An “aristocrat” who offered up a dream job for conservationists on her family’s private island off the coast of Chile has been accused of lying about her heritage in order to get a British visa.

Mystery surrounds the true background of Lady Kristyna Drummond-Hay, who claims to be a descendant of the Earl of Perthshire, after a war of words broke out with her Welsh farmer husband Michael Lloyd.

The pair met on a dating website for people who love the countryside and married in Australia last year.

Last month, they announced they were looking for six young conservationists to learn their craft on the Isla Drummond-Hay, an uninhabited island off the South Pacific coast where the only residents are seal colonies and numerous species of birds.

The island is said to have been bought by Lady Kristyna's great uncle Maurice, a keen botanist.

"My family and I pride ourselves on our philanthropic work," she told the North Wales Live.