Thursday 23 June 2022 08:08 AM When Rupert brought Jerry home to Australia five years before marriage breakup trends now
Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall have ended their six-year marriage and will divorce, to the shock of friends who watched the happy power couple in the throes of love.
That was no more apparent than when the media titan took his former supermodel bride home to Australia in January 2017, about 10 months after their low-key wedding in London.
Murdoch, 91, and Hall, 65, attended the belated Christmas party of then-Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, and later visited Melbourne on via a private jet.
The loved-up couple were all smiles as they walked arm-in-arm through the gates of Kirribilli House to meet political, media, and business elite.
Murdoch, 91, and Hall, 65, attended the belated Christmas party of then-Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull in January 2017, all smiles as they walked arm-in-arm through the gates of Kirribilli House
Hall wore a striking crimson wiggle dress and matching cardigan draped across her shoulders, completing her look with a $5,000 red Bvlgari handbag, sunglasses and a statement pearl bangle
Hall wore a striking crimson wiggle dress and matching cardigan draped across her shoulders, completing her look with a $5,000 red Bvlgari handbag, sunglasses and a statement pearl bangle.
Murdoch looked sharp in a sky blue suit and white shirt with designer sunglasses.
Other high-powered guests at the event, which was put on ice due to Mr Turnbull's overcrowded calendar, included Seven West Media chief executive Ryan Stokes, and Coca-Cola Amatil managing director Alison Watkins.
The soiree was also frequented by Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who was seen climbing out of a 7 series BMW sedan.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce appeared to have a spring in his step, on the heels of his $1 million pay rise and record annual profits for the airline - well before the pandemic grounded its fortunes.
Seven West CEO Ryan Stokes and wife Claire Campbell arrive at Kirribilli House
Newly appointed Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Senator Arthur Sinodinos (left) and Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce also frequented the event
Murdoch and Hall paid a visit to Melbourne a couple of weeks later on the News Corp boss' Gulfstream 650 private jet.
Hall, 60, cut a slim figure in a glamorous all-white ensemble as she enjoyed a cigarette in the back of a limousine, while Murdoch, 85, looked dapper in a classic navy suit with matching tie and white shirt.
The powerhouse couple were joined by Murdoch's eldest son Lachlan, who is part-heir to the $62 billion media empire, and his wife, British-born Australian model Sarah Murdoch.
The Murdoch family were ushered off a private jet while men in suits and airport staff loaded wooden boxes of Moraga wine and suitcases into a car.
Moraga Estate in California's exclusive Bel Air enclave was bought by Mr Murdoch in 2013, and includes a winery that produces bottles starting at $175 up to $400.
Murdoch and Hall paid a visit to Melbourne a couple of weeks later where Hall, 60, cut a slim figure in a glamorous all-white ensemble as she enjoyed a cigarette in the back of a limousine, while Mr Murdoch, 85, looked dapper in a classic navy suit
The powerhouse couple were joined by Murdoch's eldest son Lachlan, who is part-heir to the $62 billion media empire, and his wife, British-born Australian model Sarah Murdoch (pictured)
Lachlan (far left) and Sarah Murdoch (right) gather around Murdoch and Hall as the family was ushered off a private jet while men in suits and airport staff loaded wooden boxes of Moraga wine and suitcases into a car
Their joyful arrivals at lavish events in Australia were in contrast to Murdoch's summer party earlier this week where revellers noted Hall's absence.
'I did think it was odd that she wasn't there. She's a social butterfly and would generally be at these sort of functions,' one of those present at the Serpentine Gallery in London on Monday evening said.
'I also noticed that none of her side of the family was there, nor her friends.'
Murdoch and Hall were last seen together in public in London in August 2021, when they were pictured arriving separately for a dinner. They are understood to have left together in a shared car.
They ended their relationship recently, surprising friends, two people with knowledge of the situation told the New York Times.
Murdoch, who is worth $17.7 billion, has six children in total: daughter Prudence MacLeod, now 64, with his first wife Patricia Booker, daughter Elisabeth, now 53, and sons Lachlan, now 50, and James, now
