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Tension appears to be rising ahead of the wedding of Princess Martha Louise of Norway and Durek Verrett this summer.
The princess, 52, second cousin of our late Queen, has condemned the “lies” told in some media in her country about the family background of the “shaman”, 49, a self-proclaimed “global ambassador of love” . ‘ who is known as the most popular guru in Hollywood and boasts of having contact with extraterrestrials.
Princess Martha Louise of Norway, 52, with her love guru fiancé, Durek Verret, 49.
The princess, second cousin of our late queen, has condemned the “lies” told in some media in her country about the family background of her “shaman” fiancé.
Durek Verret is known as the most popular guru in Hollywood and boasts of having contact with extraterrestrials
“The truth is, he grew up in a good neighborhood,” she says angrily in an online post.
“I don’t care if he was from a family with money or not when he was a kid.”
He adds of the local coverage: “It’s very sad that it has to be this way, as a wedding should be a happy occasion for everyone involved.”
Online trickster taking the Mick
Sir Mick Jagger’s girlfriend Melanie Hamrick is furious that someone has created a social media account claiming to be the couple’s seven-year-old son Deveraux.
“This person is pretending to be a child, completely disgusting,” he screams online. ‘Instagram has been notified but has not removed this site. What the fuck.’
Mel, 37, a former dancer, has been dating the Rolling Stones singer, 80, since 2014. Deveraux is the youngest of eight children he had with five different women.
Mel, 37, a former dancer, has been dating the Rolling Stones singer, 80, since 2014
Salma’s brief snap failed
Hollywood’s Salma Hayek tickles her fans by sharing photos of herself in skimpy outfits. But her family seems to find him increasingly boring.
The actress, 57, married to French luxury goods heir Francois-Henri Pinault, posted this photo of her having water sprayed in her face while on the steps of a yacht during her vacation.
“When your family won’t let you take a bikini photo in peace,” the mother of one jokes.
Hollywood’s Salma Hayek tickles her fans by sharing photos of herself in skimpy outfits.
Charity party leaves Charles with a black eye
Condolences to the son and heir of the Duke of Rutland, the Marquess of Granby, who is sporting a black eye, although it is all for a good cause.
Charles Granby, 24, was fighting in preparation for his final charity boxing ball, which will take place this Saturday in the guard room at Belvoir Castle, the family seat in Leicestershire.
“This is the point where everyone trains each other, so we go in the ring, put on the helmet, put on the gloves and say ‘Ding ding,'” he tells me.
Charles Granby, 24, was fighting in preparation for his final charity boxing ball, which will take place this Saturday in the guard room at Belvoir Castle, the family seat in Leicestershire.
‘I like to fight with everyone. To be honest, I took a pretty good beating last night, but that’s part of the point. “I like to think I’ll beat the next guy.”
Last year, the event raised more than £17,000 for the James’ Place charity, founded by Clare Milford Haven and Nick Wentworth-Stanley in memory of their eldest son, James, who tragically took his own life in 2006, aged 21. years.
If any Brits living abroad bump into globe-trotting Sir Michael Palin on one of his many adventures, don’t even try to strike up a conversation.
“I never talk to expats – they’re the worst,” the former Monty Python star, 80, tells me at the BFI Southbank preview screening of his new three-part Channel 5 series, Michael Palin In Nigeria.
They are England doubled because they have gone abroad and because they have gone to a strange place! They either absorb the place or become doubly English to preserve what they have left.
“The goal of traveling is to talk to people from that country.”
Former Monty Python star Sir Michael Palin, 80, spoke to Richard Eden at the BFI Southbank preview screening of his new three-part Channel 5 series, Michael Palin in Nigeria.
Television academic Lucy Worsley, who traveled to Paris to present the documentary Rebuilding Notre-Dame: The Next Chapter, laments: “Every morning after I’ve had a program on BBC Two, my inbox becomes delightfully full of messages of men who didn’t do it. I don’t like my lipstick.
“It makes me feel like it’s 1922 and Captain Hastings is punishing me for being ‘quick’.”
Television academic Lucy Worsley said: “Every morning after I’ve had a show on BBC Two, my inbox is delightfully filled with messages from men who didn’t like my lipstick.”
Tom’s efforts weigh heavily
Tom Hollander scoffed at ‘pizza, ice cream, Cornish pasties and French fries’ to play the role of Truman Capote, the burly author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, in the TV drama Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.
The actor, 56, then visited an Austrian spa to lose weight after “getting out of breath doing simple, ordinary things.”
Tom Hollander, 56, as his character Truman Capote, the burly author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, in the TV drama Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.
But his effort failed when he was cast as the burly Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky in the West End play Patriots.
He reflects, “I’m a little old to be carrying my weight like that.”