Julian Assange is preparing for a prison wedding with the mother of the two children he fathered as a refugee in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
The WikiLeaks founder is being held in Belmarsh maximum security prison in south-east London. The US authorities are preparing an appeal against a court’s refusal to extradite him to face hacking and espionage allegations.
His spokesman confirmed yesterday that Assange, who will celebrate his 50th birthday on Saturday, plans to marry his former lawyer, Stella Moris.
Moris, 38, told the German Press Agency: “We are considering a marriage in prison because we have been engaged since 2016.”
She said that no date had been set as they had obtained the necessary paperwork, but that they hoped to get married soon.
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