She has one of the most extravagant titles in Europe: Princess Maria Chiara of Bourbon of the Two Sicilies.
Now, the Italian ‘It-girl’ wants the outfits to match.
The princess, 19, who partied with Prince Michael of Kent on the French Riviera last summer, plans to be a fashion designer.
And she wore one of her own creations at the Better World Gala dinner at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes.
“I made it myself,” she tells me about the pink dress.
Princess Maria Chiara of Bourbon of the Two Sicilies has one of the most extravagant titles in Europe: now she wants the outfits to match
The princess, 19, pictured with her family, plans to be a fashion designer and wore one of her own creations at the Better World Gala dinner at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes.
‘I have always liked to design and I think one day I would like to start my own brand.
“But I made this one with a friend, so I’m really happy to use it for the first time tonight.”
How will Theresa May be remembered? For leading the Conservatives to their lowest vote percentage in her history: 9 percent in the 2019 European elections?
Or a commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050, indifferent to the views of those, including innovator Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who point out that an electric car “doesn’t do what you want a car to do”?
Too bad for the conservative parliamentarians. This week the 1922 Committee asked them to spend £20 to buy out May, who announced she was resigning, as a parting gift.
“Many will object,” they tell me. Just objection?
There may be objections ahead: Tory MPs have been asked to shell out £20 for a parting gift for Theresa May, who has announced she is leaving the 1922 Committee.
Cherie lays down the law on her children
Cherie Blair pursued a career in politics in the 1980s until she abandoned it in favor of the law, while Tony became Prime Minister.
Now, he has told his two oldest sons that they should be prepared to make sacrifices for their wives’ careers.
“I told them, ‘Will there come a time when you will take a step back in your career so she can shine, or will you always expect her to do that for you?’ ‘
At a Cherie Blair Foundation for Women event in London, he says of Hillary Clinton, whom he was due to meet yesterday: “She’s an incredible woman.”
Laughing, he adds about Bill Clinton’s long-suffering wife: “a very understanding wife.”
Motherly advice: Cherie Blair has told her two oldest sons that they should be prepared to make sacrifices for their wives’ careers.
Bespectacled documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux, 53, became an unlikely sensation on the video-sharing app TikTok in 2022 when a creepy clip of him performing a rap known as Jiggle Jiggle “went viral” and attracted a billion views. visits.
And it appears to have given his bank balance a boost.
Figures from Blobfish Ltd, one of three companies it invests its profits in, reveal it made £1m in profits last year.
Bespectacled documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux, 53, made £1million last year.
Does Chaplin deserve a sequel, says his granddaughter?
Could we soon see Charlie Chaplin donning his bowler hat and twirling his cane again, half a century after his death?
I ask this because his granddaughter Kiera Chaplin would like to see the movie star brought back to life using artificial intelligence.
“It’s great if you can bring it back to life with a kind of virtual reality or hologram,” he tells me in Cannes.
But the model and actress, 41, admits that other members of her family may not welcome the idea.
“Maybe my father and his brothers and sisters don’t like him as much,” he says of his father, Eugene Chaplin, Charlie’s son.
Kiera Chaplin, granddaughter of Hollywood legend Charlie Chaplin, would like to see the movie star brought back to life thanks to artificial intelligence.
Named author of the year at the British Book Awards this week, children’s novelist Katherine Rundell is in danger of biting the hand that feeds her.
“Kids can be real idiots,” declares the writer of Impossible Creatures.
Rundell, 37, who does not have children, was careful to add: “But I also think they have such a capacity that we don’t always say hello.” . . They have such a deep sense of justice… and I’m not even remotely romantic with children.’
That’s clear.
Choice Words: Children’s novelist Katherine Rundell is in danger of biting the hand that feeds her
John Cleese avoided taking a photo with fans on the first night of Fawlty Towers: The Play in the West End.
“I don’t like selfies,” says the 84-year-old comedian. “To people of my generation, taking a selfie with someone suggests that you are having a relationship with them.”
The Monty Python star was not joined by Connie Booth, with whom he wrote Fawlty Towers in the 1970s.
‘I want to thank dear Connie Booth, one of my ex-wives. . . the first,” she states.
“This dear woman is so shy and modest that she is not here tonight, but I want you to give her a round of applause.”
Maybe he just couldn’t face Cleese?
Fawlty Logic: Actor John Cleese, with the cast of Fawlty Towers: The Play, was not accompanied by his ex-wife and comedy co-writer Connie Booth.