Loins girded for another wifelet battle

THE estate of the late ‘Loins of Longleat’ Lord Bath is facing High Court actions from two women who both carry his surname, I can report. The first is brought by glamorous Australian Bridget Thynne, believed to be one of his many former ‘wifelets’, who once ran a design company with Lord Bath. She is seeking a share of his £23million estate. The second claim is from Bridget’s daughter Izabella Thynne. Both women added an ‘e’ to the name, seemingly in a nod to Lord Bath, who was born Alexander Thynne, though he later dropped the letter.

If the fabulous current Marchioness of Bath, Emma Thynn, is rattled by the presence of her late father-in-law’s ‘wifelets’, she isn’t showing it. Emma, married to Bath’s son Ceawlin, sat for a relaxed new portrait, above, by Spanish artist Elena Gual, which raised £13,000 for the Food For Life Global charity.