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After 26 years and five children together, India Hicks and David Flint Wood finally tied the knot on this day three years ago. The goddaughter of King Charles who was a bridesmaid at his wedding to Lady Diana Spencer, had led a bohemian life in the Bahamas with partner David. But when they finally decided to get married, they tied the knot in a 'very conventional' ceremony on September 10, 2021. India wore a turtle neck Emilia Wickstead wedding dress in ivory tulle with an A-line skirt, which had taken 17 months to design and make. According to the bride, it was 'a dress that felt perfectly at home in a church deep in the English countryside.

The great pop artist, Sir Peter Blake, recently expressed his frustration over how little he was paid for his most celebrated creation, the album cover for The Beatles ' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Blake's art dealer, Robert Fraser, was given £1,000 - about £18,000 in today's money - by EMI records, but he passed on only £200 to the artist. The album went on to sell more than 30 million copies. 'There was never any royalty or anything like that . . . I'm not irritated any more,' says the mild-mannered Blake, 92. 'That was a long time ago, and there was a time when a little extra money would have been helpful. Now we've gone on from there, and it doesn't matter.'

As depicted in 1970s television hits The Good Life and Reggie Perrin, it is often assumed that the commuter-belt within an hour of London is featureless sprawl: boring suburbia. This is all inaccurate. Each of the following locations has its own distinct character, whether it be Leigh-on-Sea with its harbour views, Banbury with its convenient access to the Cotswolds (at a fraction of the price), or Tunbridge Wells, which is closer to Kent than Bath is to Somerset. Any one of them, be it Bray or Bedford, is different. However, each of these cities is a great place to live; to get a glimpse of what property costs in each area and how long it takes to London by train is a good place to live.