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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Cressida Bonas gives birth to 'miracle' baby and names her after tragic sister

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Cressida Bonas gives birth to 'miracle' baby and names her after tragic sister

Daily Mail​09-06-2025
Cressida Bonas paid emotional tribute to her 'darling sister' Pandora Cooper-Key at a memorial service last September.
Now, Prince Harry 's ex-girlfriend has ensured that the name of Pandora, a ceramicist who died last July aged 51, will live on for another generation.
I can disclose that Cressida has given birth to her second child, a girl. And she and her husband, property investor Harry Wentworth-Stanley, have given their daughter the middle name Pandora in honour of Cressie's half-sister, who inspired others with her 24-year cancer battle.
'They have named their daughter Delphina Pandora Wentworth-Stanley,' a friend tells me. 'It's a beautiful name for a beautiful girl.'
Delphina is something of a 'miracle baby' as Cressida struggled to conceive a second child after the birth of the couple's son, Wilbur, in 2022.
The actress, 36, revealed in January that she had used a frozen embryo. 'Having conceived through IVF the first time, we were fortunate to have another embryo stored away in a freezer,' she explained.
Cressida, who married Wentworth-Stanley, 36, in West Sussex in 2020, said she had been 'battling morning sickness' during her second pregnancy.
The couple, who live in west London, wanted a bigger home, she added. 'A growing family means a need for more space. Our flat is on the market and we are house hunting.'
Their dachshund Budgie was 'bound to be unimpressed', she said of the new arrival. 'Not only are we uprooting her territory, but there's a new family member on the way, she can sense it.'
Last year, at Pandora's memorial service, Cressida declared: 'My heart is forever tied to yours.'
She was joined at the service, at St Luke's church in Chelsea, west London, by Pandora's friends including Queen Camilla's son, Tom Parker Bowles, and her nephew Sir Ben Elliot.
Cressida read a moving 'letter to Pandora' that she composed after her death. The women's mother, Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon, paid tribute, saying: 'Nobody on earth who ever met Pandora could help falling in love with her.'
Pandora's father, Esmond Cooper-Key, died in 1985 aged 42.
One of Pandora's friends, Serena Cook, amused the congregation with tales from their travels through Latin America: 'We stole watermelons from a field in Nicaragua, scrambling up a tree in absolute hysterics. We got chased by a furious farmer.'
Brucie's widow is a true Miss Peurto Rico
Sir Bruce Forsyth's widow, Wilnelia, made history when she became the first Miss World winner from Puerto Rico in 1975 and her achievement is still being celebrated half a century later.
Lady Forsyth, 67, who inherited almost all of the Strictly Come Dancing host's £11.5million fortune after his death aged 89 in 2017, took part in the National Puerto Rican Day parade in New York City at the weekend.
She could be seen in a BMW convertible, wearing a red trouser suit, a straw hat, and a sash that read, 'lifetime achievement'. 'It filled me with great pride,' she says. 'My heart will always be there, on my island.'
No entry at the Palace without a QR code...
When it comes to issuing invitations there will be few jobs like it.
King Charles wants an 'event invitations and systems manager' for events from formal ceremonials to garden parties. And to show the Monarchy is modernising, the £40,000-a-year manager will also be responsible for QR codes for entry – like at pop concerts.
'The Royal Household delivers a large number of events every year,' explains the advert.
'In this role you'll lead a newly integrated team at the heart of delivering many high profile events... You'll oversee our new 'invitations office' – responsible for the smooth running end-to-end invitation and guest management process for our events programme.'
TV chef Gizzi won't work for free – she needs the cash!
Aristocratic TV chef Gizzi Erskine admitted she was left 'broken' last year when the sale of her £900,000 east London home fell through at the last minute, dashing hopes of finally clearing her big debts.
Now the daughter of the late second Baron Erskine of Rerrick is revealing yet more financial frustration as she publicly slams festivals expecting her to work without payment.
'Can festivals stop asking talent to work for free,' fumes Gizzi, pictured holidaying in Sicily. 'Everyone else is getting paid from ticket sales and sponsorship. In 2025, why is this OK? I remember me and [restaurant critic] Jay Rayner getting furious about this about ten years ago.
'It's so audacious and incredibly boring. I don't need the PR 20 years into a career: The events do. Most people buy the tickets to see the talent. Pay them.'
Given Gordon Ramsay's foul-mouthed reputation, who can blame his daughter, Matilda, for honing her skills far from home? Ramsay's not happy about it.
'Matilda has come back from culinary school in Ireland,' he says, referring to the Ballymaloe Cookery School in County Cork. 'I am a little bit miffed by the fact that she didn't ask me to train her – and went off elsewhere.'
Tilly, 23, has said her parents 'were shocked because I never mentioned going away'. But she insisted: 'It was definitely a happy surprise.'
Serving Happy Valley star James Norton in a restaurant sounds a less than happy experience. 'I am such a perfectionist,' he admits.
'I'm the guy that walks into the restaurant and will probably move tables twice to make sure I've got the best table, and if the best table is about to finish [their food] then maybe we'll move there.'
He adds: 'I'll probably order then panic and go up to the waiter and say, 'I'm so sorry, can we go for the other one?'
David Bowie's only daughter, Lexi Jones, is struggling with an unusual condition.
The musician, 24, says she's a HSP – highly sensitive person – which means she's prone to more complex feelings than others.
'This is how I experience the world,' she says. There is no formal medical diagnosis for HSP but it is recognised as a personality trait and involves being 'hyper aware' of emotions and social dynamics.
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