EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Why Meghan cheerleader Omid Scobie is in danger of losing his business

No one doubted his dedication to his craft, nor the fantastic flexibility with which he approaches it. But it seems the process is taking its toll on Omid Scobie, who announced this week that his next book would reveal moments for which the royal family should be ashamed.

For I can reveal that Scobie, to whom – after initial denials – Meghan Markle admitted to passing on information while co-authoring his debut book, Finding Freedom – is in violation of Companies House authorities.

Noting that both the accounts and the annual return for Scobie’s publishing company, Meyou Ltd, are overdue, it has issued a strike order.

“Unless reason shows otherwise, the company will be struck from the register and dissolved not less than two months after the date stated above,” the notice explains, before adding that if dissolved, all property and rights from Meyou. ..shall belong to the Crown’.

The warning is particularly racy, given that Scobie announced earlier this week that his next book would be titled Endgame.

Noting that the Royal Family had “often ceased to be a role model of civility and decency”, he stated that it was “more important than ever” to “look closely at whether that is still the case today”, adding loftily admitted that “a full story” should be written “without fear or favour, whatever the consequences.”

That is a remarkable reversal of his previous approach. Asked three years ago by Tatler magazine why Meghan had invited him to her final solo appearance as a working royal — the day she left the British Isles for good — Scobie explained that nearly all of his reporting on the royal family in the United States Has been. , where the attitude was ‘celebratory’.

He added, “I defy anyone to find a negative story I’ve written about the Royal Family, period, since I started.”

However, it’s not just his writing style that subjects Scobie to periodic review. Last year, he filed bills for three consecutive years in one day.

And in 2020, the author assured an interviewer that he was 33. But according to details he provided to Companies House, he will turn 42 next month. Evidence of a rare knack for tearing up the rule book?

Scobie’s representatives did not respond to requests for comment.

Becker’s day out with Princess Anne

Anna Ermakova, the daughter of Boris Becker, was thrilled to bump into Princess Anne at the CHIO World Equestrian Festival in Aachen, Germany.

“It was an absolute honor to meet Her Royal Majesty,” says the excited 23-year-old model, who must have meant Her Royal Highness. She was accompanied by her mother, Russian model Angela Ermakova. ‘It was such a beautiful show with so many talented riders and majestic horses,’ says Anna. “The show brought back so many wonderful memories of growing up in London.”

Anna was raised by her mother after being conceived with the tennis ace in the Mayfair branch of Japanese restaurant chain Nobu, reportedly in the broom closet.

Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes eventually killed off Dame Maggie Smith’s character in the popular costume drama, but she still has plenty of life off screen.

I can reveal that the celebrated actress, 88, earned £1 million in the year to last June. Newly filed accounts from the company she funnels her revenue into, Dame Margaret Cross Productions, reveal the profit brings accumulated revenue in the company to £9.7m. She co-owns the company, which she founded in 1965 with her sons, Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin.

Dolly: Not satisfied with Jagger

He may be known as a ladies’ man, but Sir Mick Jagger has failed to please Dolly Parton.

The American country music legend, 77, is releasing an album with a different sound, Rockstar, and thought the Rolling Stones singer, 79, would be perfect for a duet.

“I wanted Mick Jagger so bad, because my husband loves him, and I wanted him to sing on (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, but he wanted something new and different, which I don’t blame him for,” said she. tells me in a hotel in London.

“We kept looking for the right number. He made an album in LA, and I was doing stuff in Nashville, and I kept missing him, but he wanted to do it.”

Forget about Glastonbury – here’s a giant job in organizing events. King Charles wants a deputy head of events to put on several shows at his residences and, crucially, “within budget.”

Previous knowledge of government services and the military “would be an advantage but not a requirement,” the ad on the royal website reads. “It’s knowing the role you played in delivering extraordinary events. . . You will be involved in the many special and varied activities that take place in the Royal House.’ No salary is given.

Royal favorite Floella’s mark of the late Queen

floella benjamin, who played a prominent role in the coronation of King Charles felt a spiritual presence in Westminster Abbey.

The former children’s television host carried the Sovereign Scepter with Dove at the ceremony last month. During rehearsals she encountered the Duke of Buccleuch.

“He and I go way back,” Baroness Benjamin says of Richard, whose wife, the Duchess of Buccleuch, died just days before rehearsals began.

‘During rehearsals in the abbey we found a white feather behind the altar. We knew then that we were being watched.’

Two days before Queen Elizabeth died last September, she told her private secretary that Lady Benjamin should be made a member of the Order of Merit.

Two months later, she received the honor from King Charles. The peer is the first woman of Caribbean descent to join the Order.

The only way is Windsor…

The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma Collins didn’t miss a trick when she met Queen Camilla at The Animal Ball.

Collins was invited to the party at Lancaster House because of her support for the Elephant Family, a conservation charity. The reality star took the opportunity to propose to the Queen. “She asked Camilla if she wanted to appear in her documentary,” one guest tells me. “Camilla didn’t respond diplomatically anyway.”

Collins later said, “I’m looking for a documentary. Me and King Charles and Camilla on safari, that would be great.’