Rupert Murdoch, 92, 'calls off engagement' two weeks after announcing the news
dailyrecord.co.ukRupert Murdoch has reportedly called off his engagement only two weeks after announcing that he was due to tie the knot again.
US magazine Vanity Fair has reported that sources close to the 92-year-old media mogul said he and his fiancee Ann Lesley Smith had "abruptly" called off their engagement.According to reports, Murdoch had grown alarmed by his wife-to-be's evangelical views.The wedding, which was due to take place this summer, would have been his fifth.
The billionaire has previously been married to Jerry Hall, Wendi Murdoch, Anna Murdoch Mann, and Patricia Booker.Speaking about their wedding plans two weeks ago, Smith, 66, gushed about how compatible the couple are saying she “speaks Rupert's language” adding the relationship was “not her first rodeo”, writes The Mirror.The businessman proposed to the former police chaplain with an Asscher cut diamond solitaire on St.
Patrick’s Day.Mr Murdoch, who is worth £13.9 billion, said: “I was very nervous.“I dreaded falling in love - but I knew this would be my last.
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