Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (born 23 December 1971) also known as T P-T, is a well-known one-time English "it girl", television personality, presenter and model. Her parents are Charles and Patricia Palmer-Tomkinson (née Dawson). Palmer-Tomkinson's father has represented his country as a skier at Olympic level. Tara grew up on her parents' estate in Dummer, Hampshire, and was educated at Hanford School, Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset. After she l... more

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (born 23 December 1971) also known as T P-T, is a well-known one-time English "it girl", television personality, presenter and model. Her parents are Charles and Patricia Palmer-Tomkinson (née Dawson). Palmer-Tomkinson's father has represented his country as a skier at Olympic level. Tara grew up on her parents' estate in Dummer, Hampshire, and was educated at Hanford School, Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset. After she left school she briefly worked in the City of London for Rothschilds bank. Her activities 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 and subsequently contributed to The Spectator, The Mail on Sunday, GQ, Eve, Harpers and Queen, Tatler, Instyle and The Observer sporadically. In 1999 she made an appearance on Frank Skinner's chat show on ITV1, dishevelled and disjointed. It was then that her long standing cocaine addiction became very public knowledge. Within... less