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Jemima to raise Imran's love child
JEMIMA Khan revealed her determination to break out of her marriage to an unlikely ally - the mother of Imran Khan's 12-year-old love child.
Jemima knew two months ago that her marriage to the cricket legend was in trouble.
Heiress Sita White, who lived in Los Angeles, had already approached Jemima about taking care of her daughter Tyrian, the product of an affair with Imran, in the event of her death.
Sita, who discovered she had cancerous tumours, feared Tyrian would end up with Imran's relatives in Pakistan and be treated as a second-class citizen.
Over a period of months, the two women decided they would try to ensure that none of Imran's children would be brought up in Lahore.
The secret broke only last week with the news of Jemima's divorce after nine years of marriage.
Jemima's children, Sulaiman, 7, and Kasim, 4, have lived almost exclu sively with their mother in London since last year.
But when Sita died in LA from a blood clot last month, stories began to emerge that Sita had asked Jemima to raise Tyrian. It is a pact that reveals Jemima, 30, knew her marriage was finished some months ago.
Sita's desire to outwit Imran, 51, was understandable. She had fought for more than a decade for him to recognise the child that was the result of their affair in 1991.
She wanted recognition for her daughter but, if she died, she did not want Tyrian to be brought up by Imran or his relatives.
Last night Elizabeth Nixon, trustee of Sita's estate, said: "Sita had cancerous tumours and that was the reason why she began thinking about making her will, and who would look after Tyrian.
"The last thing Sita wanted was for Tyrian to end up in Lahore, on the other side of the world, in an alien and unfriendly environment. Sita wanted what was best for Tyrian and she knew that would be Jemima."
Sita changed her will to grant Jemima sole guardianship of Tyrian.
When Jemima made the decision that she wanted out of her marriage, Sita was one of the first people she told.
Sita was very understanding and sympathetic; after all she, more than anyone, knew how cold Imran could be.
According to a family friend, it was planned out carefully. Imran doesn't need to look after the kids financially.
Tyrian, living with an aunt in California, will stay with Jemima for several weeks later this year.
Jemima, who inherited about $52 million from father Sir James Goldsmith, has made it clear that Tyrian's well-being is of the utmost importance.
Herald Sun