Michael Schumacher’s daughter Gina has reportedly married her boyfriend Iain Bethke at the family’s luxurious villa in Mallorca.
The couple said ‘I do’ around 4pm on Saturday under a flower arch at Villa Yasmin, the property the seven-time F1 world champion’s wife Corinna is believed to have bought in 2017. to the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez.
According to the prestigious Mallorcan newspaper Ultima Hora, the ceremony lasted approximately half an hour.
The newspaper reported that a banquet and party with live music by a country music group would be held tonight in the town of Port d’Andratx.
Guests are said to have included Michael’s brother Ralf and his partner Etienne Bosquet-Cassagne, who also attended a pre-party at the luxury Mhares Sea Club, south of the island’s capital Palma, on Friday. in the afternoon, where the dress code was all white.
Michael Schumacher’s daughter Gina has married her boyfriend Iain Bethke
Horse enthusiasts Gina and Iain made their relationship official almost seven years ago.
Gina Schumacher confirmed the news through a post on her Instagram account on Saturday.
Ultima Hora made no reference to Michael’s attendance at any of the events.
Earlier this year it was reported that Gina and her boyfriend would be getting married over the summer at Villa Yasmin.
The Mallorcan press, citing the German magazine Bunte as a source of information, reported that a wedding planner from northern Germany had been hired to put the “final touches” on the celebration.
Horse enthusiasts Gina and Iain made their relationship official almost seven years ago. They came to light at an awards ceremony in Munich in December 2017.
In September of last year, Michael’s daughter shared a new photo on her Instagram account with her boyfriend.
Reports about the January wedding did not specify whether Michael, who turned 55 in January, three days after the 10th anniversary of his tragic skiing accident, would attend.
In September 2020 it was claimed that Schumacher was spending time in the Mallorca villa.
The Spanish press reported that he had been moved from his Swiss home to the exclusive property on the luxurious Las Brisas estate, near Andratx, in the south-west of Mallorca.
Newspapers such as respected Majorcan daily Diario de Mallorca and Catalan daily La Vanguardia published their reports after the ex-wife of former Formula 1 team boss and former QPR co-owner Flavio Briatore, Elisabetta Gregoraci, claimed: “Michael doesn’t speak, “communicates with the eyes.” .
The ceremony was held at the family’s £27million mansion in Mallorca, which Schumacher is believed to have bought in 2017 from Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.
Ralf Schumacher (left), Michael’s brother, and his partner Etienne Bosquet-Cassagne (right) were reportedly among those invited to the ceremony.
Gina and her brother Mick (left) wished their father a happy birthday this week with touching messages as he turned 55.
“Only three people can visit it and I know who they are.”
Speaking on the Italian version of Big Brother, the brunette added, in comments repeated by the Spanish press: “They moved to Spain and his wife set up a hospital in that house.”
German tabloid Bild first linked the F1 legend to Florentino Perez’s Mallorcan mansion in July 2018, saying Corinna had bought it for £27 million so she could spend holidays there with her children and friends.
The house was purchased by construction magnate Pérez in 2005, but he put it up for sale in 2017 after the death of his wife Mari Ángeles Sandoval.
The villa is part of a 15,000 square meter estate that has two swimming pools, a helipad, a gym and a huge garden surrounded by palm trees.
Schumacher, the only driver in history to win seven F1 World Championships, was placed in a medically induced coma after a life-threatening ski accident in December 2013 in the French Alps.
In September 2014 he was moved to the family home on the shores of Lake Geneva.
The seven-time world champion has not been seen in public since suffering a serious brain injury in the brutal skiing accident in the French Alps.
Schumacher lives and receives treatments at his £50 million mansion in Gland, Switzerland
Updates on his health have been few and far between.
Gina and her brother Mick wished their dad a happy birthday this week with heartfelt messages as he turned 55.
Gina wrote on Instagram: ‘Happy birthday dad! A memory of one of our many adventures.’
The publication was accompanied by an image of her and her brother when they were the children of the Formula One legend.
Mick, now 25, wrote: ‘Happy birthday to the best dad ever. I love you!’
The message showed a photo of them both wearing helmets, with a young Mick smiling and giving him a thumbs up as Michael looked at him lovingly.
Mercedes, Schumacher’s former Formula One team, also posted a birthday message urging him to “keep fighting.”
Michael’s younger brother Ralf, who was also an F1 driver, told German newspaper Bild late last year: “Nothing is like before.”
Updates on the Ferrari legend’s health have been few and far between in recent years.
And he added: ‘I miss my Michael from back then. Life is sometimes unfair. Michael had been lucky many times in his life, but then the tragic accident occurred.
“Fortunately, modern medicine has made it possible to do some things.”
His wife Corinna offered rare insight into her husband’s condition in a 2021 Netflix documentary.
She admitted: ‘I miss Michael every day.
But it’s not just me who misses him. It’s the children, the family, his father, everyone around him. I mean, everyone misses Michael, but Michael is here.
‘Different, but he is here and that gives us strength. We are together. We live together at home.