Hugh Bonneville's romance with Heidi Kadlecova still has one red line a year in

Though these days romancing glamorous "vegan influencer" Heidi Kadlecova following his split from wife Lulu in 2023, I hear Hugh Bonneville still draws the line at adopting her culinary tastes. Over a year into his relationship with Heidi, both pictured, a source whispers that true love is yet to get in the way of well-nourished Hugh's love for "roast chicken, spaghetti bolognese and (non-vegan!) chocolate".

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Back in the Westminster spotlight amid mounting speculation he could be the man to replace Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader, Manchester mayor Andy Burnham proves thin-skinned when it comes to mischievous comments about his appearance.

A former party aide reminds me the former health secretary takes umbrage at being labelled "doe-eyed" in the press due to prominent eyelashes, while bogus gossip once spread by enemies in the Labour ranks that he "wore mascara" left him infuriated.

Teased about his "professional northerner" persona, the 55-year-old's political style has been cheekily described as "part Paul McCartney-part-Thunderbird puppet".

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Busy flogging his latest book on the royals, blabbermouth Paul Burrell still sees fit to warn Prince Harry against publicly spilling the beans on his recent reunion with his father the King.

"The best advice I could give to Harry would be...we don't want to know what happened behind closed doors," Diana's ex-butler now grandly announces.

When it comes to discretion in royal matters, shameless Burrell's the very last man to be giving advice!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Twenty years the Friends star's senior, Jeremy Irons admits he initially struggled with the idea of playing Jennifer Aniston's father in the new series of The Morning Show. "I thought, 'I'm much too young!'" the old peacock groans.

Time can be cruel, Jeremy...

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While Dame Maggie Smith made no secret of having never bothered to watch Downton Abbey, it turns out she wasn't the only prominent cast member to give the show a wide berth.

Having famously played Lady Mary Crawley since Downton debuted on screens in 2010, Michelle Dockery now awkwardly lets slip she avoided watching the drama "until about series five".

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Late movie great Robert Redford identified 1969's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, pictured, as his favourite film - but long took exception to the movie's accompanying hit single, Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head, sung by B.J. Thomas.

"What the hell is that doing in this film?" Redford raged at the time. The heart-throb's hostility towards the ditty eventually softened in his final years.