Friends of the couple were told it was a private affair and were asked to avoid posting about the event on social media.

It will be a private affair with close friends and colleagues.

My journals were always a very private affair distributed to a mere 70 or so close friends and suitable figures of prominence in society, politics and the media.

Recovery has become largely a private affair, which we expect to be rapid and automatic, as if fixing ourselves were as easy as repairing a car or resetting a computer.

Should the spirit move you, you can take confession in here by prior arrangement — but it won't be a private affair, with 20,000 people passing through each day.