With Succession hitting a peak this week with a staggering plot-twist early in its final season (no spoilers here, but it was BIG), all eyes are back on the Murdoch family — the noted inspirations for the Roys in screen — as viewers consider how the King Lear-esque conceding of the crown might actually play out in real life. After all, Rupert Murdoch, at 92, has yet to choose a successor to his media empire, which includes Fox News, The Sun, The Times, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.
Then, suddenly, Vanity Fair came through with the essential intel we all craved: a 6,000 word strong update on the Murdoch succession race, literally titled “Rupert Murdoch’s Succession Drama”, which included mountains of juicy details on Murdoch’s recent divorce from Jerry Hall, his whirlwind engagement (and disengagement) and some very real parallels to our favourite HBO show.
