Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez have shared a closer look at their intimate wedding in Portugal, including why they chose to keep the ceremony small and close to home.
The couple spoke to Vogue five days before their wedding, when they were at their summer home in Cascais. They revealed that they planned to marry in their living room on 11 August, the 10th anniversary of the day they first met at a Gucci store in Madrid.
Rather than a large celebrity wedding, Ronaldo and Rodríguez wanted the day to be about their family.
Why They Chose An Intimate Wedding
Rodríguez said she had once imagined a very different wedding.
“When I was a little girl,” she told Vogue, “I dreamt of the biggest castle, the biggest carriage, the longest dress, a crown full of diamonds.”
But her priorities had changed.
“And now I’m saying: no. I want something intimate, with my partner and our children, at home,” she said.
She added that the couple already had access to the kind of luxury that might normally define a lavish wedding.
“Castles, houses, islands, horses, cars: We have all of that within reach every day,” Rodríguez said. “But something intimate—that’s more unusual for us.”
The couple also said they plan to have a bigger celebration with family and friends in the future.
Their Living Room Became The Wedding Venue
The choice of venue was deeply personal for Rodríguez.
“We’ve chosen to do it in the living room of our house here,” she told Vogue, “where we have breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and where we live the reality of our lives.”
She said she wanted their children to remember the significance of the space years later.
“In 30 years’ time I want the children to think, Something wonderful happened at this table—the wedding vows of our parents.”
Ronaldo, characteristically, had a practical response.
“It probably won’t be the same table,” he joked. “We might change the decor.”
A Decade After They First Met
Ronaldo and Rodríguez first met in August 2016 at a Gucci store on Madrid’s Calle Serrano.
Rodríguez was working there as a sales assistant and was covering for a colleague that day. Ronaldo arrived with his son, Cristiano Jr.
Recalling the first meeting, Ronaldo told Vogue: “I had my back to her and then I turned around and saw her. Our eyes met, and from that point on it was….”
“It was a dream,” Rodríguez added.
“Yes, a dream,” Ronaldo replied. “I know she’s the love of my life, and I think I am”—he paused and grinned—“I think she thinks I’m the love of her life.”
‘A Special Day, Spent In A Normal Way’
Ronaldo and Rodríguez said they did not expect marriage to fundamentally change their relationship.
Still, Ronaldo said becoming husband and wife felt significant.
“Just the fact of being man and wife—you enter a different league,” he told Vogue.
For Ronaldo, the focus was less on spectacle and more on spending the day with the people closest to them.
Ahead of the wedding, he described what he wanted the occasion to feel like: “a normal day”.
Then he reconsidered.
“It will be a special day, spent in a normal way,” he said.
The day after the wedding, Rodríguez told Vogue that the ceremony had turned out exactly as she had hoped.
“It was exactly as I’d imagined it,” she said. “Intimate, full of love, and with our family in the most important starring role.”
TL;DR | News At A Glance
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez spoke to Vogue about their wedding.
The couple chose an intimate ceremony at their home in Cascais, Portugal.
The wedding took place on 11 August, 10 years after they first met.
Rodríguez said she wanted the day to be “intimate” and centred on her partner and children.
The couple said they plan to have a bigger celebration with family and friends in the future.
Rodríguez later described the wedding as “intimate, full of love”.
