Beyonce and
Jay Z are celebrating a wonderful seven years together as a married couple
today, so to celebrate, we have taken a look back at their love story from the
very beginning.
The pair have never looked as loved up
as they have recently, with the singer sharing streams of family snaps online
with her hubby and daughter Blue Iy.
But where did it all begin for the king
and queen of hip-hop?
Shawn Corey Carter and Beyoncé Giselle
Knowles first clapped eyes on each other in 2001 but it wasn't until a year later, when they collaborated
on hit track Bonnie & Clyde, that sparks really started to fly. Bey was
still a teen at the time - Jay was 12 years her senior.
They've never looked so loved up
“I was 18 when we first met, 19 when we started dating. There
was no rush. No one expected me to run off and get married,” the pop stunner later
said.
And that's exactly
what they did - took it slow and built a friendship before falling in love.
“We were friends
first, for a year and a half, before we went on any date, [we were] on the
phone for a year and a half. And that foundation is so important in a
relationship. And just to have someone that you just like, is so important. And
someone that is honest."
Following the release of Bonnie &
Clyde it wasn't long before rumours that the couple were involved romantically
began whirling around, though they always remained tight-lipped about any
romance - and would do so for years.
But despite never publicly acknowledging
they were lovers, they regularly popped up courtside at various basketball
matches, fashion shows and other fancy A-list events.
It wasn't until 2004 that they made their very first red
carpet debut as a pair at the MTV Video Music Awards in scary matching outfits
they've probably tried to erase all memory of.
Understandably, the world went a little
bit wild about it all.
n 2007 the Drunk In Love singer stepped out
with a whopper of a sparkler – a $5million, 18-carat Lorraine Schwartz-designed
whopper to be precise - on her engagement ring finger. And again, the world got
very excited.
They then tied the knot in a private
ceremony at their Tribeca home in April 2008. Cue
mega-million pound magazine deals to add to their already enormous fortune? Not
for these two.
A year later in 2009 Forbes ranked the savvy business duo
as Hollywood's top-earning couple. The lovers and savvy business duo also made
more than any other celebrity couple last year.
In 2010,
after years of tours, features films, and hit records, Beyonce announced she
wanted to take a break to focus on hubby Jay, while also hinting that she was
keen to start popping out little mini Jay and Beys soon.
“I did it for my sanity, my life, my
relationships, my nephew, my husband, my sister and my friendships,” she said
of her career break. “I can decide I want to have kids. I can be the mother I
want to be."
Seven years after they made the red
carpet debut at the MTV VMAs, they were back with some other very exciting news
– the singer was expecting the couple's first child.
Glowing in a floor-skimming red gown,
the mum-to-be proudly showed off her growing baby bump to snappers - and
Twitter exploded.
Bey's bump even broke the social media
site's record for most related tweets per second.
Later she said: “I didn't want a crazy
picture or gossip story to break the news, so I decided to say nothing and
proudly show my baby bump.”
Following the baby news the pair
gradually grew more and more comfortable with PDAs. They were even spotted on double
dates with high-profile pals Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow. And since the
birth of their first bubba Blue Ivy Carter inJanuary 2012 in New York, the once notoriously
private pair have become even more open about their love for one another.
In an official
statement released after Blue's birth, the rapper and Bey announced: “Her birth was
emotional and extrememely peaceful, we are in heaven. We are thankful to
everyone for all your prayers, well wishes, love and support.”
In late 2013 the singer then surprised the world
with a visual album and also released a string of video features where she
spoke candidly about home life for the very first time.
In one clip she declared: “Nothing feels
like my child singing “mummy”. No, nothing feels like when I look my husband in
the eyes, nothings feels like when I'm respected, when I get on the stage and I
see I'm changing people's lives.”
And as she took her sell-out Mrs. Carter
World Tour around the globe, she continued to treat us all to an intimate look
at family life with a steady stream of candid behind-the-scenes pictures of the
pair stealing smooches and gazing lovingly at each other.
Meanwhile Jay was making his own public
declarations of love. When he picked up his Grammy for Holy Grail, the Justin
Timberlake collaboration, he pointed to his wife in the crowd and said, “I want
to thank God, I mean a little for this award, but mostly for that and all the
universes for conspiring and putting that beautiful light of a young woman in
my life.”
Moments later he gave a shout-out to his
mini bundle of joy: “And I want to tell Blue that look, Daddy got a gold sippy
cup for you!”
By 2014 rumours of a family feud hit the
headlines after incredible footage emerged showing Jay Z being attacked in a
lift by Beyonce's sister Solange.
The family later hushed rumours they
were at war with a series of happy pictures of her and her sister on her
Instagram account before 7am New York time the day after the footage was
leaked.
The four upbeat pictures show the
sisters smiling and grinning, with one snap appearing to be from an awards
ceremony, another at Coachella festival and one from a family holiday album.
But rumours continue to dog the couple
with the latest news that they are said to be planning a trial separation but
do not want to go ahead with a divorce.
A source told The New York Post’s Page
Six: "They are trying to figure out a way to split without divorcing. This
is a huge concert tour and they've already gotten most of the money from the
promoters up front. There are no rings, if you haven’t noticed."
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