Glam SamCam quits her full-time job on second day as Prime Minister's wife

By Daily Mail Reporter

Samantha wore a Philip Lim cocoon wool jacket and Vivienne Westwood knee-length dress


Samantha Cameron today announced she had stepped down from her role as creative director of upmarket stationery firm Smythson.

The Prime Minister's wife, who is five months pregnant, said she would now act as a creative consultant for the company working two days a week.

Mrs Cameron, 39, said: 'This is a personal decision made when I discovered I was pregnant and one that I have been considering for some time during what has been an understandably difficult year.

'As a creative consultant working two days a week I will be involved in all the same areas as before, however I will not be directly responsible for them.

'I look forward to my changed role and balancing it with my new day-to-day life as well as being able to spend more time with my children.'

The move by Mrs Cameron is in contrast to Cherie Blair who carried on working as a human rights lawyer and judge, sometimes leading to an embarrassing conflict of interest with her husband's work.

Like Mrs Cameron, Sarah Brown also chose to quit her successful PR job in 2001 when she found out she was pregnant. She later got heavily involved in charity work when her husband became PM.

Mr and Mrs Cameron have two children, six-year-old Nancy and four-year-old Arthur Elwen, and are expecting a baby in September.

Their six-year-old son Ivan, who suffered from cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy, died last February.

Mrs Cameron told reporters during the General Election campaign that she would continue to work if her husband David became Prime Minister.

She has been at Smythson, a thriving Bond Street firm selling leather goods and stationery, for 14 years. In 2009 she picked up a Glamour Award for Accessories Designer of the Year.

The announcement came on her second day as Prime Minister's wife.

This morning she looked immaculate as she left her Notting Hill home on the way to the office.

She covered her growing baby bump in a Philip Lim cocoon wool jacket,Vivienne Westwood knee-length dress, £215, and flat peep-toes from Zara, keeping it simple again with minimal accessories save a pair of hoop earrings.

Yesterday she wore a maternity dress she borrowed from a friend, teamed with a grey Joseph jacket, Russell and Bromley flat pumps and a tote bag made by her company Smythson.

Meanwhile Miriam Clegg, 41, sported a sleek new bob and looked polished on her way to work with a make-up free complexion and wearing a beige trench, black pants and flat pumps.


Samantha Cameron leaves her Notting Hill home immaculately made up and wearing simple hoop earrings


Mrs Cameron studied art at Bristol before becoming creative director of Smythson, selling luxury leather goods and stationery. The ‘Nancy’ bag, named after her daughter, sells for £1,000.

She is not, friends say, a brilliant businesswoman but she is a ‘visionary’. Her success as such has meant that she has always been the main breadwinner in the household and in recent years her six-figure salary has been topped up by two windfalls: £300,000 when the company was sold in 2005 and she, as a shareholder, benefited, and £57,000 last Christmas when she benefited from another company sale.



Miriam Clegg sported a sleek new bob and no make-up as she set off for work on Thursday morning while Samantha Cameron, right, wore a chic maternity dress borrowed from a friend as she headed to her office

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