Rosanna and Wes’s Tan Commandments
The rich are different from us. Or, at least, Rosanna Davison and her husband Wesley Quirke are. Last weekend, when the rest of the nation were freezing their collective proverbials off, the one-time Miss World and her beau jetted to the Indian Ocean.
“We got the worst of it,” protested Rosanna — meaning the snow in Ireland. “We only arrived in Mauritius on Sunday. We were snowed in all last week,” she said, adding that “it is currently 30 degrees Celsius here.”
Doubtless such sunny weather will encourage her and her husband to obey The Tan Commandments. They are in Mauritius for a couple of weeks to attend the re-opening of the One&Only Le Saint Geran hotel after its big renovation last year.
Rosanna is also there to work on a new season of recipes with the Constance Hotel Group. On March 21, they fly to Dubai for a few nights, then jet out to Pakistan to attend a swish event commemorating Pakistan Day. Hilary Swank and Lindsay Lohan are also going.
Rosanna is quite cool and witty, and doesn’t take herself remotely seriously. A testament to her self-deprecating sense of self was surely that she didn’t hang up her mobile phone by the pool of the One&Only Le Saint Geran in Mauritius when your diarist asked her these slightly ridic questions...
Who looks better on the beach — you or Wes?
“Wes looks better on the beach. He bronzes in about five minutes,” she answered, “whereas I prefer to fake it”. I was terrified to ask Chris de Burgh’s famous daughter what she was faking, precisely.
Who spends more time in the bathroom getting ready to go out — you or Wes? “Believe it or not,” she said, “Wes spends more time in the bathroom and takes longer to get ready! I love to be make-up free with messy hair on holiday.” So do I.