Lady Violet Diana Louise Manners (born 18 August 1993) is a British socialite, businesswoman, and model.

Life and career

She is the eldest child of

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and

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. Lady Violet studied at

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. She worked for My Beautiful City, a creative agency in

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, before starting her own marketing and brand-strategy consultant company. She also has worked for Robin Birley, in

public relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. ...

for Gleneagles, and a geopolitical consultant firm called Etoile. Along with her sisters,

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and Lady Eliza, Lady Violet is known for her activities within the London social scene. She and her sisters have received national press for their outlandish behaviour, being dubbed the "bad-Manners girls." She has two younger brothers, Charles Manners, Marquess of Granby and Lord Hugo Manners. She has worked as a model, having been featured in ''

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'' and walking the runway for

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Living people 1993 births Daughters of English dukes

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