EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Modest Diana said no to Vogue job when given the chance

The Duchess of Sussex was proud to be the first member of the royal family to serve as a guest editor for Vogue in 2019, but her late mother-in-law was invited to do the job more than 20 years earlier.

Former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman has revealed that Princess Diana turned down the chance to take the helm.

“I wish I had agreed to be a guest editor at Vogue,” Shulman tells me, sharing an image of the rejection letter dated a year before Diana’s death.

‘Together, we would have produced something very entertaining. But she may well have been wiser not to. She knew her strengths and limitations, and she was smart enough to see the problems that could arise in the future.’

Former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman has revealed that Princess Diana turned down the chance to take the helm and shared the rejection letter on Instagram.

Prince Andrew claims new revelations will “restore his reputation”

Prince Andrew is regularly voted the least popular member of the Royal Family and has been stripped of all his public duties, but his self-confidence remains intact.

I can reveal that King Charles’s brother has been assuring his friends that an event is about to take place that will restore his reputation, if not quite to the heroic status he enjoyed as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot in the Falklands War. , at least to what it was before. he was photographed in New York’s Central Park in conversation with Jeffrey Epstein, shortly after the latter’s release from prison in 2009 after serving a disconcertingly short sentence for sex crimes.

Prince Andrew is regularly voted the least popular member of the royal family.

When out shooting, the Duke of York tends to speak more freely. “He says details are about to be made public, which will change people’s perception of him,” they told me. He says it will happen next month.

Andrew would not give further details, but the Mail on Sunday reported at the weekend that he hopes to void the multi-million dollar settlement he reached with Virginia Roberts, who accused him of sexual assault. He was reported to have consulted lawyers in an attempt to get her to recant her allegations and obtain an apology, after Ms Roberts withdrew her lawsuit against another man she accused of sexual assault, as he “could have committed a error”. However, Ms. Roberts has always maintained that her case against the Duke is valid.

The most devastating blow, I was told, was the abrupt reduction in Andrew’s role as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, as reported by the Daily Mail before Christmas.

Andrew had already retired from his duties with the grenadiers, but he had done so in the belief that he would, in time, return to them. He says that His Majesty [Queen Elizabeth] he gave him his word that resigning was only a temporary measure. He says they didn’t tell him beforehand that he was going to be fired, nor, obviously, that Camilla would replace him.

‘He says he just heard about it ‘in the media’.’

Maybe it’s time for Andrew to give his own surprise to the media?

Desperate for the chain of police officers convicted of sex crimes, pop star Ellie Goulding has urged women to sign up for self-defense classes. “I hate that we’re pretty much forced to do this, because we can’t even trust the police, but since people are still creeps/weirdos and continue to harass, please invest in boxing/self defense classes.” , etc.” the singer tells fans online. ‘Money well spent.’

Alice really knows how to clown.

Alice Eve, 40, has been to The Why Not Institute in London to learn about the clown.

Alice Eve is that rare creature in show business: an actress who doesn’t take herself “too” seriously.

The 40-year-old daughter of Waking The Dead star Trevor Eve and actress Sharon Maughan has been to The Why Not Institute in London to learn the art of clowning. “I had the most wonderful two weeks,” she says, before turning to the luvvie language.

“It was a profoundly transformative experience and more emotional than I expected. The innocent base of the art form allows a sense of joy to enter the room and with it the cynicism disappears. When that happens, you realize what a cloud we live under. Ahh, the fears of a clown.

King Charles’ private Scottish estate is looking for a ranger with a “good knowledge” of wildlife, but admits he “unfortunately spends too much time picking up litter”. Would you like an office like this? Balmoral says in the online ad, along with a photo of some of the beautiful landscaping of it. Aside from the litter problem, the ad says, “A large proportion of rangers’ time is spent on routine maintenance, such as maintaining trails, fences, and bridges.”

Hollywood star Alan Cumming has to make younger friends because his contemporaries can’t keep up with his party lifestyle. “They feel like they don’t have the habit, they feel like they don’t belong,” says the 57-year-old Scotsman. You have to go out more. Just because you’re not having fun like you used to, doesn’t mean other people aren’t.

Ainsley’s Hot Potato

“Delicious food doesn’t have to be expensive,” says TV chef Ainsley Harriot (pictured)

Britain has become a nation of lazy couch potatoes ordering takeaways, suggests TV chef Ainsley Harriott.

“Delicious food doesn’t have to be expensive,” she tells me at a red carpet event at London’s Marylebone. “Here’s the thing: we’ve all gotten a little lazy: more of us are ordering from Just Eat, Deliveroo, Uber Eats and that kind of thing. Many more of us can’t be bothered [to cook]. We are all guilty of that sometimes. . . everyone loves a little bit of comfort.

The former Strictly star says planning is key: “Buy foods that you know you’re going to eat. You don’t want to get to the end of the week when you look in the fridge and think the broccoli has turned yellow, the spinach is off and the tomatoes are peeling.’