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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Tristan Kirk

Multi-millionaire's ex-partner loses her bid for share of £18m London home after 'cruel' Alps meeting

A multi-millionaire's ex-partner who claimed she was promised half their £18 million family house at a mountain-top lunch has lost her legal fight after a judge found the meeting was just an "elaborate performance".

Christina Haynes, 20, was less than half her 46-year-old boyfriend Mark Austin’s age when they met in 2000 and began what she called a “blissfully happy” relationship, during which they had two children.

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