Britney Is Married

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Britney Spears.

Pop princess Britney Spears has tied the knot with a childhood friend, but an annulment may be just around the corner, US media reports.

The 22-year-old diva walked down the aisle at a Las Vegas wedding chapel early on Saturday, the reports said. She married Jason Alexander, also 22, a friend from her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana, whom she had recently begun dating.

Spears wore jeans and a baseball cap, and was escorted down the aisle by a hotel bellman, People.com reported.

But she is already making plans to annul the marriage, describing it as "a joke that went too far", a source told People.

"I don't even know if she loves him," the source said.

The two apparently decided to marry while partying at the Palms Casino Hotel on Friday night and did so at the Little White Wedding Chapel, a famous get-hitched-quick spot on the Las Vegas Strip.

A copy of the marriage licence, which they obtained at a Las Vegas courthouse, has been posted on the internet.

The honeymoon was spent back at the Palms, but the next night Spears was seen dining at a hotel steakhouse with a group that did not include the groom.

Raised in the US south, the pop diva started her career in off-Broadway productions, moved on to television's The Mickey Mouse Club at age 11, became a squeaky-clean teen singer and later a raunchy adult performer.

All four of her CDs, including November's In the Zone, debuted at No. 1 on the charts, a record for a female performer.

Her albums have won her two Grammy and eight MTV Video Music Award nominations, an American Music Award, seven American Billboard Awards, four MTV European Awards and a World Music Award for best international female artist.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/04/1073151206471.html