Marquess’s vicars and tarts do for bride-to-be

THE Marquess of Blandford has always seemed very sensible compared with his once-decadent father Jamie, the Duke of Marlborough, who blew £20,000 on cocaine in four months during his hell-raising past.

Nevertheless, the Marquess, George, 25, whose family seat is Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, enjoys letting his hair down once in a while.

For the 31st birthday of his fiancee, interior designer Camilla Thorp, the aviation broker threw a ‘tarts and vicars’ party in Hampshire.

Camilla (third from left) wore lacy underwear, while her similarly attired chums included Ella May Sangster (second from right), granddaughter of the late billionaire horse racing magnate Robert Sangster.

Among the ‘vicars’ (above) were the Marquess (fourth from left) and Mylo Sangster, Ella May’s brother (pictured in a wig, far right).

George and Camilla, the future Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, announced their engagement last autumn. The wedding could be a very lively affair, judging by these pictures.

‘I work in insurance, which is quite a serious job,’ George once told me.

‘So it’s important to let off steam.’