Superbaby! Lockdown joy for £200m fashion duo

WITH a tycoon husband, a £50 million country mansion and a private jet on standby, fashion designer Jade Holland Cooper lacked just one thing: a child.

Now, she’s set to remedy that as she has revealed she’s expecting a baby with husband Julian Dunkerton, craggy co-founder of clothing brand Superdry, who is 22 years her senior.

‘I could not be happier,’ confirms Jade, 33, who owns the tweedy label Holland Cooper, and was delighted to show off a scan of her child (right). ‘We are having a baby girl and I am going to be a mummy.’

The news has cheered the couple as they spend lockdown at their Georgian manor house near Cheltenham.

‘It has been such a blessing in an otherwise difficult and gloomy time,’ says Jade. ‘To have been able to spend my first three months of pregnancy at home has been amazing.’

She adds: ‘Hats off to all the pregnant ladies out there: it can be a rollercoaster of emotions, but we are super excited for the next phase.’

Jade married Dunkerton, who has an estimated £182million fortune, in a lavish wedding in 2018, with Hollywood star Idris Elba among the guests.

It was held in the Cotswolds where Dunkerton owns a string of hotels and restaurants, and R&B charttopper Craig David was hired to serenade the bride.

Suffolk farmer’s daughter Jade was educated at the former Ipswich High School for Girls — (today’s fees, £15,750 a year) — before making her demure public debut on Country Life’s ‘Girl In Pearls’ page.

Tycoon Dunkerton, 55, sold just under £50 million of shares in Superdry to fund a divorce settlement to his first wife, Charlotte Abbot, with whom he has a teenage daughter and stepdaughter.

Last year, he led a ‘putsch’ to oust the board of Superdry, in which he owns a £17.4 million stake.

His baby can look forward to an opulent nursery: their home has a spa, gym and sauna, and boasts an infinity pool which is the biggest private pool in the country.