Rupert & Jerry are talk of town - just in time for Rugby World Cup final
THE rumours of romance between the media mogul and Sir Mick Jagger’s old flame had been doing the rounds for at least four weeks.
Rupert Murdoch has found love with former model Jerry Hall
But yesterday the ridiculed reports seemed to be true… Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall do enjoy each other’s company.
The former model and the multi-billionaire are expected to make their first public outing together at next week’s rugby World Cup final.
They are to sit next to each other in Twickenham’s VIP section when New Zealand take on Murdoch’s home nation, Australia.
Neither Jerry, 59, nor three-times married Murdoch, 84, were available to comment on their friendship yesterday.
The couple are expected to make their first public outing at next week’s rugby World Cup final
But a close friend of the businessman’s family said: “It’s all very new. They are really enjoying each other’s company very much.
There is no question that they are a couple
"He is fond of her. There is no question that they are a couple.”
Jerry, who had four children with Jagger before they split 16 years ago, recently spent time with Murdoch in America.
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The father of six took her to see hit musical Hamilton in New York and they met up during a break in California.
Insiders say the 6ft blonde Texan beauty is Murdoch’s first love interest since he parted from third wife Wendi Deng, 46, two years ago.
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That relationship hit the rocks when it emerged that Miss Deng was reportedly infatuated with Tony Blair.
All the couple’s children – who include Lizzy, James, Gabriel and Georgia May Jagger and the media executive James Murdoch – are understood to have been told of the development.
Jerry was yesterday not at the palatial home in Richmond Hill, south-west London, that she once shared with the Rolling Stones singer.
The new couple will sit in Twickenham’s VIP section when New Zealand take on Australia
A friend who was staying at the house declined to comment on reports of her new love.
But a neighbour said of her suitor: “Oh. He’s a bit old isn’t he?”