Heiress Tamara Ecclestone’s Mom Says She Has ‘Mental Problems’ Because Of Her Spending

Oct. 21 2011, Published 4:00 a.m. ET

British heiress, Tamara Ecclestone's mother tells her she has "mental problems" because of her spending, RadarOnline.com can report.

The 27-year-old socialite – the daughter of Formula 1 billionaire Bernie Ecclestone and Croatian model Slavica Ecclestone - admits she loves her huge wardrobe and accessories collection, though her mom gets annoyed when she sees her excesses.

She said: "I am aware of the recession. My mom is always having a go at me about my spending – when she sees all the clothes in my dressing room she tells me I have mental problems. But I can't pretend this isn't my life.

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"OK, I feel bad about it sometimes, but it doesn't make me a horrible person. I'm not going to lie and say I don't love clothes and bags.

"Some people need crack cocaine, I just need shoes. Some people collect art, I collect Birkins handbags."

Tamara also admitted she has staff to clean her house, though she undertakes her own chores at weekends.

She told Grazia magazine: "Mom did everything herself – she even cleared her own dishwasher.

"I don't. I do at weekends though. I know it's bad."

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Petra’s big sis recently posed for a stunning photoshoot with famed photographer Tyler Shields.

Tamara posed for a series of super sexy shots, at one point lounging naked on a bed surrounded by one million British fifty pound notes.

“I told her I had a crazy idea and that I wanted her to get a million pounds in cash so we could shoot with it, 24 hours later I was sitting in her bed with her and a million in 50s!” Shields wrote on his website.