That is an honour that may have made Margo Leadbetter, the social-climbing snob she performed in traditional sitcom The Good Life, inordinately proud: Dame Penelope Keith represented King Charles on the funeral of one in every of his favorite entertainers, Equipment Hesketh-Harvey, yesterday.
The dame, 82, who additionally performed upper-class Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in To The Manor Born, led the mourners on the actors’ church, St Paul’s in Covent Backyard, London.
Hesketh-Harvey, who died all of the sudden final month on the age of 65, was a cabaret star, lyricist and pantomime baddie. He used to carry out for King Charles and yesterday his son, Rollo, learn a part of a letter the household had acquired from the monarch since his father’s dying.
Rollo mentioned: ‘King Charles speaks of a real polymath, a lot cherished and admired, and whose great humour and comedian genius contributed a lot to our basic wellbeing. It’s a tragedy that he has been taken away from us all too early.’
Rollo and his sister Augusta have been joined on the entrance pew by their mom, Kate Rabett, 62, a Bond woman, Sizzling Gossip dancer and ex-girlfriend of Prince Andrew.She cut up up with Hesketh-Harvey in the course of the pandemic after she grew to become near Outdated Etonian financier Ian Harrison.
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Dame Penelope Keith represented King Charles on the funeral of one in every of his favorite entertainers
Hesketh-Harvey, who died all of the sudden final month on the age of 65, was a cabaret star, lyricist and pantomime baddie
Rabett and her husband shared a three-storey Georgian rectory in a Norfolk village for 35 years. Equipment moved into the sacristy of the church he owned throughout the street from their marital house. Yesterday, the household have been joined in a packed church by as much as 500 buddies together with best-selling writer Lord (Jeffrey) Archer and Oscar winner Sir Tim Rice.
The lyricist, 78, arrived together with his ex-lover Elaine Paige, the singer and actress. Princess Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, was amongst society figures together with TV persona Jodie Kidd, 44. Her elder sister, mannequin and make-up artist Jemma, Marchioness of Douro, 48, was accompanied by her boyfriend, the financier Arpad ‘Arki’ Busson, 60.
Poignantly, one of many pall bearers was Equipment’s nephew Henry Sands. His father, the celebrated actor Julian Sands, has been lacking since January after disappearing on a solo climbing journey in California. Henry’s mom is Sarah Sands, former editor of Radio 4’s Right now programme and the London Night Customary.
She recalled: ‘As Vanessa Redgrave as soon as mentioned, “Grief is an odd and unfamiliar panorama. We’ll all journey there.” ’
Mannequin and make-up artist Jemma, Marchioness of Douro, 48, was accompanied by her boyfriend, the financier Arpad ‘Arki’ Busson, 60
Paying tribute: Sir Tim Rice and Elaine Paige
Who will likely be named Mr Bond?
This can put the cat among the many pigeons: movie star Taron Egerton claims that the James Bond producers have recognized Daniel Craig’s successor.
‘They’ve already obtained somebody — and it’s not me,’ asserts Kingsman star Egerton, 33, who had been trumpeted as a contender for 007.
‘I’ve by no means been a part of the conversations. I’ve by no means met [the producers]. They’ve by no means enquired about me. I simply don’t suppose I’m the appropriate individual for that.’
Barbara Broccoli, who co-produces the movies with Michael G. Wilson, insisted in January: ‘We’ve got to first determine what we’re going to do story-wise and all the pieces. So casting will likely be approach off.
‘We’re definitely not casting in the meanwhile and don’t have any plans to forged for a while.’
Idris: I’m taking pictures for the celebrities with Luther franchise
He is downplayed ideas that he could possibly be the following James Bond however Idris Elba is set to show crime thriller Luther right into a collection of big-budget movies.
On the world premiere of the brand new Netflix movie Luther: The Fallen Solar, he tells me: ‘My hope is that Luther can change into its personal franchise now and that we duplicate it and make extra tales and take it barely greater.’
The Hackney-born star, 50, additionally used the premiere on the BFI IMAX in Waterloo to apologise to his spouse, mannequin Sabrina (proper), for his time taking part in troubled detective John Luther. ‘I do know I flip into an entire w***** once I’m taking part in John however she nonetheless loves me.’
The Hackney-born star, 50, additionally used the premiere on the BFI IMAX in Waterloo to apologise to his spouse, mannequin Sabrina (proper), for his time taking part in troubled detective John Luther
Accepting the Excellent Contribution honour on the Royal Tv Society journalism awards, Jeremy Paxman disclosed the key of his success as a grand inquisitor.
‘You don’t, in fact, know something a lot about something,’ he says. ‘However more often than not you’re up towards individuals who know even much less.’
Approach to take the bins out…
When Melvyn Bragg lastly married his youthful lover, he hoped to stay out his days in home bliss in Hampstead, North London. Nonetheless the distinguished broadcaster, 83, has found that his spouse, Gabriel, 67, shouldn’t be afraid of creating a scene.
‘Gabriel is the activist,’ Lord Bragg displays. ‘She determined to lie in the midst of the road one morning to protest at how the dustmen have been treating our bins.’ Clearly her radical strategy had the specified final result. ‘It was very efficient,’ says the host of Radio 4’s In Our Time. ‘They now present respect.’
So-called ‘colour-blind casting’ is reaching new heights. I hear that Princess Diana is to be performed within the West Finish by mixed-race actress Emma Jay Thomas.
Thomas, 50, will painting the mom of Princes William and Harry in Tony! (The Tony Blair Rock Opera) when it opens on the Leicester Sq. Theatre subsequent month.
The musical, co-written by Harry Hill, sees Diana declaring: ‘There have been three of us in that marriage, or seven in the event you depend all of the blokes I obtained off with.’