Michael Schumacher family joy as daughter Gina is due to get MARRIED at villa where stricken legend started ‘new life’
MICHAEL Schumacher’s daughter Gina is set to get married later this year at the family’s luxury villa in Majorca.
The 26-year-old will tie the knot with 27-year-old boyfriend Iain Bethke later this year, reports German magazine and Spanish publication .
A wedding planner from northern Germany has been hired to put the “finishing touches” on the celebration.
The German magazine - which carried the story on its front page - says the couple will say "I do" under an arch of flowers at the family villa.
Corinna - the seven-time world champion's wife- is widely reported to have bought the villa in 2017 from Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.
A country music band is set to play live music in the evening at the open-air ceremony - with male guests encouraged to not wear ties due to the temperatures.
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Horse enthusiasts Gina and Iain went official with their relationship just over six 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 have not specified whether Michael, who turned 55 on January 3 days after the tenth anniversary of his tragic ski accident, will attend.
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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 southwest of the island from his Swiss home.
Corinna reportedly purchased the villa 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 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.
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.
His daughter 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, 24, 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 last week: “Nothing is like before.”
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.
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“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.”
