article_snippet: All in all, it’s a rather surprising state of affairs for a woman who disappointed Chrissie parents by leaving school at 16 with six O-levels and signing up at the Lucie Clayton finishing school which promised to prepare girls for marriage, society and ‘the season’.
article_snippet: The daughter of commodity broker, Patrick Rucker, Chrissie, as Belinda Christian Rucker was known, grew up in Kent and attended £5,275-a-term Combe Bank School in Kent.
article_snippet: While at Lucy Clayton she studied dressmaking and design.
article_snippet: Chrissie ( (pictured) grew up in Kent and attended £5,275-a-term Combe Bank School before going on to the Lucie Clayton finishing school .