Ephraim Hardcastle
Former tory prime minister Sir John Major had a newsworthy guest for lunch the other day at discreet, £100-a-head Wiltons, St James’s, est 1742 – the shapely, 39-26-34, exBaywatch beauty Pamela Anderson. ‘they were deep in discussion,’ says my source. Ms Anderson, 50, has become a friend of the fugitive Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, still holed up at the ecuadorean embassy in london after seven years, fearing extradition to America for distributing stolen government secrets. Was she asking Sir John’s assistance to spring him? My source adds: ‘An American diner once rhapsodised online about Wiltons, “the sight of the Beef Wellington on the trolley induced rampant salivation”. So did Ms Anderson.’
MY May 16 report that Prince Harry will succeed his grandfather Prince Philip as Captain General of the Royal Marines is now confirmed by the Royal Navy. It’s a step up from Harry’s other military roles – Commodore-in-Chief of Small Ships and Diving, as well as Hon Air Commandant of RAF Honington. In a perfect world, the Marines role might have gone to Philip’s youngest son, Prince Edward, 53. Regrettably, he quit the Royal Marines after four months’ training in January 1987.
TARGETING her publicity-hungry tory colleague Anna Soubry, 61, who complains about online attacks, nadine dorries, 60, says: ‘If Anna Soubry et al want to complain about being intimidated, they really should look in the mirror every time they heckle, intimidate and abuse in order to try and shut down Brexit-supporting MPs in Parliament. double standards.’
CELEBRATING her 80th birthday today, thrice divorced actress Jane Fonda says she has but one regret: ‘I never got to **** [South American revolutionary] Che Guevara,’ pictured. He was shot dead in Bolivia in 1967.
SKY news’s weighty anchor Adam Boulton, 58, derides theresa May’s former joint chief of staff nick timothy, 37, on air, referring to an article he wrote on social mobility: ‘I have to say, I find it puzzling anyone’s interested in what he’s got to say.’ talk about pots and kettles!
SAUCY authoress Kathy Lette, 59, recalls being interviewed for an Australian TV job in the 1980s, claiming: ‘A group of about five men sat there and one slapped ten dollars on the table and said, “I bet I can make your t**s move without touching them”. And then he leaned over and mauled my breasts and said, “Ha ha, you won”. I replied, “I bet you 20 bucks I can make your b***s move without touching them”. And then I kicked him between the legs. They laughed and I got the job.’
ClAIMInG he’s not tempted to participate in Strictly Come dancing, extory minister Michael Portillo, 64, nevertheless throws a few moves in his BBC2 series Great British Railway Journeys. When it returns on January 2 he is seen tap-dancing on stage at the Pavilion theatre on Cromer Pier, boasting: ‘Fred Astaire watch out!’ ‘Miguel’ will have noticed how Strictly did wonders for the career of voted-out labour shadow minister ed Balls.