Keir Starmer steps us as the new UK Prime Minister but what do we know about his wife?
Rishi Sunak announced his immediate resignation as Prime Minister. His successor will be Sir Keir Starmer, a former lawyer and leader of the Labour Party. Who is the wife of the new Prime Minister, Lady Victoria Starmer? "She's quite sassy in that she's quite unbothered by what he's doing," said someone close to the couple.
9:44 AM EDT, July 5, 2024
The parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom have generated considerable excitement. According to polls, the Labour Party won, which dethroned the Conservative Party. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, therefore, announced his immediate resignation. The new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom will be Sir Keir Starmer, a former lawyer and leader of the winning party.
Who is the wife of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Lady Victoria Starmer?
Sir Keir Starmer will soon move to the famous 10 Downing Street in London with his wife, Lady Victoria Starmer, and their two children—a 13-year-old son and an 11-year-old daughter. The couple has been very protective of their family's privacy until now, when they could lead a peaceful family life at their home in Camden, north London.
Lady Victoria Starmer was born into a Polish-Jewish-British family. Her father is an economics lecturer and a practicing Jew. Her Polish-Jewish ancestors emigrated to the United Kingdom before World War II. Her mother, a Briton, died in 2020. She was a community doctor. It is known that Lady Starmer has a sister.
The Starmers met in the 1990s. Both are lawyers. Their first meeting occurred while Lady Starmer was preparing documents for a case her future husband was working on. This led to a date at a pub. They married in 2007.
According to official information, Lady Starmer works for the NHS (National Health Service), a publicly funded health service. As her husband said, this allows him to be closer to the problems of the staff and the challenges of the NHS.
She doesn't always agree with her husband
"Lady Starmer maintained a very low profile over the election campaign," said Nigel Cawthorne, an unofficial biographer of Sir Keir Starmer, about Lady Victoria Starmer.
In an interview with the "Sunday Mirror," Sir Starmer revealed that his wife does not always agree with him—even on political issues.
What do those close to her husband and the Labour Party think of Lady Victoria Starmer? One person, whose name was not disclosed, said in an interview with Camilla Tominey of "The Telegraph":
"She’s quite sassy in that she’s quite unbothered by what he’s doing. If he ever gets into Downing Street, she’s going to be very much leading her own life. She’s not going to be in the spotlight like Cherie Blair, but more of a background Sarah Brown type figure."
