EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Going ga-ga! PM invites a baby to No10 reception...

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Going ga-ga! PM invites a baby to No10 reception...

Tony Blair tried to capture the zeitgeist of the 1990s by welcoming pop stars such as Noel Gallagher to Downing Street.Now, Andy Burnham is going one step further in his efforts to charm the next generation – by inviting an 11-month-old baby to a No 10 reception next week.The social media-obsessed leader, nicknamed the ‘TikTok PM’, sent a formal invitation asking Ziggy Laing to attend the high-profile event for online influencers and content creators.His parents, former Made in Chelsea stars Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo, were especially bemused, given they had not been invited themselves. Ziggy is not even walking yet, let alone posting selfies.‘Dear Prime Minister, how is he going to get there if I’m not invited...?’ responded podcaster and BBC presenter Jamie online, posting a photograph of the invitation. ‘I know things aren’t looking great, but I’m not sure my 11-month-old is the answer.’Ziggy has already enjoyed a rather precocious introduction to life in the limelight. He featured in Raising Chelsea, the Sky documentary following Jamie and Sophie’s journey into parenthood, which even gave viewers a front-row seat at his birth last Decemeber. Since then Ziggy – whose name was inspired by his parents’ favourite luxury resort in Oman, Six Senses Zighy Bay – has enjoyed a starring role on Jamie and Sophie’s Instagram accounts, which have 2.8 million followers between them. Ziggy, the 11-month-old son of Made In Chelsea stars Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo has been invited to a No 10 reception next weekBut while this privileged toddler may have acquired a following of his own, his political credentials remain somewhat untested.Burnham is desperate to court the digital generation, inviting media outlets and social media personalities to No 10 in an effort to reach audiences who increasingly turn to online creators for their news and entertainment.But by being invited to crawl the corridors of power at such an early age, Ziggy has unwittingly taken the term ‘nepo baby’ to another dimension...Ali G's ex Isla finds a toy boy-akasha! Australian actress Isla Fisher has been seen ‘canoodling’ with a handsome 26-year-old man at a West London restaurantWhile her ex-husband Sacha Baron Cohen struggles to recapture his former comic glory with his alter ego Ali G, Isla Fisher seems to have a new lease of life.My spies saw the Australian actress, 50, ‘canoodling’ with a handsome 26-year-old man at a trendy West London restaurant. ‘They looked smitten,’ says my eagle-eyed source.Fisher, who split from the Borat star, 55, after 14 years of marriage, appears to be embracing life as a single woman. ‘There’s something about being divorced where you feel like you could just do anything,’ she said recently. I guess that includes passionately kissing a toy boy!A U-turn in F1While he was the principal running Red Bull’s Formula One team, Geri Halliwell’s husband Christian Horner suggested the sport was attracting young female followers because of its ‘great-looking drivers’. So when one of those fans, glamorous content creator Bella James, interviewed him on the red carpet, she flattered him by asking: ‘Did you ever consider it was because of the good-looking team principals?’ As Horner smiled coyly at the compliment, James took the wind out of his sails by adding: ‘Because Toto Wolff is hot.’ On hearing the name of his fierce Mercedes rival, Horner was left to stutter: ‘I’m not sure... I’m not a member of the Toto Wolff fan club.’ ‘They tell me everyone in F1 loved that interview,’ Box Box With Bella host James says now.Too grotty for Lottie Kate Moss's half-sister Lottie, 28, has threatened to quit London over soaring costs and endless roadworksKate Moss’s half-sister Lottie is threatening to quit London after complaining about soaring costs and endless roadworks. ‘Why the f*** have we decided to do all the roadworks at the same time?’ the model, 28, fumes in a video online. ‘Oxford f***ing Street is closed. It is absolute carnage. I can’t get anywhere.’ Lottie – who shares a father, Peter, with Kate, 52 – claims that even a short taxi ride can cost a fortune. ‘Tell me why Ubers now are, like, £70 to go for 25 minutes in the evening. I’m having to Lime bike everywhere. It is so expensive to live here now. The quality of life is down the toilet. Genuinely considering moving.’Those Slow Horses can’t catch a break, can they? Rosalind Eleazar, who plays Louisa, and Christopher Chung, who stars as hapless Roddy in the Apple TV drama about the MI5 misfits, were refused entry to an exclusive club in Hollywood. To add insult to injury, says Rosalind, ‘a woman called “Hannah Banana” sailed on past us’. Christopher adds: ‘Someone said we were from Slow Horses and the bouncer went, “What’s that?” I can only imagine Gary Oldman’s character, Jackson Lamb, rolling his eyes…Who'll take the crown? A coronet created for Serena Snowdon's ancestor, Regency-era dandy Viscount Petersham, later 4th Earl of Harrington, is going under the hammer Serena separated from her husband, the 2nd Earl of Snowdon, in 2017Serena Snowdon was said to have been ‘embarrassed’ when her husband, Viscount Linley, auctioned off his mother Princess Margaret’s jewellery in 2006 – although the sale made £13.7million, with one tiara alone fetching nearly £1million. Now a coronet created for one of the countess’s own ancestors, the Regency-era dandy Viscount Petersham, later 4th Earl of Harrington, is going under the hammer with a rather more modest estimate of £2,000 to £3,000. I’m told it’s been put up for sale on Wednesday via Essex auctioneers Reeman Dansie by one of Serena’s ‘distant relations’ who wants to remain anonymous. Serena separated from her husband, who became the 2nd Earl of Snowdon in 2017, in 2020.Edited by HARRIET KEAN

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