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Lady Annabel Goldsmith, the socialite who gave her sanction to a celebrated Mayfair nightclub, has died aged 91.
Her lad Ben Goldsmith, an environmentalist and financier, described her arsenic "quite simply irreplaceable" and said her beingness had been "extraordinary and complete".
The widow of flamboyant billionaire financier Sir James Goldsmith died peacefully successful her slumber connected Saturday morning, her household said.
Mr Goldsmith paid tribute to his parent successful a connection to The Times newspaper, which read: "She was rather simply irreplaceable.
"We are bereft, not for her - due to the fact that her beingness has been bonzer and implicit - but for us, due to the fact that of the immense spread successful our lives she leaves behind.
"I spoke to her each time for 45 years. She genuinely had my backmost and we loved each different precise much. I volition miss her terribly."
Lady Annabel was besides parent to erstwhile Conservative curate and present Lord Zac Goldsmith, arsenic good arsenic writer and shaper Jemima Goldsmith, entrepreneur Robin Birley and creator India Jane Birley.
"It is with large sadness that we denote the passing of our mother, Lady Annabel Goldsmith, who died peacefully successful her slumber this greeting astatine the property of 91," her children said successful a associated statement.
Born Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart successful 1934, she was the aristocratic girl of the eighth Marquess of Londonderry.
She joined her archetypal husband, Mark Birley, astatine the property of 19.
He named the backstage members' nine Annabel's, successful London's Mayfair, aft her. It has since go a destination for the affluent and famous.
Diana, Princess of Wales, with whom Lady Annabel was friends, held her hen bash astatine the exclusive club.
Her eldest son, Rupert, disappeared disconnected the seashore of West Africa successful 1986 and was assumed to person died.
Robin, the 2nd lad she had with Mark Birley, was mauled and permanently scarred by a tiger arsenic a kid astatine a backstage zoo.
Lady Annabel aboriginal had an matter with Sir James, and went connected to wed him.
She described him arsenic "the astir dynamic, charismatic and irresistible antheral I had ever travel across".
She told The Guardian successful 2009: "My happiness successful my beingness has thing to bash with being elite.
"Give maine dogs, springiness maine children, springiness maine books and I'll beryllium happy."
Lady Annabel said radical ever assumed she was haughty, but insisted "really I'm not".
She wrote a fig of books, including a memoir of her beingness successful 2004.
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