Post date: Jul 19, 2011 8:7:11 PM
Family loyalty was in evidence at the phone-hacking hearing when Rupert Murdoch's his wife Wendi, who sat just behind her husband throughout the hearing, jumped up quickly to fend off the protester who attacked him.
SHANGHAI, CHINA. REUTERS - Wendi Deng, the wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, literally jumped to the defence of her husband as he gave evidence to the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Tuesday (July 19).
She tackled a protester who had passed through tight security to push a paper plate of shaving foam into the face of Mr Murdoch, 80, but Miss Deng managed to turned the substance back on to the intruder.
Miss Deng is Rupert Murdoch's third wife. The couple have two daughters. Grace born in 2001 and Chloe in 2003.
She was introduced to her husband at a Hong Kong cocktail party in 1997.
They were married in 1999 on board Murdoch's yacht.
Miss Deng is the co-founder and co-CEO of the film production company Big Feet Productions, which is producing Snow Flower And The Secret Fan this year.