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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Kate Middleton's former boss wins his three-year battle to host weddings at his £12million Cotswolds estate

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Fashion tycoon John Robinson, who employed Kate Middleton before she wed Prince William , has won a three-year battle to host weddings at his Cotswolds estate.

But, after a nine-day public inquiry, Robinson, 77, has been granted permission to continue hosting events on the sprawling 450-acre estate, where Poldark star Eleanor Tomlinson exchanged vows with rugby player Will Owen. Anyone receiving unexpected FaceTime calls from Lily Allen for catch-up chats perhaps shouldn’t feel too honoured or excited – until they’ve worked out its duration and the interval since the last one. The Ritz played a key role in King Charles’s life when he and Camilla Parker Bowles were pictured leaving the London hotel in 1999 in their first public appearance together as a couple.

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