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07-30-2006, 11:14 PM
MICHAEL Hutchence's daughter wants to leave Britain and her adoptive father, Sir Bob Geldof, to live with her Australian family, the late INXS frontman's mother says.
Tiger Lilly Hutchence's grandmother, Patricia Glassop, in an interview with this week's New Idea magazine, said the 10-year-old is "lonely" and has wanted to live in Australia since visiting recently with Geldof.
The Live Aid hero and former Boomtown Rats singer brought Tiger to Australia at Easter when he was performing at the Byron Bay Blues and Roots Festival.
It was a rare chance for Ms Glassop and her husband, Ross, to see their granddaughter, whose rock star father died in 1997 and her mother, Paula Yates, three years later.
Gold Coast-based Ms Glassop told New Idea when Tiger returned to London she called to wish her a happy birthday and said: "I love you and Grandpa and I want to live with you."
Geldof, the former husband of Yates and father of their three daughters Fifi, 23, Peaches, 16, and Pixie, 15, successfully fought Ms Glassop and her daughter Tina for custody of Tiger because he believed she should be brought up with her half sisters.
Hutchence's father, Kel, who died in 2003 after a battle with lung cancer, had supported Geldof.
This year's visit was only the second time that Tiger was able to spend time with her Australian grandparents but Geldof insisted she be accompanied by a nanny the whole time, Ms Glassop said.
She said it had taken a lot of time to convince Geldof to allow Tiger to stay with her and Mr Glassop.
Ms Glassop said Tiger was inquisitive about her father, who died in a room at Sydney's Ritz-Carlton Hotel on November 22, 1997, a coroner later finding it was a suicide.
"She would look at photos of her dad as a 10-year-old in his Boy Scout uniform, gently run her fingers over the pictures and ask us to tell her another story about him," Ms Glassop told New Idea, which is on sale today.
Although Hutchence's family has criticised Geldof for restricting their access to Tiger, the 54-year-old Irishman this year was voted Britain's best celebrity dad.
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Tiger Lilly Hutchence's grandmother, Patricia Glassop, in an interview with this week's New Idea magazine, said the 10-year-old is "lonely" and has wanted to live in Australia since visiting recently with Geldof.
The Live Aid hero and former Boomtown Rats singer brought Tiger to Australia at Easter when he was performing at the Byron Bay Blues and Roots Festival.
It was a rare chance for Ms Glassop and her husband, Ross, to see their granddaughter, whose rock star father died in 1997 and her mother, Paula Yates, three years later.
Gold Coast-based Ms Glassop told New Idea when Tiger returned to London she called to wish her a happy birthday and said: "I love you and Grandpa and I want to live with you."
Geldof, the former husband of Yates and father of their three daughters Fifi, 23, Peaches, 16, and Pixie, 15, successfully fought Ms Glassop and her daughter Tina for custody of Tiger because he believed she should be brought up with her half sisters.
Hutchence's father, Kel, who died in 2003 after a battle with lung cancer, had supported Geldof.
This year's visit was only the second time that Tiger was able to spend time with her Australian grandparents but Geldof insisted she be accompanied by a nanny the whole time, Ms Glassop said.
She said it had taken a lot of time to convince Geldof to allow Tiger to stay with her and Mr Glassop.
Ms Glassop said Tiger was inquisitive about her father, who died in a room at Sydney's Ritz-Carlton Hotel on November 22, 1997, a coroner later finding it was a suicide.
"She would look at photos of her dad as a 10-year-old in his Boy Scout uniform, gently run her fingers over the pictures and ask us to tell her another story about him," Ms Glassop told New Idea, which is on sale today.
Although Hutchence's family has criticised Geldof for restricting their access to Tiger, the 54-year-old Irishman this year was voted Britain's best celebrity dad.
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