Lady Victoria Hervey came home from Los Angeles after two decades in 2022, complaining that the American city was ‘not safe and not what it used to be’.
The former ‘It girl’ has discovered to her cost that London is no longer the city it once was either.
Lady Victoria, 48, was left deeply shaken after being mugged in Pimlico on Thursday evening.
‘A guy on an electric bike swiped it out of my hand and sped off with it,’ the Marquess of Bristol’s sister tells me. ‘It’s such a shock’.
She has reported the incident to police and says: ‘I managed to wipe all the information stored on my mobile using Find My iPhone app.’
Lady Victoria Hervey attends the Helen Anthony show during London Fashion Week February 2025
Lady Victoria was left deeply shaken after being mugged in Pimlico on Thursday evening (stock image)
The socialite was able track her phone’s last location. ‘I sent the police the new address where it is, but I don’t think they were able to enter the flat,’ she says. ‘It’s a major inconvenience.’
Lady Victoria wants to return to the USA now Donald Trump is President: ‘The UK right now is like Biden’s America. We are going through the Biden years here right now.’
Earlier this week, I disclosed that celebrated actress Susan Hampshire had been mugged on the London Underground, having her phone and purse stolen.
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