Feeling fruity! Rishi Sunak’s billionaire wife Akshata Murty is elegant in £250 cherry Lisou shirt at G7 Summit after rich list revealed how their personal wealth has dropped by £200m to £529million in a year
Akshata Murty nailed business casual today as she enjoyed a visit to the Shukkeien Gardens in Hiroshima.
Rishi Sunak‘s wife, 43, opted a colourful outfit as she was taken on a tour by Yuko Kishida, the wife of the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
She was also accompanied by Britta Ernst, wife of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Heiko von der Leyen, husband of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
For the occasion, mother-of-two Akshata opted to wear a yellow top adorned with cherries costing £250 from the London-based brand Lisou.
Akshata teamed it with a colourful pair of red trousers and slip-on orange suede heels.
Rishi Sunak’s wife opted a colourful outfit as she was taken on a tour of Hiroshima, led by Yuko Kishida, the wife of the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and accompanied by Britta Ernst, wife of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Heiko von der Leyen, husband of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen today
What’s more, the mother also carried a red cross body bag with a gold chain for her essentials.
The PM’s wife kept her accessories to a minimum – opting for a pair of gold drop earrings.
She sported a natural makeup, with just a dash of eyeliner and highlighter to compliment her natural glow, as well as a nude lip.
She wore her dark locks straight and parted in the middle.
Askshata and the Japanese first lady were seen laughing ahead of the tour and remained close to each other throughout the visit.
The pair, followed by the spouses of the other dignitaries, appeared to enjoy each other’s company and were caught in deep conversation throughout the day.
The group took advantage of the gorgeous weather and toured the garden, before feeding some of the fish residing in its pond.
It comes as Akshata — who is rumoured to be working with the stylist of former Tory first lady Samantha Cameron — has worn a selection of brands from the British high street for the visit.
Akshata looked in her element during the visit, where she seemed to particularly get on with the Japanese first lady
The two women were seen laughing and holding hands ahead of the tour and remained close to each other throughout the visit
On Friday she chose a £295 pink floral dress from royal favourite ME+EM to attend the spouses’ programme in Hiroshima, while earlier she donned a £350 turtleneck from Joseph and £150 Sezane skirt to visit a memorial.
In an excellent example of ‘dopamine dressing’ — dressing to lift the mood — her bright pink Chinti & Parker jumper and emerald green Me+Em trousers looked cheerfully optimistic as she and Rishi first arrived in Japan this week.
Their hues were no doubt carefully chosen for that all-important ‘feel-good factor’ that every First Lady needs to convey when her husband is hoping to secure billions of pounds of Japanese investment for the UK.
The mother of two opted for a cream ensemble as she joined a number of other First Ladies at Peace Memorial Park, which commemorates the 135,000 civilians who were killed by the 1945 nuclear blast.
The group took advantage of the gorgeous weather and toured the garden, before feeding some of the fish residing in its pond
Yuko Kishida led the way as she showed her guests how to feed the fish in the pond during their visit
Akshata was also spotted sharing a pleasant conversation with Heiko von der Leyen, husband of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen today
Meanwhile, not too far away from Akshata’s peaceful day out, her husband Rishi Sunak put himself on a new collision course with his China-sceptic backbenchers today as he said Britain was ‘de-risking, not de-coupling’ its relationship with Beijing.
The Prime Minister used a press conference at the G7 to accuse the communist state of posing the ‘biggest challenge of our age to global security and prosperity’.
But he insisted the UK still had to engage with the regime, because of China’s expanding economic might.
‘We will work together as the G7 and other countries make sure that we can de-risk ourselves and the vulnerability of supply chains that we have seen from China, take the steps necessary to protect ourselves against hostile investment and do so in a way that doesn’t damage each other,’ he said.
The mother-of-two enjoyed a warm welcome from Yuko Kishida, who she has appeared particularly close to during this G7
The UK’s first lady took part in several cultural activities with the other heads of state’s spouses
Akshata demonstrated her laser focus during and activity where she paired to be painting a black bowl
Earlier this week, it was revealed that Rishi and Akshata’s personal fortune has fallen by more than £200 million over the last year as the value of her stake in her father’s company plummeted.
The couple’s wealth is estimated at around £529 million in the latest Sunday Times Rich List, a fall from £730 million a year earlier.
Ms Murty owns a small stake in Infosys, a $64billion (£52billion) Indian IT giant co-founded by her billionaire father.
Her stake is just under 1 per cent of the business, but the company shares have lost around a fifth of their value in the last year as investors worried about the future of the Indian technology sector.
The power couple first entered the Sunday Times Rich List last year when Mr Sunak was still chancellor in Boris Johnson’s government.
Rishi and his wife were all smiles as they boarded their plane in Hiroshima this morning, for the 3rd day of the G7 Summit
The UK’s first couple warmly waved at the other dignitaries as they boarded their plane in Hiroshima
When running to be Prime Minister his standing was dented by scrutiny of his family’s financial affairs and large wealth.
Infosys is a global technology company headquartered in Bangalore. It was founded in 1981 by NR Narayana Murthy, the PM’s father-in-law.
It is India’s second-largest IT services exporter and is estimated to be worth $62billion (£50billion).
According to the company’s website, it is ‘a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting’ and works across more than 50 countries.
It has more than 340,000 employees and more than 1,800 clients.
According to Forbes, the 76-year-old is personally worth $4billion (£3.2bn) and is among the top 725 richest people in the world.
All of the family own shares in Infosys, according to the company’s latest annual report, with Akshata holding almost 39 million (or 0.93%) of Infosys shares.
She was recently estimated to have lost almost £50million in a single day when the value of Infosys shares plummeted last month