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Fifth time lucky? Rupert Murdoch plans to tie the knot with a woman 26 years his junior

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Rupert Murdoch is set to marry wife number five, Ann Lesley Smith, later this year. (PHOTO: Gallo Images / Getty Images, Magazinefeatures.co.za)
Rupert Murdoch is set to marry wife number five, Ann Lesley Smith, later this year. (PHOTO: Gallo Images / Getty Images, Magazinefeatures.co.za)

He has billions in the bank, a media empire that’s spawned a hit TV series, six kids and 13 grandchildren, but one thing has eluded him in his almost 100 years on the planet: lasting love.

But Rupert Murdoch isn’t the kind of guy to give up. Not even four failed marriages have put him off believing in his happily ever after – and the woman he’s found now is his last, he swears.

The 92-year-old executive chairman of News Corp – home to America’s Fox News TV network and publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Sun and The Times – has fallen head over heels again, this time with a woman 26 years his junior.

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