Michael and Diana Taylor married today in a private ceremony at their Upper East Side townhome, formalizing a relationship that had lasted 26 years. A spokesman said the longtime couple exchanged vows at home, joined by family members including their daughters, Emma and Georgina.
The wedding explains why the longtime pair is drawing attention now: after more than two decades together, they finally made the relationship official. The ceremony was small, and the celebration stayed close to home, with around a dozen close friends and relatives later gathering for lunch, according to a report in.
and Taylor first met when they sat next to each other at a Citizens Budget Commission meeting while he was first running for mayor, a chance seating assignment that led to a partnership that became part of New York City public life. Taylor, a former Wall Street executive and former New York State Superintendent of Banks, also served as an unofficial first lady of New York City during ’s years as mayor and now chairs the New York City Ballet board of director among other philanthropic roles.
Yet the move also leaves one question unanswered. When ran for president in 2020, he declined to say why they had not married, and he said then that neither of them had any plans to change. No reason was given today for what changed between that answer and this ceremony, only the fact that after years of saying little and changing nothing, they changed this one thing.
That makes the marriage less a surprise than a late decision to put a formal seal on a life already shared in public and private. For, 84, and Taylor, 71, the next chapter is not a new role or a public event, but the same relationship now described in a different way.
