Andy turns down £1m wedding photos offer

The British tennis number one and fiancée Kim Sears, both 27, are set to tie the knot in his hometown, Dunblane, this weekend.

The couple’s nuptials on Saturday have stirred global press interest and thousands of visitors are expected to descend on Perthshire.

World number three Andy and artist Kim, who live with their two Border terriers in a £5million mansion in Oxshott, Surrey, are marrying in Dunblane Cathedral.

Plans have been drawn up to close streets to traffic so fans can see them as they proceed to and from the service.

The couple are due to wed in Dunblane then pass through streets thronged with well-wishers on the way to a reception at The Cromlix, a hotel former Wimbledon champion Andy owns near the town. According to a source quoted in a Sunday newspaper, magazines including OK! and Hello! offered sums of up to seven figures for exclusive pictures.

However, the couple refused the offers and instead are choosing to have a private wedding with close family and friends. Guests are rumoured to include actor James Corden, inset, television presenter Sue Barker and tennis player Tim Henman.

One unnamed source yesterday said Andy, who last night faced Novak Djokovic in the Miami Open, and Kim had been offered a “blank cheque” for access to their wedding as it was the first major celebrity marriage of the year.

The source said: “All the magazines you can think of made offers, but Andy and Kim are not interested.

“It doesn’t sit with the kind of people they are. It’s not about money – they do not want a glitzy wedding.”

The pair were 17 when they met at the US Open in 2005.

OK! magazine yesterday stated it did not offer a seven-figure sum but would neither confirm not deny that it had made an offer.