When Kathryn Lord, 38, changed careers from primary school teacher to nanny, working for ultra-high-net-worth families , she swapped canteen lunches for private chefs, classrooms for marble staircases and playground duty for trips on safari, travelling by private jet. But advocating for children remained central to her role: “I’m an extra person to love the children,” she says.

She would often live in incomparably luxurious family homes so she could be on hand to look after the children. One family, based in west London, for whom she worked for years, “had a second house at the bottom of their garden that was just for parties”, Lord remembers.

Another family would “decorate” for each of their children’s birthday parties. “They would create a theme and paint the walls to match – those

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