News about Celia Imrie

Best-selling author Kate Mosse has recevied a CBE from the Princess Royal for services to literature. The highly renowned author, 62, whose books have been translated into 38 languages and published in more than 40 countries, received the honorary title at Windsor Castle in Berkshire from Princess Anne today. The 62-year-old, who was made a CBE for her services to literature, women and charity, was wearing a long, formal back dress with a white blazer and a black hat. She is best know for her book, Labyrinth the first book in the Languedoc Trilogy, which went on to be an international bestseller selling millions of copies and named as one of Waterstones top 25 books of the past 25 years.

Celia Imrie was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Anne, Princess Royal at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. The actress, 71, is best known for her role as Una Alconbury in the Bridget Jones movies, and numerous TV appearances alongside comedian Victoria Wood. She has performed extensively across film, TV and theatre since starting out in the 1970s.

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: He was blessed with inheriting the magnificent Longleat, his stately family seat in Wiltshire, as well as a sprawling estate of more than 9,000 acres, after his father died in 2020, aged 87. However, Ceawlin Thynn, Bath's 8th Marquess, would not be human if his late father, Alexander, had lived in a slightly more orthodox manner from time to time. Ceawlin is now plagued by the inevitable fractures caused by the man's confession that he had 75 couples, or wives, as he wanted to call them after his 1969 marriage to Hungarian-born actress Anna Gael, who has never divorced. Now that I can recall, Longleat's balustrades are being rattled by one-time Bond Girl, Jamaican-born bombshell Sylvana Henriques, many decades after she first attempted to photograph Alexander.

VINER: BRIAN VINER: In the Spanish-language film Society Of The Snow, an uplifting true tale involving a tragic plane crash and cannibalism can be considered encouraging. A Uruguayan air force plane Flight 571 bound for Chile in October 1972, carrying the Old Christians Club rugby team among its 40 passengers and five crews, crashed in the Andes. Almost half of those on board died as a result of their injury or within seconds. Others died later, but the 16 remaining survivors were rescued after only ten weeks.

One lucky person is guaranteed to win this picturesque sprawling home near Harrogate along with £100,000 in cash. The winner of the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, Yorkshire, will win the keys to the beautifully renovated hillside farmhouse dating back to the 1600s and is part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park's Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In addition, the charming period stone farmhouse comes with a guest cottage, ensuring the house has four bedrooms in total.