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INVITING US INTO HER IDYLLIC FAMILY HOME OLIVIA BENTLEY THE ‘MADE IN CHELSEA’ STAR ON LOVING THE COUNTRY LIFE AND WHY SHE’S HAPPY BEING SINGLE

‘We’re old-school, not flashy. We don’t have sports cars parked outside. Our house is very homely’
‘When I eventually settle down, this way of life is exactly what I aspire to’

Her usual habitats include swanky restaurants, fashionable nightclubs and bijou hangouts in London’s most elegant enclaves. But Made in Chelsea ’s Olivia Bentley has a confession that will surprise fans: the forthright, feisty and flirtatious star prefers chilling out in the sticks to hobnobbing in the capital’s stylish haunts.

“I’m not really a city person; I love the countryside,” she says, inviting into her childhood home – a 15th-century idyll in Oxfordshire – for this exclusive interview and photoshoot. “It feels very calm here and I come down as often as

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