Given that her father has, so far, sired seven children by three wives, it is perhaps understandable that Lady Kitty Spencer should be a little wary of leaping into marriage, let alone motherhood.
But is Princess Diana’s niece — the first-born of Earl Spencer’s extensive brood — now ready, at the age of 28, to walk up the aisle?
I ask because Lady Kitty, who has formed a close attachment to 60-year-old fashion tycoon Michael Lewis, was looking particularly radiant in a black jumpsuit at this week’s Cash & Rocket Masquerade Ball — and did not trouble to hide the dazzlingly large diamond ring on her engagement finger.
Princess Diana’s niece — the first-born of Earl Spencer’s extensive brood — now ready, at the age of 28, to walk up the aisle?
I ask because Lady Kitty, who has formed a close attachment to 60-year-old fashion tycoon Michael Lewis, was looking particularly radiant in a black jumpsuit at this week’s Cash & Rocket Masquerade Ball — and did not trouble to hide the dazzlingly large diamond ring on her engagement finger
She and South Africa-born Lewis — the owner of the Whistles High Street chain, who has three adult children — went public with their relationship in New York last month, when they were pictured together in Manhattan.
Until then, Lewis, who is worth £80 million, had conducted his courtship with discretion.
Kitty, who was spotted at the tycoon’s £19 million mansion in central London last summer, confided in me at the time that she didn’t feel ‘in any rush’ to start a family. ‘I can see myself having children at some point,’ she told me, ‘but I’m only in my 20s. I do have friends my age who are having children, and they are so, so, sweet, but I think everyone should do things in their own time.’ Lady Kitty was previously in a four-year relationship with another older man — property magnate Niccolo Barattieri di San Pietro, now 48, who left her in 2017 and began a romance with Liz Hurley, 53.
A spokesman for Lady Kitty did not respond to a request for comment.
She and South Africa-born Lewis — the owner of the Whistles High Street chain, who has three adult children — went public with their relationship in New York last month, when they were pictured together in Manhattan
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