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Newly-weds Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall blessed in London church
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Mar 5, 2016, 2:29:20 PM3/5/16
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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and actress and model Jerry Hall celebrated their
marriage with a blessing service on Saturday at St. Bride's church on London's
Fleet Street, the spiritual home of British journalism.
A star-studded guest list included actor Michael Caine, Irish rockstar Bob
Geldof, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and British Justice Secretary Michael Gove,
a senior figure among those who want the UK to leave the European Union.
But conspicuous by their absence were Prime Minister David Cameron and finance
minister George Osborne, who want Britain to stay in the 28-member bloc.
Murdoch and Hall wed on Friday in a private ceremony in central London, after
which the now four-times married 84-year-old said he was the happiest man in the
world.
Murdoch, executive chairman of News Corp (NWSA.O) and owner of 21st Century Fox
Inc, and Hall, 59, posed for photographs after the service at the historic
church, which is famed for its wedding-cake spire, but simply smiled and made no
comment to the waiting media.
Texan model and actress Hall was wearing a pale blue chiffon and silk wedding
gown, reported to have been designed by Vivienne Westwood, while Murdoch was
dressed in a navy suit, white shirt and brown shoes. He sported a single white
rose in his breast pocket.
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The couple's 10 children from previous relationships attended the service, as
did Rebekah Brooks, who returned to run Murdoch's British newspapers in
September, and Robert Thomson, CEO of News Corp.
Other guests included former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, artist Tracey Emin,
photographer David Bailey and UK employment minister Priti Patel, who like Gove
is backing Brexit.
Murdoch is an influential figure in Britain through his ownership of a clutch of
newspapers.
Last month his Sun on Sunday publication said Cameron had failed to get a proper
deal for Britain from other EU leaders and on Thursday he tweeted that the UK
government had made false claims about the implications of Brexit aimed at
scaring voters.
Murdoch and Hall began dating last summer after being introduced while in
Australia and were first seen in public together at the Rugby Union World Cup
Final in London in October. They got engaged in January.
Hall was previously in a long-term relationship with Rolling Stones singer Mick
Jagger.
St. Bride's is located on Fleet Street, where Britain's major newspapers were
located from the 1700s to the 1980s.
Murdoch had an instrumental role in Fleet Street's demise as a press hub when he
moved his print works to east London.
"Within months the printing dinosaur that was Fleet Street was dead. By 1989 all
the national newspapers had decamped as other proprietors followed Murdoch's
lead," the church's own website says.
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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and actress and model Jerry Hall celebrated their
marriage with a blessing service on Saturday at St. Bride's church on London's
Fleet Street, the spiritual home of British journalism.
A star-studded guest list included actor Michael Caine, Irish rockstar Bob
Geldof, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and British Justice Secretary Michael Gove,
a senior figure among those who want the UK to leave the European Union.
But conspicuous by their absence were Prime Minister David Cameron and finance
minister George Osborne, who want Britain to stay in the 28-member bloc.
Murdoch and Hall wed on Friday in a private ceremony in central London, after
which the now four-times married 84-year-old said he was the happiest man in the
world.
Murdoch, executive chairman of News Corp (NWSA.O) and owner of 21st Century Fox
Inc, and Hall, 59, posed for photographs after the service at the historic
church, which is famed for its wedding-cake spire, but simply smiled and made no
comment to the waiting media.
Texan model and actress Hall was wearing a pale blue chiffon and silk wedding
gown, reported to have been designed by Vivienne Westwood, while Murdoch was
dressed in a navy suit, white shirt and brown shoes. He sported a single white
rose in his breast pocket.
GUEST LIST
The couple's 10 children from previous relationships attended the service, as
did Rebekah Brooks, who returned to run Murdoch's British newspapers in
September, and Robert Thomson, CEO of News Corp.
Other guests included former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, artist Tracey Emin,
photographer David Bailey and UK employment minister Priti Patel, who like Gove
is backing Brexit.
Murdoch is an influential figure in Britain through his ownership of a clutch of
newspapers.
Last month his Sun on Sunday publication said Cameron had failed to get a proper
deal for Britain from other EU leaders and on Thursday he tweeted that the UK
government had made false claims about the implications of Brexit aimed at
scaring voters.
Murdoch and Hall began dating last summer after being introduced while in
Australia and were first seen in public together at the Rugby Union World Cup
Final in London in October. They got engaged in January.
Hall was previously in a long-term relationship with Rolling Stones singer Mick
Jagger.
St. Bride's is located on Fleet Street, where Britain's major newspapers were
located from the 1700s to the 1980s.
Murdoch had an instrumental role in Fleet Street's demise as a press hub when he
moved his print works to east London.
"Within months the printing dinosaur that was Fleet Street was dead. By 1989 all
the national newspapers had decamped as other proprietors followed Murdoch's
lead," the church's own website says.
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