

They were returning to London after attending the Republican National Convention where they also met with Donald Trump’s aides, just three weeks after the Brexit vote.
Cryptocat author for media gets insanely for free#
He shot to prominence during the Brexit campaign, working for Farage for free and becoming a trusted member of his inner circle.Ĭottrell was spectacularly arrested and led away in handcuffs by IRS agents in July 2016 while with Farage, who maintained afterwards that he did not know about his background, at Chicago’s O’Hare airport. Georgia has reportedly spent a considerable amount of time together at his £2.5million flat in west London while also enjoying weekend breaks at the Cottrell family pile in WorcestershireĪfter leaving school early and not going on to university, Cottrell entered into a career in private banking where he became known for having a canny eye for making money on stock markets and currency trading. His wealthy businessman father Mark, attended Gordonstoun with Prince Andrew. She once dated Prince Charles and was the Penthouse 'pet of the month' in October 1973, under the pseudonym Frances Cannon, describing herself as 'daughter of a landowner'. He is the nephew of Lord Hesketh, a hereditary peer and former Conservative Party treasurer who defected to UKIP in 2011.Ĭottrell's mother, Fiona is the daughter of Lord Manton, a wealthy Yorkshire farmer and landowner who died in 2003.

You could say that George is your typical upper class rogue.'Ĭottrell studied at the exclusive £40,000 a year Malvern College. He's got quite a chequered history, having spent time in prison and is very high profile, given his connections to Farage. 'I'm surprised nobody has realised until now who George is but I'm sure Georgia knows about his background.

They are out in public a lot, doing normal things that couples do, like going shopping or going for dinner. His relationship with Georgia is well known to their friends and families, it's not something they are trying to hide. Cottrell was spectacularly arrested in 2016 and led away in handcuffs by IRS agents
