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Who are Rupert Murdoch's ex-wives? Billionaire, 91, spotted holidaying with Ann-Lesley Smith, 66, in Barbados

The billionaire was reportedly soaking up in sun with Ann-Lesley Smith, 66, who is a one-time chaplain and widow of country music singer Chester Smith
PUBLISHED JAN 16, 2023
Rupert Murdoch was previously married to Jerry Hall (L) and Wendi Deng (R) (Imeh Akpanudosen and John Phillips/Getty Images)
Rupert Murdoch was previously married to Jerry Hall (L) and Wendi Deng (R) (Imeh Akpanudosen and John Phillips/Getty Images)

BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS: Rupert Murdoch, 91, was spotted vacationing with a new companion in Barbados. The billionaire was reportedly soaking up in sun with Ann-Lesley Smith, 66, who is a one-time chaplain and widow of famous country music singer Chester Smith.

According to Daily Mail, the duo met in November 2022 and eventually decided to go on a vacation together. Ann was seen wearing a yellow halterneck bikini along with a diamond crucifix pendant. However, the outlet also suggested that they have also spent time together on the Caribbean island at the invitation of Anthony Bamford, the chairman of JCB. You can check out the pictures here. Here is a look at the 91-year-old billionaire's marriages. 

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Rupert Murdoch, Executive Chairman News Corporation looks on during a panel discussion at the B20 meeting of company CEO's on July 17, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Over 350 business leaders have gathered in Sydney for the 2014 B20 Summit to discuss and determine policy recommendations ahead of the G20 Leaders Meeting in Brisbane later this year.
Rupert Murdoch has been married four times (Jason Reed - Pool/Getty Images)

Who are the ex-wives of Rupert Murdoch?

The billionaire was married four times in his life. His recent marriage to Jerry Hall ended just six months ago. Previously he was married to Wendi Murdoch, Anna Murdoch Mann, and Patricia Booker. 

Patricia Booker 

The relationship between Booker and Murdoch lasted for more than a decade. Booker got married to him in 1956. She was a former shop assistant and flight attendant from Melbourne. In 1958, they welcomed a baby girl, Prudence MacLeod. However, they parted ways in 1967. Murdoch got married to Booker when he was just 25. 

Ann Maria Trov 

Ann Maria Trov got married to Murdoch in 1967, the same year when he got divorced from Booker. She was a Scottish journalist. He has three children with Trov, including Elisabeth Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, and James Murdoch. Trov also composed two books for his company called 'Family Business' and 'Coming to Terms'. Trov has also revealed how they first met. According to Vanity Fair, Murdoch also claimed, “I thought she was a very pretty girl. Her writing skills were not going through my mind.” They got divorced in June 1999 and she received a settlement of $1.2 billion, as per Hello Magazine. She once stated, "I began to think the Rupert Murdoch that I loved died a long time ago. Perhaps I was in love with the idea of still being in love with him. But the Rupert I fell in love with could not have behaved this way," reported The Guardian. 

Wendi Deng

Rupert Murdoch (L) looks to his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, as they are driven from The Royal Courts of Justice after he gave evidence to The Leveson Inquiry on April 26, 2012 in London, England. This phase of the inquiry into the culture, practice and ethics of the press in the United Kingdom is looking at the owners of various media groups. The inquiry, which may take a year or more to complete, comes in the wake of the phone hacking scandal that saw the closure of The News of The World newspaper in 2011
Rupert Murdoch and his ex-wife Wendi Deng Murdoch (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

The billionaire got married to Wendi Deng after 17 days of divorce from Trov. Wendi was just 30 years old when she married 68-year-old Murdoch. Back then, she was the vice president of his channel STAR TV. They initially met at a company party in Hong Kong in 1997. There were rumors that she had an alleged affair with former UK prime minister Tony Blair while still being married to Murdoch, reported Hello Magazine.

She was also famous for stopping an attack by protester Jonathan May-Bowles, who threw a pie at her husband during a British parliamentary committee hearing into the News International phone-hacking scandal in 2011, reported The Guardian. The media tycoon filed for divorce from her. The duo got divorced in 2014 and they have two children named Grace and Chloe. 

Jerry Hall 

Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch (L) and American former model Jerry Hall (R) attend the Chelsea Flower Show on May 23, 2016 in London, England. The prestigious flower show, held annually since 1913 in the Royal Hospital Chelsea grounds, will be open to the public from the 24th to the 28th of May, 2016.
 Rupert Murdoch (L) and Jerry Hall (R) (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Jerry Hall, who is a former supermodel and ex-wife of Rolling Stones legend Mick Jagger, was the next wife of the media magnate. The duo, who got engaged in January 2016, eventually got married on March 4, 2016. Though they got married at St Bride's Church on Fleet Street in a private ceremony, the duo arranged a star-studded reception at Spencer House.

Murdoch's daughters Prudence and Elisabeth acted as bridesmaids in this ceremony and Chloe and Grace were the flower girls. However, the duo got divorced in August 2022, citing "irreconcilable differences."

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