old singer, who told her friends that she would be cutting the final tie with her former husband Ashley Cole, already changed her name on Twitter from 'LadyCCole' to 'CherylOfficial', the Mirror reported.

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The X Factor judge, had also taken to her Instagram account and announced writing that though she generally didn't share her personal life, she wanted to tell her 'happy news' that she married the restaurant owner, 33, on 7/7/14.

They were really happy and excited to move forward together, she added.

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The British singer's dad Garry Tweedy, 56, revealed that only a handful of people knew about the wedding as she wanted the ceremony to be really private.

It is said that the couple, who had been dating for only 3 months, really splurged on their dream island wedding, as the duo's jeweller Vashi Dominguez revealed the new engagement to be worth 275,000 pounds, in addition to the rings worth up to 300,000 pounds.

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The pair, who tied know at the on a beach in private island Mustique, which has only 100 private villas, kept their nuptials under wraps and invited only four guests, which included the singer's mom Joan, her PA Lily England, Fernandez-Versini's mother and his best man.

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The pair's wedding venue, which is one of the resort's top villas, alone costs 11,000 pound per week and comes complete with a butler, chef, housekeeper and gardener, and it is believed that the pair had even have flown their guest from London to St Lucia on a first class flight costing, which too might have cost them a fortune.