‘I didn’t fancy him but I thought we’d be good friends’ – when Vogue Williams met Spencer Matthews

When Vogue met Spencer, her first thoughts were ‘don’t do it, don’t do it’. Seven years later they’re married with three children and make a dynamic, supportive double act

Vogue Williams and Spencer Matthews. Picture by Ruth Rose

Liadán Hynes

The first two times Vogue ­Williams and Spencer ­Matthews met it was in a lift. The first time, they were in Ibiza, several years before they became a couple.

“I was with my girlfriend at the time,” Spencer says, and Vogue laughs. “We were having an argument,” he continues, “and Vogue was in the lift.”