Tara could not stay off things and was very frail... sadly, she was back in a dark place

from England. Viktor said he was not taken with the man and considered him “difficult”. Once they started dating, Tara’s previous visits for wine and champagne faded out. Tara was with her new mystery man on Saturday, Viktor claims. “She stopped at the door and said, hi,” he said. “She looked thin and ill but she was always happy.” A builder working on Tara’s apartment block claimed colleagues described her as “acting crazy” at around 4pm on Friday.

The man, who did not want to be named, added: “They said she came downstairs to talk and was acting crazy and banging on the door.”

Local cafe owner Sammy Chaou said she was looking “very thin” in the weeks leading up to her death.

He added: “I saw her around six

HOLLY Willoughby shared a fond story of her first meeting with pal Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.

The This Morning presenter, 35, said: “The first time we met I was having dinner and she came over and said: ‘You know a friend of mine.’ And as she’s talking to me she’s waving her hands and I noticed this weeks ago but haven’t seen her since. She looked like she was away with the fairies.”

Tara’s convertible BMW was still outside her home yesterday. In the footwell was an empty McDonald’s chip packet, an unsmoked cigarette and a water bottle. A pack of Huggies wet wipes were on the driver’s seat and screwed up tissues were visible in the passenger door. gorgeous diamond ring. I told her it was beautiful, and she said: ‘Oh this, just a bit of toot from Chanel.’ She dropped it in my glass and went: ‘It’s yours’. When I said, ‘No, I can’t,’ she replied, ‘If you don’t, I’ll throw it across the restaurant.’” Holly added: “She was generous with her time and spirit.”