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Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall hold second wedding in church | |
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Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall were formally married on Friday, a week before his 85th birthday, in a small ceremony attended by a handful of close family. | Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall were formally married on Friday, a week before his 85th birthday, in a small ceremony attended by a handful of close family. |
But the pomp and ceremony of a full white wedding was saved for a ceremony at St Bride’s church on Saturday, with guests including Bob Geldof, Michael Caine and the retired US general, David Petraeus. | But the pomp and ceremony of a full white wedding was saved for a ceremony at St Bride’s church on Saturday, with guests including Bob Geldof, Michael Caine and the retired US general, David Petraeus. |
A spokesman for St Bride’s explained the media mogul and Texan model would have been forced to delay the marriage because of the paperwork required for ceremonies involving foreign couples. Murdoch became a US citizen in 1985 to get around rules banning foreigners owning TV licences. | |
“They wanted to be married sooner than we could legally marry them,” said the church spokesperson. | “They wanted to be married sooner than we could legally marry them,” said the church spokesperson. |
“There would be no other problem with marrying them in the church – it was just literally time,” the spokesperson told People magazine. | |
“You have to apply for special licences if you are an American and they just didn’t have time to fulfil all the legalities required by the Church of England,” added the church spokesperson. “It was just very complicated logistically.” | |
Georgia May Jagger arrived for rehearsals in a pinstripe suit, while her mother wore her civil wedding dress – a navy blue pencil dress and wool trench coat. She was expected to wear a Vivienne Westwood ice-blue gown on Saturday. | Georgia May Jagger arrived for rehearsals in a pinstripe suit, while her mother wore her civil wedding dress – a navy blue pencil dress and wool trench coat. She was expected to wear a Vivienne Westwood ice-blue gown on Saturday. |
About 100 people attended the Saturday celebration, including Rebekah Brooks, recently restored to the job of News UK chief executive, and her husband, Charlie Brooks; plus Robert Thomson, the former editor of the Times and now the chief executive of News Corporation, and his wife, Ping. | About 100 people attended the Saturday celebration, including Rebekah Brooks, recently restored to the job of News UK chief executive, and her husband, Charlie Brooks; plus Robert Thomson, the former editor of the Times and now the chief executive of News Corporation, and his wife, Ping. |
Michael Gove was also among the guests but David Cameron and George Osborne were conspicuous by their absence. Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, had been expected to attend but was not seen arriving at the Fleet Street church. | |
Tony Blair also did not attend. The former prime minister was once a close friend of Murdoch’s and is godfather to his daughter Grace, but the two fell out after Blair made a solo visit to see Murdoch’s previous wife, Wendi Deng, at their California ranch two years ago. | |
Related: The Texan and the Digger: Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch's whirlwind romance | Related: The Texan and the Digger: Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch's whirlwind romance |
Also expected to be there were the playwright Tom Stoppard and the artist Tracey Emin. | |
The Rev Canon Alison Joyce will officiate at the church event, assisted by Father Jonathan Morris from New York, who has done some work for Murdoch’s Fox News. | |
It is Murdoch’s fourth marriage and technically Hall’s first, after her 1992 Bali wedding to Mick Jagger was deemed legally void after an acrimonious high court battle. Murdoch and Hall met last summer and rapidly established a strong chemistry. | |
Murdoch showed no sign of wedding nerves. On Friday itwas business as usual as he continued to tweet about his favourite current subjects, the schisms in the Republican and Tory parties. | |
He took a pop at the US statistician Nate Silver, who correctly called the last presidential election, saying Silver had “not such [a] good prediction record these days”. On Thursday night he took a swipe at the UK government for making “obviously false claims aimed at scaring voters” in the EU referendum debate. | He took a pop at the US statistician Nate Silver, who correctly called the last presidential election, saying Silver had “not such [a] good prediction record these days”. On Thursday night he took a swipe at the UK government for making “obviously false claims aimed at scaring voters” in the EU referendum debate. |
Shortly after the official wedding on Friday, Murdoch tweeted: “No more tweets for ten days or ever! Feel like the luckiest AND happiest man in world.” | Shortly after the official wedding on Friday, Murdoch tweeted: “No more tweets for ten days or ever! Feel like the luckiest AND happiest man in world.” |