No doubt they’d be dream dinner party guests able to regale fellow diners with anecdotes about the Royal Family and the late Queen.
Now some lucky person has been given the chance to slurp soup alongside the King’s niece Zara Tindall, 42, and husband Mike, 45, for the princely sum of £10,500.
I can reveal one punter has bid this extravagant sum to have dinner with the pair at Tom Kerridge’s restaurant, The Shed in Marlow.
The auction is raising money for Wings For Life and the Matt Hampson Foundation.
The King’s niece Zara Tindall, 42, and husband Mike, 45
Why good manors cost nothing for star Kaya
Film director Guy Ritchie made his name with films about the grimy London criminal underworld.
But stars of his latest project, the Netflix series The Gentlemen, got to film in much more salubrious locations, including some of the swankiest stately homes in England.
‘I kept thinking it was like the ultimate National Trust pass,’ says star Kaya Scodelario after visiting what she describes as ‘every rich old person’s house’… and all for free!
However, the actress, who plays drug baron Susie Glass in the series, admits it wasn’t all Downton Abbey.
Kaya Scodelario plays drug baron Susie Glass in Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series The Gentlemen
The 31-year-old made her name in E4 drama Skins, before heading to Hollywood
The cast – which also includes Ray Winstone, Theo James and Vinnie Jones – were kept ‘humble’ by scenes filmed in a disused Currys electrical warehouse.
‘Customers kept walking on to the set looking for a TV!’ she says.
The 31-year-old made her name in E4 drama Skins, before heading to Hollywood.
She says The Gentlemen came as a blessing as she was desperate ‘to come back to England and do something British’.
Last month, she revealed she had split from American actor Benjamin Walker after eight years of marriage.
Nell loves her normal people
Her brother Paul, star of Normal People, has said he’s uncomfortable being called a heartthrob, but Nell Mescal loves the attention.
The singer, who has just released a single, Warm Body, says she just wants to be friends with fans. ‘Sometimes the lines do get a bit blurry in that respect,’ she says.
Paul Mescal with his sister Nell at the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards in February
Steps in the City for SJP
It’s the girl with the pearl… shoes! Sex And The City’s Sarah Jessica Parker stepped out in some swanky kitten heels last week, with a string of gems across the bridge of her foot.
She was spotted getting into a black cab with her husband Matthew Broderick – both in London to star in the play Plaza Suite – and, more surprisingly, former BBC News director and ex-Times editor James Harding.
Sex And The City star Sarah Jessica Parker stepped out in some swanky kitten heels last week
The black ballerina style heels featured a string of pearls across the bridge of her foot
Perhaps they formed a bond because he was one of the UK’s most senior journalists… and she played one on TV, shooting to fame as fictional columnist Carrie Bradshaw.
In a black top and jeans, Ms Parker, 58, was carrying a white trenchcoat and a £672 Sonia Rykiel bag.
Singer Charlotte Church, 38, has sold her Welsh mansion for £2 million… and now she and husband Jonathan have their sights on a suburban semi.
She said: ‘We are massively downsizing. I am not a millionaire any more.’
Royal Cress…
She might have missed out on becoming a Princess when she split with Prince Harry, but Cressida Bonas, 35, still knows how to get the royal treatment.
The actress and her real estate director husband Harry Wentworth-Stanley have been enjoying a week in ‘The most extravagant villa in Marrakech’.
Costing £11,000 a week, the six-bedroom Dar Arbala villa boasts a pool and a fleet of staff including a butler, private chef, maids and personal pool manager.
Prince Harry’s ex Cressida Bonas, 35, with her real estate director husband Harry Wentworth-Stanley
It’s gherkins on the dancefloor!
When it comes to celebrity riders – a star’s often outlandish requirements before making an appearance – nothing is too extravagant.
Beyoncé demands a personal toilet seat, rapper Drake wants four dozen incense sticks and singer Joe Jonas apparently asks for 12 puppies.
But Murder On The Dancefloor singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor, 44, has revealed all she wants for her current European tour is an enormous jar of gherkins.
Overjoyed that one venue in Antwerp had provided the goods, Sophie squealed: ‘Finally. A venue that takes me seriously.’
Murder On The Dancefloor singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor, 44, with her giant jar of gherkins
David Beckham with owner of The Cotswold Guy deli in Gloucestershire Christopher Davey
Next time David Beckham considers a trip to his favourite deli, The Cotswold Guy, he’d be welcome to arrive by horse.
The Gloucestershire branch of the deli, which is also a firm favourite of Zara and Mike Tindall and actress Liv Tyler, has opened a ‘ride through’ service where customers on horses can pick up their treats from a suitably elevated shelf without having to dismount.
Owner Christopher Davey, pictured left with Becks, says: ‘It’s got to be the first one in the country.’ Let’s be honest, where else but the Cotswolds could this happen?
No can do for India
With her passion for art and design, porn heiress India Rose James has always followed a very different path from her grandfather, the late adult magazine publisher Paul Raymond.
Now a recent Instagram post reveals her interest in science – specifically the recently discovered possible link between plastic additive bisphenol A (BPA), which is used in drink cans to protect them from corrosion, and autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
‘So my ADHD is from drinking BPA, makes sense,’ she wrote. ‘Nothing is safe any more.’
Porn heiress India Rose James is the granddaughter of the late adult magazine publisher Paul Raymond
