Move over, Rishi Sunak - the Starmers are moving into 10 Downing Street! With Labour winning a historic landside in the July 4 UK elections, Keir Starmer is officially the next prime minister, ending 14 years of Tory rule. While the UK doesn’t do first ladies, strictly speaking at least, all eyes are now on the Labour leader’s wife Victoria Starmer –perhaps especially because so little is known about her. Throughout this election campaign, Lady Starmer has maintained her strikingly low profile, prompting discussions about how she could have been her husband’s greatest asset had she stepped into the spotlight.
She has been nicknamed the “reluctant first lady”, but some argue that she simply has her priorities in check. So, who is the “sassy” spouse of Sir Keir (says Grazia, anyway), and will she be able to transition smoothly into the role of, well, first lady? For one, as the wife of a knight of the empire, she’s already a lady – yep, the new PM was knighted following his work as a human rights lawyer and prosecutor. Here’s what else we know.
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