London: British PM Rishi Sunak, whose family is estimated to be wealthier than king Charles, said he went without “lots of things” as a child, including Sky TV, when asked if he was in touch with the struggles of ordinary people. Sunak, the son of a doctor and a pharmacist, is the wealthiest PM in British history through a combination of his past career in financial services and the family fortune of his wife Akshata Murty, whose father Narayana Murthy founded Infosys.
In an interview with ITV, Sunak cited his parents’ refusal to pay for the subscription channel as an example of having to “go without” because he said they were making sacrifices to pay for his education. Asked to give a specific example of something he missed out on as a child, he said: “…Famously, Sky TV, so that was something that we never had growing up actually”.