Billionaire Rupert Murdoch Marries Model Jerry Hall

Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch married model Jerry Hall in London today, less than two months after the pair announced their engagement — and less than a year after being introduced! The civil ceremony was conducted at Spencer House in St James, and the happy couple will celebrate the marriage with family and friends in a private ceremony tomorrow at St Bride’s Church on Fleet Street in London.

This is the fourth marriage for Rupert, 84, and the first for Jerry, 59. Jerry had “married” Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger in a 1990 Hindu ceremony in Bali, but it was later deemed illegal and annulled in 1999. Jerry wore a knee-length navy skirt for the occasion, while Rupert donned a navy suit.

How's that for a ring? All six of the pair’s daughters from previous relationships will be bridesmaids at the Saturday service. Rupert and Jerry have 10 children between them. Jerry has two daughters with Mick Jagger: Georgia May, 24, and Elizabeth, 32, and two sons: James, 30, and Gabriel, 18. Rupert had Prudence, 57, with first wife Patricia Booker. With his second wife, Anna Torv, he had Elizabeth, 47, Lachlan, 44, and James, 43. From his third marriage, to Wendy Deng, he has Grace, 14, and Chloe, 12.

Rumor has it that Jerry will wear a Vivienne Westwood wedding dress — and this seems to cinch the deal. As one of the top models in the world, she could have her pick of virtually any designer, so Vivienne must have knocked it out of the park!

The location of the wedding ceremony is ironic for Rupert. St Bride’s is known as the Journalists’ Church and considered the “spiritual home” of those who work in the media, which was based on Fleet Street for decades — until Rupert bought in and moved the printing operation to east London. Within months other owners followed Rupert’s lead and departed Fleet Street, leaving it dead.

Although Rupert was born in Australia, he became an American citizen in 1985, and remains one of the most powerful media barons in the world. His two main companies,  21stCentury Fox and News Corp, hold significant stakes in: Fox News and its sister channels; National Geographic channel; Fox Broadcasting; 20th Century Fox film company; “The Wall Street Journal” and “The New York Post” in America and “The Sun” and “The Times” newspapers in Britain. And literally too many other outlets to name! Congratulations, Jerry!