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Prince William and Kate `delay hiring staff for Kensington Palace` – Monsters and Critics
By Frances Kindon Jun 16, 2011, 0:38 GMT Prince William and Kate have reportedly put the brakes on plans to hire staff for their new home in Kensington Palace. The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in London, UK. – Splash NewsThe down-to-earth couple live full-time in a rented cottage in Anglesey, Wales, … Continue reading
Petra Ecclestone Purchases Aaron Spelling’s $85 Million Mansion | ThirdAge
Petra Ecclestone is reportedly buying late television producer Aaron Spelling’s mansion and five-acre estate, called “America’s Most Expensive Home” when it went on the market in 2009, according to the Wall Street Journal. Ecclestone is a 22-year old British heiress to billionaire Bernie Ecclestone’s Formula One racing empire. The property is a 57,000-square-foot French chateau-style … Continue reading
Picture restorer claims painting is Fragonard, worth two million euros | RFI
Claudine Pasticos was called into the Château de Hautefort to work on a painting of a young shepherd with his flock and became convinced that she was restoring a Fragonard. Apart from the subject-matter, an elegantly depicted pastoral scene of the kind the painter loved, she was struck by “the originality, the difference to other … Continue reading