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Callum Turner Teases Future Family Plans With Dua Lipa 2 Months After Wedding
We're just going to say it: Dua Lipa's meet-cute with now-husband Callum Turner had us levitating (whoo).
Well, perhaps not their meet-cute—very little happening after the three-time Grammy winner and Eternity actor were introduced by chef Ruth Rogers at her Italian eatery The River Cafe in their shared hometown of London.
But the 6-foot-2 Brit made enough of an impression that when the "Levitating" artist was dining with pal Mustafa the Poet ahead of a mutual friend's birthday party in Los Angeles a year later "and all of a sudden Callum shows up," she recounted to British Vogue last summer, Lipa thought, "'Oh, it's that really hot guy from The River Cafe.'"
Meanwhile, for the 36-year-old, who'd previously dated The Crown actress Vanessa Kirby, it was the book by Lipa's side that had him ready to fly away with her that night.
"I had just finished the first chapter," he recalled to The Sunday Times in October of Hernán Díaz's Trust, "and I told her and she looked at me and said, 'I just finished the first chapter too.' I said, 'So we’re on the same page."
Truly a moment for the, uh, books.
With all the trappings of a rom-com trope, "In the movie version of it," noted Turner, "I look up to the sky and I'm like, I hear you. I understand. The signs are loud, don't worry.'"
The IRL adaptation also has the pair living happily ever after.
Two-plus years after her presence at the L.A. premiere of his World War II series Masters of the Air sparked dating rumors, the couple wed in an intimate ceremony at London's Old Marylebone Town Hall with the singer slipping into a custom white Schiaparelli skirt suit and a Stephen Jones wide-brim hat.
Days later, they celebrated once more with pals like Elton John, Charli XCX and Joe Alwyn, their June 6 Sicilian vows featuring a sweet nod to their origin story.
"I love love," Lipa, celebrating her 31st birthday Aug. 22, raved to Harper's Bazaar of their romance last year. "It's a really inspiring thing. You find yourself so intensely falling all the time in the best way possible."
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Lipa—who enjoyed a two-year relationship with model Anwar Hadid before she was linked to Jack Harlow and French filmmaker Romain Gavras—knew pretty quickly that training season was over once she got to know Turner.
For starters, it felt like the universe was eager for him to be the one.
"There's a lot of Sliding Doors moments," she explained to Vogue UK of their shared invisible string. He spent at least one 2014 night at La Bodega Negra, the London spot she worked during that same stretch. And they have photographic evidence they each attended a 2020 pre-COVID party. Plus, noted Lipa, "We have so many friends in common."
Asked if all of that felt like a major sign, she told Vogue UK, "One thousand percent."
Particularly when coupled with Turner's thoughtful nature.
Following a series of very public date nights—lots of PDA in Los Angeles, a Grammys after-party, a trip back home for the BAFTAs and Brit Awards—and a May 2024 Instagram hard launch, the actor commissioned a custom round brilliant cut diamond set in a wide cigar band after consulting with Lipa's sister Rina Lipa.
"I'm obsessed with it," the musician told British Vogue. "It's so me. It's nice to know the person that you're going to spend the rest of your life with knows you very well."
Together they've built an existence packed with special moments, like Lipa's famed roast dinners and evenings spent walking Golo, Turner's rottweiler-labrador mix who became theirs.
Sightseeing is a highlight as well, the pair making it a point to try new restaurants and purchase a shared vinyl record in each new city.
"We both have the same thing in our head that says, 'Run, roam, see the world, explore and discover,'" Turner recently explained to Esquire following their honeymoon in Italy and South Africa. "We love doing it together."
And should they be forced to travel separately—if, say, Lipa is crisscrossing the globe for her 81-show Radical Optimism Tour that wrapped in December—they do their best not to be separated longer than two weeks.
"This decision to grow old together," she told Vogue UK, "to see a life and just, I don't know, be best friends forever—it's a really special feeling."
And now that they've ticked falling in love and committing to marriage off the checklist, "I'm 36," Turner told Esquire. "I'd like to have a family and raise some kids."
Naturally, Lipa is on the same page.
"But it's like the constant question of when would there ever be a good time—how it would fit in with my job and how it would work if I went on tour, and how much time out I'd have to take," she detailed to Vogue UK. "I think it's just one of those things that's going to happen when it happens."
Until then, they'll continue to dance the night away together. Check out their greatest hits.
(Originally published June 1, 2026, at 10 a.m. PT)
BACKGRID
Training Season's Over
After Dua Lipa discovered actor Callum Turner was someone she could certainly give her heart to, the musician joined her fellow Londoner at a February 2024 BAFTA afterparty.
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Cheerio, London
The Brits took their love across the pond, making their arrival at London St Pancras Station after taking the Eurostar from Paris in March 2024.
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Phenomenal Date Night
After the singer got "Physical" at the April 2024 Time 100 Gala, she enjoyed a date night with Turner at NYC’s Zero Bond.
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No. 1 Fan
When Lipa made her debut as a Glastonbury headliner in June 2024, Turner was right by her side.
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Soy Into Each Other
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Dance the Night
"tooooooooo much fun,” the “Levitating” singer captioned this December 2024 Instagram roundup of their year together that came one day after she flashed the first look at her custom engagement ring.
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A Superfine Pair
More than a year-and-a-half into their coupling, Lipa and Turner made their official red carpet debut at the 2025 Met Gala, then gave her Instagram followers a glimpse inside their “afterparty” at a New York City pizzeria.
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In Her Bridal Era
"I've never been someone who's really thought about a wedding, or dreamt about what kind of bride I would be," continued the musician (with Turner at his Rosebush Pruning premiere in Berlin Feb. 14, 2026). But with her Radical Optimism Tour wrapped in December 2025, "All of a sudden I’m like: 'Oh, what would I wear?'"
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One Kiss
Asked his hopes and dreams for the future, Turner (attending the Oscars with his bride-to-be in March 2026) told etalk, "I don’t know. Just be together forever."
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'Til Death Do Them Part
The May 30, 2026 ceremony at London’s Marylebone town hall may have been low-key, but the bride’s attire certainly was not. Complementing Turner’s Ferragamo navy suit, Lipa commissioned a custom Schiaparelli skirt suit, brimmed hat by British milliner Stephen Jones, Christian Louboutin stilettos and a Bulgari necklace.
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