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A billionaire Porsche heir who is divorcing his elderly wife because of her dementia-like illness has moved in with his new ex-model girlfriend, it has been claimed.
Executive Wolfgang Porsche is splitting from long-term partner Claudia saying that the illness has led to changes in her personality.
The tycoon is now reportedly living with 59-year-old Princess Inaara Aga Khan.
Also known as Gabriela Prinzessin zu Leiningen, it is claimed the pair have been friends for more than 25 years and have grown close.
The relationship has come to light after she accompanied the mega rich 79-year-old to the Maldives in January.
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Claudia, who is a grandmother, has four carers who look after her around the clock and has been living with her daughter since 2021.
She has not been able to move independently for months and her mental awareness has undergone a rapid decline, the family says.
Close circle of friends of Princess Khan told Austrian media that the couple's decision to move in together came as both of them wanted to avoid spending time apart.
The 79-year-old has been getting closer to his friend of 25 years, it has been claimed (Getty Images)
Claudia and Wolfgang Porsche pictured three years ago (Getty Images)It has not been revealed whether they have moved into Porsche's house in Zell am See, Austria, or her luxurious villa in Munich.
Porsche stunned European high society when he filed for divorce from his wife, 74, saying that her illness has changed his life.
Wolfgang and Claudia have been together since 2007 and got married in 2019.
The Porsche family's assets have been estimated at €20billion (£18b).
She has not been able to move independently for months, according to local media, and her mental awareness has undergone a rapid decline.
Princess Inaara married billionaire Aga Khan IV, the Imam of the Nizari branch of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, in 1998, and the couple divorced 16 years later.
Wolfgang Porsche and his family are worth billions (Bloomberg via Getty Images)She is a member of the fabulously wealthy Thysson German steel dynasty.
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Porsche is a German-Austrian shareholder and chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE, as well as of Porsche AG.
The Stuttgart-born executive is the youngest son of former Porsche AG designer and Chief Executive Officer Ferdinand 'Ferry' Porsche and Dorothea Reitz.
His oldest brother is Ferdinand 'Butzi' Porsche, who designed the first Porsche 911.
He has four children, two to director and screenplay writer Susanne Bresser, who he married in 1988 and divorced in 2008.
The pair's marriage is said to be over (Newsflash)In 1991, Gabriela married Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen and the wealthy pair share daughter, Princess Theresa of Leiningen.
They divorced seven years later and soon after she married the Swiss Karim Aga Khan IV, 86, who is considered a direct descendent of the Prophet Mohammed.
The pair share a son, Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan, before they split in 2014.
For the past 15 years, she has been working to combat AIDS, supporting the German AIDS Foundation.
Like Porsche's wife Claudia, she studied law in Germany.