BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Tiger Lily to live with Sir Bob

The four-year-old daughter of TV presenter Paula Yates and singer Michael Hutchence, is to live with Sir Bob Geldof.

The singer, and driving force behind Live Aid, will care for Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence for the rest of her childhood.

Sir Bob was married to Yates for 14 years and is father of their three children.

The decision to allow Tiger Lily to live with Sir Bob was made by Mrs Justice Bracewell on 14 December, but only announced by the Lord Chancellor's Department on Tuesday.

Bob Geldof and daughters

Sir Bob and two of his three daughters

Tiger Lily has been a ward of the court since her mother's death on 17 September and will remain so for another 12 months.

She was orphaned when 40-year-old Yates died of a heroin overdose at her Notting Hill home in west London.

A bid for custody of Tiger Lily was thought to have been made by her aunt, Tina Hutchence, the sister of INXS singer Michael Hutchence who was found hanged in a Sydney hotel room in 1997.

Mrs Hutchence was not given permission by the judge to apply for Tiger Lily to live with her in California.

Tiger Lily has been living with Sir Bob and his daughters, Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches, and Pixie, since he was granted temporary custody in September.


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