Rishi Sunak’s multi-millionaire wife Akshata Murty has been spotted giving instructions to movers unloading the family’s furniture as the Prime Minister’s press secretary confirmed that they were moving back into No 10 Downing Street.
Akshata Murty was looking relaxed in fur sliders, grey leggings, a light grey jumper and a black fluffy gilet, as she was pictured strolling into No 10 for the first time since her husband became Prime Minister, just six months after the family moved out of Downing Street to their £6.6 million Kensington townhouse.
Movers were also spotted carrying a double mattress and what looked like a barbeque into No 10 Downing Street.
The Sunak family has decided to return to the No 10 flat, where they lived while Rishi Sunak was Chancellor of the Exchequer, instead of moving into the more spacious flat at No 11, and that has been the custom for prime ministers since 1997 when Sir Tony Blair swept to power.
As two moving vans parked outside the house, the recently appointed Chairman of the Conservative Party Nadhim Zahawi was also photoed strolling past in a matching navy tracksuit and a green baseball cap.
Yesterday, Ms Murty, a British-born Indian heiress and fashion designer, was spotted exiting the couple’s London home sporting a black baseball cap, a white long-sleeved sweatshirt, black tracksuit bottoms and black sliders.
Speculation was rampant over whether the family would retreat to earlier living arrangements, with Rishi Sunak dividing his time between Downing Street and his house in west London.
In April Rishi Sunak, his wife Akshata Murty, their daughters Krishna and Anoushka and family labrador Nova moved out to be nearer to the children’s £22,000 a year private school.
Coming around the same time that news emerged that Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty, had claimed non-dom tax status, reportedly saving her millions, there was a belief the move was linked to a wish to evade media attention, although Rishi Sunak denied that at the time.
But earlier this week, Rishi Sunak’s press secretary told reporters they would be moving into the No 10 flat, where they used to live.
Asked whether the family intends to decorate the flat, his press secretary said that they were not aware of it.
It means that they won’t live in the flat above No 11, which was refurbished by Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie for an estimated £200,000 in the so-called wallpapergate scandal, which notoriously involved gold wallpaper that cost thousands of pounds.
So, Rishi Sunak is the Prime Minister and his wife is the first lady, and she has a ton of money, although her worth has got nothing to do with the Prime Minister’s ability to do his job, although he’s set for life now, mind you, he was set for life before becoming Prime Minister, and think of all those book deals and conference speeches to keep the millions rolling in for years and years after he’s done with being Prime Minister.
The man bragged about having no working-class friends and then he expects us to like him. He’s not for the needy, he’s only out there for himself, and he wouldn’t know deprivation if it slapped him between the eyeballs, but at least his wife looks happy.
However, I suppose we should give the poor man a chance. It appears that he’s easily the best academic, financial and business knowledge of any of them, but we’re very possibly stuffed if he can’t improve things.
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