Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie get married at last.
Eleven years after meeting on a movie set,
falling in love and amassing a brood of children, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” are
finally Mr. and Mrs. Pitt.
Brad
Pitt and Angelina Jolie secretly tied the knot at their French estate in
front a handful of tight-lipped loved ones, the couple’s rep said Thursday —
happily ending one of Hollywood’s longest courtships.
Jolie, 39, and Pitt, 50, were married in a
tiny chapel at the couple’s 35-bedroom Chateau Miraval in the hamlet of Correns
on Saturday.
The 13th-century, 1,000-acre estate in the
Provence region of southern France, has been their home base since 2008. They
originally leased the property before buying it for $60 million.
The whole family arrived on a private jet in
Nice on Friday before being driven 90 minutes to their estate, according
to the Nice-Matin newspaper.
There were 22 people in attendance
Saturday, according
to E!, including Pitt’s parents, Bill and Jane
Pitt, brother Doug, sister Julie and their kids.
“It was very much a family affair,” the
family’s rep said.
Jolie wore a small gold locket to the
ceremony, according to E!. The piece once belonged to Jolie’s late mother,
Marcheline Bertrand, and has a picture of her beloved mom inside.
Jolie “had a veil,” and when “Brad lifted it
[he] gasped because she looked so stunning,” the E! source said.
All of the couple’s kids played roles in the
ceremony.
Maddox, 13, and Pax, 10, walked Jolie down
the aisle, while Zahara, 9, and Vivienne, 6, threw rose petals picked from the
estate’s garden that morning, according to E!
Shiloh, 8, and Knox, 6, served as ring
bearers.
“The boys all wore tiny matching cream linen
suits, which were just like Brad’s [tux], while the girls had each chosen a
dress to match their own individual style and they had them specially made,”
the E! source said.
The couple’s wedding rings “were designed by
their good friend Robert Procop,” the source added.
The ceremony was conducted in almost total
secrecy.
Family friend George Clooney — busy planning
his own under-the-radar wedding — didn’t mind not being invited and wished his
pals well.
“How great is that!” he told People magazine
and “Entertainment Tonight.” “I’m really happy for Brad and Angie and their
whole family.”
Jolie’s dad, Jon Voight, was also surprised
by the weekend wedding. “It sounds like it was a wonderful wedding,” the
“Midnight Cowboy” actor said in a statement.
It was a fast honeymoon for Pitt, who was
back at work Thursday. He wasphotographed
wearing a wedding band, while visiting a military
museum in England in an event tied to his upcoming World War II movie “Fury.”
Jolie and Pitt had previously said they
didn’t want to marry until gay marriage was legal across the United States.
Same-sex marriage is now legal in California and in France.
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