Tatiana Katherine Hambro (born 15 October 1989) is an English writer and fashion editor. She worked at ''

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'' before joining

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as editorial director.

Early life and family

Hambro was born on 15 October 1989 in

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, London to The Honourable Charles Edward Hambro and Nicole J. Nicholas. She is a granddaughter of

Charles Hambro, Baron Hambro Charles Hambro, Baron Hambro (24 July 1930 – 7 November 2002) was a British merchant banker and political fundraiser. He was the Chairman of Hambros Bank from 1972 until its merger with Société Générale in 1998. He was the senior honora ...

, a banker who served as the senior honorary treasurer of the

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, and a great-granddaughter of Sir Charles Jocelyn Hambro. She is of Danish,

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, and Greek ancestry, and is a descendant of Baron Carl Joachim Hambro, a Danish banker who founded the

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and was

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by Frederick VII of Denmark in 1851. Hambro is also a great-granddaughter of Lady Lettice Cotterell, a member of the

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and the daughter of

William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, (20 February 1872 – 14 November 1938), styled Viscount Elmley until 1891, was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the Libera ...

. Her family claims royal descent from

George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle KG PC (London, 8 April 1724 – 13 October 1772), styled Viscount Bury until 1754, was a British general and nobleman. He is best known for his decisive victory over the Spanish during capture of Havana i ...

and

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. She was educated at

Cheltenham Ladies' College Cheltenham Ladies' College is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Consistently ranked as one of the top all-girls' schools nationally, the school was established in 1853 to p ...

, a private boarding school for girls in Cheltenham. Hambro went on to study literature at the

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Career

Hambro worked as a fashion writer for ''

''. She left ''British Vogue'' to join the editorial team at

, an online luxury fashion retailer, becoming their senior fashion writer. Shortly after, she was promoted to editorial director As director, she oversees editorial features, trunk show reviews, and other content. In 2019 she was the curator of the

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's December editor guide.

Personal life

She married Walter Graham Arader IV, an American art dealer and son of Walter Graham Arader III, at her family's home in the Cotswolds in 2019. Hambro wore a dress custom designed by Barbara Tfank and the

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tiara, a diamond tiara from the

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that belongs to her grandmother's family. The religious ceremony took place at St. Peter's Church, an 11th-century

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church in

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, nearby the Hambro family estate.

References

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Tatiana Tatiana (or Tatianna, also romanized as Tatyana, Tatjana, Tatijana, etc.) is a female name of Sabine-Roman origin that became widespread in Eastern Europe. Variations * be, Тацця́на, Tatsiana * bg, Татяна, Tatyana * germ ...

People from Westminster People educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College Alumni of the University of Leeds Vogue (magazine) people