From skiing with Prince Charles to making a splash in the jungle: The moments that defined Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

Former ‘It-girl’ Tara Palmer-Tomkinson died yesterday aged 45, three months after revealing she was suffering from a brain tumour.

The ex-model and reality television star was pronounced dead at her £4million London penthouse.

She had been receiving treatment for a rare auto-immune condition and a growth in her pituitary gland. 

However, she had recently said the tumour was gone, and neighbours said she was ‘happy and smiling’ when they saw her last week. 

Police said they were treating her death as unexplained but not suspicious. 

A regular on the London party scene in the 1990s and 2000s, Miss Palmer-Tomkinson frequently hit the headlines with her extravagant lifestyle and revealing outfits. 

She had a well-documented battle with cocaine, spending up to £400 a day at the height of her addiction.  

Miss Palmer-Tomkinson had appeared on numerous reality TV shows, coming second to Tony Blackburn on I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! in 2002, but in recent years she became a virtual recluse as result of her drug addiction and a nervous breakdown. 

She never married, but had relationships with a number of high-profile businessmen and pop stars, including Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes.  

 
Butter wouldn¿t melt: A young Tara on her family¿s 1,200-acre estate

Butter wouldn’t melt: A young Tara on her family’s 1,200-acre estate

Family portrait: Aged 16, left, with sister Santa, mother Patti, brother James, father Charles and their dogs

Family portrait: Aged 16, left, with sister Santa, mother Patti, brother James, father Charles and their dogs

Close: The expert skier at Klosters in Switzerland with family friend Prince Charles

Close: The expert skier at Klosters in Switzerland with family friend Prince Charles

Natural beauty: As her It-girl status soared in the late Nineties, so did her modelling career

Natural beauty: As her It-girl status soared in the late Nineties, so did her modelling career

Masked ball? Tara dons a bikini, fur coat and snorkel at her 27th birthday

Masked ball? Tara dons a bikini, fur coat and snorkel at her 27th birthday

Making a splash: Tara underwent a variety of tough trials in the jungle for I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here

Making a splash: Tara underwent a variety of tough trials in the jungle for I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here

Life of the party: Tara attends a Tatler 300th anniversary ball in London in 2009

Life of the party: Tara attends a Tatler 300th anniversary ball in London in 2009

Brave face: Tara revealed that she had a brain tumour in the Daily Mail in November

Brave face: Tara revealed that she had a brain tumour in the Daily Mail in November

AND THE MOMENTS HER MASK OF GLAMOUR SLIPPED... 

Alarm bells: A confused, rambling TP-T seemed incoherent on The Frank Skinner Show

Alarm bells: A confused, rambling TP-T seemed incoherent on The Frank Skinner Show

Tackling the issue: In fragile health, It-girl Tara is pictured on her way to rehab in Arizona

Tackling the issue: In fragile health, It-girl Tara is pictured on her way to rehab in Arizona

Crushing low: Pictured after surgery to repair her septum, which had been eroded by cocaine

Crushing low: Pictured after surgery to repair her septum, which had been eroded by cocaine

Erratic behaviour: A dishevelled Tara fled to a sweet shop to avoid photographers

Erratic behaviour: A dishevelled Tara fled to a sweet shop to avoid photographers

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