As a schoolgirl born to middle-class parents and growing up in a picturesque Derbyshire village, Lily Phillips dreamed of one day owning a wedding dress boutique like her aunt.
She was a seemingly conventional youngster, enjoying watching SpongeBob Square Pants at home and playing netball with her friends after school.
Growing up in a wealthy home, she enjoyed all the benefits that her hard-working parents could provide – two holidays a year, private education for the children if they wanted it, luxury cars on the driveway of their spacious four-bedroom home.
Her father, Lindsay, 59 started life as a cleaner but established his own cleaning company when Lily was aged ten which bought such financial rewards.
But despite being afforded these privileges and opportunities, Lily’s life has taken a radically different course to the one her family planned for her: this week Liiy has become a subject of international notoriety as a…
