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So happy to be alive, so happy to be free: After 13 months of torment in the clutches of Somali pirates, British yacht couple are free

By David Williams and Vanessa Allen In Nairobi

Updated: 07:51 EDT, 15 November 2010

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Exhausted but elated, Paul and Rachel Chandler will return home today after being freed in return for a secret £625,000 ransom.

The British yacht couple’s 388-day ordeal in the hands of Somali pirates ended yesterday when the second instalment of the sum was paid.

A delighted Mrs Chandler, 57, summed up their delight, declaring: ‘We are happy to be alive, happy to be free and desperate to see our family.’ And her 60-year-old husband said that ‘ideally’ he would like to go back to sea soon.

Rachel Chandler, center, the 22-year-old New York photographer, D.J. and artists' muse, is developing into a latter-day Kiki de Montparnasse – a fixture on the international beau-monde party scene, despite her devil-may-care uniform of beat-up sweaters, mannish jackets (often stolen from an ex), track pants and signature Belgian loafers in blue.

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