Be Informed: Jamie Vardy's mother and stepfather WON'T be at his wedding tomorrow - because they don't approve of his fiancee

Footballer Jamie Vardy will tie the knot with Becky Nicholson tomorrow

But his parents will not attend due to apparent row over the bride-to-be

Stepfather Phil said they fell out when Miss Nicholson 'came on the scene'

By STEPHANIE LINNING FOR BE INFORMED

PUBLISHED: 10:33 GMT, 24 May 2016 | UPDATED: 16:07 GMT, 24 May 2016

Footballer Jamie Vardy is set to wed his fiancee in a lavish ceremony tomorrow.

A number of the 29-year-old striker's current and former teammates, including best man David Nugent, will be at the wedding at the exclusive Peckforton Castle, in Cheshire.

But among those missing the big day will be Vardy's parents, who have not spoken to their son in over a year due to an apparent row over bride-to-be Becky Nicholson.

Tying the knot: Footballer Jamie Vardy with fiancee Becky Nicholson, pictured last month

Tying the knot: Footballer Jamie Vardy and fiancee Becky Nicholson will wed in a lavish ceremony tomorrowAdd caption

'Row': Stepfather Phil, pictured, has said the family fell out when Miss Nicholson 'came on the scene'

Celebration: Jamie Vardy and Miss Nicholson celebrate Leicester City's Premier League win with their family. Their daughter Sofia, pictured in Vardy's arms, was wearing a Leicester City top with 'Daddy' on the back

not be there to watch their son tie the knot.

Phil said the row has been going on ever since 34-year-old Miss Nicholson, a former nightclub promotion worker, 'came on the scene'.

He said: 'I don't have anything directly to do with my son any more. It's a shame and very sad.'

Mother Lisa added: 'I'll never say anything about my son, good or bad. I'm not bothered. I get up, go to work and look after my family. I'll not go to the fancy wedding.'

The couple have secured an exclusive deal with Hello! Magazine for their wedding photos.

Vardy is understood not to have spoken to his parents in more than a year. It is not known whether they have seen Sofia, Vardy's daughter with Miss Nicholson.

Grandparents Gerald and Mavis will also not be attending. Gerald has said previously that it was 'that woman' who had come between the footballer and his mother.

Photographs taken today show wedding suppliers arriving at the venue, with preparations truly underway.

Preparations: Party supplies are delivered to Peckforton Castle, in Cheshire, ahead of tomorrow's wedding

Wedding of the year: Chairs are unloaded from the back of a truck at the castle where Vardy will tie the knot

Stunning: The historic venue, pictured, will host the couple and their family and friends tomorrow afternoon

In eight years, Vardy has come from playing in the eighth tier of English football to winning the Premier League with 5,000-1 underdogs Leicester City.

The story is a true rags-to-riches tale, with the former factory worker's 27 goals this season earning him a cool £80,000-a-week deal with the East Midlands club.

He has now been called up as part of the England squad for part of the European Championships this summer - although the tournament nearly led to him calling off his wedding for a second time.

Vardy has already moved his nuptials three times to accommodate England commitments.

He has now been given special leave by manager Roy Hodgson to hold the wedding tomorrow, although he has been warned he faces a public 'battering' if he overindulges.

'I hope he will be sensible and I believe he will be sensible,' said Hodgson.

'I know he really is desperate to be selected to go to the Euros and do a good job so I'm pretty confident when I see him on Saturday morning he will be fine.'

Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater has dispensation to attend the service but Vardy's other England colleagues will not be there because of their training schedule in preparation for Friday's friendly with Australia.

Hodgson said: 'Jamie invited everybody, but of course we can't go. Having said that, we train at 5pm on Wednesday. His wedding is at 2pm so there is a possibility, and I have allowed Danny Drinkwater to stop off for the wedding and then join us at 4pm for the training session.'

Speaking on Sunday, Vardy said: 'I have been given the day off for the wedding and then I'm straight back in to prepare for Friday so I should be available.

'It will be a very quiet night on Wednesday. Obviously, I hope all the guests have a good time but I will have a quiet one.

'I've not got a curfew but I'm a professional and understand what has to be done so will be making sure I get plenty of sleep ready to come back in.'

However any plans for a honeymoon have been postponed.

Vardy added: 'There is no honeymoon. I'll have to take that next year some time.'

After being released by boyhood club Sheffield Wednesday when he was 16, Vardy began working 12-hour shifts at a carbon fibre factory to get by.

At 22 he was playing semi-professional for non-league Stocksbridge Park Steels, earning £30-a-week.

A year later he went to Halifax Town, netting 29 goals in his breakthrough season before being sold to Fleetwood Town for £150,000.

His eye for goal continued and 31 goals in 36 games saw then Championship strugglers Leicester City pay £1million for him in 2012. After helping the Foxes gain promotion last year, he has lit up the Premier League competition this season.

According to reports, Vardy has signed a £250,000 book deal to pen his memoirs about his career. He is also said to be liaising with Hollywood film bosses keen to turn his incredible story into movie gold.

Persistent: Becky turned Jamie down several times before she agreed to go on a date with the footballer

So, who is the future Mrs Jamie Vardy?

She might be the world's most understanding fiancee.

While many women might have to fight for their partner's attention when football is on the TV, Rebekah Nicholson has already changed her wedding date twice to accommodate the sport.

Not that can be much of a surprise when your husband-to-be is Jamie Vardy: a record-breaking Premier League goal scorer.

Now tomorrow, a year after she was first set to walk down the aisle, Rebekah and Vardy will tie the knot in what is set to be a glittering ceremony

Family: Jamie Vardy and fiancee Rebekah Nicholson with daughter Sofia at the Premier League celebrations

Rebekah, who has been married once before, has kept the details of her wedding gown under wraps, although she has shared a handful of updates with her 11,000 Twitter followers.

One photo shows her brunette bridesmaids sipping champagne, posted with the caption: 'Final dress fittings with these gorgeous girls today. Just missing one little lady'.

Her excited post suggests that the mother-of-three might be planning on including one of her two daughters in her wedding party.

However while Rebekah enjoys posting little tidbits on social media followers - where she already calls herself 'Becky Vardy' - very little is known about the blushing bride-to-be.

Rebekah is believed to have first married, and divorced, as a teenager.

In the wake of her split, the attractive brunette claims she enjoyed a night of passion with pop star Peter Andre. At the time she was living in Oxfordshire and running her own travel business.

She later told-all in 2001 interview with the News of the World, saying she was fed up with him bragging about his prowess in the bedroom.

She said: 'He was the worst lover I have ever had.'

By the time she met Vardy 15 years later, Rebekah, was already a mother to daughter Megan and son Taylor.

The former nightclub promotions worker had been tasked with organising a birthday party for a VIP client - who she later discovered was Vardy, a striker for Leicester City.

Rebekah has revealed that while Vardy made his intentions clear early on, she didn't feel an 'immediate attraction.

She told the Sunday Mirror: 'It took a lot of persuasion on Jamie’s part to get me remotely interested.

'I must have said "No thanks I’m not interested" for the best part of two months - he was very persistent though, asking me to go for a drink.'

Rebekah now credits her fiance's determination for their relationship, which seemed stronger than ever when they appeared together after Leicester City's Premier League win earlier this month.

Miss Nicholson was by Vardy's side when he lifted the trophy, along with their 15-month-old daughter Sofia, who was dressed in a Leicester top with 'Daddy' emblazoned on the back.

She also hosted a party for Leicester City players on the night the team discovered they had been crowned champions - later revealing it was 'pretty wild towards the end'.

But despite her support for her partner's career, Rebekah has insisted that she does not want to be 'seen purely as a WAG'.

She's spoken of her admiration for Victoria Beckham and wants to be seen in her own right for her contribution to the striker's success.

'Just calling me a WAG feels very outdated,' she has said. 'We're a team in exactly the same way that the Leicester lads work as a team.'

The strength of their family unit was made clear when Vardy stepped out for England last month. Next to the names of his own daughters - his eldest, Ella, is five - were 'Taylor' and 'Megan'.

The whole family is expected to be sitting front row for the big day tomorrow, which has already attracted extensive media attention - and a deal with Hello! Magazine.

Be informed has contacted a representative for Jamie Vardy for comment.