Paris Fury has broken the silence on the issues she and her husband, professional boxer Tyson Fury, have faced over their daughter’s schooling. The mother of six children defended their decision to let Venezuela quit school at age 11, calling it one of the biggest challenges they had faced as parents.
Like her husband, Paris is an Irish Traveller who was raised in a family that follows Catholicism. The 32-year-old wanted to abide by the traditional Traveller rules of letting her daughter leave school after primary education. Tyson, however, wasn’t convinced at first.
Their busy lifestyle meant Tyson eventually accepted that Venezuela, now 12, wasn’t suited to mainstream education, says The Mirror. Paris explained: “We move about so much. It wouldn’t work if they were in school fulltime and then had to travel to America.” She runs properties owned by Tyson in Lancashire and Las Vegas.
John fury grandchildren with Prince John James, nine, Prince Tyson II, four, three-year-old Valencia, Prince Adonis Amaziah, two, and one-year-old Athena. As told to The Sun by Paris, “We finish primary school at the age of eleven in the traditional Traveller way.”
“We’ve just brought the tradition into the 21st century. Venezuela wanted to leave school, and all her Traveller friends were leaving too.” She said a tutor also helps her daughter keep up with her studies, while Venezuela is also taking piano lessons.
In the documentary “Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King,” Paris discussed their differing views on children’s education. At one point, Paris said, “Tyson and I have talked about the kids going to school. Tyson wants the boys to get an education, but I don’t; it’s just not what we’ve ever done.
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