RICHARD EDEN: Valeria, the ex-wife and right-hand woman of multi-millionaire Brexit donor Paul Sykes, sank some £70 million into restoring a Grade II-listed manor house in Ripon, North Yorkshire.

Paul Sykes, whose fortune was once estimated at £650million, said that keeping his vast business empire running has cost him his 44-year marriage to his “perfect” wife, Valieria.

The former wife of multi-millionaire Brexit donor Paul Sykes has sunk some £70 million into restoring a grade II-listed manor house in Ripon, North Yorks, and opening it as a five-star hotel.

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