His sister was one of Princess Diana’s closest friends, yet financier Ben Goldsmith has nothing but contempt for his old pal Prince Harry.
The Duke of Sussex’s explosive interview with the BBC last week has prompted the son of late billionaire Sir James Goldsmith to go public with criticism that his friends will say only privately.
‘Tragic but true – Prince Harry’s behaviour is unforgivable,’ Ben, below, declares.
The reference to forgiveness is thought to be in response to Harry’s admission that a reconciliation with his family would be very difficult because of his tawdry memoirs, Spare, and his criticism of them in numerous interviews.
‘Of course, some members of my family will never forgive me for writing a book,’ Harry said. ‘Of course, they will never forgive me for lots of things.’
Ben, 44, is the first former pal of the duke to condemn him publicly. Harry admitted in Spare that he had lost friends over his decision to tell all to American chat show host Oprah Winfrey, including the van Cutsem family.
‘Several close mates and beloved figures in my life, including one of Hugh and Emilie’s sons, Emilie herself, and even Tiggy [Pettifer, his former nanny], had chastised me for Oprah,’ he wrote. ‘How could you reveal such things? About your family?’
Ben’s sister, Jemima Goldsmith, was so close to Diana that the princess visited her twice in Pakistan while she was married to former cricket legend Imran Khan.
Financier Ben Goldsmith has nothing but contempt for his old pal Prince Harry, saying his ‘behaviour is unforgivable’
The reference to forgiveness is thought to be in response to Harry’s admission that a reconciliation with his family would be very difficult because of his tawdry memoirs
She agreed to help Netflix with its portrayal of Diana in The Crown before pulling out when she concluded that the story was not being treated as ‘respectfully or compassionately’ as she had hoped.
‘It was really important to me that the final years of my friend’s life be portrayed accurately and with compassion, as has not always happened in the past,’ she later explained.
Will sister Kate love Lottie’s latest wheeze?
Kate Moss’s face has graced billboards worldwide for decades, and now her half-sister, Lottie, is claiming similar success.
The 27-year-old model has shared this photograph online of her posing beneath a billboard displaying her image in an advertisement for Fanvue. The billboard is above a bureau de change in London.
Fanvue is a content-sharing platform that allows creators to upload and sell exclusive content to their subscribers. ‘I’m so happy,’ Lottie says about the new partnership.
She suffered a painful fall-out with her family after she stripped off for adult subscription website OnlyFans following her move to Los Angeles in 2021.
Lottie Moss has shared this photograph online of her posing beneath a billboard displaying her image in an advertisement for Fanvue
Earlier this year, she said she had quit OnlyFans because she wanted to move ‘on to the next chapter’ of her life and focus on something ‘more entrepreneurial’.
Queen Camilla and ex at service for Sir Thomas
Before the VE Day celebrations began, Queen Camilla joined her first husband for a memorial service at Hereford Cathedral.
Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles also attended the thanksgiving service last Friday for the life of Sir Thomas Dunne, who served as Queen Elizabeth’s Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire for three decades.
Brig Parker Bowles, 85, was there in a formal role, representing Princess Anne, 74. This was not the first time that he has represented his former girlfriend at such an event. The pair went out with each other in the 1970s, before he married Camilla Shand, 77.
The Weakest Link’s former host Anne Robinson has said she is now going out with the brigadier, but he has not been pictured with her.
Before the VE Day celebrations began, Queen Camilla joined her first husband, Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles, for a memorial service at Hereford Cathedral (pictured at their wedding in 1973)
The Queen attended the thanksgiving service last Friday for the life of Sir Thomas Dunne, who served as Queen Elizabeth’s Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire for three decades (pictured at VE Day events on Monday)
His son, Tom Parker Bowles, said last December that he had asked his father about Robinson. ‘He says they’re just friends, and I’ll take his word for it,’ Tom remarked. ‘But there’s life in the old dog yet.’
A day with Diane Abbott and chums… That’s £590, please
The controversial first lady of Zimbabwe is heading to London to appear at an eye-poppingly expensive conference alongside African royalty, Labour MPs and one of the King’s foremost advisers.
Auxillia Mnangagwa, wife of the Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa, is listed as a speaker at the Flair summit next month at the Royal Leonardo Hotel by Tower Bridge. Flair stands for First Ladies of Africa Impact and Resilience Summit. It is not without its critics. Lib Dem peer Lord Oates has noted the suppression of journalists and newspapers in Zimbabwe and has called for parliamentarians to complain personally to Mrs Mnangagwa about these abuses when she lands in Britain.
The controversial first lady of Zimbabwe is heading to London to appear at an eye-poppingly expensive conference (pictured right)
Labour MP Diane Abbott is also set to appear at the Flair summit next month at the Royal Leonardo Hotel by Tower Bridge
She will appear alongside Labour MPs Diane Abbott and Dawn Butler, and the chairman of the King’s Trust, Tom Ilube. Tickets are not cheap: a day pass retails at £590 and a ten-seat table at the dinner costs £11,800.
How Bailey bagged Bridget
She’s the long-term girlfriend of Bridget Jones producer Eric Fellner, but society model Laura Bailey claims she struggled to secure a role in the film’s latest instalment, Mad About The Boy.
The former Marks & Spencer mannequin, 52, has shared a video on social media of her cameo, in which she drops off her on-screen daughter at school, behind Renee Zellweger’s Bridget. ‘Out-takes from the best day,’ she says.
Society model Laura Bailey claims she struggled to secure a role in the latest Bridget Jones instalment, Mad About The Boy, despite being the long-term girlfriend of the film’s producer
‘Forever grateful to director Michael Morris for casting my cameo against the producer (my boyfriend)’s wishes.’
The sporty mum of two adds: ‘Tennis mum – the role I was born to play!’
Princess and heiress rock frocks
There was little chance of King Charles’s goddaughter, Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark, attending yesterday’s VE Day celebrations.
The socialite was in New York, rubbing shoulders with heiress Ivy Getty at a pre-Met Gala cocktail party at the Twenty Two Hotel.
King Charles’s goddaughter, Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark (left), was in New York, rubbing shoulders with heiress Ivy Getty at a pre-Met Gala cocktail party
The pair both wore Versace frocks, with Ivy, 30, sporting its revealing £2,770 Safety Pin dress. Meanwhile, Olympia, 28, wore a La Vacanza Printed Jersey Halter Dress that cost more than £2,000.
