Hall’s well that ends well for Jerry as she and Murdoch split
Ruling his £14.5 billion empire with the same authority as Henry VIII, the parallels between Rupert Murdoch and the ‘Coppernose’ king do not stop there.
Following the collapse of his fourth marriage, to American supermodel Jerry Hall, the Australian media titan is notching up a list of ex-wives to rival the Tudor monarch’s.
But, whereas Henry matched and dispatched his spouses, doing away with the need for hefty settlements, the 91-year-old is once again looking at a multi-million-pound payoff.
Jerry and the pacemaker was an excellent band while it lasted.