EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Another Johnson checks in – Boris’s financier half-brother, Max, has become a father after his glamorous wife gave birth to their first child – a daughter called Ayla By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 23:59 BST, 7 August 2020 | Updated: 00:09 BST, 8 August 2020 The Johnson clan continues to … Read more
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: It’s a girl! Delight for Samantha Cameron’s brother after the 35-year-old hosted a gender reveal baby shower with his girlfriend in West London By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 23:53 BST, 7 August 2020 | Updated: 23:59 BST, 7 August 2020 Gender reveal parties might be an American tradition but they’re … Read more
Still on a high after her daughter Princess Beatrice’s wedding, Sarah, Duchess of York is about to be brought down to earth with a bump. I can disclose that a big-budget television drama is to be made about Fergie’s former dresser, Jane Andrews, who murdered her banker boyfriend, Thomas Cressman, after he refused to marry … Read more
It’s a startling move by Allen Bathurst, who succeeded as 9th Earl on his father ‘Barmy’ Bathurst’s death in 2011 He was cut out of his ‘callous’ stepmother’s £33 million will and this week suffered the indignity of seeing her beneficiaries sell some of the family treasures worth nearly £2 million at Christie’s. But, far from … Read more
While Rishi Sunak won plaudits for using taxpayers’ cash to hand out £10-per-head restaurant discounts, London’s beau monde is being offered something altogether more generous. I can reveal that ‘king of clubs’ Robin Birley has taken the extraordinary step of spending millions of his own money to lure members back to his fashionable Mayfair nightspots. … Read more
Meghan Markle cut short her acting career when she married Prince Harry, but the Suits star clearly never abandoned her showbiz dreams. I can reveal that the Duchess of Sussex, who is currently living with Harry in a £15 million Los Angeles mansion owned by entertainment tycoon Tyler Perry, has spelt out her plans to … Read more
Roughly 43,000 New Zealanders who had been starved of live rugby for three months due to Covid-19 filled Auckland’s Eden Park on Sunday for a Super Rugby match, the largest crowd in 15 years. The Auckland-based Blues held on to beat the Wellington-based Hurricanes 30-20 in the Super Rugby Aotearoa game. Sunday’s match was another … Read more
A campaign for a new Royal Yacht to be commissioned to help Britain secure post-Brexit trade deals has growing support from politicians and captains of industry. There is, however, one crucial flaw: I hear that it does not have the backing of the Queen. During a conversation with a close friend who had observed that … Read more
While Prince Charles spoke out this week about how he’s missing hugging his grandchildren, his wife is mourning one of her best friends. Mary Christie, chatelaine of Glyndebourne whose husband Sir George ran the country opera house, died of cancer on Thursday aged 83. And the Duchess of Cornwall, who is at Birkhall in Scotland with … Read more
SMALL CAP IDEAS: Eden Research could be pick of the crop after inking Corteva deal By Ian Lyall, Proactive Investors, For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 14:53 BST, 20 January 2020 | Updated: 15:16 BST, 20 January 2020 The focus of crop science on protecting plants from seed to harvest is changing as it faces environmental and regulatory … Read more