No rest in peace for Loins of Longleat
LORD BATH’S love life was complicated enough when he was alive, and it looks to be just as awkward after his passing. Nicknamed the Loins of Longleat for his harem of lovers, the eccentric lord had his ashes scattered at the Heavens Gate area of his Wiltshire estate at a ceremony attended by his long-suffering widow Anna and ‘wifelets’ Amanda Doyle and Trudi Juggernauth-Sharma – none of whom could bear to look at each other, I’m told. And Anna left for Paris straight after the ceremony, allegedly vowing never to return to Longleat.
Lord Bath’s health had been declining and he died in April aged 87 after contracting coronavirus. I hear the service was a very tense affair as his widow faced his former lovers. An insider revealed: ‘Few mourners could look each other in the eye. The tension was palpable.’
As his health declined, I’m told Lord Bath moved to a small apartment on the estate which had a coded lock. It is also claimed that Anna did not allow the wifelets to visit her husband on his death bed.
An insider explained: ‘Like any wife would do, Anna would not allow her husband’s mistresses to see him before he died in case it caused problems over his will.’
Straight after the service, Anna headed back to her home in Paris, with friends saying it will be the last time she ever returns to Longleat.
Last month Trudi issued an extraordinary statement denying rumours that she had infected Lord Bath with Covid-19 on her return from a holiday abroad. She said: ‘I returned from Mauritius in March and was not allowed to see Alexander. I spoke to him on the telephone but I certainly did not infect him.’