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Tana is \'resigned to Ramsay\'s roving eye,\' claim friends
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Tana is 'resigned to Ramsay's roving eye,' claim friends Gordon Ramsay's wife has become used to her husband flirting with other women, friends claim.
Last night, the celebrity chef and his wife of 12 years held five hours of crisis talks over allegations that he has been having an affair for seven years.
The 42-year-old is said to have had trysts with Sarah Symonds, who has built a reputation as a 'serial mistress'. And friends alleged that Tana, 33, with whom Ramsay has four children, has become resigned to her husband's roving eye.
One said: 'Sometimes Tana just doesn't ask what Gordon is up to even though she is aware about what goes on. She does not question him when she has become suspicious when rumours are flying.'
Over the past 18 months, Tana's own profile has grown. She has appeared on TV and published a book called Tana Ramsay's Family Kitchen.
'They have a fulfilling life together, but Tana is no fool,' added the friend. 'She has her kids, her beautiful house and now her TV career, which, let's face it, is off the back of her husband's fame.
'There is no question that she won't stand by Gordon.'
Five days ago, Ramsay and Miss Symonds, 38, were photographed at a London hotel after she was said to have bought three bottles of legal sex drugs.
The Ramsays have not commented or denied the allegations.
But yesterday the chef's mother-in-law came to his defence. At her £2million home in Mayfair, Greta Hutcheson, 63, dismissed the claims.
'Gordon is my son-in-law and a wonderful, sweet man. We hold him in the highest regard. He is a very dear member of our family.'
When asked if Tana knew of the alleged affair, she said: 'I don't think anything has happened.'
However, Tana's family apparently held a 'council of war' yesterday. Her father Chris, chief executive of Ramsay Holdings Plc, and her mother met their sons Adam, 38, and Luke, 31, at a restaurant near their home.
A source said: 'Chris and Greta came in with their two boys.
'They seemed pretty serious and weren't laughing and joking like they usually do. It seemed like a council of war to discuss what to do, as Chris is chief executive of Gordon's company and so has to fire-fight this crisis.
'Her parents are very romantic - always holding hands and very affectionate - and I know Tana has written that she wanted her marriage to be like her parents'.'
Yesterday Tana smiled as she left the couple's £3.5million home in Wandsworth, South-West London, to take their children to school. Asked how she was feeling she said: 'I'm good, thanks for asking.'
Ramsay, who pulled out of a planned appearance on The Paul O'Grady show on Channel 4 yesterday, emerged from the house at 2.45pm and drove off.
Further rumours began to circulate about his close relationships with other women.
Claims that Ramsay has been having an affair for seven years emerged after a sting operation by the News of the World. Miss Symonds is understood to have worked in hand in glove with the newspaper to provide pictures of her and Ramsay leaving the Marriott Hotel, off Grosvenor Square, London.
According to the newspaper, she checked into a £360-a-night room on the first floor of the five-star hotel.
At about 4.30pm, she left the hotel and travelled to Soho where she is said to have spent ten minutes browsing a sex shop.
She spent £10 on three small bottles of amyl nitrate, branded Rave and Rush. Known as 'poppers', amyl nitrate is said to heighten sexual pleasure by relaxing muscles and increasing the heart rate.
Just before 8pm, Ramsay is said to have arrived at Maze, his restaurant which adjoins the hotel. According to the paper he walked up and down the corridor before knocking on Miss Symonds' door.
The pair remained in the room for just over an hour and a quarter. The News of the World says it was told: 'They had sex.' A chauffeur-driven silver BMW 7-series is said to have been waiting outside for Ramsay.
Miss Symonds, of Newport, South Wales, had an affair with the disgraced former Conservative MP and author Jeffrey Archer, in 2001.
Ramsay is thought to have met Miss Symonds in 2001 at Chinawhite nightclub, in London, a few months after she revealed her affair with Lord Archer. A source told the newspaper: 'Ramsay and Sarah exchanged phone numbers and became lovers just a few weeks later. So much for him being true to his wife.'
The pair are said to have met for secret sex sessions in both London and Los Angeles, after Miss Symonds moved there in 2003. The affair came to a halt in 2004 but started up again after Ramsay took his family to LA on holiday in August 2007, it is claimed.
It is thought Miss Symonds will make further claims of their affair in the News of the World this week.
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Source: Daily Mail
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