TALK OF THE TOWN: Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing bears an uncanny resemblance to TV’s ‘Judge’ Rob Rinder as he boasts online about buying a £20,000 timepiece
Made In Chelsea star Jamie Laing was probably hoping to provoke a little watch envy when he boasted online about buying a £20,000 timepiece – but the only thing anyone commented on was how much he looks like TV’s ‘Judge’ Rob Rinder!
As these pictures show, they do bear an uncanny resemblance – but there is a subtle difference.
Rob would never be so crass as to brag, as Jamie did: ‘My grandmother left us £20k. My sister and brother invested in a house but I bought a gold Rolex, She would have hated it.’ Classy.
Made In Chelsea star Jamie Laing (left) in the picture posted online, wearing the £20,000 timepiece and TV’s ‘Judge’ Rob Rinder, right
Did Prince Andrew’s security detail really take out their guns and shoot the sound system at a New Order gig? Well, that’s what the band’s bass player Peter Hook claims.
He reveals the band were hired by an LA club ‘to entertain Andrew and Fergie on a trip to help English fashion designers. We were so loud that Andrew’s Secret Service men ran over to the PA and shot it out.’
It’s a great story, until Peter admits the band had ‘a huge bag of marching powder’ and ‘were completely out of our minds’. So he’s hardly the most reliable witness…
Queen of Zoom…
The Queen chalked up another world first this weekend – becoming the first monarch to unveil a portrait of herself via Zoom.
The portrait, above, was commissioned by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as a ‘lasting tribute to Her Majesty’s service’ and is to be displayed in the FCO’s London HQ
The portrait was commissioned by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as a ‘lasting tribute to Her Majesty’s service’ and is to be displayed in the FCO’s London HQ. The unveiling went without a hitch but for one small protocol problem.
Artist Miriam Escofet explained: ‘The team had practised bowing their heads but it just looked like we were nodding.’
These Foreign Office types are terribly clever, but they clearly haven’t learned to step back from the camera!