Ollie Locke's twins, 2, have been on dozens of private jets after being left scarred by economy

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Made In Chelsea's Ollie and Gareth Locke welcomed Apollo Magnus Obi and Cosima Emily Bex via surrogacy in 2023 - but don't expect to see them in economy any time soon
Dad Ollie Locke says his toddlers rarely travel unless it's on a private plane - and says the mistake of once flying economy left his young family scarred.
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The Made In Chelsea star and his husband Gareth now prefer to travel on their own and say the two-year-old twins have already been on dozens of private jets in their short lives. He says the decision was made after a 'nightmare' trip in cattle class and the reality star hasn't looked back since.
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Gareth and Ollie married in 2020 at London's Natural History Museum before welcoming twins Apollo Magnus Obi and Cosima Emily Bex via surrogacy in July 2023. They like to travel in style and won't risk sitting in the cheap seats again after an experience to forget. It comes after Princess Andre said she was 'independent' from her parents as she broke her silence after Katie Price row.
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He explained all on the latest episode of Fabulous' No Parental Guidance podcast. Ollie said: 'They've done 27 flights. We've done private jets, we've done business class - and we did economy once, and it was a nightmare. Let's just say we won't be doing that again.'
He said the tots "cried the entire journey" and added: "Someone said 'is this their first flight?' and I said 'no, it's actually their 15th flight, they started off on a private jet'. They'd been in business. Now they're in economy. That's why they're crying. From now on, it's only business."
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But Ollie says their first ever private plane experience was a medical necessity. 'One of the flights was actually a hospital-related private jet, because they were born in Sunderland and had to be transferred for medical care,' he explained. 'So that wasn't luxury, that was necessity.'
He went on to detail their arrival with the twins born at just 31 weeks, weighing just 2lbs and 2lbs 11. 'They were super premature," he went on to say. "We hadn't done any classes, hadn't met anyone else who was expecting and suddenly we were in this completely alien environment. We didn't know what to do.'
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Ollie and Gareth, who started dating in 2018 after years of friendship, have certainly got their hands full with the twins. Admitting that becoming a family of four has been a difficult adjustment, Ollie explained to OK Magazine: 'At the beginning, Gareth would take Apollo and I had Cosi when it came to changing and night-times and all that kind of stuff. Otherwise, with twins, it's mental. You're up the whole night and then you go back to sleep but it's time for another feed two hours later.
"We were exhausted and there were definitely some tears at the beginning. You're not yourself in any manner – you're a completely different person. Every time I see my mum now I thank her because you don't realise how hard it is to raise a child until you're a parent yourself. It makes you more grateful.'
While Ollie has settled into life as a dad, he and Gareth have been through a challenging time which saw Apollo in hospital for an operation he has needed since birth. 'We're OK and he's fine,' says Ollie, who doesn't disclose what the operation was for but says it was a tumultuous time for the family.
'It was absolutely horrendous. It's really, really difficult having any child go on general anaesthetic, but it's awful having your baby not understand what that is because he's too young. It was traumatising. I cried for three hours while he was in the operation – I just didn't know what else to do so I stayed there and cried. I was like, 'This is just the worst.'