While Boris Johnson yesterday denied he had “deliberately or recklessly” misled MPs over ‘Partygate’, his half-brother Max has also emerged as a fighter.
The Eton and Oxford educated financier, 37, shared this photo of him boxing Thai in Phuket, Thailand.
He dedicated this shirtless snap not to the former prime minister but to his trainer “Kru” who made him a stronger fighter.
“I have to give this man special praise. . . for giving me the strength to get back up and face the rest of life’s challenges during those moments of pain and exhaustion.”
Boris will know how he feels. . .
Tough: Boris’ brother is fighting too!
Poppy reveals her burning passion…
Poppy Delevingne is enjoying a blossoming romance with Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece, but she’s determined to hold on to the remnants of her eight-year marriage to James Cook.
The actress and model, 36, had two wedding ceremonies with businessman Cook in 2014: one in London and the other in Marrakesh. And she says her two designer wedding dresses remain among her most prized possessions.
‘I had one [dress] designed by the wondrous Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel,” she says on the podcast This Old Thing. “For part two I wore a Peter Dundas for Pucci wedding dress. It’s now in a museum in Norway – he stole it from me again. I want it back because I want to do the dishes in it.’
She adds: ‘[I’d save] Those two things, if my house burns down – they have so much sentimental value.
Call the accountant! Call The Midwife creator Heidi Thomas and her husband Stephen McGann, who owns Dr. Patrick Turner in Sunday night’s hit BBC One drama have shared a £1million payday from their production company Velvet Films.
According to newly filed accounts, the couple shared £600,000 in dividend payments in the year to last June, while Heidi received £435,592 in author royalties.
Her earnings are an increase of £224,758 over the previous year.
phew! Star Andrews uninvited tenants
phew! Star Andrew Ridgeley’s plans to demolish a barn and build a new home on his farm have been bat-hit.
The Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go singer wants to tear down a disused garage and build a three-bedroom warehouse in its place.
And he wants to expand the building to provide an open plan kitchen and dining area with an open vaulted roof on the 76-acre farm near Wadebridge, Cornwall. But an investigation conducted ahead of the proposed development revealed the garage is being used as a roost for bats – a protected species.
Ridgeley, 60, has applied for planning permission from local council but will also need to apply for a special permit from Natural England before construction can begin.
On-screen villain Jeremy Irons went ‘crazy’ after a slip of the tongue from The One Show host Alex Jones.
“I learned the hard way to tell people who the worst guests are because I did that once with Jeremy Irons.”
Jones says. ‘I misunderstood his wife’s name. His wife is Sinead and I named her Joan. And he went insane. [He] confronted me and said, “I read an article, I’m in the top five worst guests of all time”.
“I said, ‘Look, there’s been a lot of bad ones since you, so you’re probably in the top 20 now.’ And then he was actually fine.’
Monty Python stars Eric Idle and John Cleese still share a dark sense of humor.
Idle, 79, was asked online by a fan if he’d ever met Mary Poppins star Dick Van Dyke, 97.
“Yes, a few times.” idle answers. “He also called me a few times during the pandemic. Once he called and said, “Is John Cleese dead?”. And I said, “Unfortunately not.” ‘