Formula 1 heiress Tamara Ecclestone bemoans the politics of envy As the presenter of Billion $$ Girl, Tamara Ecclestone has never felt the need to be especially under-stated about her affluence, even in these austere times. Unstartlingly, the daughter of the Formula 1 tycoon says that George Osborne, the Chancellor, should never give any quarter to the politics of envy. "This country is really good at not celebrating people's achievements," Tamara tells Mandrake tartly at the Terrence Higgins Trust Lighthouse Gala auction at Christie's in St James's. The daughter of the 81-year-old Bernie Ecclestone adds: "If you look at America, the American dream, everyone wants people to do well and succeed and I love that, but in this country people are being made to feel embarrassed about their achievements, which is sad. Look at someone like my father. He is an entirely self-made man and I am so proud of him for that. Part of his dream was to look after his kids and give us a wonderful life, and yet people have negative views towards it. If we were in America, people would be taking encouragement from the fact that it could be anyone if they work hard enough. Tamara, 27, said she had hoped that Billion $$ Girl, the documentary that was screened last year by Channel 5, in which she was seen in her lavish home, with a packed designer wardrobe, flying on her private jet and paying for Duke, her Chihuahua, to enjoy facials at the Harrods pet parlour would dispel any notions that she was an "airhead."