When it came to celebrating his ten-year marriage, Carl Gilbertson refused to settle for the typical flowers or chocolates.

The inventive husband gave his wife Laura an anniversary to remember by organising a flashmob in her honour in Liverpool city centre on Saturday.

With the help of his friend Stephanie, who is Head of Musical Theatre at Liverpool Media Academy, the doting husband had a group youngsters serenade Laura witnessed by dozens of spectators.

Laura Gilbertson was left in floods of tears after her husband Carl (pictured with Laura) organised a touching flashmob tribute for her to celebrate their tenth anniversary

Students from the academy grouped together to produce an acapella version of Bruno Mars' hit Just the Way You Are, which left Laura sobbing with emotion.

The touching gesture was captured on camera with the opening title introducing Carl's master plan.

The screen read: 'To celebrate his tenth anniversary Carl Gilbertson enlisted the help of students representing Liverpool Media Academy.

Students from Liverpool Media Academy were enlisted to serenade Laura in the surprise group singing

'The flashmob acted as a declaration of love from Carl to his wife Laura who suffers from multiple sclerosis.'

In the video Laura can be seen unable to contain her joy as her husband hands her a single rose while the students belt their hearts out.

The moving scene also attracted several passers-by who chose to film the spectacle after the group unravelled a banner reading 'Happy Anniversary Laura.'

Laura was overcome with emotion when she was presented with a rose at her surprise performance

Plenty of passers-by stopped to witness the students sing the Bruno Mars hit Just the Way You Are

Carl says that he had been a bag of nerves while organising the surprise for his beloved wife.

Speaking to the Liverpool Echo he said: 'I was a lot more nervous on Saturday than I was on my wedding day. I’ll probably get a bit of stick from the lads when I get back to Anfield for the new season.'

Stephanie added: 'It was really emotional, it was a bit overwhelming and it was happy occasion celebrating the 10 years. I was just honoured and proud that I could be apart of it.'