Pete Doherty has begged his former foe to be best man at his wedding to Kate Moss. According to his one-time bandmate, The Libertines star Carl Barat, the lovebirds’ union is imminent. Carl reveals, “We had a heart-to-heart the other day and at the end of the conversation, Pete asked me if I’d be up for being his best man. At first I thought he was joking. But he told me he and Kate were desperate to marry and his offer was deadly serious. I was shocked but delighted. I’m really touched that after all we’ve been through together we could finally put it all behind us and move on.” The pair fell out after Pete’s heroin and crack use spiralled out of control. He was sentenced to six months in jail in 2003 for burgling Carl’s flat while high on drugs and his former pals kicked him out of The Libertines a year later. of his wedding, Pete recently announced, “We want to do it away, a special wedding somewhere miles from anywhere and anyone. But the police have taken away my passport.” [12 March 2007]