Rupert Murdoch 'embroiled in real life Succession drama' as four children compete for empire

rer Murdoch is reportedly embroiled in real life succession drama with four of his six children it was reported that the 93-year-old news core pher has been in a legal battle against three of his children in order to make sure his oldest child Lan Murdoch will remain in charge of his media Empire as well as keep his media Outlets conservative the family battle came when llan was chosen as the successor according to the New York Times Murdoch is fighting to keep his eldest son's voting power in the Murdoch Family Trust the trust currently hands control to the four oldest children but it has been said that he wants to make sure lachland won't be swayed or challenged by his politically moderate siblings when it comes to his new news corporations the media Mogul said in court that Lachlan running the company without his brothers would preserve its conservative stance it is alleged that keeping laan in charge would be the best thing for his other liberal children as his right-wing companies would help boost the profits that provide money for them the three siblings James Elizabeth and Prudence were caught completely off off guard by the move to rewrite the trust in June a Nevada probate commissioner said that the trust could be amended if he is able to prove that he is acting in good faith and for the benefit of his heirs a trial to determine whether Mr Murdoch is in fact acting in good faith is expected to start in September his son James is a climate activist and a liberal who doesn't share the same views as his father he has denounced Fox News embracing coverage of former US president and felon Donald Trump he left Fox News when laan who has the same views as his father took over llan is the executive chairman of Nova entertainment chairman of News Corp and executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation James is the former Chief executive officer of 21st Century Fox between 2015 and 2019 so far the voting rights are shared among Mr Murdoch and the four eldest children Murdoch has the ultimate control and cannot be outvoted when Murdoch dies Lachlan James Elizabeth and Prudence will each get one single vote the miror have contacted Rupert Murdoch llan James and Elizabeth's representatives for comment follow miror celebs on Tik Tok Snapchat Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube and threads [Music]