With past members including Princess Diana, a joining fee of more than £2,000, plus monthly payment of around £200, the Chelsea Harbour Club is considered one of the country’s most prestigious fitness facilities.
Yet news reaches me that standards have supposedly slipped at the state-of-the-art venue which also once boasted the current Prince and Princess of Wales as members.
One particularly irate gym-goer who, along with her husband has been a member for well over a decade, says: ‘The Spa area is dirty and most of the facilities are broken. There is never any soap or shampoo in the changing rooms and we have been advised to ‘bring our own’.
‘It is also virtually impossible to book tennis courts, which is hardly helped by four of them being out of action for the past six months.
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The Chelsea Harbour Club has a joining fee of more than £2,000, plus monthly payment of around £200
‘The place is so rundown and the showers are covered in lime scale. The fire exit is closed as the ceiling beyond the door has collapsed.
‘Before going on to describe dirt which looked ‘disturbingly like rodent droppings’, she adds: ‘There are filthy piles of towels scattered around the building, as cleaners cannot use the lift which has been out of order for two weeks and counting.
‘Nobody is interested in hearing your complaints either. And if that wasn’t bad enough, we’ve just been informed they plan to increase our monthly membership fee by 20 per cent.
‘From being one of the best gyms in London, it has now become a complete joke.’ A club spokesperson tells me ‘some areas are currently undergoing refurbishment’ and they are ‘making a range of investments and upgrades… to ensure that it remains one of London’s leading fitness and wellness clubs’. While they put the membership price hike down to ‘soaring inflation across all areas of our business including energy costs’, they’ve tried to keep the rise as ‘low as possible’.
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One particularly irate gym-goer who, along with her husband has been a member for well over a decade, says: ‘The Spa area is dirty and most of the facilities are broken’
Just married Pointless host turned bestselling author Richard Osman knows he’s been banging on about his books far too much. ‘I promise that after Christmas I’ll keep quiet about the books for a bit,’ says the 51-year-old, who wed Doctor Who actress Ingrid Oliver earlier this month. ‘And Terry will keep quiet about his chocolate oranges for a bit.’
A leap in Dua Lipa’s fortune
Having dispensed with the services of her management company earlier this year, singer-songwriter Dua Lipa would appear to have no cause for regret.
For accounts just filed record that the Kosovo-Albanian Londoner has added another £4 million to her fortune. Her company Dua Lipa Limited now has £21.6 million tucked away — up from £17.5 million the previous year.
Bearing in mind that another of her companies has assets of £11.6 million, it suggests her new manager is performing satisfactorily. Just as well: he’s the songstress’s father, Dukagjin Lipa.
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Popstar Dua Lipa has added another £4 million to her fortune. Her company Dua Lipa Limited now has £21.6 million tucked away — up from £17.5 million the previous year
Amanda’s down to her skimpies
Mega-rich beauty mogul Amanda Cronin told me that even she was having to make sacrifices due to the cost-of-living crisis.
The poor lamb apparently had to fly her staff in economy, and has even altered her shopping lists at Waitrose because she’s noticed ‘everything has gone up’.
But surely the former model, 54, who received a multi-million-dollar settlement in 2019 after divorcing Monaco energy tycoon Mark Daeche can afford some 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 trouser suit and little more than her lingerie. Perhaps she could ask boyfriend Andrew Ridgley, formerly of Wham!, to lend her a few bob.
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Amanda Cronin, 54, attended a pre-opening party for new Mayfair restaurant Caviar Kaspia wearing a trouser suit and little more than her lingerie
Majesty of Macca
When AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson met Sir Paul McCartney, he found himself totally starstruck. So much so that he even confused Macca with actual royalty.
‘I didn’t know what to say to him. I mean, for the first time I was absolutely tongue-tied,’ says the 75-year-old singer from County Durham.
‘Paul spoke to me because he’d heard me talking to somebody. He said: ‘Hello Geordie.’ And I said: ‘Hello Paul. Sir Paul. Your Honour. Your Majesty…’
‘I didn’t know what [to call him]. I came across like I was breaking in a friend’s teeth.’
British film star Paul Bettany’s teenage son, Stellan, is making waves in the music world. The 19-year-old classical composer says: ‘So grateful for the opportunity to have had the New England Conservatory Philharmonic perform my first symphony [this week].’ Paul, 51, will be especially proud as he had dreams of becoming a musician when he was young. He explains: ‘I was aiming for somewhere between Paul Weller and Morrissey. But now I’ve given all that up to my son.’
Fashion designer Jade Holland Cooper, whose equestrian style label is loved by the Princess of Wales, has received an early Christmas present — a baby boy. Th e 3 6 – year-old wife of Superdry cofounder Julian Dunkerton, 57, announced the arrival by sharing this photo of them holding their newborn. ‘Our beautiful baby boy Jamie Dunkerton is here safe and sound,’ gushes Jade who has a two-year-old daughter Saphaia with her tycoon husband. The couple count Lady Kitty Spencer and Zara and Mike Tindall among their close pals.
Your £50 fruity tipple from Sandringham
Struggling to crack that last Christmas present for the friend who has ‘everything’? Then head to Sandringham, the monarch’s 20,000-acre Norfolk estate.
‘The team have gathered the biggest harvest to date of Persimmon Fruits, grown in the Walled Garden,’ the estate announces, explaining that this productive part of the garden was earlier built on the winnings of the famous racehorse, Persimmon, owned by Edward VII.
The fruits — including juniper, Chinese Persimmon and myrtle berries — create ‘an infusion’ for Sandringham Gin that is distilled there. Yours for a regal £50-a-bottle. Bottoms up.
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