EMILY PRESCOTT – Vacuum envy as Victoria Beckham employs more cleaners than the Duchess of Rutland

No wonder Victoria Beckham is known as Posh – she had more cleaners for her London home than the Duchess of Rutland did for her 356-room Belvoir Castle.

The Duchess, Emma Manners, says in her memoir The Accidental Duchess that Victoria, pictured left in surely an uncharacteristic pose, once visited the Leicestershire pile with husband David when son Brooklyn was a toddler, and at one point asked how many cleaners were employed at the castle. 

When Emma replied ‘One-and-a-half’, Victoria looked aghast and replied: ‘Oh, I’ve got three!’ 

No wonder Victoria Beckham is known as Posh – she had more cleaners for her London home than the Duchess of Rutland did for her 356-room Belvoir Castle

The Duchess, Emma Manners, says in her memoir The Accidental Duchess that the former Spice Girl had three cleaners compared with her one-and-a-half

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Artist’s ex held over ‘break-in’

The ex-girlfriend of Britart sculptor Marc Quinn was arrested last week as she allegedly tried to break into his studio. It’s claimed Jenny Bastet intended to smash a window at the East London property as she wanted to see a life-size nude bronze of her that Quinn, 58, created before their relationship broke down.

Quinn – famous for his gold statue of Kate Moss in a yoga pose – and Bastet, 33, both left, are locked in a battle over several pieces he made of her. Bastet is on bail while inquiries continue.

The ex-girlfriend of Britart sculptor Marc Quinn was arrested last week as she allegedly tried to break into his studio. It’s claimed Jenny Bastet intended to smash a window at the East London property as she wanted to see a life-size nude bronze of her that Quinn, 58, created before their relationship broke down

Spies tell me Kate Moss once baulked at the prospect of paying £15 million for a dream villa on Mustique. A source says she set up her wellness brand Cosmoss as she wants to rake in the same kind of money as Kim Kardashian. She only has to sell 15 million of her £1 ‘Dawn’ tea bags to be in with a shot at that pad.

Just who was the famous – and somewhat clueless – fashion designer who once mistook a Burns Night party as an event in aid of burns victims? 

Texas star Sharleen Spiteri, tells me about the hilarious moment the anonymous fashionista got it all wrong about the Scottish celebration of the poet Robert Burns as she and late actor Alan Rickman struggled to suppress their giggles. 

Once he regained his composure, Rickman quickly corrected the designer with some of his acerbic wit. ‘He explained there weren’t actually burns victims there – and why we were in tartan stabbing haggis,’ said Sharleen.

Texas star Sharleen Spiteri, tells me about the hilarious moment the anonymous fashionista got it all wrong about the Scottish celebration of the poet Robert Burns as she and late actor Alan Rickman struggled to suppress their giggles