Guests were reportedly banned from bringing their phones to Michael Schumacher’s daughter’s wedding amid rumors the F1 legend was in attendance on Saturday.
Gina, 27, married her boyfriend Iain Bethke at the family’s luxury villa in Mallorca, which they bought for £27million in 2017.
BIL claims the family did not want anyone taking unauthorized photos of the property’s private rooms.
The German newspaper also reports that it is ‘very likely’ that seven-time world champion Schumacher was present, almost eleven years after his near-fatal skiing crash.
Guests are said to include Michael’s brother Ralf and his partner Etienne Bosquet-Cassagne, who have feuded with former ex-wife Cora over her claims she felt ‘stabbed in the heart’ after finding out he was gay .
Guests’ phones reportedly confiscated at wedding between Michael Schumacher’s daughter Gina and Iain Bethke
The Schumacher family did not want photos to leak from the inside of their luxury villa in Mallorca
Germany’s BILD claims it was ‘highly likely’ that F1 legend Schumacher was present
The villa has a landing site and he is regularly flown from the family home on Lake Geneva in Switzerland to the villa in Port d’Andratx.
It is part of a 15,000 square meter estate with two swimming pools, a helipad, a gym and a huge garden with palm trees.
A hen party was held on Friday evening for Gina, a successful equestrian, at the chic Mhares Sea Club south of the island capital Palma, ahead of the wedding ceremony on Saturday at Villa Yasmin.
According to the respected Mallorcan daily Ultima Hora, the ceremony lasted about half an hour and by 4pm they said ‘yes, I will’.
A banquet was reportedly held with a live performance by a country music band, although no figures are given for the number of guests.
Early this year it was reported that Gina and her boyfriend would get married over the summer at Villa Yasmin, which the Schumachers bought from Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.
The Mallorcan press, which cited German magazine Bunte as the source of the information, said a wedding planner from northern Germany had been hired to give the “finishing touches” to the celebration.
Horse lovers Gina and Iain made their relationship official almost seven years ago. They stepped out at an awards ceremony in Munich in December 2017.
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 father a happy birthday earlier this year with touching messages as he turned 55
In September last year, Michael’s daughter shared a new photo on her Instagram account with her boyfriend.
In September 2020, it was claimed that Schumacher spent time at the villa in Mallorca.
According to the Spanish press, he had been transferred from his Swiss home to the exclusive property on the chic Las Brisas estate near Andratx in the southwest of Mallorca.
Newspapers including respected Mallorcan 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 .
“Only three people can visit him and I know who they are.”
Speaking on the Italian version of Big Brother, Gregoraci added: ‘They moved to Spain and his wife set up a hospital in that house.’
Schumacher saw his life changed forever after a tragic accident ten years ago.
After spending more than 15 years skilfully piloting the world’s fastest and most dangerous machines during his career before retiring in good health in 2012 at the age of 43, Schumacher almost lost his life in a freak fall just a year later.
The seven-time world champion has not been seen in public since suffering serious brain injuries in the brutal skiing accident in the French Alps.
Schumacher lives and receives treatments at his £50 million mansion in Gland, Switzerland
Updates on the Ferrari legend’s health have been scarce in recent years
The seven-time world champion was enjoying a family holiday in the French ski resort of Méribel and was embarking on a seemingly routine ski excursion with his then 14-year-old son Mick when disaster struck.
While descending the very popular Combe de Saulire route, Schumacher opted to go off-piste and enter a small patch of ungroomed powder between Piste Chamois and Piste Biche, littered with small rocks.
But despite the relatively gentle slope and the short distance of the off-piste section, a hidden danger lurked. The snowfall had obscured some boulders, turning the powder paradise into a minefield.
Schumacher’s skis clipped one such boulder and the sudden force catapulted him into the air, leaving him powerless to avoid a head-on collision with another boulder.
The impact was devastating. Schumacher’s helmet absorbed much of the force, but the severity of the accident caused the hard shell to crack and fracture Schumacher’s skull, leading to a traumatic brain injury.
After being placed in a medically induced coma, he underwent two brain surgeries, surviving both against all odds, but remaining in critical condition.
In April 2014, doctors began the arduous process of gradually bringing him out of the coma, and in June he was deemed safe to move.
He then traveled to Lausanne University Hospital for continued rehabilitation, before leaving the institution in September for the Schumacher family’s £50 million home in Gland, Switzerland, on the shores of Lake Geneva.
Three men were recently charged after being arrested in an alleged £12.5 million blackmail plot against Michael Schmacher and his family
Updates on his health have been scarce as his wife Corinna, whom he married in 1995, insisted on total secrecy about his condition.
The rule has been faithfully adhered to by Schumacher’s loved ones, friends and wider entourage, who believe the racer and his immediate family deserve privacy to maintain his dignity.
Only a few trusted individuals are allowed access to his bed, amid strict safety protocols, which has inevitably given rise to a number of rumors about Schumi’s condition.
The family has also been subjected to extortion and blackmail by opportunists looking to cash in on the legend’s tragedy.
Earlier this week, two suspects, Yilmaz T, 53, and his 30-year-old son from Wuppertal in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia region, were charged after they were arrested for allegedly threatening to leak images of Schumacher taken after his near attack. fatal ski accident.
They allegedly told the Schumachers that they ‘didn’t want (the photos) published’ and ‘demanded millions’ to stop them from doing so.
The two men, who were arrested on June 19, handed over ‘individual files’ to the family to show they had access to documents about the F1 star – threats that investigators later deemed credible.
A third man, believed to be the mastermind of the plot, was also arrested and charged as part of the investigation. The 53-year-old previously worked as a security guard for the family, the Wuppertal Public Prosecutor’s Office said.
The case is said to have brought the family closer together as they continue to care for Schumacher and post the occasional update on social media.