F1 heiress Tamara Ecclestone and her husband were unable to recoup any of the £25million lost in Britain’s biggest burglary because of an astonishing insurance blunder, it has been revealed on a new investigative podcast from the Daily Mail, Heists Scams and Lies: The Hunt for Tamara Ecclestone's Missing Diamonds.
International jewel thieves ransacked the family’s sprawling Kensington mansion while they were on holiday in Lapland, making off with millions worth of priceless gems, watches and cash.
And there was another gut punch to come when the devastated mother-of-two and her husband, Jay Rutland, discovered they could not claim a penny back for the stolen goods.
Incredibly, the insurance policy for their £75million home contained an exemption clause for watches and jewellery that had previously gone unnoticed.
The bombshell is one of several shocking revelations from the Heists, Scams and Lies podcast, out today and available on all good podcast platforms.
The explosive new True Crime series lifts the lid on the burglary spree that rocked Britain, tracks the stolen loot across Europe and even features interviews with associates of the thieves themselves.
Another bombshell revealed in the show is that the gang behind the break-in also targeted the homes of supermodel Kate Moss and musician Eric Clapton.
The thieves spent days scouting the mansions of London’s rich and famous before selecting...
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