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Juliet Angus once declared that moving to London was her ‘greatest adventure to date’.
Yet the Chicago-born social media influencer and star of television show Ladies of London has now been left in despair at the crime in the capital under Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan.
Juliet — who lives with her Canadian husband, Gregor Angus, the boss of True Royalty TV, and their two children — has revealed that she was the victim of a burglary in which her huge collection of handbags, worth tens of thousands of pounds, was stolen.
‘Twenty-five years of collecting stolen by horrible humans, low-life criminals,’ rages the 48-year-old.
She has now begun the costly task of amassing her treasured haul again.
Juliet Angus has revealed that she was the victim of a burglary in which her huge collection of handbags, worth tens of thousands of pounds, was stolen
The Chicago-born social media influencer and star of television show Ladies of London has been left in despair at the crime in the capital under Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan
Former boxing champion Amir Khan cancelled his plans to move to London last year after robbers snatched his diamond-encrusted £70,000 Franck Muller watch at gunpoint
‘Rebuilding my Hermes handbag collection,’ she says.
‘[I] have to start all over. These bags are expensive, and a lot of work goes into being able to afford just one.’ Hermes bags can cost anything from £900 for a new one to £90,000 for a rare vintage piece.
Juliet declines to give more details about the burglary, but says police have not caught the thieves or retrieved any of her possessions.
She is just the latest prominent victim of crime in the capital.
Former boxing champion Amir Khan cancelled his plans to move to London last year after robbers snatched his diamond-encrusted £70,000 Franck Muller watch at gunpoint.
Music mogul Simon Cowell sold his £15 million mansion near Holland Park last year, after it was the target of multiple burglars, one of whom stole almost £1 million in jewellery.
A man was arrested in Serbia in December in connection with a £26 million celebrity burglary spree that targeted the London homes of Formula 1 heiress Tamara Ecclestone and England football legend Frank Lampard, among others.
Suits you, Meg! Kate’s Crown lookalike powers up in style
The Princess of Wales has not been seen since Christmas Day and is ‘unlikely to return to public duties until after Easter’ following abdominal surgery, according to Kensington Palace.
Her doppelganger Meg Bellamy, who played Kate Middleton in the last season of The Crown, has no plans, however, to take a break from the limelight.
Meg Bellamy channelled the Princess of Wales’s love of power dressing at a dinner hosted by jeweller Mejuri. Bellamy recreated some of her most memorable looks in The Crown, including the sheer dress and the black undergarment (pictured, right) worn at St Andrews University
The 21-year-old from Wokingham, Berkshire, channelled Catherine’s love of power dressing in a pin-striped trouser suit for a dinner hosted by jeweller Mejuri in London.
For her portrayal of Prince William’s wife in the Netflix drama, Bellamy recreated some of her most memorable looks, including the sheer dress and the black undergarment in which she strutted down a catwalk for a charity fashion show at St Andrews University.
Midwife’s Helen reveals real look
Call The Midwife star Helen George is known to fans as a blonde, but off-screen she goes au naturel as a brunette.
The actress, 39, also has a blonde do on stage as Anna Leonowens, the governess in West End musical The King And I.
Call The Midwife star Helen George (pictured at The King and I play press night) is known to fans as a blonde, but off-screen she goes au naturel as a brunette
But, as soon as the first night was over at the Dominion Theatre, she appeared wig-free and wearing a revealing lace dress.
‘The music is so lavish, and we have a beautiful orchestra, which is quite rare now in the West End,’ she says.
Historian Count Nikolai Tolstoy is not amused by Sir Richard Dawkins’s call for the replacement of our national anthem.
The Selfish Gene author derided God Save the King as a ‘dirge’ with ‘dreary’ words and melody.
However, Count Nikolai, a distant cousin of War And Peace author Leo Tolstoy, points out that Beethoven described our anthem as a ‘blessing’.
Historian Count Nikolai Tolstoy is not amused by Sir Richard Dawkins’s (pictured) call for the replacement of our national anthem
He says the German composer ‘promptly introduced it into his stirring Wellingtons Sieg, having ten years earlier composed a set of variations on the melody for chorus and piano trio’.
He adds: ‘Altogether, some 140 composers have created musical adaptations of the British national anthem. Not bad going for the ‘dreary melody’.’
Under-fire Strictly Come Dancing professional Giovanni Pernice is waltzing all the way to the bank.
Figures for his private company, GP Entertainment, reveal that he had his best year ever when it comes to making money. He scored a £444,000 profit for the 12 months to April 2023. The accounts filed at Companies House also reveal £1.2 million assets before bills.
The smooth Italian, 33, is feuding with his 2023 dance partner, Sherlock star Amanda Abbington, 51, who claims clashes during training left her traumatised. The actress quit early, citing medical reasons and has asked the BBC for footage of rehearsals with Giovanni.
Giovanni Pernice scored a £444,000 profit for the 12 months to April 2023. The accounts filed at Companies House also reveal £1.2 million assets before bills
Ahead of any rumoured exit from the hit show, Pernice’s business retained ongoing earnings at £809,000 as at the date of the accounts.
Sam Claflin, who played Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley in Peaky Blinders, hopes that he will be cast in the big-screen version of the Brummie gangster drama later this year.
‘I don’t know whether I’ll be involved, but I hope I would be,’ says the actor, 37.
Of Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy, he says: ‘He is the loveliest man to ever grace this earth, and he’s an absolute gent to work with and work for.’
Trainer Georgie Nicholls failed to get one over on her ex-husband, Paul Nicholls, yesterday at Wincanton.
Trainer Georgie Nicholls failed to get one over on her ex-husband, Paul Nicholls (pictured), yesterday at Wincanton
Her Thank You Ma’am, named in honour of the late Queen, finished second, after Nicholls’s Fire Flyer.
‘I phoned him earlier in the week and said to him, “Have a bloody heart, don’t run your horse at Wincanton”,’ she said before the race.
Thrice-married Paul has had more than 2,000 victories.
