When he married former supermodel Jerry Hall in March 2016, media mogul Rupert Murdoch wrote that it was “the luckiest and happiest man in the world” On twitter. Six years later, that luck seems to have run out.

No more tweets for ten days or never! Feel like the luckiest AND happiest man in the world.

— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) March 4, 2016

The couple is divorcing, according to The New York Times, which cites two sources with “knowledge of the decision.” Still without official confirmation of the separation, an acquaintance assured The Telegraph: “When he makes a decision, he’s short and to the point and that’s it.”.

To the British newspaper, several friends confessed that they did not understand what had led to the separation. “I was genuinely shocked when I found out,” admitted one of them. “If you ask anyone who has seen them together in private, they will tell you that Jerry loves him, so no one has seen this. [separação] happen”

Another source, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, explained: “They matched very well. Just a few months ago, they seemed perfectly happy, and their families got along very well”.

The New York Times recalls that the actress of bat Man attended her husband’s 91st birthday at a restaurant in Central Park, an event the couple was passionate about, according to a source who was at the party.

In December, for example, the couple bought a ranch in the US state of Montana, an acquisition seen, The Telegraph writes, as “a romantic gesture by Murdoch to his Texas-born wife.” However, as the saying goes, not everything seems to be the case: this purchase of around 265 million euros may already have been a sign of tension, since Murdoch put his New York apartment up for sale at the same time. Well, said a source close to the British newspaper, “he always liked living in New York”, but Jerry not so much.

Throughout their relationship, they collected various addresses. This is the case of Great Tew Manor in the Cotswolds, in 2020, whose plans included a restoration valued at 35 million euros.

But the version of the couple madly in love is not corroborated by all. With the pandemic, they spent a lot of time in each other’s company — “because Rupert needed to take care of his health” — and, as a result, the arguments also came.

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For the more vigilant, the first sign that the couple’s world of roses was falling apart came Monday at the Wall Street Journal boss’s annual summer party at the UK’s Serpentine Gallery. At this prestigious social event, neither Hall nor his friends and family were present. The British newspaper points out that, if the absence was for health reasons, someone related to her would have left.

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From houses to bank accounts, everything will depend on the terms of the prenuptial agreement signed by them before making the relationship official at Spencer Housein London on March 4, 2016.

If the divorce is signed in the same city where the marriage took place, Georgina Hamblin of the Vardags law firm explained that it is possible that this document is scrupulously complied withand added that “the judges are increasingly strict in the application of the terms” provided for in the agreements.

The structure of the Murdoch empire, valued at 13.5 billion dollars (12.5 billion euros), is unlikely to change.

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From 1999 to 2014, he was married to a former News Corp employee, Wendi (38 years his junior), who came to prominence when he attacked a protester who threw a cake at her husband during a hearing in the British Parliament due to illegal wiretapping by the defunct News of the World. They had two daughters: Grace, 21, and Chloe, 19. At the time of the divorce, there were rumors, denied by the woman, that she was in love with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. From the “friendly” separation, the businesswoman was left with houses in China and New York (and, of course, money).

Murdoch’s first wife, former flight attendant Patricia Booker, is the mother of his eldest daughter, Prudence, now 63. They divorced in 1967 after 11 years together..

An affair with Scottish journalist Anna Torv followed, and this love resulted in Elisabeth, 53, Lachlan, 50, and James, 49. When they divorced in 1999, after 32 years of marriage, Murdoch reportedly paid her $1.5 billion.

Jerry Hall, meanwhile, was married to Mick Jagger, singer of the Rolling Stones, but the marriage, made in Bali, was annulled in 1999. Elizabeth, 38, James, 36, Georgia May, 30 and Gabriel, 24. they are the fruits of this relationship that ended due to the vocalist’s infidelity. The former actress received a payment of 18 million pounds sterling (approximately 21 million euros), including the 13 million pound sterling (approximately 15 million euros) house in Richmond, west of London. At the time, it was estimated that Jagger’s personal fortune was at least 150 million pounds (about 174 million euros).

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all in all, 10 children witnessed the wedding of Murdoch at 85 and Hall at 59.

My lovely family!
Photo: David Bailey pic.twitter.com/FnzkhPgf3E

—Jerry Hall (@JerryHall_) March 14, 2016