Peaches Geldof descibed her 'perfect life' just days before her 'unexplained' death

Police use sniffer dogs to seach the home of Peaches Geldof as mystery continues to surround her unexplained and sudden death

Peaches Geldof
Peaches Geldof Credit: Photo: REX FEATURES

Peaches Geldof described how she had the “perfect life” and had never been happier, just days before she was found dead, it has emerged.

The 25-year-old used what would be her final column in Mother & Baby magazine, to describe how being a mother to two sons was “bliss”, insisting “right now, life is good”.

Miss Geldof’s body was discovered at her home in Wrotham, Kent on Monday in what police have described as “unexplained but non-suspicious circumstances”.

Peaches Geldof with her husband Thomas Cohen

Peaches with her husband Tom Cohen (REX FEATURES)

Speculation about her state of mind in the hours before her death was initially triggered after it emerged that the night before she died she posted a picture online showing herself as a toddler in the arms of her late mother Paula Yates.

But doubt has now been cast on suggestions she was suffering from depression, with friends insisting she had found deep fulfilment in motherhood and was completely devoted to her two children.

Yesterday police officers with specialist sniffer dogs spent hours searching her home in rural Kent as mystery continued to surround her tragic death.

Police outside the Kent home of Peaches and Tom Cohen

Police outside Peaches and Tom Cohen's home in Kent (GETTY IMAGES)

Sir Bob Geldof arrived back in Britain from San Francisco where he had been speaking at a conference when he learnt of his daughter’s death.

Meanwhile her elder sister Fif Trixibelle paid a poignant tribute to her, posting a picture on instagram of the pair together when they were young children with the message: “My beautiful baby sister…Gone but never forgotten. I love you Peaches x.”

Miss Geldof’s final magazine column painted a picture of a happy and contented young mother who had finally found contentment after putting her turbulent teenage years behind her.

In the column, which should have gone on sale today, she wrote: “I lived a life of wanton wanderlust. With fun loving friends from Los Angeles to London, I was lost in a haze of youth and no responsibilities.

“Other than work, there was nothing stopping me from having constant fun. But it was becoming boring, I wanted an anchor - I craved it. And when I had two wailing, smiling, joyful little blobs of waddling pink flesh they became my entire existence and saved me from one of pure apathy.”

She went on: “Everything else was nothingness – I had the perfect life, two babies who loved me more than anything. It was and is bliss.

“Now with a newfound group of mummy mates, both locally and online, all with the exact same struggles and issues and who don't question if my child flings food at their hair or care if there's a screaming fit in the middle of the street – I'm happier than ever.”

She said she still enjoyed nights out with her old friends, adding: “So I've achieved a sort of perfect balance. Right now life is good. And being a mum is the best part of it."

Peaches Geldof at her least public appearance

Miss Geldof at the F&F fashion show (YUI MOK/PA)

A post-mortem examination is due to be conducted today (Wed) by Consultant Home Office Pathologist Dr Peter Graham Jerreat at the Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford.

But uncertainty about the cause of her death has been further fuelled by ongoing police activity at the secluded property in Kent where she had lived for the past two years with her husband Thomas Cohen and their two sons.

Yesterday specialist search officers could be seen focussing on bags of rubbish which were taken to an outbuilding for closer examination.

A black and white Cocker Spaniel sniffer dog, was also taken into the property and was seen coming out around 2.45pm.

Some commentators had expressed concern about her health after she recently embarked on a new vegetable juice diet which had seen her lose weight.

Paula Yates, Bob Geldof, Fifi Trixiebelle and Peaches as a baby

Bob Geldof and Paula Yates with a newborn Peaches and their eldest daughter Fifi Trixiebelle (PA)

Despite her sometimes brash public image, locals insisted Miss Geldof had settled well into the community and would often visit a nearby play centre with her two children.

Kimmy Milham, 30, who met her at a local nursery said: “Peaches was a wonderful person and a wonderful mother. It's just tragic that her sons will grow up without a mother.

"Everybody at the nursery loved her, and we all admired the way she brought up her kids. She will always be in our hearts.”

She recently posted a photograph of herself enjoying an evening out at the Michelin starred Hakkasan restaurant in London, looking happy and carefree.

In addition to her work as magazine columnist, Miss Geldof recently appeared as a contestant on BBC Sport Relief’s Top Dog, appearing with her beloved golden retriever Parper.

Dog trainer Ron Dyer, who worked with her on the show last month described her as a “happy, healthy young mum.”

She had also been due to speak at a Women of Letters event on Thursday, writing and reading her own piece on the subject: "A letter to the thing I wanted most of all".

Participants had not yet shared the contents of their letter with organisers, and were expected to speak on the emotive subject directly to an audience.

Miss Geldof’s husband, and her two sons, were believed to be staying with his family in New Eltham, south east London.

After news of her death was announced, he released a statement in which he said: “My beloved wife Peaches was adored by myself and her two sons Astala and Phaedra and I shall bring them up with their mother in their hearts everyday. We shall love her forever.”