Formula 1 tycoon Bernie Ecclestone has secretly married for a third time in a ceremony at his ski chalet in Switzerland with Brazilian marketing director Fabiana Flosi, 35
The couple sporting a £100,000 ring, exchanged vows two weeks ago – while Mr Ecclestone’s two daughters remained 6,000 miles away in Los Angeles.
They met through their work on the Brazilian Grand Prix, but it seems the nuptials haven’t exactly been met with enthusiasm by the tycoon’s two daughters, model Tamara, 28, and fashion designer Petra, 24, who were both conspicuous by their absence.
Pointedly, Tamara – who has been staying with Petra at her £52million mansion in Los Angeles since splitting from boyfriend Omar Khyami a month ago – made no reference to her father’s wedding to her 86,147 followers on Twitter.
In May, Tamara told The Mail on Sunday she had no plans to attend her father’s wedding out of loyalty to her mother, former Armani model Slavica.
But family sources said relations between Mr Ecclestone – the self-made son of a Suffolk trawlerman – and his daughters had been further strained by his decision to marry at Le Lion, the chalet where the Ecclestone family spend Christmas and where Tamara had previously hoped to marry.
Liam Adams
