Who is Caroline Stanbury? Star of Ladies of London and ex-girlfriend of Prince Andrew - all you need
LADIES of London is the Bravo Real Housewives franchise that focuses on the lives of a group of society ladies in the capital.
The central character in the group is outspoken Caroline Stanbury, an upper class lady who moves in royal circles and is no stranger to the society pages.
Who is Caroline Stanbury?
Caroline Alice Stanbury was born on April 28th 1976 to her parents Anthony and Elizabeth.
Anthony is a venture capitalist and was managing director of high-end fashion group Jaeger, while Elizabeth ran a cashmere knitwear business.
Elizabeth is part of the upper-class Vestey family and an old friend of the second wife of the Duchess of York’s father, Major Ron Ferguson.
Caroline has two brothers, Alex and Edward, a sister, Victoria and was educated at the prestigious Westonbirt School in Gloucestershire.
Her brother Alex was married to Caroline’s BFF Sophie – the two divorced in 2016.
Caroline was a loyal supporter of Sophie during the divorce, however their relationship unravelled when Sophie joined season three of Ladies of London.
Recent Instagram pics however indicate they are trying to repair their friendship.
Who is Caroline married to and how many children does she have?
Caroline married investment banker Cem Habib who is originally from Turkey in 2004.
Cem is a partner at investment firm CIS Private Equity Management Ltd and was previously a hedge fund manager for Cheyne Capital.
The couple have twin sons Aaron and Zac and a daughter Yasmine. Despite her husband's busy travelling work schedule the couple try to make family time a priority.
Caroline says; “Every Friday we do a movie dinner night with all our children and have a sleepover in our room. They all have their own mattresses and they sleep on the floor next to us! They look forward to it every week and so do we.”
Does Caroline work?
Caroline’s working life started in PR and personal styling and she has a passion for spotting valuable modern art.
She started her online ‘gifting’ business, the Gift-Library in 2008 and the company quickly expanded. Unfortunately though, financial reasons forced her to close the company down in 2015.
Caroline and her family have recently moved to Dubai due to her husband’s work, and she is focusing on building her next big lifestyle endeavour.
She also runs her own blog, Stanbury-Perfected in London which gives her updates on fashion, beauty and lifestyle and her generally fabulous life.
Who has Caroline dated?
When the 24-year-old Caroline was working in PR she met actor Hugh Grant, and the pair began secretly dating.
She also famously dated Prince Andrew in 2000 after his marriage split from the Duchess of York - he even took her to a Martha's Vineyard Gala with Bill and Hillary Clinton, but the pair split due to the continued press attention on their relationship.
Before marrying her husband, she also stepped out with Sylvester Stallone and footballer Ryan Giggs.
Love-rat Giggs was allegedly in a relationship with his future wife Stacey Cooke at the same time as he was dating Caroline in 2002 - and the relationship ended when Stacey got pregnant.
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