educated at tavistock college, she later revealed that she was bullied and teased at school for having a double-barrelled name, small breasts and full lips. she used to smoke, as she said in an interview with david letterman: "i got a work placement at a modelling agency and then i spent the week making coffee and picking up the telephone and smoking cigarettes and drinking wine at 11 am, it was very "ab fab"".she last publicly smoked in 2012 and has since quit.