Victoria Starmer, the wife of Labour leader and soon to be Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, was seen kissing her husband after his party's landslide win.

Following a victory rally at the Tate Modern museum on the South Bank of London, the public display of affection was a rare step for the couple.

Victoria Starmer, nicknamed a “reluctant First Lady", made the decision to stay largely out of the limelight in the lead-up to polling day, except for an appearance at Taylor Swift's Eras tour at Wembley Stadium last month.

However, Victoria will no longer be able to keep out of the limelight as she becomes Britain's new First Lady. Beginning her new position in an appropriately coloured red dress, she stepped out with her husband after he was officially invited by King Charles to form the next government.

One Labour insider told The Standard: "She’s quite sassy in that she’s quite unbothered by what he’s doing" adding that, following the party's historic victory, is “going to be very much leading her own life."

Fondly nicknamed "Lady Vic" by those in the inner party circle, Starmer himself has said that she "has her own life and protects it vigorously".

The pair met in the early 2000s, when both were working in law - Sir Keir as a barrister and Victoria as a solicitor.

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