At their peak, the Vestey household loved nearly unrivalled riches, courtesy – partially – of possession of the Dewhurst butchers chain which, until the Nineteen Nineties, was a fixture in fairly effectively each Excessive Avenue throughout the land.
This immense fortune – created by two hard-knuckled brothers from Liverpool, William and Edmund, and at the moment estimated at about £750 million – enabled the Vesteys to amass nation seats in Gloucestershire and Suffolk, and sporting estates in Scotland, to not point out strings of polo ponies and a peerage.
However it hasn’t insulated the household from marital misfortune, with Flora Vestey notching up two divorces earlier than her fortieth birthday.
She’s the second daughter of the late Lord Vestey – affectionately generally known as ‘Spam’, a fantastic good friend of Queen Elizabeth, for whom he served as Grasp of The Horse.
Now, I can disclose, it is the flip of her cousin Robin, 56, joint Grasp of the Thurlow Hunt in Suffolk, who has unhitched from his spouse, Victoria, who turns 58 this month.
Pals of the couple, who married in 1993 after assembly at college in Edinburgh, are surprised.
Flora Vestey (pictured) has already notched up two divorces earlier than her fortieth birthday
Robin Vestey, 56 (pictured), joint Grasp of the Thurlow Hunt in Suffolk, has divorced from his spouse, Victoria, who turns 58 this month
‘They’re each beautiful individuals,’ a pal tells me, explaining that, although divertingly completely different in fashion, they appeared to enrich one another in a really amicable manner.
Victoria – generally known as Vic – got here ‘from a considerably completely different background’ from Previous Etonian Robin, displays the chum.
‘She’s very slender and enticing however does not endure fools gladly, loves the hunt employees and the terrier males.’ She will additionally, he provides, be splendidly forthright when out looking, which might be an excessive amount of for some feminine riders.
‘They do not like being b******ed by her,’ displays this sportsman, including that Robin, in contrast, is ‘a mild-mannered, actually benevolent’ character – which explains why, in addition to being a non-executive director of Vestey Holdings, he has, since 2020, additionally been chairman of what is generally known as the household council.
Ever discreet, he declines to touch upon his rupture from Vic, with whom he has three grownup youngsters, Georgina, 30, Rose, 29, and Harry, 27. Vic is equally circumspect, limiting herself to telling me: ‘I can affirm that Robin and I’ve separated.’
Other than the emotional toll of the break-up, there may be lots at stake. Whereas the late Lord Vestey’s aspect of the household personal Stowell Park in Gloucestershire and 5,500 surrounding acres, Robin and his three brothers lord it over 15,500 acres at Thurlow, plus a few estates in Scotland.
The younger royal who’s actually sensible about artwork
The Duke of Kent’s granddaughter Girl Amelia Windsor was as soon as named the ‘most stunning royal’ by Tatler journal, however one other younger member of the household can declare to be the brainiest.
Artwork advisor Flora Vesterberg, granddaughter of Princess Alexandra, Queen Elizabeth’s first cousin, will have the ability to name herself Dr Vesterberg if she completes her post-graduate research.
Flora Vesterberg, granddaughter of Princess Alexandra, Queen Elizabeth’s first cousin, will develop into Dr Vesterberg if she completes a PhD programme at The Courtauld Institute of Artwork
‘I have been accepted into the PhD programme of The Courtauld Institute of Artwork,’ says Flora, 30, who has lectured at public sale homes.
‘It has been a long-held dream and I am very grateful to be starting my analysis into Nordic Impressionism.’
The sensible set’s speaking about… Girl Rachel’s travails within the ‘omnisexual’ relationship scene
After a ‘horrendous’ divorce from firm director Andrew Cameron-Webb, his ex-wife, Girl Rachel, has dipped her toe into the relationship scene, with outcomes which have shocked (and entertained) her buddies.
‘I signed up to a couple apps,’ explains the Earl of Aylesford’s daughter. ‘It is an entire new world on the market. One had essentially the most extraordinary quantity of ‘pronouns’ and ‘gender’ choices. No marvel the younger are so confused. Does anybody even know what ‘omnisexual’ or ‘skoliosexual’ means?
Girl Rachel Cameron (pictured) has dipped her toe into the relationship scene, however admits to not being impressed by potential matches up to now
‘I am fairly unimpressed up to now. A lot of the males ‘matched’ are both displaying off their pecs or beer bellies.’
Girl Rachel, 50, a clothier recognized for her jumpsuits, provides: ‘I do know heaps of people that have met the love of their lives on-line, so I assume I should persevere.’
You want a comfy little M&S vest Alexa, otherwise you’ll catch a chill
She was as soon as Marks & Spencer’s ‘It-girl’, however Alexa Chung wore an outfit this week that you simply’re unlikely to seek out within the Excessive Avenue big’s shops.
The tv presenter, 41, attended the Miu Miu Girls’s Tales screening, at Langan’s Brasserie in Mayfair, sporting a racy cream cut-out bodysuit, blue PVC skirt and a basic trench, all designed by the Italian trend home.
Alexa Chung sporting a Miu Miu racy cream cut-out bodysuit, blue PVC skirt and a basic trench at an occasion by the style home in Mayfair
‘I actually preferred the outfit I wore and was particularly happy to get to showcase my undervalued underboob,’ says Alexa, who’s going out with The Sandman actor Tom Sturridge, 39. He was beforehand engaged to Hollywood star Sienna Miller.
Is Ethan and Uma’s woman too mouthy for Hollywood?
Because the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, she may need anticipated to be handled like Hollywood royalty when she turned an actress herself.
However Maya Hawke has revealed that she has been on the receiving finish of scathing remarks about her look whereas on a movie set.
‘A director informed me that I appeared prettier with my mouth closed and that I ought to shut my mouth after I communicate extra typically,’ the Little Girls star discloses.
‘In the event you watch any of my performances, you will realise I’m a mouth breather and I do typically let my mouth cling open relying on what character I am taking part in, as a result of jaw pressure and mouth pressure is so necessary to precise what sort of individual you’re, and the place you permit that is essential.’
Maya Hawke (pictured) has revealed that she has been on the receiving finish of scathing remarks about her look whereas on a movie set
Maya, 26, doesn’t title the one who made the remark, however says she was left ‘actually upset’.
She explains: ‘I used to be taking part in a personality that’s distinctly unself-conscious, and that was a trait of the character they usually did not care about wanting fairly.’
‘Sachsgate’ sufferer is a brand new romantic
Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs’s granddaughter Georgina Baillie, who was publicly humiliated by comic Russell Model, has discovered love with a pop star 28 years her senior.
Artist Georgina, 39, goes out with Rusty Egan, 67, (pictured along with her) who based New Romantic band Visage with Midge Ure. ‘We met by means of a good friend,’ she tells me.
Egan, who’s finest recognized for the Visage hit Fade To Gray, has a daughter together with his first spouse, Miranda, and three sons together with his late second spouse, Penelope.
Georgina Baillie, the granddaughter of the late actor and Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs, goes out with Rusty Eganimages (pictured, left)
Georgina celebrates 5 years sober tomorrow. Model paid for her rehab after ‘Sachsgate’, the scandal uncovered by The Mail on Sunday wherein the comedian and Jonathan Ross taunted Sachs about Georgina’s relationshsip with Model by leaving revolting messages on his answerphone. They had been performed on Model’s BBC radio present in 2008.
‘Everybody I might met who was additionally sober was flawed for me,’ Georgina says. ‘Rusty helped me do issues I by no means thought I might with out utilizing or consuming, like going to gigs.’
Hockey hooligans give membership the blues
Claims that right this moment’s college students are higher behaved than their hedonistic predecessors look like exaggerated.
I hear that rowdy Cambridge undergraduates have been fined for working amok in an Indian restaurant.
Members of Cambridge College’s Hockey Membership are believed to have damaged plates and glasses and thrown meals about.
These concerned have been fined £300 to cowl the damages.
In a message within the membership’s group chat, a member criticised the staff, stating the incident might ‘have been very unhealthy for our status, this might have escalated into felony damages’.
Royal recycler’s on pattern
King Charles waters his vegetation together with his bathwater and had his previous toilet curtains remodeled into new furnishings for his Highgrove property. Now, milk cartons from the Sandringham Property in Norfolk are being become stylish outfits by design duo Vin + Omi.
‘We have now been doing numerous work with the King about taking vegetation from Sandringham and making one thing new,’ Vin tells me. ‘This season, we’re doing milk cartons – which is bizarre.’
Milk cartons from the King’s Sandringham Property are being become stylish outfits. Pictured: The King at an offshore turbine base manufacturing facility in Middlesborough
The outfits will probably be seen as a part of their newest assortment, entitled KAOS, at London Trend Week subsequent week.
His Majesty is but to make an look at London Trend Week. ‘We have invited him to the style reveals, however he at all times laughs,’ Vin says. ‘However we predict he’ll come someday.’
Opened with nice fanfare by boxing champion Anthony Joshua in 2017, and utilized by stars together with ‘Sporty Spice’ Mel C and former Vogue editor Edward Enninful, trendy gymnasium BXR London has left some members within the chilly.
‘BXR typically has no water in its showers – it is gone on for years,’ one livid member tells me. ‘They have not handled the issue in any respect and have not compensated members financially. I pay £265 monthly for this.’
BXR admits there have been scorching water outages in January because of ‘peak seasonal bathe utilization’ and exterior works. Nevertheless, a spokesman assures me: ‘If it was a standard challenge, we would be shedding members – however we’re thriving.’
Right here in Britain selling his debut within the Captain America film franchise – he performs a US President who turns into the terrifying Hulk – Hollywood veteran Harrison Ford is requested what turns him into ‘Hulk mode’.
Married to 3rd spouse and Ally McBeal star Calista Flockhart since 2010, the 82-year-old Indiana Jones star cheekily responds: ‘Often my spouse.’ Certainly not!
Abba pictured in London. The band has efficiently blocked an try by a Spanish wine firm to register ‘Vina Abba’ as a European trademark
Today they ship hologram avatars to carry out on stage on their behalf. However by no means assume that supergroup Abba, now all effectively into their 70s, are shuffling round in slippers, sipping aquavit, oblivious of the skin world.
They’ve, I can disclose, quashed an try by a Spanish wine firm to register ‘Vina Abba’ as a European trademark, efficiently arguing the Spaniards can be taking unfair benefit of the Abba model by ‘misappropriating its promoting energy’.
All collectively now: ‘Cash, cash, cash/Should be humorous/Within the wealthy man’s world…’
