Tamara Ecclestone insists she 'won't be pushed out of her house' because it's her 'happy place' despite terrifying £25million burglary

Tamara Ecclestone has insisted she will 'not be pushed out of her house' despite the terrifying £25million burglary in her London home in 2019.

The British model and F1 heiress, 40, was with her husband Jay Rutland, and daughter Sophia, 10, in Lapland when three thieves broke in and plundered £25million worth of jewellery and cash from their home on 'Billionaire's Row' in Kensington. 

In just over an hour the burglars cleared the mansion of 400 items of jewellery and large sums of cash.

While the horrific robbery sometimes makes Sophia and her youngest daughter Serena, four, 'anxious', Tamara revealed they have moved on as a family.

Describing her home as their 'happy place', Tamara explained she now doesn't wear jewellery out and has security with her 24/7.

She told The Sun: 'I don’t wear any jewellery if I am out, not even my wedding ring. I have security with me all the time. But if I am out with my girls, Fifi and Serena, I don’t really want something to happen or for them to see security intervening.

'I tell myself it’s just material things and really it doesn’t matter. I don’t have anything to prove. I don’t need to wear all the bling. I won’t be pushed out of this house. This is my happy place.

'It took me a while to settle back in. I think anyone who has experienced returning home after a burglary can relate but we have moved on as a family. I still haven’t told Fifi [Sophia] exactly what happened because she can be quite anxious.'

Tamara is the daughter of former chief executive of Formula One Bernie Ecclestone. 

She spoke out on the robbery for the first time last month and revealed she believes it was an 'inside job' and fears some of the culprits will never face justice in the UK.

Italian defendants Jugoslav Jovanovic, Alessandro Maltese and Alessandro Donati were jailed for a total of 28 years at Isleworth Crown Court in November 2021 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to burgle.

Donati, 46, was given an eight-year sentence as was Alessandro Maltese, 47, while Jugoslav Jovanovic, 26, got 11 years. A cleaner was charged in connection with the burglary but later cleared of involvement.

MailOnline revealed Donati was freed just before last Christmas under the early release scheme for foreign prisoners, with Tamara later telling in a statement of her anger and 'disappointment' at him being released 'so soon after the burglary occurred'.

Following the convictions an international manhunt was launched for the fourth man, named in court as Daniel Vukovic.

He is reported to have been charged in Serbia in June this year in connection with the crime, under the name Ljubomir Romanov, but has not been extradited to the UK.

Tamara says she now goes everywhere with two bodyguards out of fear of being kidnapped, as her 5ft 4in father has fallen victim to several burglaries.

She described how the burglary has 'definitely made me feel that things aren't always as they appear, people you think you can trust, you can't always trust, which is a lesson I've learnt time and time again. This time it really hit home.'

And the socialite told of her frustration that potential offenders remain on the run, while none of the 400 stolen items have been recovered.

She added: 'The biggest letdown really is that the [other] people who did it will probably never be extradited to the UK.

'I think it is worse getting caught and then nothing actually happening to them.'

When asked whether she thought the burglary was an 'inside job', she replied: 'I’m not really allowed to speak about that but I don’t see how it’s not.'