Lady Victoria Hervey swaps LA living for London as she moves back home after two decades in the US

Lady Victoria Hervey has moved back to London from Los Angeles after living in the US for more than two decades.

The socialite and model, 46, sparked rumors of a return to the UK last year and has now made the decision as she believes the A-list city is ‘not what it used to be’.

Not one to spoil her words, the beauty told the Daily Mail’s Richard Eden: “All my friends in LA have left because it’s a hole.”

Speaking to Eden at the opening of the Frameless digital art gallery in Marble Arch, Victoria continued: ‘It’s really nice when you don’t leave the house, but as soon as you leave you see the homeless, crackheads and half-naked women with no teeth doing things. throw at you.

“It’s not safe and not what it used to be,” the former It girl explained.

London-born Victoria is the daughter of the 6th Marquess of Bristol, half-sister to the 7th Marquess and sister to the 8th Marquess and Lady Isabella Hervey – and moved to Los Angeles in 1990.

Home base: London-born Victoria has returned home after two decades in the United States and moved to LA in 1990

Describing LA, Victoria explains: “It’s really nice if you don’t leave the house, but as soon as you leave, you see the homeless, crackheads and half-naked women with no teeth throwing things at you”

Victoria has shared a slew of photos with her 443k Instagram followers as she returned to the UK, re-taking in all the sights of the capital.

And it seems moving wasn’t the only big change the socialite has considered, previously explaining how she considered starting a family before the Covid-19 pandemic – but is glad she didn’t now.

She admitted that the pregnancy magazine Project Baby had also influenced her thinking – since she has a potential sperm donor/father standing in line, should she decide to start a family.

Aristocrat: Victoria is daughter of the 6th Marquess of Bristol, half sister of the 7th Marquess, and sister of the 8th Marquess and Lady Isabella Hervey

Six of her eggs were frozen and stored three years ago at a cost of £11,000, and she spent the time looking for a donor after that.

“I had a friend who was going to be my sperm donor. He would be involved in my child’s life, but as a friend, not a partner,” she explained.

“And I would be pregnant right now. But then Covid happened, which was a big blow, but looking back I’m really thankful I didn’t do it with that person. He just wasn’t right.’

Taking it all in: Victoria has shared a slew of photos with her 443k Instagram followers on her return to the UK, revisiting all the sights of the capital