You’re invited to high tea with high drama as the Ladies of London: The New Reign debuts with a cast made up of British blue bloods, ambitious American expats, and glamorous international socialites on Thursday, March 5.
Ahead of everything to come, get better acquainted with Lady Emma Thynn, Martha Sitwell, Mark-Francis Vandelli, Lottie Kane, Missè Beqiri, Kimi Murdoch, Myka Meier, and Margo Stilley as they reveal where they’re originally from, how they made their way to London, and where they call home now.
Where is Lady Emma Thynn from?
With a Nigerian father and English mother, Emma was born and raised in London. To this day, “London is home,” Emma declared during an exclusive interview with The Daily Dish.
She’s married to Ceawlin Thynn, and has the title the Marchioness of Bath. The couple and their two sons, John and Henry, live in both London and in Ceawlin’s ancestral home of Longleat House, located in Wiltshire, about 100 miles east of London. “Longleat House was built in 1580,” Emma detailed to The Daily Dish, “But it was open to the public in the ’60s.”
According to its website, Longleat was actually one of the first stately homes in Britain to open its doors and allow public visitors. But that wasn’t its only milestone.
“They also opened the first safari park in the world outside of Africa,” Emma shared. “So now we have lions, tigers, giraffes — you name it. And we do a lot of conservation work, which I’m very passionate about.”
The Thynn family has called Longleat home for more than 450 years, and it “was the first home built specifically to impress the then-monarch Queen Elizabeth I,” according to the Farcroft Group. The more than 37,000 square foot mansion boasts 128 rooms (including seven libraries) 365 windows, and 36,000 tons of bath stone, and took 112 craftsmen and laborers 12 years to build.
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Where is Martha Sitwell from?
Martha is a true Londoner, revealing to The Daily Dish that she grew up in the Belgravia area of London.
“I came to London to have a good time, and I stayed,” she explained, and then jokingly added, “Boys and drugs, can I say that?”
Now, she lives with her dogs, Ethel and Ernest, and her magpie, Heggety. “My magpie is absolutely fabulous,” she said. “It’s a little like living with Liz Taylor, as well as a man-eating alcoholic.”
Where is Mark-Francis Vandelli from?
Mark-Francis is a born Londoner, but jokingly admitted he’s “Russian, Italian and probably many other things I’d rather not know about,” during an interview with The Daily Dish. He was raised by royalty: his mother was a Russian princess.
“My mother’s the kind of person who knows all the rules and has spent, in fact, dedicated, her life to breaking them,” he shared. “And I really admire people like that, I have to say.”
As far as where he calls home now, Mark-Francis revealed the world is his oyster: “I’m based in London. But I’m constantly traveling around Europe and America.”
Where is Lottie Kane from?
Lottie calls London home, and wouldn’t have it any other way, she shared during an interview with The Daily Dish. As she put it, “I’m born and raised in London. So are my parents and my grandparents,” she explained. “So I’m a true Londoner.”
She lives with her husband, Joshua Kane.
Where is Missè Beqiri from?
Although she lives in London now, Missè revealed the place she first called home is complicated. “I am originally from Albania. But I was born and raised in Sweden,” she explained in an interview with The Daily Dish. “I feel half-Swedish, half-Albanian, but yeah, a bit of a mix. Very international.”
Eventually, she found herself in London.
“My move to England was because I met a man,” she shared, and added that her job was part of her decision. “I work full-time as a model. I started when I was 19. I got scouted, actually, in Copenhagen.”
Where is Kimi Murdoch from?
Kimi is a Haitian American shipping heiress, according to her BravoTV.com bio, and although she’s originally from Miami, she’s lived in London for 25 years.
“I came to London originally, because I was studying art and antiques,” she shared during an interview with The Daily Dish, and explained how she ended up permanently relocating. “I married a British man. So I stayed here for a very long time.”
Where is Myka Meier from?
Myka joins Kimi as an American expat now living in London, and while both have Florida roots, Myka shared she’s originally from Sarasota.
It was love that came calling and brought her across the pond. “The first time I came to London was actually for a boy, who’s now my husband,” she explained in an interview with The Daily Dish. “So I guess that kind of kept me here.”
Where is Margo Stilley from?
Margo is an American southern belle, hailing from South Carolina. She shared with The Daily Dish that she first came to London to model when she turned 18, and never left.
“I stayed in London for the friends, the fun, the environment,” she added. “Every time I leave the house, I learn something new. I just love it.
She now lives with her family, which includes her husband, three kids, and her dog.
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