Frances Abbott reveals she might have more tattoos than the one her father knows about

Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s daughter Frances Abbott has revealed she might have more ink than just the tiny cursive "A" on her back that reportedly once left her father fuming.

Ms Abbott, speaking to the Daily Mail Australia at the Myer Autumn/Winter show in Melbourne last night, was asked whether the tiny cursive "A" on her back was her only tattoo.

"I might [have more] but you won't be seeing them," she said.

Ms Abbott chose to get the letter "A" inked on her back when she was 19 years old as a way to keep her family name Abbott alive.

"I know my family name won't be carried on as my father didn't have any sons, so I thought I'm going to get it permanent on my back," she said.

"I got it when I was nineteen, on a night out with friends, mum and dad weren't for it, I said it was going to be small and pretty."

In a WHO Magazine interview in 2013 Ms Abbott said when her parents initially found out about her tattoo her father told her “you are mutilating your body”.

The middle daughter in the Abbott family, who works as an assistant buyer for the children's department in Myer, was at the fashion event with her boyfriend Lindsay Smith, who also works for the department store company.

She spoke about how the constant pressure on her father in the media has affected her.

"Of course it affects you but he's still doing a great job, which is that of our father," she said.

"It always affects you when people you love are slammed in the media, it's not fun, but it's the nature of the beast ... It's happened before and will happen again."

She also defended her father when speaking to the Herald Sun last night, saying he's the best man for the job.

“I think with anything, any relationships, you go through rough patches and it’s how you pull yourself out of that, that matters," she said.

“He’s fine, he gets knocked down and then gets up again.”