Former England captain and popular commentator Geoff Boycott has secretly married his long-time partner Rachael Swinglehurst, a leading tabloid said today. The 62-year-old Boycott wed the 50-year-old Rachael at a register office ceremony where their 14-year-old daughter Emma was the bridesmaid, the ‘Daily Mirror’ said. A lawyer friend was best man but Boycott’s brother and most of his friends were absent from the ceremony.The couple, who share Boycott’s farmhouse at Woolley near Barnsley, married at Wakefied last Wednesday. Their relationship goes back 29 years and Rachael has stood by the cricketer through stormy times including when Boycott was detected with throat cancer last year.Boycott’s brother Peter, 54, said, “It is totally news to me. He must have wanted to keep it private.” “It will be a boost for Geoff to get married. Rachael has been a tower of strength to him,” he said.
