Mohamed Iltaf Sheikh, member of the House of Lords, marries Uzbek girl, 32

Mohamed Iltaf Sheikh, a 77-year-old Tory peer who founded the Conservative Muslim Forum has married an Uzbek student, Guli Murodova, who is 45 years younger than him, DailyMail said Saturday.

The wedding ceremony of the couple took place at Lambeth Register Office in South London.

They planned to wed in an Islamic ceremony in London in December 2012, but Lord Sheikh called off the marriage two days before the ceremony. 

Lord Sheikh divorced his wife of 25 years and he and Ms Muradova were reconciled.

They marked their wedding with a lavish celebration at the five-star Grosvenor House hotel in Park Lane.

The couple have also attended several official functions together at foreign embassies in London and posted photographs from the events on her website.

The multi-millionaire, who made his fortune in the insurance industry, was born in Kenya and raised in Uganda. He was made a life peer in 2006 after being nominated by Michael Howard, the then Tory leader.