Tamara Ralph, who created the transparent £56,000 dress that Meghan Markle wore in her engagement photos, enjoys putting on the Ritz.
The designer was accused of squandering her Mayfair fashion house Ralph & Russo’s cash on luxury lingerie and costly hair salon appointments before its collapse earlier this year.
But that didn’t deter her from giving a lavish party to celebrate her 40th birthday party at the weekend.
Tamara Ralph, her partner Bhanu Choudhrie, celebrate their 40th anniversary with their little girl
Tamara wore an extravagant red dress that was cut at the knee, while Haliya, her ten month-old daughter, wore a matching scarlet gown.
Bhanu Choudhrie (her super-rich boyfriend) joined them at Hotel de Paris, Monaco.
He had to give his interior designer ex-wife, Simrin, a staggering £60 million divorce payout earlier this year.
Ralph and Michael Russo. She was accused of squandering fashion house Ralph & Russo’s cash on luxury lingerie and costly hair salon appointments before its collapse earlier this year
Ralph created the transparent £56,000 dress that Meghan Markle wore in her engagement photos, enjoys putting on the Ritz
Julian, a cellist, takes a bow
Julian Lloyd Webber, a cellist, was devastated to have to stop performing in 2007 due to a persistent shoulder injury.
However, this time Jiaxin, his fourth wife will play the cello and Jasmine, their 10-year-old daughter, sing, as Lloyd Webber, 70 gives a reading.
‘We wanted something special to celebrate our 20th year,’ the charity’s founder, Patricia Parker, tells me.
‘It is very exciting that Julian will perform for us.
‘Our aim at the concert is to make him become very personally involved with the work we do for the kids who have nothing in Darfur.’
Julie Burchill is a pandemic hell-raiser who has an uncommon excuse for not wearing masks during the outbreak.
‘I did refuse to wear a mask the entire time,’ explains the outspoken writer, 62.
‘When I was asked why I wasn’t wearing a mask, I would look people in the eye and say, “I took too much cocaine in the Eighties and my nose is ruined.”
‘They’d either laugh or be really upset.’
Sir Paul McCartney and his ex-wife Heather Mills, who was awarded £24.3 million following her bitter divorce battle from the musician, in 2002
Mills (53) posted a picture of herself stretching impressively on Instagram. She captioned the photo with “stay flexible in you mind, and not your body.”
Macca’s ex stretches One point…
Twist and Shout was once sung by Sir Paul McCartney, and Heather Mills is still able to bend with the best.
Showing off her prowess at yoga, the 53-year-old businesswoman, who was awarded £24.3 million following her bitter divorce battle from Sir Paul, says: ‘Stay flexible in your mind, not just your body. . .otherwise you will spend half of your life creating wealth and the other half spending it on your health.’
Let’s hope Mills was able to Get Back (up).
Joe Warwick, who runs Michelin-starred SoLa in London’s Soho, was delighted when he was informed that his restaurant had won a prize at Lux magazine’s food and drink awards.
His delight turned to surprise when he was asked to fork out £1,000 a head to attend the ceremony. He calls this ‘shady parasitic s***’.
Master of Wine Natasha Hughes says: ‘I won one of those awards, too. Told them where they could stick their pricey crystal trophy.’
James Norton (35), who has type-1 diabetes, showed his glucose-monitoring gadget
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James Norton, who is rumored to be next James Bond has now revealed his secret weapon.
It’s not a Walther PPK gun or an explosive watch, but a medical device.
The 35-year-old star of McMafia and Grantchester has type 1 diabetes, and he’s shown off the Dexcom device, which monitors glucose in the blood and sends messages to his phone, after a very bracing dip in Kent.
‘It requires constant care and attention as well as patience and fortitude, but occasionally can be a strange sort of support, and even a power,’ he says of his condition.