Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall marry in private London ceremony

Newlyweds: Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall married in London on Friday
Yui Mok/PA
Laura Proto4 March 2016

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has today married Jerry Hall at an aristocratic palace in London.

Mr Murdoch and the former supermodel were first spotted together at the Rugby World Cup final at Twickenham Stadium on October 31 and announced their engagement on January 12.

They today tied the knot at Spencer House, which is described as “one of the most sumptuous private residences ever built” in the capital.

Mr Murdoch, 84, smiled for photographers waiting outside the venue following the ceremony and he and his new wife got into a waiting car.

The couple will hold a private ceremony of celebration on Saturday at St Bride’s Church in Fleet Street, which proclaims itself as “the spiritual home of the media”.

Happy couple: Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall following their ceremony 
Yui Mok/PA

The church, which has space for 150 to 200 guests, will be closed to the public for the day.

Mr 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.

The marriage is Mr Murdoch’s fourth and Ms Hall’s second. The 59-year-old previously had a long relationship with Sir Mick Jagger.

She married the Rolling Stones frontman in Bali in 1990, but their marriage was later disputed as it was not properly conducted.

The pair had for children together but parted ways after 23 years together.

Mr Murdoch was previously married to Wendi Deng, mother to two of his children, but they split in June 2013.

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