David Cameron and family ditch budget flights and head to the Caribbean for Christmas

David and Samantha Cameron have taken their youngsters to Antigua for Christmas (pictured, in Spain in 2011)

When he was Prime Minister, barely a college vacation handed by which David Cameron was not seen hopping on a price range airline flight.

So eager was he to point out his frequent contact that unusual holidaymakers stood an inexpensive probability of bumping into him on an easyJet or Ryanair flight to moderately modest locations within the Med.

Now he's free from the burdens of workplace, nonetheless, Mr Cameron seems to have deserted the pretence of price range journey.

He and his spouse Samantha have taken their youngsters to Antigua for Christmas – flying top quality. They'll spend the festive interval basking within the Caribbean sunshine in a millionaire's playground.

They flew from Gatwick on Thursday with Virgin Atlantic, seated within the airline's Higher Class part, it's understood.

Virgin Higher Class seats price roughly £four,000 every and may totally convert right into a flat mattress with cover. Passengers are handled to champagne and restaurant-quality delicacies through the nine-hour flight.

A supply near the household mentioned the Camerons had booked financial system seats and been given free upgrades to Higher Class by Virgin Atlantic.

The Camerons are understood to be staying at a non-public villa owned by a British financier buddy on the Caribbean island, the place the temperature yesterday was 80F (27C). The price of hiring a big villa on the island over Christmas would sometimes be £5,000 to £10,000 every week.

The household flew from Gatwick on Thursday with Virgin Atlantic and have been seated within the airline's Higher Class part, it's understood (left, on vacation in Spain in 2011 and proper, in Portugal, 2013)

The festive Caribbean vacation, is a far cry from the times when Mr Cameron insisted on taking the household to Cornwall for his or her summer time breaks and on price range airways to Spain or Portugal (pictured, on a visit to Ibiza in 2013)

It's a far cry from the times when Mr Cameron insisted on taking the household to Cornwall for his or her summer time breaks and on price range airways to Spain or Portugal.

This March he was pictured carrying a pair of £300 Union Jack headphones on an easyJet flight to Lanzarote. And in August final yr he was seen on one other easyJet flight consuming paprika-flavoured Pringles.

Mr Cameron left Downing Road in June after the referendum, and in September he stood down as an MP. Final evening his spokesman declined to remark.

Pictured, David and Samantha Cameron take pleasure in a beer whereas on a vacation to Alvor, Portugal, final yr

Mr Cameron was beforehand noticed consuming paprika Pringles on an easyjet flight (left) after which carrying a pair of £300 Union Jack headphones on an easyjet flight to Lanzarote in March this yr (proper)

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