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Why Tamara Ecclestone is leaving the UK for good

Her life does look pretty great, tbh

- KATIE HOLLOWAY

Sitting poolside in the sunshine with her picture-perfect family, you wouldn’t blame Tamara Ecclestone for wanting to live the rest of her life as if she were on holiday 24/7. And considerin­g that the 36 year old – along with husband Jay Rutland and their two daughters – has been in Dubai since Christmas, it seems that they have no plans to return to the reality of the UK. Speaking from Dubai, 39-year-old businessma­n Jay recently said, “We do not intend to return to the UK from Dubai. There are a host of reasons why we are not going back to London any time soon, and security is one of them. The truth is, we are playing it month by month and watching how the situation develops.” Pandemic aside, the family were rocked in December 2019, when their 55-room west London mansion was burgled. While Tamara, Jay, and daughter Sophia were away in Lapland at the time, the thieves managed to steal £25m in cash and jewellery. Tamara is said to have become extremely anxious about living in the Kensington pad since the raid, especially after the family welcomed daughter Serena in October 2020. Tamara called her baby girl, “The best thing that happened to the three of us,” telling her Instagram followers, “Serena… in one way you completed us, and in another it’s like you have always been there.”

The family, who also have a residence in Switzerlan­d, have not been in the UK since June 2020, and while some members of the public have criticised them for leaving the country, Jay was keen to emphasise that they haven’t broken any rules.

“At the beginning of the outbreak last year, we really stuck to the rules,” the father of two said recently. “From March to May, we locked down and did not leave the house [in London]. We went to Croatia in the summer [in June], but that was only after the rules changed and everyone was allowed to travel. From there, we went to Switzerlan­d, and we stayed there until Christmas, when we came here to Dubai.”

Tamara has clearly been enjoying her time in Dubai, sharing pictures of the family’s “extended holiday” on her

Instagram. And Sophia, six, seems to be getting quite the education, according to Tamara’s posts, as she’s been pictured playing tennis, surfing, and dressing as a mermaid in a clam shell. Oh, to be the daughter of the daughter of a billionair­e. ■

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 ??  ?? With husband Jay and daughters Sophia and Serena
With husband Jay and daughters Sophia and Serena
 ??  ?? Outside their Kensington mansion
Outside their Kensington mansion
 ??  ?? Serena’s getting used to the Dubai lifestyle
Serena’s getting used to the Dubai lifestyle
 ??  ?? We’re not jealous...
We’re not jealous...
 ??  ?? I’m saying nothing
I’m saying nothing

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