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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Russell Brand's Oxfordshire pub venture has failed to win over local peer - after antagonising residents with plans to convert the 800-year-old bar into offices
RICHARD EDEN: His personal odyssey earned him a manly embrace earlier this year, during his baptism in the Thames, from none other than survival specialist Bear Grylls.
His personal odyssey – from lewd comedian to messianic 'thought leader' and born-again Christian – earned him a manly embrace earlier this year, during his baptism in the Thames, from none other than survival specialist Bear Grylls. But in 2020 Brand – now being investigated by the Metropolitan Police following allegations of historical sexual misconduct, which he vehemently denies – added an ancient pub, The Crown, in the village of Pishill, just a mile from Stonor, to his property portfolio. Sir Bruce Forsyth's widow, Wilnelia, ruled out competing on Strictly Come Dancing while he was alive, explaining: 'I don't think my husband would have taken the criticism of the judges very well.'
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