Will Murdoch's court battle with his children be opened up to world?

He may have dubbed his plan 'Project Harmony'. But to anyone observing the high-noon showdown about to unfold between and his four oldest children in a dusty court in , the nickname looks optimistic.

The 93-year-old tycoon and his offspring are set to square off in a secret legal battle in the desert city of Reno.

At the heart of the case is one question – whether or not Murdoch can successfully change the terms of a confidential family trust in order to hand control of his sprawling media empire to his oldest son Lachlan, 53, whose Right-wing politics closely mirror his father's.

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