Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall engaged ===================================== ![Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall engaged](https://vardags.com/images/pictures/_360/879bfb93507a3c1df16f817fbff98484.jpeg)Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and former model Jerry Hall got engaged last week following the Golden Globes. The pair have been together for four months and are expected to tie the knot sooner rather than later. Due to Murdoch's advanced years, this announcement has prompted commentators to wonder what Hall sees in her new beau, with the *New York Daily News*snidely dubbing them '[Beauty and the Beast](https://www.pressreader.com/usa/new-york-daily-news/20160112/281479275408666/TextView)%27 and the *Guardian* calling them %27Jerry and the Pacemaker%27.According to a *Guardian* source, "She's not looking to run the company, she's not looking to move the furniture around. There are lot of people around Murdoch who are looking to him for a step up… She's not looking for a piece of the action".This will be Murdoch's fourth marriage, and Hall's first - technically that is. She '[married](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/aug/14/stuartmillar1)' Sir Mick Jagger in Bali in 1990, though the ceremony was later deemed null and void under both British and Indonesian law. Jagger and Hall separated in 1999 after Luciana Morad, an underwear model, announced that she was pregnant with Jagger's child. Hall is believed to have received £10 million during the proceedings. Murdoch's worth is estimated at £8 billion, much of which is in the family trust that controls voting stock in 21st Century Fox and News Corporation. The trust's beneficiaries were his four children with his second wife, Anna Torv. Under Murdoch's divorce settlement with Torv, the children that Murdoch had with his third wife, Wendi Deng, could not be admitted to the trust. A compromise was eventually reached; Deng's two children now have an equal stake in the trust, but without voting rights. After Murdoch's marriage to Hall, though, %27there is no belief that the News Corp inheritance will be further divided%27, reported [the *Guardian*.](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jan/16/the-texan-and-the-digger-jerry-hall-and-rupert-murdochs-whirlwind-romance) Murdoch's ex-wives signed prenuptial agreements, with Torv earning a reported £1.2 billion during her divorce. It is unknown whether Hall will follow suit, or what her prenuptial agreement may entail. Vardags' team of top divorce lawyers serving [celebrities ](https://vardags.com/team/specialist-divorce-lawyers/celebrities-divorce)delivers a bespoke legal service to HNW and UHNW individuals, their families, and businesses. "Ayesha Vardag - Britain's top divorce lawyer." ![The Huffington Post](https://vardags.com/images/logo/huffpost.png) "Ayesha Vardag - Woman of the Year"![GG2](https://vardags.com/images/logo/gg2-3.png) "Leading, Magic Circle law firm."Mr Justice Coleridge "A handful of firms dominate the so-called 'glamour' end of the market ... Vardags"The Times "One of the best divorce lawyers in the country"Marie Claire "Ayesha Vardag - 'diva of divorce' for the world's super rich" ![BBC](https://vardags.com/images/logo/bbc.png) "Dr Stephen Bence is a financial genius."Lewis Marks KC "Ayesha Vardag - the Queen of divorce"Daily Mail "Vardags brilliantly argued my case to a resounding victory"Pauline Chai (client) "Britain's top divorce lawyer" ![The Telegraph](https://vardags.com/images/logo/telegraph.png) More Family Law news -------------------- [Fiction vs Family Law: Jessica Jones, Jordan Taylor and why women stay](https://vardags.com/family-law/jessica-jones "Fiction vs Family Law: Jessica Jones, Jordan Taylor and why women stay") [South Australia refusal to recognise UK same-sex marriage](https://vardags.com/family-law/south-australia-refusal-to-recognise-uk-same-sex-marriage "South Australia refusal to recognise UK same-sex marriage") [Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall engaged](https://vardags.com/family-law/rupert-murdoch-and-jerry-hall-engaged "Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall engaged") [Doing it for themselves: Why I'll always fight to empower women and children](https://vardags.com/family-law/ayesha-vardag-empower-women-children "Doing it for themselves: Why Ill always fight to empower women and children") [Possible online avenues for the Small Claims Court](https://vardags.com/family-law/online-avenues-for-small-claims-court "Possible online avenues for the Small Claims Court")