Charlotte Brown was killed when she was thrown from a speedboat and into the Thames while on a first date. Her devastated family said she may have survived if she had been wearing a life jacket.
Charlotte, known as Charli, “lived life to the full” and would have been thrilled to take her first trip on a speedboat when she set off after a meal in The Shard skyscraper on Tuesday, her relatives said.
According to her family, The 24-year-old business development consultant from Welling, south-east London, met her 29-year-old date online and the pair had been in contact for around a month, with Ms Brown “excited” to see him in person.

But the after-dinner boat ride turned to tragedy when they were thrown into the water.

The Metropolitan Police’s Marine Support Unit , a helicopter and the coastguard were called after receiving reports of screams coming from the Thames near Wandsworth Bridge, south-west London, at around 11.45pm.

The couple were pulled from the water and rushed to hospital, but she later died.
A post-mortem examination was held on Friday as St George’s Hospital mortuary. No cause of death was established and the coroner ordered further tests.
A spokesman for Metropolitan Police said the man, who has not been arrested, has since been discharged from hospital and assisted officers “as a significant witness”.
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Her sister Katie, 27, said:
The English literature graduate, who had a love of flying and enjoyed success in the air cadets as a solo glider pilot, was a “confident swimmer”, they said.

The family faces an agonising wait as police carry out their investigation into the death, which they have deemed non-suspicious.
An inquest will open on Tuesday, December 15, under the Wandsworth Coroner