60-million-pound divorce behind, PIO tycoon falls in love again

Wednesday 27th May 2020 09:07 EDT
 

The Indian-origin business tycoon Bhanu Choudhrie who has been asked to pay 60 million pounds as divorce payout has reportedly fallen in love with Tamara Ralph, the Creative Director and co-founder of Ralph & Russo. Ralph is famously known for designing the transparent £55,950 dress which Meghan Markle used for her engagement photographs.

Choudhrie, it seems, has put his past behind with the new link-up and has moved on after losing his purse heavily in wake of the High Court ruling made public only last week.

The Daily Mail reported that the 41-year-old son of billionaire Sudhir Choudhrie was present at the Paris Fashion Week along with Tamara sitting in the front row. A source said that their romance had taken off well before the lockdown was announced.

Tamara has been, herself, a big shot in the design and fashion world. She became the first female Creative Director from the UK in nearly 100 years to exhibit during Paris Haute Couture week.

Also, she was one of only three female Creative Directors worldwide eligible to present their collections during this period. Ralph has also also featured in fashion publications such as Fortune magazine's 40 under 40 list, the BOF 500 and in 2016 was conferred the "Outstanding Achievement Award".

Even as both persons have refused to comment about their relationship it is definitely a good news for Bhanu since he has been facing the pressure of divorcing Simrin Choudhrie with whom he seemed to have all not so long ago.

The couple stayed at a 20 million pound, six-storey Belgravia home. They had renovated the home in 2015 only adding a two-storey basement that included among others, a cinema, pool and spa complex.

Simrin who has previously appeared on the Channel 4 reality show ‘The Secret Millionaire’ had sought a whopping 100 million pound from Bhanu in divorce settlement. The court of Justice Cohen dealt with the case in private hearings and had gagged media from publishing or showing detailed reports of the case.

After the hearing, the judge said Simrin is entitled to 60 million pounds of money from Bhanu, an heir of one of India’s richest families. The bitter legal battle over the claim was fought by top lawyers from both sides as they argued over tens of millions of pounds at hearings in the High Court’s Family Division.

Bhanu is the founder of Westminster-based global private equity firm C&C Alpha Group and hails from one of the wealthiest families in India, with a rumoured net worth of £1.6 billion.

Interestingly, Bhanu and his father, who have donated 1.6 million pounds to the Lib Dems, were subjected to investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in a probe involving bribes from the Rolls-Royce for availing a defence contract in India.

However, the duo was not charged and subsequently Bhanu tried unsuccessfully to gag Simrin from speaking the inside details about the matter. The case was rejected after Simrit lawyers assured that she would not disclose any information.


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