“Private planes. The money thrown out the window.’ The Rothschild heiress talks about everything but her glamorous lifestyle

“We are not alike succession “, he assured. Hannah Rothschild, the eldest daughter of investment banker Jacob Rothschild and former racetrack owner Serena Dunn, who died in 2019, has indeed let go of some of the certainties about her illustrious family. The Independent Thursday, June 8. Author of the fourth novel, High timeThe 61-year-old heiress, who will be published on July 11, especially mentioned the lifestyle of her clan. A dynasty of bankers, which a century ago was simply the richest in the world.

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Hannah Rothschild, however, insisted that her father was far from leading a life like Logan Roy. “Honestly, we don’t live like that,” he insisted. The author, who will not inherit the baronetcy after her father’s death because of Britain’s antiquated law favoring male heirs, said Jacob Rothschild was instead “very frugal”. “He would be terrified to travel around the world on a private jet,” she said. He would find it a terrible way to throw away.” Hannah Rothschild, however, conceded the common ground between her and the Royner clan. “I think we’ve all had family dysfunctions, haven’t we?” she asked enigmatically.

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Indeed, there is some tension within the Rothschild clan over the opulent lifestyle of Nat, the heir to the family fortune and Hannah’s brother, who lives between Los Angeles and Switzerland. A luxury that would not have been to his father’s taste. The heiress, on the other hand, would be in daily contact with the latter. “There’s a pretty good dynamic between us, and traditionally the relationship is more complicated between boys and their fathers,” he said. My father and I are not in conflict at all. I’m good with him.” The writer went on to praise their similar sense of humor, “very helpful in some very stressful times.” Another point in common with Royner. The Rothschilds, in turn, will be highlighted on the small screen. Clan life will soon become the subject of a series developed by screenwriter Julian Fellowes (the bottom of the abyss) and producer Jemima Khan.

Literary escapades

The first woman to run the National Gallery in London and work in the family bank, Hannah Rothschild also mentioned her next novel in the article. High time, inspired by his experience in the world of art and finance. The story of Ayesha, the wife of an abusive businessman, a lonely soul whose marriage is falling apart. Then he tries to fight for custody of their daughter. A universe that the heiress perfectly masters. “To some extent you have to write about the world you know… otherwise I’d be me”has been cancelled“,” jokes Hannah Rothschild (halfway through).

Loaded with many responsibilities, the sixty-year-old sits on the board of RIT, her father’s private investment firm, and replaces him at the head of the Yad Hanadiv Association, which intended to generate resources for progress in Israel. However, he confided that he sometimes allows himself a few escapades to write his novels. Hannah Rothschild says it loud and clear. to him, writing books is a bit like “romance”. “Most of the time I shouldn’t,” he admitted. I take my computer and go to the coffee shop. Sometimes I go to a hotel or ski for a day or two.”

However, he did not realize this dream until late, at the age of 50. “I wrote very, very conscientiously for over 30 years,” he recalls. Before proceeding. “I guess I didn’t have the confidence to think I had anything to write about. And somehow I couldn’t find the right tone for me. My room could be lined with rejection letters.” The subject of his first book The Jazz Baroness, published in 2012. The story of his great aunt Panonica de Königwarter and her exploits in the New York jazz world.

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15 years at the BBC

Now a resident of Maida Vale, London, where she lives with two of her three daughters from her relationship with ex-husband director William Brookfield, Hannah Rothschild also celebrated another side of her career. A former student at St Paul’s School for Girls and then Marlborough University, whose term today costs £14,310 (€13,200), she also attended Oxford University before working for the BBC for 15 years. He made films there in the music and art departments in the mid-1980s, then as part of the Storyville documentary series. “It was my career that I loved,” he concluded. Without specifying what will be the next of his 1001 lives.