Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo has married Spanish model and reality television personality Georgina Rodriguez in a private wedding ceremony in Cascais, near Lisbon. The marriage comes exactly one year after their engagement and follows a ten-year relationship.
The couple announced their nuptials on Tuesday, August 11, in the early evening by sharing a photograph on Instagram. The image focused on their hands, which were adorned with plain gold wedding bands. Within twenty-four hours of publication, the photo had accumulated more than 21 million likes from social media users.
Visible in the background of the image was the diamond engagement ring that Ronaldo gave to Rodriguez a year ago, an item estimated to be worth more than one million euros. The photograph provided limited details of the wedding attire, showing only long sleeves on Rodriguez that appeared to be made of silk.
Mistaken Identity in Funchal
Speculation regarding the couple's wedding had been building for several weeks prior to the announcement. Believing that the ceremony was scheduled for the weekend in Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira where Ronaldo was born, hundreds of onlookers gathered outside a local church. However, the crowd discovered that the wedding taking place was for two people entirely unknown to the public.
Images of the crowd gathered outside the church in Funchal circulated on social media, prompting Ronaldo to comment on an Instagram post with crying-laughing emojis. The couple instead held their nuptials in Cascais, a coastal town located near the Portuguese capital of Lisbon.
A statement relayed by American celebrity magazine People confirmed that the ceremony was a private and intimate moment. The event was attended by the couple's five children.
Family Life and Media Appearance
The 41-year-old footballer was already the father of Cristiano Jr, now 16, before meeting Rodriguez. He welcomed twins Eva and Mateo in 2017. Five months after the birth of the twins, Rodriguez gave birth to their daughter Alana. In April 2022, the couple announced the birth of their daughter Bella, alongside the news that her twin brother, Angel, had died during childbirth.
Rodriguez, 32, has built a prominent public career as a model and influencer, and previously starred in her own reality television series on the streaming service Netflix. Because the couple has routinely shared moments from their personal life with the public, there has been widespread expectation that further details or photographs from the wedding could feature in a magazine publication or a television special.
