Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
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Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (born December 23, 1971) is a famous British "It girl".
Early Life
Her parents are Charles and Patricia Palmer-Tomkinson, an Anglo-Argentine. Tara's father is Prince Charles's closest friend, and represented his country as a skier at Olympic level. Tara grew up on her parents' estate in Dummer, Hampshire, and was educated at Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset. She is the younger sister of author Santa Montefiore, and was the basis of a main character in Santa's book Last Voyage of the Valentina, she also has an older brother named James.
Notoriety
Since 1990, her antics have been well-covered by the British tabloid press, and in the mid to late 1990s, she wrote a weekly column for the Sunday Times. She is regularly, and perhaps derisively, referred to as "posh" as are other British upper-class "It girls".
In 1999, she made an appearance on Frank Skinner's chat show on ITV1, dishevelled and disjointed. Within 48 hours, she checked into an exclusive rehab clinic in Arizona.
She most recently appeared in the British television series I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, finishing runner up. In November 2005, Palmer-Tomkinson presented her third 'behind the scenes' series on ITV2 for the hit show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.
In 2006, Palmer-Tomkinson had British tabloids in a frenzy following her rumored relationship with singers James Blunt and Robbie Williams with whom she also claimed to have spent 10 days in bed. She more recently claimed these rumours to be false. Robbie has said that he penned his number one song 'Life through a lens' for Tara.
Trivia
- She is rumoured to have a pet goat
- It has been reported that she earns over 1 million per year shooting commercials for Walkers crisps, DeBeers diamonds and modeling for designers such as Philip Treacy.
- In 1999, she was treated at the Meadows clinic in Arizona for a cocaine addiction, and since her recovery has supported various drugs charities.
- She is also a concert-level classic pianist and has said she rehearses the piano daily for around 90 minutes.
- An interesting footnote is that, during the war in Afghanistan in 2001, British special forces nicknamed the Tora Bora caves, where Osama bin Laden was thought to have been hiding, "Tora Bora Tomkinson" (William Donaldson (2002) Brewer's Rogues, Villains & Eccentrics).
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