<text>  The drawbacks of being a working Mum caught up with Madison Ashton when on a trip to her sons school the teenagers gathered around, not to chat to their mates parent, but to get a good look at a high-class escort, porn star and mistress. For a change the teenagers had no problems doing their homework as theyd obviously been studying the notorious Ms Ashton for quite a while. The boys were swarming around me, and I could hear them mentioning my work name under their breath, Ms Ashton told New Idea magazine. Unfortunately, theyd been online and obviously knew just who I was. Scroll down for video . Madison Ashton pictured here at court in 2012 lost her appeal against the estate of the late cardboard billionaire, Richard Pratt, in February . It was an experience that she worried would have a bad effect on her 13-year-old son Xavier, but she had no need to worry. I asked what was going on and he said a few boys had told him: Hey your Mums a prostitute. But he didnt take any notice, she explained. He just went back to playing handball, because he thought they were dkheads anyway. I was totally blown away by how brave and mature Xavier is. Ms Ashton - who also has a 17-year-old daughter Indra - only tells Xavier that she goes to work and cant discuss it in detail because it involves adult services. The 40-year-old made it clear that she was always honest with her children about what she does and kept everything very matter-of-fact. But considering her notoriety its hard for her at times to stay out of the news. Last month she lost her appeal against the estate of billionaire Richard Pratt, who she said promised her millions. Ms Ashton launched an appeal against the 2012 decision to reject her bid for part of the cardboard kings estate. Ms Ashton said Mr Pratt had promised to set up two trust funds, worth 2.5 million each, for her two children and pay her 500,000 as a retainer to stop working as an escort and become his mistress. Although the Supreme Court agreed the pair had the conversation, it found Ms Ashtons acceptance of 100,000 and the transfer of car into her name was done in full satisfaction of the trust claim. In November 2005, Ms Ashton signed a document from a employee of Mr Pratts company, Visy Industries, that released Mr Pratt from any financial responsibility in exchange for a payment of 50,000 to the former mistress. Mr Pratt died in 2009. Billionaire Mr Pratt died in 2009 . Ms Ashton appeared before the Supreme Court of NSW in February but her case was dismissed . In appealing the decision, Ms Ashton sought a declaration that Mr Pratts 2003 promises constituted a legally binding contract and anything she signed in November 2005 was void. She also sought damages from Mr Pratts widdoe, Jeanne Pratt. But on Monday, the Court of Appeal dismissed her bid, saying the arrangement failed to spell out important terms such as Ms Ashtons obligations as mistress, how long it would last and the details of how the trusts would work. The court said Ms Ashton had received substantial gifts as Mr Pratts mistress and there was nothing to suggest she was prevented from returning to the escort industry. Madison Ashton, who was once showered with gifts as Mr Pratts mistress, claims the two of them were in a de-facto relationship, and it was not just a business arrangement the pair had. Madison Ashton who was known as one of Australias most notorious prostitutes - aka Christine McQueen stopped working as a hooker in 2003 after Pratt right promised her he would look after her and her two children . Ms Ashton, who also sued the cardboard barons estate for 10 million in 2012 lost and racked up a million dollar legal bill. In September, The Daily Telegraph reported, the court heard Pratt had a voracious appetite for young woman like Ms Ashton and that promising her five million dollars wouldnt have been very much money to such a wealthy man. Ms Ashton, who was known as one of Australias most notorious prostitutes - aka Christine McQueen stopped working as an escort in 2003 after Mr Pratt promised he would look after her and her two children. It was reported she claimed to have given up a lucrative career in the high class escort business to become Mr Pratts mistress . A book called Mistress: The True Stories of Mistresses and Their Men released last year delved into the couples bizarre relationship. Ms Ashton said Mr Pratt had promised to set up two trust funds, worth 2.5 million each, for her two children and pay her 500,000 as a retainer to stop working as an escort and become his mistress . The late Richard Pratt who was elected as Carltons Football clubs president Richard Pratt in 2007 was claimed to be in a de-facto relationship with prostitute Madison Ashton . Writer Matthew Benns and co-author Terry Smyth say Mr Pratt was one of Australias business giants, but it wasnt just wealth that pleased him. Rather, he had an apparently endless desire for sex, Benns and Smyth wrote, sustaining two long-running affairs with a pair of young women from the bush. They were Shari-Lea Hitchcock, from Cambewarra, on the New South Wales south coast; and Peggy Jane Heslop - better known as Madison Ashton, sex worker and Penthouse Pet - who came from Wangaratta, in Victorias north-east. Hitchcock was a blonde bombshell, 35 years his junior, Benns and Smyth wrote. While Ashton was described as a canny brothel-owner with a troubled childhood. 