Fire at Fergie’s home after scented candle left alight in the loo – Daily Mail
The Duchess of York is facing a £20,000 clean-up bill after nearly burning down her house as she left a scented candle alight in her lavatory. The alarm was raised by a housekeeper who smelled smoke after Sarah Ferguson, 48, left her Surrey home so that she could attend a business meeting in London yesterday. It is not thought her children Beatrice, 19, and Eugenie, 17, were staying at the house at the time of the fire…

Queen Mother’s letter sold for £300 – The Press Association
An 82-year-old letter written by the Queen Mother expressing concern at the high cost of her clothing has been sold for £300 at auction. Written at Balmoral in Scotland, the letter was to her London-based dressmaker, Elizabeth Handley Seymour, who designed gowns between the 1920s and 1940s. In the three-page manuscript, the Queen Mother wrote: “Would you be very kind and look through my bill before it is sent to me this autumn as I thought a few items in the last one were rather too expensive…

Sir Jackie Stewart – the Peter Phillips exclusive – Hello Magazine Canada
Not only is the legendary Formula One racer good friends with Princess Anne, he shares a kinship with her son Peter Phillips, who is set to marry Montreal-born Autumn Kelly. “He’s a good example of a modern royal because he’s not just aristocracy,” the 68-year-old motor-sports ambassador says. “He can mix with the mechanics, in business and with the jet-set, as well as the royal family.” When asked about Peter and Autumn’s upcoming Balmoral wedding, he said: “Autumn is a very lovely girl… she’s a people person, and socially accepted.”…