BILLIONAIRE heiress Petra Ecclestone’s charity claimed taxpayer cash to furlough employees, documents show. The socialite’s organisation, The Petra Ecclestone Foundation, used the handouts, meant to keep struggling businesses afloat in the pandemic, to fund eight staff.
Sources close to her say the charity does vital work for children and operates at a loss. But the fact that a charity set up by one of Britain’s wealthiest families accepted the money will surprise those used to seeing snaps of their luxurious lifestyles.
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