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===Woonplåtse en belastinguntwyking===
Hamilton kondigeden synen plan üm in Switserland too gån wonen in 2007 an en hy stelleden dat dat was ümdat vort wül weasen van den mediaandacht den hy ervåreden in et VK. Hy sei in de televisyshow ''Parkinson'' dat belasting ouk nen readen was. Hy vestigeden sich in Luins in et kanton Vaud by et meer van Geneve. In 2010 verhüseden Hamilton net as völle Formule Eynkoureurs in verleaden en heden når Monako, wår hy nen huus dat £10 miljoon weerd skynt too weasen anskavveden, wår hy in 2018 noch altyd woneden. Hamilton besittet ouk nen flat in New York en nen landhuus in Colorado, wåroaver hy sei dat hy dår sül willen leaven nå et ende van syne karriere.
Hamilton announced his intention to live in [[Switzerland]] in 2007, stating that this was because he wished to get away from the media scrutiny that he experienced living in the UK. He said on the television show ''[[Parkinson (TV series)|Parkinson]]'' that [[Taxation in the United Kingdom|taxation]] was also a reason.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=Hamilton makes tax move admission|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/7088652.stm|date=11 November 2007|accessdate=11 November 2007|work=BBC News}}</ref> He settled in [[Luins]] in [[Vaud|Vaud canton]] on [[Lake Geneva]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/Formula_One_drivers_find_peace_in_Switzerland.html?cid=984310|title=Formula One drivers find peace in Switzerland|work=[[Swissinfo]]|publisher=[[SRG SSR idée suisse]]|accessdate=31 August 2010}}</ref><ref name=BBCNews>{{cite news|title=Hamilton decides to leave Britain|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7068001.stm|date=29 October 2007|accessdate=29 October 2007 | first=Adam | last=Parsons}}</ref> In 2010, Hamilton joined many Formula One drivers past and present when he moved to Monaco, purchasing a house worth a reported £10 million, where he still resides as of 2018. Hamilton also owns a flat in [[New York City|New York]], and an estate in [[Colorado]] where he has said he would like to live after his retirement.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moloney |first1=Aisling |title=Where does Lewis Hamilton live? The Formula One champion has more than one place |url=https://metro.co.uk/2017/11/07/where-does-lewis-hamilton-live-the-formula-one-champion-has-more-than-one-place-7059455/ |accessdate=30 October 2018 |work=Metro |publisher=Metro |date=7 November 2017}}</ref>
Hamilton was eynen van nen antal lüde van wie de belastingreagelingen kritisk apart wyren eanalysered in nen rapport van weldådigheydsorganisaty vöär sociale gerechtigheyd Christian Aid in 2008. Datsölvde jår untving Hamilton püblike krityk van leden van et parlement van et Vereyniged Köninkryk vöär et untwyken van belastingen in et VK. Nå et lekken van de vertrowlike Paradise Papers in november 2017 wyr emelded dat Hamilton et betålen van £3.3 miljoon an britske belasting tooevoogede weerde (VAT) up syn Challenger 605 privevleegtuug, dat £16.5 miljoon weerd is, had untweken. Völgens BBC Panorama lek den hüüroavereynkumst den upestelled wyr döär syne adviseurs künstmåtig too weasen en neet oaveren too kommen med nen verbod van de EU en et VK up terüggåve van VAT vöär privåt gebruuk. De BBC sei ouk dat de socialemediaakkounts van Hamilton anwysingen geaven dat hy syn vleegtuug ebrüked hevt vöär vakantys en andere persöynlike reisen. Et vleegtuug wyr in september 2019 verkocht.
Hamilton was one of several figures whose tax arrangements were singled out for criticism in a report by the social-justice<ref>"Our Aims" https://www.christianaid.org.uk/about-us/our-aims</ref> charity [[Christian Aid]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tax-evasion-costs-lives-of-56m-children-826252.html |title=Tax evasion 'costs lives of 5.6m children' |work=The Independent |location=London |first=Sean |last=O'grady |date=12 May 2008 |accessdate=7 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508051933/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tax-evasion-costs-lives-of-56m-children-826252.html |archivedate= 8 May 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/may/23/lewis-hamilton-content-monaco|title=Lewis Hamilton feels content in Monaco after getting rid of baggage|first=Paul|last=Weaver|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=23 May 2012|accessdate=23 May 2012|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17615784|title= Monaco profile|date= 14 May 2014 |work=BBC News | accessdate=23 November 2014}}</ref> The same year, Hamilton received public criticism from UK members of parliament for avoiding UK taxes.<ref name=AFP>{{cite news|title=Ecclestone urges more recognition for F1 champ Hamilton |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jGS3IaJsftaH5JHip7T_TwrcBUMg |date=6 November 2008 |accessdate=6 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117064100/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jGS3IaJsftaH5JHip7T_TwrcBUMg |archivedate=17 January 2010 }}</ref> Following the leak of the confidential [[Paradise Papers]] in November 2017, it was reported that Hamilton had avoided paying £3.3 million of [[Value-added tax in the United Kingdom|value added tax]] (VAT) on his Challenger 605 private jet worth £16.5 million.<ref name="auto13">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41886607|title=Paradise Papers: F1 champion Lewis Hamilton 'dodged' VAT on £16.5m private jet|first=Paradise Papers reporting team|last=BBC Panorama|publisher=BBC|date=6 November 2017|accessdate=7 January 2018}}</ref> According to [[BBC Panorama|BBC ''Panorama'']], the leasing deal set up by his advisers appeared to be artificial and not to comply with an EU and UK ban on VAT refunds for private use.<ref name="auto13"/> The BBC also said that Hamilton's social media accounts provide evidence that he has used his jet for holidays and other personal trips.<ref name="auto13"/> The jet was sold in September 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/50061569|title=Lewis Hamilton: Social media post says he feels 'like giving up on everything'|last=|first=|date=2019-10-15|work=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=2019-11-21|language=en-GB}}</ref>
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=== Persoonlik leaven ===
[[File:LaRosa_Hamilton_diResta_Spengeler_2007_amk.jpg|duum|Hamilton with [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_la_Rosa Pedro de la Rosa] (left), [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_di_Resta Paul di Resta] and [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Spengler Bruno Spengler] at ''Stars and Cars'' 2007]]
In October 2007, Hamilton announced his intention to live in [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Switzerland], stating that this was because he wished to get away from the media scrutiny that he experienced living in the UK. Hamilton admitted under questioning on the television show ''[//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson_(TV_series) Parkinson]'' that [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_Kingdom taxation] was part of the reason as well.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=Hamilton makes tax move admission|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/7088652.stm|date=11 November 2007|accessdate=11 November 2007|publisherwork=BBC News}}</ref> Hamilton received public criticism from UK MPs including Liberal Democrat MP [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Russell_(UK_politician) Bob Russell] for avoiding UK taxes.<ref name="AFP">{{cite news|title=Ecclestone urges more recognition for F1 champ Hamilton|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jGS3IaJsftaH5JHip7T_TwrcBUMg|date=6 November 2008|accessdate=6 November 2008|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117064100/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jGS3IaJsftaH5JHip7T_TwrcBUMg|archivedate=17 January 2010|df=dmy}}</ref> He settled in [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luins Luins] in [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud Vaud canton] on [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Geneva Lake Geneva];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/Formula_One_drivers_find_peace_in_Switzerland.html?cid=984310|title=Formula One drivers find peace in Switzerland|work=[[Swissinfo]]|publisher=[[SRG SSR idée suisse]]|accessdate=31 August 2010}}</ref> other Formula One drivers, including world champions [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schumacher Michael Schumacher], [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen Kimi Räikkönen] and [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Alonso Fernando Alonso], also live in Switzerland.<ref name="BBCNews">{{cite news|title=Hamilton decides to leave Britain|publisherwork=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7068001.stm|date=29 October 2007|accessdate=29 October 2007|first=Adam|last=Parsons}}</ref> Hamilton was one of several figures whose tax arrangements were singled out for criticism in a report by the social-justice<ref>"Our Aims" https://www.christianaid.org.uk/about-us/our-aims</ref> charity [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Aid Christian Aid] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tax-evasion-costs-lives-of-56m-children-826252.html|title=Tax evasion 'costs lives of 5.6m children'|work=The Independent|location=London|first=Sean|last=O'grady|date=12 May 2008|accessdate=7 May 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508051933/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tax-evasion-costs-lives-of-56m-children-826252.html|archivedate=8 May 2010|df=dmy}}</ref> At the start of 2012, he moved his personal residence from Switzerland to [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco Monaco], which is also a tax haven.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/may/23/lewis-hamilton-content-monaco|title=Lewis Hamilton feels content in Monaco after getting rid of baggage|first=Paul|last=Weaver|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=23 May 2012|accessdate=23 May 2012|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Osborne|first=Lucy|title=How 2,000 Britons living in Monaco are costing UK£1bn a year in lost taxes|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2205884/How-2-000-Britons-living-Monaco-costing-UK-1bn-year-lost-taxes.html|accessdate=23 November 2014|newspaper=Daily Mail|location=London|date=20 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17615784|title=Monaco profile|date=14 May 2014|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=23 November 2014}}</ref> In 2012, Hamilton featured in the [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren McLaren]-produced cartoon ''[//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooned Tooned]'', alongside [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenson_Button Jenson Button] and comedian [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Armstrong_(comedian) Alexander Armstrong].
In November 2007, Hamilton started dating [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Scherzinger Nicole Scherzinger], the lead singer of the American girl band [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussycat_Dolls Pussycat Dolls]; it was announced in January 2010 that they split up to focus on their respective careers. However, they were seen together at the [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Turkish_Grand_Prix 2010 Turkish Grand Prix]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8713401.stm|title=Turkish Grand Prix|publisher=BBC Sport|date=30 May 2010|accessdate=30 June 2010}}</ref> and at the [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Canadian_Grand_Prix Canadian Grand Prix] in Montreal, on 13 June 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/7825194/Canadian-Grand-Prix-Lewis-Hamilton-and-Jenson-Button-secure-McLaren-one-two.html|title=Canadian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button secure McLaren one–two|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=13 June 2010|last=Cary|first=Tom|accessdate=31 August 2010}}</ref> The couple split up and reunited numerous times between 2011 and 2013,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/15481061.stm|title=Lewis Hamilton admits Nicole split makes racing focus 'tough'|publisher=BBC Sport|date=27 October 2011|accessdate=27 October 2011|first=Sarah|last=Holt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/23128225/nicole-scherzinger-and-lewis-hamilton-end-relationship|title=Nicole Scherzinger and Lewis Hamilton end relationship|publisher=BBC Newsbeat|date=1 July 2013|accessdate=5 July 2015}}</ref> but appeared to have got back together in November 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/nicole-scherzinger-lewis-hamilton-back-2870468|title=Nicole Scherzinger and Lewis Hamilton back on track after family Thanksgiving|work=The Mirror|date=1 December 2013|accessdate=27 July 2014}}</ref> They split up again in February 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11389031/Nicole-Scherzinger-splits-up-with-Lewis-Hamilton-over-marriage-row.html|title=Nicole Scherzinger splits up with Lewis Hamilton over 'marriage row'|date=4 February 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=4 February 2015|first=Nicola|last=Harley}}</ref>
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