A father is seeking a refund for his daughter’s tuition after she decided to get a tattoo of her school’s motto prominently placed on her chest.
David Harper, a 52-year-old BBC antique expert, has spent £15,000 on his daughter Hetti’s education at Barnard Castle School, which she has attended since the age of five.

Now 23, Hetti, who has formed her own band, made the unusual choice of tattooing her school’s slogan.
David, known from BBC’s Antiques Road Trips, is requesting the school refund the tuition fees, as he views the tattoo as unpaid advertising for them.

The tattoo in question reads, ‘Parvis imbutus tentabis grandia tutus’, meaning ‘When you are steeped in little things, you shall safely attempt great things’. Hetti got inked three weeks ago to pay homage to her school’s slogan.
While many have stopped Hetti to inquire about the tattoo’s meaning, her father was less than thrilled upon first seeing it, as was her mother.

David expressed his frustration, feeling that after investing so much in Hetti’s schooling, a tattoo should not serve as free publicity for the institution.
He eventually saw an opportunity to propose that the school sponsor Hetti’s burgeoning music career in return for a partial refund of the tuition fees.

Hetti, a classically trained singer who led the school choir, left Barnard Castle School at eighteen to start her band ‘Tiffany Twisted’.
Since moving to London three years ago, Hetti has been dedicated to composing and writing music, with her band set to release their debut track on August 20th.