EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Philip Green exposed as a ‘brute’ by sister in TV show based on her memoir
During his glory days, he treated himself to a £1.2 billion dividend, was knighted by Tony Blair and blew £6 million on his 60th birthday bash, with Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Leonardo DiCaprio among the guests.
Now, six years after part of his old High Street empire, BHS, collapsed owing £571million to its staff pension fund, the extraordinary story of Sir Philip Green and his family is heading for mini-series treatment — courtesy of his sister Elizabeth.
Explaining that it’s based on her memoir, Not In The Script: The Black Sheep In A Billionaire Family, Elizabeth tells me a 20-minute show clip has already earned a rapturous reception.
Now, six years after part of his old High Street empire, BHS, collapsed owing £571million to its staff pension fund, the extraordinary story of Sir Philip Green and his family is heading for mini-series treatment — courtesy of his sister Elizabeth
Tina Green and Philip Green at Ben Caring and Elle Perfect’s Wedding party at the home of Richard Caring in London September 26 2009
‘Everyone loves it,’ she says. ‘We are in negotiations with Roc Nation,’ she adds, referring to the entertainment empire founded and run by rapper Jay-Z, Beyonce’s husband.
It’s an intriguing twist: in 2016, Beyonce and Sir Philip jointly founded Ivy Park, a gymwear label — only for Beyonce to buy Green out two years later, by which time he was besieged by difficulties. These included allegations of sexual harassment — allegations he ‘categorically and wholly’ denied.
It seems unlikely that he will warm to his sister’s portrayal of him or their mother, Alma.
The young Philip, recalls Elizabeth, was ‘a little brute’. But he was endlessly indulged. ‘Philip was the thrust of everything. He and my mother were in cahoots,’ says Elizabeth. ‘He’s a narcissist; my mother was a narcissist.’
There is rich material in the younger generations, too, thanks to the relationship which Green’s daughter Chloe enjoyed with ‘hot felon’ Jeremy Meeks, who was jailed for theft and firearms offences. Chloe parted company with Jeremy, but only after giving birth to a son, Jayden.
Suki Waterhouse, Philip Green, Kate Moss, Cara Delevingne, Sienna Miller and Naomi Campbell Kate Moss at the Topshop X Launch Private Dinner, Connaught Hotel, London, on April 24 2014
Supermodel Cindy Crawford paved the way for her daughter Kaia Gerber’s modelling career — and now she’s giving her a helping hand in her new venture as a fashion designer.
Kaia, 21, has helped create a women’s clothing range for High Street giant Zara, and her 56-year-old mother was only too happy to pose in one outfit and share the images with her seven million followers on social media.
Cindy, married to American businessman Rande Gerber, wore a £60 ivory satin dress and a £189 cashmere cropped jumper. ‘It’s not often you get to wear your daughter’s clothes,’ trills Crawford.
Kaia says: ‘Selfishly, I wanted it to be all things that I wanted to wear. I travel a lot, so I was, like: “If I was going away .. . would I have everything I needed in this collection?” ’
Supermodel Cindy Crawford paved the way for her daughter Kaia Gerber’s modelling career — and now she’s giving her a helping hand in her new venture as a fashion designer
Kaia, 21, has helped create a women’s clothing range for High Street giant Zara, and her 56-year-old mother was only too happy to pose in one outfit and share the images with her seven million followers on social media
A vroom with a view for F1 boss
Formula 1 tycoon Ron Dennis is waiting for the green light from planners for a shipping container-sized moveable garden shelter at his £30 million mansion — to stop him getting wet.
The former McLaren boss, 75, wants to erect the huge mobile tent in the grounds of his Surrey home. The 42ft x 15ft structure has a steel frame and semi-open sides with a flat roof and metal runners or ‘skids’ so that it can be towed around his garden. It also has lifting eyes on each corner of the roof so it can be hoisted the way F1 cars are after a crash.
A final decision is expected next month.
Lords Lilley and Swire were among those at the party marking the publication of the third and final volume of the diaries of waspish socialite and politician Sir Henry ‘Chips’ Channon. At least, it’s presumed that it is the final volume — but Simon Heffer, who spent four years editing 1.8 million of Channon’s words, didn’t rule out more. The diaries for 1954 to 1958 — the year of Channon’s death — had, he pointed out, only surfaced in 1991, a few miles from Kelvedon Hall, the Channon family seat in Essex. ‘They turned up at a car boot sale in Brentwood,’ says Heffer. ‘There are a few other years missing. I must start combing car boot sales in Brentwood.’
The Lords? It’s on my doorstep
The party-loving historian Andrew Roberts has chosen a suitably swanky location for his title in the House of Lords.
Elevated to the peerage by his old friend Boris Johnson, his moniker will be Baron Roberts of Belgravia. ‘I’m quite an urban mouse who hasn’t lived outside London since I came down from Cambridge in 1985, except for five years in New York,’ Lord Roberts, 59, tells me. ‘I chose the title because there’s nowhere else that has meant more to me in my rather non-rural life.’
The biographer of Churchill and Napoleon adds: ‘It’s very convenient for the Lords – I got door to door in 12 minutes the other day.’
Award-winning screenwriter Jesse Armstrong will soon be as rich as the media magnates he portrays in the hit drama he created, Succession. Accounts filed this week for Jebentus Ltd, the company the writer, 51, uses to channel his earnings, disclose that it made a £6.2 million profit. It takes accumulated earnings for him in his business to £15.3 million, with investments at £6.8 million and cash at £9.3 million held.
Candy crushed in Appeal Court
Christian Candy and Emily Candy attend the Boodles Boxing Ball at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London on September 12 2015
Some rare cheering news for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt: property developer Christian Candy has lost his legal battle with the taxman. It means the billionaire, 48, is now unable to reclaim almost £2 million in stamp duty.
The long-running dispute centred around the Royal Hospital Chelsea, after Candy bought a 25-year lease of a property there for £20 million in 2012, and started construction work on the project the next day.
At the same time, he agreed to assign a separate lease for 201 years for £48 million, and about two years later gave both leases to his brother, Nick.
Christian paid the initial stamp duty of £1.92 million, but lost a claim for repayment from HMRC on the basis his claim was outside the 12 months permitted.
Candy went to the Court of Appeal, but judges have rejected his plea.
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