London: Cherie Blair has paid almost £1 million (Dh5.6 million) in cash for a house for her daughter.
The three-bedroom maisonette in a Georgian townhouse in central London becomes the eighth home in the Blairs' seemingly ever-expanding portfolio.
It was bought mortgage-free in the names of Cherie Blair and her 22-year-old daughter Kathryn, Land Registry documents show.
The purchase has emerged days before the publication of Tony Blair's memoirs, which are expected to make £5 million for charity after the former Prime Minister pledged to donate the profits to a good cause.
But that decision has clearly not left the Blairs short of cash. Their three eldest children now each have a £1 million home in central London, all bought with substantial help from their parents.
Kathryn and her older brothers Euan, 26, and Nicky, 24, all live within striking distance of their parents' £3.7million mansion in Connaught Square.
The Blairs have amassed property worth £15 million since Blair entered Downing Street in 1997.
Cherie Blair is understood to have paid for the two-storey property for Kathryn, who until recently studied European law in Strasbourg, where she had a scholarship. It follows the purchase of a £1.3 million Grade II-listed townhouse for Euan and a £1.13 million "lad's pad" for Nicky.
A source close to Blair said: "It started once they bought a flat for Euan, and after that it was only fair that all the children got a helping hand on to the property ladder.
"Most parents would draw the line at spending so much — it's not far off £3.5 million in total — but the Blairs aren't most parents."
Kathryn's maisonette boasts three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, dining room and kitchen.
