Hugh Hefner marries ‘runaway bride’ Crystal Harris

LOS ANGELES — Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is starting out a new year with a new wife, 26-year-old Crystal Harris. 

TMZ reports that Harris walked down the aisle at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California around 7pm in front of a small group of friends. The wedding took place right before the annual New Year's party at the mansion. 

Hefner, 86, tweeted the good news accompanied by a photograph of the bride in her pale pink wedding gown. Hefner donned purple sink pajamas, a black robe and his trademark captain's hat. 

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Hefner managed to swap out the jammies for a tux for his walk down the aisle, tweeting another picture of the couple standing under a rose-filled alter. 

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According to E! Online, it's the second time that Hefner and Harris to make it down the aisle. They had a wedding planned for June 2011 but Harris got cold feet and left Hefner just days before the wedding. 

Just a month after leaving Hef at the altar, Harris was Playboy's July 2011 cover girl, appearing nearly nude with a "runaway bride" sticker covering her bottom half. 

The marriage is the third for the 86-year-old Playboy mogul, reports Reuters. He divorced his second wife, Kimberly Conrad, also a Playboy Playmate, in 2010. His first marriage to Mildred Williams ended in 1959. Hefner has two children from each marriage.

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