As first lady, Victoria Starmer has been happy to stay in the background while her husband gets on with the business of running the country.
But glamorous Lady Starmer may have to get used to the spotlight after being chosen to grace the cover of the society bible Tatler.
The magazine has even airbrushed the Prime Minister out of the front-page photo to put the focus on his enigmatic wife, who is the subject of an in-depth profile.
Although she had no involvement in the article, it reveals that she may take up a non-political campaigning or charity role in due course.
It also says the couple and their two children have only just fully moved into No 10 – almost six months after Sir Keir became PM.
An acquaintance of the Starmers told the magazine: ‘Keir is a fantastic, details-orientated lawyer, but not a barrel of laughs in the workplace. Vicky chilled him out a bit.’
Lady Victoria Starmer has been chosen to grace the cover of the society bible Tatler
The magazine has even airbrushed the Prime Minister out of the front-page photo to put the focus on his enigmatic wife, who is the subject of an in-depth profile. Pictured: The original photo with Sir Keir by his wife’s side
Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer arrive at the Pride of Britain Awards held at the The Grosvenor House Hotel, London, in October 2022
Lady Vic’s father was an economics lecturer who moved to the UK from Poland before the Second World War. Her father is Jewish and her mother, who died in 2020, was a community doctor who converted to the faith.
Far from the working class background her husband likes to talk about, she went to the exclusive private Channing School in Highgate – one of London’s most exclusive areas.
She secured degrees in law and sociology from Cardiff University, where she was president of the student union from 1995 to 1996.
Around four years later, Britain’s First Couple met – but had an almighty row that ended with a shower of expletives from Mrs Starmer who then told him to get lost.
She slammed down the phone after yelling: ‘Who the f*** does he think he is?’ Keir heard it all but by 2007 they were married.
What sparked the cascade of swears? Her future husband asking if she was ‘100 per cent sure’ her work was correct.
Sir Keir later told Vogue: ‘It was absolutely classic Vic. Very sassy, very down to earth, no nonsense from anyone, including from me’.
Undeterred, he asked her down the pub to make up for his blunder. She gave him a second chance and fast forward to today they have been married for 17 years.
See the full feature in the February issue of Tatler, available on newsstands from Thursday, January 2.
