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Inside Tamara Ecclestone's 36th birthday from yacht to exploring Croatian caves

Tamara Ecclestone turned 36 today - and she has praised her husband Jay Rutland and their daughter for making her big day so special

• 22:54, 28 Jun 2020

Tamara Ecclestone spent her big day on a super-yacht to exploring Croatian caves.

She was feeling the love from her husband Jay Rutland, their daughter, and the rest of her family as they made her birthday extremely special.

The model and daughter of F1 mogul Bernie Ecclestone turned 36 on Saturday and she spent her time surrounded by her loved ones in Croatia - where the family have been isolating on Bernie's super-yacht.

The stunning billionaire F1 heiress was treated to a day trip at the Blue Cave by Jay, 39, and their little girl Sophia, six.

It's likely Tamara's sister Petra and her fiancé Sam Palmer, as well as her four children Lavinia, James and Andrew, and her baby daughter, came along as they have been staying together for weeks.

She shared an incredible snap with her nearest and dearest on Instagram as she celebrated turning another year older.

"In the Blue Cave for my birthday today so grateful to have spent the day with my family they made it so special for me it was full of love and I am so thankful," Tamara gushed.

Bernie's daughter shared a beautiful selfie alongside her husband and her daughter.

The trio looked unbelievably tanned as they snuggled up together for the happy snap.

Tamara was sporting a matching tie-dye swimsuit with mini-me Sophia.

Meanwhile Jay looked effortlessly cool in a black T-shirt and sunglasses.

The doting mum-of-one later shared another photo with her daughter as she reflected on the "little things" in life.

She penned: "Couldn’t of asked for a more special day for my birthday. The little things are always the big things."

Jay made sure he captured the day's epic moments as he filmed his wife swimming in the cave.

He also wished her a happy birthday on his Instagram.

The couple and Tamara's sister's family have been isolating in Croatia during the pandemic.

She's been sharing snaps on social media while staying aboard her father's 176ft yacht - named Petara.

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Daughter of Croatia’s richest woman on holiday in Dubrovnik

Tamara Ecclestone and Jay Rutland with their daughters are currently enjoying a family break on a luxury yacht in Zaton, near Dubrovnik. Tamara, the daughter of Bernie (90) and Slavica Ecclestone (63), enjoyed slashing around in the Adriatic with her family, seven-year-old Sophia and 10-month-old Serena.

“Beautiful Croatia so happy to be back. Last time I was here Serena was in my tummy, special times,” commented Tamara on her Instagram.

Last year, during her summer vacation in Croatia, Tamara successfully hid her pregnancy with loose clothing and no one knew she was pregnant until she posted the first photo of her new-born daughter on her Instagram in October.

Slavica became the richest Croatian woman when she divorced Bernie in 2009, and she is reported to have settled for $1.2 billion in the divorce case.

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Tamara Ecclestone enjoys lavish family holiday on yacht in Croatia amid pandemic

Tamara Ecclestone has whisked her family away on a lavish trip to Croatia where they are enjoying the sunny weather amid the pandemic.

The F1 billionaire heiress, 35, her husband Jay Rutland, 39, and their six-year-old daughter Sophia joined Bernie Ecclestone on his fancy yacht for the family getaway.

Bernie's other daughter Petra, 31, has also jetted her family out to the sunny destination and been spotted soaking up the Croatian weather with her extended family. 

Taking to social media, Tamara shared a number of adorable snaps of her family aboard Bernie's 176ft yacht - named Petara.

In her latest snap, Tamara donned enormous shades as she cuddled her young daughter on deck.

Just like her mum, Sophia grinned at the camera with a pair of glamorous pink sunglasses to shield her eyes.

The mother daughter duo beamed from ear to ear amid a stunning background of blue waves.

"So much love," Tamara captioned the cute picture. 

In a another sun-filled picture taken three days ago, Sophia blew a kiss to the camera as she enjoyed yet another day on her granddad's yacht.

Tamara has received a mixed response from fans after sharing the holiday photos with her 452,000 Instagram followers.

"I hope you enjoy your family vacation but I'm not going to lie it is hard seeing this on Instagram while the rest of us are still living in lockdown with cancelled vacations and restrictions on travelling," wrote one frustrated fan.

Another added: "Rules never apply to the rich."

However, others expressed their joy over the 'gorgeous' family photos.

Unlike other countries, Croatia has opted for a 'no bans, just precautions' approach to the deadly virus.

The current death toll for the sunny country stands at just 104 and the virus appears to have remained under control.

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Inside Bernie Ecclestone’s amazing life with wife Fabiana, 46, including £30m yacht, £3bn fortune and his own MOUNTAIN

• Published : 17:55, 11 Jul 2022
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FORMER Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone and his Brazilian wife Fabiana live a life of luxury which includes £30million yachts and a total fortune worth £3billion.

Ecclestone, 91, was chief executive of Formula 1 , until he was replaced by Irish-American Chase Carey in 2017.

But since moving away from F1, he and wife Fabiana, 46, live a life of luxury - swimming in a fortune believed to be around £3bn.

Not only does he have use of a £30m yacht, Ecclestone also has luxury homes, a coffee plantation and his own MOUNTAIN .

However, despite his large fortune, Ecclestone has landed himself in hot water after he was charged with fraud .

The British business magnate was accused of failing to declare overseas assets worth more than £400m to the taxman.

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The ex-F1 supremo also hit the headlines after claiming he'd "take a bullet" for Russian president Valdimir Putin.

In a car-crash interview, the billionaire also ridiculed hero Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a "comedian".

He launched into a bizarre rant on Good Morning Britain that showered the tyrant Putin in grim applause for his evil invasion of Ukraine.

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PROPERTY PORTFOLIO

Bernie's property empire is one to envy.

He did formerly own a home in Kensington Park Gardens that overlooked the palace Prince Harry and Meghan Markle lived in until they dropped their royal titles.

But he sold it for a whopping £57m when ex-wife Slavica Radic reportedly refused to move in.

In London he had an apartment in Knightsbridge, above the old F1 offices in Princes Gate.

However, in 2017 he relocated to Switzerland after Liberty Media took control of the group and offered him an undefined role as emeritus chairman.

Today, he lives in a £23m chalet called 'Le Lion' in the exclusive resort town of Gstaad, where neighbours include Italian fashion designer Valentino.

It's been in the Ecclestone family name for over 20 years, and is where Bernie and Fabiana married in a private ceremony in 2012.

Astonishingly, he also owns a mountain in Gstaad called the Glacier 3000.

Daughter Tamara revealed the extravagant purchase on her reality show Tamara's World saying he bought it simply because "he liked it".

Bernie also owns a stunning alpine retreat, Hotel Olden - a four star hotel that's rated one of the best in Gstaad.

Daughters Petra and Tamara are clearly the apple of Bernie's eye.

They too share in his wealth, living the high-life in multi-million pound homes.

But, ensuring they know exactly how much they mean to him, he named his £30m yacht after them.

The Petara can accommodate 12 guests, has a spacious contemporary interior designed by Studio Celeste Dell’Anna, and boasts a cruise speed of 16 knots.

She was seen last year arriving at Port of Gruz in the beautiful Croatian hotspot Dubrovnik, where Bernie loves to visit on holiday.

Croatia is believed to be Bernie's favourite holiday destination, so toddler Ace, 2, can look forward to spending his early years there.

This year he added ANOTHER yacht to his collection that belonged to his old mate Flavio Briatore.

The stunning 63-metre Force Blue became available for auction, after Briatore was convicted of not paying the VAT.

Ecclestone snapped it up for just £6.6m - despite it being valued at around £17.5m.

Able to house 12 guests, Force Blue possesses luxury features including a spa, gym and Jacuzzi to relax in - as well as a cinema and a nightclub.

And if he doesn't want travel by sea, he can always go by air in his £40m Dassault Falcon 7X.

It seats 12 passengers, promising uncompromising cabin comfort, and has a range of 5,950 nautical miles.

COFFEE PLANTATION

Aside from motorsport and love of Chelsea, Bernie has a passion for coffee.

It's what led him to buying an impressive £8million farm in Brazil that's bigger than Monaco, where he creates his own batch called Celebrity Coffee.

Over 30 people work on the farm, where there are around 600 cows and cattle, 18 horses, six ponies, eight dogs, and dozens of chickens and swans.

Expensive Japanese koi carp can also be found in the ponds surrounding the farm's entrance.

Staff live on site in one of 22 homes built on a field the size of a football pitch.

A short golf kart buggy ride away is the plantation, where the magic happens.

The Ycatu Plantation was abandoned until the Ecclestones took over, and they hired experts to restore the land.

“I’ve been in Brazil along 45 years and I’ve made a lot of friends. I’ve had really happy times around here,” Ecclestone once told  Sprudge .

It's Fabiana who manages the brand, with the plan to go global in luxury hotels and restaurants.

FAMILY COMES FIRST

In 2020, at the age of 89, Bernie became a dad for the fourth time when baby Ace arrived into the world .

His eldest child, Deborah, 67, was born to his first wife Ivy Bamford before he had socialites Tamara, 38, and Petra, 33, with his second wife, Slavica Radic.

Unlike her sisters, Deborah shuns the limelight. Like dad she works in business but not much is known about her personal life.

But Tamara and Petra made sure they enjoyed daddy's wealth, when they were given access to some of his funds when they turned 18 through a trust.

They spent fortunes on designer clothes, luxurious handbags, shoes and more.

"I don't think they should have bought handbags and shoes but anyway, they are in the fortunate position of being able to," he told The Independent in 2012.

And they also have a penchant for living in expensive homes.

Petra lives near basketball legend LeBron James in the exclusive Brentwood neighbourhood of Los Angeles in a home said to be worth £18m, after flipping a Holmby Hills mansion for £95m.

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While Tamara lives with husband Jay Rutland and their daughter Sofia in a 57-room mansion worth a whopping £70m on 'London's £3bn street' in Kensington.

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The breastfeeding pic trend just doesn’t seem to be slowing, with celeb mums posting their intimate snapshots left, right and centre – and even posing for magazines while feeding their babies. It’s inspiring and hopefully helping to normalise breastfeeding in public.

All we need now is for the Duchess of Cambridge to follow suit… but somehow we don’t think a breastfeeding selfie’s on her royal agenda.

Tamara Ecclestone Despite the backlash Formula 1 heiress Tamara received for two recent breastfeeding selfies, she’s brought the ‘brelfie’ back with this lovely photo. Uploaded while on a (private) plane back from Mykonos, the mum-of-one is pictured breastfeeding her sixteen-month-old daughter, Sophia.

[Instagram/Tamara Ecclestone]

Nicole Trunfio Aussie model Nicole Trunfio continues her campaign to normalise breastfeeding with these two photos of her nursing her son Zion. “This should be normal!” the mum of one wrote on one of the photos. The snapshots receieved a whole host of supportive comments, with fans commending her positive campaigning.

[Instagram/Nicole Trunfio]

Tamara Ecclestone Tamara Ecclestone posted two stunning snapshots of her breastfeeding her daughter Sophia while on holiday. But sadly the Formula 1 heiress was slammed for oversharing, with some of her Instagram fans telling her the pics were 'gross’ and there was no need for her to post images of her ’t**** hanging out’.

Tamara Ecclestone After receiving abuse for posting these two brelfies on her Instagram account, Tamara Ecclestone defended her decision. The Formula 1 heiress appeared on ITV’s Lorraine, saying that she had no idea the pics would cause such a strong reaction. “My husband took the picutre. I loved it, I thought it was so cute… I didn’t realise it was going to cause so much controversy and that people would have so many opinions on it,” she said.

Doutzen Kroes Model Doutzen Kroes posted this pic of her breastfeeding her 10-month-old daughter with the caption, “sweet dreams #blessed”.

Nicole Trunfio Australian supermodel Nicole Trunfio has appeared on the June 2015 cover of Elle Australia, breastfeeding her four-month-old son Zion. The photo marks the first time the magazine has realised a breastfeeding front cover. But TV presenter Sonia Kruger has hit out at the mag’s editor, Justine Cullen, saying she 'wussed out’ for only using this photo on the glossy’s subscription issue. Nicole shared the cover on her Instagram page, writing, 'There is nothing more powerful and beautiful than motherhood. The last thing I want to do is be controversial, so please take this for what it is, let us #normalizebreastfeeding. There is nothing worse than a mother that is judged for feeding her hungry child in public #weareonlyhuman. I’m so proud of this cover and for what it stands for. I obviously don’t look like this while I am breastfeeding but this stands for all women out there, whether you breastfeed or not, we gave birth, we are women, we are mothers. Thank you to ELLE for being so bold and making such an encouraging, positive and healthy statement. #womenunite"

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[Instagram/Erin McNaught]

Alyssa Milano Alyssa Milano posted this 'multi-tasking’ breastfeeding pic on her Instagram account, just before appearing on US chat show The Talk. The snapshot has received lots of positive comments including, “A mother’s work is never done!”

[Instagram/Alyssa Milano]

Doutzen Kroes Doutzen Kroes posed for the March 2015 issue of Vogue Netherlands while breastfeeding her daughter Myllena. The Victoria’s Secret model enlisted the help of the rest of her family, husband Sunnery James and son Phyllon, to put together this beautiful family snapshot.

[Instagram/Doutzen Kroes]

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[Gisele Bundchen/Instagram]

Emmy Rossum We couldn’t not include this ‘breastfeeding’ pic, starring Emmy Rossum. Taking a very public swipe at Gisele’s breastfeeding pic, Emmy posted this photo (complete with fake baby) and captioned it, “Hey @giseleofficial. I feel ya girl.”

[Emmy Rossum/Instagram]

Natalia Vodianova

Model Natalia Vodianova made breastfeeding high fashion with this beautifully shot black and white pic of her baby son, which looked like it belonged on the pages of Vogue – not Instagram.

[Natalia Vodianova/Instagram]

Gwen Stefani We love this stripped-back pic of Gwen Stefani posing while breastfeeding her five-month-old son.

[Gwen Stefani/Instagram]

Julie Bowen Julie Bowen, of Modern Family fame, shared this incredible photo of her twins being breastfed on social media for fans to see.

[Julie Bowen]

Doutzen Kroes Victoria Secret Angel Doutzen Kroes was another mum to post a photo of breastfeeding her son, Phyllon, at work. “Feeding my precious baby between pictures,” she wrote on Twitter.

[Doutzen Kroes/Instagram]

Jaime King Jaime King protested against anti-breastfeeding supporters with this photograph. The model captioned the Instagram image, “Breastfeeding should not be taboo.”

[Jamie King/Instagram]

Olivia Wilde Actress Olivia Wilde revealed her love of breastfeeding her son Otis in Glamour magazine. The mum of one tweeted about the shoot, writing, “Thanks @glamourmag for knowing there’s nothing indecent about feeing a hungry baby.”

[Glamour Magazine]

Alanis Morissette To support this year’s World Breastfeeding Week, Alanis Morissette posted a throwback picture of her feeding her son Ever.

[Instagram/Alanis Morissette]

Angelina Jolie This home photo of Angelina Jolie breastfeeding one of her twins, featured in W! magazine. Brad was the photographer who took this lovely snapshot.

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[Pink/Instagram]

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[Alyssa Milano/Instagram]

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[Miranda Kerr/Instagram]

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'I'm spending £1m on a crystal bath but it's worth it': Billionaire's daughter Tamara Ecclestone lifts the lid on her extravagant lifestyle in revealing interview

By Caroline Graham for The Mail on Sunday Updated: 05:57 EDT, 13 September 2011

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Glamourous: Tamara Ecclestone, pictured in Los Angeles last week, has explained her lifestyle in a revealing interview for the Mail

For a woman who has just spent £1 million on a bath tub, Tamara Ecclestone is remarkably likeable.

The daughter of Britain’s fourth richest person, billionaire Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, slinks across the lobby of Beverly Hills’ grandest hotel, the Peninsula.

But she is seemingly oblivious to the open-mouthed stares that follow her perfectly tanned-and-toned body clad in a tiny black romper suit.

As she curls up on a luxury sofa in the lobby, it is clear that even in a town used to excess, Tamara and her equally flamboyant sister Petra, who recently dominated the headlines with her extravagant £5 million wedding complete with a private performance by the Black Eyed Peas, have set tongues wagging.

For years, Tamara, 27, and Petra, 22, remained pretty much under the media radar. By all accounts, they were kept on a tight rein by their 6ft 2in mother Slavica, who worked hard to escape her tough, penniless upbringing in the Croatian port of Rijeka and was determined to keep her girls grounded. 

But after becoming fixtures on the London social scene, the two Ecclestone girls have become embroiled in an extraordinary – and outrageously expensive – display of trans¬atlantic sibling rivalry that even the most creative Hollywood scriptwriter would be hard-pressed to dream up.

First, younger sister Petra splashed out £91 million – in cash – to buy the 57,000 sq ft Los Angeles hilltop mansion of the late Dynasty creator Aaron Spelling three months ago. Then, two weeks ago, Tamara was maid-of-honour at Petra’s breathtakingly ostentatious wedding at the medieval Castello Orsini-Odescalchi outside Rome.

The scale of the nuptials was mind-blowing. 

Petra’s Vera Wang dress cost a reputed £80,000, the evening entertainment alone – including the Black Eyed Peas, Alicia Keys, Andrea Bocelli, DJ David Guetta and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – cost more than £3 million. 

Eric Clapton played for the couple’s first dance and Formula 1 driver Jean Alesi drove the bride’s vintage Rolls-Royce. 

Even the fireworks display saw £100,000 go up in smoke. Perhaps tellingly, among the guests were another pair of unimaginably wealthy and high-profile siblings, Paris and Nicky Hilton.

As elder sister, Tamara was a suitably gracious bridesmaid. But it is clear she feels the need to catch up in the publicity stakes. 

She arrived in LA last week with an entourage including Katie Price’s hair and make-up man and blithely announced that she would be perusing homes ‘starting at the £100 million mark’.

She also embarked on a series of meetings at major Hollywood studios in a bid to promote her upcoming show Tamara Ecclestone: Billion Dollar Girl (which starts in the UK on Channel 5 on November 4).

And she is telling all who will listen that she recently ‘dispatched’ five minions on an expedition ‘up the Amazon’ to gather crystal that will be used to create a state-of- the-art bathtub in her £47 million London home.

Splashing out: Tamara is spending £1m on rock crystal from the Amazon to make a bath similar to this

It was a story, I venture, that is surely a tabloid fabrication? 

She looks askance. ‘No, it’s completely true. They’ve gone to find this crystal which will be turned into my bathtub. It’s costing £1 million because I’ve got to reinforce the floor and I’ve had to pay for everyone’s travel and the hauling back and polishing of the crystal. 

‘But I spend a lot of time in the bath so it’s worth it.’

Little wonder that one Hollywood producer told me: ‘The whole town is talking about these girls.

‘There is nothing that Hollywood loves more than money, vulgarity and ambition. And these two have it in spades.’

It is a charge Tamara, who still looks impeccable despite starting her day at 5am to appear on America’s top-rated Entertainment Tonight show, rolls her eyes at. 

‘Listen, people will always try and make something of the rivalry between me and my sister,’ she tells me. ‘We are siblings and we fight and compete like any sisters would. 

‘But we are very close. Of course there is competition between us but it is healthy competition. There is room in this town for both of us.’

I ask her about reports that she stomped out of a Japanese restaurant earlier in the week after a row with her sister over who ‘got’ to LA first?

Sibling rivalry: Tamara says that the relationship with Petra is like that of any sisters - and while the do disagree and there is competition, they are both still close

Tamara shrugs: ‘We’d had a drink. Yes, there were a few words. I went outside to have a cigarette, which is something I only do when I’m drinking. I was in a bit of a bad mood. The Press saw that and blew it up into something it’s not.’

Are they at war? She says: ‘You’ll have to ask Petra about that. She’s in New York at Fashion Week. There’s certainly no problem between us as far as I am concerned.’

As she speaks it is obvious that, despite her daddy’s billions, Tamara has a steely determination to succeed on her own merits. 

She credits her 80-year-old father, the son of a humble fisherman who started out working in a gasworks before building a £2.4 billion fortune as the Formula 1 supremo, for keeping her ‘grounded’.

'My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life I can never match his accomplishments.'

Tamara explains: ‘My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life I can never match his accomplishments. He is someone that even now, at 80, loves what he does and is still making deals and making money, and he enjoys it. He raised me to appreciate money and not to take it for granted. 

‘I was raised to want to work for a living. The idea of just sitting around or going shopping every day appals me. I want to accomplish something in my own right.

‘Dad taught me to always go for the deal. When you are rich, people try to take advantage of you. I got a deal on the flights over here. My mother flew easyJet recently. 

Relationship: Tamara has been with stockbroker Omar Kyhami for 18 months - and says they have discussed marriage and children

‘We are a family that likes a bargain. I love the fact that I can spend ten quid and get my nails done in LA at a little corner shop rather than at an expensive salon.’

She says her mother Slavica, who acrimoniously divorced her 5ft 4in father in 2009 after 24 years of marriage, pounded home the message: ‘Mum cooked for me and my sister every night. My father would come home and we would have dinner together, as a family, at 6.30 every night.

‘Both my parents came from humble beginnings. Yes, we had money but it was never something we took for granted. 

‘Dad would drop us at school and Mum would collect us. They came from nothing and were determined not to spoil us. 

I had to work for my pocket money, walking the dog and picking up his poop. We were never surrounded by servants. When we wanted things we were never just given them. Money wasn’t easy.’

In person Tamara is charming. She speaks in a modulated but not super-posh voice. But it’s hard to credit the down-to-earth credentials of a woman who would blow £1 million on a crystal bath. 

She insists, repeatedly, that she and Petra were raised to appreciate the value of money.

‘We were never spoiled. We were never given too much,’ she says.

So what, then, has precipitated this sudden rush to compete in a multi-million-pound house property contest? Perhaps their parents’ divorce, with all the bitter recriminations, has affected the girls’ judgment?

‘The divorce was the hardest thing ever,’ she concedes. ‘Dad has a new girlfriend [Fabiana Flosi, a Brazilian 49 years his junior] but Mum is enjoying being single. I don’t think she will date anyone for a while. 

‘She’s enjoying being free. I’d never thought of the money [rivalry] starting after that. But maybe it did.’ Tamara says she finds Los Angeles, with its endless sunshine and endless positivity ‘liberating’.

‘I’ve been here before but only to Disneyland,’ she says with a grin. ‘I’ve totally fallen in love with the place. People here don’t judge you or have any jealousy about money. 

'In England, there is a certain negativity. Here everyone is positive. There isn’t so much jealousy here. I’d rather have a fake smile than a nasty stare.'

‘In England, there is a certain negativity. Here everyone is positive. There isn’t so much jealousy here. I’d rather have a fake smile than a nasty stare.’

Her boyfriend of 18 months, stockbroker Omar Kyhami, arrives at the table. He is in charge of the house-hunting which will begin in earnest in the morning.

‘We’re not going through a broker,’ he says. ‘When people hear the Ecclestone name they automatically add a zero to the price. We are looking at a place in Beverly Hills in the morning which has 27 acres and isn’t even on the market. 

‘We are looking at houses which aren’t officially for sale. When you get to a certain level, you don’t want to deal with brokers. The people we are talking to don’t want any publicity. The house we are looking at will make Petra’s house look like a guest house.’

Tamara squeals: ‘No! You shouldn’t say that!’

Role model: Tamara, pictured in 1998 on a skiing holiday, says her parents kept her 'grounded' and were determined not to spoil her, despite their wealth

Omar adds: ‘We’re going to do it in a way that isn’t a disaster. The house we are looking at hasn’t been on the market for years without selling.’ (The Spelling house was on the market for three years before Petra bought it.) ‘That other house [Spelling’s] was a disaster. We’re doing it properly.’

Tamara is clearly smitten with her slightly indiscreet boyfriend: ‘We’ve been together for 18 months and we’ve rowed and it’s all on camera. We have talked about marriage and children but that’s something my sister, even though she is much younger, has always had clearer views on. 

‘This was her year for getting married. I wouldn’t do anything to try and muscle in on that. I want to have a career and make something of myself. I have earned my own money and I like the feeling it gives me. When you buy something with your own money it means more.’

'I desperately want to have a career. I feel I have something to prove. I want to accomplish something on my own and build my own business.'

Does it worry her that she will be able to afford a £100 million-plus home in Hollywood only thanks to Daddy’s billions? ‘No, not at all.’

How does it work? Does her father simply sign a cheque? ‘No, no, it’s far more complicated than that. You get into trust funds and such. When I bought my place in Kensington (for £45 million) it’s in an area that is super-rich. 

‘I talked to Mum and Dad and they agreed to finance it because even if I never live there it’s a good investment. Neither Petra nor I would be allowed to buy anything that was a dud.’ 

I ask what is the worst thing that has ever happened to her. 

‘My parents’ divorce, without question,’ she says. ‘I didn’t see it coming. I thought they would work things out. I think my mum decided. She wanted to be free. It was a real shock. I cried a lot.

‘When you have money, people think life must be perfect. But I still have the same issues as anyone else. I wake up and feel fat and ugly. I feel insecure. I row with my boyfriend. We have family problems.’ 

Producer Melanie Leach, the managing director of TwoFour, the company behind Tamara’s TV show, had cameras following Tamara for six months. ‘She is someone who is so different from what you expect,’ said Leach, who also made Harry’s Arctic Heroes, the recently broadcast programme about Prince ¬Harry’s Arctic expedition.‘People have a certain expectation of what Tamara is like and, of course, she lives in a different world. The first show has her taking her five dogs to the Harrods day spa. It costs hundreds of pounds and the dogs are getting their nails painted pink.

Luxury: Tamara has access to a wide range of spectacular cars, including this convertible Rolls Royce, a Mercedes 500 and a Ferrari - plus also flies using a private jet

‘But there is another side of Tamara that is deadly serious and very ambitious. We have been taking meetings with some of the biggest people in Hollywood and I have never seen such a reaction. Tamara has something that people just relate to.’

Tamara insists she wants to be seen as ‘normal’ yet she has five cars at her disposal in LA,  including a black convertible Rolls-Royce, a Mercedes 500 and a Ferrari.

She also casually mentions she is flying to Las Vegas this weekend in a private jet.

Tamara says: ‘I have a strong built-in b-s detector. I know who my real friends are and I like to think I’ve not become cynical. Of course, some people want to be my friend because of the money. But the people I have around me are a tight-knit group.

‘I desperately want to have a career. I feel I have something to prove. I want to accomplish something on my own and build my own business.’

That’s why in LA she has maximised what she calls her ‘publicity potential’. Lunch at the Ivy – where paparazzi stalk the pavements – was followed by dinners at Madeo, Katsuya, STK and Boa . . . all high-profile hang-outs. 

As the Rolls arrives to take her from her £2,000-a-night hotel suite, I ask her: ‘Do you have any idea how much your lifestyle really costs?’

She smiles and says: ‘Yes, I think I do. Well, not really, not exactly. But I am not stupid. I have a good idea of my income and outgoings and, yes, I definitely know what things cost. 

‘I will make it. Just watch me. Money isn’t everything.’

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