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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall leave Spencer House, London, after getting married at a low-key ceremony today
Murdoch and Hall clans gather in London to celebrate the wedding of Jerry, 59, and Rupert, 84.
"I feel like the luckiest man in the world"- Rupert
The newly weds stepping out. A private ceremony will be held later at St Brides ChurchBeaming broadly for the waiting photographers - ensuring a good view of her £2.4million engagement ring as she tenderly touched her new husband's chest - the new Mrs Murdoch couldn't have looked happier following the official wedding to her 84-year-old billionaire lover.
Former supermodel Jerry Hall, 59, has today married tycoon Rupert Murdoch during a low-key ceremony at Spencer House, overlooking Green Park, in central London, following a whirlwind five-month romance.
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The ceremony was witnessed by Mr Murdoch's son Lachlan, who was joined by his wife Sarah, and one of Ms Hall's closest friends Suzanne Acosta, wife of Rolling Stones star Bill Wyman. The select party then moved on to an informal wedding breakfast at Scott's restaurant, in Mayfair.
The pair will tomorrow hold a private ceremony of celebration at St Bride's Church on Fleet Street where around 100 guests will include the groom’s six and bride’s four children, Tory MP Michael Gove, and Sir Michael Caine.
Former BBC executive Alan Yentob, a good friend of Ms Hall's, and Murdoch supporter Boris Johnson are also rumoured to be attending - but David Cameron and George Osborne are not believed to be among the guests.
This afternoon, the newlyweds arrived at the church for a rehearsal, accompanied by family and friends.
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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has married Jerry Hall at an aristocratic palace after a five-month courtship. The couple married at Spencer House, overlooking Green Park, in central London
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Beaming broadly for the waiting photographers - and ensuring a good view of her £2.4million engagement ring as she tenderly touched her husband’s chest - the new Mrs Murdoch couldn't have looked happier following her official wedding to her 84-year-old billionaire lover
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Jerry flashed her wedding ring and engagement ring, a 10-carat marquise rock rumoured to have cost Murdoch an eye-watering £2.4 million
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Thrilled: Mr Murdoch said he was the 'luckiest and happiest' man in the world to be marrying Ms Hall after a whirlwind romance
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Sarah and Lachlan Murdoch head for lunch at Scott's following the low key ceremony at Spencer House, overlooking Green Park, today
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Family: Rupert Murdoch's daughter-in-law Sarah, 43, who is married to his son Lachlan, 44, an executive in his Australian media company, leaves Spencer House followed by one of Jerry's closest friends Suzanne Acosa, wife of the Rolling Stones star Bill Wyman
She and long-term partner Mick Jagger had an unofficial marriage ceremony in Bali in 1990 but it was deemed void after a high court battle following their split.Ms Hall revealed how aggrieved she felt with Sir Mick - 13 years her senior and the father of her four children - when his incessant womanising finally made her decide to end their relationship in 1999. They had met in 1977.
'I forgave and forgave and forgave to the point that it wasn't healthy at all,' the 6ft model ruefully recalled.
Mr Murdoch was first married to Patricia Booker, a former flight attendant from Melbourne, second to Glasgow-born journalist Anna Torv, who he met when she was working with a newspaper in Sydney and third to Wendi Deng, a businesswoman from China, who he met while she was an intern at a TV station owned by News Corp. Their break-up came amid reports about her infatuation with former Prime Minister Tony Blair.
The former Labour leader is also godfather to Grace, 14, his first child with Deng. It will be no surprise then that Mr Blair is not expected to be among tomorrow's wedding party.
About 100 people are expected to attend the ceremony, including Mr
A marriage certificate for the ceremony shows the pair's very different heritage. Keith Murdoch, Mr Murdoch's late father was a publisher while Ms Hall's was a truck driver. The ceremony was witnessed by Mr Murdoch's son Lachlan and Ms Hall's best friend Suzanne Acosta
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Rupert Murdoch pictured with his daughters Grace, 14, and Chloe, 12, at St Bride's Church for a rehearsal ahead of the ceremony tomorrow
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Rupert Murdoch pictured with his daughters Grace, 14, at St Bride's Church. Mr Murdoch and Ms Hall were said to be eager to include all of their children in the ceremony tomorrow
Rupert and Jerry: Their love lives before they got togather
Mr Murdoch was first married to Patricia Booker, a former flight attendant from Melbourne. They had a daughter, Prudence, together but split in 1966 after 11 years of marriage. A year after the divorce, he married Glasgow-born journalist Anna Torv, who he met when she was working with a newspaper in Sydney and had the chance to interview him.
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Rupert Murdoch's daughter Chloe, 12, (left) and his son Lachlan (right) arrive at the church for a rehearsal ahead of the ceremony tomorrow
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Ms Hall's daughter Elizabeth pictured arriving at the church, where her mother and Mr Murdoch will hold a private ceremony of celebration
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Georgia May Jagger, dressed in a pinstriped suit and Timberland boots, arrives at St Bride's Church ahead of a second wedding ceremony
The couple have three children together and were married for more than 30 years before ending their relationship in 1999. The divorce it is rumoured, could have cost him $1.2billion. Weeks later he married Wendi Deng, a businesswoman from China, 38 years his junior, who he met while she was an intern at a TV station owned by News Corp. Murdoch and Deng split in 2013 and he remained single until his relationship to former model Jerry Hall, 25 years his junior.
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Ms Hall, dressed in the outfit she wore for the low-key ceremony at Spencer House, overlooking Green Park, arrives at St Bride's Church
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Jerry looked relaxed and happy ahead of the nuptials and in no rush despite being pictured less than an hour before the ceremony
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Jerry Hall moved to Paris as a model in the 70s and was reportedly the girlfriend of Brian Ferry, appearing on the cover of his band Roxy Music's first album Sirens
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Miss Hall is known for her relationship with Mick Jagger, who she was with for more than 20 years. However, she had a star-studded relationship history long before meeting him
Mr Murdoch and Ms Hall started dating in the late summer having been introduced by one of Murdoch's sisters and his niece in Australia.
The couple made their relationship public on October 31 when they were seen for the first time together at the Rugby World Cup final at Twickenham in London. They were spotted appearing as a couple at red events
Their engagement was announced on January 12 in The Times newspaper - part of the Murdoch media empire. Ms Hall recently showed off her 10-carat marquise diamond engagement ring, thought to have cost £2.4million.
Rupert was divorced from his third wife, Wendi Deng in 2013.
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Murdoch and Wendi Deng split in 2013 and he remained single until news of his relationship to former model Jerry Hall – 25 years his junior - was announced last year
Miss Hall is known for her relationship with Mick Jagger, who she was with for more than 20 years. However, she had a star-studded relationship history long before meeting him.
She moved to Paris as a model in the 70s and was reportedly the girlfriend of Brian Ferry, appearing on the cover of his band Roxy Music's first album Sirens. They split five months later, but she also appeared in a 1976 video for his solo hit Let's Stick Together.
By then she was one of the world's most famous models and met Mick Jagger in 1976. They have four children together and had an unofficial marriage ceremony in Bali in 1990, but split in 1999, because of his infidelity, Hall claimed. After that, she had a number of younger lovers, starting with film producer George Waud, then London banker Tim Attias, 49.
She then met scientist Armand Leroi, 51, but the two split last year, before her relationship to Murdoch was announced when they were pictured at the Rugby World Cup in October.
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Big family: Jerry also has two sons, Gabriel and James (seen above, left) with her ex-partner, Sir Mick Jagger
'Mr Murdoch has four daughters from three marriages; Prudence, 57, Elisabeth, 47, Grace, 14, and Chloe 12.
Ms Hall's daughters, Elizabeth, 32, and Georgia, 23, from her relationship to Sir Mick Jagger will also be in attendance as her bridesmaids.
Mr Murdoch is also father to sons Lachlan, 44, and James, 43, while Ms Hall is mother to Gabriel, 18, and James, 30, with Jagger.
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the pair were eager to include all of their children in the ceremony on Saturday to start their new life as a blended family.
'All the daughters are being included, from both sides... it was a very specific request to bring them all together for the wedding,' a source told the newspaper. '
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