Just married! Eva, Tony and her enormous ring jet off for honeymoon

The star touched down in America with her new husband, basketballer Tony Parker, after an extravagant trip to France which began with a bachelorette party in St Tropez and ended with an A-list church wedding.

Her new ring features an impressive two rows of 80 brilliant-cut diamonds and 27 square-cut diamonds, complete with a romantic French inscription on the inside.

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The couple are said to be jetting off to a top secret honeymoon location, despite earlier reports she was to resume work immediately after the nuptials.

Days earlier, she celebrated her marriage with an extravagance that would do Desperate Housewives proud.

But the day was not without rumours of the sort of scheming and rivalry that is rife among the residents of Wisteria Lane, when the 32-year-old bride, who plays Gabrielle Solis in the TV show, was joined by all her co-stars - except one.

While on-screen neighbours Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman and Nicolette Sheridan all came out to support their friend on her big day, Marcia Cross, who plays uptight Bree Hodge, was noticeable by her absence.

But fellow guests insisted the 44-year-old, who gave birth to twins four months ago, was not deliberately snubbing the celebrations, despite rumours of tensions on and off the set of the hit show.

Longoria had apparently, wanted a 'quiet romantic ceremony' - a simple affair for family and friends to mark her marriage to basketball star, Tony Parker, 25.

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But in the event, it was a high-end production number typical of Hollywood. A no-fly zone was imposed over the streets of Paris, where riot police kept a watchful eye as an armada of Hummers and stretch limos ferried the A-list guests from their presidential suites to the historic Church of Saint Germain l"Auxerrois on the banks of the Seine.

The couple, both Roman Catholics, were said to have been smitten with the medieval church on sight. They have Beverly Hills-based wedding planner Mindy Weiss to thank for finding it but, as Eva has been married before, the couple had to make do with a church blessing rather than a full religious service.

They were actually married in a civil ceremony conducted by the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, on Friday, in front of just 40 guests.

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But the second event had much more showbiz gloss. Most of the guests, who included Jessica Alba, Sheryl Crow and Thierry Henry, stayed in the luxury of the French capital's Park Hyatt hotel, leaving amid a flurry of flashbulbs in the early afternoon.

The reception was held at the Vaux-le-Vicomte Chateau, set in a vast estate south of Paris. The exquisite castle, which was used as a location in the Bond film Moon-raker, was bedecked in red, the couple's colour theme of choice.

The French national police said the £1million security operation to protect the couple and the guests was "a priority". A spokesman said: "We are taking no chances. All the roads have been shut off and sniffer dogs are being used to check for explosives.

"There is a no-fly zone above both venues and nobody will be allowed anywhere near without a permit."

Eva equally took no chances on the date of her celebration - choosing the seventh day of the seventh month, 2007. It is a date deemed so lucky that 38,000 American brides, twice the average number for any given Saturday, chose the same date to tie the knot.