Fashion designer Lulu McGuinness has paid a tearful tribute to her brother outside his family home.
The 59-year old British fashion icon, who was born Lucinda Rivett-Carnac, shared a poignant message on Instagram days after her brother Simon Rivett-Carnac died.
Posting a picture of a blue handkerchief, Lulu wrote next to it: "Queen Victoria s mourning handkerchief embroidered with tears."
She added a blue heart emoji to her caption, with one follower commenting: "It feels odd to like this post. Sad."
Another left a broken-heart emoji under the image.
Simon, 53, is believed to have taken his own life outside his home in picturesque Charlton, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire.
He's said to have shot himself with a shotgun and died instantly from his injuries, with his wife Sarah just metres away inside their home.
It is thought the alarm was raised by their shocked gardener.
Simon leaves behind Sarah and their two adult sons, 22-year-old Tom and Geordie, 19.
Wiltshire Police said in a statement: "There are no suspicious circumstances in relation to this death."
The force has not confirmed whether or not Mr Rivett-Carnac had a licence for a shotgun.
An inquest opening in Salisbury heard Simon was found outside the rear of his second home at 11.45am on 6 December after a shotgun had been fired.
The cause of death was a brain injury due to shotgun discharge.
He was identified by his wife Sarah, who was inside the property.
The full inquest was postponed for a date to be fixed.
Simon and Lulu are the daughters of Sir Miles James Rivett-Carnac, the 9th Baronet, and his wife April.
Lulu married Valentine Guinness, himself a member of the aristocracy, in 1986 and had two daughters, Tara and Madeleine, with him before their divorce in 2013.
She's previously laughed off the the so-called Guinness Curse, which struck down several members of the dynasty over the decades.
"It's an invention of the media," she told Evoke.ie in 2018.
"But I also think, because I come across an awful lot of people in my life – and I'm not trying to make it boring – but everyone's had family tragedy.
"I think there has been lots of tragedy but with the Guinnesses it was glamour plus tragedy, which is what the newspapers want."
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