By Martin Howden


Tara Palmer-Tomkinson gave passers-by an eyeful after she bent down during a stroll in London.

The 40-year-old has been seen unsteady on her feet in the past after leaving nightclubs, but this time she can blame her ditziness on a wardrobe malfunction.

Tara struggled to get to grips with her dress, and after she stooped down to pick up her bag one man got more than he bargained for.

How embarrassing: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson gives a passer-by a moment to remember during a stroll in central London

She had just left an apartment in central London wearing a flimsy white dress and a black jacket.

However, the clumsy celebrity was left red-faced after she tried to sort out her dress - and her embarrassment was compounded after she bent down to retrieve her phone and bag.

Moments before: Tara was spotted shortly before her wardrobe blunder

Luckily, she eventually regained her composure and continued on with her journey.

However, she'll need to be more sure-footed if rumours are true that she will be appearing on the next series of Dancing on Ice.

A source told The Sun: 'Tara is really keen to get on board and has been applying herself to learning the skating basics.'

Red faced: Tara struggles to get to grips with her dress

The former IT girl, who took part in I'm A Celebrity.. Get Me Out Of Here back in 2005, is reportedly already taking skating lessons.

She is being tipped to star in the show, alongside other celebrities including former England manager Glenn Hoddle, model turned bodybuilder Jodie Marsh and EastEnders star Matt Lapinskas.
The series will return in January.


Nearly there: She almost regains her composure after picking up her phone and bag


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By Alanah Eriksen


Big night: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson was spotted leaving Brompton Club in South Kensington, west London after celebrating her 40th birthday with friends


She was the ultimate party girl in the 1990s.

And it appears Tara Palmer-Tomkinson obviously has no plans to slow down has she hits her 40s.

The socialite celebrated turning big four-o a few days early with a boozy bash at the Brompton Club in South Kensington, west London, last night.


She looked a little worse for wear as she left the venue, barely able to keep her eyes open.

She almost fell over several times as she stood on the bottom of her dress.
Friends had to hold on to the former 'it girl's' presents as she was in no state to do so herself.


With a little help from my friends: Tara had to be helped into a waiting taxi after the boozy bash

She started off so well: Tara smiled and posed for the cameras at the start of the night, before coming out of the club and tripping on her dress


Tara was helped into a taxi and once sitting inside, wrapped her arms around the neck of a male friend.

He attempted to protect her modesty as he dress rode up.

She eventually collapsed onto her knees and fell asleep.

Tara, who turns 40 on Friday, was dressed to the nines for the party in an on-trend mullet dress.


Careful there: Once inside, another friend tried to protect her modesty as he dress rode high

Tired Tara? The socialite fell to her knees in the back of a taxi and fell asleep during the ride home


The black number was clinched at the waist with a belt and had sparkly embellishments on the bodice.

Her hair was pulled back into a messy bun - which got messier as the night progressed.

Tara, whose family are friends with Prince Charles, recently revealed she was 'really proud' to the Royal Wedding in April.

'There was a lot of pressure on everyone - guests included - to make the day perfect for Will and Kate, and I'm just so proud to have been a part of it all.'
She admits she struggled to hold back tears when she saw the romantic vows.


You take it! Tara was in no state to hold her own presents and they were loaded into the taxi for her

yStill fashionable though: Tara wore an on-trend black mullet dress although almost fell over several times as she stood on the train


Writing for Marie Claire, she said: 'When it came to the ceremony at Westminster Abbey, William placed my family - all nine of us - at the front so we could see everything.

'I managed to control my tears until William and Harry arrived. And then Kate emerged. She's always been a calm person but that day she was more graceful and relaxed than I've ever seen her. '


Did you have fun? Tara's family are friends with prince Charles and and she attended the Royal Wedding in April



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By Georgina Littlejohn and Sarah Bull


What happened? Tara Palmer-Tomkinson looked worse for wear and dishevelled as she left London's Cirque nightclub in the early hours of Thursday morning


She had reinvented herself and wowed onlookers at the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's wedding earlier this year with her polished and glamorous appearance.

But on Wednesday night, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson looked worlds away from her society days as she wandered the streets of Soho, dishevelled and shoeless.

The 39-year-old socialite looked worse for wear as she was spotted heading home following an eventful evening which had seen her apparently get thrown out of London's Cirque nightclub.

Worlds apart: Tara's appearance was in stark contrast to her polished look at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge earlier this year

The evening had begun well enough as Tara joined close friend Duncan James, from boyband Blue, at exclusive Mayfair restaurant Nobu.

It is claimed that after Tara's meal at Nobu, she made her way to the nightspot where she partied until 2.30am until she was apparently thrown out of the club by bouncers.

What's going on? Tara looked worlds away from her usual appearance as she waited outside the club with friends including Blue's Duncan James

Ejected? It is claimed Tara was thrown out of the nightclub at around 2.30am

She was then seen arguing with the security guards for around an hour, before eventually getting into a taxi and heading home at approximately 4am.

Earlier in the evening, Tara was seen pulling her beanie hat over her eyes as she felt her way to a waiting taxi.

Famous friends: Tara and Duncan started their evening at Mayfair's Nobu restaurant before continuing the evening at Cirque du Soleil

Hiding: Earlier in the evening, Tara pulled her beanie over her face as she staggered to her waiting taxi after dinner

Help Me! Tara's friend can't stop laughing as he guides her to the car door

She also managed to lose one of her towering high heels and after a staggered attempt to put it back on, she opted to go barefoot instead.

Tara seemed determined to hide her face from the cameras as she left the Mayfair restaurant and dashed past them holding her Chanel handbag up to her face.

Forget them! After an attempt to put them back on her feet, Tara leaves her shoes discarded in the street

We know it's you! Tara covers her face with her Chanel bag as she leaves the restaurant

My shoe! Tara makes her friends laugh as she loses one of her heels in the street

Tara really knows how to party as just two nights previously she was photographed leaving the notorious Box nightclub in another worse for wear state.

With her make-up smeared and smudged around her eyes she left and appeared to have words with one of the burly doormen, and even got involved in a flashmob like impromptu dance party in the street.

She was also spotted by onlookers slumped against a wall outside of the club, was also nursing a cut on her finger.

Where are you going? Tara makes a barefoot dash up the street

Palmer Tomkinson residence, please driver: Duncan James gets in the cab with a bedraggled Tara to take her home

Tara's spokesperson explained: 'She cut her finger quite deeply while picking up her handbag from under the table.

'She caught it on broken glass. Tara then left to have it treated and was naturally in shock.'


Bedraggled: Tara left the notorious nightclub The Box a fortnight ago looking smudged and unkempt


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By Sarah Fitzmaurice


Bleary eyed: Tara Palmer Tomkinson looking the worse for wear outside The Box nightclub in Soho


It was never going to be long before Britain's most renowned It Girl was photographed outside the country's most talked-about new nightspot.

And Tara Palmer-Tomkinson clearly enjoyed her evening at The Box, the Soho venue at the centre of controversy over its risqué burlesque performances.

A seriously good night? Tara looks as if she had a hell of a time inside the notorious Soho club

It had all started so well : Tara, right seen earlier in the evening, and left, looking seriously bedraggled after leaving The Box

The socialite, 39, was pictured leaving in the early hours of yesterday morning looking very much the worse for wear.

The sleazy club has become increasingly popular with celebrities - and even royals - for its performances featuring topless women and reputedly live sex acts.

Unsteady: Tara leant on the club wall for support and appeared to be exchanging words with the doorman

Bloody hellish: Tara shows off a cut on her finger as she finally leaves the club

However, it's not clear what events occurred inside the Soho nightspot that left the heiress looking quite so shell-shocked.

As she left she appeared to be having words with one of the burly doormen, and even got involved in a flashmob like impromptu dance party
in the street.

Accident: Tara's spokesperson explained she cut her finger while picking up her handbag from under the table

She was also spotted by onlookers slumped against a wall outside of the club, was also nursing a cut on her finger.

Tara's spokesperson explained: ' She cut her finger quite deeply while picking up her handbag from under the table.

'She caught it on broken glass. Tara then left to have it treated and was naturally in shock.'

Boogie night: Tara keeps the party going in the street

The club has been visited by Prince Harry who spent an evening there with friends in February.

While actress Keira Knightley and cricketer Kevin Pietersen have also been pictured at the venue.

But Tara clearly was keen to check it out for herself and left looking like she'd enjoyed it a bit too much.

The evening had started so well, as the socialite looked sleek in her rock-chick outfit before hitting the club.

Party on: Tara carries on partying in the street and playfully takes party goers cap

She had attended the Quintessentially Awards at 1 Marylebone and left looking like the party was already in full swing as as she made her way to The Box.

It had been a different story earlier in the day when she was snapped looking much more presentable as she decided to match her outfit with the weather.

She donned a pair of red hot jeans, showing off her slim legs with a skinny fit, as she headed out for a shopping trip yesterday.

The socialite, 39, had donned a pair of red hot jeans, showing off her slim legs with a skinny fit, as she headed out for a shopping trip yesterday

Great fit: After a successful shop Tara returned to her BMW convertible, a car perfect for the sunny weather, with a large white shopping bag


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By Ben Todd


Black sheep: Tara with her sister Santa Montefiore at a book launch last year


Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has claimed that she turned to drugs because she found it impossible to compete with her ‘angelic’ older sister.

The socialite, whose cocaine habit cost £400 a day at its worst and caused her nose to collapse, candidly revealed that she felt her role in the family was to be the ‘black sheep’.

The 39-year-old is two years younger than her novelist sister, Santa Montefiore, wife of historian Simon Sebag Montefiore.


As young girls, the pair were inseparable – both at the family home of Dummer Grange in Hampshire and boarding together at Sherborne Girls school in Dorset.

However, TV presenter Miss Palmer-Tomkinson – whose parents have been friends with Prince Charles for more than 30 years and who was a guest at the royal wedding – felt she was unable to escape from the shadows of her sister’s success.

She explained: ‘It got to the point where I just thought, “She’s already got the role as the sister who gets all the praise. I just can’t compete.”

‘Not only that, but she’d turned into this real beauty with the nickname: “The girl with the longest legs in Hampshire.”

‘So my answer was basically that if I was going to be the black sheep I wanted to be the biggest black sheep.’

The sisters lived together in London in their 20s, and Miss Palmer-Tomkinson recalled: ‘I became this night owl. As she was going out [to work], I’d be coming in from some West End club or shady lock-in, having scored [drugs] in Brixton, lost a shoe in Camden and my keys somewhere in-between.

‘It was pretty mad and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have fun, if I didn’t love that first time with cocaine. I was seduced by the whole thing.’

Glamour: Tara, now 39, had to undergo £6,000 worth of corrective surgery on her nose in 2006 after years of drug abuse


Miss Palmer-Tomkinson entered a rehab clinic in Arizona in 1999 and claims not to have taken drugs since.

Nonetheless, in 2006 she needed corrective surgery – costing £6,000 – because the years of drug abuse had led to her nose collapsing.

However, the reconstructed septum did not last and last month, following a temporary fix for April’s royal wedding, her septum was rebuilt again using cartilage from one of her ribs.


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By Emily Sheridan


How do I look? Tara Palmer-Tomkinson shows off her newly reconstructed nose in a photoshoot for the August issue of SHE magazine


Six weeks after undergoing an operation to reconstruct her nose, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson is finally ready to show it off.

The former 'It girl' has regained her confidence after years of feeling insecure about her appearance.

In a refreshingly honest interview for the new issue of She magazine, the 39-year-old admitted she was 'destroyed' by the criticism she received about her previously disfigured nose.


The socialite revealed she was particularly hurt by assumptions the latest damage was due to her using drugs again, when in fact it was due to not maintaining a previous operation on her nose.

She tells the magazine: 'What hurt most is the people writing about what was actually a disfigurement on my face. It destroyed me. My confidence was wrecked.'

Although her nose was initially damaged by her former drug use, the former reality star has been clean for years and was upset when she was accused of using again.

She explained: 'When I first had my nose rebuilt in 2006, I only had three of the 12 aftercare sessions that I was meant to have. Stupidly I started to play around with fillers.

Glowing: Palmer-Tomkinson says she finally feels ready to date again after years of low self-esteem


'In the first operation, they used cartilage from the ear to rebuild my nose which is quite delicate. Since then, I’ve had a series of breakages and fragmentations, and it became misshapen.'


Palmer-Tomkinson underwent a three-hour op at a Harley Street clinic on June 1, where cartilage from one of her ribs was used to rebuild the nose.

Having adjusted to her new nose, the socialite is finally rebuilding her confidence: 'I can’t tell you how wonderful I feel - like a different person.

'Before, I didn’t want to go out, I didn’t want to date. And now I want to go out, I want to date again. I feel 10 years younger. I feel really excited. I feel I’m symmetrical again - inside and out.'

Palmer-Tomkinson admitted she felt so low about her nose in the run-up to her friend Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton in April, she declined press interviews.

She said: ' I was asked to do interviews in the run-up, but when I refused they started to focus on my nose. I think people assumed the damage had come from doing more drugs. I was in the darkest place I’ve ever been.'

When she did attend the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's wedding, she stood out in a bright blue dress and matching hat by milliner Philip Treacy.

Reflecting on the day, she said: 'I felt like the Hunchback of Notre Dame. I could have chosen a veil to cover up my nose but Philip said, "We are not covering up your nose; life is about personality."'



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By Daily Mail Reporter


Nose problem: Tara Palmer Tomkinson put her fears about the appearance of her drug-ravaged nose behind her as she put in a stunning appearance at the Royal Wedding


Rather than her outfit, Royal Wedding guest Tara Palmer-Tomkinson had been highly concerned about the appearance of her nose ahead of the event.

However, the socialite, 39, appeared groomed to perfection in a brilliant kingfisher blue off-the-shoulder gown, with flowing sleeves, and matching hat and bag.

Any fears about her ravaged nose appear to have been forgotten, as she waved confidently to the crowds surrounding Westminster Abbey, for Prince William and his bride Catherine Middleton's big day.

Best foot forward: Tara looked elegant in a Kingfisher blue cocktail dress, with matching hat bag and studded heels


To prepare for the wedding, Tara told the Daily Mail in February: ‘If I can get my nose fixed for the wedding that would be ideal.

‘I’m not sure it’s going to be possible but hopefully something can be done in time.’

Years of cocaine abuse had taken its toll on Tara’s nose some time ago and in 2006 she paid £6,000 to have it rebuilt using cartilage from an ear.

Joyful day: Tara is a close friend of Prince Charles and his sons William and Harry


But recently she admitted that the original surgery had worn out because of ‘general wear and tear’, leaving it looking squashed and bent.

So she headed back to a cosmetic surgeon to have fillers injected to give it a straighter, more natural shape.

Her fillers are said to have cost approximately £650 with a Harley Street specialist.


Preparations: Tara was out and about in London today ahead of the wedding, no doubt dealing with final preparations


And today Tara seems more than happy with the results as she made a stunning entrance to the highly anticipated event.

Yesterday the socialite was spotted leaving her house in a figure hugging tight white dress, which she accompanied with a Chanel handbag and grey heels.

And the close friend of Prince Charles showed off her newly highlighted hairdo.

Tara was joined at the event today by David and Victoria Beckham, Elton John, singer Joss Stone, Guy Ritchie and Rowan Atkinson.

Australian Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe, Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas and former England footballer Trevor Brooking will also attend.


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By Daily Mail Reporter


Flattened: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's ravaged features last week


With less than three weeks to go before the big day, it looks as though Tara Palmer-Tomkinson will have her work cut out to achieve the wedding look she craves.

The 39-year-old socialite said in February that she hoped to have a new nose in time for the ceremony.

But pictures taken last week show the nose, ravaged by years of drug abuse, has yet to be reconstructed.


It looked hopelessly squashed, drawing unflattering comparisons to a boxer who had taken a beating in the ring.

The damage is a legacy of Miss Palmer-Tomkinson’s former £400-a-day cocaine habit.
It was so bad that in 2006 she had a £6,000 operation to rebuild the area between her nostrils.


Colourful: Miss Palmer-Tomkinson was spotted out and about in the sun in west London last week

Since then her nose has bent to the right and she is still hoping to make it straight before the ceremony on April 29 at Westminster Abbey.


She revealed the Daily Mail in February: ‘If I can get my nose fixed for the wedding that would be ideal. I’m not sure it’s going to be possible but hopefully something can be done in time.’

Friends have said that she has become so self-conscious about the problem that she has taken to wearing a hat and glasses when she goes out.

Miss Palmer-Tomkinson has said: ‘I’m so paranoid about it. All I can think about is I just can’t wait to have it done. It’s something I’ve always wanted to have done but it needs a recovery time.

‘My surgeon died so I still need to find someone to do it. It’s a straight nose but it’s just got a bump in it. I’m nearly 40 years old now and I want to get it right.

‘I am not saying I’m an oil painting but of course I want to have it fixed. I don’t want to be picked on. I read somewhere last week someone said they want to vomit when they saw it.’


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