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letsdothis1 ago

Artist's legacy of sex and sorrow: How Lucian Freud's family has been embroiled in scandals, divorces and disasters as his daughter ditches husband for toyboy 22 years her junior

Susie Boyt, 47, a novelist and style columnist for the Financial Times, is the youngest of the Boyt brood and says her sister Rose largely brought her up. She went to Oxford University but was devastated when her boyfriend died in a climbing accident.

She is married to Tom Astor, a scion of the Astor dynasty, who managed the band Gorillaz and now produces films. They have a daughter, Mary, 16 and live in Hampstead in North London. Susie’s sixth novel, Love And Fame, was published this year.

Astor la vista baby: the superclan who know everyone

The appointment of Hugh van Cutsem as godfather to Prince George is further proof that in high society you are never more than 10 feet from an Astor — he’s married to one

The Prime Minister counts one Lord Astor as his (step) father-in-law and the other as a minister in the Ministry of Defence, and the family supplied two bridesmaids at the royal wedding and have among their number an ex of Pippa and a friend of Cara Delevingne.

It was on Lord Astor’s Scottish holiday island that David Cameron was photographed topless a couple of months ago, and at Tom Astor’s Christmas drinks party last year that he was spotted chatting in the corner with the controversial Rebekah Brooks.