Peaches' family refuses to comment on report she died of heroin overdose

The family of Peaches Geldof has refused to comment on reports that she died from a heroin overdose as an inquest into her death is due to open.

A Kent Police spokesman said the force "neither confirmed or denied" the report.

The body of the 25-year-old mother-of-two was found at the home she shared with her young family in Wrotham, Kent in England, on April 7.

A post mortem proved inconclusive, prompting further tests to be conducted.

According to The Times, tests showed she died from a heroin overdose, in a parallel to her mother Paula Yates who died at her London home aged 41 in 2000.

A spokesman for the Geldof family: “I cannot confirm anything as an inquest is taking place. The family have no statement.”

The inquest will be opened and adjourned at Gravesend Old Town Hall this afternoon.

A statement from Detective Chief Inspector Paul Fotheringham will be heard during the brief hearing in front of North West Kent coroner Roger Hatch.

A full inquest into the death of model, TV presenter and journalist Ms Geldof - mother to Astala, 23 months, and 11-month-old Phaedra – is due to be set for late July.

Hours before she was found dead, Ms Geldof posted a picture online of herself as a young child in the arms of her TV presenter and writer mother.

At her funeral service s Geldof’s body was carried into church in a poignantly-decorated coffin which included a picture of her young family.