Who is Victoria Starmer? The UK's no-nonsense first lady

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00:00A North London mum, former solicitor and wife to the new Prime Minister.

00:04Who is Victoria Starmer?

00:05Raised in London's Gospel Oak and known then as Vicky Alexander,

00:09the Labour leader's wife had a political career of her own.

00:11After working as Cardiff University's Education and Welfare Officer in 1993,

00:16she became President of the Students' Union after a landslide victory.

00:19In the early noughties, she qualified as a solicitor,

00:22which is where she met her now-husband Keir Starmer,

00:24who was working as a barrister at the time.

00:26However, they did not hit it off right away.

00:29Sir Keir recounted their first interaction,

00:31where he was obsessively fact-checking Victoria's work,

00:34leading her to mutter,

00:35"'Who the f*** does he think he is?' under her breath."

00:37Shockingly, four months later, they were engaged.

00:4017 years married and the couple are still going strong.

00:43Lady Vicks has since stepped down from working as a solicitor.

00:46She now serves as a governor at her children's school

00:48and works in occupational health for the NHS.

00:51Before becoming the new tenant in Number 10,

00:53the couple lived in Kentish Town.

00:55Apparently, Victoria was reluctant to leave the neighbourhood.

00:57She's a popular figure in the local parenting network

01:00and has been described as down-to-earth and delightful.

01:03She rarely makes public appearances alongside Keir

01:06and apparently isn't particularly bothered

01:07about the more glamorous side of the job.

01:09So, probably no bougie interior designers

01:12or £100-a-metre wallpaper disasters

01:14to be expected at the Starmers' Downing Street.