Bob Geldof ‘marries’ long-term partner Jeanne Marine in South of France ceremony

 
Married: Bob Geldof and Jeanne Marine have reportedly wed. (Picture: Dave Benett)
Jennifer Ruby28 April 2015
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Singer Bob Geldof has reportedly tied the knot with long-term partner Jeanne Marine in a ceremony in Rayol Canadel Sur Mer in the South of France.

Just a few weeks after the first anniversary of daughter Peaches’ tragic death, the Boomtown Rats frontman is said to have walked down the aisle with his girlfriend of nearly 20 years.

Tragic: Peaches Geldof passed away last year (Picture: Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

While the family are yet to comment on the nuptials, it is thought that the 63-year-old’s daughter, Fifi, let the cat out of the bag on her social media account.

A source told The Sun: “'Fifi gave the game away when she panicked about getting her passport sorted for her dad's wedding. Jeanne has connections to Rayol Canadel so it all makes sense.”

The couple, who met shorty after Geldof’s divorce from Paula Yates back in 1996, got engaged last year, just a few days after Peaches’ death.

Friend Jerry Hall confirmed to the Daily Mail: “Bob has proposed. She is over the moon. Jeanne Marine has been a rock and a tower of strength over this. I’m so excited for her I am bursting to tell someone.”

It was previously thought that the couple would wed this summer at St Mary Magdalene & St Lawrence Church, where Geldof married Yates and where daughter, Peaches, was laid to rest.

Evening Standard Online has contacted Bob Geldof’s representatives for comment.

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