Nick Knowles is counting down the hours until tying the knot with his fiancée Katie Dadzie.

The lingerie brand boss, 34, and DIY SOS star, 62, began dating in 2021 after they met when their children became friends at a play centre.

They got engaged in 2023 and Katie confirmed the countdown was ‘on’ until their big day in an Instagram post on Friday evening.

Now, it has been claimed that the couple are due to tie the knot this weekend in a lavish six-figure ceremony in EsSєx.

According to The Sun, Nick and Katie will exchange vows at high-end wedding venue Braxted Park – where Rylan Clark married his ex-husband Dan Neal in 2015. 

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Nick Knowles is counting down the hours until tying the knot with his fiancée Katie Dadzie (both pictured earlier this month) 

The lingerie brand boss, 34, and DIY SOS star, 62, began dating in 2021 after they met when their children became friends at a play centre and got engaged in 2023

The couple are said to have spared no expense on their special day, which will be attended by a whole host of celebrity guests, including Nick’s Strictly co-stars.

A source told the publication: ‘He’s invited all of his famous pals, including his Strictly co-stars so it’s going to be a proper showbiz bash.

‘Katie’s dress is beautiful and is going to blow people away.’

Nick starred on Strictly Come Dancing last year alongside the likes of Sarah Hadland, JB Gill, Love Island’s Tasha Ghouri and Pete Wicks, though it was Chris McCausland who ultimately took home the glitterball.

MailOnline has contacted Nick’s representatives for comment.

Katie kicked off the wedding celebrations earlier this month at her hen party, where she was joined by close friends Kirsty Shaw-Rayner and Sherene Fuller. 

The group arrived on a beer bus and then headed through party district Soho wearing Nick Knowles face masks, much to the amusement of Katie, ahead of partying at luxury boutique H๏τel Karma Sanctum.

Katie was later entertained by two buff men dressed as a fireman and policeman as the party carried on into the early hours. 

According to The Sun , Nick and Katie will exchange vows at high-end wedding venue Braxted Park this weekend – where Rylan Clark married his ex-husband Dan Neal in 2015

Katie kicked off the wedding celebrations earlier this month at her hen party as she and her friends headed through party district Soho wearing Nick Knowles face masks

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Katie and the TV star have been subject to cruel trolling during their relationship, with critics mocking their age difference and financial setup.

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, about the ‘gold digger’ jibes, Katie admitted they don’t get to her as much as they used to because she and Nick know its not true.

She said: ‘I think at the start, it was probably more irritating, especially for my family. But now those comments kind of just pᴀss over me because we both know it’s not true.

‘Nick works hard, he has what he has. I work hard, I have what I have and then we buy each other stuff.’

Katie continued: ‘We’re both really comfortable with where we are with that and you will always get it because there’s an age gap.

‘I know plenty of people who are together and the same age where someone’s using the other one for money and they’re not happy.

‘So as long as I know it’s not true and he knows it’s not true, I think that’s, that’s pretty much all that matters.’

Nick has an estimated £7.5million net worth but Katie has built up an impressive lingerie brand, having launched Boa Boa in 2022.

She has proved to be her own best advert for the brand, modelling the skimpy looks to her 102,000 Instagram followers.