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The news that July day in 2005 sent shockwaves through corridors of power around the world: the crown prince of the Murdoch empire was out.
Seemingly out of the blue, Lachlan Murdoch, then all of 33, had abdicated as the heir apparent to one of the world’s most powerful media dynasties. His father, Rupert, it seemed, would have to look elsewhere for his successor.