It's usually the bridesmaids who threaten to upstage the bride, but it is beaming bride and breakfast television personality Sylvia Jeffreys' future brother-in-law Karl Stefanovic who is threatening to steal the show on Saturday, albeit reluctantly.
Jeffreys is set to tie the knot to her long time beau and Channel Nine colleague Peter Stefanovic, Karl's younger brother. Wedding preparations have been kept under tight wraps, though all the indications are that the intimate celebration is expected to take place at a secluded private resort deep in the Kangaroo Valley.
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Karl Stefanovic goes public with new girlfriend
Months after announcing his split from his wife of 21 years, Today host Karl Stefanovic is photographed sailing in Sydney with new girlfriend Jasmine Yarbrough.
Weather permitting the couple are expecting to take their vows amid a stunning natural rock formation dubbed by locals as The Rock Cathedral, nestled in pristine bushland.
Guests have been asked to refrain from uploading any status updates or images in the lead up to the wedding on their social media feeds, while the bride and groom are not expecting to "post" on Instagram until well after tying the knot.
Last weekend the groom and his mates threw a bucks party which ran over several days at a private home near Berry on the South Coast, though Karl could only join in the fun for a few hours - his Mercedes Benz was spotted hitting the road back to Sydney well before the celebrations came to an end. Meanwhile in Byron Bay Jeffreys hosted her intimate hen's party.
Indeed it is the on-going saga which has continued since big brother Karl walked out of his 21-year marriage to Cassandra Thorburn, and media interest in his new squeeze, the glamorous fashionista Jasmine Yarbrough, which has threatened to overshadow what should be a happy day for the bride and groom. Tensions remain high.
Swarms of paparazzi have been crawling through the Kangaroo Valley all week, with Peter Stefanovic candidly photographed outside The Friendly Inn on Thursday afternoon. Sylvia Jeffreys was last seen on the Today show on Wednesday morning, though she was later spotted in the idyllic country setting after managing to slip out of Sydney undetected, which is doubly hard given one of her neighbours is a paparazzo.
Guests, including Channel Nine stars such as Lisa Wilkinson and her husband, Herald columnist Peter FitzSimons, Richard Wilkins and Tim Gilbert, are all expected at the wedding.
Despite reports claiming that Thorburn was not on the guest list, her absence is not surprising given her sudden separation from Karl Stefanovic. However the mother of Peter Stefanovic's niece and nephews is understood to have maintained a warm relationship with her former in-laws, having dined with Jeffreys at a pre-wedding girls catch-up in Rose Bay a week ago.