07 March 2023 , 16:10
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Crystal heiress Victoria Swarovski has split with her husband after falling for billionaire Red Bull tycoon Mark Mateschitz, it has emerged.
Talk of the romance spiked after the 29-year-old Victoria announced her separation from her property developer husband of six years Werner Muerz, 46.
The heiress to the multi-billion pound crystal jewellery giant Swarovski apparently hit it off with Mateschitz, 30, after a date in January.
Austrian media report that the pair were seen at the Hahnenkamm Races together at Kitzbuehel ski resort.
The two reportedly hit it off, and have been very close ever since.
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It is claimed she has fallen for Mark Mateschitz, the CEO of RedBull (Getty Images)However, neither of them have confirmed or denied talk of a romance.
Victoria gained fame after she won the ninth season of the RTL dance show Let's Dance in 2016.
But she and Muerz announced last week through their lawyers that they would be separating.
They said: "Victoria Swarovski and Werner Muerz have separated on friendly terms. We are asked to respect privacy and to refrain from further inquiries."
Mateschitz - Europe's newest multi-billionaire - is said to be one of the Continent's most eligible bachelors.
The 290year-old has announced her separation husband Werner Muerz (Getty Images)He inherited nearly half of the Red Bull business following his 78-year-old father Dietrich 'Didi' Mateschitz's death in October 2022.
Overnight his personal fortune soared to $15.7 billion (£13 billion).
He studied business administration at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, and is considered to be down-to-earth, friendly and reserved.
The Instagram influencer and some-time pop star tied the knot to Mr Muerz in 2017 while wearing a 46kg custom-made gown costing over $1million, which featured a huge train and was studded with 500,000 of her family's world-famous Swarovski crystals.
The couple wed in the Italian city of Trieste, in the Cathedral of San Giusto, surrounded by 250 of their closest friends and family, and Victoria walked in on her father Paul Swarovski's arm with her eight-metre veil trailing behind her.
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After the ceremony, the happy couple and their guests travelled 20km towards the five-star resort of Hotel Falisia in Portopiccolo, where they ate their wedding breakfast at Maxi’s Restaurant gazing out across the sea.