A Look At The Role That Robert Mugabe's Wife Played That Eventually Eventually Forced The Military in Zimbabwe To Launch A Coup

Daily Mail: 12 diamond rings, 62 pairs of Ferragamo shoes and an £80,000 Rolex in just one YEAR: How Gucci Grace - the First Lady of Shopping - splashed her cash while Zimbabwe struggled to feed its people

* Robert Mugabe's despised 52-year-old wife is known as 'Gucci' Grace for her love of lavish shopping sprees
* Currently under house arrest with her husband, 93, at their 25-bedroom, £7.5m Blue Roof mansion in Harare
* While seven in ten Zimbabwean's are in poverty, the 'First Lady of Shopping' has lavished millions on bling
* Said to have once spent £120,000 on one shopping spree and £200,000 on one diamond-studded headboard
* Couple's children also known for spending with one bragging he owns a £45,000 watch because 'daddy runs the whole country'

She is the free-spending First Lady of Zimbabwe who splashed £3million on her daughter's wedding, owns luxury homes around the world and recently paid £300,000 for a Rolls-Royce.

Dubbed 'Gucci' Grace for her love of spending, the wife of deposed dictator Robert Mugabe is renowned for her extravagant purchases and eye-watering shopping trips around the world.

The 52-year-old 'First Lady of Shopping', currently under house arrest with her husband, 93, at their 25-bedroom Blue Roof mansion in Harare following a military coup, has lavished millions on bling, including £200,000 on a diamond-studded headboard.

She is widely loathed in Zimbabwe, where seven in ten are stuck in poverty. The population has been incensed by reports of a lavish lifestyle that once saw her spend £120,000 on one shopping spree in Paris.

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WNU Editor: She is definitely a piece of work. If these reports on Robert Mugabe's wife are even 50% true .... I can understand the reason why the military in Zimbabwe (that probably also included a number of political leaders) were horrified with the idea the Robert Mugabe's wife was positioning herself to be the next President of Zimbabwe. Yup .... I can just imagine the discussions that must have taken placed when it was obvious last week that she wanted the office of the President after she engineered the firing of the Vice President. If she could fire the Vice President .... no one was safe .... including the  military. Hence .... the coup.

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