Duncan Bannatyne slices £100,000 off asking price of his former marital home
Listed in June 2013 for £899,000 according to Zoopla and now reduced to £799,995, Duncan Bannatyne OBE’s troubles with selling his home near Middlesbrough were detailed in yesterday’s ‘City Diary’ in The Telegraph. (more…)
The not guilty verdict in the case of the former assistants to Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson’s highlights nothing but the mess that was their marriage
#TeamNigella has trended on Twitter in recent weeks. Even the Prime Minister joined in. Few have leapt to the defence of the television presenter’s former husband, Charles Saatchi, however, but yesterday, still, his Evening Standard column still proudly graced the entirety of page 39. (more…)
A self-proclaimed “Domestic Goddess”, Lawson was rebranded a “habitual criminal” during the trial of her two former assistants in November 2013. In an email quoted during the case, her ex-husband, Charles Saatchi, nicknamed her “Higella” and alleged his wife “poisoned [her] child with drugs and trashed her life”. In response, amongst those who leapt to Lawson’s defence on Twitter were Tom Parker Bowles, Rosa Monckton and Piers Morgan. Though the image of Saatchi throttling Lawson at Scott’s in Mayfair is undoubtedly one of the most shocking published in 2013, this cookery writer and presenter’s last biscuit may have just been baked given American viewer’s distaste for drug abuse.
The “original supermodel” looks just as good in reality as she does in photographs and was born in DeKalb, Illinois. Her marriage to the actor Richard Gere was shortlived but a union with bar operator Rande Gerber has produced two children. Crawford has endorsed politicians as varied as Mitt Romney and Barrack Obama and made pizzas with One Direction’s Harry Styles. She has over 1.2 million followers on Twitter and from her base in Malibu oversees the Cindy Crawford Home collection. It grosses $250 million annually in retail sales.
Our agony aunt doesn’t mince her words and makes The Sun’s “Dear Deidre” seem tame. She whips those who write to her into submissiveness and believes that whilst Essex girls are “like mopeds: you may not like to be seen with them but they are much more fun to ride” Chelsea girls are “like cream: thick, rich and taken by themselves bland and sickening”. If she doesn’t follow you on Twitter, she just isn’t interested.
Our agony aunt doesn’t mince her words and makes The Sun’s “Dear Deidre” seem tame. She whips those who write to her into submissiveness and believes that whilst Essex girls are “like mopeds: you may not like to be seen with them but they are much more fun to ride” Chelsea girls are “like cream: thick, rich and taken by themselves bland and sickening”. If she doesn’t follow you on Twitter, she just isn’t interested.
The term “bonfire of the bankers” truly applies to the life of this divorced Frenchman who has variously been based in London and New York. Back in 2009, he told Bloomberg: “I haven’t cried yet” after being made redundant by Credit Suisse in 2009 and then in October 2013, party loving Assoun informed a London court: “I don’t have any money… Yes I own a $3.3 million New York apartment — it doesn’t mean I’m rich”. This managing partner of the MYD Markets trade execution firm is plainly a man in need of a better publicist.
This week, Mrs MILF deals with a wife with expensive tastes in jewellery, a sister with suspicions, social networks and answers a reader’s question about her own tastes in men and women.
Mrs MILF: Do you like men or women? I get the feeling you are ambivalent.
Lizzie C., Honiton, Devon
Although a few of my exes were intrigued by the thought of me with other women, those exes who had more maturity and experience of life realised that they should be careful what they wished for. As for men and women, I love most men, like some but respect only a few. Women: I love a few, like some and respect most.
My wife came home from a party and told me she’d fallen in love with a piece of jewellery. I said I’d buy it for her and then I saw the price: £49,000. She knows I’d never be able to afford such an item especially given I was made redundant from my banking job last year. Is she trying to tell me something or should I prepare for her departure?
Johan B., London, SW3
She is trying to tell you something. You should prepare for her departure.
I think my lover has another lover who keeps liking his photo on Facebook. What should I do?
Kyle H., New York, USA
Remove yourself from Facebook. It’s not a lifeline. It’s a rope. Don’t get hung on it.
My sister and her husband adopted a child ten years ago. I have my suspicions that the little girl is his lovechild as she looks like my sister’s best friend. Should I dare to breach the topic or is it best to let sleeping dogs lie? P.S. The husband hates me and I loathe him. P.P.S. My sister is definitely unhappy in the marriage as she’s told me as much.
Camilla C., London, W8
The messenger is always shot. There is never an exception. Don’t mention anything unless you have proof (i.e. a DNA test). Even then, you’ll still be shot. After all, your sister may already know who the baby belongs to. As for being unhappy in her marriage, if she really is she’ll file for divorce or ask her husband to buy her a £49,000 piece of jewellery.
My lover hasn’t followed me on Twitter. Does that mean he’s no longer interested?
Emma R., London, SE15
The answer in a word: “Yes”.
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This week, Mrs MILF deals with a wife with expensive tastes in jewellery, a sister with suspicions, social networks and answers a reader’s question about her own tastes in men and women.
Mrs MILF: Do you like men or women? I get the feeling you are ambivalent.
Lizzie C., Honiton, Devon
Although a few of my exes were intrigued by the thought of me with other women, those exes who had more maturity and experience of life realised that they should be careful what they wished for. As for men and women, I love most men, like some but respect only a few. Women: I love a few, like some and respect most.
My wife came home from a party and told me she’d fallen in love with a piece of jewellery. I said I’d buy it for her and then I saw the price: £49,000. She knows I’d never be able to afford such an item especially given I was made redundant from my banking job last year. Is she trying to tell me something or should I prepare for her departure?
Johan B., London, SW3
She is trying to tell you something. You should prepare for her departure.
I think my lover has another lover who keeps liking his photo on Facebook. What should I do?
Kyle H., New York, USA
Remove yourself from Facebook. It’s not a lifeline. It’s a rope. Don’t get hung on it.
My sister and her husband adopted a child ten years ago. I have my suspicions that the little girl is his lovechild as she looks like my sister’s best friend. Should I dare to breach the topic or is it best to let sleeping dogs lie? P.S. The husband hates me and I loathe him. P.P.S. My sister is definitely unhappy in the marriage as she’s told me as much.
Camilla C., London, W8
The messenger is always shot. There is never an exception. Don’t mention anything unless you have proof (i.e. a DNA test). Even then, you’ll still be shot. After all, your sister may already know who the baby belongs to. As for being unhappy in her marriage, if she really is she’ll file for divorce or ask her husband to buy her a £49,000 piece of jewellery.
My lover hasn’t followed me on Twitter. Does that mean he’s no longer interested?
Emma R., London, SE15
The answer in a word: “Yes”.
Mrs MILF is lady with a cupcake and a whip who will solve all your problems be they in the bedroom department or elsewhere.
Mrs MILF welcomes your questions for her weekly column. Please submit them to her via [email protected]. She does not enter into individual correspondence and she won’t visit your home for personal consultations. Some names have been changed to protect the modesty of the individuals and their problems.
Subscribe to our free once daily email newsletter here:[contact-form-7 id=”225″ title=”Contact form 1″]
This heiress daughter of a Montana “robber baron” mining and railroad tycoon was a hence unseen recluse from 1930 until her death in 2011 following a painful divorce from the son of one of her father’s business associates after just two years of marriage. (more…)