EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Princess Diana’s old gym is hit by barrage of complaints

With previous members including Princess Diana, a joining fee of more than £2,000 and a monthly payment of around £200, Chelsea Harbor Club is considered one of the most prestigious fitness establishments in the country.

Nonetheless, word does reach me that standards are said to have fallen at the state-of-the-art venue, which once also had the current Prince and Princess of Wales as members.

One particularly angry gym-goer, who has been a member with her husband for well over a decade, says: “The spa is filthy and most of the facilities are broken. There is never soap or shampoo in the changing rooms and we were advised to ‘bring our own’.

“It’s also virtually impossible to book tennis courts, which hardly benefits from the fact that four of them have been out of service in the past six months.

Chelsea Harbor Club has a joining fee of more than £2,000, plus a monthly payment of around £200

“The place is so run down and the showers are full of limescale. The emergency exit is closed because the ceiling behind the door has collapsed.

“Before describing the dirt, which looked ‘disturbingly like rodent droppings’, she adds: ‘There are piles of dirty towels scattered throughout the building as cleaners are unable to use the elevator, which has been out of service for two weeks.

“No one is interested in hearing your complaints. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, we’ve just been informed that they are planning to increase our monthly membership fee by 20 percent.

“From one of the best gyms in London it’s now become an absolute joke.” A spokesman for the club told me that “some areas are undergoing refurbishment” and that they are “making a number of investments and upgrades… to ensure it remains one of the premier health and wellness clubs in London”. While attributing the rise in member prices to “skyrocketing inflation in all areas of our business including energy costs”, they have tried to keep the rise as “low as possible”.

One particularly irate gym-goer, who has been a member with her husband for well over a decade, says, “The spa is dirty and most of the facilities are broken.”

Richard Osman, newlywed Pointless host and bestselling author, knows he’s talked way too much about his books. “I promise I’ll be a little quiet about the books after Christmas,” says the 51-year-old, who married Doctor Who actress Ingrid Oliver earlier this month. ‘And Terry will be quiet about his chocolate oranges for a while.’

A dip in Dua Lipa’s net worth

Singer-songwriter Dua Lipa, who renounced the services of her management company earlier this year, appears to have no regrets.

Accounts just filed noted that the Kosovo Albanian Londoner has added a further £4million to her fortune. Her company Dua Lipa Limited has now hidden £21.6million – up from £17.5million last year.

Considering another of their companies has assets of £11.6million suggests their new manager is doing a satisfactory job. Just as well: He is the singer’s father, Dukagjin Lipa.

Pop star Dua Lipa has added another £4million to her fortune. Her company Dua Lipa Limited has now hidden £21.6million – up from £17.5million last year

Amanda is finished

Mega-rich beauty mogul Amanda Cronin told me that even she had to make sacrifices because of the cost-of-living crisis.

The poor lamb apparently had to fly her staff in economy and even changed her shopping lists at Waitrose because she realized “everything’s gone up”.

But surely the former model, 54, who received a multimillion-dollar settlement in 2019 after divorcing Monaco energy magnate Mark Daeche, can afford more clothes?

The star of Channel 4 documentary The Millionairess And Me attended a pre-opening party for new Mayfair restaurant Caviar Kaspia wearing a pantsuit and little more than her lingerie. Maybe she could ask her boyfriend Andrew Ridgley, formerly of Wham!, to lend her some bobs.

Amanda Cronin, 54, attended a pre-opening party for new Mayfair restaurant Caviar Kaspia wearing a pantsuit and little more than her lingerie

Majesty of Macca

When AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson met Sir Paul McCartney, he was blown away. So much so that he even confused Macca with real kings.

“I didn’t know what to say to him. I mean, for the first time I was absolutely speechless,” says the 75-year-old Durham singer.

“Paul spoke to me because he overheard me speaking to someone. He said: ‘Hello Georgy.’ And I said, ‘Hi Paul. Mr Paul. your honor Your Majesty…’

“I didn’t know what [to call him]. I came across as banging a friend’s teeth in.’

Stellan, the teenage son of British film star Paul Bettany, is making waves in the music world. The 19-year-old classical composer says, “So grateful for the opportunity for the New England Conservatory Philharmonic to perform my first symphony [this week].’ Paul, 51, will be particularly proud as he dreamed of becoming a musician from a young age. He explains: “I wanted somewhere between Paul Weller and Morrissey. But now I left it all to my son.’

Fashion designer Jade Holland Cooper, whose equestrian label is loved by the Princess of Wales, has received an early Christmas present – a baby boy. The 36-year-old wife of Superdry co-founder Julian Dunkerton, 57, announced the arrival by sharing this photo of them with their newborn. “Our beautiful little boy Jamie Dunkerton is here alive and well,” enthuses Jade, who has a two-year-old daughter, Saphaia, with her tycoon husband. The couple count Lady Kitty Spencer as well as Zara and Mike Tindall among their close friends.

Your fruity €50 drink from Sandringham

Struggling to crack that last Christmas present for the boyfriend who has “everything”? Then drive to Sandringham, the monarch’s 50,000 acre estate in Norfolk.

“The team has collected the largest crop of persimmon fruit ever to be grown in the Walled Garden,” the estate announces, explaining that this productive part of the garden was formerly built on the profits of the famous racehorse Persimmon, owned by Edward VII. owned .

The fruits – including juniper, Chinese persimmon and myrtle berries – make a ‘brew’ for Sandringham Gin, which is distilled there. to you for a whopping £50 a bottle. bottom line.

Although it’s been five years since his death, Lady Forsyth Johnson isn’t quite ready to see her late husband Sir Bruce on the big screen. “We had a few requests from film production companies to do a biopic of Bruce’s life, but I turned them down because I don’t think the timing is right,” said the former Puerto Rican Miss World, 65, who almost inherited the Strictly star’s total net worth of £11.5million, tells me. “Maybe we will in the future as Bruce has lived such an incredible life.” Maybe the production companies need to up the ante a bit, as Brucie would say…