EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: 80s fashion brand Katharine Hamnett criticizes her beloved CBE over Israel-Hamas war, saying she 'disgusts being British'

She has readily acknowledged that she was overjoyed at being awarded the CBE, which was presented to her by the late Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace. But fashion designer Katharine Hamnett, who had previously stated that she “aspired to be a duchess – with a castle”, is apparently tired of being a mere commander of the British Empire and has left her insignia forgotten – or worse , fallen into oblivion. from her garbage cans.

Hamnett has been organizing the kind of protest that has been her trademark since 1984, when she met Margaret Thatcher at a Downing Street reception wearing a T-shirt with an anti-nuclear slogan on it, and has posted her latest news on social media.

A video clip shows her descending the stairs of her home wearing a black T-shirt with the words: 'Disgusted to be British'.

In case anyone is in any doubt, Hamnett, a former student of the £45,000 Cheltenham Ladies College, says: 'I am disgusted at being British because of our role in the genocide in Gaza.'

She then lifts the lid of a black bin with her left hand and holds the light red ribbon of the CBE in her right hand, adding: 'This is my CBE. It belongs in the bin, with Sunak and Starmer.'

With a deft wave, the 76-year-old throws the ribbon – and the cross to which it is attached – into the waste bin.

Hamnett closes the lid and turns to the camera once again. “Go to this site,” she instructs admirers, directing them to a website where the uninitiated can find out who their MP is. “Tell them you will never vote for them again unless they support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.”

Finally, in a demonstration of the business instincts that have driven her to enormous commercial success, she says, “Go to this website and buy the T-shirt.”

The designer is best known for her oversized T-shirts printed with slogans worn by pop bands such as Wham! and Queen. George Michael wore his white 'Choose Life' shirt in the pop video for Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.

Hamnett has deftly aligned himself with the metropolitan style for decades. “I had to soften my accent a bit,” she recalled of her time at art school in London in the 1960s, describing the era as “the first time the working class mixed with the upper class.”

In 2008, she said she was “ashamed to be British” because the brother of then Prime Minister Gordon Brown worked for the French energy company EDF, which generated much of its energy from nuclear power.

I wonder what her father's advice would have been to Israel in its quest to free its hostages? He had been a prisoner of war of the Japanese.

Emma reveals the key to romance

How did former BBC newsreader Simon McCoy win the heart of Dynasty pin-up Emma Samms? You're acting like a gentleman, it seems.

“I don't think good manners are old-fashioned,” Samms, 63, said.

Saying 'please' and 'thank you' is a matter of respect for others. Some people get very light-hearted when a door is held open for them. I don't see it as a judgment on my abilities: I like it.

“And the fact that my husband opens the car door for me and stands up when I leave or return to a formal dining table is nothing but a joy.”

DJ 'DIDDY' David Hamilton is just hitting the sweet spot at the age of 85. But he doesn't want to be recreated as an AI voice like his new Boom Radio colleague, the late Tommy Vance.

“I worry about AI because in the hands of the wrong people it can be a very dangerous weapon,” he tells me.

Hamilton instead records a series called Million Sellers, about pop's biggest hits. “There'll be plenty left in the can. Boom can make it run if I open my clogs.'

Prue's moving tribute to brother

Great British Bake Off star Dame Prue Leith will pay a touching tribute to her late brother Jamie in her new ITV1 series by cooking one of his recipes for viewers this weekend.

Restaurateur Jamie Leith died last year and Dame Prue, 84, rustles up vegan dish Jamie's Red Dragon Pie in the opening episode of Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen.

“I love how the taste and smell of food is a wonderful trigger for memories,” she says. 'When I cook this dish, I definitely think of Jamie. I was very close to him. He was my younger brother and he cooked this dish for his children when they came home from school.'

Cruz takes a trip with Mossie's friends

THE OPPORTUNITY: Perfect Magazine and AMI Paris's LFW party in Dovetale, Mayfair.

DOUBLE TAKE: Kate Moss' girlfriend Rosemary Ferguson, 49, isn't just partying with her daughter, Elfie, 22; they even wear the same dress. Rosemary (left) opted for the black JW Anderson twisted mini, while model Elfie opted for the £550 silver version.

BECKS DRESSED: David and Victoria Beckham's youngest son Cruz, who turned 19 yesterday, wore a striking lime green shirt with a pinstripe suit.

DRIVING AMBITION: Heiress India Rose James, 32, could not have escaped quickly if she had tried. “I can't drive,” she tells me. 'I have lessons, but I'm curious to see how I will do on the test.

As the Prince and Princess of Wales consider whether to send Prince George to Oundle, the £45,435-a-year boarding school in Northamptonshire, they can consult the unlikely figure of Bruce Dickinson, frontman of heavy metal rockers Iron Maiden.

“If you can handle Oundle, you can handle life in Iron Maiden,” says Dickinson. 'But I'm not sure if you can get along well with people at a boarding school. People at boarding schools are not – how can I put this? – normal people.'