Dragons’ Den star Sarah Willingham takes children out of school for year-long-holiday

She claims she was “too busy” to take time off when her children were born

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by Alya Mooro |
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Restaurant entrepreneur and Dragons Den star Sarah Willingham, 42, has, along with her husband Michael and their four children, embarked on a year-long, around the world holiday.

Sarah and Michael have taken their children - Minnie, 10, Monti, 8, Nelly, 6 and Marly 5 - out of school in order to spend the next year travelling around the world as a family, after Sarah was too busy to take maternity leave when they were born.

Instead, Sarah tells Hello! Magazine how she learned to adapt her work schedule so she could be a hands-on mother, alongside keeping up with her burgeoning career. This resulted in her breastfeeding during meetings on a number of occasions.

“I asked if anyone had a problem, and they never did,” she explained. “In order for me to continue running the businesses, the babies needed to come with me wherever I went. So I always needed to work,” she added.

While on the road, the children will reportedly be home-schooled, as well as spending time learning in local classrooms. And the opportunity is one too good to miss: "For me, as a mum, this is such a precious time with the kids.

"They still think we’re cool, they still choose us over their mates and I feel like I’m bottling a period of our live that we’ll never forget,” Sarah told Hello!.

The family are currently in Canada, where they are starting their once-in-a-lifetime holiday.

"How could you not come back enriched?" she said.

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