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| Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall hold Fleet Street wedding ceremony | Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall hold Fleet Street wedding ceremony |
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| Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall have marked their marriage with a service of celebration at the "journalists' church" in London. | Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall have marked their marriage with a service of celebration at the "journalists' church" in London. |
| Friends and family of the media mogul and the former supermodel gathered at St Bride's near Fleet Street a day after their civil ceremony. | Friends and family of the media mogul and the former supermodel gathered at St Bride's near Fleet Street a day after their civil ceremony. |
| The church has a long association with newspapers and writers. | The church has a long association with newspapers and writers. |
| Around 100 guests attended, including the couple's 10 children from previous relationships. | Around 100 guests attended, including the couple's 10 children from previous relationships. |
| It is Mr Murdoch's fourth marriage and the first for Miss Hall, 59, after her 1992 Bali wedding to Sir Mick Jagger was later deemed legally void. | It is Mr Murdoch's fourth marriage and the first for Miss Hall, 59, after her 1992 Bali wedding to Sir Mick Jagger was later deemed legally void. |
| Australian-born Mr Murdoch 84, whose News UK company publishes The Times and The Sun newspapers, tweeted he was "the luckiest and happiest man in world". | Australian-born Mr Murdoch 84, whose News UK company publishes The Times and The Sun newspapers, tweeted he was "the luckiest and happiest man in world". |
| St Bride's says it offers "a spiritual home to all who work in the media" lying in the heart of an area which was once the home of most UK national newspapers. | St Bride's says it offers "a spiritual home to all who work in the media" lying in the heart of an area which was once the home of most UK national newspapers. |
| But Mr Murdoch's decision to dispense with his Fleet Street newsroom in the late 1980s marked a key stage in the abandonment of the area by the media industry. | But Mr Murdoch's decision to dispense with his Fleet Street newsroom in the late 1980s marked a key stage in the abandonment of the area by the media industry. |
| Media scrum | Media scrum |
| By Richard Lister, BBC News correspondent | By Richard Lister, BBC News correspondent |
| A cold drizzle fell on St Brides and on the noisy scrum of photographers and camera crews penned into the narrow entrances to the churchyard trying to get a glimpse of the celebrity guest list. | A cold drizzle fell on St Brides and on the noisy scrum of photographers and camera crews penned into the narrow entrances to the churchyard trying to get a glimpse of the celebrity guest list. |
| Every now and then a shout went up as a famous face appeared at the church gates. "Bob! Bob! This way" shouted the snappers as Bob Geldof paused silently in front of the church for a few seconds. | |
| Sir Michael Caine was immune to their shouts and went straight in. One less well-known face outstayed the snappers' welcome as she preened for the cameras. "You can go in now" said one of the paparazzi, to general laughter. | Sir Michael Caine was immune to their shouts and went straight in. One less well-known face outstayed the snappers' welcome as she preened for the cameras. "You can go in now" said one of the paparazzi, to general laughter. |
| There was irritation when we learned that Jerry Hall had gone in by another entrance. There is little that this couple need to learn about how to manage the press. | There was irritation when we learned that Jerry Hall had gone in by another entrance. There is little that this couple need to learn about how to manage the press. |
| Playwright Tom Stoppard, musician Bob Geldof and former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman were at the service along with newspaper editors and media executives. | Playwright Tom Stoppard, musician Bob Geldof and former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman were at the service along with newspaper editors and media executives. |
| Justice secretary Michael Gove was also in attendance along with actor Michael Caine, artist Tracey Emin and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. | Justice secretary Michael Gove was also in attendance along with actor Michael Caine, artist Tracey Emin and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. |