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Having made millions after he secured the rights to J. K. Rowling’s books about a child wizard, Harry Potter film producer David Heyman is now pinning his hopes on an artificial being who longs to find a human owner. I can disclose that Heyman has snapped up the rights to Sir Kazuo Ishiguro’s most recent novel … Read more
Sir Sean Connery’s heart never really left his native Scotland — and, in particular, Edinburgh, the city of his birth and of his life before Bond and stardom. And now a hitherto unseen collection of private letters is being auctioned which will leave his admirers shaken, if not stirred, as they reveal how much Auld … Read more
Having trousered millions from licence fee payers over the years, couldn’t BBC star Gary Lineker lend his younger brother a few quid to settle his bills? I hear Wayne Lineker has put one of his bar businesses into administration £100,000 in debt. Duane International Ltd owes employees £9,530 in unpaid wages, with the rest owed … Read more
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
The Queen has remained entirely above the fray sparked by the most recent series of The Crown — dismissed by the Prince of Wales’s old friend, Sir Nicholas Soames, as ‘lies and meanness, clearly intended to be a vile misrepresentation of the Royal Family’. But even HM’s legendary sang-froid may be tested by the forthcoming … Read more
With her distinctive Berkshire accent, rosy cheeks and humorous verse, Pam Ayres conjures up a cheerful image for her many fans. In real life, however, the poet has revealed that she’s haunted by a terrifying incident that she witnessed outside her home. Asked what keeps her awake at night, Ayres, who was dubbed the People’s … Read more
Who says romance is dead? Having got engaged to a footballer 18 years her junior, Prince Andrew’s pal, Ladies Of London star Caroline Stanbury, is taking no chances second time around. I can reveal that the 44-year-old, who recently accepted a proposal from the former Real Madrid player, Sergio Carrallo, 26, has asked him for … Read more
He has amassed a £100 million fortune and owns a country house with its own vineyard, not to mention a string of star racehorses. But that doesn’t mean that the aptly named financier Rich Ricci is prepared to turn a blind eye to a late payment — even if it’s only a few days overdue. … 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