Billionaire heiress Francesca Packer has been spotted looking low-key in Sydney
A famous billionaire heiress has been seen in Sydney and a detail in the photos proves she’s just like us … well, kind of.
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Billionaire heiress Francesca Packer has been spotted wearing the unofficial Millennial uniform and proving she’s just like us – only way richer.
The 30-year-old was seen in a baggy jumper, black leggings, and slides, pottering around Sydney’s affluent suburb Potts Point with wellness entrepreneur Robert Bates.
The couple were holding hands but keeping things low-key. Mr Bates was wearing a green jumper, beige pants, and matching green sneakers.
They’ve been linked since 2022, and he was also at her glam 30th birthday bash in Coogee. While there have been rumours they’ve been on and off, they’re clearly still going strong.
Nothing screams “comfortable long-term relationship” quite like strolling around together in active wear.
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Ms Packer, 30, is Kerry Packer’s eldest grandchild, the daughter of Gretel Packer and British financier Nick Barham.
Despite her incredibly famous family and all the media attention the heiress gets, she’s relatively private.
Sure, she’s often spotted on a yacht or seen prancing around wearing a designer outfit, but she’s also remained pretty low-key.
Yes, there’s the occasional photo of her cuddling PR maven Roxy Jacenko, but she hasn’t even updated her Instagram, where has over 200,000 followers, in years.
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The 30-year-old has had quite the busy year.
She sold her five-bedroom apartment in Darlinghurst for a rumoured $28 million after revising the guide from $35 million to $32 million.
It is still a big profit, as the heiress snapped up the whole-floor apartment on level 40 for $15.8 million in 2019, almost doubling her money in less than six years.
Ms Packer rarely speaks to the press, though several years ago, she did open up to Vogue about the pressures of living up to her famous last name.
She previously studied psychology at the University of Sydney and then later took a design course in London, but hasn’t quite followed her in famous family’s footsteps.
“I’m never going to fit them, because they’re not my shoes,” she told Vogue.
“I’ll find different shoes. It’s not about being better than the last generation in any way or being better than anyone else on the planet.
“It’s about being the best you that you can be. And I think my mum really emphasised that, and she kept us almost secure and safe and away from that pressure.”
Originally published as Billionaire heiress Francesca Packer has been spotted looking low-key in Sydney
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