Michael Schumacher’s daughter Gina has reportedly tied the knot with her boyfriend Iain Bethke at the family’s luxury villa in Majorca.
The couple said ‘I do’ around 4pm on Saturday under an arch of flowers at Villa Yasmin, the property seven-times F1 world champion Schumacher’s wife Corinna is understood to have bought in 2017 from Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.
The ceremony lasted around half an hour according to respected Majorcan daily Ultima Hora.
The newspaper reported a banquet and party with live music by a country music band was taking place tonight at the villa in 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 upmarket Mhares Sea Club south of the island capital Palma on Friday afternoon where the dress code was all white.
Michael Schumacher’s daughter Gina has tied the knot with her boyfriend Iain Bethke
Horse enthusiasts Gina and Iain went official with their relationship nearly seven years ago
Gina Schumacher confirmed the news via a post on her Instagram account on Saturday
Ultima Hora made no references to Michael’s attendance at either event.
It was reported at the start of the year Gina and her boyfriend would get married during the summer at Villa Yasmin.
Majorcan press, citing German magazine Bunte as the source of the information, said a wedding planner from northern Germany had been hired to put the ‘finishing touches’ on the celebration.
Horse enthusiasts Gina and Iain went official with their relationship nearly seven years ago. They stepped out at an awards ceremony in Munich in December 2017.
In September last year Michael’s daughter shared a new photo on her Instagram account with her boyfriend.
The reports about the wedding in January did not specify whether Michael, who turned 55 on January 3 days after the tenth anniversary of his tragic ski accident, would attend.
In September 2020 it was claimed Schumacher was spending time at the villa in Majorca.
Spanish press said he had been moved to the exclusive property on the upmarket estate of Las Brisas near Andratx in the south-west of Majorca from his Swiss home.
Papers including respected Majorcan daily Diario de Mallorca and Catalan daily La Vanguardia published their reports after ex-Formula 1 team boss and former QPR co-owner Flavio Briatore’s ex-wife Elisabetta Gregoraci claimed: ‘Michael doesn’t speak, he communicates with his eyes.
The ceremony was held at the family’s £27m mansion in Majorca, which Schumacher is understood 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 the guests for the ceremony
Gina and her brother Mick (left) wished their dad happy birthday this week with touching messages as he turned 55
‘Only three people can visit him and I know who they are.’
Speaking on the Italian version of Big Brother the brunette added, in comments echoed by Spanish press: ‘They moved to Spain and his wife has set up a hospital in that house.’
German tabloid Bild first linked the F1 legend to Florentino Perez’s Majorca mansion in July 2018, saying Corinna had purchased it for £27million so she could spend holidays there with her children and friends.
The house was bought by building magnate Perez in 2005 but he put it up for sale in 2017 after the death of his wife Mari Angeles Sandoval.
The villa is part of a 15,000 square metre estate which boasts two swimming pools, a helipad, a gym and a huge palm-tree-fringed garden.
Schumacher, the only driver in history to win seven F1 World Championships, was placed in a medically-induced coma after a life-threatening skiing accident in December 2013 in the French Alps.
He was relocated to the family home on the shores of Lake Geneva in September 2014.
The seven-time world champion has not been seen in public since he suffered a serious brain injury in the brutal skiing accident in the French Alps
Schumacher lives and receives treatments in his £50million mansion in Gland, Switzerland
Updates on his health have been few and far between.
Gina and her brother Mick wished their dad happy birthday this week with touching messages as he turned 55.
Gina wrote on Instagram: ‘Happy Birthday Papa! throwback to one of many of our adventures.’
The post was accompanied by an image of her and her brother as children with the Formula One legend.
Mick, now 25, wrote: ‘Happy birthday to the best Dad ever. Love you!’
The message showed a photo of them both wearing helmets, with a young Mick smiling and holding his thumb up as Michael looked lovingly towards him.
Schumacher’s ex-Formula One team Mercedes also posted a birthday message urging him to ‘keep fighting’.
Michael’s younger brother Ralf, who was also a F1 driver, told German newspaper Bild at the end of last year: ‘Nothing is like before.’
Updates on the health of the Ferrari legend have been few and far between in recent years
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 happened.
‘Fortunately, modern medicine has made it possible to do some things.’
His wife Corinna offered a rare insight on her husband’s state in a Netflix documentary in 2021.
She admitted: ‘I miss Michael every day.
‘But it is not just me who misses him. It’s the children, the family, his father, everyone around him. I mean, everybody misses Michael, but Michael is here.
‘Different, but he’s here, and that gives us strength. We’re together. We live together at home.’
