FORMULA One fable Michael Schumacher did not be his daughter's wedding, says his adjacent pal.
Rumours started to swirl successful September that Schumacher watched his oldest kid necktie the knot successful Spain successful what would person marked his first nationalist appearance for implicit a decade.
Fellow F1 ace Johnny Herbert has present travel retired and labelled the thought of the 55-year-old being astatine the wedding arsenic "fake news".
The Grand Prix winning Brit says helium expects Michael's beingness to ever stay down closed doors with adjacent large events similar a household wedding not being worthy the media frenzy it could create.
The seven-time F1 champion hasn't been seen successful nationalist since helium suffered a superior caput wounded aft a skiing mishap successful December 2013 successful the French Alps.
His household person managed to support his health and existent information a tight-knit concealed for years with lone a fistful of radical seeing Schumacher successful the past 10 years.
Despite the protective interior ellipse astir the driving icon, it was believed that helium was astatine his girl Gina's wedding.
There was adjacent anticipation that this mightiness of meant helium could attend his son's Mick wedding successful the future aft helium precocious got engaged.
Speaking to FlashscoreUSA, Herbert said: “It volition ever beryllium a closed shop.
"The astir caller rumour was helium attended his daughter’s wedding.
"Unfortunately, from what I recognize that was each A1 fake news and nary information successful it.”
One of the main reasons wherefore galore thought helium whitethorn person gone to the ceremonial was owed to the determination of the event.
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It was held successful a Spanish £27million villa, which is believed to person been adapted allowing a squad of doctors and nurses to supply round-the-clock attraction for Schuey.
Reports successful the Spanish property archetypal claimed Schumacher was apt to person attended the backstage ceremony.
They named a fig of reasons with different being owed to guests getting instructed to permission their mobile phones astatine the door.
No media were fixed support to be with lone pictures posted to Gina's Instagram being seen publically truthful far.
Among the tiny impermanent database was Michael’s member Ralf and his spouse Etienne Bosquet-Cassagne.
Only a fewer others were contiguous extracurricular of contiguous family.
THE INNER CIRCLE
Since 2013, Corinna has been creating a backstage satellite astir Michael as helium continues his recovery.
This includes forming a choky knit radical of radical allowed to spot the icon and those who can't owed to fearfulness of his backstage beingness being leaked.
Schumacher is said to person regular meetings with his erstwhile teammate Luca Badoer astatine Ferrari.
As good arsenic his manager Sabine Kehm - who is arguably the closest non-family subordinate to Michael some earlier and aft the accident.
The 3rd subordinate of the ellipse is Jean Todt who has been adjacent to Michael for implicit 30 years.
What happened to Michael Schumacher?
MICHAEL Schumacher’s beingness was hanging by a thread implicit 10-years-ago arsenic medics tried desperately to support him live aft a tragic skiing crash.
The F1 legend was left with horrific encephalon injuries and placed into a coma for 250 days.
He was fixed the champion imaginable treatment as helium underwent hours of tricky operations on his brain.
Back successful 2013, the retired seven-time satellite champion, and his then 14-year-old son set disconnected connected the Combe de Saulire skis tally successful the exclusive French resort of Meribel.
Footage from his helmet camera revealed helium was not travelling astatine excessive speed when his skis struck a stone hidden beneath the snow.
He catapulted guardant 11.5ft and crashed into a boulder caput archetypal that divided his helmet into 2 and near him needing to beryllium airlifted to infirmary for two life-saving operations.
At 1 constituent his household were told to brace themselves for the worst lawsuit script arsenic the concern was overmuch worse than primitively believed.
At the time, medics said Schumacher was apt to enactment successful an induced coma for astatine slightest 48 hours arsenic his assemblage and caput recovered.
But the coma ended up lasting 250 days - much than 8 months.
After helium woke up successful June 2014, helium was discharged from infirmary and sent to his location successful Lake Geneva to get further treatment.
Since past his woman Corinna and his interior ellipse of friends person expertly avoided astir thing leaking retired astir his health status.
Only tiny amounts of accusation person been released including reports that Schumacher was successful a wheelchair but can respond to things astir him.
In 2019, it was said that Schumacher was acceptable to acquisition breakthrough stem compartment therapy in a bid to regenerate and rebuild his tense system.
Renowned France cardiologist Dr Philippe Menasche, who had operated connected him previously, was acceptable to transportation retired the attraction that would spot cells from his bosom spell to his brain.
Following the treatment at the Georges Pompidou Hospital in Paris, helium was said to beryllium "conscious", though fewer different details were fixed astir his state.
The brace reportedly inactive watch F1 races unneurotic but Todt has admitted successful the past that the F1 legend "is nary longer the Michael we knew" before the accident.
Ex-Ferrari ace and Michael's teammate Felipe Massa - regarded arsenic "Michael's younger brother" - has besides been allowed to spot his aged pal occasionally.
Mick's fiance Laila Hasanovic, a Danish lingerie model, was reportedly besides fixed a ballot of assurance by the Schumacher's to see Michael earlier this year.
Outside of a twelve welcomed visitors, Corinna has besides been forced to marque the pugnacious determination and chopped definite radical retired of Michael's life.
Some of these radical see ex-teammate Rubens Barrichello, erstwhile manager Will Weber and ex-F1 squad brag Eddie Jordan.
Weber erstwhile made sensational claims that "we person lone heard lies" from the distraught family.
The F1 main is often credited with discovering a young Schumacher and kick-starting his iconic career.
But helium present admits helium fears he'll never beryllium capable to spot Michael again.