Stella McCartney "probably" wed Saturday. Stars: "No Comment.""

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Stars Mum on Stella McCartney Wedding 

ISLE OF BUTE, Scotland (AP)--Celebrities including Madonna, Chrissie Hynde and
Sharleen Spiteri remained tightlipped about the apparent wedding of designer 
Stella McCartney and publisher Alasdhair Willis as they left this remote 
Scottish island Sunday.  

Pretenders singer Hynde would only say that the 31-year-old daughter of former
Beatle Paul McCartney looked "beautiful" when asked about the ceremony.  

"It was good. It has been a lovely week," said Spiteri of the rock band 
Texas, as she boarded a coach to leave the island.  

Hordes of reporters, who have spent days trying to glean information about the
closely guarded wedding, were left disappointed when both singers declined to 
comment on McCartney's dress.  

There was no official confirmation that McCartney had married Willis, also 
31, on Saturday at Mount Stuart, a Victorian gothic mansion on Bute, off 
Scotland's west coast. The house and its 300-acre estate are owned by 
McCartney family friend Johnny Dumfries, the seventh Marquis of Bute.  

The Mail on Sunday newspaper reported that the newly married couple were 
driven away from the ceremony in a carriage drawn by two Clydesdale horses.  

The News of the World tabloid carried what appeared to be an aerial 
photograph of the mansion, with the letters 'S' and 'A' spelled out in 
flowers on the ground.  

Dozens of celebrities, including Paul McCartney and his wife, Heather Mills, 
Coldplay's Chris Martin and Gucci boss Tom Ford were spotted on the island.  

Security was tight, with residents reporting they had been given passes to get
to their homes.  

Madonna remained in a Range Rover with blacked out windows during the ferry 
crossing back to the mainland, while her husband Guy Ritchie strolled around 
on deck.  

Gavin Nielson, 18, said the celebrity couple said nothing about the wedding 
when he was briefly introduced to them by his father, who is the local harbor 
master.  

"They looked a bit tired. Madonna was wearing a knitted jumper and a black 
beret tilted to one side, and she smiled at me," he said. "She didn't say 
anything about the wedding. I suppose I was a little bit star-struck."