Despite Rupert Murdoch’s apparent disdain for the establishment, his presence at US President Donald Trump’s state banquet this week was hardly his first dinner at the British monarch’s palace.

But it may not be a coincidence that his first public appearance in Trump’s orbit since a legal brawl erupted between them comes barely a week after securing control of his empire for son Lachlan .

Corporate documents released on Monday revealed for the first time the price Rupert and Lachlan paid to secure control of the business via the new web of family trusts they control. The youngest siblings, Chloe and Grace, remain passengers.

It is not just about the billions of dollars they had to pay to the rebels , Elisabeth, Prudence and James. The problem is how Lachlan was forced to fund th

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