Love Letter: He wanted to kiss a million times. Could we do it?
Plus, Dua Lipa and Callum Turner got married.
Love Letter
June 5, 2026

The pop star Dua Lipa and the actor Callum Turner got married in London last weekend. The photos are gorgeous and so were the outfits, which combined vintage glamour details with modern London style.

Click on the link below to read more about the British power couple’s simple town hall wedding. You’ll also find a Modern Love essay about trying to make it to one million kisses and why movie theaters have become hot wedding venues.

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Actor Callum Turner, left, in blue-gray suit, holds hands with Dua Lipa, the singer, wearing white fitted suit, a pearl necklace and wide-brimmed white hat, as they walk down steps of town hall in London smiling amid white confetti and guests on either side.

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Ronda Cress, left, in a green plaid jacket, looks over her shoulder at Mary Trump, who leans her chin against Ms. Cress’s shoulder.

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Men in red Ghanaian wedding attire, with others behind them, flank the bride, center, who is wearing an orange and red patterned fitted strapless gown, with an orange silk train and a gold headpiece. They are standing on a black and white floor with stripes and circles inside an open-sided tent.

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A Royal Wedding

When she became a queen in Ivory Coast, he took notice. →

An illustration of a man and woman kissing as the man adds another "X" to a wall counting the number of kisses.

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He wanted to kiss a million times. Could we do it? →

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A male wrestler and a female wrestler kiss in a wrestling ring. Around their heads, a cartoon knock out-style conflagration of stars floats in overlapping circles mixed with symbols of conventional heterosexual life, including an engagement ring, a baby’s pacifier and house keys. The drawing is on a pale yellow background, and the objects are bright. The male wrestler wears green, the woman, red.

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A couple in a tuxedo and white gown sit with guests in red velvet theater seats. An aisle runs down the center of the photo.

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