Tamara Ecclestone shares a rare family snap
Tamara Ecclestone and her sister Petra shared a rare insight into their family life this week when they posted snaps from Sam Palmer’s 40th birthday party.
The family gathered for a special meal to commemorate the milestone and later documented the dinner on their Instagram pages on Monday.
While some key members of the family were missing from the photo, many members of the Ecclestone/Palmer clan gathered to celebrate Sam’s big day.
The family photo showed the group standing around Sam as he posed with his massive birthday cake, which featured a frozen figurine of WWE wrestler The Undertaker.
The cake was covered in family polaroids and also hinted at Sam’s favorite hobbies, including soccer and golf.
The big 40! Tamara Ecclestone and her sister Petra shared a rare insight into their family life this week as they posted snaps from Sam Palmer’s 40th birthday party
Guests at the dinner included Tamara, 38, and her daughter Serena, two, whom she held in her arms. However, her husband Jay Rutland, 42, and their eldest daughter Sophia, nine, appeared to be absent.
Meanwhile, Petra, 34, and Sam, 38, were joined by their daughter Minnie, three. Petra’s children Lavinia, 10, and her twin boys Andrew and James, seven, from her marriage to James Stunt were also at the bash.
Sitting next to Sam was his smiling mother Sue, while his sister Louise was also present with her children.
The family didn’t hold back during their celebrations, when Sam revealed that one of the rooms in his mansion was lined with gold, silver and blue balloons.
Details: The family photo showed the group standing around Sam as he posed with his massive birthday cake, which featured an icy figurine of WWE wrestler The Undertaker
There were also inflatable letters that spelled Sam 40.
Sam’s birthday comes weeks after he reportedly bought a $30.5 million mansion in Los Angeles with his wife Petra.
The real estate mogul and the F1 heiress bought the new property in Brentwood, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The home was newly built by Emily White, a former Snapchat executive, and her financier, husband Bryan Kelly, meaning it’s never been on the market.
The sprawling property features seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms and is 13,500 square feet.
The dark gray house stands behind high gates and a large wall of olive and oak trees.
Buyers: The real estate mogul and F1 heiress bought the new property in Brentwood, according to The Wall Street Journal
It has a huge garden complete with a large swimming pool, as well as a cinema room.
The manor also has a music room and a wine cellar that can hold up to 200 bottles of wine.
According to Sam, the couple has some renovations and alterations planned for their new home.
Petra will reportedly be in charge of the home’s interior design, while Sam will take on the landscaping, which is unfinished.
He plans to include lawns, vegetable gardens and outdoor dining areas.
This isn’t the first home in Brentwood that Bernie Ecclestone’s daughter has bought.
In 2019, the mother of four made headlines when her £86 million home in the US became the most expensive home sold in the state of California.
In July this year, she married former Essex used car salesman Sam, in a lavish ceremony at her £170 million London mansion.
The couple now lives in Los Angeles with their four children.