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](http://web.archive.org./web/20170209075130/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/08/23/003D038E00000258-0-image-m-64_1486596433801.jpg)
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](http://web.archive.org./web/20170209075130/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/08/23/3CF861FA00000578-0-image-a-48_1486595744213.jpg)
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](http://web.archive.org./web/20170209075130/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/08/23/3CF80AE500000578-0-image-a-49_1486595749555.jpg)
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](http://web.archive.org./web/20170209075130/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/08/23/3CF85D7600000578-0-image-m-52_1486595764327.jpg)
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](http://web.archive.org./web/20170209075130/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/08/23/2F923D1600000578-0-image-m-53_1486595779027.jpg)
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](http://web.archive.org./web/20170209075130/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/08/23/3CF8C45B00000578-0-image-a-56_1486596290356.jpg)
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](http://web.archive.org./web/20170209075130/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/08/23/3CF8881500000578-0-image-a-54_1486595984506.jpg)
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](http://web.archive.org./web/20170209075130/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/08/23/3CF83E6400000578-0-image-a-55_1486596268249.jpg)
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](http://web.archive.org./web/20170209075130/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/08/23/001A0A7F00000258-0-image-a-57_1486596310245.jpg)
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](http://web.archive.org./web/20170209075130/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/08/23/001A276800000258-0-image-m-62_1486596407306.jpg)
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](http://web.archive.org./web/20170209075130/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/08/23/3CF83E8000000578-0-image-a-59_1486596320595.jpg)
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](http://web.archive.org./web/20170209075130/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/08/23/158A775A000005DC-0-image-a-60_1486596327170.jpg)
Erratic behaviour: A dishevelled Tara fled to a sweet shop to avoid photographers
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