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Cotswolds power list revealed by society snitches: The ultimate knives-out guide


The Cotswolds has undergone a radical transformation. The lanes are still winding, the walls still honey-stoned - but behind the gates these days are A-list stars planting vines.

As The Mail on Sunday disclosed in April, Charlbury will soon be the backdrop for a sleek new series following the lives of Cotswold wives – starring society chronicler Plum Sykes and Gabriela Peacock, the wellness guru favoured by Princess Beatrice. In a rare public comment earlier this year, she described the Duchess of Sussex as ‘crazy’ for launching a Netflix series about domesticity when she hadn’t put in the ‘hard work’ – remarks that reverberated well beyond Gloucestershire’s borders and revealed a steeliness long familiar to those who know her. ‘We have fun game guessing who her next one will be.’ A former wife of Pakistan’s now-imprisoned ex-prime minister Imran Khan, Jemima has previously dated The Crown writer Peter Morgan, the disgraced comedian Russell Brand and PR guru Matthew Freud.

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