Lucia Guo
 Lucia Guo    | |
|---|---|
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| Born | November 1977 |
| Children | • Jack • Anna • Eleanor |
| Spouse | Jeremy Hunt |
Lucia Guo is a Chinese national born in November 1977 in Xi'an, the capital city of China's Shaanxi Province.
In 2008, Lucia Guo attended an online business for English education event at Warwick University where she met Jeremy Hunt, owner of the event organiser Hotcourses. The following year, she married Jeremy Hunt in a traditional ceremony in Xi'an, and the couple have since had three children: Jack, Anna and Eleanor.[1]
On 14 October 2022, her husband Jeremy Hunt was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer by Liz Truss.[2]
Moving house
On 17 October 2022, the New European reported:
Jeremy Hunt, his wife Lucia Guo and their three children must be grateful to Liz Truss for facilitating their move from their Pimlico townhouse to the flat above 10 Downing Street (the Prime Minister has already nabbed the superior flat above No 11, although how long she will be able to enjoy it is another matter).
The Hunts have lately submitted plans for a substantial refurbishment of their home to Westminster Council and no one wants to be stuck in a house with building work going on.
The new Chancellor got his application in on September 8. He wants to add a Mansard roof and two new bedrooms, as well as reconfiguring the existing layout to give him and Lucia a master bedroom and ensuite encompassing the entire second floor. He also proposes switching the kitchen from the basement and moving the sitting room to the first floor where the couple also wish to put an office and a bedroom.
There’s a bedroom in the basement that he plans to move from the back to the front of the property, as well as adding a second bedroom/reading room and a sitting room as well as digging down to increase the height of the basement bathroom.
Cost is unlikely to be an issue for the new Chancellor – the Prime Minister in all but name – as he made untold millions from the sale of Hotcourses, the education publisher he co-founded. Hunt bought the Pimlico townhouse in 2010 for £1,695,000 and – despite his predecessor’s best endeavours to crash the property market – it’s still believed to be worth upwards of £3m.[3]
TV presenter
On 11 July 2022, national security analyst Kyle Orton tweeted:
Lucia Guo, Jeremy Hunt's wife, presents "China Hour", broadcast on Sky, which is created by the "state-owned China International TV Corporation and British-based Dove Media, in partnership with the Communist regime's tourist office in London."[4]
Property developer
Lucia Guo is a Director of Mare Pond Properties Ltd[5] which owned seven luxury flats in Southampton. Jeremy Hunt, who was previously a Director of the company, was criticised in Parliament for not declaring an interest in these properties.[6]
References
- ↑ "Wiki Bio Profile Background Lucia Guo"
- ↑ "UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt Won’t Stand for Conservative Leader"
- ↑ "Downing Street solves Chancellor’s house hunt"
- ↑ "Jeremy Hunt's wife presents show on China's state-run TV 'that whitewashes Communist Party's human rights abuse'"
- ↑ "Mare Pond Properties Ltd"
- ↑ "Jeremy Hunt referred to MPs' standards watchdog over luxury flats error"
