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RICHARD EDEN: New romance blooms for Lord Cowdray, 80, two years after bitter split from mother of his six children
RICHARD EDEN: He parted from his second wife Marina, mother of five of his six children, two years ago in what, as I disclosed at the time, were 'highly acrimonious circumstances'.
Since then his son Perry has broken up with Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner, ending a romance which looked as though it might lead to marriage. I can reveal that he's been perked up by a blossoming friendship with Philippa Devas, a glamorous blonde 17 years his junior, whose professional dexterity enables her to straddle the worlds of interior design and psychotherapy. Though that's been sold, it's understandable that Michael, who celebrates his 81st birthday on June 17, should choose to return to the scene of carefree bachelor summers, during which, in the words of a contemporary, he was frequently aboard his yacht, The Hedonist, 'auditioning future Lady Cowdrays'.
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