July 20, 2003 The Mail on Sunday

Edited Article

Emily Symons - Australian Actress

Chris Farries, an actror twice her age, indulged in a torrid affair with her during her marriage to lipscombe. He paints her as a ruthless, shrewd, compulsive spender who casts lovers aside when she has no further use for them, and is fascinated by the English upper classes. Even more startlingly, he reveals how, at the height of their affair, they played spanking games where she liked to be punished by hand or cane if she`d been a `naughty girl` who`d overspent.

Emily and Chris embarked on a torrid and long-lasting affair, evidenced by the sheaves of pictures and raunchy letters Farries spreads out over a table to illustrate their relationship.

In one series of Polaroids, Emily 24 and barely a year into her marriage, is semi-naked, lasciviously offering her breasts to the camera. In others she is dressed as a schoolgirl, a `Christmas treat` for Farries, bending over to be caned and spanked.

He explained: `If she`d over-spent on a shopping spree she would say what a naughty girl she`d been. That was the signal for a spanking and a caning. We had a little saying that "spendies leads to bendies".`


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