Steve Jobs’ youngest daughter is now a married woman — and hosted a very expensive wedding, at that.
Eve Jobs married British Olympic equestrian Harry Charles in the small medieval parish church of St. Michael and All Angels in Great Tew, England, on Saturday, July 26. The couple then hosted a reception at the private members’ club and hotel Estelle Manor, where Sir Elton John reportedly performed for the newlyweds and their guests for a $1.3 million fee.
According to U.K.’s The Times, all in all the wedding cost an estimated £5 million, or $6.7 million.
Guests at the wedding included former Vice President Kamala Harris, who has been friends with the bride’s mother, Laurene Powell Jobs, for more than 20 years. Also in attendance was Bill and Melinda Gates’ daughter Jennifer Gates Nassar, chef Ruth Rogers and Bruce Springsteen’s daughter, Jessica Springsteen, who was also one of nine bridesmaids.
The bridesmaids wore satin crimson red gowns (that matched the five-foot tall balls of roses that appeared outside of the church). All of Estelle Manor’s 107 rooms were also booked by guests, while other friends stayed at Soho Farmhouse, where Meghan Markle held her Bachelorette party in 2018.
Eve, 27, an equestrian and model, and Harry, 26, who won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics last year, began dating in 2022 and became engaged last September. They both have famous parents as Eve’s dad Steve — who died of pancreatic cancer in 2011 at age 56 — was the cofounder of Apple, while the groom’s father is fellow equestrian Peter Charles, a former member of the British team that won gold at the 2012 London Olympics.
A source told the U.S. Sun last week that the nuptials would be a “society wedding like no other” and turn “rural Oxfordshire upside down.”
“The sleepy village in which it’s taking place feels like it’s turning into a no-go zone, with secret service operatives and blokes who look like they work for the FBI,” the insider said of the extravagant event. “This is a very quiet place not far from the Cotswolds. Everyone is used to tourists and famous faces, but this is something else.”
According to The Times, the wedding’s locale is home to celebrities like David and Victoria Beckham, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi and Simon Cowell and his fiancée, Lauren Silverman — who said that the area appealed to Americans, including herself, due to its privacy.
While out for a bike ride on Saturday, Cowell, 65, congratulated the newlyweds, telling The Times, “I wish them the best of luck — it’s a beautiful place for it.”
Eve is the youngest daughter of Steve and Laurene, who also share son Reed, 33, and daughter Erin, 29. (Steve also has a daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, 47, with ex Chrisann Brennan.) The children were raised in Palo Alto, California, and will reportedly receive little to no inheritance.
After her husband’s death, Laurene told the New York Times in 2020 that Steve “didn’t care about the accumulation of wealth” and she has “dedicated my life to doing the very best I can to distribute it effectively, in ways that lift up individuals and communities in a sustainable way.”
“I’m not interested in legacy wealth building, and my children know that,” she added. “Steve wasn’t interested in that. If I live long enough, it ends with me.”
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