Born in France, 'It Girl' and party animal Victoria is a daughter of the playboy Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol (1915-1985), and Yvonne Marie, his third wife and former secretary.

Victoria spent the first two years of her life at Ickworth, before her parents went into tax exile in Monte Carlo. She was a boarder at Benenden School for five years, after which she was offered a place to read French and the history of art at Bristol University. Instead, though, she became the producer Michael Winner's receptionist. She then moved on to be a catwalk model for Dior and an Elite fashion model. Victoria opened (with a friend, Jayne Blight) an ultra-smart designer boutique in Knightsbridge, London, called Akademi, but it did not last. However, her trading company, Mogumbo, is still in existence. She has also been a columnist for the Sunday Times Style Magazine.

Hugely successful as one of those people who are famous mostly for being famous, she is now known to be keen to get into acting, and spent part of 2002 in Los Angeles. Still single, she had a long partnership with Danish restaurateur Mogens Tholstrup (fifteen years older than her, she used to call him 'Grandpa'). Her name has also been linked with business man Seb Bishop, racing driver David Coulthard, rock star Mick Hucknell, designer Scott Henshall, former Boyzone member Shane Lynch, Alex Sibley, Nathan Roberts (winner of the television show Model Behaviour), and Lord Freddie Windsor, the son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. A blind dinner date with Prince Andrew finished after the first course when she departed for another engagement at a lap-dancing club. Read More