A new relationship at 92, with Abramovich’s former mother-in-law? This is the love life of Murdoch, after all
In 1956, when Rupert Murdoch donned his first, but certainly not last, wedding suit and exchanged vows with the Australian former flight attendant Patricia Brooker, the hit record of the year was Elvis Presley’s Heartbreak Hotel.
That first marriage lasted 11 years, and Murdoch has checked into Heartbreak Hotel at least half a dozen times since, across four wives and several partners.
His most recent stay began in April, when he called off his engagement to Ann Lesley Smith, 66, a former dental hygienist-cum-volunteer police chaplain-cum-conservative radio host, after only two weeks.
If newspaper reports are to be believed, he has now well and truly checked out again. But he never stays long. Because that’s the thing about Rupert Murdoch’s heart: even at 92 and a half, it’s a lot stronger than anyone thinks.