Rupert Murdoch, 92, to marry for the 5th time: ‘I knew this would be my last’

Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch is set to marry Ann Lesley Smith, a former police chaplain, in summer 2023.

Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch is getting married for the fifth time — and this time, he’s said it’s for good.

Murdoch, 92, announced his engagement to Ann Lesley Smith, 66, via his own publication, The New York Post. He told the outlet that he met Smith, a former police chaplain, at his California vineyard last September.

“I met her and we talked a bit. Two weeks later I called her,” Murdoch told the Post.

Murdoch, who said he is “one-fourth Irish,” proposed in New York City on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. He presented Smith with an Asscher cut diamond solitaire ring that he personally selected.

“I was very nervous,” he said. “I dreaded falling in love — but I knew this would be my last. It better be. I’m happy.”

“We’re both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together,” Murdoch said.

Smith was formerly married to the late Chester Smith, an American country singer and TV executive. She called the engagement to Murdoch “a gift from God.”