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JAN MOIR: Can the deliciously glitzy restaurant loved by Princess Diana reclaim its crown as the haunt that every A-lister MUST be seen in?90s icon Le Caprice reopens its doors

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 3, 2024
JAN MOIR (left): Jeremy King (left) is back where he belongs, sporting his latest restaurant (right), which also happens to be his old restaurant and, perhaps more importantly, was his first restaurant. From 1981 to 2000, the King of Arlington, Texas, operated it with his business partner Chris Corbin as Le Caprice. It was purchased by billionaire Richard Caring in 2005, who closed it three years ago due to the pandemic, but the name and plans to relaunch it in a London hotel were mischievous. However, it is no surprise that it was King Le Caprice's version that thrilled and delighted London. The opulent, the undeniably popular, and the indelibly royal became a favorite haunt in St James's under Corbin & King's direction.

Love me brew!Beatles themed-pub goes up at auction for £275,000 (and it comes with a VERY special link to Ringo)

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 21, 2024
Fans of the Fab Four have been encouraged to raise your hand and request the former Empress pub, which is just yards from drummer Ringo's birthplace and childhood home. The building on the front of his first solo LP Sentimental Journey in 1970 in tribute to its importance to him as a young man, as he visited a local bar and where his mother Elsie worked as a barmaid. The outside features a spectacular Beatles-and-particularly Ringo-themed mural, painted in 2022 and swiftly becoming a popular Liverpool tourist attraction, although there is much more vibrant artwork on the band's walls. In recent years, the bar has been closed, but SDL Property Auctions is now offering the opportunity to buy and operate both a pub and a seven-room Airbnb upstairs.

Geoffrey Munn: I've only ever borrowed to buy a house - and a £500 parrot from Harrods

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 16, 2023
Geoffrey Munn, a roadshow jewellery specialist, says he never buys antiques as an investment. Rather, he buys things he loves and keeps them heirlooms despite their value. Donna Ferguson says he took out a bank loan to buy a parrot from Harrods the only time he has taken out a bank loan was to buy a parrot. He and his partner, Caroline, live in London.

After her death at the age of 98, pioneering photographer Marilyn Stafford's life in pictures was captured

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 8, 2023
Marilyn Stafford spent her life in Paris photographing the world - everything from portraits in London homes to fruit vendors in Lebanon, and the high fashion scene in Paris. She died on January 2 at the age of 97. MailOnline is chronicling her life as she did, through the lens of her camera.

What happened to the child stars of your favorite classic Christmas movies?

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 23, 2022
What do these actors have in common? They all found fame in Christmas films before they hit adulthood, which has been immortalized on our screens. However, when the children actors hit the acting gold rush at an early age, their paths to follow wound up in different directions, with continued success for some and less positive results for others. So where are actors who played Sophie from The Holiday, Ralphie from A Christmas Story, Bernard the Elf from The Santa Clause, Eloise from Eloise at Christmastime and Kevin from Home Alone (left to right) now?

An examination of Marilyn Monroe's house as she called home through her lifetime

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 30, 2022
Monroe was born and raised in Los Angeles but she only had one home in her lifetime, the Brentwood home where she died in 1962 at the age of 36. Nonetheless, she has left her glittering mark on every place she has lived. Norma Jeane Mortensen, a girl born in Van Nuys, shared a house with her first husband James Dougherty's parents while he served in World War II. She was married to former New York Yankees actor Joe DiMaggio and was living in a sprawling Runyon Canyon mansion in the Hollywood Hills by 1954. She converted into a penthouse in West Hollywood after she was fired from DiMaggio. Monroe is also well-known for Bing Crosby's ex bauche in Rancho Mirage, California, where she reportedly fell in love with President John F. Kennedy.

A collection of portraits of Princess Grace is shared by Monaco's royal family

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 15, 2022
The royal family of Monaco has published a wonderful series of photographs (pictured) to celebrate Princess Grace 40 years after her burial. Princess Grace - also known as Grace Kelly - was an American actress who appeared in several blockbusters in the early 1950s. But she went from acting at the age of 26 to marry Prince Rainier III in April 1956, becoming Princess of Monaco.