Might 13, 2021 – 16:13 BST
Eve Crosbie
The BBC presenter was not glad after studying that daughter Hetti had bought the Barnard Faculty’s motto tattooed on her chest – and made an uncommon request
As an antiques skilled, David Harper definitely is aware of the worth of issues which is why in 2019, when the BBC presenter’s daughter bought her old style motto tattooed on her chest, he made an uncommon request.
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Antiques Road Trip star David, 52, and his spouse paid for his or her daughter Henrietta to attend the Barnard Fort Faculty in County Durham. After leaving faculty at 18, Hetti went on to kind a rock band and developed an urge for food for tattoos and piercings.
After discovering that Henrietta – or Hetti as she now goes by – bought the varsity’s Latin motto completely inked on her, he requested that the prestigious establishment refund the schooling charges he paid on the idea that it constitutes as free promoting.
WATCH: Antiques Street Journey’s David Harper and daughter Hetti discuss tattoos on Good Morning Britain
The tattoo reads “Parvis imbutus tentabis grandia tutus”, which implies, “After you have achieved small issues, you might try nice ones safely”. After initially fuming concerning the tattoo, David jokingly took to Twitter to try to strike a deal.
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Alongside a close-up image of the tattoo, he wrote: “Expensive @barney_school. This is my daughter Hetti Harper.
“Classically skilled by your music dept and he or she was additionally your head of choir. She’s now changing into a rock star and he or she’s tattooed the Barney faculty motto throughout her chest! Any probability of a faculty charges refund for promoting? Thanks.”
David is not greatest happy together with his daughter’s tattoos
In an interview with The Every day Mail, David opened up about his response to seeing his daughter’s new tattoo for the primary time. “It was only a little bit of a shock to me and her mom!” he stated. “After I freaked out on the sight of the tattoo, I used to be livid that in any case the cash I would spent on her schooling, I actually did not count on her to finish up being a free strolling advert for the varsity.“
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He added that whereas he disapproves of his daughter’s option to ink herself, he cannot do something to cease her as “she’s now an grownup, residing independently in London”. In addition to the varsity motto, Hetti has greater than 30 tattoos and several other piercings.
Hetti is David and his spouse Wendy’s solely baby. The couple, who wed in 1997, break up their time between their two houses in London and the market city of Barnard Fort in County Durham.
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