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=== Relationships === Packer and actress [[Kate Fischer]] separated in 1998 after five years together and a two-year engagement.<ref>{{cite web |date=21 May 2011 |title=What happened to Kate Fischer? |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/the-once-svelte-kate-fischer-stacks-on-the-pounds/news-story/92c65a9a43a810c9b961e929d051a9e9 |access-date=26 August 2018 |website=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> Packer married [[Jodhi Meares]] at his home in Bellevue Hill, Sydney in October 1999; the relationship lasted two years, and the couple separated in 2002.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kirkpatrick |first=Rod |title=News media chronicle, July 1999 to June 2000 |url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:11241/nmc09.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Australian Studies in Journalism |publisher=School of Journalism and Communication, [[The University of Queensland]] |volume=9 |page=147 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107014021/http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ%3A11241/nmc09.pdf |archive-date=7 November 2014 |access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sharp |first=Annette |date=16 June 2002 |title=Why Jodhi called it quits |work=[[The Sun-Herald]] |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] |location=Sydney, Australia |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/15/1023864363499.html |url-status=live |access-date=11 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028222134/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/15/1023864363499.html |archive-date=28 October 2012}}</ref> Packer later married part-time model and singer [[Erica Baxter]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Hornery |first=Andrew |date=21 June 2007 |title=Hitched: artful dodgers almost slip net |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/hitched-artful-dodgers-almost-slip-net/2007/06/20/1182019193754.html |access-date=3 February 2010}}</ref> whom he wed in the equivalent of a civil ceremony on 20 June 2007. The wedding was at the Antibes town hall, and the second ceremony took place at Hotel du Cap β Eden Roc in [[Antibes|Cap d'Antibes]] on the [[French Riviera]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hornery |first=Andrew |date=17 June 2007 |title=All aboard the loveboat |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/all-aboard-the-packer-loveboat/2007/06/16/1181414604141.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 |access-date=10 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hudson |first=Fiona |date=3 June 2007 |title=James Packer's $6m wedding |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=Australia |url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/perth-confidential/james-packers-6m-wedding/story-e6frg30l-1111113670211 |access-date=22 May 2013}}</ref> Together, Packer and Baxter have three children: a daughter, born 27 July 2008,<ref>{{cite web |date=29 July 2008 |title=Indigo is the luckiest Packer of them all |url=http://www.news.com.au/opinion/indigo-is-the-luckiest-packer-of-them-all/story-e6frfs99-1111117043148 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026210902/http://www.news.com.au/opinion/indigo-is-the-luckiest-packer-of-them-all/story-e6frfs99-1111117043148 |archive-date=26 October 2013 |access-date=3 February 2016 |publisher=[[News.com.au]] ([[News Corp Australia]])}}</ref> a son, born 1 February 2010,<ref>{{cite news |last=Hornery |first=Andrew |date=2 February 2010 |title=New heir for Packer dynasty |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/people/new-heir-for-packer-dynasty-20100202-n9ud.html |url-status=live |access-date=3 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203182633/http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/new-heir-for-packer-dynasty-20100202-n9ud |archive-date=3 February 2016}}</ref> and another daughter, born 22 September 2012.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 September 2012 |title=Packer palace welcomes new princess Emmanuelle |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/packer-palace-welcomes-new-princess-emmanuelle/story-e6frfmqi-1226482131015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203182319/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/packer-palace-welcomes-new-princess-emmanuelle/story-e6frfmqi-1226482131015 |archive-date=3 February 2016 |access-date=3 February 2016 |publisher=News.com.au (News Corp Australia)}}</ref> In September 2013 James and Erica Packer announced they were separating.<ref name="Seperation #2">{{cite news |last=Leys |first=Nick |date=6 September 2013 |title=James Packer splits with wife Erica after six years of marriage |newspaper=[[The Australian]] |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/james-packer-splits-with-wife-erica-after-six-years-of-marriage/story-e6frg996-1226713506303 |access-date=6 September 2013}}</ref> Packer and American singer-songwriter [[Mariah Carey]] became engaged in January 2016, but had broken up by October.<ref>{{cite web |date=21 January 2016 |title=Mariah Carey and James Packer are Engaged |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/731548/mariah-carey-and-james-packer-are-engaged |access-date=21 January 2016 |publisher=E! Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=27 October 2016 |title=James Packer dumps Mariah Carey |url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/celeb-news/james-packer-dumps-mariah-carey-29085 |access-date=26 August 2018 |website=Now To Love}}</ref> At the time it was alleged that the break-up was a result of Carey's extravagant spending and rows over her reality show ''[[Mariah's World]]'', but Packer later said that the relationship had just been a "mistake" for both sides.<ref>{{cite news |author=Shenton, Zoe |date=20 October 2017 |title='It was a mistake': Mariah Carey's billionaire ex James Packer breaks silence on their broken engagement |work=The Mirror |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/it-mistake-mariah-careys-billionaire-11380571 |access-date=22 October 2017}}</ref> In November 2017, Packer paid Carey a multi-million dollar settlement, in response to a lawsuit pursued by Carey citing an "inconvenience fee".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2017/11/30/mariah-carey-james-packer-settlement/23292822/|title=Mariah Carey received 'multimillion-dollar settlement' from ex-fiance James Packer, kept engagement ring}}</ref> In 2019, Packer was dating Kylie Lim.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 July 2019 |title=James Packer looking happy and in love with Kylie Lim in Italy |url=https://thewest.com.au/news/nsw/james-packer-looking-happy-and-in-love-with-kylie-lim-in-italy-ng-f2e31b21e00c8cee13dbca5d6d6f91c8 |publisher=The West}}</ref>
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