I was meant to meet my vibrant best pal for drinks but I cancelled on her – days later her body was pulled from river

A WOMAN has been near plagued with guilt aft cancelling plans to conscionable her champion person earlier she went missing - days aboriginal her assemblage was pulled from the Thames.

"Vibrant" Natasha Reddington-Romanov, from Southwark, was tragically discovered successful the River Thames adjacent Vauxhall Bridge connected Saturday.

The 55-year-old was past seen successful Soho successful the West End of London successful the aboriginal hours of Friday, September 20, seemingly heading location to Old Kent Road.

Natasha was reported missing the pursuing Tuesday aft she failed to amusement up for work.

Pal Tracy Kawalik described her person of 10 years arsenic "magnetic" and "super hilarious".

She told The Sun aft the grim discovery: "I'm afloat of grief. I'm afloat of guilt. She'd asked maine to conscionable her for a portion connected the Friday nighttime and I didn't go.

"And determination was truthful overmuch connected myself that I won't ever forgive for that.

"Of course, I was not to cognize what would hap that evening but I'm heartbroken."

Natasha is said to person eaten meal successful Chinatown with the proprietor of Trisha's, a jazz nine connected Greek Street successful Soho.

She returned to the nine for a portion with the aforesaid pistillate - known arsenic Trish - aboriginal that evening.

The trans pistillate past walked from the barroom towards Bateman Street astatine 2am wearing a achromatic Chanel suit.

She was seen by friends going past Raincall club.

Natasha often took the autobus location from Tottenham Court Road to wherever she lives adjacent the Old Kent Road.

However, that nighttime the artillery connected her telephone had died, Tracy understands.

Paying tribute to her friend, Tracy went connected to say: "Natasha was the astir beauteous idiosyncratic successful the full world.

"She was truthful caring, vivacious and a unit to beryllium reckoned with. A beauteous unit of nature. She was truthful protective.

"She was precise protective of each of her pistillate friends. She was conscionable an perfectly vibrant quality being.

"You wouldn't person travel crossed her and not remembered her.

"I reckon everyone whose paths she crossed she would person made a people connected them.

"She was incredibly comic without trying precise hard. She was people ace hilarious.

"She was a spot similar the beingness of the enactment but without trying to beryllium the centre of attraction if that makes immoderate sense.

"It was precise earthy for her. She was an incredibly intoxicating character. Very magnetic. You would ne'er person forgotten her."

Cops said Natasha's decease is "being treated arsenic unexpected, but not suspicious".

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: "Officers conducting enquiries successful narration to a missing person's study person recovered a body.

"Officers judge that the assemblage discovered is that of Natasha Reddington-Romanov, a 55-year-old pistillate that had been reported missing from Southwark.

"Natasha's adjacent of kin person been informed of this development.

"On Saturday, 21 September, officers were alerted to the find of a assemblage successful the Thames adjacent Vauxhall Bridge.

"Work was undertaken to corroborate the place of this person.

"In the interim, Natasha disappearance was reported to police connected Tuesday, 24 September and a missing person's investigation was instantly launched.

"It was subsequently confirmed that the assemblage recovered was that of Natasha's.

"The decease is being treated arsenic unexpected, but not suspicious. A record volition beryllium prepared for the Coroner."