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Rupert Murdoch is preparing to marry for the fifth time, 68 years after his first marriage.

The 92-year-old media mogul — who turns 93 on March 11 — is He is set to marry retired molecular biologist Elena Zhukova67, on his vineyard in California.

The engagement comes just months after the former Fox Corp chairman and Sky News founder He broke off his previous engagementAnd two years after his last divorce.

From his first bride in the 1950s to the wedding he called off and his latest fiancée, these are the women Mr Murdoch has married and engaged to over the years…

Patricia Booker

Murdoch's first marriage was to Australian flight attendant Patricia Booker.

They married in 1956 and had their daughter, Prudence, two years later. They divorced in 1967.

While the lives of the Murdoch family and children are said to have inspired the hit series Succession, Prudence has remained out of the limelight and away from her father's work.

Anna man

Murdoch's longest marriage was to Scottish journalist Anna Mann, whose real name was Anna Torv, to whom he was married from 1967 to 1999.

Mann, from Glasgow, was working in Australia for a newspaper owned by Murdoch when she met the mogul. They had three children together. Elizabeth, born in 1968, Lachlan, born in 1971, and James, born in 1972.

During their marriage, Ms. Mann narrowly escaped a kidnapping attempt in 1969, Two brothers murder Murdoch's deputy's wife at News Limited – Those who made mistakes in it.

Wendy Deng

Murdoch married his third wife, Wendi Deng, in 1999, less than three weeks after his previous divorce was finalized.

Deng was working at a Murdoch-owned company in Hong Kong when they met at a party in 1997.

The Chinese-born Deng continued to have a “tremendous influence” on Murdoch's life, according to his biographer, and also repaired her husband's image in the early 2000s.

Although she has not held any official position at News Corp, she is considered to have influence over its dealings in Asia.

During a July 2011 parliamentary hearing into phone hacking, she catapulted into the spotlight when she jumped in front of her husband to protect him from a protester who was throwing a cream pie.

Deng and Murdoch had two daughters together — Grace, born in 2001, and Chloe, born in 2003 — before divorcing in 2013.

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Jerry Hall

The media mogul married Jerry Hall in a church on London's Fleet Street in 2016, just four months after their first meeting.

Murdoch, who was 84 at the time, tweeted that he felt “like the luckiest and happiest man in the world” after the concert, but unfortunately it did not last.

The pair split six years laterIt later emerged that Mr Murdoch had ended the marriage via email.

Hall, who was born in Texas, gained fame as a model in the 1970s and appeared on several Vogue covers. She became an inspiration for artists including Lucian Freud and later moved into acting.

Hall had a 22-year relationship with Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger, which ended in 1999. They had four children together.

Anne Leslie Smith

Murdoch's latest participation is his second in several years.

In March 2023, he announced his engagement to Anne Leslie Smith, a former police chaplain. He said: “I was afraid of falling in love – but I knew it would be my last. It had better be. I'm happy.”

The pair never made it to the aisle Their division It was reported only two weeks later.

Elena Zhukova

Zhukova, Murdoch's last fiancée, met his third wife, Wendi Deng.

The biologist was described by society magazine Tatler as “very well connected”, and her daughter Dasha Zhukova was married to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich until 2017. She is now married to Greek billionaire shipping heir Stavros Niarchos III.