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Article: A CRAZY LOSER; REVEALED: The true story of how Carole Caplin might never have met Cherie Blair had it not been for the father who gambled away [pounds sterling]2m and destroyed his marriage.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2004
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Byline: GEOFFREY LEVY
BUT for her father's heavy gambling losses, it is an absorbing thought that Carole Caplin would probably never have entered the lives of Cherie and Tony Blair, nor imposed her mesmerising influence on them.
For when gaming at the tables destroyed Michael Caplin's marriage to former ballet dancer Sylvia, and he left her and their two small daughters to fend for themselves, Carole's mother turned to teaching lifestyle therapies for a living.
And Carole, who had been destined to grow up a rich man's pampered daughter, followed her mother into the business of showing other women how to pamper themselves. The rest, of course, we ...