Princess Diana’s personal trainer, Jenni Rivett, had always vowed she would never speak publicly about her most famous client. But now she’s broken her silence, revealing the princess’s body battles, her workout routine and how she taught her to rollerblade. ‘We had a really great bond,’ Jenni says. ‘She liked the fact that I was … Read more
His military service saw him deployed to the Balkans during the Kosovo war before finding global success with the hit single You’re Beautiful. But now James Blunt has a new and urgent mission on his hands — to retrieve his late grandfather’s ‘irreplaceable’ pocket watch. The heirloom, I can disclose, was among a haul of … Read more
Boasting a magnificent Tudor dining-hall, it was perhaps inevitable that Christ Church, Oxford’s grandest college, would feature in the first Harry Potter film. But life at the college has not, alas, proved a wizard experience for its development director, Mark Coote. He has, I can disclose, abruptly resigned after little more than three years in … Read more
Just days after being snapped canoodling in Rome with the lissom Lily James last autumn, Dominic West put on a very public display of marital harmony, parading with his wife Catherine outside their home. But the swashbuckling Old Etonian actor is not a man to be pinned down for long. He has, I can disclose, … Read more
Even the great and good are struggling during lockdown. I hear that Dame Joan Collins contacted the police yesterday after being confronted by the sight of scaffolders with no face coverings climbing all over her flat in London’s Belgravia. ‘Woke up to find two workmen on my balcony not wearing masks and several of them … Read more
Move over Joe Wicks. The Body Coach’s morning workouts may have made him a lockdown sensation and propelled him to a £10 million fortune, but he is a mere princeling when compared with ‘King Arthur’ — the Queen’s great-nephew, Arthur Chatto. The 21-year-old, musclebound Old Etonian induces delirium among his tribe of female fans whenever … Read more
General Sir Mike Rose was Commanding Officer of the SAS when it brought the Iranian Embassy siege to an explosive end and, two years later, when it achieved extraordinary success in the Falklands War. But he has arguably saved his most devastating assault till now. It comes, I can disclose, in the form of a … Read more
He was the 20th century’s most famous storyteller renowned for classics such as James And The Giant Peach and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. However, despite his popularity among children, Roald Dahl had a darker side to his character — and rarely seen correspondence with his publisher Tom Maschler has surfaced which confirms his reputation … Read more
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Netflix’s worldwide hit The Crown is not the only drama that’s provoked a row about the portrayal of real people and events on screen.
When panic surrounded the polio vaccine in the 1950s, the Queen helped turn public opinion by confirming Prince Charles and Princess Anne would get the jab. Now, however, the Palace refuses to say if Her Majesty or Prince Philip have been given the Covid vaccine, insisting that it’s a ‘private’ matter. But some of the Queen’s … Read more