In the mid-1990s Bell lived in Wellington, New Zealand and was briefly a presenter on local radio station The Breeze.
She resigned from that position in July 2004,[citation needed] after her arrest outside a restaurant with James Hewitt.
In late 2004 she launched Globell Communications, a media consultancy firm for business professionals and companies.
A frequent traveller, she is a regular visitor to Australia where her parents now live[citation needed].
In July 2004, Bell was arrested outside a restaurant on suspicion of possessing cocaine, together with former British Army officer James Hewitt, who had been romantically linked with Diana, Princess of Wales in the 1990s.