US media indicate that media mogul Rupert Murdoch and actress Jerry Hall are divorcing.
The divorce would be Mr. Murdoch’s fourth. Ms. Hall, 65, was once married to Mick Jagger, the lead singer of the Rolling Stones.
Representatives of Mr. Murdoch and Ms. Hall, who wed in a central London mansion in 2016, have not yet commented.
According to the New York Times, individuals close to the family are surprised by their divorce.
This publication and the Washington Post both cited unidentified sources familiar with the separation.
Mr. Murdoch, whose News Corporation empire encompasses major outlets such as Fox News and the Wall Street Journal in the United States, as well as The Sun and The Times in the United Kingdom, was rumored to be dedicating more time to his new wife.
At the time of his wedding, the billionaire said on Twitter that he was “the luckiest AND happiest guy in the world” and that he would no longer post to the platform.
His eldest son Lachlan was appointed his successor in 2018. Additionally, Mr. Murdoch sold the majority of 21st Century Fox to the Walt Disney Company.
Additionally, the couple had been spotted together in public on other occasions.
According to the New York Times, Ms. Hall was observed “doting on” her partner at his 90th birthday party last year.
She was previously in a long-term relationship with Mr. Jagger, with whom she had four children. In 1990, the couple tied the knot in a Hindu ceremony in Bali, Indonesia. The marriage was invalidated by the High Court of Justice in London less than a decade later.
Mr. Murdoch was previously married to flight attendant Patricia Booker from 1956 to 1967, writer Anna Mann from 1967 to 1999, and entrepreneur Wendi Deng from 1999 to 2014.
The couple has a total of 10 children from various marriages.
