Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood, whose waspish comments often keep contestants in check, has now turned his ire towards a contractor working on his country home after suffering from flooding.’Mr Nasty’, as he is known for his tough on-screen persona, is taking legal action following a series of incidents at his house in a Northamptonshire village.’I’m suing my drainage guy,’ says Craig, who bought the 19th-century property for £1.8million in 2021. ‘He did all the wrong drawings. My house has actually flooded three times.’Speaking at Wimbledon BookFest in south London, where he was promoting The Book Of Panto, he explains: ‘It was a disaster going on for two years.’ Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood is suing a contractor for flooding at his country home The £1.8million property in Northamptonshire, which the Strictly judge purchased in 2021The Australian-born choreographer, 61, was forced to call the Environment Agency last year after his garden flooded as workers began demolishing walls and digging foundations. He is trying to raise his back garden to build a terrace around the swimming pool at the seven-bedroom property, which is beside a lake and pond.The renovations have caused other issues, too. Craig has been forced to live in a caravan, while they have also in part delayed his wedding to horticulturalist Jonathan Myring, 39.’Every time we plan it, something comes up, like the house build took another two years to complete – and it still hasn’t been completed,’ he said.A source involved in the renovation works tells me: ‘An individual consultant was removed from the project more than two years ago.’Royal pals’ fangtastic fright night Arabella Musgrave with party host Alice Naylor-Leyland during their recent do for Halloween The Countess of Durham, Marina Lambton, attended in a school uniform spattered with bloodOnce described as ‘the only woman who could make Kate Middleton jealous’, Arabella Musgrave can also send shivers down spines if she so chooses.The Gucci executive, who went out with Prince William before he met the future Princess of Wales while at St Andrews, recently dressed as a vampire bride for an early Halloween party.Bella, 44, wore a strapless white gown, sheer polka-dot gloves and a birdcage veil, complete with fake blood dripping from her lips.The party was hosted by Alice Naylor-Leyland, a friend of Princess Eugenie. Alice, 40, wore a leather corset and black horns.The Countess of Durham, Marina Lambton, 44, whose sister Rose is close to the Waleses, went in a school uniform splattered in blood. Creepy!New Rules over fake Dua goods Dua Lipa has stopped a chancer called Gary from flogging fake merchandise onlineHer dazzling Sicilian wedding celebration with actor husband Callum Turner is believed to have cost £1.5million. But never assume Dua Lipa takes her estimated £150million fortune for granted.The New Rules singer, 31, has just driven a perfectly aimed stiletto into a chancer in Hong Kong, I can disclose.He was flogging ‘Dua Lipa’ merchandise online, with an unauthorised venture including ‘clothing, canvas bags and headwear’.She quickly secured a favourable ruling from the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organisation. It decided the domain name ‘dualipa-asiastore.com’ was being used in ‘bad faith’, ordering its immediate transfer to the pop star’s firm from the chancer called Gary.Trick or tweet, Frankie?The Duke of Norfolk organised King Charles’ Coronation, but now his stepdaughter is concerned with outfits for a rather different event.Society model Frankie Herbert has sparked a backlash by urging ‘fellow white people’ to avoid culturally insensitive Halloween costumes.Frankie, 30, issued a ‘public service announcement’ on social media, warning against ‘cultural appropriation’. She declared: ‘Other people’s culture is not a costume. If you are a white person or you’re not Native American, you should not… be dressing up in fancy-dress versions of traditional ceremonial clothing.’One critic responded: ‘Why are you, as a white woman, telling other people what to do with cultural items and clothing that are not your own? You are denying the people of other cultures the agency to dictate how their own culture is presented.’Fearne’s out for revenge…Fearne Cotton, who endured an acrimonious marital split from Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood’s son Jesse in 2024, has given tips on ‘the best way to get revenge’.The broadcaster, who married him aged 32, says online: ‘Most of us will have dealt with injustice. In my early 30s I felt it in a huge way. Most of us have also wrestled with unsavoury thoughts because of it.’ The 45-year-old adds: ‘Every one of us has lost sleep, or days, weeks, years feeling angry or f***ed over by someone.’Time to name names, Fearne…Dame Helen Mirren, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Elizabeth II in The Queen, has admitted she used to take cocaine. But the actress, 81, gave it up when her conscience got the better of her. ‘When you’re doing a drug, you’re at a party… you just don’t think where that’s come from,’ she says. The MobLand star adds: ‘I would not touch that drug ever again. You have to be conscious of the journey it’s taken to get to you.’
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Why Strictly’s Craig Revel Horwood has been left in a spin over his £1.8m country home
Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood, whose waspish comments often keep contestants in check, has now turned his ire towards a contractor working on his country home after suffering from flooding.’Mr Nasty’, as he is known for his tough on-screen persona, is taking legal action following a series of incidents at his house in a Northamptonshire village.’I’m suing my drainage guy,’ says Craig, who bought the 19th-century property for £1.8million in 2021. ‘He did all the wrong drawings. My house has actually flooded three times.’Speaking at Wimbledon BookFest in south London, where he was promoting The Book Of Panto, he explains: ‘It was a disaster going on for two years.’ Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood is suing a contractor for flooding at his country home The £1.8million property in Northamptonshire, which the Strictly judge purchased in 2021The Australian-born choreographer, 61, was forced to call the Environment Agency last year after his garden flooded as workers began demolishing walls and digging foundations. He is trying to raise his back garden to build a terrace around the swimming pool at the seven-bedroom property, which is beside a lake and pond.The renovations have caused other issues, too. Craig has been forced to live in a caravan, while they have also in part delayed his wedding to horticulturalist Jonathan Myring, 39.’Every time we plan it, something comes up, like the house build took another two years to complete – and it still hasn’t been completed,’ he said.A source involved in the renovation works tells me: ‘An individual consultant was removed from the project more than two years ago.’Royal pals’ fangtastic fright night Arabella Musgrave with party host Alice Naylor-Leyland during their recent do for Halloween The Countess of Durham, Marina Lambton, attended in a school uniform spattered with bloodOnce described as ‘the only woman who could make Kate Middleton jealous’, Arabella Musgrave can also send shivers down spines if she so chooses.The Gucci executive, who went out with Prince William before he met the future Princess of Wales while at St Andrews, recently dressed as a vampire bride for an early Halloween party.Bella, 44, wore a strapless white gown, sheer polka-dot gloves and a birdcage veil, complete with fake blood dripping from her lips.The party was hosted by Alice Naylor-Leyland, a friend of Princess Eugenie. Alice, 40, wore a leather corset and black horns.The Countess of Durham, Marina Lambton, 44, whose sister Rose is close to the Waleses, went in a school uniform splattered in blood. Creepy!New Rules over fake Dua goods Dua Lipa has stopped a chancer called Gary from flogging fake merchandise onlineHer dazzling Sicilian wedding celebration with actor husband Callum Turner is believed to have cost £1.5million. But never assume Dua Lipa takes her estimated £150million fortune for granted.The New Rules singer, 31, has just driven a perfectly aimed stiletto into a chancer in Hong Kong, I can disclose.He was flogging ‘Dua Lipa’ merchandise online, with an unauthorised venture including ‘clothing, canvas bags and headwear’.She quickly secured a favourable ruling from the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organisation. It decided the domain name ‘dualipa-asiastore.com’ was being used in ‘bad faith’, ordering its immediate transfer to the pop star’s firm from the chancer called Gary.Trick or tweet, Frankie?The Duke of Norfolk organised King Charles’ Coronation, but now his stepdaughter is concerned with outfits for a rather different event.Society model Frankie Herbert has sparked a backlash by urging ‘fellow white people’ to avoid culturally insensitive Halloween costumes.Frankie, 30, issued a ‘public service announcement’ on social media, warning against ‘cultural appropriation’. She declared: ‘Other people’s culture is not a costume. If you are a white person or you’re not Native American, you should not… be dressing up in fancy-dress versions of traditional ceremonial clothing.’One critic responded: ‘Why are you, as a white woman, telling other people what to do with cultural items and clothing that are not your own? You are denying the people of other cultures the agency to dictate how their own culture is presented.’Fearne’s out for revenge…Fearne Cotton, who endured an acrimonious marital split from Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood’s son Jesse in 2024, has given tips on ‘the best way to get revenge’.The broadcaster, who married him aged 32, says online: ‘Most of us will have dealt with injustice. In my early 30s I felt it in a huge way. Most of us have also wrestled with unsavoury thoughts because of it.’ The 45-year-old adds: ‘Every one of us has lost sleep, or days, weeks, years feeling angry or f***ed over by someone.’Time to name names, Fearne…Dame Helen Mirren, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Elizabeth II in The Queen, has admitted she used to take cocaine. But the actress, 81, gave it up when her conscience got the better of her. ‘When you’re doing a drug, you’re at a party… you just don’t think where that’s come from,’ she says. The MobLand star adds: ‘I would not touch that drug ever again. You have to be conscious of the journey it’s taken to get to you.’