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Meghan Markle may have faced backlash after the launch of her lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard, but that hasn’t stopped her friends from following in her footsteps.
Sophie Gregoire, former wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has launched her own wellness website, talking about “growing a nourishing community” and embarking on a “deeply personal journey of insight, acceptance and empowerment.”
Former TV presenter Sophie became “fast friends” with the Duchess of Sussex while living in Canada filming Suits and has been a guest on her podcast, Archetypes.
Sophie Gregoire, the ex-wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has launched her own wellness website, talking about “growing a nourishing community.”
Rina doesn’t think it is.
Dua Lipa’s sister Rina is an It Girl of 2024, but don’t say that to her face
As a model and actress interviewed in this month’s Vogue issue, Dua Lipa’s sister Rina is very much a 2024 It Girl, but don’t tell her that to her face.
In fact, Rina, 22, pictured on the right for the magazine in a Vivienne Westwood linen ensemble complete with knee-high yellow Jimmy Choo boots, says she’s very happy to level the label with others, but believes which is ‘shameful’ when applied to her. .
Rina stars in an upcoming film that imagines the adult life of Great Expectations character Pip, and described her older sister Dua, 28, as her “greatest teacher,” adding: “I’m so amazed by her work ethic.” .
He set the political agenda with his lead role in Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, but actor Toby Jones also has another activity: as a DJ!
Drinkers at the Prince Albert pub in Brighton were stunned to see the 57-year-old behind the table earlier this month. He played a three-hour set at the venue, where Fatboy Slim had previously DJ’d, along with fellow actor Ben Miles, also 57, billed as The Plasticons.
Toby and Ben, who played Princess Margaret’s lover Peter Townsend in The Crown, will also perform at the Jolly Gardeners pub in south London this Friday.
Can Natasha be the group winner?
Let’s hope fashion designer Lady Natasha Rufus Isaacs finds it easier than her friend Pippa Middleton to get planning permission for a swimming pool. Natasha and her husband Rupert Finch, both rightly, want to demolish their £600,000 bungalow in Gloucestershire and replace it with a new house with a pool and hedgehog shelter. But neighbors complain that it is too big. Pippa had to change plans for her Berkshire home seven times before getting the go-ahead.
TV chef Gizzi Erskine has some specific demands for her romantic partners: “She’s looking for someone with paramount trust” who will treat her the way they treat “oysters and steak.” Gizzi, also known as Hon Griselda Maxwell Erskine, has become the face of a new dating app called Pure, and the 44-year-old says: “I know from the beginning how someone is going to treat me by the way they handle the meal”.
I’m sad to report that Mr Selfridge actress Sai Bennett (right) has split from her fiancé, restaurateur Matthew Scott. The couple, who have a two-year-old daughter, got engaged in 2022 and, after becoming fathers, Matthew named his restaurant Daddy’s. Sai, who also starred in the film Face Of An Angel with Cara Delevingne, told her fans on social media that she was starting her life as a single mother.
Meanwhile, members are falling out of love with the Lansdowne Club in Mayfair because of its overbearing approach… to footwear.
The £1,500-a-year venue in Berkeley Square, which counts designer Paul Smith as a member, bans 19 types of shoes and has other almost incomprehensible rules about what types of footwear can be worn in certain areas of the club.
One member, who happened to be wearing a harmless black shoe, says he was forcibly removed when he complained about the inflexibility of the rules.
‘I heard the word ‘Taser’ mentioned. “Nice way to treat paying members,” he tells me.
In response, the club says: “It would not be appropriate to comment on our members or disciplinary issues, other than to say that we strongly disagree with this version of events.”
Dame Joanna Lumley has hailed the King, not once saying, “I told you so” to those who scoffed at his environmental warnings 30 years ago. She told me: ‘She’s just followed her path in silence. Aren’t we lucky to have him as king?
Zac Goldsmith and his girlfriend Hum Fleming
Don’t rush, Zac.
Fellow conservative Zac Goldsmith seems certain he’s found his other half. The 49-year-old, who split from banking heiress Alice Rothschild last year, was seen with his girlfriend Hum Fleming and his mother Annabel in London last week. As Zac and Hum left, walking hand in hand, he told a passerby: “Meet my wife,” before quickly correcting himself: “Meet my future wife,” as Hu said.I shot him a look.