Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall wedding: Sir Bob Geldof,
Andrew Lloyd Webber and more arrive for celebrations
Jerry Hall has arrived at St Bride's Church on Fleet for a
celebration of her marriage to media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a day after they
officially tied the knot.
She walked into the church, which proclaims itself the
'spiritual home of the media' and the 'journalists' church', alongside her son
James.
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Hall arrived at the ceremony in an 'ice-blue' silk georgette
dress - she married Murdoch yesterday after a five-month whirlwind romance
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Prior to her grand arrival, Murdoch, 84, was pictured
smiling for the cameras with his sons Lachlan and James. They wore dark navy
suits with a single white rose in their pockets.
The couple's daughters from their previous relationships
were seen holding flowers in blue bridesmaids' dresses.
Rupert has four daughters from three marriages; Prudence,
57, Elisabeth, 47, Grace, 14, and Chloe 12. Jerry has two daughters, Lizzie,
32, and Georgia, 24, from her relationship to Sir Mick Jagger.
Shortly after the billionaire media tycoon entered the
church, star-studded guests from across the media, music and film industry
arrived.
This included musical theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd
Webber, Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof and actor Sir Michael Caine.
Justice Secretary Michael Gove was among the guests but
Prime Minister was conspicuous by his absence.
Tony Blair, godfather to Murdoch's daughter Grace, 14, was
also not invited. The media tycoon's relationship with Wendi Deng broke down
amid reports about her infatuation with the former Prime Minister.
The church can house up to 200 guests and was chosen by
Murdoch given his historic family links to Fleet Street, a spokesman for St
Bride's has previously said.
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Hall, who wore flats so as to not tower over her new husband,
prepares to enter the church surrounded by the flashing paparazzi
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'I know Mr Murdoch is a very big fan of St Bride's and has
been since his father cut his teeth on Fleet Street 60 years ago, so we are
delighted to hold it here,' said the spokesman.
'His father led him to England and St Bride's has always
been part of Fleet Street and the journalistic industry. Mr Murdoch has always
had a lot of time and love for this place so we are delighted he is having a
service of celebration here.'
Murdoch famously killed off the historic link between Fleet
Street and the newspaper industry in the 1980s when he moved the printing
presses to Wapping in east London.
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Murdoch, dressed in a navy suit, poses with his two sons
outside the church where the couple will reaffirm vows made yesterday
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The 84-year-old wrote of his elation shortly after marrying
Hall on Friday following a five-month whirlwind romance.
He tweeted: 'No more tweets for ten days or ever! Feel like
the luckiest and happiest man in world.'
The pair emerged from their wedding at Spencer House, a
venue which is described on its website as 'one of the most sumptuous private
residences ever built' in the capital, smiling for photographers.
Built for John, 1st Earl Spencer, one of Princess Diana's
ancestors, it remains in the ownership of the current earl, namely Diana's
brother Charles Spencer.
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Murdoch's eldest son, Lachlan, with his wife Sarah, outside
St Bride's church, known as the 'spiritual home of the media'
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Hall wore her trademark blonde hair in waves, and had a
smart handbag slung over her arm. She wore a trench coat, a knee-length navy
skirt and flat shoes, while Murdoch wore a navy suit.
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Lachlan Murdoch, executive co-chairman of 21st Century Fox,
and his model wife Sarah, pose for the cameras before the ceremony
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As she beamed for the cameras and tossed her hair, she
ensured photographers got the perfect snap of her 20-carat marquise diamond
engagement ring, thought to have cost £2.4million.
Civil wedding ceremonies can take place in the Dining Room,
Lady Spencer's Room and the Great Room.
The ceremony was witnessed by Murdoch's son Lachlan, who was
joined by his wife Sarah, and one of Hall's closest friends Suzanne Acosta,
wife of Rolling Stones star Bill Wyman.
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Hall's model daughter Georgia May Jagger enters the church
in her blue bridesmaid dress and holding a bunch of flowers
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The select party then moved on to an informal wedding
breakfast at Scott's restaurant, in Mayfair, a lavish seafood eatery
specializing in oysters, caviar and champagne.
Murdoch and Hall will reaffirm vows made yesterday at their
legally binding civil ceremony - the couple opted not to wait to complete complex
paperwork to have made the church ceremony binding.
The marriage is the fourth for Murdoch and the second for
Hall, 59, who had a long relationship with Sir Mick Jagger.
They met in Australia last August, when Jerry was touring
Down Under with a production of The Graduate.
Penny Fowler, a niece of
Murdoch's sister Janet, introduced them. They 'got on immediately' and 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 pictured wearing matching Wallabies scarves and
smooching in the stands. The pair were next seen walking arm-in-arm down the
red carpet ahead of the Golden Globes awards ceremony.
He proposed over Christmas and they spent New Year's Eve on
a yacht in the Caribbean with some of their children.
Jerry's old friend, actress Joan Collins, told Hello!
magazine that Jerry gushed: 'I'm in lurve! Rupert just proposed!'
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Bridesmaid Grace Murdoch, 14, the billionaire's first child
with Wendi Deng, was seen holding a basket of flowers en route to the ceremony
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They announced the engagement after another joint appearance
at the Golden Globe film awards ceremony in January - via a £324 advert in The
Times.
The notice read: 'Mr Rupert Murdoch, father of Prudence,
Elisabeth, Lachlan, James, Grace and Chloe Murdoch, and Miss Jerry Hall, mother
of Elizabeth, James, Georgia and Gabriel Jagger, are delighted to announce
their engagement.
Murdoch was previously married to Wendi Deng, mother to two
of his children, but they split in June 2013.
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.
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