The children of Formula 1 heiress Petra Ecclestone were never going to live an average life, moving between multi-million-pound mansions in Chelsea, Los Angeles and Monaco.
I can reveal their education is also rather unusual, with the 32-year-old socialite and her fiancé, Sam Palmer, 38, choosing to home school their kids — because the curriculum includes too much ‘woke stupidity’!
Petra welcomed her youngest child, Minnie, with Sam in April last year, and shares nine-year-old Lavinia, and twins James and Andrew, six, with ex-husband James Stunt.
‘We home school,’ Palmer reveals, adding: ‘We have teachers. And sport coaches. I was against it initially, but I have to say I really love it. We get to spend more time as a family.
Petra Ecclestone And her fiance Sam Palmer pictured enjoying a family day out at Disney World in California
The 32-year-old socialite and her fiancé, Sam Palmer, 38, have chosen to home school their children
‘We get to choose what’s being taught to our kids. And it will certainly not include woke stupidity like I’ve seen in some schools’.
Palmer, who runs a high-end domestic staffing agency, was perhaps referring to lessons such as those at London private school St Dunstan’s College, which teaches children about ‘white privilege’, including discussions on the public’s treatment of Meghan Markle, why James Bond has always been played by a white man and why all British Prime Ministers so far have been white.
Bernie Ecclestone’s youngest daughter, who has a net worth of more than £200 million, does not think her children are losing out by not being at a normal school.
Petra says home schooling allows her to choose what her children are being taught and it will 'certainly not include woke stupidity'
Palmer adds that while the couple were ‘worried’ about their children missing the social aspect, ‘they have their friends over nearly every day.
‘There are four of them anyway so they are never alone, and also go to sports clubs.’
The lucky tutors will get to spend part of their time in the family’s £170 million Georgian-style Chelsea home, which boasts eight bedrooms and 12 bathrooms.
However, the Ecclestone clan is currently in LA, where the children have recently been documented riding ponies and taking trips to Disneyland in between their studies.
Ah, to be the child of a multi-millionaire!
Oscar-winner Emerald shares her bin pizza dinner!
Emerald Fennell, English actress, filmmaker and writer, poses during Cliveden Literary Festival 2021
Some may like to imagine that an Oscar-winner and Netflix star would dine on oysters and caviar.
That’s certainly not the case for Emerald Fennell, who played the Duchess of Cornwall in The Crown.
The 35-year-old admits that when she was writing and directing BBC show Killing Eve, she was so busy that she had to eat a less than appetising meal when she got home — out of the rubbish.
‘One of my colleagues asked me if I was OK, and I said: “I’m fine but I just ate some pizza out of the bin.” I got home late, I didn’t have anything in the house, so I ate bin pizza,’ she tells me at Cliveden Literary Festival.
Hopefully Fennell, who has been juggling childcare with writing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, has remembered to stock the fridge this time!
At least Emin's cat bed is a bit more hygienic
Tracey Emin’s ‘My Bed’ 1990s artwork became one of the decade’s most-discussed exhibits — and she’s now made a miniature version for her cat.
She says Teacup, her kitten, is ‘a chip off the old block’ but, thankfully, the 58-year-old artist has created this one, top right, minus the empty vodka bottles, cigarette packets and stained sheets which came with the original.
Tracey’s 1999 work was nominated for the Turner Prize, and sold for £2.5 million in 2014.
Perhaps Teacup’s creation will do similarly well — and keep her in catnip for years to come?
Isolating Ed's quality time with his daughter
