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By Emma SaundersEntertainment reporter

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has announced his engagement to his partner Ann Lesley Smith , a former Police Chaplain .

Mr Murdoch, 92, and Ms Smith, 66, met in September at an event at his vineyard in California .

, One of his own publications: " I dreaded falling in Love - But I knew this would Be My last. It better be. I'm happy. "

He split with fourth wife Jerry Hall Last Year .

Mr Murdoch added that he proposed to Ms Smith on St Patrick's Day, noting that he was " One fourth Irish" and had been " very nervous".

Ms Smith's late husband was Chester Smith , a Country Singer and radio and TV executive.

" For us both it's A Gift from God. We met last September, " she told the New York Post.

" I'm a widow of 14 years. Like Rupert, my husband was a Businessman . . So I speak Rupert's language. We share the same beliefs. "

Mr Murdoch, who has six children from his first three marriages, added: " We're both Looking Forward to spending the Second Half of our lives together. "

The Wedding will take place in Late Summer and the couple will spend their time between California , Montana, New York and the UK.

Mr Murdoch was previously married to Australian Flight Attendant Patricia Booker , Scottish-born journalist Anna Mann, and Chinese-born entrepreneur Wendi Deng.

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Source of news: bbc.com