EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Lily James gets in the mood for Wimbledon as the Downton Abbey and Mamma Mia 2 star enjoys a game of tennis
Lily James spends most of her time in Hollywood these days, but she’s clearly getting in the mood for Wimbledon.
The Downton Abbey and Mamma Mia 2 star, 34, shared this photograph with fans of her enjoying a game of tennis.
‘My new fav pastime,’ says the Surrey-born actress, who wore a sporty, black mini dress with spaghetti straps. Advantage Lily!
The Downton Abbey and Mamma Mia 2 star, 34, shared this photograph with fans of her enjoying a game of tennis
Lily James spends most of her time in Hollywood these days, but she’s clearly getting in the mood for Wimbledon
Olympic star Fatima Whitbread, who turned down a cameo in which she would have sat on top of Sir Roger Moore after a fight in Octopussy, would never say never again if asked to appear in a Bond film.
‘There’s still time at 60,’ the former javelin thrower tells me at the gala night of Grease at London’s Dominion Theatre. ‘It’s the new 30.’
Whitbread, 62, exhibited her daredevil skills when she jumped out of a helicopter in SAS: Who Dares Wins.
Does Linley have designs for Rishi?
Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat underwent a controversial £112,000 makeover, complete with gold Lulu Lytle wallpaper, when he was Prime Minister, but surely Rishi Sunak isn’t planning an even grander redecoration?
I ask only because royal carpenter the Earl of Snowdon, pictured, was spotted leaving No 10 this week. King Charles’s cousin, David, created the furnishings company Linley, which sells extremely expensive cabinetry — such as £10,000 desks and £20,000 dining tables, along with a few items for the less well-off (£25 doorstops) — from its shop in Belgravia.
However, a spokesman for Christie’s, the auction house of which Lord Snowdon is honorary chairman, tells me he was at No 10 on its behalf: ‘I can confirm that David was invited to Downing Street on Tuesday in his Christie’s capacity.’
I ask only because royal carpenter the Earl of Snowdon, pictured, was spotted leaving No 10 this week
You can take Sir Edward Young out of Windsor, but you can’t take Windsor out of him…
I hear that Queen Elizabeth’s most senior aide (and hate-figure to Prince Harry and Meghan) has chosen Lord Young of Old Windsor to be his new title.
Sir Edward, who was private secretary to the Queen, was made a lord when he retired from royal service after 19 years.
He hit the headlines after clashing with the Duke of Sussex, who accused the courtier of preventing him from seeing his grandmother to lobby over ‘Megxit’.
Harry nicknamed him ‘The Bee’, due to his ‘oval-faced and fuzzy’ appearance and tendency to ‘glide around with great equanimity and poise’.
A summer of freebies has begun for Sir Keir Starmer.
The Labour leader managed to blag four free tickets, with hospitality, to see Coldplay perform earlier this month at one of the band’s sell-out concerts at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium.
The tickets, worth a total of £698, were provided by tour promoter SJM Concerts.
The following day, Sir Keir enjoyed watching the Epsom Derby, with the use of a private box for four people at Epsom Downs Racecourse.
He records in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests that the gift, including catering and admission tickets, was provided by Jockey Club Racecourses and worth a staggering £3,716.
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