POLICE have said they are looking into a controversial video which went viral on social media showing a bride and groom singing sectarian lyrics to a Tina Turner classic at their wedding reception.
More than one million people have now watched the video which shows the couple making an entrance to their reception at Belfast Loughshore Hotel in Carrickfergus on Friday singing `F*** the Pope and the IRA' to the tune of `(Simply) The Best'.
Both the bride and groom have now closed their social media accounts, but the video is continuing to circulate, with people criticising those involved for taking part in the chanting.
The chart-topping song became associated with Johnny Adair's UDA group after they adopted it as a theme song during the height of their reign of terror in the Shankill area of west Belfast.
A PSNI spokeswoman confirmed yesterday that it has been formally referred to them for investigation.
"Police have received a report in relation to a video posted on a social media site over the weekend," she said.
"Enquiries are continuing."
Meanwhile, Leukaemia & Lymphoma NI deleted a video where the bride had shared a "love letter to her younger self' after being diagnosed with stage three lymphoma in 2011, shortly after finding out she was "to become a mother again".
It had been part of the charity's `Love Letter' campaign
It took the action following "abusive comments on our threads".
