After arts consultant Helen Macintyre gave birth to Boris Johnson’s love child, judges ruled that the public had a right to know about the Foreign Secretary’s ‘reckless’ behaviour.
Now Miss Macintyre, 43, has become embroiled in another awkward legal wrangle through her latest married lover, raffish art dealer Baron Cyrille de Gunzburg, 54.
I can disclose that Helen is being investigated by Kent Police over a dispute with an art collector, Antony Wild.
Wild employed Baron de Gunzburg as a consultant on his extensive collection and agreed to buy a £4,000 half share in a work by Italian painter Vincenzo Marinelli. The other half was owned by Helen’s consultancy, Macintyre Art Advisory.
I can disclose that Helen Macitnyre – arts consultant and mother of Boris Johnson’s love child – right, is being investigated by Kent Police over a dispute with an art collector, Antony Wild. This is the drawing the dispute is over, writes Sebastian Shakespeare
However, when Wild later inquired about the drawing, Trasporto del Mahamal alla Mecca, he came to understand that it was apparently now fully owned by Miss Macintyre.
Miss Macintyre, 43, has become embroiled in another awkward legal wrangle through her latest married lover, raffish art dealer Baron Cyrille de Gunzburg (pictured), 54
‘I was shocked,’ says Wild. ‘Some years ago, Baron de Gunzburg, who represented my small art investment company at the time, suggested I buy a half share in the painting from Helen Macintyre. I agreed to do so for 4,500 euros.’
Wild has now heard that Miss Macintyre believes she bought the half-share back from his company via Baron de Gunzburg. ‘But I was neither told about it or received any money,’ Wild tells me.
‘I have been asking her repeatedly for my money back, but she has not responded. Finally, I brought the matter to the police’s attention and they are now investigating, on the basis of evidence I have presented to them.’
Yesterday, Baron de Gunzburg, a French aristocrat whose extended family is well known in the financial and art worlds, declined to comment, while Miss Macintyre was not available when I tried to reach her.
The baron has been living at Miss Macintyre’s vast 18th-century manor house in Kent since his English wife, Diana, 56, ‘kicked him out’ of their marital home in Paris.
Diana has been pursuing him through the courts in France over financial support for her and their daughter.
A Kent Police spokesman confirmed it was looking into the claims: ‘Officers are investigating the circumstances to assess whether any criminal offences have taken place.’
Pictured: Arts consultant and mother of Boris Johnson’s love child Helen Macintyre
I wonder if Prince Harry will take Meghan to a party tonight hosted by artist Nicky Philipps, who once painted him?
Dressed in but a few sequins, burlesque dancer Miss Scaramouche will pose at Nicky’s Chelsea studio while guests eat, drink and immortalise on canvas the performer.
Otherwise known as Anna Coreth, Miss Scaramouche, 24, caused a stir in September when she appeared as Country Life’s Girl in Pearls pin-up.
I wonder if Prince Harry (pictured) will take Meghan to a party tonight hosted by artist Nicky Philipps, who once painted him? Writes Sebastian Shakespeare
As anyone in the Royal inner circle knows, discretion is key. So former Strictly Come Dancing ‘maneater’ Kristina Rihanoff can expect low marks on the score card for breaching protocol.
The 40-year-old Russian, who has a child with former England rugby star Ben Cohen, celebrated becoming the latest celeb invited to Buckingham Palace by Prince Andrew by posting an image of her ‘stiffie’ online.
‘This is exciting,’ she boasted on Twitter. ‘A party at Buckingham Palace! Yeah!’
As anyone in the Royal inner circle knows, discretion is key. So former Strictly Come Dancing ‘maneater’ Kristina Rihanoff (pictured) can expect low marks for breaching protocol
The 40-year-old Russian, who has a child with former England rugby star Ben Cohen, celebrated becoming the latest celeb invited to Buckingham Palace by Prince Andrew by posting an image of her ‘stiffie’ (pictured) online
A palace spokesman sighs: ‘Some people just get excited and publish their invitations on social media. There’s nothing we can do.’
Let’s hope Kristina doesn’t waltz into any trouble. It was recently claimed that disgraced Hollywood star Kevin Spacey sat on the throne during a private tour of the palace with Prince Andrew.
With an engagement announcement for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle expected imminently, what better time for Princess Diana’s wedding dress co-designer, Elizabeth Emanuel, to relaunch her label after more than two decades?
‘It’s something that I’ve been working towards for many years, and I finally have a big investor who is making it all happen,’ she tells me.
‘We expect to launch by next July. It’s going to be called Emanuel. Designing a dress for Meghan [Markle] would be something that would be absolutely amazing.’
With an engagement announcement for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (pictured) expected imminently, what better time for Princess Diana’s wedding dress co-designer, Elizabeth Emanuel, to relaunch her label after more than two decades? Writes Sebastian Shakespeare
Despite playing lovers in The Jewel In The Crown in the 1980s, there was no sexual chemistry between Charles Dance and Geraldine James.
Geraldine, currently filming the second series of Netflix’s Anne With An E, discloses: ‘Charles said recently, ‘The reason Gerald and I are such good friends is we never fancied each other’.’