Kriti Mehrotra
Born on August 17, 1949, in Jamaica as George William Ziadie, Lady Colin Campbell (or Georgia Arianna Ziadie) is one of Gloria Dey Smedmore and Michael George Ziadie’s four children. She actually had a genital malformation, so she was raised as a boy despite being a girl based on the medical advice at the time, unaware that it would cause a scandal when she was older. That’s because she had ended up tying the knot with Lord Colin Ivar Campbell in 1974, just for it to end in divorce within 14 months — yet, she still managed to make a good name for herself.
How Did Lady Colin Campbell Earn Her Money?
Although raised as a boy in a prominent British-Jamaican household helmed by her department store magnate father, Lady Campbell (also known as Lady C) reportedly felt supported by her loved ones. It’s imperative to note that her father was also a Russian count, which makes her a countess in her own right, and she is a descendant of Emperor Charlemagne as well as William the Conqueror. In other words, she is an aristocrat in every sense of the term, which enabled her to follow her dreams without any issues and relocate to New York City to study fashion in the 1960s.
Lady C not only enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Technology but also began dabbling in modeling, following which she bravely got corrective surgery on her genital malformation in 1970. She was 21 at the time, and it was her grandmother who funded the procedure upon learning the whole truth, giving her the courage to legally change her name as well as receive a new birth certificate. She then continued her modelling career as Georgia, all the while also working at a luxury department store, serving as social secretary to the Libyan ambassador, or organising charity events.
However, it was on March 23, 1974, when Lady C’s entire world truly turned upside down as she tied the knot with Lord Colin Ivar Campbell after personally knowing him for just five days. She never expected their relationship to quickly sour. They separated after 9 months, allegedly over scandals around her physical characteristics at birth, and divorced after a mere 14 months. Nevertheless, she maintained the title bestowed upon her after marriage, not long after which she turned her passion for writing into a profession while also upholding her standing as an aristocrat, socialite, and philanthropist.
According to records, Lady C wrote special radio musical comedies for the BBC in 1982 and 1983, the most popular of which were adaptations of Dick Whittington and Sleeping Beauty. She subsequently penned her first book, titled ‘Lady Colin Campbell’s Guide to Being a Modern Lady’ (1986), following it up with another self-help book called ‘How to Master Any Social Situation’ (1988). She then evolved into a commentator on the British Royal Family by publishing several unauthorized books about them, including ‘Diana in Private: The Princess Nobody Knows’ (1992) and ‘The Royal Marriages: What Really Goes on in the Private World of the Queen and Her Family’ (1993).
Lady C is also the author behind ‘A Life Worth Living’ (1997), ‘The Real Diana’ (1998), a novel titled ‘Empress Bianca’ (2005), and an autobiography called ‘Daughter of Narcissus: A Family’s Struggle to Survive Their Mother’s Narcissistic Personality Disorder’ (2009). Not only that, she also ghostwrote ‘With Love from Pet Heaven by Tum Tum the Springer Spaniel’ on behalf of her late dog in 2011 before releasing seven more books as of writing in 2025. They are: ‘The Untold Life of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’ (2012), a personal travelogue titled ‘A Woman’s Walks’ (2016), ‘The Queen’s Marriage’ (2018), ‘People of Colour & The Royals’ (2019), ‘Meghan and Harry: The Real Story’ (2020), ‘Meghan and Harry: The Real Story: Persecutors or Victims’ (2024), and ‘Rogue Royal’ (2025).
Moreover, it’s imperative to note that Lady C even started making television appearances in 2015, before gradually evolving into a full-fledged reality television star and rising online figure. She was a contestant in ‘I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!’ season 15 (2015), helmed an ITV documentary called ‘Lady C and the Castle’ (2016), appeared on E4’s ‘Celebs Go Dating’ (2019), featured in ‘Celebs on the Farm’ season 3 (2021), has done interviews for programs/channels like ‘Good Morning Britain’ and GB News. Moreover, since 2020, she has also been running the official Lady Colin Campbell YouTube channel, where she discusses her life and continues to serve as a royal commentator.
Lady Colin Campbell’s Net Worth
Considering Lady Colin Campbell’s standing as an aristocrat, author, socialite, and television personality who has been active since at least 1970, it is evident she has managed to accumulate significant wealth. Unfortunately, though, it’s almost impossible to calculate the same due to the fact that the details of all her book sales, income from the same, royalties, etc., are all private — none of these details are publicly available. All we know for certain is that she has penned 16 published books as of writing and has proudly been on The New York Times Bestseller list.
As for the other aspects of her professional life, Lady C has earned well from her stint as a reality star, especially with shows like ‘I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here,’ paying £200,000-£250,000 to top personalities. However, we should mention that the aristocrat has since shared that she only ventured into this realm to cover the £7 million cost of her castle’s renovation into a proper home as well as an event venue. She had purchased the 18th-century Castle Goring, the ancestral family home of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and the former seat of the Shelley baronets, in Worthing in Sussex, England, in 2013. Taking all these aspects into account, along with her rising standing on YouTube, which boasts over 2,000 videos, 136 million views, and 288k subscribers, her assets, her investments, as well as her lifestyle, we believe Lady C’s net worth to be close to £15 million (approximately $20 million).
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