Rupert Murdoch, 92, engaged to 67-year-old girlfriend Elena Zhukova

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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch announces engagement to girlfriend Elena Zhukova
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch announces engagement to girlfriend Elena Zhukova

Former FOX chairman Rupert Murdoch, 92, has announced his engagement to his girlfriend Elena Zhukova, 62, with plans to wed this upcoming summer.

The pair - who share a stark 30-year age difference - have already sent out invitations for their upcoming ceremony which is set to be held in June at Rupert's grand California estate and vineyard. The pair first sparked their romance last summer after it was revealed the media tycoon's previous engagement to former police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith was called off.

Rupert's previous engagement ended just two weeks after he and Smith first made the announcement. While he never publicly disclosed the reason, a source revealed to Vanity Fair that he had become uncomfortable about Smith's evangelical views.

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Rupert Murdoch, 92, engaged to 67-year-old girlfriend Elena Zhukova eiqrriqzriqktinvRupert has been previously married four times and called off an engagement last year (AFP via Getty Images)

Rupert has a long dating history in the limelight and has previously tied the knot four times with his engagement to Elena marking the sixth women he's gotten down on one knee for. The famous media moguel first tied the knot back in 1956 at 25 years old to his ex-wife Patricia Booker, whom he welcomed his firstborn child with in 1958. He then later wed Anna Maria Torv in 1967, Wendi Deng in 1999, and Jerry Hall in 2016.

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Rupert's new fiancée Elena is the mother of Dasha Zhukova, who is a well-known Russian art collector and socialite famous for her marriage to Russian oligarch and former Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich. The pair were originally introduced through her daughter Dasha and Rupert's third wife Wendy who were close friends in New York.

Rupert Murdoch, 92, engaged to 67-year-old girlfriend Elena ZhukovaElena is a 66-year-old retired molecular biologist

Romance rumours between the lovebirds surfaced in August when they were spotted enjoying a vacation together on a yacht in the Mediterranean. At the time a source told the Drudge Report that Ropert has "got the energy of people half his age," and added: "He just might be in love again."

Elena is a retired molecular biologist with a specialty in diabetes and previously worked in at a medical research unit at the University of California in Los Angeles. Sources say that she is a loving and family-orientated person and often spends her free time with her two grandchildren Dasha and Roman. She has also been previously married and divorced twice.

Caroline Gaspich

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