TALK OF THE TOWN: Scoon scion in a swoon for Charlotte! Viscount Stormont finds a chatelaine for his Scottish pile
Viscount Stormont has found a chatelaine for his Scottish pile, Scone Palace, I can report – and his American fiancee already knows the secret of its pronunciation.
For north of the border, if you want to be truly refined, you pronounce it ‘Scoon’, something Connecticut-born Charlotte Clune, 31, will have discovered after meeting the Viscount at Oxford.
But 32-year-old Lord Stormont, known as William Murray confessed to me that he didn’t present her with a ring.
Viscount Stormont has found a chatelaine for his Scottish pile in Connecticut-born Charlotte Clune
William Murray’s Scone Palace – pronounced ‘Scoon’ by those truly refined north of the border
He says: ‘I blamed lockdown – it was too hard to choose one. It took me a while to get down on one knee but now I have, we don’t want to wait.
‘We’re getting married in the autumn. We’ll only be able to have 50 guests, but I like the idea of a small do anyway.’
No wonder Phoebe Waller-Bridge chose Emerald Fennell to write the second series of her hit show Killing Eve – she’s been writing ‘horrifically violent’ scenes since she was a child!
Emerald’s flair for horror started at Marlborough College, the school she attended with the Duchess of Cambridge.
‘I’ve always written… ever since I was small, and always horrifically violent,’ says Emerald, 35, who plays Camilla Parker Bowles in The Crown.
‘There was lots of my parents being called into offices asking if I was OK.’ Scary!
What is the point in being a duke with your own stately home if you can’t call in favours from your celebrity friends when you need them?
The Duke of Beaufort – aka Bunter Worcester – auditioned for a small part in Lily James’ new BBC series The Pursuit Of Love, but didn’t get past the first round – despite filming for the Nancy Mitford tale taking place at his home, Badminton House.
The rejection was doubly humiliating, since not only is series writer and director Emily Mortimer a pal of his wife Georgia, but the audition, to play a waiter, was at a dinner for the whole cast, including Dominic West.
The Duke of Beaufort – aka Bunter Worcester – auditioned for a small part in Lily James’ new BBC series The Pursuit Of Love, but didn’t get past the first round – despite filming for the Nancy Mitford tale taking place at his home, Badminton House
‘Fortunately, even someone of Emily’s generous and inclusive nature could not quite accommodate his acting talent,’ Georgia says diplomatically.
At least he has got his music career to fall back on: Bunter sings with a prog rock band called The Listening Device.