EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Earl horrifies society Christmas party-goers by spitting at staff member

This is the season to be joyful, with good will and good news. But clearly that is not the case for an eminent member of the aristocracy.

For him, an earl, it’s evidently just another chance to behave in a way that’s not inconsiderable, as he demonstrated in an astonishing and repulsive display.

The incident occurred at a private society party, held in London, earlier this month.

The hosts, a married couple, attended their guests with what I am sure is characteristic generosity, but no one, including the Count, took too much advantage of their hospitality, let alone seemed shabby.

However, when the guests were leaving at the end of the evening: “It was not very late,” they told me, “midnight, perhaps a little earlier,” the count’s mood changed.

Their hosts had made sure paid helpers were ready to find and return coats, hats, and scarves to guests.

‘All the coats were on a rack,’ they told me. “There were two girls, a sweet South American one, helping to find and return them.”

By chance, she was the one who responded to the earl’s request for his coat, but had trouble finding it. Her lordship was not amused. She started to raise her voice. ‘He said: ‘Why don’t the coats have names on them?’ He was getting more and more nervous, in front of this poor girl, who was saying: ‘I’m so sorry, I’m just trying to find your coat.’ ‘

But his apologies failed to appease his partner, who instead responded in an abominable manner.

He spat in her face, in front of a bunch of people. The most disgusting thing,’ says my source.

It left the young assistant distraught and disgusted.

His friends expected him to report the matter to the police. “What he did is attack,” says one of them.

But it seems unlikely that justice will be done. She works for the family that gave the party and fears she will lose his job.

It is time, evidently, that the family spat on the count forever.

English rugby star Sam marries college sweetheart

It’s been just over a year since I reported that England rugby union star Sam Underhill had become engaged to his girlfriend Josie Jennings – now they’ve made it official.

The 26-year-old Bath wing married the Bath University graduate in a low-key ceremony in Somerset attended by close friends and family.

The happy couple met in college.

Last year, Josie described Sam’s proposal, complete with diamond ring, as “the best weekend ever, couldn’t be happier.”

However, you may have to make do with a very short honeymoon. Bath return to action this afternoon with an away game at Exeter.

The smart ensemble is talking about… Dame Viv’s festive heartthrob girl

There’s no mystery who Dame Vivienne Westwood’s granddaughter Cora Corre will be kissing under the mistletoe this Christmas.

Well, I heard that the 25-year-old model found love with former model Riccardo Ambrosio, who is now a manager at Soho House in London.

Cora shared this adorable photo of her and Ambrosio snuggling up at a party, which she captioned “Mr. and Mrs. Scrooge.” Hopefully, Riccardo and Cora’s relationship will have won the approval of their parents, Agent Provocateur co-founders Serena Rees and Joe Corre, as well as punk queen Dame Viv.The 81-year-old fashion designer once expressed her disappointment because her granddaughter had chosen to go skiing instead of modeling for her.

Ivy Getty tweaks The Grinch’s latest look!

She’s never been shy about making a bold fashion statement, but I dare say the Ivy Getty heiress’s latest ensemble reminds me of a glamorous version of the fictional Dr. Seuss character The Grinch.

In reality, though, the model was a far cry from the Christmas-hating creature and was full of the holiday spirit as she celebrated her 28th birthday in New York.

The great-granddaughter of Jean Paul Getty, the oil magnate who was once the world’s richest man, donned a lime green fur hat, which she paired with a sequined crop top and shorts.

The heiress is married to tech genius Toby Engel, 29, the son of former Coronation Street actress Cheryl Prime, but Ivy tells me she hasn’t even seen an episode of the ITV soap.

“I haven’t seen it yet, which is very embarrassing,” he says. You should see it. I only watch MasterChef and the news, which is very depressing.

Wait till I see Corrie. . .

Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes might have to rethink his grand plan for the show.

Having previously stated that as long as people still want to see new episodes, he’ll “give it to them,” he’s now hinted that it might not last much longer. “I live in the present as far as my career is concerned,” Lord Fellowes, 73, tells me of the future of period drama.

“But whatever I say now, probably five years from now I’ll be saying something that will end up being completely wrong. When the time comes when people don’t want it, I’ll move on to something else.

A world without Downton? What would the Earl of Grantham say?

there are no slouching in Swaledale, certainly not where Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen’s brood of nine is concerned. Although Amanda, now estranged from her husband Clive, is currently off our screens, their second son Reuben not only stars with his father in the Channel 5 spin-off Beyond The Yorkshire Farm, but has established his own business, Reuben Owen Limited. , specialized in ‘environmental and sanitation works’. There is also no question who is boss; Reuben is a sole director and owns at least 75 percent of the company’s shares.

He just turned 19 last month. So it’s not just sheep that grow fast in the valleys.

Got You Baby – Cher To Get The Mamma Mia! treatment

It became Mamma Mia! the Musical into a global supertrouper that has grossed billions from movies and stage shows alike.

Now producer Judy Craymer, 65, is ready to pour all her love into iconic singer Cher as she works on a new biopic about the singer’s life. But Judy is keeping quiet about who will play the star: “There are all kinds of thoughts about who will play Cher, but she has her approval.” I think she’s looking forward to it, but she’s intimidated by seeing her life on the screen. I think she would really like a biopic and I think it will be a gift to the audience: her life, her story, her acting and her funny ways. She has great enthusiasm.

Ronnie Wood, maybe. . .

Who says that the monarchy is an outdated concept and that the Royal Family should be swept away? Not Labor councilor Hamza Taouzzale, 23, the youngest Westminster mayor who took office when the Conservatives lost control of the ward in local elections last May. “I appeared in the Prince and Princess of Wales video for the #TogetherAtChristmas carol service,” says Taouzzale, who is also Westminster’s first Muslim mayor. ‘It’s just the icing on the cake. Everything feels like a dream.

Has the Wogan pizza empire bitten the crust?

As the sons of the late Sir Terry Wogan, they were hoping for a slice of culinary greatness when they opened a branch of their pizza franchise on the site of the former BBC studios, where their late father was once king of the airwaves.

But now mystery surrounds the future of Homeslice Pizza, launched by brothers Mark, 52, and Alan Wogan, 55, in 2013.

Since their White City location closed its doors, the branch has now been removed from the Homeslice website as well.

This means that the company, which started with six branches in London, now has just three left. The White City branch opened in 2018 on the site of the former BBC studios, which had been the spiritual home of Sir Terry, who was one of the BBC’s most beloved broadcasters before he died aged 77 in 2016. .

Is Noel Gallagher looking back on his past shenanigans with singer brother Liam with a little less anger?

The Oasis songwriter thinks he and his rowdy brother should have taken a break at the height of their fame, which likely would have prolonged their career as a band.

“If I could go back, I would have taken five years at the time and just let it all land and then start again,” he says. ‘But you have to be cool to think like that and we weren’t cool, we were just guys from a council estate.’

(very) modern manners

Since “memories may vary”, as the Queen memorably mused, the King might have wanted to make sure every sip and smile was recorded at his Sandringham Christmas party on Thursday. If so, it was a temptation that you resisted. “It was gently but definitely pointed out that no pictures would be taken,” they told me. Phones were left in the cars.

Rachel Johnson has criticized Meghan Markle by introducing a new preface to her weekly Difficult Women podcast.

At the beginning of each episode, Boris’s younger sister, 57, now informs listeners: ‘Warning, this is not a Meghan Markle-type podcast. Not here, not now. We take difficult things as a compliment, not an insult, and [this is] where women are the heroes of their own lives and not the victims.’ Meow.