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He’s making up to a billion pounds selling the makeup company he built from scratch, but Charlotte Tilbury is upset at how he’s spending his fortune.
I can reveal that the cosmetics queen, who counts Kate Moss and Amal Clooney as close friends, has amassed an impressive property portfolio on the exclusive Kenyan islands of Lamu and Manda, including two sprawling homes and an “off-street” bar. the network”.
But locals worry that its celebrity parties are turning the simple resorts into an “African Ibiza.”
And worse, they fear the influx of wealth could attract pirates from neighboring Somalia to the tranquil paradise.
A local tells me that the cosmetics magnate, on the right, “intends to buy more land” in the area, which has been a favorite of the gliteratti since the 1930s, and which has welcomed notables like the Obamas, Princess Beatrice (whose husband Edo Mapelli Mozzi has a family property in Lamu) and The Crown star Dominic West.
But locals complain that the parties organized by Tilbury, 51, who grew up in Ibiza, are too loud.
Charlotte Tilbury (pictured) is upset at how he is spending his fortune.
Locals worry their celebrity parties are turning the exclusive Kenyan islands of Lamu and Manda into an ‘African Ibiza’.
One resident said: ‘It’s a quiet place and now we are worried about pirate problems. Soon it will be a forbidden zone.
It is not an unfounded fear. In 2011, British tourist Judith Tebbutt was kidnapped in Lamu by Somali gunmen who killed her husband David. Tourism took years to recover.
Tilbury, who last week announced that he will hand over full ownership of his eponymous brand to Spanish luxury goods firm Puig by 2031, has been buying up properties, including a bar called Gerald’s Bar, which has been renamed George’s Bar in honor of her husband, George Waud. , film producer.
Tilbury usually spends New Year’s Eve in Lamu with his family and A-list friends. She declined to comment last night.
Chelsea’s Tabitha is preparing
Former Made In Chelsea star Tabitha Willett won’t give up without a fight despite losing a recent court battle.
In October I revealed the ‘mum blogger’ was ordered to pay her landlady £4,749 for vandalizing a luxury flat in Kensington.
Following Tabitha’s eight-month stay in the apartment with her five-year-old daughter and King Charles spaniel Ruby, the owner complained about makeup marks on the walls and spaniel stains on a £9,000 rug at the property, and told the court the damage was a “nightmare scenario.”
Now I hear that Tabitha, who countersued the landlady, says she plans to file a misrepresentation lawsuit against the law firm that fought and lost her case.
Tabitha Willett attends the Gentleman’s Journal’s big Christmas party on December 12
Guinness is not in the black!
It’s been more than 17 years since Daphne Guinness founded her record label, Agent Anonyme, although it appears she never turned a profit.
The brewing heiress has loaned her own company more than £7.3m since 2007 to cover running costs.
Not that Daphne seems fazed by the amount: She posted a photo of herself with a guitar with the caption: “In my musical den.”
License to grill?
Hollywood star Josh O’Connor was in fashionable company last week, dining with his new girlfriend, Saltburn actress Alison Olive, designer Jonathan Anderson and Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey.
The glamorous clique were seen enjoying steaks at the historic Quality Chop House in Clerkenwell, east London.
I wonder if they were celebrating something? O’Connor, who played Charles in The Crown, has just been named the favorite to be the next James Bond…
Alison Oliver at the BRIT Awards 2024 at London’s O2 Arena in March
Josh O’Connor attends the National Theatre’s live screening of ‘Vanya’ at the May Fair Hotel last January.
Minnie signs up to save the mistletoe
Actress Minnie Driver has proposed a creative solution to the dilemma of whether a kiss under the mistletoe is problematic in the current climate.
“Maybe we should have mistletoe that has a little hanging sign that says ‘Consent’ or ‘No Consent,'” he told me at a carol service organized by the Quintessentially Foundation.
Sales of the festive twig have fallen amid fears that people will be accused of abuse for giving someone an unwanted kiss under it. “That makes me sad,” says the Good Will Hunting star.
I know the King likes to talk to his plants, but has the Queen been reading to her dogs?
Camilla apparently shared a book called The Royal Pup Pack: Catastrophe At The Palace with her two adopted Jack Russell terriers, Bluebell and Beth, and they loved it.
Author David Seow sent a copy to the Palace before Beth died last month, and the Queen wrote back, urging him to keep writing. He added: “My dogs enjoyed it too.”
Speaking of potential 007s… my spies spotted Aaron Taylor-Johnson, another actor tipped to replace Daniel Craig, lifting weights at the swanky Third Space gym over Christmas.
Without a doubt, the fight has begun. It’s Josh versus Aaron; King Charles vs. Kick-Ass. I know who I have my money on!