Bernie Eccleston with 19-year-old daughter Petra Ecclestone and wife Slavica.
In a time of global financial uncertainty, the wives of billionare men are doing their best to cash in on the action before its too late.
In what is expected to be one of the largest divorce settlements in history, the wife of billion are Formula One racing boss Bernie Ecclestone has filed for divorce.
Bernie Eccleston has an estimated "£2.4 billion with properties all over the world, a Falcon jet, a 190ft yacht and part ownership in Queens Park Rangers football club. "
Fromer fashion model Slavica Ecclestone towers over billionaire husband burnie.That's around $3.5 billion US. Salavica Ecclestone is expected to be chasing a sizable amount of that wealth.
Slavica Eccelstone and Bernie Eccelston have been married for 24 years and have two daughters, 19-year-old Petra Eccleston and 24-year-old Tamara Eccleston.
The pair were always seen as quite the odd couple, particularly with Slavica towering over her husband, 78-year-old Bernie. Slavica Ecclestone is 28 years younger than Bernie and is a huge 10 inches taller than Bernie's 5ft 4ins frame.
Slavica is a former Armani model and is a Croatian native. Bizarrely Bernie Eccleston was taken back by the news of the divorce proceedings when contacted for comment by British media.
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Mrs Ecclestone, 50, released a statement via PR agency Borkowski which said: "It is formally announced that Mrs Slavica Ecclestone has filed for divorce.
"Her legal representative is Liz Vernon at Clintons. Mrs Ecclestone has asked that her privacy and that of her children should be respected."
But Mr Ecclestone seemed rather taken aback by the news.
"Really?" he said, when contacted by The Daily Telegraph. "Oh... We will see. I didn't even know she had a PR company. You hear of things - I must find out."
Mr Ecclestone said his wife had moved out of their £10 million Chelsea home because the next door neighbours were ripping their house apart.
"The neighbours where we are in our house, they have taken the inside of their house to pieces," he said. "It was supposed to have been done in eight months and it is still going on.
"Before, I didn't care too much, but she said this family is driving me mad and I am going to move out. I said I didn't blame her as I am still in the house and it is a nightmare - I wouldn't want to stay in that house all day."
