Media mogul Rupert Murdoch weds supermodel Jerry Hall

The pair wed at "one of the most sumptuous" private venues in London Credit: PA

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has said he feels like the "luckiest and happiest man in the world" after marrying former supermodel Jerry Hall.

The 84-year-old Australian, whose News UK company publishes The Times and The Sun, wed the 59-year-old Texan in central London today.

The couple exchanged vows at Spencer House, a venue described on its website as "one of the most sumptuous private residences ever built" in the capital.

Murdoch later announced he was suspending his social media output - which has seen him regularly tweet on the Republican presidential race and the UK in-out referendum - to enjoy his marital bliss.

While the nuptials are Mr Murdoch's fourth, the marriage is Ms Hall's second, though she is best known for her long-term relationship with Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger.

The couple had announced their engagement in The Times in January, saying: "Mr Rupert Murdoch, father of Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan, James, Grace and Chloe Murdoch, and Miss Jerry Hall, mother of Elizabeth, James, Georgia and Gabriel Jagger, are delighted to announce their engagement."

Queen Victoria used to frequent Spencer House. Credit: PA