That is the very real scenario that Rupert Murdoch finds himself in ... in 2006 after Rupert had married his third wife Wendi Deng, and they had two more children, Grace and Chloe.

The Fox and News Corp. titan is locked in a legal feud with his more-liberal children over attempts to consolidate power under Lachlan.

Wendi Deng became a YouTube sensation was caught on live TV, leaping to the defence of her 80-year-old husband Rupert, as he was attacked by a foam-pie thrower during phone hacking testimony in ...