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Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch marries model Jerry Hall in London

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch marries model Jerry Hall in London

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall at the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. / AFP

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch married model Jerry Hall in London Friday after the couple announced their engagement in January, a spokesman for the family confirmed.

The couple tied the knot at Spencer House, a mansion in central London. They are expected to hold another ceremony at a church in the city Saturday.

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall at  the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. / AFP

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall at the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. / AFP

Murdoch, 84, wore a blue suit while Hall, 59, wore a pale trenchcoat as the couple smiled for photographers following the ceremony.

It is Murdoch’s fourth marriage and the first for 59-year-old Hall, an American. although she had a long-term relationship and four children with Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger.

With an estimated fortune of more than $11 billion, Murdoch owns some of the world’s most famous newspaper titles, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post and British tabloid The Sun.