New York Post

Oil heir Ivy weeds out hubby

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BILLIONAIR­E heiress and fashion favorite Ivy Getty — the great-granddaugh­ter of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty — has filed for divorce from her husband of three years, Tobias Engel, Page Six has learned.

The couple wed in a private ceremony in December 2020, we hear, before having an opulent storybook wedding the next year that was breathless­ly covered by Vogue.

A source tells us that the couple has a prenup in place, protecting her famed family’s massive wealth. “Obviously, being a member of the Getty family, Ivy is careful about legal entangleme­nts,” said a source.

Ivy, 29, and Engel, in his 30s, first met at Paris fashion week, and he proposed in Capri, Italy.

A court docket, seen by Page Six, shows Getty filed for divorce in January. It’s listed as “contested,” meaning the parties did not settle with a mediator before Getty filed.

In happier times, their luxe nups kicked off with a Mod, British Invasion-themed pre-wedding bash at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco with performanc­es by Mark Ronson and Earth, Wind & Fire. They were wed at nearby City Hall by then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Actress Anya Taylor-Joy was a bridesmaid.

Elite guests included Gov. Gavin Newsom, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Princess Olympia of Greece, designer Wes Gordon and Vogue’s Hamish Bowles. Getty wore a jawdroppin­g mirrored John Galliano gown. Her veil was embroidere­d with walnuts in honor of her grandmothe­r Ann, who raised Ivy in the Getty mansion and grew up on a walnut farm. Ivy’s father, John Gilbert Getty, and her grandmothe­r both died in 2020. Her mother is jewelry designer Alyssa Boothby, and the two aren’t close, we were told.

Engel was born in Vienna to Austrian businessma­n Peter Engel and “Coronation Street” actress Cheryl Prime.

Reps for Getty didn’t get back to us, and we were unable to reach Engel.

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