News about Ben Goldsmith

Moment dozens of deer stop traffic by running across busy road - as Ben Goldsmith says re-introducing wolves and lynx would stop them in their tracks

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 14, 2024
After a video of 3ft tall deers crossing the A15 in Lincolnshire was posted on social media, Ben Goldsmith, a former environment consultant, made the suggestion. 'Of course, we can take wolves, especially in East Anglia, where crops need to be shielded from hungry deer,' Mr Goldsmith, whose brother Zac was the Tory MP for Richmond Park until 2019.' Hundreds of people are killed and injured in traffic accidents every year, including deer running through highways. In recent years, the deer population has risen to an estimated two million, the largest number in 1,000 years. Parts of the reason why the population has risen is because there are no longer any natural predators around, with only one man able to monitor their numbers.

At Mayfair's private members' club, a Michelin-starred restauranteur denies attempting to spike a woman's drink

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 20, 2024
Vikas Nath, 61, was arrested in Mayfair's exclusive Annabel's in the early hours of January 15 after employees called the cops. On the same day, the father-of-one is accused of attempting to administer a drug with intent and in possession of the Class B drug gamma-butyrolactone (GBL). According to the first accusation, he tried to administer the drug with the intention of stupefying or overpowering her in order to encourage sexual activity.' He is suspected of unlawful conduct and cannot be identified for legal reasons. When the charges were laid to him, Nath, a resident of Knightsbridge, London, appeared only to announce his name and reply 'not guilty'. He was granted permission and was informed that his appeal will not be delayed for another two years.

At Mayfair's 61-starred restauranteur who was accused of spiking woman's drink with a party drug will appear in court next week

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 14, 2024
A plea hearing will be held next week by a restauranteur accused of spiking a woman's drink at a private members' club in London. Vikas Nath, 61, was arrested in the early hours of January 15 at exclusive Annabel's in Mayfair, after concerned employees called police. Nath, the father of one who lives in Knightsbridge, is the director of Terminal Ltd, the company behind high-end Indian restaurant Benares and Mayfair. According to his LinkedIn profile, the company's portfolio includes seven restaurants in the United Kingdom and Spain, two of which feature Michelin stars. According to the accusation, he gave gamma butyrolactone (GBL) to another individual who did not consent or with the intention of stupefying or overpowering her so as to encourage anyone to participate in a sexual activity involving her.' GBL is a precursor chemical to GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate), which is colorless and often used as a recreational drug.

Photo: At Mayfair club, Michelin-starred restaurant boss Jemima Khan, Sadiq Khan, and Ben Goldsmith was charged with spiking woman's drink with party drug in the intention of having sex with her

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 18, 2024
Vikas Nath, the owner of Michelin-starred Indian restaurant Benares (inset) in Mayfair, has been accused of attempting to spike a woman's drink with GBL, a 'date rape' drug. In the early hours of Tuesday, Nath was arrested at a private member's club after workers alerted police about the woman's allegations. Nath, a resident of Knightsbridge, central London, was shot and killed by Jemima Khan, Sadiq Khan, and Ben Goldsmith (pictured left to right).

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: A fantastic New Year's idea has just popped into my head!

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 31, 2023
ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Of course, there are some things I would like to improve: my handwriting, my inability to read foreign words, and my propensity to have 'just one more'. However, the mere thought of setting self-improvement goals discourages me from taking them seriously.

EMILY PRESCOTT: What a difference a Di makes! At the Oxfordshire auction, two Christmas cards from Princess Diana to her godson Prince Philippos of Greece sell for £900

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 26, 2023
EMILY PRESCOTT: Your normal Christmas card may cost you a few pounds, but if you happen to own one signed by Princess Diana, you're on a goldmine. Two cards she sent to her godson Prince Philippos in 1989 have only sold at a Cirencester auction for £900. But how they survived is a mystery, as those close to Philippos, 37, the youngest son of Greece's last king, Constantine II, tells me he had nothing to do with the selling.

EMILY PRICETON: Anya Taylor-Joy's adamant tuss as she announces 'Witchy Wednesdays' with her mates

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 19, 2023
EMILY PRESCOTT: Anya Taylor-Joy's cape to this year's Baftas did well, but it won't be the last time you see the actress sporting the bold fashion icon. The Queen's Gambit actress is so fixated with capes that she never fails to incorporate one into her red carpet appearance. She has amassed a colossal vintage collection and also hosts 'Witchy Wednesdays' with her pals, in which they ride capes around her house.

What the SHELL! 5,000 years after turtles were extinct, a scheme was launched to restore them to UK waters

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 4, 2023
Turtles are back in British waters, 5,000 years since they were extinct, and conservationists have devised a scheme to return turtles to British waters. They want to reintroduce the European pond turtle, shown here, and that they can also combat pollution by eating dead fish, dispersing rare plant species, and reducing stagnation by disrupting sediment. The first stage of the reintroduction would be to create a large enclosure in eastern England to see how a large population of 60 turtles would cope here. On GoFundMe, the conservationists have initiated a crowdfunding campaign to help maintain the turtle habitat and are being sponsored by influential environmentalists, including Ben Goldsmith, a former board member of the Department of Environment.

Since his daughter Iris died in a quad bike crash in a tragically fatal crash, Ben Goldsmith says his Somerset farm was a love letter to her daughter Iris.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 28, 2023
Ben Goldsmith explains in detail how his beloved farm in Somerset is a love letter to his teenage daughter Iris. When Iris was tragically killed in a TV crash in 2019 when she was just 15, the financier, 42, was devastated. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Ben said that after purchasing Cannwood Farm, in Somerset's Brewham Valley, in 2009, he's decided to rewild the property in his daughter's honour.

Ben Goldsmith reveals that his young children see their late sister as a 'mythological creature'

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 24, 2023
In the Iris Project, a campaign that helps fund and support young climate activists around the world, the wealthy British financier, 42, spoke openly about the teen's legacy and how he's immortalized her love of nature. Vincent, the father-of-seven who welcomed his youngest, who died just last year, said that his children are still be inspired by Iris. Some are even interested in the environmental campaign disguised in their sister's name.

According to Financier Ben Goldsmith, Britain has a "moral obligation" to live with extinct animals

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 2, 2023
According to Ben Goldsmith, Britain's arrogance about rewilding has prevented it from reintroducing missing predators. Britons were once obligated to live alongside once-native animals, including wolves and lynxes, before being forced to extermination by ancestors. Goldsmith asked: 'What's with this British exceptionalism that we are somehow too grand and too civislised to rewild?' Isabella Tree, an environmentalist, was interviewed at the Hay Festival during a talk at the Hay Festival.

In an effort to'see' his daughter, who died in a suicide, Ben Goldsmith used mind-bending techniques

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 19, 2023
Ben Goldsmith is no longer mourning the death of his beautiful daughter Iris, who died in a horrific crash four years ago, but he continues to wake up with his pillow soaked in tears. 'I have dreams in which I am with Iris.' They are both joyful and tearful at the same time,' he says. I know she's dead and I'm drowning in tears on one level, but on another level, I'm sure [she's dead] and I'm just thrilled to be with her.' ' I often wake up with a wet pillow.'

In an instant my world turned dark: Ben Goldsmith's heart-rending memoir

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 18, 2023
Iris, 15, Ben Goldsmith's daughter, died in a tragic accident, and his world went dark. In a book that is both sad and encouraging, four years on, he reveals how he coped with grief.

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Earl's shock as ex sells marital home for £5million

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 13, 2023
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Penelope Law, Countess of Bradford, has just sold her former marital home to Earl of Bradford Richard, two months after putting it up for auction, dumfounding her ex. Richard says he was unaware of the house, which was on auction for £5.25 million. It's a delectable bargain considering that the five-bedroom house was valued at £3.3 million in the divorce deal.

Inside the murky world of ayahuasca, the hallucinogenic, Amazonian brew loved by the middle classes

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 1, 2023
Ayahuasca's use isn't limited to shamanistic rituals deep inside Peru's jungles - or young Western tourists exploring South America. Celebrities and middle-class people are also fans of the psychedelic brew, which can make users vomit during their search for'spiritual enlightenment.' Prince Harry opened up about his own ayahuasca experience earlier this year, with the Duke of Sussex saying it had "changed me" and referring it to "cleaning the windscreen" of his tense mind. Now Ben Goldsmith, the son of late billionaire Sir James Bond's late billionaire, has detailed his own visions of ayahuasca.

After her death, Ben Goldsmith spoke to his 15-year-old daughter through a medium

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 29, 2023
After his daughter was tragically killed, Ben Goldsmith has revealed that he communicated with his 15-year-old daughter via a medium. Sir James Goldsmith, the late billionaire's uncle, and Jemima Goldsmith, a television presenter, are among the financiers. When Iris (pictured with Ben Goldsmith) was just 15 years old, she died in a buggy crash. Ben lives with his partner Jemima and their children, Eliza, Arlo, and Vita Iris on their family farm in Somerset. Ben was astonished by what she told him during a meeting that lasted an hour and a half with a spiritualistic medium.

By'watering down' his Coronation, the King is warned against giving in to 'drips and dullards.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 17, 2023
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: The warning will ring alarm bells at Buckingham Palace because it comes from Ben Goldsmith (left of left picture), whose family has been close to the royals for decades. The financier, whose sister, film director Jemima Goldsmith, was one of Princess Diana's closest friends, believes that no amount of watering down would be enough for the drips and dullards who actually want this sort of thing to be banned completely.' They belong to a small, chippy group that can be easily ignored for the time being.' For the remainder of us who enjoy these ancient ceremonies, go big or go home.'

Sheeps "have to go" and farmers are entitled to subsidies, according to Fury as a former Defra advisor

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 19, 2023
They have long been a defining feature of Britain's rural landscapes and are not normally subjected to judicial debate. However, the country's sheep flocks have been the subject of an unusual - and bitter - controversy after a leading environmentalist said that they could do more harm than good. After saying sheep "have to go" from hillsides, Ben Goldsmith, a former advisor for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, and brother of ex-Tory MP Zac Goldsmith, was exposed to a backlash from farmers.

CONFIDENTIALITY OF BEN Goldsmith Jemima Jones and her sister Quentin were seen in matching dresses

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 22, 2022
RICHARD EDEN: Guests at the weekend's party thought they were getting double. Jemima Jones, left, Financier Ben Goldsmith's wife, wore a long, red dress that matched the one worn by the model-turned-caterer's pregnant sister, Quentin, 38, far left. 'Not planned, but we're always in sync,' Quentin, who is married to tech entrepreneur George Northcott, says. The 40th birthday of interior designer Hikari Yokoyama, wife of White Cube gallery founder Jay Jopling, was honored at the Paris party. James Blunt, 48, was photographed right with fashion designer Misha Nonoo, 37, and pop sensation Ellie Goulding, 35, inset.

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: As he commemorates the birth of his second child, Ben Goldsmith is celebrating his birthday

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 3, 2022
RICHARD EDEN: Boris Johnson's chief supporter, Ben Goldsmith, is keeping up with the former Prime Minister when it comes to children. Sir James Goldsmith's son, the financier, is commemorating the birth of his seventh child. Vincent is the name of his son. Jemima, a model-turned-society caterer, has named him. One of Goldsmith's acquaintances tells me, 'He'll be known as Vinny.' Vincent Oliver Goldsmith is his full name.' After Ben's half-brother Robin Birley, Oliver was inspired by Jemima's brother and Robin.' Jemima, 35, who married Ben in 2014, now has a son, Arlo, and two daughters, Margot and Vita. They shared this sweet snapshot online with their friends. Ben, 41, has two sons, Frankie and Isaac, with his ex-wife Kate Rothschild. Iris, their daughter, was tragically killed in a quad bike accident in 2019 when she was 15 years old.

Meghan Markle, according to Ben Goldsmith, is a manipulative bully who has been caught out.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 21, 2022
Meghan Markle (right) is feared because she is a'manipulative bully,' according to Financier Ben Goldsmith (left). In reaction to allegations that the Duchess was a victim of bigotry, Mr Goldsmith, the brother of minister Zac, made a number of allegations in an online message (top and lower inset). One of the three children was deleted quickly, but the argument that Meghan had been unkind is still apparent. The Duchess of Sussex has been dogged by allegations of bullying, but has never denied them.

Fury has awakened the monarch's latest'sneering assault' on the monarchy, according to the New York Times

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 15, 2022
For years, America's "paper of record" has been accused of showing a haughty ignorance of the truth of life in the United Kingdom, with reports in recent years indicating that Brits spend their time "cavorting in swamps" and eating a diet of 'porridge and boiled mutton.' For several, the most recent survey only confirmed this conclusion, with Andrew Neil suggesting that a funeral for a head of state who had been on unfailing service for 70 years would be funded by the country's taxpayers. 'The Queen's funeral will be paid out of taxation,' he tweeted.' Any head of state anywhere has to die first.' Or, perhaps there are no depths to which the nytimes will not stoop in its anti-British ferries.'

Readers turn on Meghan's new favourite magazine The Cut it branded King Charles a 'big, fussy baby'

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 15, 2022
The Duchess of Sussex is in the United Kingdom with her husband Prince Harry as part of ten days of dreadful mourning for the Queen, and the Royal Family is likely to be enraged by the news of the death of the country's longest-reigning monarch. Before she arrived in the United Kingdom last week, the Cut conducted an in-depth interview with the Duchess of Sussex, where she said Harry felt she had 'lost' his father because of his decision to leave his public positions. The monarch is a 'big, fussy baby and a jerk to his employees,' as well as a 'persnickety snob'. She also refers to King Charles III as the 'Queen' and makes rumors regarding the King and Queen Consort's sex lives. Last month, she made lewd remarks about Prince William and rumors regarding his royal relatives' proclivity. A pen leaked on a signatory in Northern Ireland, and there are also untrue reports that the King stormed out of a signing ceremony. This was a reference to an incident this week where he was seen erupting over pens that leak "every stinking time" while signing a visitors' book. Charles completes the task before leaving, as shown by footage of the incident (right). Charles was also accused of bigotry against his own grandson Archie, according to the New York Times offshoot, a claim that his own spokesperson denied last year was 'fictional'.

There is no such thing as a 'climate emergency,' according to Lord Frost, and Britain should shift attention away from'medieval' wind power

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 9, 2022
Lord Frost, the former Prime Minister of the Cabinet, has denied that there is no climate emergency, and he has urged the next prime minister to move away from'medieval technology' such as wind power. Over the past two decades, the former Brexit negotiator, who is funding Liz Truss for the Tory leadership, has taken a 'completely inaccurate approach to climate and energy policy.' He requested that Britain abandon the'managing demand' for energy and instead place more emphasis on fracking and nuclear efficiency, as well as carbon capture and storage (CCS). Lord Frost blasted an attempt that called for a'pragmatic' response to climate change, which the Conservative peer noted was just "one of the many" problems facing the UK. Lord Frost's support for Ms Truss during the Tory leadership race has sparked rumors that if the Foreign Secretary wins the battle to replace Boris Johnson, he may return to the Cabinet - or become the new PM's chief of staff.