Rupert Murdoch’s third wife Wendi Deng has been spotted cosying up with a mystery man on a beach in St. Barts this weekend while flashing a huge sparkler on her engagement finger.
Deng swapped the snowstorm and plunging temperatures in her home town of New York City for some winter sunshine on the Caribbean island.
And it seems Christmas has come early for Murdoch’s ex as pictures obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com show the media mogul, art dealer and movie producer rocking what appeared to be an engagement ring on her right hand as she laughed and joked with a dark-haired companion.
Deng, who was married to media tycoon Murdoch for 14 years, seemed without a care in the world as she frolicked on the sands with the mystery man who may well soon become husband number three.
Rupert Murdoch’s third wife Wendi Deng has been spotted cosying up with a mystery man on a beach in St. Barts this weekend while flashing a huge sparkler on her engagement finger
Deng swapped the snowstorm and plunging temperatures in her home town of New York City for some winter sunshine on the Caribbean island
And it seems Christmas has come early for Murdoch’s ex as pictures obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com show the media mogul, art dealer and movie producer rocking what appeared to be an engagement ring
The pair were all smiles laughing and joking on the beach outside the luxury Cheval Blanc St-Barth Isle de France hotel, where an ocean room will set guests back a princely sum of €4,070 (almost $5,000) per night.
Deng, 52, looked radiant in a patterned bikini over her petite frame, which she paired with a hat and sunglasses.
But her most noticeable accessory was the huge dazzling rock on her engagement finger.
The pair seemed to be celebrating as they could not stop smiling at each other while taking a dip in the ocean and chilling out on the sand.
Deng clutched her smartphone and was seen snapping several photos of the beautiful island as a memento of their holiday there.
Her mystery male friend opted for bright blue shorts as he couldn’t take his eyes off the 52-year-old.
Deng clutched her smartphone and was seen snapping several photos of the beautiful island as a memento of their holiday
Deng, who was married to media tycoon Murdoch for 14 years, seemed without a care in the world as she frolicked on the sands with the mystery man who may well soon become husband number three
Deng, 52, looked radiant in a patterned bikini over her petite frame, which she paired with a hat and sunglasses
Who is the mystery man? Her male friend opted for bright blue shorts as he couldn’t take his eyes off the 52-year-old
The pair were all smiles laughing and joking on the beach outside the luxury Cheval Blanc St-Barth Isle de France hotel
The pair frolicked in the waves and could not stop smiling at each other as they enjoyed the winter sun
Deng’s most noticeable accessory was the huge dazzling rock on her engagement finger suggesting she could be walking down the aisle in the new year
The pair seemed to be celebrating as they could not stop smiling at each other while taking a dip in the ocean
Deng was married to Murdoch between 1999 and 2013 and is the mother of two of his children Grace, 19 and Chloe, 16
This would be the third time Deng has walked down the aisle.
She married Jake Cherry in 1990 who she met when he was 50 and she was 19.
Cherry and his wife Joyce took Deng under their wing when she came to America as a student and she moved into their California home with them.
Cherry divorced his wife and married Deng, but the marriage didn’t last and they divorced in 1993.
Deng was married to Murdoch between 1999 and 2013 and is the mother of two of his children Grace, 19 and Chloe, 16.
Deng and her mystery man look at something on her smartphone as she took photos of the beautiful island
The identity of her male companion on the beach this week was unclear but they certainly seemed to be enjoying each other’s company
This would be the third time Deng has walked down the aisle. She married Jake Cherry in 1990 and divorced him in 1993 before wedding Murdoch
Their marriage famously ended amid allegations of an affair between Deng and former UK prime minister Tony Blair – something he has strenuously denied.
But both Murdoch and Deng, who was 38 years younger than Murdoch, moved on.
Deng was linked to Alphabet chairman Eric Schmidt and she was later said to be in a ‘serious’ relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A source close to Putin told US Weekly in 2016 that Deng and Putin were dating and their relationship had become ‘serious.’
The identity of her male companion on the beach this week was unclear but they certainly seemed to be enjoying each other’s company.
Meanwhile, Murdoch has moved on to his fourth wife Jerry Hall who he married in 2016.