The “Steel Magnolia” is described as having “charm and resoluteness.” The cousin of Nigella Lawson and George Monbiot is one of the country’s finest solicitors but also trained as a cordon bleu chef. Heather Mills threw a jug of water over her head at the final settlement hearing of her divorce from Sir Paul McCartney and other well known clients have included The Prince of Wales and Alyce Faye Eichelberger, the former wife of John Cleese.
Two stories to keep beside you
Paul and Selena Bailey
Having sold their telephone conferencing empire for £28 million in 2012, Paul and Selena Bailey became the first people in the UK to own the £3 million “Holy Trinity of Hypercars”
The Cheery Street Sweeper
Never without a decent word to say, Knightsbridge’s cheeriest street sweeper is an asset to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Unlike the incompetent, avaricious councillors representing the area, this diligent worker never moans and he never complains. Come sun, rain, wind or snow, here is someone who takes pride in his work and […]
Readers have their say
2 comments
I admire Baroness Shackleton hugely. The jug of water incident really made her most famous but she has achieve so much else. She is a credit to her profession and the Madonna story about her bills being exaggerated are hocus pocus.
She makes a fortune and she certainly isn’t scared of water!!!!!!