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While billionaire businessman, James Packer , spent his years surrounded by supermodels, private jets and A-lister friends, the life of his lesser known first cousin, Francis, was worlds apart. Francis Packer, 58, an openly gay man, lives a quiet life on the New South Wales south coast, spending his time as a visual artist. James, who is five years younger than Francis, has also faced a life of scrutiny in the public eye, dealing with broken marriages, political and professional scandals under the microscope and three nervous breakdowns.

Now the casino mogul's older cousin plans to write a tell-all biography about growing up in the Packer clan, which is expected to expose some of the family's 'many locked-up secrets'. Francis Packer, 58, an openly gay man, lives a quiet life on the New South Wales south coast, spending his time as a visual artist - worlds apart from his younger cousin James.

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Francis is now trying to reclaim some of that birthright through a tell-all book detailing his life and what it could have been. The year-old last week penned a post on social media, detailing the abuse he copped at school for his famous surname. If it was the Bentley convertible, they were severe. And the one time it was a chauffeur driven Rolls-Royce, the result for me was catastrophic.

I live with the resulting PTSD to this day.

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His father Clyde had been the original heir to the family's empire before a bitter falling out between him and his grandfather, Frank, saw him quit the family and move to America in This in turn led to the business being handed down to Kerry Packer and then his son James. Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald in , Francis said he knew from a young age he was expected to continue the family's legacy.

I was the little Packer prince,' he said. Francis Packer pictured with Tziporah Malkah added he was the 'black sheep' of the family where his father never wanted to know about his sexuality. He has the head for business, casinos are not my thing.