EMILY PRESCOTT: King’s goddaughter model India Hicks goes crazy over a piece of pickle…
Forget tennis at Wimbledon – according to the King’s goddaughter, India Hicks, it’s all about pickleball!
Model India tells me that the American sport is her new obsession and she predicts it will soon become huge in the UK.
The 55-year-old daughter of Lady Pamela Mountbatten and David Hicks – and self-proclaimed ‘passionate pickler’ – has even designed these paddles for the sport, which she describes as a mix of tennis and ping pong.
“I was talking about pickleball and was approached by Recess, a company founded by two young girls.”
Forget tennis at Wimbledon – according to King’s goddaughter India Hicks, it’s all about pickleball
The 55-year-old daughter of Lady Pamela Mountbatten and David Hicks – and self-proclaimed ‘passionate pickler’ – even designed these paddles for the sport
It was a chance encounter – after “quite a few cocktails,” India agreed to put her design pedigree to good use, creating paddling patterns inspired by her life in the Bahamas.
Off court, India – a bridesmaid at Charles and Diana’s 1981 wedding – is usually the epitome of grace, but she says she can’t get enough of the “savage game.”
Perhaps she will arrange a match with actress Emma Watson, who recently went to court herself.
Jo Wood with new boyfriend Jameson Stocks
Jo’s new date
Jo Wood has a new man in her life: a celebrity chef who is 29 years her junior. Rolling Stone’s ex-wife Ronnie Wood, 68, tells me she first met Jameson Stocks at an awards show and soon after he started messaging her on Instagram.
Jo said at wellness company Gelida’s summer party at London’s Nobu Portman Hotel that the pair, pictured, are “just friends.” However, she then confessed that they had gone on a few dates and Jameson – who once called Britain’s next culinary star Marco Pierre White – even met her daughter Leah.
But it seems Jo needs a little reassurance in her choice when she asks worriedly, “Do you think he looks pretty nice?” I don’t know why he likes me. I actually think he’s pretty.’
If you want to look like a rocker, head to Barnardo’s thrift store in Marylebone, because that’s where Noel Gallagher sends most of his old clothes. But the former Oasis star keeps it low key, telling Jessie Ware’s Table Manners podcast, “If you make a big deal out of it, people just buy it and put it on eBay.”