“I’ve spent only three nights in England since November,” she says. Within a week Kitty was made a Bulgari ambassador, and since then, her feet have barely touched the ground, with work in New York, Moscow, Dubai, Beijing and Mexico City, as well as trips to Australia and Italy for events and runway shows, and a return to South Africa for the holidays with her family. But it was the royal wedding that kicked her profile into high gear. She has been based in London since signing with Storm Management four years ago, the modeling agency that launched the careers of Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne, and made her runway debut for Dolce & Gabbana in 2017. Simone Rocha dress, Mary Katrantzou x Jimmy Choo bootsįollowers will know that Kitty is devoted to her cat, Baby D, who “only eats people food” and lives with her mother, Victoria Aitken (née Lockwood), a former model, in South Africa where she grew up. “Can I still FaceTime my cat and put it on my Stories?” she asks, only half-joking. I had to turn my notifications off because my phone was going to die.” Never one to share many personal details on social media- her feed mostly features modeling work along with a few photos of siblings and friends-she now worries if her posts should be more considered. I thought I had someone else’s phone when I woke up the next morning. “ went from 17,000 to half a million in one night. “It was definitely unexpected,” she admits, draped across a sofa in a dressing gown at Cliveden House, a historic stately home and hotel in Berkshire, England, where her cover shoot has just wrapped. But for Lady Kitty, the sudden influx of attention was unnerving.
It would be easy to assume the 28-year-old model, a first cousin to the second in line to the throne (her father, Charles, the ninth Earl Spencer, is Princess Diana’s brother and William and Harry’s uncle), is accustomed to the public adoration and scrutiny that comes with being a member of the British aristocracy. “WHO IS LADY KITTY SPENCER?” the tabloids screamed, while exhaustive listicles picked apart “Everything You Need to Know About Princess Diana’s Niece.” Despite the attendance of George and Amal Clooney, Victoria and David Beckham, Priyanka Chopra, and Serena Williams, it was the lesser-known relative of the groom, in an emerald green hand-painted Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda dress with a Philip Treacy fascinator and jewelry from the Bulgari Heritage Collection, who captured the world’s attention. George’s Chapel in Windsor for the marriage of her cousin Prince Harry to Meghan Markle this past May, she sparked a sensation.
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