EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Cressida Bonas’s pop at Harry’s £11million palace?

While Prince Harry and Meghan have spent £11 million on a mansion with nine bedrooms and 16 bathrooms (right), his ex, Cressida Bonas, is keen to make the point that she’s happy with a simpler life. The 31-year-old, who married her own Harry, Wentworth-Stanley, last month, shared this snap (left) of herself sitting on the steps … Read more

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Prince Charles welcomes back bed-and-breakfast guests to Dumfries House

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Prince Charles welcomes back bed-and-breakfast guests to his Scottish stately home Dumfries House… with butlers! By Richard Eden for the Daily Mail Published: 01:16 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 02:00 BST, 15 August 2020 Prince Charles has found a stylish way to comply with social-distancing rules — by bringing back butlers. He … Read more

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Samantha Cameron’s brother reveals he is having a baby girl

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: It’s a girl! Delight for Samantha Cameron’s brother after the 35-year-old hosted a gender reveal baby shower with his girlfriend in West London By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 23:53 BST, 7 August 2020 | Updated: 23:59 BST, 7 August 2020 Gender reveal parties might be an American tradition but they’re … Read more

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Boris’s half-brother, Max, has become a father to a daughter called Ayla 

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Another Johnson checks in – Boris’s financier half-brother, Max, has become a father after his glamorous wife gave birth to their first child – a daughter called Ayla By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 23:59 BST, 7 August 2020 | Updated: 23:59 BST, 7 August 2020 The Johnson clan continues to … Read more

RICHARD EDEN: Drama to be made about Sarah Ferguson’s former dresser…

Still on a high after her daughter Princess Beatrice’s wedding, Sarah, Duchess of York is about to be brought down to earth with a bump. I can disclose that a big-budget television drama is to be made about Fergie’s former dresser, Jane Andrews, who murdered her banker boyfriend, Thomas Cressman, after he refused to marry … Read more

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Embattled Earl Bathurst turns his family estate into a ‘posh bed and breakfast’

It’s a startling move by Allen Bathurst, who succeeded as 9th Earl on his father ‘Barmy’ Bathurst’s death in 2011 He was cut out of his ‘callous’ stepmother’s £33 million will and this week suffered the indignity of seeing her beneficiaries sell some of the family treasures worth nearly £2 million at Christie’s. But, far from … Read more

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Robin Birley forks out £500 to each member of his Mayfair nightspots 

While Rishi Sunak won plaudits for using taxpayers’ cash to hand out £10-per-head restaurant discounts, London’s beau monde is being offered something altogether more generous. I can reveal that ‘king of clubs’ Robin Birley has taken the extraordinary step of spending millions of his own money to lure members back to his fashionable Mayfair nightspots. … Read more

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Meghan and Harry roll out movie plans

Meghan Markle cut short her acting career when she married Prince Harry, but the Suits star clearly never abandoned her showbiz dreams. I can reveal that the Duchess of Sussex, who is currently living with Harry in a £15 million Los Angeles mansion owned by entertainment tycoon Tyler Perry, has spelt out her plans to … Read more

New Zealanders pack out Eden Park in biggest super rugby crowd for 15 years

Roughly 43,000 New Zealanders who had been starved of live rugby for three months due to Covid-19 filled Auckland’s Eden Park on Sunday for a Super Rugby match, the largest crowd in 15 years.  The Auckland-based Blues held on to beat the Wellington-based Hurricanes 30-20 in the Super Rugby Aotearoa game. Sunday’s match was another … Read more

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Will the Queen scuttle plans for a new royal yacht wanted by politicians?

A campaign for a new Royal Yacht to be commissioned to help Britain secure post-Brexit trade deals has growing support from politicians and captains of industry. There is, however, one crucial flaw: I hear that it does not have the backing of the Queen. During a conversation with a close friend who had observed that … Read more