Young heir to Rothschild fortune died in an accident

Iris Annabel Goldsmith (15 years old), heir to the two most powerful financial dynasties in Europe, goldsmith and Rotschild, died Monday in a tragic quadricycle accident.

The fact is on the family farm in Somerset County, UK, where the young woman was spending her holidays.

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Rescue teams, a helicopter, an ambulance and a team of paramedics immediately went to the scene, but it was too late and could do nothing to save the teenager's life. According to the British press, due to unknown circumstances, the vehicle overturned and the girl found herself stuck under it. Another friend was traveling with her, but she did not disclose more information. Avon and Somerset police issued a statement in which they confirmed that "the death of the girl is not treated as a suspect" and that the investigation, which will be open in the coming days, will aim to clarify the causes of the incident. .

Iris Annabel was the eldest daughter of finance mogul Ben Goldsmith and his ex-wife, heiress to a family of bankers, Kate Rothschild, who after the divorce of 2012, began a relationship with American rapper Jay Electronica . The calculated fortune, according to the Daily Mail, is around 350 million euros. At the time of the accident, her mother was also on the farm and her father was attending a cricket match in Surrey. Hearing the news, he immediately moved to the farm. "It's a terrible accident, Iris was an absolute delight, everyone in the family loved it, she was beautiful, charming, intelligent, the most wonderful person you could meet," said to the British press a close friend of the family.

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The teenager studied at the prestigious Wycombe Abbey Female Boarding School, which typically scores the country's best school results each year. Previously, she studied in London at Harrodian School, whose principal, James Hooke, shared a few words in tribute to her ex-student: "She was a kind and loving student who loved her school and friends and who Behaved in a way that is a tragedy that they took away from us to a girl so talented and vivacious. "

Source: El País