EMILY PRESCOTT: A beautiful response from Amanda Ghost who James Blunt tried to write out of the history of his hit song
Singer James Blunt has accused his co-writer Amanda Ghost of exaggerating her involvement in the production of his hit You’re Beautiful.
In his new memoir, which he says is “inspired” by the truth, James, 49, writes that he gave Amanda credit for 10 percent of the song – which spent five weeks at No. 1 in 2005 – even though she had only made a song. passing comment about ‘tying up the end of the chorus’. But Amanda, 49, who is working on a musical of The Great Gatsby, isn’t taking the bait.
Amanda tells me: ‘I hope James proves with his new book that he is one of the most important novelists of his generation.’
Do you sense the sarcasm?
Singer James Blunt has accused his co-writer Amanda Ghost of exaggerating her involvement in the production of his hit You’re Beautiful.
Amanda tells me: ‘I hope with his new book that James proves himself as one of the most important novelists of his generation’
Princess Margaret’s son David Linley has spent most of his life working privately on his bespoke furniture business. But I can reveal that David, 61, is teaming up with Made in Chelsea’s Mark-Francis Vandelli for a TV show. Mark-Francis, 34, told me at the Maddox Gallery: ‘It’s very exciting and it’s all about vintage things.’
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