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The rollercoaster life of one of the Princess of Wales’s favorite designers, Alice Temperley, is picking up speed again, after her company, Temperley London, ground to a halt during lockdown and then sank into a horrendous £31 debt million that put it into administration in 2021.
Undaunted, Temperley, 49, managed to raise the £31m not entirely out of thin air, but from a Dubai-based retail company, which acquired a majority stake in her company while ensuring that Temperley remain in situ to work her magic as a creative. director.
So there were bright smiles this week as Temperley, who split from husband Lars von Benningsen in her 2021 annus horribilis, joined What Not To Wear and beauty guru Trinny Woodall, 60, in the new room the company’s showroom in Chelsea, a palace of chandeliers and leopard-print sofas. No budget blues there, honey.
The Princess of Wales’s favorite designer Alice Temperley was joined by What Not To Wear and beauty guru Trinny Woodall, 60, at her company’s new Chelsea showroom, a palace of chandeliers and leopard print sofas. No budget blues there, honey.
Dame Darcey Bussell and Alice Temperley. His company, Temperley London, ground to a halt during lockdown and then sank into a horrendous £31m debt that put it into administration in 2021.
The latest news from BBC Sophie
News presenter Sophie Raworth had to withdraw from this year’s London Marathon, six miles from the finish line, due to a stress fracture in her ankle.
Since April he has not been able to run and reveals that the doctors told him: “No exercise…nothing at all.” And he adds: “I cried the day they told me I had to use crutches.”
The BBC star, 54, says she now sees the positives of her “forced break”. ‘I don’t need to keep hitting the asphalt, chasing the clock in an attempt to slow down the years. Next time I get injured, I won’t panic. Instead, I will surrender to the rest, knowing that I will almost certainly come back stronger in the end.”
News presenter Sophie Raworth (pictured: 2022) had to withdraw from this year’s London Marathon, six miles from the finish line, due to a stress fracture in her ankle.
Queen drummer Roger Taylor has been left scratching his head over the more esoteric elements of his late bandmate Freddie Mercury’s previous work.
“I’m horrified by how religious a lot of Freddie’s lyrics are,” he tells me at the launch of the newly remastered Queen 1 at the Ham Yard Hotel in London’s Soho.
“Freddie wasn’t religious in the least, so God knows what he’d been reading.”
Ben’s Jemima goes crazy!
Environmentalist Ben Goldsmith’s love of nature seems to rub off on his wife, Jemima.
The 37-year-old lingerie model turned socialite caterer has revealed her adventurous side after going for a wild swim in Somerset during the half-term holidays.
Environmentalist Ben Goldsmith’s love of nature seems to rub off on his wife, Jemima. The 37-year-old lingerie model turned socialite caterer has revealed her adventurous side after going for a wild swim in Somerset during the half-term holidays.
She shared a video of herself online in a black swimsuit, diving into a murky lake, where the air temperature was 13°C.
“I’m going to persevere until November,” says Jemima, a mother of four.
Wild swimming has become increasingly popular in recent years, with many practicing it for its supposed mental health benefits, although it seems crazy to me!
William, Zeinab and an African question
Prince William was so impressed with broadcaster Zeinab Badawi’s work as president of the Royal African Society, of which he is a patron, that she was appointed director of his and the Princess of Wales’s charity, the Royal Foundation.
However, will you agree with Badawi’s sentiments that black people should be referred to as “people of African descent”?
Since William was so impressed with the work of broadcaster Zeinab Badawi (pictured) as president of the Royal African Society, of which he is a patron, she was appointed director of his and the Princess of Wales’s charity, the Royal Foundation.
Speaking to me at the Wimbledon BookFest in London, where she was promoting her book An African History of Africa, Badawi, born in Sudan, says: “It’s a bit complicated, but I think regardless (of where you come from) Territorially – the Caribbean, Africa or North America– you are a person of African descent and you share the same history if you go back.’
Actor Jason Statham is living up to his Hollywood action man image by moving to the appropriately named town of Buckler’s Hard.
Actor Jason Statham is living up to his Hollywood action man image by moving to the appropriately named town of Buckler’s Hard.
I hear that the actor has bought a house in the parish of Beaulieu, in the New Forest. The leafy neighborhood counts Manchester United boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe among its residents. “Statham has not yet moved into a property that is being renovated so he can move in early next year,” a source tells me.
Statham, 57, who has two children with his fiancee Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, returned to the United Kingdom from Los Angeles in 2021.
