Romanian toyboy who inherited £250k estate from ex-vicar lover, 81, when he died flaunts life of luxury

A ROMANIAN toyboy who inherited a £250,000 estate from his late pensioner lover when he died now flaunts a life of luxury. Florin Marin, now 33, was left a £2,000-a-month pension as well as a lump sum of £150,000 when his partner, Philip Clements, a former vicar, died aged 81 in 2020. Florin Marin likes to show off his luxury trips to his social media followers Credit: florinmarin1/ Instagram Rev Philip Clements with Florin Marin, then 25 Credit: SWNS:South West News Service Mr Clements, from Eastry in Kent, moved to Romania in 2017 in order to be with Mr Marin. He sold his home in Sandwich, Kent, for £215,000 to buy a flat in Bucharest and transferred ownership into his husband’s name. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Their marriage raised concerns with the couple also making an appearance on Jeremy Kyle’s former show on ITV. At the time, Mr Clements said: “I love him to bits – if we were permanently separated, I would be the most unhappy person in the world.” The then-81-year-old and his toyboy husband settled down in Romania to finally live together Credit: Supplied Philip Clements, a former vicar, died aged 81 in 2020 Credit: ITV He had been an Anglican priest for 50 years but retired before tying the knot with Mr Marin. The couple had met on the gay dating app Grindr in 2015. Since Mr Clements’ death, Mr Marin has been in two long-term relationships. First, with Spaniard Jeronimo and then Giovanni Messina, a 50-year-old German-Italian hotel boss. Most read in The Sun Mr Marin has now revealed that he and Mr Messina opened up their relationship two years ago and he now has a new “mistress” – a 50-year-old Bulgarian businessman. He told the Daily Mail the pair met in May during Gran Canaria Pride on a naked cruise ship. Mr Marin loves to travel but said he “does not spend a penny” on his luxury trips or designer clothes. Instead, they are funded either by his new lover or Mr Messina, Mr Marin claimed. Florin Marin with lover Jeronimo Jesus de Vega – who he met after Mr Clements’ death Credit: mekanism.media Photos and videos on his account show off his love of luxury fashion Credit: florinmarin1/Instagram He added that Mr Messina sometimes got jealous and competitive with his new beau. Last month he took a trip around the east coast of the US, visiting Pennsylvania, Washington DC and New York City. In several online videos, he displays his business-class seat as he drinks champagne and does his skincare routine during the flight from Frankfurt to New York. During the visit, he also posts videos of the view from his hotel overlooking Times Square as well as footage of him dancing and taking part in TikTok trends in the famous square. Other videos on his account show off his love of luxury fashion, with clips showing him unboxing designer gifts he says are from his Bulgarian businessman. He has also claimed that Mr Messina has put his hotel business in his name so he can earn an income and is secure. This is separate from the £2,000 he gets monthly from Mr Clements’s pension. The relationship between Mr Marin and Mr Clements caused harsh criticism from the ex-vicar’s family, with his brothers calling Mr Marin a “gold-digger”. Mr Marin told the paper he and Mr Clements had splashed £1million during their five-year relationship. Mr Clements fell ill shortly after moving to Romania in May 2020, having run out of medication during the coronavirus lockdown. While he tested negative for Covid-19, he died on May 31. Mr Marin said his husband had refused to go to hospital for several days, and developed a fever and became disoriented, before Mr Marin insisted on taking him to hospital. Mr Marin started dating Mr Messina in 2022 and moved to Germany to be with him. He said in 2024: “I do have expensive extravagant holidays, maybe too many. “I met my new partner on the Planet Romeo, it’s a gay app… Giovanni is a lovely man and I am very much in love. “We met when I was a bit low and suffering from anxiety – I can’t stay a widow all my life, you know.” He added he had fond memories of his former husband, thought of him constantly and was “very grateful” to him, calling him a “lovely gentleman”. Mr Marin said: “We were so happy together and I’m sad he is not with me anymore. He secured my life, he did everything to make sure I was happy and I think about him all the time.” Mr Marin also revealed he has a big portrait of him in his house, “so I have him with me all the time” and still had his armchair and walking stick which he kept in his home in Romania. His relationship with Mr Clements’s brothers though is still tense, with Mr Marin revealing he didn’t speak with the two blood brothers. He told the paper: “Philip was my husband and I was entitled to what I got. “People will always talk and have their opinions which is fine, but they don’t make me feel bad or guilty.”