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DONNA IDA THORNTON Fashion mogul opens
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as she turns 60 surrounded by friends
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS

OPENING THE DOORS TO DEVON’S
MAGNIFICENT LANGDON COURT

DONNA IDA
THORNTON

THE ‘JEAN QUEEN’ AND HUSBAND
ROBERT WALTON ON LIVING THEIR
ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE DREAM

Donna and Robert pose outside
their grade II-listed Jacobean
manor house in South Devon,
which they renovated after
buying the property in 2021

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‘Everything leading up to turning 50 was my
6 training ground. I’m armed and dangerous now,
and I feel amazing’ Donna

hen Donna Ida Thornton celebrated her
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half-century last year, it marked a turning
point in her life.

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“Everything leading up to this was my training
ground, and now I’m executing everything I learnt
in the first 50 years,” the Australian fashion
designer tells hello! as she and her husband
Robert Walton open the doors to their magnificent
16th-century manor house in Devon.
“I’m armed and dangerous now, and I feel
amazing,” adds the businesswoman, now 51, whose
denim empire Donna Ida has earnt her the
nickname “Jean Queen” and a celebrity fanbase
including Amanda Holden, Jodie Kidd, Anthea
Turner and Millie Mackintosh.
Part of Donna’s new chapter in life is living out
her dream of setting up home in the English
countryside at Langdon Court.
With her creative flair and Robert’s status as
the godfather of hospitality, counting top chefs
Raymond Blanc and Heston Blumenthal among
his inner circle, the couple had all bases covered
when it came to overseeing a multimillion-pound
restoration of the beautiful grade II-listed Jacobean
manor house they bought in 2021.
And as they welcome us for this exclusive
photoshoot, it’s clear to see that their labour of
love has paid off. “We’re living a modern-day Good
Life,” says chef and restaurateur Robert, 68, who
was awarded an MBE in 2007 for services to the
hospitality industry.
A classically stylish oasis nestled in the heart
of the South Devon countryside, Langdon

‘We didn’t find Langdon —
Langdon found us. We loved it
and it seemed to love us’ Robert

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Court is not just a home for Donna and Robert –
who married in London in 2010 after meeting in
one of Donna’s boutique stores – but a luxurious
private-hire venue that plays host to weddings,
photoshoots and wellness retreats.
The 16-bedroom residence, which features a
jungle-inspired space named Palm Court, a film
room and even a cosy tea-and-toast space, sits in ten
acres of land and is home to a menagerie of
animals including chickens, guinea fowl and geese
– not to mention Donna and Robert’s eight dogs…
Donna and Robert, you bought Langdon Court in
2021. How did you find this hidden gem?
Donna: “We were looking and one day, we saw a very
pretty house. Bobby Dazzler [her nickname for
Robert] said: ‘Actually, that’s a hotel.’ That’s when
we got the idea that instead of looking for a big
house, we should look for a small hotel. Because
Bobby Dazzler is in hospitality, he put his feelers out
and we found Langdon Court pretty quickly.”
Robert: “I like to say that we didn’t find Langdon –
Langdon found us. Its personality is addictive. The
house was in a poor state, but we didn’t see that – we
loved it and it seemed to love us. Now, here we are.”
You quickly set about returning the manor to its
former glory. Tell us about the work you did…
D: “People tried to cover its beauty during the
1960s and 1970s. The Victorian tiles in Palm Court
had been boarded over, a big inglenook in the
kitchen had been painted over and the flagstones
in the kitchen hallway had lino covering them.
“It’s insane, but fashion did go through that
period when nobody wanted anything old. Thank
God, all those original features were still there – we
just had to reveal them. We finished work in
September 2023 and had our first guests soon after.”
R: “We renovated every inch, including the gardens.
We rewired the place with 15 miles of wire.
“There are 500 years of history in this house and
some amazing people have been through its doors.
Prince Albert Edward, who became Edward VII,
came here partying and shooting. When you look
back at its history, you realise you’re just here for a
short period of time in the house’s life.”
Has living here transformed your lifestyle?
D: “Definitely. Living in the English

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‘Living in the English
countryside is a
dream come true for
me. It’s very green
and very restful. It’s
beautiful — I love it
here’ Donna

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A classic image of a young
Kate Moss – after whom one
of the pair’s lovebirds is named
– is among the art hanging in
their colourful film room

countryside is a dream come true for me. It’s
beautiful; I love it here. It’s very green and very
restful. We still travel back and forth to London for
work once a week or so, and I still love going to
London, but I really love coming home. We’ve got
the best of both worlds.”
The rose garden is a highlight of the grounds…
D: “Our rose garden is incredible; I absolutely love
it. It’s so nice to look out and enjoy it every single
day. David Austin Roses very kindly provided us
with roses to match the age of the house.”
R: “The gardens are probably the most historic
part of Langdon; they are the first part of the house
that became listed. We have gorgeous oldfashioned rose varieties like Emily Brontë, Olivia
Rose Austin and Gertrude Jekyll. The scent is
mind-blowing. Donna has also planted a lavender
bank and we’ve got 60,000 bees, so soon we’ll have
our own lavender Langdon honey.”
Talk us through your menagerie…
R: “We’ve got five chihuahuas, which we call our
Mexican army: Gonzalo, Rodrigo, Fernando,
Eduardo and Emilio. We also rescued three shiba
inus; the mum is called Queen of Shiba and the
two little girls are Coco and Momo.
“We have 30 birds, including ten geese, which we
rescued from a farmer who was going to sell them for
Christmas, as well as ducks, chickens that produce
our eggs, guinea fowl, pheasants, partridges…”
D: “And we have four lovebirds who live in Palm
Court. They’re called Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell,
Linda Evangelista and Jodie Kidd. Oh, and we’d
like a couple of donkeys!”
The dogs have their own apartment…
R: “We call them the chihuahua stables.”
D: “They’re on the same floor as us, so they get to
be with Mummy and Daddy. It’s so cute.”
What are your plans for Langdon Court?

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R: “It feels more of a home than a hotel. We love
the idea of people taking it over, so it’s very much a
private-hire venue. It can be a shooting weekend, a
photoshoot or a party; it’s a venue for everything.”
D: “I host a pyjama party every three months. I
recently launched our Langdon Court Manor
home-inspired collection: we have pyjamas,
kimonos, body scrubs, bath milk, fudge, strawberry
jam, our own exclusive candle created by Rachel
Vosper – and it will continue to grow.
“Devon is very much about community spirit
and we have immersed ourselves in local life. We’d
love to host charity events at Langdon in the future,
raising funds for local causes such as schools,
homeless shelters, hospitals and the RNLI.”
How would you describe the decor of the house?
D: “We went for design that evokes a comfortable,
modern country house. All the rooms are individually
styled, so there are different moods in each one.”
Donna, how’s it going at your brand Donna Ida?
“Fashion is my first love, so it’s great that now
Langdon’s complete, I can be back working fulltime on Donna Ida and continuing to expand. Last
year, we launched a classic men’s shape called Jack,
named after my grandfather.”
The brand was inspired by your grandmother Ida.
Is her memory still a part of everything you do?
“Very much so. She used to make all her own
patterns out of newspapers and make clothes for the
family. She was an amazing housewife in rural
Australia. She was very much a can-do woman.”

‘We went for design
that evokes a
comfortable, modern
country house’ Donna

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You celebrated your 50th birthday last year. Are
you feeling better than ever?
“Yes, definitely. Everything leading up to being 50
was my training ground, and now I’m executing
everything I learnt in the first 50 years. I’m armed
and dangerous now, and I feel amazing.
“It was a good thing, turning 50 – you have that
feeling of being at a halfway point. Bring on the
second half.”
It has been 14 years since your lavish wedding at St
Paul’s Cathedral, which involved helicopters, a
Rolls-Royce Phantom, a cake from The Ritz and a
room dedicated to desserts. What’s the secret to
your happy marriage?
D: “I’m very, very independent and I think Bobby
Dazzler letting me do whatever I want to do is
probably the secret [laughs
[laughs].
]. I just crack on and do
whatever I want and then Bobby tries to contain
me a little bit.”
R: “I gave that up! I think the secret is that we’re
both driven and creative. We’re together when
we’re together, but we both do our thing. Neither
of us tries to outdo the other. And Donna’s straighttalking, so you know where you are.”
Robert, as president of the Restaurant Association
and chairman of the Young Chef Young Waiter

competition, you’re the godfather of hospitality…
“I want to make Langdon Court the home of
hospitality. I’m planning to organise an event where
I invite legendary chefs like Raymond Blanc and
Gordon Ramsay to sit around my table and talk.
“We’re in talks to make the Young Chef Young
Waiter competition into a TV series, which would
be amazing. It goes all around the world, so
between that and running Langdon Court, I’m
always zipping off somewhere. There’s zero
downtime when you live with Donna Ida.”
You had tongue cancer seven years ago. How are
you doing now?
“I had radical treatment and what happens is not
very pleasant, because your taste buds get killed. You
have to learn to taste again. There are things I don’t
have now, like wine and spirits, because they don’t
taste nice any more. The funny thing is, I can
only drink champagne, as that still tastes good!” H
INTERVIEW: EMILY HORAN
PHOTOS: DAVID VENNI
STYLING: EMMA LANE AT THE ONLY AGENCY
HAIR & MAKE-UP: GIA MILLS

For more information, visit langdoncourtmanor.com or
follow @langdoncourtmanor on Instagram.

‘I want to make Langdon Court the home of
hospitality. I’m planning to invite Raymond
Blanc and Gordon Ramsay here’ Robert

ON A DAY OF POMP AND PAGEANTRY

THE KING AND QUEEN

GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO THEIR
KNIGHTS AND LADIES ON GARTER DAY
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ust a few days after celebrating
Tr o o p i n g t h e C o l o u r i n
London, the royal family were out
in force again to attend the Order
of the Garter service at St George’s
Chapel in Windsor Castle.
The King, who has returned to
royal duties while continuing to
receive cancer treatment, was on
sparkling form, supported by his
wife the Queen to take part in the
centuries-old ceremony.
In his role as Sovereign of the
Garter, wearing the blue velvet
robes, glittering insignia and white
plumed caps of the UK’s oldest
and most senior order of chivalry,
His Majesty processed down the
hill from the castle quadrangle to
the chapel’s west door, flanked by
his Knights and Ladies.
These included the Queen, the
Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales
– who wore his Garter vestments at
his father’s coronation – the Duke
of Edinburgh and the Duke
and Duchess of Gloucester, who
was installed as a Royal Lady
Companion in April.
The Danish-born Duchess is the
first non-blood royal not married
to the monarch or heir to be given
such an honour, which is in
recognition of her years of service
as a senior working royal.

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FAMILY TOGETHER
The Duke of Kent, who was
appointed to the Order of the
Garter in 1985, travelled to the
service by car, while the Duchess of
Edinburgh, elegant in a pink and
cream floral dress with a matching
hat, watched the procession from
the Galilee Porch alongside
Princess Anne’s husband Vice
Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
However, the Princess of Wales,
who has attended the event in
support of Prince William since
2008, was absent.
Kate, 42, had announced the
previous week that she would need
to continue her cancer treatment
“for a few more months” and so
was continuing to focus on her
recovery following her high-profile
appearance at Trooping the
Colour two days before.
Since it was founded in the 14th
century by Edward III, the Order
has contained a limited number of
Knights and Ladies chosen solely
by the monarch. Over the
centuries, members have come
primarily from the aristocracy and
foreign royals.
Today, however, Companions
are drawn from all areas of
society as the monarch

Dressed in their Garter robes, held by
young pages Charles van Cutsem and Guy
Tryon, Their Majesties process through
Windsor for the historic ceremony

‘It is our pleasure that Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester be installed’

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MAJESTIC CEREMONY
As always, hundreds of people gathered
to watch the historic spectacle from the
lower ward of Windsor Castle.
The procession was led by a military
band, followed by the Military Knights of
Windsor, the Heralds, the Companions,
then finally the royals. This year, the duty
of carrying the King’s trailing robes fell to
the young pages of honour Guy Tryon
and Charles van Cutsem.

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Stylish in Zimmermann
and a bespoke Jane
Taylor hat, the Duchess
of Edinburgh gives her
support to the family,
stopping to share a
few words with Prince
William (above right)

The members of the Order were
wearing their distinctive velvet mantles,
embroidered with the heraldic shield of
St George’s Cross surrounded by a garter.
In contrast, the Sovereign’s bears the
Garter Star.
The vestments also include a gold
collar attached to the shoulders with
white ribbons, from which hangs the
Great George – a figure of St George
slaying a dragon. There is also an actual
blue velvet garter, worn around the calf
for Knights and the arm for Ladies.
Once inside the chapel, the King was
greeted with a fanfare and the national
anthem, before he welcomed his new
Companions to take their seats.
“It is our pleasure that Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester be
installed,” he said, turning to other
new members to add: “It is our pleasure
that the Companions newly invested
be installed.”
Following the service, the procession
made their way back to the castle’s upper
ward by horse-drawn carriage or car
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for afternoon tea.
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honours those who have held public
office, contributed to national life, or
have served the sovereign personally.
This year saw Baron Lloyd-Webber –
the theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd
Webber, who wrote an anthem for last
year’s coronation – invested as a Knight
Companion, along with Air Chief Marshal
Lord Peach and Professor Lord Kakkar –
chairman of The King’s Fund and, at 60,
the youngest of the current 21 (out of a
maximum 24) non-royal Companion
members. Apart from the royals, other
recognisable faces in the procession
included former Prime Ministers Sir Tony
Blair and Sir John Major, and Labour
peer Baroness Amos.

Ahead of the Princess Royal, the
Duke of Edinburgh and the
Prince of Wales, the Duchess of
Gloucester makes her way to be
installed in the Order, joining
fellow new Companion Lord 19
Lloyd-Webber (left) and Baroness
Amos (far left), who became a
Lady Companion in 2022

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF MARRIAGE

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH
PUT THEIR HAPPINESS ON DISPLAY WITH A NEW PORTRAIT
TO MARK THEIR SILVER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

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ith their heads close together in an
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informal pose, the Duke and Duchess
of Edinburgh look very much in love in an
affectionate portrait released to mark their
silver wedding anniversary.
Taken in the grounds of their home,
Bagshot Park in Surrey, by photographer
Chris Jelf, the image shows Edward and
Sophie casually dressed as they celebrate 25
years of married life.
The low-key nature of the portrait reflects
the couple’s style. When they married in
June 1999, Edward, then 35, and Sophie, 34,
requested a simple family affair, with no
pageantry and little pomp.
In their vows, they promised to stay
together “as long as we both shall live” – and
Edward is the only one of Queen Elizabeth II
and Prince Philip’s four children still
married to their first spouse, with his siblings
having all been divorced and the King and
Princess Royal having both remarried.
STRONG BOND
Fast forward 25 years and Edward and Sophie,
known as the Earl and Countess of Wessex
before his brother Charles ascended the
throne, are parents to Lady Louise
Mountbatten-Windsor, 20, and 16-year-old
James, now Earl of Wessex.
To mark Edward’s 60th birthday in March,
Sophie surprised her husband with a tearful
tribute, taking to the stage during an
engagement in Leeds to call him “the best of
fathers, the most loving of husbands” and
“still my best friend”. In return, Edward said
on TV: “She’s been an absolutely brilliant
rock and I’m incredibly lucky that I found
Sophie and that she found me.”
Ahead of their nuptials at Windsor Castle,
groom-to-be Edward also revealed what makes
the pair tick, saying: “We manage to have a
good laugh about things most of the time,
and we happen to love each other, which
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is the most important thing of all.”
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The couple pose
for a portrait
marking their
anniversary.
Above, the then
Earl and
Countess of
Wessex with
children
Viscount Severn
and Lady Louise
in Portsmouth
in 2020

‘We have a good
laugh and we love
each other, which
is the most
important thing of
all’ Prince Edward

Sabrina Carpenter and
Perrie Edwards headline
the Capital FM
Summertime Ball.
hello! was there to
catch up with some of
the stars before they
took to the stage,
including Meghan,
who thrilled with
performances of her hits
All About That Bass and
Made You Look.
Look.
Fans were delighted
when the singer kissed her
husband, Spy Kids actor
Daryl Sabara, on stage. The
couple, who have sons Riley,
three, and 11-month-old
Barry, seem more loved-up
than ever – and according
to Meghan, 30, it’s down to
how they communicate.
“Just talk at all times,” she

told us backstage. “We do that new
thing we saw online – what
percentage you’re at, especially
with parenting. So I’ll say: ‘I’m at
ten, I need you to come in at 90.’
We communicate very well.”
FOOTBALL CRAZY
Also performing was former Little
Mix singer Perrie Edwards, another
star juggling a successful pop career
with a busy home life.
Perrie, 30, who has two-year-old
son Axel with her footballer fiancé
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, told us
the day was extra busy because she
was also getting ready to cheer on
England at Uefa Euro 2024.
“You know the beginning of
Home Alone,
Alone , where everyone’s
whizzing around and they forget
Kevin? That’s how I felt this
morning. Everything’s chaos, but in
the best way,” she said.
Speaking of her second single
Tears,, the Forget About Us star said:
Tears
“It’s a bit more Motown, a bit more

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usic fans flocked to
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Wembley Stadium to
see Raye, Meghan Trainor,

‘There are 80,000 people all having a really
good time. It’s a force to be reckoned with’

groovy, soulful – just a lovely vibe.
Hopefully everyone enjoys it.”
The line-up also included singer
and actress Sabrina, who belted out
her hit tunes Espresso
esso and Please
Please Please – and provided her
own Euros moment, donning an
England shirt for one number.
Capital FM DJ Rio Fredrika, who
hosts the mid-morning show and
was reporting backstage, told
hello! the US star’s performance
was a highlight for the crowd.
“I’ve never seen her perform
[before] and she’s having a
moment right now,” she said. “She’s
got a beautiful stage presence and
all of her songs are the biggest
songs in the world right now.”
Sabrina, 25, is in the spotlight
not just for her music, but also her
relationship with actor Barry
Keoghan, 31. Rio told us: “I saw her
leave and Barry was right behind
s u p p o r t i n g h e r, w h i c h w a s
incredible.” The couple were later
photographed leaving celebrity

hotspot Chiltern Firehouse, making
the most of their time in London.
Also on the bill were Raye,
Sugababes, David Guetta, Becky
Hill and US singer-songwriter
Benson Boone, who showed off
some impressive moves during his
hit Beautiful Things.
Things.
“I loved Benson – he was
backflipping on the stage.
Everyone’s a bit obsessed with him,”
Rio said, adding of Raye: “She’s so
emotional and she’s not afraid to
get into it.”
For the DJ, it’s not the starstudded line-up, but the event’s
atmosphere that makes it so special.
“Electric comes to mind,” she
said. “I’ve been going to the ball
since I was a teenager and now I
work on it and it always feels the
same. There are 80,000 people all
having a really good time. It’s
just mad and it’s so beautiful.” H
REPORT: FRANCESCA SHILLCOCK.
INTERVIEWS: ALEX LILLY

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‘I love New York — I feel
so lucky to be a part of
this city’ Daniel Radcliffe

Alicia Keys performs
at New York’s Lincoln
Center, where Nicole
Scherzinger (left)
stuns in a fuchsia
mermaid gown by
Lebanese designer
Nicolas Jebran

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action on the red carpet and backstage.
Among the most eye-catching arrivals were
Angelina Jolie and her daughter Vivienne, 15,
who both worked on The Outsiders,
Outsiders, which was
named Best Musical. The pair acted as a producer
and producer’s assistant respectively on the hit
adaptation of the 1960s coming-of-age novel.
Angelina, 49, wore a custom green velvet dress
from Atelier Versace, while Vivienne donned a
quirky teal waistcoat and trousers.
Alicia Keys also turned heads on the red
carpet. The singer-songwriter, 43, was nominated
for Best Musical as a producer and composer on
Hell’s Kitchen,
Kitchen, loosely based on her life story.
Ahead of her appearance in the Broadway
transfer of Sunset Boulevard later this year, singer
and actress Nicole Scherzinger, 45, performed
during the in-memoriam segment to
honour theatre stars who had died
during the previous year.
Meanwhile, the winners’
acceptance speeches were filled
with emotion – and not just on
stage. Merrily We Roll Along
actor Jonathan Groff,
39, who won Best
Lead Actor in a
Musical, was seen
wiping tears from
his eyes after co-star
Daniel Radcliffe was
named Best Actor in a
Featured Role in a
Musical.
Daniel, 34, spoke to press
including hello! and shared
how special it felt to receive his
first Tony on Father’s Day, with his own

dad, Alan, in the audience and as father to his
one-year-old son with long-term girlfriend Erin
Darke, 39.
DAD’S THE WORD
The actor described it as an “emotionally
charged” experience. He said that on the day
of the ceremony, while rehearsing for a
performance with his co-stars, he had received a
number of sweet texts about being a dad.
“It’s lovely. I haven’t spent a lot of time with my
son today, so I’m excited about seeing him
tomorrow,” he said.
“My dad’s in the audience and he’s a huge
part of all the music I’ve listened to.”
Daniel also spoke about finding his footing in
the industry after the Harry Potter
otter films brought
him international success, saying that Broadway
was where he “found myself as an actor”.
And he revealed that he has grown to love
New York. “I live here now, I love it, my kid can
grow up here. I feel so lucky to be a part of
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this city,” he said.
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his year’s Tony Awards brought out
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Broadway’s brightest stars – and hello! was
at New York’s Lincoln Center to take in the

Angelina Jolie
wore Atelier
Versace while
daughter Vivienne
showcased her
own sense of style

Angelina Jolie poses with
her 15-year-old daughter
Vivienne. The pair both
worked on The Outsiders,
which won four Tony
Awards; also winning was
Merrily We Roll Along star
Daniel Radcliffe (left)

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COURTENEY COX

LOVING LIFE AS SHE TURNS 60

BEGINS HER NEXT CHAPTER
SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS

‘Overcoming challenges, being creative and
thinking outside the box keeps you young’

The Inside Story

PRINCESS BEATRICE

NOTHING ARTIFICIAL ABOUT
THE ROYAL’S DEVOTION
TO HER WORK

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full-time working mum who balances an
unwavering commitment to her charities
with being “really passionate about
technology and digital inclusion”, Princess
Beatrice is one royal with the human touch.
And that made her the perfect person to
participate in a panel discussion on Emotional
Intelligence in the AI Age at the Cannes
Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Beatrice, 35, who works for software
company Afiniti, which develops artificial
intelligence to improve customer experience,
joined fellow panellists including Spotify’s
Dustee Jenkins (together above) for the
discussion at pop-up venue Spotify Beach.
However, despite the topic, the King’s niece
was determined to keep it real and had flown
to the South of France from Luton Airport on
EasyJet, lugging her carry-on bag up the
airline steps along with the other passengers.
Looking cool in a printed Sandro dress,
Beatrice gave an insight into her personal
connection to tech, telling the audience it
“really gave me a space to be myself”. “I’ve got
dyslexia [so] I always was fascinated by how
things worked; that was the way that my brain
worked. I’m a very visual learner,” she said.
And flying her feminist credentials, she
said: “It doesn’t matter where you’re coming
from, what you’re doing. If you can deliver,
that is the most exciting thing about the
technology sector.
“I’m also campaigning to make sure we
have more women in the sector.”
Her Cannes stopover was sandwiched
between an appearance at Stockholm’s
Brilliant Minds 2024 conference, where she
was a moderator, and her regular visit to Royal
Ascot, during which she was able to catch up
with her mother Sarah, Duchess of York and
sister Princess Eugenie.
“There’s nothing more important than
family,” Beatrice said last month.

LADY ELIZA &
LADY AMELIA
SPENCER

NEVER BEYOND THE
PALE AT THE POLO

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ith more facets than Cartier’s
trademark diamonds, twins Lady Eliza
and Lady Amelia Spencer are a coup for any
guest list – and they were on familiar turf at
the jeweller’s Queen’s Cup polo tournament
in Surrey.
After growing up riding horses in South
Africa, the models are becoming a fixture at
the annual event.
Calling it “a lovely day”, Eliza shared
photos taken in the sunshine at Guards Polo
Club in Egham, where the pair were joined
by Amelia’s husband Greg Mallett and their
younger half-brother Samuel Aitken.
On her Instagram account, Amelia told
her followers she was “in love with my bag
and shoes”.
Both sisters (right; Eliza on left) wore
outfits by Tory Burch, with shoes and
clutch bags by Gina – and, naturally,
jewellery by Cartier.
However, although their labels twinned,
they ensured onlookers were not seeing
double by choosing very different looks.
“We have very similar taste,” they previously
told The Telegraph.
Telegraph. “We go to shops separately
and come out with the same things. We take
turns to choose first, otherwise we’d be
wearing the same all the time.”
Eliza and Amelia were not the only
familiar faces attending the final day of
the tournament, which also featured an
appearance by the King, whose team Les
Diables Bleus won the coveted cup in 1986.
Adelayo Adedayo, star of BBC1’s The
Responder,, actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw (top
Responder
left) and model and author Charli Howard
(top right) were just some of the names that
made the cut for an event described as “the
jewel in the polo calendar”.

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The Inside Story

PRINCESS EUGENIE

IS A WINNER AT A-LIST DINNER
CELEBRATING MIDDLE EAST DESIGN

JENNA
COLEMAN

BUMPS INTO A
GLAMOROUS
CROWD AT
STATELY HOME
FASHION LAUNCH

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umptuous summer fashions and a new
exhibition weren’t the only things to be
unveiled at a star-studded dinner at Chatsworth

addition is happy news for former Doctor Who star
Jenna and her partner, director Jamie Childs.
Jenna, 38, was at the Dukes of Devonshire’s

Guests were treated to an intimate dinner hosted
by designer Erdem Moralioglu and luxury fashion
marketplace Farfetch.

The Inside Story

GWYNETH PALTROW

LEADS THE A-LIST TO SHINE BRIGHT
AT MILAN CRYSTAL PARTY

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ou didn’t need a crystal ball to
predict that the opening of a
new Swarovski exhibition in Milan
would be a glitzy affair – you just
needed a peek at the guest list.
Adding more than a touch of
sparkle to the launch of Masters of
Light: From Vienna to Milan,
Gwyneth Paltrow (right)
embraced the theme in a dress
covered in crystals, complete with
crystal-encrusted sandals and a
huge crystal pendant.
As well as checking out the
dazzling displays – including 50
gem-embellished outfits from the
likes of Fendi, Versace and Prada –
the Academy Award-winning
actress and Goop mogul chatted
and posed with Swarovski’s creative

director Giovanna Engelbert.
“Spent a wonderful evening
at the exhibition, a gorgeous
historical curation of the brand
and its many collaborations,”
Gwyneth posted on Instagram.
On a night that Giovanna
dedicated to “the boss ladies who
shine inside and out”, the Palazzo
Citterio welcomed plenty of them.
Swarovski fans, including actresses
Laura Harrier (in Paco Rabanne,
above left) and Jessica Alba (above
right) flew in to the city for the
event, which was held during
Men’s Fashion Week.
Posting images including closeups of her Swarovski choker and
matching earrings, Jessica called it
“breathtaking”.

MAYA JAMA
AND STORMZY

PUT LOVE ON THE
FRONT ROW AT LOUIS
VUITTON RUNWAY

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hey broke up very publicly in 2019, but
after rekindling their romance last year, it
looks like the only baggage Maya Jama and
Stormzy are carrying around with them these
days is of the monogrammed variety.
Making a rare joint public appearance, the
couple travelled to Paris for Pharell Williams’s
latest Louis Vuitton menswear presentation
and held hands as they were photographed
together (right) – both, naturally, dressed
head to toe in the label.
After getting together in January 2015,
Maya and the rapper dated for four years.
And even when they’d split up, Stormzy
expressed his hope that they would one day
reconcile, telling one interviewer in 2020: “I
would love to do all the things that make it
work. I want to marry her, I want to have her
children. All of that.”
Meanwhile, when asked about her
relationship goals last year, Maya, 29, said: “I
want a best friend I’m in love with. And I have
had that before.”
She and the 30-year-old musician appeared
closer than ever in Paris, whether in the front
row, laughing and chatting during the runway
presentation, or in the series of photos and
clips Maya uploaded to Instagram.
Posting an image of the Louis Vuittonbranded Moët & Chandon champagne served
at the event, the Love Island presenter
captioned it: “LVovers. Thank you for having
us @louisvuitton @pharrell.”
Pharrell’s new collection, meanwhile, set the
fashion hearts of some of Hollywood’s most
stylish stars racing, including a rare outing
from acting couple Alicia Vikander and
Michael Fassbender (together above right).
Actor Colman Domingo (above left) also
showed off some looks, mixing denim culottes
with a waistcoat and jacket for an outfit that
was all business on top and party on the
bottom. “I’m having fun,” he said.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS

CELEBRATING THEIR LOVE IN AN EMOTIONAL CEREMONY

LUCY SPRAGGAN AND EMILIA SMITH
‘THE X FACTOR’ STAR TIES THE KNOT — WALKED UP THE
AISLE BY HER ‘SURROGATE DAD’ SIMON COWELL

‘Simon and I were
standing outside
and my song
started playing.
He had a tear in
his eye’ Lucy

Lucy, wearing a white
suit by Allen & King,
holds hands with her
bride Emilia, in a gown
from Chosen by Kyha.
The happy couple
pose (above) with
Simon and his partner
Lauren Silverman

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Simon wasn’t the only special male to
accompany Lucy up the aisle: her 11-year-old
Boston terrier Steve, looking dapper in a black
bow tie, trotted faithfully alongside her.
“It was really important to both of us that Steve
was there,” says Lucy, 32.
WHITE WEDDING
Wedding photographer Emilia, 34, who wore a
stunning strapless white gown with detachable
sleeves and a long veil from Australian label
Chosen by Kyha, was accompanied by her father
Alan and her friend Zoe as maid of honour.
Lucy’s maid of honour was her sister Ella, and
the bridesmaids, flower girls and pageboys
included Emilia’s sister Claire and nieces and
nephews from both sides.
“When I saw Lucy, it was everything I ever
imagined and more,” says Emilia. “When I got to
the top of the aisle, Simon was looking at us both
and he looked so proud, and so did my dad.
“Dad has been having chemotherapy for
cancer, but somehow he made it through
the day to be the last man standing.”

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eaming with happiness and crying tears of
joy, singer-songwriter Lucy Spraggan links
arms with her close friend Simon Cowell as he
proudly walks her up the aisle at her wedding.
The music mogul gave Lucy away as she
married girlfriend Emilia Smith in an emotional
ceremony attended by their families and
celebrity friends.
Their big day, shared exclusively with hello!
hello!,,
included ice baths, tarot readings and tattoos, as
well as music and plenty of tears.
“It was perfect,” says the former The X Factor
contestant, who wore a bespoke white threepiece suit from King & Allen to walk up the aisle
to her own song, Other Sides of the Moon,
Moon, which
was released on her wedding day and is dedicated
to her bride.
“Simon and I were standing outside the door
and my song started playing. I was already crying
and Simon definitely had a tear in his eye.
“I was linking arms with him, but then I
realised I was holding on to his arm. He kept
saying: ‘You’re okay, you’re all right.’ Then, when
Emilia walked in with her dad, I just sobbed.”

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‘I promise to
provide room on
my shoulders for
the weight you
don’t want to
carry alone’ Lucy
Among the guests watching the
couple exchange heartfelt vows at
Saltmarshe Hall, a historic country
hotel in the East Riding of
Yorkshire, were Simon’s partner
Lauren Silverman, This is England
actor Tom Turgoose, Ru Paul’s
Drag Race UK star Bimini BonBoulash and reality TV personality
Adam Collard, as well as both
brides’ mothers, who all embraced
the monochrome dress code.

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Simon proudly walks Lucy up the aisle (right and below left), the pair embracing alongside Emilia (above)
before the brides exchange vows. Lucy shares a laugh with guests and her companion (below right), who
became a close friend after meeting her last year and signed her to his publishing label Syco

POIGNANT PROMISE
Lucy told Emilia she would “be by
your side in wellness and illness”
and promised to provide “the
safe space in my mind for your
problems and room on my
shoulders for the weight you don’t
want to carry alone”.
Emilia’s more light-hearted
vows included a commitment
to “put the knives the right way
round in the dishwasher”.
Simon – who, together with
Lauren, acted as Lucy’s witness to
the marriage – read the wedding
poem The One and the couple
exchanged platinum rings
engraved with tiny stars.
Guests cheered as the
newlyweds kissed, with Justin
Bieber’s love song Anyonee playing
as they signed the register.
Although Lucy and Simon
didn’t meet during her stint on
The X Factor
actor in 2012, when she was
forced to pull out of the show after
being attacked by a hotel
porter, Simon contacted the

‘I was honoured to be asked to
walk Lucy down the aisle. I
considered it a very big deal’ Simon

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very big deal. As soon as she asked me, I said yes.
On the day, I was actually quite nervous, because
I’ve never been asked before. And then very
proud and happy and emotional.
“The best way of describing our relationship is
that it feels like we’ve been friends for life. Being
asked to walk her down the aisle made me realise
the significance and importance of that role.

“Throughout the day, I was thinking that even
though it’s been a relatively short time, we do feel
like family, and we share a very special bond.
“You always want the best for your friends,” he
adds. “I got to know Emilia as she and Lucy have
spent quite a lot of time with me and my family.
“You can see they are true soulmates. The
way they looked at each other during the

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musician last year, when she wrote a memoir
revealing her traumatic experience.
The pair soon became close and Lucy signed to
Simon’s publishing label Syco. And on a recent
holiday to Barbados, Lucy – who is estranged from
her father – asked Simon to give her away.
“I was honoured to be asked to walk Lucy down
the aisle,” Simon tells hello!
hello!.. “I considered it a

Simon and Lauren (together above) share a laugh during the ceremony
before posing (below) with the brides and their proud parents: (back
row from left) Lucy’s mum Anstey and Emilia’s dad Alan and mum
Terry. The newlyweds (together left) revel in a romantic moment on
their big day, Emilia tenderly touching Lucy’s face

‘The way they looked at
each other was the true
definition of love’ Simon

‘It feels as though we were standing
on opposite sides of the moon and
now we’re on the same side’ Lucy

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The couple laugh as their
guests – all sticking to the
monochrome dress code,
to striking effect – shower
them with confetti (also
pictured top right)

definition of happiness and love.
“Weddings can be very stressful with so many
people involved. The two words that I kept
thinking about throughout the day were ‘joy’
and ‘peace’. It was a really happy occasion. I am
absolutely thrilled for them both.”
After the ceremony, the newlyweds made
their way to a drinks reception, where guests
formed an arch and showered them with
confetti.
Outside, the couple had arranged for ice
baths to be installed, and Lucy, who gave up
alcohol several years ago, changed into a white
bikini and took the plunge, along with several
of their guests.
“Lots of my friends don’t drink, so this was a
natural high,” she says. “One guest got in fully
clothed and another took off her dress and
jumped in wearing her Spanx.”

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LASTING MEMENTO
The brides had also booked a tarot-card reader
and a tattoo artist, and after the cards assured
them that they had “an exciting future”, they
received matching tattoos, with the date of their
wedding inked on their wrists.
After a meal of fillet steak with truffle mash
and sautéed broccoli, followed by sticky toffee
pudding and ice cream, there were speeches
from Emilia’s dad and from Lucy, who
recounted how she and her bride had been
friends for ten years before falling in love and
becoming a couple only last November.
“My new song is called Other Sides of the Moon
because it feels as though both of us were
always looking at the same moon, but we

Lucy smiles for the camera alongside
(from left) Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK
favourite Bimini Bon-Boulash and TV
personality Adam Collard

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‘Getting married was the next step. It
felt as though that’s what we should
do and we didn’t want to wait’ Lucy

Lucy and Emilia explore the
spectacular surroundings of
historic country hotel Saltmarshe
Hall in Yorkshire, Lucy changing
into a white bikini (below left) to
jump into one of the ice baths
the couple had installed outside

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were standing on opposite sides of
it and now we’re on the same
side,” Lucy says.
“We met through mutual
friends and for the first five years
we didn’t have much in common,
but once I got sober, we started
becoming really good friends.
“Last year, we were both single
when Emilia texted to say she was
coming to one of my gigs. I got
butterflies and we realised we had
strong feelings for each other.
“Emilia has seen two versions of
me. There was the version just
after The X Factor,
Factor
actor , where I was
drinking every day and taking
drugs, and then she saw me evolve,
and I saw her evolve too.
“When you fall for a friend, all
those things you have to learn
about someone you’ve just met, we
already know about each other,”
she continues.
“Getting married was the
next step in that evolution. It

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‘Everything people get
from their fathers, I get
from Simon. And Emilia
offers me peace on a
level I didn’t know was
possible’ Lucy

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felt as though that’s what we should do and we
didn’t want to wait.”
After their first dance, to Slow Dance by AJ
Mitchell featuring Ava Max, the newlyweds and
their 130 evening guests filled the dancefloor.
Some guests got up to sing with the band,
including Lucy, who had changed into a second
white suit for the evening and performed
Journey’s Don’t
’t Stop Believing
Believing..
After the excitement of the wedding, Lucy,
who recently collaborated with Robbie Williams
to release a new version of her single Sober
Sober,, is
looking forward to playing at Glastonbury
Festival this weekend.
Her career is going from strength to strength
with the help of Simon, who, she says, has
become like a surrogate father to her.
“Everything people get from their fathers, I
get from Simon,” she says. “He’s a constant
support and he and Lauren constantly check in
and make sure I’m okay.”
BUILDING A NEW LIFE
Her other support is her new wife. “Emilia
offers me a sense of calm that I’ve never
experienced before and peace on a level that I
didn’t know was possible,” Lucy says.
“She’s always been a support for me, but not
in a way that holds me up. We hold ourselves up,
we’re equals, we’re a team, and I think that’s
why marriage is so important to us.
“For a decade, I was just trying to survive.
And then I got sober, and it was like being on
the beach and seeing something sparkling in
the sand and realising there was treasure
everywhere. And she has been the biggest
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piece of treasure.”
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new path together, taking a 47
quiet moment for themselves
after spending an emotional
day celebrating their love

7 DAYS

A ROUND-UP OF NEWS REPORTS

MADELEINE OF SWEDEN
Princess returns to Stockholm with her family
Princess Madeleine of Sweden
and her family are moving
back to her home country
after six years in the US.
Madeleine, the youngest
child of King Carl XVI Gustaf
and Queen Silvia, has been
living in Florida with her
British-American financier
husband Christopher O’Neill,
49, and their children Princess Leonore, ten,
Prince Nicolas, nine, and Princess Adrienne, six,
since 2018.
It a statement shared on Instagram to mark the
Princess’s 42nd birthday, the royal house of
Sweden confirmed: “Princess Madeleine and her
family are now moving home to Sweden. After
several years living abroad, the Princess and Mrr
Christopher O’Neill have decided that the family
will live in Stockholm for the time being.”

DONALD SUTHERLAND

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Death aged 88 announced by actor son Kiefer
Acclaimed actor Donald
Sutherland has died at the age
of 88. The star, who was known
for hits including M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H,,
Don’t Look Now and The Hunger
Games,, passed away in Miami
Games
from an undisclosed illness.
Donald, who won two
Golden Globe Awards and
received an honorary Academy
Award in 2017, leaves third wife Francine Racette
and five children, including actor son Kiefer.
He announced his father’s death on social
media, writing: “With a heavy heart, I tell you that
my father has passed away. I personally think one
of the most important actors in the history of film.
Never daunted by a role, good, bad, or ugly.
“He loved what he did and did what he loved,
and one can never ask for more than that. A life
well lived.”

JOE WICKS
Wife Rosie ‘doing well’ after arrival of fourth child
Fitness influencer Joe Wicks
and his wife Rosie have
welcomed their fourth child
together, a boy.
Joe shared the news online
with a photo of him holding
his newborn son. “A little boy
weighing 7lbs 13oz,” he wrote.
“Rosie gave birth at home.
The NHS midwives from St
Peter’s hospital were amazing. Rosie and the baby
are both doing well and getting some rest.”
Among the well-wishes were messages from TV
presenter Ruth Langsford and celebrity chef
Jamie Oliver’s wife Jools, who wrote: “Wonderful
happy news huge congratulations to you and
Rosie and your gorgeous little team.”
Joe, 38, and Rosie, 33, are already parents to
Indie, six next month, Marley, four, and 21-monthold Leni.

GEORGIA MAY JAGGER
‘Patiently waiting’ arrival of her first child
Georgia May Jagger has
confirmed she is expecting
her first child with skater and
artist Cambryan Sedlick.
Highlighting her bump in
a series of photos posted
online, the model daughter
of Rolling Stones frontman
Sir Mick and his former
partner Jerry Hall wrote:
“Patiently waiting for our new best friend.” The
baby will be Sir Mick’s sixth grandchild.
Georgia, 32, and 24-year-old Cambryan have
been dating since 2021, but have mostly kept their
relationship out of the spotlight.
“I have always just wanted to keep my life as
normal as possible,” Georgia has said. “Being in
the public eye is all I have ever known – it’s what I
was born into. I think because of that, I have never
looked to find fame at all.”

Quote of the week
‘It’s the most enormous “pinch-me” moment… I will remember
this honour [singing the national anthem] all my life’
Hannah Waddingham promises to be in top gear at the British Grand Prix

SIR IAN McKELLEN
Understudy steps in after actor falls from stage
Sir Ian McKellen told fans he
plans to make a “complete
and speedy” recovery after
falling from the stage while
performing in London.
The actor, 85, was taken to
hospital for medical treatment
after losing his balance and
falling into the audience
during a performance of
Player Kings at the Noël Coward Theatre.
In a message on social media, Sir Ian said he
was “hugely indebted” to the NHS team who had
treated him. “They have assured me that my
recovery will be complete and speedy and I am
looking forward to returning to work,” he added.
An understudy has replaced Sir Ian for the rest
of the London run of the play and he is expected
to return when Player Kings begins its nationwide
tour on 3 July.

Story of
the Week

ANOUK AIMEE
France pays tribute to ‘a world-famous icon’
French actress Anouk Aimée,
best known for her role in the
Oscar-winning film A Man
and a Woman,
Woman, has died at her
home in France. She was 92.
Posting on Instagram, her
daughter Manuela Papatakis
wrote: “With my daughter,
Galaad,
and
my
granddaughter, Mila, we have
great sadness to announce the departure of my
mother Anouk Aimée. I was at her bedside when
she passed away this morning at her home in Paris.”
Tributes to the actress, who was born Nicole
Françoise Florence Dreyfus and appeared in more
than 70 films, included a message from France’s
culture minister Rachida Dati, who said: “We bid
farewell to a world-famous icon, to a great actress
of French cinema who took on roles for some of
the biggest names.”

Fears for tour after Justin
Timberlake is arrested
inger and actor Justin Timberlake has
S
been charged in the US with driving
while intoxicated.
Justin, 43, was pulled over by police and
arrested in Sag Harbor, an affluent village in
New York’s Hamptons, after having dinner
with friends. He was released without bail
after being formally charged.
In a statement, police chief Robert Drake
said the star had failed to stop at a stop
sign and was “swerving” around the road.
He added: “A strong odour of an alcoholic
beverage was emanating from his breath,
he was unable to divide attention, he had
slowed speech, he was unsteady afoot, and
he performed poorly on all standardised
field sobriety tests.”
Justin reportedly told officers he’d had
“one martini”, while it’s also reported he’d
said the arrest would “ruin” his Forget
Tomorrow world tour. Reports also state he
refused to take a breathalyser test.
The Grammy Award-winning singer was
charged during a brief appearance in court
the following morning and allowed to leave.
His mugshot (inset above) was released
soon afterwards.
Justin, who is father to Silas, nine, and
Phineas, three, with wife Jessica Biel, is
now scheduled to appear in court on 26
July – the same day he is due to appear in
Krakow, Poland, with his tour.
He is also due to play dates across the
US, including Boston, Baltimore and
Cleveland, before heading to Europe for
shows in Germany and Belgium.
The tour is due to arrive in the UK in
August for shows in Birmingham,
Manchester and London.
For the latest celebrity news,
visit hellomagazine.com

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

WARMING UP FOR A SPECIAL SUMMERTIME IN LONDON

KATHERINE JENKINS

REVEALS HOW SHE KEEPS THE MAGIC IN HER MARRIAGE
AND SHARES HER PRIDE AS HER CHILDREN BEGIN TO SING

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‘I see my
daughter with
that excitement
from singing with
people — I’m
happy she’s
found that’
er forming with Andrea
P
Bocelli will always bring
back happy memories for
Katherine Jenkins. It was while
she was touring the US with the
celebrated Italian tenor that she
met her husband, film producer
Andrew Levitas, on a blind date.
“For us, Andrea has a lovely
personal connection,” says the
award-winning mezzo-soprano,
who will be a special guest when
Andrea headlines the BST Hyde
Park festival on 5 July.
“When I think of Andrea, I
always think how lucky I was.”
Twelve years later, she still
feels lucky. This September, she
and Andrew will celebrate their
tenth wedding anniversary, and
in this exclusive interview with
hello!,, Katherine reveals the
hello!
secret to their relationship’s
success.
“We have friends, an older
couple, who are happily
married, and I often ask them
for advice.
“I remember him saying to
me once: ‘Make sure you’re
always your husband’s girlfriend’
– meaning be that fun person,
go out on dates. That doesn’t
have to stop just because you’re
married.
“You still need to flirt and
spend time together, and that
always stuck with me.”

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JOINT ENTERPRISE
She also collaborates with her
husband – an artist, director and
native New Yorker – on film
projects and, more recently, a
new gin.
But their most significant
joint production to date has
been their two children, Aaliyah,
eight, and six-year-old Xander,
who are as creative as their
parents.
H e r d a u g h t e r, s h e s a y s
p r o u d l y, i s “ s a s s y a n d
courageous” with “a great sense
of adventure and the performer
gene. She does musical theatre
and has joined the school choir.
I t m a k e s m e s m i l e ,” s a y s
Katherine, who turns 44 this
week.
“Even if she never does
anything with it, I see her with
the buzz I used to have, that
excitement from singing with
people. I’m so happy she’s
found that.”

Park life: Katherine
is thrilled to be
performing alongside 51
Andrea Bocelli at
London’s BST Hyde
Park festival

Katherine with husband Andrew
Levitas (together left) in 2022
and (below) ready for Taylor
Swift’s gig in Cardiff last week

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Xander has also inherited the
talent that has made his Welsh
mother a favourite with the royal
family. “He’s the one who might end
up singing one day,” she says.
“He’s got a very similar tone to the
one I had when I was his age, and I
can tell he likes music. He’s cautious
and kind and funny and reminds me
of my dad.”
Her father, Selwyn, who died
when Katherine was just 15, quietly
encouraged her singing, along with
her mum. “I feel very fortunate that I
didn’t have pushy parents.” Taking
their lead, she’s determined not to
play the role of stage mum, however
talented her children might be.
“I want my children to do what’s in
their heart, and if they decide that’s
what they want to do, I’ll support and
help them. But I don’t want them to
feel any pressure.
“I want them to be able to love
music and have that as a tool in their
life because it’s something they enjoy.
If anything else comes from it, that’s
a bonus.”
Her family will be at the front of
the audience when Katherine takes

to the Great Oak Stage at BST Hyde
Park, accompanied by the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra, for a
50-minute set that will include
classical masterpieces as well as
contemporary hits.
She’s keeping schtum on the
“beloved” songs she’ll be performing,
but some, she reveals, will have a
London theme.
“It will be nice to recognise our
amazing city and pay homage to it
through music,” she says. “It’s such
an amazing event for the UK and
London, and this is the first classical
concert [to headline the festival], so
it’s lovely to be part of it.
“I’m hoping the British weather
plays ball,” she adds. “But Brits are so
good at bringing the right attitude
that it doesn’t matter [if it rains].
Hopefully it will be one of those
British summer nights that will always
stay in my mind.”
BRANCHING OUT
Her diversification into the gin
business might seem left-field – after
all, classical singers are renowned for
the care they take of their voices.

‘I want my children
to be able to love
music and do what’s
in their heart’

PHOTOS: DAVID VENNI. GETTY IMAGES. MATT THORPE

Katherine sips water, throat tea
and manuka honey before each
performance; there’s not a drop of
mother’s ruin in sight. But her new
label, which she developed with
Andrew, is of a superior quality.
“I’ve always been a gin fan and gin
drinker,” she says, “and when I came
to London to study at the Royal
Academy of Music, they spoke to us
about alcohol and our voices, and
told us what we could and couldn’t
drink.
“In 1998, there wasn’t a choice of
mixers and you couldn’t drink gin
neat. So I thought one day I’d like to
create a gin that’s really clean, where
I knew what was in it and that my
singing teacher would approve of.”
She and Andrew got together with
husband-and-wife distillers in
Swansea, and Cygnet was born. “It’s
made just down the road from my
mum, which she’s thrilled about,
because all the females in our family
drink gin. She can pop in at any point
for some quality-control checks,” she
says, laughing.
“I’m the founder of it, it’s my baby,
and I’m having an absolute blast
doing it. It’s a happy business to work
in and I get to work with my husband.”
DREAM TEAM
The pair have also joined forces for a
second film project – their first,
Minamata,, directed by Andrew and
Minamata
starring Johnny Depp, was shot in
2019.
Their latest, The King of Covent
Garden,, follows the story of the
Garden
British-German composer Handel,
focusing on his oratorio Messiah
Messiah,,
described by Katherine as “arguably
the greatest piece of classical music
ever written”.
She will be an adviser and executive
producer on the film, which begins
shooting next year, directed by
Andrew and starring Sir Anthony
Hopkins in the lead role.
“I can’t wait to share more about
it,” she says teasingly.
But first there are more
concerts, including the Llangollen
International Musical Eisteddfod in
Wales, and new music in the autumn
– and, as always, music at the heart of
her home.
“When the kids are tired, Andrew
has the greatest playlist. He’ll put
something on and before you know
it, they’re buzzing,” she says.
“The soundtrack to our lives is
H
so important.”
INTERVIEW: ROSALIND POWELL

For tickets, visit bst-hydepark.com. Cygnet
Welsh Dry Gin and Cygnet 22 are available
from selected Waitrose and John Lewis stores
and online; visit cygnet-distillery.com.

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JOINED BY HER FASHIONABLE FRIENDS

NAOMI CAMPBELL
TELLS OF HER ‘COLOURFUL
JOURNEY’ AT V&A LAUNCH

ith her poise and beauty, Naomi
W
Campbell has ruled the runway for four
decades. But last week, she had a new catwalk:
London’s historic V&A museum, where she is
being honoured in the new exhibition Naomi:
In Fashion, which features some of her favourite
couture pieces to celebrate her career.
“The exhibition showcases some of the most
special moments from my colourful journey. It’s
a celebration of fashion, creativity and the
power of pursuing your dreams,” she said.
A roll call of fashionable friends was on hand
to join the 54-year-old supermodel at the V&A’s
summer party, including fellow runway stars
Kate Moss, Jodie Turner-Smith and Adwoa
Aboah, fashion icon Daphne Guinness, singer
Grace Jones, and actress Elizabeth Hurley and
her director son Damian.
Styled by Law Roach, Naomi stood out in a
white halterneck gown from event sponsor Boss,
worn with dazzling Bulgari jewels.
Fellow supermodel Kate was chic in a soft
pink slip dress, paired with a contrasting black
tuxedo jacket, to pose alongside Daphne, who
wore a metallic catsuit.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth turned heads in a
Roberto Cavalli striped gown from the
designer’s new Ray of Gold capsule collection,

Naomi’s natural
supermodel poise is on
display at the V&A in
London,
where she partied
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with guests including
Damian and Elizabeth
Hurley (together right)

PHOTOS: DAVE BENETT

while Damian kept it clean-cut in a sharp suit
from the label.
hello!’s
hello!
’s social editor at large, the
Marchioness of Bath, took glamour to
elevated heights in a black laced gown
and chatted to fellow guests, including
former UK Vogue editor Edward
Enninful, film producer Mohammed
Al Turki and actress Eiza Gonzalez.
MAKING HISTORY IN STYLE
First scouted in Covent Garden at the
age of 15, Naomi is one of fashion’s trailblazers,
breaking down barriers to become, in 1988,
the first black model to grace the cover of
Paris Vogue
Vogue.
ogue.
The exhibition, which runs until April 2025,
chronicles her years in the industry by featuring
several of the pieces associated with her, from
designers including Vivienne Westwood,
Alexander McQueen, Jean Paul Gaultier and
Virgil Abloh.
Calling it “the first of its kind”, the V&A said:
“Through the work of leading global designers
and photographers we celebrate her creative
collaborations, activism and far-reaching
cultural impact.”
Addressing her friends, Naomi said: “I
didn’t know how to model when I started –
I went to stage school and I used my
theatre arts background to get me through.
I did it with all my commitment, drive
and dedication.
“It took me two buses to get from home
in South London to far west. I never could
have imagined I would be here doing
H
this in front of you all.”
REPORT: FRANCESCA SHILLCOCK

Lady Amelia
Windsor and (left)
the Marchioness of
Bath celebrate the
career of Naomi
with (above left)
Kate Moss and
Daphne Guinness

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JUMPING FOR JOY WITH HIS CHILDREN

THE PRINCE OF WALES

LOOKS AHEAD TO THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS
AS HE CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY

umping off a sand dune with his
J
children Prince George, ten,
Princess Charlotte, nine, and six-

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year-old Prince Louis, the Prince of
Wales looks to be having a fun-filled
family day out at the beach in this
striking new family photograph
released to mark his 42nd birthday
last week.
Taken by his wife the Princess in
Norfolk in May, the image was
shared by Kensington Palace along
with a personal message from Kate

that read: “Happy birthday Papa, we
all love you so much!” She signed it
off with “Cx”.
No doubt the family is now
looking ahead to spending the
summer holidays at their Norfolk
home, Anmer Hall, on the
Sandringham Estate, which has been
described as their “favourite place”.
They like to spend as much of
their off-duty time there as possible,
making the most of the local
amenities and the beautiful beaches.

“They consider Norfolk their real
home, and it’s because everybody
treats them totally normally here
and lets them get on with their lives,”
a source told hello!
hello!..
PLENTY TO CELEBRATE
It wasn’t the first family portrait
taken in their beloved Norfolk to be
released last week; the royals also
marked Father’s Day by sharing a
touching image of Prince William
and his children gazing out to sea

with their arms wrapped affectionately
around each other. It was also taken
by keen photographer Kate, and was
posted on social media together with
a message from the children: “We
love you, Papa. Happy Father’s
Day… G, C & L.”
It marked the first time a message
from the young trio has been posted
on their parents’ social media
H
channels.
REPORT: SHARNAZ SHAHID

‘Happy birthday
Papa, we all love
you so much!’
ADDITIONAL REPORTING: ALEXANDRA WILBY. PHOTOS: THE PRINCESS OF WALES

The Princess of Wales

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‘Kate was looking
down lovingly and
they both looked
so happy and
natural together’

EXCLUSIVE REPORT

AFTER THEIR LOVING
DISPLAY AT TROOPING

KATE AND
CHARLOTTE
INSIDE THE
MOTHER AND
DAUGHTER’S
SPECIAL BOND

tanding on the balcony of Buckingham
S
Palace for Trooping the Colour, the Princess
of Wales was every inch the doting mother as
she gazed adoringly at her children.
But it was her tender moments with her only
daughter Princess Charlotte and their public
display of affection that touched those watching
the royal family’s traditional annual appearance
for the King’s official birthday.
Kate lovingly stroked Charlotte’s long hair
and arranged it down her back, giving an insight
into their warm, tight-knit relationship.

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CLOSE RELATIONSHIP
“Kate and Charlotte have a unique bond and
that stands out,” says royal photographer Samir
Hussein, who captured the heartwarming
moment on camera. “There was a lot of
interaction between them.
“Kate put her arms on Charlotte’s shoulders
and she was looking down lovingly to check on
her all the time and playing with her hair at
times. Charlotte just looked so sweet and they
both looked so happy and natural together.”
Samir, who has photographed the two
Princesses together over the nine years since
Charlotte’s birth, tells hello!
hello!:: “They are both
so photogenic and, because they clearly
think quite a lot about how to co-ordinate

‘Kate and
Charlotte have
a unique bond
and that
stands out’

‘Charlotte is really
taking care of her
mum and seems to
be full of admiration
for her’
their outfits, these mother-anddaughter photographs always work
out really well – even going back to
their tours to Canada and Poland
and Germany, where Kate was
carrying Charlotte in her arms.
“Princess Charlotte is very like
her mother in her mannerisms
and you can see she looks up to
her a lot.”
Ingrid Seward, author of My
Mother and I: The Inside Story of the
King and Our Late Queen,
Queen, agrees,
telling hello!
hello!:: “Kate and Charlotte
are great friends and I think to
Kate, their bond is very precious.
“The mother-daughter
relationship is obviously
particularly important to Kate
because she has such a close
relationship with her own mother,
Carole Middleton. They are a
very, very close family, which is
something the late Queen really
liked and thought would play into
Kate’s hands and the position that
she was getting into.
“She had such a stable family
and I think that’s what Kate’s
trying to replicate.”

60 Mother and daughter’s closeness even extends to their wardrobe, with the pair co-ordinating at Trooping

– Kate in Jenny Packham with a Philip Treacy hat and Charlotte echoing the feel with a stylish bow on her
sailor dress. “They are both so photogenic and, because they clearly think quite a lot about how to coordinate their outfits, these photographs always work out really well,” says photographer Samir Hussein

TAKING CARE OF MAMA
Ingrid also believes Charlotte is
“protective” of her mother as she
continues to undergo cancer
treatment. “I think that Charlotte
is really taking care of her mum.
It was quite sweet the way she
stood in front of her and they
kept chatting.
“Charlotte seems to be very full
of admiration for her mother,
which I think is a lovely thing, too.”
Over the years, Kate and
Charlotte have enjoyed special
trips to the ballet and to the BBC
studios, where along with six-yearold Prince Louis they met the stars
of Strictly Come Dancing
Dancing..
They also share a love of sport,
and England Lionesses fan
Charlotte has joined Louis and
their big brother Prince George,
ten, in taking up football and
rugby, as well as tennis, dance and
gymnastics – no doubt encouraged
by Kate.
She even got to enjoy an outing
to the Commonwealth Games with
her parents in 2022, where she was
pictured watching the swimming
and gymnastics.
Perhaps inspired by her mother,
who is a skilled pianist, Charlotte
has also taken up the instrument,
as revealed by virtuoso Lang Lang
last year, after meeting Kate at the
Royal Variety Performance.
“Her Royal Highness talked

about Charlotte’s piano playing,”
he said. “I’m sure she’s good. Her
Royal Highness said to me that she
said to Princess Charlotte: ‘Hey,
look, if you practise a lot, you can
be like him.’”

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FAMILY TIES
Robert Jobson, whose biography
Catherine, the Princess of Wales
ales is
published this August, tells
hello!:: “Mother and daughter
hello!
do have a lot of interests in
common and clearly that’s part of
the very close bond between them.
“But I suppose it also comes
from Kate’s close relationship
with her own mother Carole.
A n d she ’s go t a ve r y clos e
relationship with her sister Pippa,
too, that goes right back to when
they were very young.”
But, he adds: “Charlotte is not
just a Mummy’s girl though, she
very much loves being with her
dad, too. And she’s a big favourite
with the King – he always wanted
a daughter.”
Ingrid also draws a parallel
between the current and former
Princess of Wales – Prince William’s
mother Diana – and their loving
connections with their children.
“Diana was so tactile with her
boys and they were the mainstay
of her life and, in an unhappy
marriage, I think that she became
even more reliant on them,” she
says. “While Kate is going through
cancer treatment, her
children give her that boost.

Kate has always been
a hands-on mum with
her daughter, from
carrying Charlotte on
royal tours – as in
Hamburg (above left)
and Warsaw (above) in
2017 – to a tender arm
behind her at the 2022
Commonwealth Games

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‘Charlotte’s
definitely
a little
mini-mum’

62 The young Princess’s independent spirit and keen interest in events is often on display during public

events, such as taking a backward glance at well-wishers while attending Easter Day service at Windsor
Castle last year and even (above right) playfully sticking her tongue out while at Cowes with Kate and
grandmother Carole Middleton in 2019 – Charlotte had seen her grandfather Michael in the crowd below

SISTER ACT
But it seems Charlotte is just as
keen to support her mother.
During the family’s balcony
appearance at Trooping, she was
seen reminding Louis to keep his
arms down during the playing of
the national anthem.
Over the years, she has often
been spotted keeping her brothers
in line during public outings.
“She’s really taken on that role
to help keep them in check a little
bit,” Samir tells hello!
hello!.. “She’s
definitely a little mini-mum taking
on that responsibility as well,
which is fun to see.”
“She’s aware of everything,”
adds Robert. “She’s obviously a
very sharp cookie. You get the
impression that she’s sort of
corralling them.
“Charlotte seems to be the
alpha girl in the middle, making
sure they follow protocol and
follow what’s expected of them,”
he continues. “She is learning that
from both her parents, but she
does seems to be a little mother
figure among her siblings.”
Royal fans will be hoping
mother and daughter appear in
public together again this summer,
perhaps at a sporting event if the
Princess feels well enough.
And as she continues to make
good progress in her recovery
from cancer, she will no doubt
have plenty of special shared
moments with her little girl to
H
look forward to.
REPORT: EMILY NASH

PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES. MAX MUMBY. PA IMAGES. STEPHEN LOCK/I-IMAGES

She can focus on them. She’s also
a very warm person, too, and that
comes through when you look at
her with her children.”
Putting her family life first has
been a key part of Kate prioritising
her recovery from cancer.
A royal source tells hello!
hello!:: “It’s
really important to the process
that she leads a normal private
life. That’s so important and
supporting her children has been
really key to her recovery.
“ T h e y a r e s o c l o s e , i t ’s
wonderful to see.”

‘Charlotte’s aware
of everything.
She’s obviously a
very sharp cookie’

Looking as elegant as
her mum in Alexander
McQueen, Charlotte
clarifies a point in the
order of service at the
coronation in May 2023
Whether indulging in their love of tennis
at the Wimbledon men’s finals or (left)
meeting the crowds on Christmas Day
at Sandringham, Kate and Charlotte are
clearly always happy to be together

TENDER MOMENTS IN THE
SUMMER SUNSHINE

ROYAL
ASCOT

THE ROYAL FAMILY
REVEL IN THE RACING
— AND PRECIOUS
TIME TOGETHER

Despite his treatment for cancer,
the King is clearly delighted to be at
Royal Ascot with the Queen (above),
while Zara Tindall greets Lady
Gabriella Kingston with a hug (left)

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V

t has always been the highlight
of their summer calendar, but
Royal Ascot took on a special
significance for the royal family
last week, when they were
reunited following the most
difficult of times.
The King and Queen looked
thrilled to be joined by their
r e l a t i v e s a t t h e B e rk s h i r e
racecourse, and the extended
family appeared more united
than ever as they let their hair
down together for the first time
in months.
After the turbulence of the past
year, the strong bond between
them was clear to see – the royals
exchanging warm hugs,
laughter and tactile shows of

With the Prince of
Wales’s wife unable
to attend, Zara gives
her cousin her full
support on day two
of the races, with Her
Majesty (below) also
receiving a warm
welcome. Princess
Beatrice gets a kiss
from Prince William
(below left)

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The royals
exchanged warm
hugs and laughter
in a way we have
never seen before

Lady Gabriella smiles broadly
at well-wishers as she takes
part in the traditional
66 procession during her first
public appearance since the
death of her husband
Thomas earlier this year

The family’s closeness is
on display as Gabriella
chats to Princess Eugenie
(also seen below) and
Zara (together left)

The family’s sunny
mood was matched
by the weather, as
the King laughed
in the royal box

V

public support in a way we have
never seen before.
And the family’s sunny mood
was matched by the weather,
as summer finally arrived and
warm temperatures continued
throughout the week.
His Majesty, who is undergoing
treatment for cancer, looked
happy and relaxed as he laughed
and chatted to his wife in the
Royal Box.
The annual event – the premier
flat-racing festival of the year – was
a favourite of Queen Elizabeth II,
and Their Majesties, who inherited
her stable of thoroughbreds,
certainly seemed to be
embracing the occasion.

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‘We wish participants the best of
luck in seeking that unique thrill of
an Ascot winner’ The King and Queen

Laughing, William gives
his mother-in-law Carole
Middleton a helping
hand after her heel gets
stuck in the grass – with
jockey Oisin Murphy
coming to help out too
(right and next right)

Zara Tindall
snuggled up to her
cousin the Prince
of Wales, asking:
“Are you okay?”
Writing in the official
programme, the couple, who led
the Royal Procession on the first
day, sent a good-luck message to
racegoers, saying: “We wish all the
participants this week the very best
of luck in seeking that unique
thrill of a Royal Ascot winner.
“We also hope that those here
at the racecourse and watching
from home will enjoy five days of
the finest racing that this sport has
to offer.”
The event also provided an
opportunity for the royal family to
regroup following a year in which
they have suffered illness and

Prince William,
who was without
Kate, replied:
“Yes, of course
I am.”

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tragedy, and there was no shortage
of support as they rallied round.
Former Olympic equestrian
Zara Tindall, wearing a floral puffsleeved Anna Mason dress with a
pale-pink hat by Juliette Millinery
and blush suede Emmy London
pumps, linked arms with her
cousin the Prince of Wales, saying:
“Lovely to see you – are you okay?”
Prince William, who was without
his wife as the Princess continues
to receive treatment for cancer,
replied: “Yes, of course I am. It’s
wonderful.”
William also shared a warm
hug with Zara’s husband

Showing how fully she
has been welcomed
into the royal family,
Carole is greeted by the
Duchess of Edinburgh
and (left) chats to
Princess Eugenie

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Kisses and giggles are on
the racecard when Zara
catches up with Sarah
(also pictured above)

Mike, who appeared to be in a
jovial mood and ducked
underneath the Queen’s widebrimmed hat to give her a peck on
the cheek.

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MUCH-NEEDED BREATHER
William, who celebrated his 42nd
birthday last week, looked relaxed
despite the turmoil of the past few
months, and was no doubt buoyed
by the fact that his wife had
managed a return to public duties
d ays earl i er, a t t he an n u al
Trooping the Colour parade.
Kate, 42, had released a
statement in June in which she
said she was making “good
progress” in her treatment but
admitted she has “good days and
bad days”, adding: “I am not out
of the woods yet.”
In a further reassuring sign that
she is well on the road to recovery,

Sarah, Duchess of York joins the fun with daughter Beatrice – in
Zimmermann and Juliette Millinery – and son-in-law Edoardo Mapelli
Mozzi, and (right) receives a warm hug from Mike Tindall

William gallantly held his mother-inlaw Carole Middleton’s hand when
her heel became stuck in the grass
shoe became stuck in the grass as
they walked across the parade ring.
Meanwhile, Zara reserved her
warmest hug for Lady Gabriella
Kingston, who was making her first
public appearance since the tragic
loss in February of her husband
Thomas, 45, who had died of a
traumatic head wound with a
gun found nearby.

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her parents Carole and Michael
Middleton were among the guests
who were warmly greeted by
members of the royal family.
The couple have long shared a
close relationship with their son-inlaw, something that was apparent
when William, looking dapper in
top hat and tails, gallantly held
Carole’s hand when the heel of her

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Princess Eugenie, who was seen chatting to
Carole, wore a dress by Gabriela Hearst

Events on the racecourse bring out
a host of emotions in Eugenie (left,
and below left with husband Jack
Brooksbank) and the Queen (above
with Sophie, and with her binoculars
below left and below right)
The daughter of Prince and
Princess Michael of Kent, who was
wearing a pretty floral shirt dress
by Catherine Walker with a widebrimmed peach Philip Treacy hat,
had joined the traditional carriage
parade on the first day of the races,
alongside the Princess Royal, who
rewore a red silk coat dress from
Shibumi.
In spite of her grief, Gabriella
managed to smile, and Zara was on
hand to greet her on the racecourse,
wrapping her arms around
Gabriella and squeezing her tightly.

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Also feeling the love was Sarah,
Duchess of York, who was joined
by daughters Princess Beatrice
and Princess Eugenie and their
husbands Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
and Jack Brooksbank.

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SHARING HUGS
Sarah, 64, who has recently been
treated for both breast and skin
cancer, looked elegant in a cream
bouclé jacket by Veronica Beard,
with a navy A-line skirt and
matching hat. She was warmly
embraced by both Zara and Mike.
Beatrice, 35, was chic in a linen
and silk Zimmermann dress –
paired with a silk headband from
Juliette Millinery and pink satin
pumps by Roger Vivier – while
Eugenie, who was seen
chatting to Carole Middleton,

Zara’s winning
style continues
as she sports a
lemon Laura
Green London
dress, worn
with a chic
boater from
Sarah Cant as
she and Mike
take in day two

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chose an ivory silk cashmere dress by Gabriela
Hearst, teamed with a pink Emily London hat
and Aquazzura suede pumps.
Sarah has been welcomed back into the fold
and joined the family to attend the traditional
church service at Sandringham last
Christmas for the first time in three decades.

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Cheeky: Mike and
Zara enjoy a
moment alone,
their high spirits
matched by the
Duke and Duchess
of Edinburgh (right)

Hand in hand, Prince Edward and Sophie stroll
around the enclosure (above) as they celebrate
their 25th wedding anniversary, with the
Duchess harking back to her big day in bridal
ivory Suzannah London. Meanwhile, it’s top
hats and tails for William and Mike (above
right), but that doesn’t stop the good friends
putting their arms around each other (right)

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Her experience of cancer
appears to have further
strengthened the bond between
her and the royals, with Zara
wasting no time in warmly hugging
and kissing her aunt, whom Mike
enveloped in a bear hug.
In June, in an exclusive
interview with hello!
hello!,, Sarah said
she was “feeling better than ever”
following a difficult year, adding:
“I have the most exceptional
family and I have an extraordinarily
great team and I have an
enormous ability to turn to joy.”
There was more love in the air
as Peter Phillips arrived on Friday
with his new girlfriend Harriet
Sperling, who looked stylish in a

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Chapter star Sophie looking summery in a sky-blue Catherine Walker coat dress. Love is in
the air, too, for Peter Phillips and his new girlfriend Harriet Sperling, who only have eyes – and
kisses – for each other (right and next right) after chatting to the King and Queen (above right)

Beulah London dress and a hat by
Nicola de Selincourt.
The pair, who were spotted
kissing in the Royal Box, seem well
established as a couple. Princess
Anne’s son has already introduced
the NHS paediatric nurse to his
family and took her to the
Badminton Horse Trials in May,
where she was photographed with
his daughters Savannah and Isla.

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LONG-TERM LOVE
Meanwhile, the Duke and Duchess
of Edinburgh, who celebrated
their 25th wedding anniversary
last week, tenderly held hands as
they strolled around the
racecourse, Sophie keeping

Harriet makes an
elegant Royal
Ascot debut on
Peter’s arm,
wearing a pale-pink
Beulah London
dress with a Nicola
de Selincourt hat

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her cool in a striking ivory lace
dress from Suzannah London,
teamed with a wide-brimmed Jane
Taylor hat.
Mike and Zara looked loved-up,
too, with the former England rugby
union star seen affectionately
placing a hand on his wife’s bottom.
William had made his entrance
on the second day of the races in
the lead carriage opposite his
stepmother the Queen, who was
attending without the King that
day and wore a blue Dior lace
panel dress and matching Philip
Treacy hat, finishing her outfit
with Queen Mary’s turquoise and
diamond brooch.

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DREAM TEAM
It was the first time the pair, who
were accompanied by the Earl and
Countess of Halifax, had teamed
up in public since March, when
they led the royal family at the
Commonwealth Day service, and
they looked relaxed in each other’s
company as they smiled and waved
to cheers from the crowd.
And it wasn’t just the royals
adding a glamorous touch to

Penny Lancaster was a vision in
white, in a striking feathered hat

Penny Lancaster is all
smiles, alongside
(clockwise from left)
retired dancer Dame
Darcey Bussell and
her husband Angus
Forbes; former
footballer Theo
Walcott with his wife
Melanie; presenter
Joel Dommett and his
wife Hannah; model 79
and businesswoman
Elizabeth Hurley; and
model Jerry Hall

Twin style: Lady Eliza and Lady Amelia
Spencer. HELLO! joins the fun (right) – chief
content officer Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon
80 wears a Lydia Millen x Karen Millen dress
with a hat by Feather & Bloom, while
editor Jessica Callan dons a Camilla
dress and Jane Taylor London hat

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Lady Amelia and
Lady Eliza Spencer
complemented one
another in
monochrome outfits

the event, which welcomed a host
of celebrities dressed up in their
finery. Among them were Diana,
Princess of Wales’s twin nieces
Lady Eliza and Lady Amelia
Spencer, 31, who complemented
one another in monochrome
ensembles.
Actress Elizabeth Hurley was
a vision in white, as was Penny
L a n c a s t e r, w h o s p o r t e d a n
elaborate feathered hat.
Other guests included model
Jerr y Hall, singer Katherine
Jenkins, Good Morning Britain
presenter Charlotte Hawkins and
actor Lucien Laviscount.
Founded by Queen Anne in
1711, Ascot Racecourse has been
visited by monarchs ever since,
with Royal Ascot the go-to event of
the season for royalty, celebrities
and thousands of other
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS

CELEBRATING THE LAUNCH OF HER NEW NOVEL

SANTA MONTEFIORE

ON FINDING PEACE AFTER THE DEATH OF
HER SISTER TARA PALMER-TOMKINSON
tatuesque in a crisp white trouser suit, Santa
S
Montefiore looks on top of the world. Striking a
series of elegant poses in a suite at London’s luxurious
Peninsula Hotel, she exudes confidence while chatting
to everyone on hello!
hello!’s
’s exclusive photoshoot and
interview.
The best-selling author is preparing to release her
27th novel, Shadows in the Moonlight,
Moonlight, and seems to be in
a great place. “I’m really happy,” she tells us. “I’m 54
and I’m absolutely where I’d like to be.
“Of course I’d like my body to look like a 30-yearold’s, but I accept the ageing process. I’m just happy
managing my life and not having to fit in. I think as you
get older, you are more you because you don’t care what
other people think. Happiness comes from being true
to yourself, in whatever form that takes.”
A lot of that happiness comes from her family and
work life. Santa and her husband, historian and fellow
author Simon Sebag Montefiore, have children Lily and
Sasha, both in their 20s. She talks enthusiastically about
how the family enjoy indulging in their coffee obsession
together, also describing how they potter around the
house while she’s busy writing at the kitchen table.
Santa’s epic tales of family
drama, historical fiction and love
stories have sold more than six
million copies around the world,
but she says: “It still feels exciting
when a novel comes out.
“I feel very pleased that, having
been rejected by three agents
when I was 30, I am now a
published author.
“I also think there’s a lesson in
it, because the ego is never
satisfied. It will always want more and there’s a point
when you have to say: ‘Hold on – I’m really happy with
what I have. I make enough money that I can go
shopping and buy myself something nice. I do what I
love, I work from home.’ You have to look at the things
you have and appreciate them.”
In Shadows in the Moonlight,
Moonlight, which Santa describes as a
“psychic detective novel”, heroine Pixie Tate can
connect with earthbound spirits and travel through
time – a spiritual skill she uses to solve the disappearance
of a young boy.
“She embodies a person in the past who can help her
discover what happened, so she slips back to Victorian
Cornwall to investigate a boy who goes missing.
“It’s got lots of twists and turns and there’s a big love
story,” she adds. “You don’t have to believe in the
paranormal to enjoy the book. It’s just another way of
slipping into the story.”
It will come as no surprise to Santa’s fans that there is
a paranormal element to her latest novel, given she has
always felt an affinity with the spiritual world.
“It sounds crazy, but I have had quite a few out-ofbody experiences myself,” she tells us. “As a child, I used
to wake in the night and hear people walking around my
room and see shadowy figures. I thought it was normal. I
would slip out of my body and fly around the garden
and they were the most blissfully, ecstatically happy
moments. The joy I experienced was indescribable.”
She has also been comforted by the occasions she
believes her sister Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has visited
her since Tara’s sudden death in 2017.

“The first time I saw her was in the night. She was
young, vibrant and happy and wearing a baby-pink
T-shirt. In the morning, when I called my mother to tell
her, she said: ‘We buried her in a baby-pink T-shirt,’ but
nobody knew that, so it was really extraordinary.
“Another time, I was staying in the mesa mountains
in Utah. And all the way driving from Las Vegas, I heard
this voice in my head going: ‘Santa, Santa, Santa,’ like a
singsong on a loop.
“When I got to the hotel, I had this urge to go and sit
on a mountain and meditate. The sun was going down,
and I closed my eyes and I tuned in and there she was. I
knew then that it had been her voice in my head saying
my name.
“The lights go off at funny times when I’m thinking
about her,” she adds. “Tara composed songs, and once
I was with the children not long after she died and I
played her music. My son said: ‘Do you feel sad when
you hear her music?’ And I said it actually made me feel
closer to her. Suddenly, all the lights went out. I said:
‘Thank you, Tara, for letting us know you are here.’ And
the lights went on again.”
The loss of her adored sister “hit me like a train”, she
says. “It taught me some valuable
things. One was that I can survive
anything. When I was absolutely
heartbroken, I thought: ‘I’m still
here and I’m still working and
I’m still loving and living.’
“It actually carved out a layer
within me that hadn’t been there
before,” she continues. “The
shadows were darker in my life,
but the light was also brighter
because of the contrast.”
The experience also taught her how to respond to
readers of her books who would tell her of their late
loved ones, she says. “I was always very quick to comfort
them and say: ‘They are still with you in spirit.’
“But when I lost Tara, I realised that’s not enough. I
know she’s still with me in spirit, but I can’t see her and
put my arms around her and I can’t hug her or talk to
her. I had been missing the point. So now when I meet
people, I’m able to communicate in a more constructive
way because I’ve suffered too and I can appreciate how
you miss the physical presence of that person.”
Santa has her own tarot cards and is adept at reading
them, although her husband has no interest and her
daughter, she says, uses the opportunity to talk through
what’s on her mind and doesn’t pay much heed to what
the cards say.
She writes every day and is strict with her output,
creating a playlist for each novel she is crafting so she
can “put in my earphones and be immediately
transported to the place I’m writing about”.
Currently working on the second and third books in
the series that begins with Shadows in the Moonlight,
Moonlight, she
also wants to add to her Flappy series while writing
another book about a coffee shop. “I get tired of having
this monkey on my shoulder [to write] all the time. But
then when I stop, I get bored. As soon as I get back into
a book again, I am excited and happy.”
She and her husband – whom she calls Sebag – have
collaborated on children’s novel The Royal Rabbits of
London,, which they hope will be made into an
London
animated TV series. There is also a film in

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‘I know Tara’s still
with me in spirit, but
I can’t see her and put
my arms around her’

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‘Losing Tara
taught me some
valuable things.
One was that I can
survive anything’

Santa is relaxed and confident for 83
photoshoot, telling us: “As you
get older, you are more you because you
don’t care what other people think”
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development of her 2018 novel The Temptation of
Gracie,
Gracie
acie, with Isla Fisher and Celia Imrie attached
to star.
The couple both write from home, but love
to escape to the country whenever possible –
they own a cottage on the Palmer-Tomkinson
farm where Santa, Tara and their brother James
grew up.
Tara is never far from their thoughts. “We
talk about her a lot,” Santa says. “She was the
noisiest person in the family, the most colourful,
the most dramatic. In a way, life is much calmer
without that turbulence in our lives, but we
really miss the turbulence.
“My mother planted a garden for her. I got
director’s chairs commissioned for everyone in
the family with their names on and I got one for
Tara, too,” she adds. “She’s
not there to sit in it, but
she’s very much part
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of the family.”
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‘I’m really
happy. I’m
54 and
absolutely
where I’d
like to be’

‘I’m just happy managing my life and not
having to fit in. Happiness comes from being
true to yourself, in whatever form that takes’

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AS HE REVEALS THE ROMANTIC
MEANING OF SON WILDE’S NAME

JOEL DOMMETT

SHARES THE SECRETS TO HIS
NEW DAD-DUTY SKILLS
oel Dommett is wholeheartedly
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embracing the chaotic
whirlwind of parenthood with his
wife Hannah Cooper after the
couple welcomed their first child,
son Wilde, last September.
And the TV star, 39, known for
presenting hit show Survivor
Survivor,
r, looks
to have mastered fatherhood when
we chat on a video call.
Having timed Wilde’s nap
perfectly, he proudly shows off the
playpen that the new parents have
created for their son, who is nearly
walking at eight and a half months.
“Hannah’s out today, so I’m on
daddy duty,” reveals Joel, who has
teamed up with Pampers Baby-Dry
Nappies after new research
showed that one in three UK
parents lose sleep because of
night-time nappy leaks.
Here, he talks fatherhood,
explains the sweet meaning behind
Wilde’s name and reveals his dream
show to work on…
Joel, let’s talk babies – how is it
going with Wilde?
“I didn’t even know this love
existed, the amount of love I feel
for this child. Yet it’s so hard,
especially at the start; you’re so
sleep-deprived. I almost love the
relentlessness of it in a weird way,
the routine, because my life is so all
over the place.
“One day I’m presenting Lorraine
Lorraine,
aine,
the next day The Masked Singer,
Singer
er, the
next I’m doing a stand-up gig at 1am
in a nightclub. It gives my life some
sort of hellish consistency.”
You celebrated your first Father’s

86 Joel puts a proud hand on wife Hannah Cooper’s bump (above) at

the Bafta TV Awards in London last May, four months before the
pair welcomed son Wilde (right with Joel). His name was inspired
by the Greek hotel in which they tied the knot (together next right)

Day last week…
“I still can’t believe I’m a dad. I
never thought I’d be responsible
enough to have a child, and luckily
I’m doing it with someone I like
and love very much. We help each
other out and that feels good.”
What has surprised you most about
being a dad?
“How much I enjoy it. Everyone
knows it’s really difficult, and
there are tough parts like sleep
deprivation, but I never thought I
would enjoy it so much. I thought it
was just something that you did, but
I can’t imagine my life any other
way now.
“I feel more complete than I’ve
ever felt in my life, and it makes
everything feel as though there’s a
reason. I just really love it.”
Tell us about the name Wilde…
“We got married at a hotel in
Mykonos, in Greece, called The
Wild. I was weirdly going to get a
tattoo that said ‘wild’, and then
when Hannah was pregnant, she
said: ‘What do you think of the
name Wilde?’
“I was like, ‘What, as in the hotel?’
She said: ‘Yeah.’ It also has Dutch
connotations and Hannah’s Dutch.
Now we’re just grateful that we
didn’t get married in a Travelodge
and have a baby called Trav.”
What is Wilde like?
“I feel like he’s a mover, not a talker.
He’s crawling everywhere – and so
fast. We’re moments away from it
becoming very difficult.”
Is he a good sleeper?
“He’s getting there now. We’re

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‘I didn’t even
know this love
existed, the love I
feel for this child’
super-scheduled people; we’re
the worst. We’re those people you
hate hanging out with. At a
barbecue, we’ll say: ‘Sorry, we’ve
got to go – it’s 12.55pm.’
“The only things that really
wake him up at night are his
explosive poos.
“They blow my mind. But
Pampers have a Stop & Protect
Pocket that prevents the poonami
from going up the back.
“When Hannah was pregnant,
we bought all these cute clothes,
but we’ve used none of them.
“He lives in pyjamas with two
zips. When we leave the house, I
put a cardigan on top. Who are
these people getting their
children dressed?”
We love Never Have I Ever,
Ever, the
podcast you and Hannah make
together. She’s very funny…
“She’s great, isn’t she? Wilde finds
her so funny and it annoys the hell
out of me. I’m like: ‘What are you
doing that I’m not?’
“I’m supposed to have 15 years
of stand-up comedian experience
and I’m doing all the faces, then
she comes along, goes ‘peek-aboo!’ and he loses his mind. She’s
so funny to babies.”
Finally, what’s your dream show to
work on?
“It’s The Masked Singer.
Singer
er. I genuinely
love doing it. It’s a Saturday night
TV show that people watch and
enjoy as a family.
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“That’s the dream.”
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AT THE PREMIERE OF
HER CANDID NEW FILM

CELINE
DION

IS JOINED BY HER
SON AS SHE
TALKS TURNING
FEAR INTO HOPE
‘My fans’ presence in
my journey has been a
gift beyond measure’

Celine at the premiere of her new film with René-Charles
(together above), one of her three sons with late husband
Réne Angélil (together left in 2002, and together below
with Réne-Charles and twins Nelson and Eddy in 2011)

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erenely elegant in white, a
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tearful Celine Dion battled
her emotions as she introduced
the premiere of a candid new
documentary about her struggles
with her health.
In I Am: Celine Dion,
Dion , the
Canadian singer opens up about
the rare neurological disorder
stiff-person syndrome, with which
she was diagnosed in 2022.
Attending the premiere at New
York’s Paris Theater last week,
Celine paid tribute to her three
children with her late husband
René Angélil – René-Charles, 23,
and 13-year-old twins Nelson and
Eddy – as well as her doctors.
“Of course, I wouldn’t be here
without the daily love and support

‘Of course, I wouldn’t
be here without the
daily love and
support from my
wonderful children’

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from my wonderful children,” she
said as she gestured to her sons,
who were all there to support her.
“Thank you, René-Charles.
Thank you, Nelson. Thank you,
Eddy. And thanks to you, my fans
– your presence in my journey
has been a gift beyond measure,”
continued Celine, 56.
“Your never-ending love and
support have delivered me to this
moment. One of the stories you
will hear from me in this movie as I
was reading and learning about my
condition: I compared myself –
and I’m not saying this because
we’re in New York – but I compared
myself to an apple.
“When I said to myself that I
compared myself to an apple from
a tree [I said]: ‘I don’t want you
[fans] to wait in line any more if I
don’t have any shiny apples for you.’
“A couple of days ago, I saw a
message from a fan and it said:
‘We’re not here for the apple.
We’re here for the truth.’”
The star also took time to
mention Dr Amanda Piquet, saying
that her neurologist had “delivered
an important result for me: she has
replaced my fear with hope”.
POIGNANT MOMENT
As Celine was comforted by RenéCharles, who gave her a tissue to
wipe away her tears, she ended by
saying: “I cannot believe how
fortunate I am to have my friends
in my life. Thank you from the
bottom of my heart for being part
of my journey. This movie is my
love letter to each of you.”
The audience then rose to give
her a standing ovation before the
documentary began.
Directed by Emmy Award
winner Irene Taylor, it offers
Celine’s fans an intimate look at
her life as she learns to live with
her condition, a progressive illness
that affects muscle control and
leads to stiffness and spasms.
The Grammy Award-winning
singer recently revealed that she
began to experience symptoms 17
years ago but tried to deal with it
privately before receiving a formal
diagnosis in late 2022, leading to
the cancellation of a world tour.
The illness means she now finds
it hard to control the pitch of her
famous voice, although she has
not yet ruled out a future
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return to performing.
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I Am: Celine Dion is out on Amazon
Prime Video on 25 June.

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TRINNY’S
NEW MOVE

s a successful fashion and
beauty influencer, Trinny
Woodall has more than a
million followers hanging
on her every word. With her
global beauty brand Trinny
London, which is worth a reported £180m, she
champions a streamlined approach to self-care
featuring a growing range of hybrid cosmetics
and hard-working skin solutions and tools.
Here, Trinny, 60, introduces hello! to her
latest launch, The Elevator, a topical neck
treatment she promises will fight signs of
ageing, pigmentation and “tech neck”.

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Trinny, why have you launched The Elevator?
“Selfishly, I wanted to deal with my own neck
and found myself wondering: ‘What is out
there?’ I couldn’t find anything that actually

worked for me. There are creams that smell
delicious and have incredible textures, but I’ve
never seen results.
“There are also in-clinic treatments you can
have, but I felt like they only last for a very
short time. I’d never have surgery on my neck,
that’s a very big decision.
“But I wasn’t actually planning a neck
cream until we discovered this wonderful
ingredient which gives us a 92 per cent claim
of tightening of the jawline.
“It took 16 goes to get the formulation right
and we also put three other ingredients in to
tackle horizontal lines, pigmentation and
stretchmarks on your breasts.”
How do you apply it?
“You need very little and you feel it
immediately. I don’t like that sense of

tightening, but you do feel it working and
it doesn’t feel sticky.
“I take two pumps and start under the
jawline. When we go through life, we get
gristle on our bone – that’s just age. I like
pushing that back into my ear, from the
middle of underneath my jaw. Take three
fingers and really push back and then down.
You can also use a gua sha with it.
“Then I like to do this little scissoring
[motion] under my chin, to give tension to
that skin. And I always put the last little bit
on my hands.”
Does it work as a preventative measure?
“We all use our phones a lot and anyone who
is 35 has probably used a mobile phone since
they were 15. I look at women in their 30s and
they have lines that are more noticeable than

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on someone that age 20 years ago, because of
their phone use and that default position of
looking down. If you’re the type of person that
likes to future-proof, use this product like you
would an SPF50.”

Trinny’s
power
selection

Do you know your average daily screentime?
“I do a lot of work on my phone, so probably
about six hours.”
What are your morning skincare steps?
“I always clean my skin in the morning because
I’m taking off retinoids from the night before.
I’m also taking off all of the toxins that have
come up – I call it a witch’s brew and I want to
get them off my skin.
“I do an AHA/PHA cleanser in the shower
while I wash my hair and then I put on a PHA
exfoliant. Followed by [Trinny London] Plump
Up with lots of peptides and a bit of our
vitamin C. It is very strong, so I put it on my
forehead and my cheeks, where I have a
propensity to get pigmentation, but I avoid
more sensitive areas under the eyes. Then I put
on The Elevator and lastly the SPF50.”

INTERVIEW: KATE LOCKETT. PHOTO: DAN KENNEDY

Do you have a favourite fragrance?
“At the moment, it’s Aesop Marrakech Intense
and I love it. My nephew gave it to me for
Christmas and I haven’t taken it off.
“I love fragrance – I have a tray with about
30 on it. Years ago, I worked with Caron in
Paris, developing fragrance. I use a mixture,
and I like quite a few male fragrancess, like

What are your hair heroes?
“I use Hairstory, which is a conditioner and
shampoo in one. It’s amazing.
“I’ve discovered the incredible Schwarzkopf
Gliss Night Elixir, too. When you have hair that
feels like straw, put it on overnight and in the
morning, when you wash and style it, you
think: ‘I’ve got my hydration back.’”

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rinny London The
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trinnylondon.com

And your night-time
‘I look at women
skincare routine?
“I double cleanse my
in their 30s
skin, so I use a balm
and they have
cleanser and then a
gel cleanser.
lines on their
“And then, every
neck that other
three nights, I switch,
so night one I’ll do an
women don’t
AHA, then Plump Up,
which is a peptide, and because of their
then a concentrate,
phone use’
which is The Elevator.
The next night, I do a
PHA treatment after I double cleanse and then
I’ll do micro-needling and then Plump Up. The
third night, I’ll double cleanse, PHA, a retinoid,
The Elevator and then [Trinny London]
Aesop Marrakech
Bounce Back moisturiser on my face.”
Do you ever use self-tan?
“I never do. I don’t believe in it. It clogs the
pores, it’s uneven and it doesn’t promote a
healthy relationship with the colour of
your skin.
“There’s other ways to bring life into your
skin if you feel washed out. Blusher is the
most underrated product; it can really lift
your cheekbones – more so than contour –
and gives a brightness to your eyes. I put a
tiny bit on my forehead and nose, too.”

Blenheim Bouquet from Penhaligon’s. I used
to use Fracas [by Robert Piguet Parfum] which
is a very old-fashioned gardenia; quite a heavy
scent, but beautiful.”

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How much water do you drink a day?
“Not enough. I should drink two and a half
litres. I definitely drink half a litre in the
morning and half at night. In the day, I drink
half, but it’s the other litre that I need to get in
there now.”
What’s on your bedside table?
“Books I want to read, a stand for my phone,
water and the This Works Deep Sleep Pillow
Spray for sleeping. I love Victoria Cator
candles. She has one called Rouge Anciens and
it’s the most beautiful, quite complex smell.”
Lastly, what’s one thing that we will be
surprised to know about you?
“I have the most appalling voice for singing.
It’s like a cat screeching. But I don’t think
people will be surprised to know that because
I’ve sung a bit on Instagram and people have
said: ‘Trinny, really? Shut up.’ I love karaoke –
you cannot take the mic off me.”

TRINNY’S
SKINCARE RULES

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X For teens, don’t do too much
TikTok because what’s good for
somebody else’s skin isn’t always
good for yours.
X After settling into a routine in your
20s, make sure to include an SPF50.
X You begin to see fine lines in your
30s; introduce a retinoid and
something that’s got niacinamide in it
if you’re prone to oiliness. Add an
AHA for exfoliating dead skin cells.
I’d invest in an under-eye cream, too.
X You’re usually perimenopausal in
your 40s. Take time for yourself with
facial massages.
X In your 50s, you still need to be
exfoliating. Instead of a 30-day cycle
for skin cells to turn over, it’s now
more like 45, so you’ve got to be a
bit more patient for change.

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Mélanie Huynh, formerly a stylist at Vogue Paris, has been
dubbed France’s answer to Gwyneth Paltrow. We catch up
with her to find out more about her holistic lifestyle brand

INTERVIEW: LYDIA MORMEN. PHOTO: TOMY DO

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rowing up in Paris during the
1990s, with a French mother and
Chinese father, Mélanie Huynh
idolised supermodels for their
energy and physiques.
“My parents were always into wellness and
healthy eating,” the mother of two tells
hello!. “And when I started at Vogue,
ogue I was
working on lots of skincare and beauty shoots.
I had the opportunity to speak to lots of
experts and they would share amazing tips.”
From there, the seed was planted for what
would become Holidermie, a product range
and online platform promoting a more
ritualistic approach to self-care.
“For me, it’s about longevity and holistic
beauty,” Mélanie says. “I wanted to align beauty
with supplements to nourish the body from the
inside out, as well as provide effective tools.”
Here, she discusses the importance of
breathwork, intimate wellness and the female
founders we should all be following.
Mélanie, you recently returned from a wellness
retreat. What was the highlight?
“I was in Sardinia with friends. It’s part of the
Blue Zone [a region where inhabitants have a
longer life expectancy than average], so it’s
interesting to learn about what they eat and
see how close they are to nature.
“We did yoga, but it was much more than
that. I learnt different breathing methods; as
you get older, you realise how controlling your
breath can regulate your day-to-day.”
What does your morning routine look like?
“I use my tongue scraper and do some oil
pulling [a mouthwash with oil]. Then I do

some dry brushing before my shower – it’s an
Ayurvedic ritual. And I’m addicted to cold
showers! After that, I’ll do some face yoga for
two or three minutes to get the lymphatic
system working and then apply my skincare.”
How do you approach your diet?
“I’ve always loved herbal teas and Ayurvedic
and Chinese medicines. I don’t eat meat,
although sometimes I’ll eat fish. But I don’t
eat gluten or dairy, and try to
consume the smallest amount
‘As you
of sugar possible.”
How do you keep fit?
“I do boxing every Sunday
and I really love it. I also love
Lagree, which is like Pilates,
but it’s much deeper and
works your core.”

important that women’s voices are now being
heard and that they can speak freely about
their periods and menopausal symptoms.”
How do you balance running a business
with being a parent?
“I am organised and prioritise my day. My
daughters are 15 and ten, so it’s a bit easier. It’s
more about having quality time with them and
not having my phone in front of me all day. I try
to be there at the weekends –
it’s very important.”

get older,
you realise how
controlling your
breath can regulate
your day-to-day’

Do you have any wellbeing rituals for
when you travel?
“I always try to eat right for my skin, and I use
cryo tools to work on my lymphatic system.
“Getting outside to do some yoga is
important. I do a lot of breathing exercises to
help me. And I love the Calm app. I download
it on my phone to use when I’m travelling.”
What can we learn from French women when
it comes to wellness?
“French women are more focused on skincare
than make-up. It’s more of a natural look.”
Can you tell us about a wellness trend that
excites you at the moment?
“I’m so interested in intimate wellness. It’s

Which other wellness
founders do you admire?
“I have such a long list,
including my dear friend
[make-up artist] Violette.
I’ve never met Gwyneth
Paltrow but I’d love to.
I’ve always been a big fan
of Elle Macpherson, and Rosemary Ferguson –
I think she’s amazing.”
What would we find on your bedside table?
“At the moment, I’m reading a great book
called Mathilde à Paris
aris [by Mathilde Favier,
head of public relations for Dior Couture],
which has all the best spots in the city.
“Usually I’ll have some hand cream, and
while I’m reading, I’ll do an LED mask. It’s
great because it’s the only time I’m not running
around. And I sleep with a silk pillowcase.”
When do you feel most relaxed?
“I love being at home with my girls, reading
books or watching movies. Or seeing my
friends – just staying in my little cocoon.”

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BAKE
MY DAY
The Great British
Bake
e Off finalist
Sandro Farmhouse
won the hearts of a
nation in 2022 and
these scrumptious
bakes from his
debut cookbook are
guaranteed to put a
smile on your face

INGREDIENTS
For the base
• 1 x 250g pack speculoos biscuits
(I use Biscoff)
• 80g/3¼oz unsalted butter, melted
For the cheesecake
• 2 tbsp instant coffee
• 2 tbsp boiling water
• 600g/1lb 5oz cream cheese
• 30g/1¼oz plain flour
• 200g/7oz light soft brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 150ml/¼pt sour cream
• 4 tbsp coffee liqueur
To decorate
• 200ml/7fl oz double cream
• Chocolate coffee beans
• 1 tsp cocoa powder

Serves 8 Takes 1 hour 50 minutes, plus overnight chilling

1. Grease and line with baking

4. Using a stand mixer fitted with

parchment a 20cm/8in round
springform cake tin, then wrap it
with 2 layers of thick foil, all the way
up to the top edge. Preheat the
oven to 190°C, fan 170°C, gas 5.
2. For the base, crush the
speculoos biscuits to a fine crumb,
then stir through the melted
butter. Press into the base of the
prepared tin in an even layer and
bake in the oven for 10 minutes,
then set aside while you make the
filling. Turn the oven down to
170°C, fan 150°C, gas 3.
3. In a small bowl, mix together
the instant coffee and boiling
water, then set aside to cool.

the paddle attachment (or a
mixing bowl and hand-held
electric whisk), beat the cream
cheese, plain flour and brown
sugar together until fluffy –
around 3-4 minutes.
5. In a measuring jug, whisk
together the eggs, sour cream,
coffee liqueur and cooled
brewed coffee until smooth,
then slowly add this into the
cream cheese mixture. Pour
into the prepared tin.
6. Place the tin in a deep roasting
tray and pour a kettle of boiling
water into the tray. Bake the
cheesecake for 1 hour 10 minutes,

or until the edges are set and the
middle is still slightly wobbly.
7. Once done, put a wooden
spoon in the oven door to keep
it ajar and leave the cheesecake
in the oven until the oven has
cooled down completely, then
transfer the tin to the fridge and
leave it there overnight.
8. When ready to serve, release
the cheesecake from the tin and
place on a plate. To decorate,
whip the cream until stiff peaks
form, then swoosh it over the
top of the cheesecake like the
foam on an espresso martini.
Decorate with chocolate coffee
beans and a dusting of cocoa.
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“Ballet and breakdancing were the only
andro Farmhouse is on a
ways to get out of being bullied in secondary
mission to share his love of
school. I found the school experience
baking, with even just a quick
overwhelming at times, especially at home
flick through his debut
time – I would always find myself being
cookbook bound to leave you
pushed towards fights or being picked on.
smitten by the line-up of delicious bakes.
“So I found refuge in dancing, but that
And although he didn’t win The Great
ended very quickly when I finished school
British Bake Off crown, Sandro recalls that he
and moved on to college.
felt like a champion after reaching the final
“Baking came along years later, in my early
of the popular Channel 4 show in 2022.
20s. When my father passed away, I almost ran
“The finals were awesome. I wasn’t as
towards baking as therapy – it was natural for
nervous as I think most finalists were. I was
me, and I guess it was because
more excited that for once, I
grown up with my mum
didn’t get sent home, so there
‘Baking has been I’d
always baking in our home.
was no way to lose,” he says.
a passion of mine
“Since then, it’s been a
“After it went completely
part
of my life. No matter how
wrong for me in the technical
for
a
long
time’
I feel, I bake.”
bake, I focused on having fun.
“I was able to let go of any
You worked as a nanny before reaching
nervous or tense feelings about trying to
the final in series 13 of Bake Off
Off. What
get to the finals because I was there.”
made you enter the competition?
With so many amazing bakes in the
“Baking has been a passion of mine for
book, is there one that’s close to his heart?
a long time. I baked for the love of
“What a lot of people don’t know is that
baking and everyone around me wanted
before baking, I used to love to design
me to go on the show.
wedding dresses, thinking that would be
“I never really saw myself on there until
my destiny,” Sandro says.
I started practising for the show, after my
“When I started creating cakes, I
late best friend convinced me I was good
really wanted to make them for special
enough. But at that point, I still didn’t apply
moments like weddings, so the wedding
for the show because I felt too scared and, to
cake in the book is one that I feel super
be honest, not good enough.
close to. It’s about love, celebration and
“After losing my friend, I wanted to do it
cake.” And who can say no to cake?
for her; I wanted to make all those nights of
Here, Sandro talks to hello! about being
us practising my bakes worth it and didn’t
bullied as a child, his charity work and more.
want those long nights to go to waste.
“I dedicated my whole journey to the
Sandro, you have a background in ballet and
show to my loved ones, my late friend, my
breakdancing – how did baking come about?

hard-working mother, my support
worker from when I lived in a hostel
and many others who are special to me.
“So you could say that I entered the
show as a love letter to everyone who has
ever supported me.”
What are your favourite things to bake?
“My favourite bakes are cookies and cakes.
I grew up on cakes, so it’s natural for me to
make a moist, fluffy sponge, but cookies are
my go-to. They’re super easy and you can
really make anything out of them.”
Tell us about Baking on the Spectrum,
the online workshop and resource you
founded that aims to create an inclusive
and safe space for neurodiverse children
and their caregivers…
“Baking on the Spectrum is a project I
started as a response to Covid-19. The aim
was to give families a safe space in which to
bake with me online, while they were safe
and comfortable in their homes. I went from
working with 12 families to more than 100
families in London and abroad, too.
“What began as a response to the
pandemic turned into a programme that is
still ongoing – an inclusive space for not only
individuals on the spectrum, but also their
families and caregivers.
“We learn to bake together without using
machinery, to avoid motor sounds, and using
our hands for sensory play and exploring.
“The aim now is much larger, from
creating a safe space in which to learn a
valuable life skill to supporting parents and
carers in regard to fussy eating behaviours.”

MADELEINE BABA
Serves 6-9 Takes 45-55 minutes, plus resting
INGREDIENTS
For the madeleines
• 140g/4¾oz unsalted butter
• 125g/4½oz self-raising flour, plus
extra for dusting
• 2 large eggs
• 100g/4oz caster sugar
• Finely grated zest of 1 orange
• ½ tsp baking powder
• A pinch of salt
For the baba syrup
• 200g/7oz golden caster sugar
• 75ml/3fl oz dark rum
• Juice of 1 orange (use the orange
above and make up to 120ml/4¼fl
oz with water, if needed)

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1. Start by melting the butter in
the microwave. Use a pastry
brush to brush the moulds of a
12-hole madeleine tray with some
of the butter. Use a small sieve
and dust the holes with flour to
coat well, tapping out any excess.
Set aside. Set the remaining
butter aside to cool.
2. Using a hand-held electric
whisk, beat the eggs and sugar
together until thick and airy.

Add the orange zest and fold
through. Sift in the flour and
baking powder in 2 parts,
folding through between each
addition. Add the salt, then drizzle
in the cooled melted butter,
stirring to mix well. Rest in the
fridge for a minimum of 30
minutes, or up to 6 hours.
3. Make the baba syrup by
adding all the ingredients to a
small saucepan and heating
gently to dissolve the sugar.
4. When you’re ready to bake the
madeleines, preheat the oven to
200°C, fan 180°C, gas 6.
5. Add a heaped tablespoon of
mix into each of the moulds and
bake for 10 minutes. Leave in
the mould for 2 minutes before
turning out on to a cooling rack.
Regrease and flour the mould,
then bake another half-batch;
you should get around 18
madeleines in total.
6. Dip each madeleine in the
syrup and serve with an extra
drizzle. I like to serve 2-3 per
portion in a small bowl.

SANDRO’S CAKE
EXPECTATIONS
A firm believer in the therapeutic
effects of home baking, The Great
British Bake Offf finalist Sandro
Farmhouse wants to share his love
of creating cakes, cookies,
traybakes, rolls, buns and more.
His debut cookbook Good
Vibes Baking is filled with more
than 75 indulgent recipes for
every occasion, with chapters
named after the feelings that
baking can bring out in you –
including Love Language, Give Me
Confidence and Caring is Sharing
– rather than techniques to master.
X Good Vibes Baking by Sandro
Farmhouse, with photography by
Liz Haarala Hamilton and Max
Haarala Hamilton, is out now,
published by DK, priced £20.

CO-ORDINATED BY SARAH HAMILTON-WALKER

MY SIGNATURE SPLATTER CAKE
INGREDIENTS
For the sponge
• 100g/4oz cocoa powder
• 1 tsp coffee granules
• 50ml/2fl oz hot water
• 450g/1lb golden caster sugar
• 450g/1lb unsalted butter,
softened
• 8 eggs
• 450g/1lb self-raising flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp fine sea salt
For the buttercream
• 1 batch vanilla buttercream
(see recipe right)
For the splatters
• 200g/7oz white chocolate,
chopped
• 300ml/11fl oz double cream
• 5 different gel or paste food
colourings
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C,

fan 160°C, gas 4. Grease and
line 3 x 20cm/8in round cake
tins with baking parchment.
2. Add the cocoa powder,
coffee granules and hot water
to a small bowl and whisk to a
smooth paste.
3. Beat the sugar and butter
together until lighter in colour.

Serves 14 Takes around 1½ hours, plus cooling, chilling/freezing and setting

Next, add the eggs, one at a
time, beating well after each
addition. Add the chocolate
and coffee mix, then sift in
the flour, baking powder and
salt, and fold through.
4. Divide among the prepared
tins and bake for 40-45 minutes
or until well risen and a skewer
inserted into the centre comes
out clean. Leave to cool in the
tins for 10 minutes before
turning out on to a wire rack
to cool completely.
5. When the cakes are cool, level
them with a knife to make them
easier to stack, then slice each
cake in half horizontally to give
you 6 layers in total.
6. Spread some buttercream onto
5 of the cakes and stack them,
putting the plain layer on top.
7. Crumb-coat the cake with
more buttercream and
refrigerate for 30 minutes or
freeze for 15 minutes.
8. For the chocolate splatters,
put the chocolate in a bowl
and heat the cream in the
microwave for 1-2 minutes until
just below boiling. Pour the hot
cream over the chocolate and

leave to stand for 2 minutes,
then stir to a smooth ganache.
9. Divide the ganache among
5 bowls and colour each one
a different shade with food
colouring (go as cute and
pastel or as bold and vibrant as
you like), then allow to cool to
room temperature.
10. Frost the cake with the
remaining buttercream, giving
it a smooth, sharp finish, then
refrigerate again until the

buttercream hardens – around
20-30 minutes. This will give you
a great canvas for your artistic
splatters.
11. Now to have fun! Use
a teaspoon to flick the
coloured ganache all over the
cake (if it’s a bit thick, you can
blast it in the microwave at
10-second intervals to loosen it).
12. Let the ganache set on
the cake for 15 minutes
before serving.

Vanilla buttercream
Makes 1 quantity Takes 15-20 minutes
INGREDIENTS
• 450g/1lb unsalted
butter, softened
• 900g/2lb icing sugar, sifted
• 2 tbsp vanilla paste
• 3-4 tbsp milk
1. Beat the butter in a stand

mixer fitted with a paddle
attachment until pale and
fluffy – around 2 minutes.
Use a silicone spatula to

wipe round the sides of the
bowl and bring the butter
back into the middle.
2. Add the icing sugar in
batches, then add the
vanilla (or any other
flavouring) and beat for 3-5
minutes until super white.
3. Slowly add the milk until you
reach the correct consistency.
Cover and leave at room
temperature until needed.

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California

Dreamin’
Jeff Abrams, the founder of US fashion
brand Rails, mixes pieces found on his
global travels to help create a relaxed
vibe in his beautiful Montecito estate

HOME
lthough firmly rooted in the
Southern Californian
lifestyle, Rails boasts a
refined European sensibility
that has made it a global hit.
Quickly evolving from its
trademark Hunter shirt made with Tencel – a
revolutionary super-soft fabric – the brand is
celebrating its 15th anniversary this year and
now offers a full lifestyle range.
Appropriately enough, after being named in
homage to the Interrailing that founder Jeff
Abrams did after college, Rails has a big focus
on travel. A starting point for each collection is
garments that are effortless to wear and to
pack, but also pieces that appeal to its growing
global market.
“There are not a lot of brands from
California who are really thinking of
themselves internationally,” Jeff says. “We’ve
really tried to set ourselves apart by doing that.
“I think about each market as if it’s our own
backyard. They’re cultivated on a grassroots
level. I don’t think of the UK as some far-off
location that we’re sending things out into the
ether to, and that’s hopefully why we will
continue to be successful.”
From very early in the Rails story, celebrities
have been buying the clothes: Gisele
Bündchen, Beyoncé and Kate Moss all wear the
brand and, after buying a Rails shirt, Matthew
McConaughey went on to buy ten more for his
friends. “This has been great for putting the
word out there,” says Jeff.
Celebrity families are his next target:

W

“Where the mother, children and dad all wear
it. Cindy Crawford and her family would be
good,” he says, with a smile.
Travelling around Europe – and specifically
living in Italy – not only inspired the concept of
the label, but prompted Jeff to purchase “on a
whim” El Mirador, his beautiful 19th-century
home in Montecito, California, after it made
him feel nostalgic for his time abroad.
“I discovered it online two years ago,” he
says. “I’ve always dreamt about a romantic
country retreat away from the busy LA life.
“I viewed it with no intention of actually
buying – it was more to allow my countryside
dream to last a little longer,” he adds, laughing.
“But as soon as I drove up the tree-lined
driveway and the house was revealed against the
beautiful landscape, I fell in love.
“It was almost as if I had travelled back in
time to southern France, to a house filled with
European history and classic heritage. It was an
emotional experience and I knew it was
destined to be in the next chapter of my life.”
What Jeff didn’t anticipate was what a huge
undertaking it would be. The estate has a
12,000sq ft main house with six bedrooms, a
guest house with another three bedrooms, and
a pool house with two more bedrooms, along
with the original gatehouse, which he has made
into an artists’ retreat.
Renovations include putting right the
“miscellaneous” decor. Jeff says: “I prefer a
clean palette, but with warm elements of wood
and home-style comforts. I want the house

Above:
With its stone
fireplace, the library is
the perfect place to
relax and read
Left:
An antique tapestry
Jeff discovered in
Antwerp adorns
the hallway

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to represent both a curated artistic
experience, but something that still
feels truly like a home. Even though
there are many heritage pieces in
the house, everything should be
lived-in and comfortable. It’s all
about blending old and new.”
Nature is a key element and the
extensive garden has natural springs
and meandering pathways. “I’ve
tried to create a flow where you are
both inside and out. There are
rooms with full sliding doors, so you
can sit inside the dining area but
with a full expanse of the gardens.
In various areas of the home there
are plants, which you can also find
around the property, including olive
trees, ficus and palms.”
One of the largest projects he’s
tackled is the flooring. “It was this
sort of pink and brown stone, which
didn’t make any sense. I went to a
quarry in France to find a specific,
clean stone and had it shipped.”
He laughs that it will not be an
Ikea home, rather a mix of furniture he’s
acquired on his European travels. “I found a
tapestry from the 1600s in Antwerp and an old
refectory table from the Italian countryside.
“One of the first pieces I found on Lillie
Road in London: a beautiful vintage lamp
featuring a great blue heron base. The
morning after I returned to the house, I was
eating breakfast looking out over the garden
and the great pond. Suddenly, from behind
the trees, descended a majestic great blue
heron, slowly landing at the edge of the water,
where he elegantly stood for two minutes as if
he were overlooking his kingdom. It was a sign
that the lamp was meant to be a prominent
feature in the house and I have kept it at the
entryway as a reminder.
“There is something magical about this
place and the stories of the families who have
passed through it are filled with fortune,
despair, love affairs and other folklore,” he

adds. “One day I’d love to make a film about
the generations that have lived at El Mirador.”
Another standout feature is the swimming
pool and, he says: “A lot of people are
planning on me having many parties! I think
this was the whole point of buying the house, it
needs to be shared with people and I’m
certainly looking forward to hosting friends
and family here. I always love it when people
feel they have experienced the magic of this
property. Summer barbecue pool parties are a
particular highlight.”
As for neighbours, there are a few famous
faces around – “including a couple of Brits”,
he jokes, thinking of the Duke and
Duchess of Sussex, who live two blocks
away. Oprah Winfrey is around the
corner and Katy Perry and Orlando
Bloom have property in Montecito,
along with Ariana Grande and Ellen
DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi.

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CULTURE

KEVIN KWAN

WED
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Asia author tells
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about attendingg crazy rich weddings
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and coping with sudden global fame

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iven he is the author responsible for
introducing us to the crazy rich Asian world,
it might seem safe to assume that Kevin
Kwan’s biggest literary influences come from
the country in which he grew up: Singapore.
But instead, the best-selling author tells
hello! in this exclusive interview, his first literary loves were
British. “When I was a child, believe it or not, I loved
reading Shirley Conran,” he says.
“I sneaked my aunt’s copy of Lace and, even though I was
much too young and it was much too inappropriate, it was
an entry point into this glamorous, rich, bitchy, fun world.
“That got me hooked. I love
all the great English writers:
Jane Austen, Anthony Trollope,
Evelyn Waugh, the Brontë
sisters… this list is long!”
Kevin’s latest novel, Lies and
Weddings, is his first set in the
UK. “This is the Englishcountry-manor-house book
turned upside down,” he says.
“There’s romance and
mischief and it’s all set in luxury
destination weddings. I feel as
though I was English in a
previous life, because London
feels like home to me in a way
no other city does. This book is
my love letter to London.”
In the novel, Rufus Leung
‘Shirley Conran’s novel Gresham, the future Earl of
and son of a
Lace got me hooked. Greshambury
former Hong Kong
It was my entry point supermodel, has to
the fact that his
into this glamorous, confront
trust fund has been spent.
rich, bitchy, fun world’
Rufus’s scheming
mother plans for him to
seduce a wealthy woman to secure the family’s future,
and the outrageous plot takes readers on a rip-roaring
journey of excessive wealth through English country
estates, via weddings in exotic locations such as Hawaii.
With Kevin, 51, having been born into a wealthy

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Kathy Bates also star.

Kevin poses at the 2018 Time100 Gala in New York with
Michelle Yeoh (together above), who stars in the film adaptation
of his novel Crazy Rich Asians. Awkwafina and Constance Wu
(together far left) also appear in the hit movie, which launched
the career of Henry Golding and won millions of fans worldwide

Chinese-Singaporean family – his great-grandfather cofounded one of Singapore’s oldest banks, while his
ophthalmologist grandfather was knighted by Queen
Elizabeth II for services to philanthropy – did he take any
inspiration for the settings from his own experiences?
“I have not been to a wedding in a hot-air balloon,” he
says. “But I have been to some ridiculously over-the-top
weddings. I went to one deep in the middle of the Mayan
jungle: they were burning incense and playing booming
trance music by some temples. It was so strange and surreal.”

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OVERNIGHT FAME

Kevin, 51, moved to the US with his family aged 11. After
taking a degree in media studies and working in writing and
design, he published Crazy
azy Rich Asians in 2013.
The novel was an international sensation, led to two bestselling sequels, and was made into a hit film in 2018. With
its all-Asian cast, the movie was widely seen as having helped
break down boundaries in Hollywood.
But despite its huge success – the novel has sold more
than five million copies worldwide – he was unprepared for
his new level of fame. “It exploded my life entirely,” he says.
“If I had known that was going to happen, I would have
written it under a pseudonym, because I’m an introvert. But
of course, I feel incredibly fortunate in so many ways.
“It is so much a part of me now and it has taken on a life
of its own. I feel as though the more people love the book
and the movie, the more it promotes harmony in the world.”
A movie sequel and a Broadway musical version are both
in the works, while Kevin’s 2020 book Sex and Vanity
anity is
shortly to start filming in Capri with two as-yet-unannounced
Academy Award-winning stars.
But despite his international success and home in Los
Angeles, it’s England that holds a special place in his heart.
“A lot of it is baked in. Having grown up in a former British
colony, you’re steeped in the culture from birth,” he says.
“My grandfather was knighted by the Queen; it felt almost
as though he was British. When I went to England as a child,
everything seemed familiar, like seeing Smarties in the shops.
“So many of my favourite moments have been during
holidays in England; there’s so much beauty there.”
INTERVIEW: LAURA BENJAMIN

Lies and Weddings
eddings is out now, published by Penguin, priced £18.99.

Streaming on Netf lix from 28 June.

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and find their lives changed in unexpected ways.
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DREAM ESCAPES
Sunshine every day, dreamy architecture and supremely
good shopping make the Catalan capital a summer must-visit

Barcelona
Peering out over Port Vell,
moments from La Rambla, Soho
House Barcelona (1) has it all.
While away the hours on the
rooftop, playing spot-the-yacht
from the striped daybeds and
swimming lazy lengths in the
pool, before throwing shapes to
reggaeton beats spun by the
resident DJ. Downstairs, the
eclectic bedrooms – with art deco
chandeliers hung above comfy
beds (3) and armchairs clad in
mismatched fabrics – are a joy to
relax in. And then there’s the
Cowshed spa, where masterful
reflexology and tailored-to-you
facials will reinvigorate.

TASTE
Model Josephine
Skriver is among
the many celebrities
to visit Barcelona

Turning out tahini-drizzled
superfood salads and mezze
plates, Funky Eatery is a winning
spot for lunch, or you can join
the round-the-block queues at
Bo de B for a flavour-packed
bocadillo, finished with a
satisfyingly strong coffee at
Bar La Camila. Origo’s artfully
crafted cardamom buns are a
must, PetNat offers an edit of
natural wines from up-andcoming Catalan producers

and, for dinner, head to
Cecconi’s for smoked cod
croquettes followed by
buttery Dover sole.

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staples. If you’re after ceramics,
glassware and glossy dinner
candles, 248 Colmado on Calle de
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Wander along the waterfront
before the heat begins to climb,
then make your way through the
Eixample neighbourhood to
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exhibition space. Fundació
Joan Miró is another nonnegotiable for art
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