They were the ultimate global power couple, fame and fortune, beauty and accomplishment. They were big deals before they met and it all just grew over the ensuing 13 years of marriage.
Two seemingly ageless icons, the fashion model and the football star, somehow transforming into a future with the promise of even more power and influence, twin business empires to go beyond the brilliance of their youthful pursuits.
Mostly though, they looked like a real marriage, a real partnership, the kind that defies their stature.
This was no Hollywood affair, no match made for tabloid publicity.