Peaches: 'I've never relied on dad's cash'

Peaches Geldof has insisted that she has never relied on cash handouts from her father Bob.

In a new interview, the 19-year-old socialite revealed that her dad encouraged her to be self-sufficient from an early age - in stark contrast to the parents of her classmates at Queen's College in Harley Street.

"I've never been supported by my father," she told the Evening Standard. "He grew up in an Irish household and that's stayed with him. All my friends at school were getting, like, £200 a week and there was me with my 50p.

"Everyone was like, 'Why don't you have money? Your dad's really rich.' So I was like, 'Dad, why don't you give me more money?' And he was like, 'Fook off, earn your own fookin money.' And I was like, 'But dad, I'm ten.' And he said, 'Well, get a fookin paper round.'"

The star also denied press claims that she was furious when her younger sister Pixie decided to join her on the party scene.

"Why would I be in competition with my sister? I grew up with her. I love her," she explained. "I've been through so much with her. I've never felt anything but admiration for her and I've never said anything to suggest that I feel in competition with her.

"It is completely wrong. I find it insulting and I know she finds it difficult. I hope she achieves everything."