[2][3][4] She was expelled from boarding school at age 16 for going to see Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel play in Bristol, where she was seen smoking in the street.

[4] Giles started her media career in the 1980s on Razzmatazz and Night Network, and appeared in the 1993 film Riders.

[5] In November 2013, Giles entered the Australian jungle as a late arrival alongside Vincent Simone on the thirteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.

[1] In July 2023, she was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer; which had developed to stage IV.

[14] Her children issued a joint statement announcing that she had died on 20 November 2023, at Martlets Hospice in Hove, aged 64.