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Richard Eden Though happily married himself, as diary editor of the Daily Mail, Richard Eden (left, with his wife, Montserrat) has written about plenty of high-profile divorces. ‘Some of the most outwardly happy marriages can collapse at any moment, while some bickering couples can enjoy squabbling away until old age,’ he says. In Tatler this month, he profiles today’s most eligible exes – but what is the key to marital bliss? ‘When asked the secret to his happy marriage to Shakira, Sir Michael Caine replied: “Separate bathrooms.” I would say: partying together.’ Other than divorces, his favourite scoop has been the Princess of Wales attending her first ‘rave’ – at the Houghton estate in Norfolk. Craig Brown In the 1980s, Craig Brown (below) had a two-day-a-week job at Tatler editing the Bystander. He’s…

The worlds of fashion, art, music and literature collided in Chelsea to toast Plum Sykes’ new novel, Wives Like Us. The Cheyne Walk house of Whitney Bromberg Hawkings and Tom Ford’s former creative director, Peter Hawkings, was the venue – and the backdrop for a catwalk of Peter’s looks: singer Mette, who had just opened for Taylor Swift at Wembley, swished in black mesh; model Adot Gak shone in a metallic column dress; and Princess Olympia of Greece was slinky in a silky LBD. Elsewhere, actor Aaron Pierre chatted with artist Marc Quinn and stylist Alister Mackie. Charlotte Tilbury, the Beauforts and John Taylor suggested an afterparty at Casa Cruz, where Arki Busson charmed the maître d’ into letting his friends smoke in the restaurant – which didn’t close until…

The Earl of Rosebery’s five offspring threw themselves a joint 100th (almost the sum of their combined ages) in the walled garden at Dalmeny House. Marina’s Durham crew were out in force, alongside Caspian’s clan and Tolly’s Camden crowd; Delphi introduced reelers to Cresta riders; and Celeste’s Courtauld friends met her National Youth Theatre ensemble. Saltburn-esque scenes ensued (more mirth than murder on the dancefloor, luckily). A speech by the siblings’ step-parents, Jules Irens and Harriet Rosebery, amused all before fireworks erupted. Leopold Amedeo von Habsburg-Lothringen, Alice and Catriona Hay, Raf Redmond and Temi Famakinwa partied until after dawn. Those still standing plunged into the Forth, before a beach brunch at Barnbougle Castle.…

Royal Ascot got off to a galloping start as the racing crowd descended on Kensington Palace Gardens for the equine sale of the year by bloodstock auction house Goffs. On a balmy day, racing glitterati Charlie Brooks, Lord Palmer, George Boughey and Michael Owen arrived at London’s most exclusive paddock. As magnum upon magnum of champagne was emptied, the movers and shakers of the equestrian world placed bids, hoping to swoop up a runner at Ascot in the following days. Sparkling Plenty, winner of the Prix de Diane race a day prior, enticed a record-breaking bidding war, which led to a glamorous bloodstock agent on the phone by the marquee snapping up the horse for £8.1 million. ‘She showed me her beautifully manicured fingers, so I had to take it,’ quipped…

FORGET LONDON BUSINESS School and its views of Regent’s Park, or California’s Stanford, where former British prime minister Rishi Sunak did a master’s course and met his multimillionaire wife Akshata Murty. Today, Madrid’s IE Business School is the place to be for royals, nobles and honorables. Indeed, this September, IE, nestled in the north of the Spanish capital, will welcome British aristocrat Clemmie Cayzer to join Tallis Montgomerie, who is already studying, as well as Ollie Wyatt (of the racing family) and Jack Gore, son of billionaire theatre producer John Gore, among others. She’ll be part of an international clique of big-name European nobles, including Marchioness Barbara Berlingieri, Victoria López-Quesada y Borbón-Dos Sicilias and Le Bal alumna Archduchess Sophia von Habsburg-Lorraine. One English student says, casually: ‘There were a few princesses…