The dastardly Mr Deedes

Will Carillion’s discredited chairman Philip Green, 64, be invited to the royal wedding? As chairman of Prince harry’s charity Sentebale, he’d be a shooin under normal circumstances. but current events mean his invitation has more than likely gone up in smoke. As have any hopes of upgrading his CbE to a ‘K’. An acquaintance predicts: ‘ Philip will be crestfallen. toadying up to establishment types is his lifeblood.’ Carillion’s collapse has got the opposition benches crowing over the outsourcing firm’s links to the Government, but it enjoys strong Labour connections too. Tony Blair’s former political secretary Sally Morgan, 58, joined the board last June, just when its problems were unfurling. She was also a £53,000-a-year director of Southern Cross when the care home went bust. Now Baroness Morgan of Huyton, there’s no danger of her being confused with Sally Morgan, the famous television psychic. Royal bank of Scotland’s £748,000-ayear chairman Sir howard Davies, 66, refused to rule himself out of the bank of England governorship when Sky’s ian King asked if he’d like the job, responding: ‘i was deputy governor a number of years ago. things have moved on quite a bit since then, but we’ll have to see.’ Sir howard’s got no chance of course. i suspect the vain booby’s secretly delighted he’s even being mooted. JP Morgan’s £20m-a-year chief Jamie Dimon has rowed back on his view Donald Trump was unlikely to win a second term as President, admitting: ‘I wish I hadn’t said that.’ Last week, Dimon, 61, performed a similar volte-face on Bitcoin, saying he regretted describing the crypto-currency as ‘a fraud’. Perhaps he’ll now express remorse for slagging off Brexit, which he predicted would be ‘terrible’ for the British economy. Asked how many books he reads a year, ex- London Stock Exchange boss xavier Rolet, 58, replies: ‘not that much, maybe 150 or so.’ not that much? Selfassured xavier’s never been one to blow his own trumpet . . .