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Real Housewives Of London: Meet Panthea Parker
The long-awaited Real Housewives of London is finally here – and brand new housewife Panthea Parker is certainly spilling the tea... The outspoken socialise brought the fire in episode one, clashing with fellow housewife Juliet Mayhew. Coming in hot, Panthea didn't hold back when she spotted the Aussie-born star at Amanda Cronin's women's day party - leaving the event early after a shouting match ensued. If episode one is anything to go by, this is hardly the last we'll hear from Panthea. Opening up about her fiery entrance, she told Grazia, 'Panthea doesn't have a filter! I don't think before I speak.' Here's everything to know about RHOL's fieriest recruit, Panthea Parker. Panthea Parker is a British-Iranian socialite, who has joined the cast of Real Housewives of London . The 50-year-old star told Grazia that it took her 'about three weeks' before signing up to the show, explaining, 'I was like, "That was me 15 years ago, you've come 15 years too late!" The more I said no, the more I think [the producers] wanted me.' ©for Hayu Born to Iranian parents, Panthea moved to England at the age of four. She grew up in the ever-so-gorgeous area of Hampstead, London, an area loved by celebs. Opening up about her childhood, Panthea shared, 'I grew up in Hampstead. I went to private school and summer camps in Switzerland. My parents were very affluent people in Iran before they moved were during the revolution.' Now, she calls North London home. Panthea doesn't work, having revealed during an interview, 'I've been privileged enough never having to work, and then I got married to someone who was very wealthy, who bought me Chanel and flew me on Concorde back in the day.' Of course, not having a job doesn't mean Panthea doesn't do anything. It's hard work schmoozing around London's finest. The socialite has been part of the Mayfair social scene since the 1990s, and is known for her exclusive high-society connections. She was known for being a fixture at Annabel's back in the day, and has even rubbed shoulders with Jennifer Lopez. Panthea revealed in an Instagram post how she met in India, when the 'On The Floor' singing was performing at a wedding. Panthea wrote, 'When your BFF casually has perform at his wedding in India. Yes, I apparently looking like I could sing, so she came up to me - little did she know my voice is questionable at best.' When it comes to friends, we can't say how deep their post-wedding relationship ran... But not everyone can say they've shared a stage with So, who is the man who's been buying Panthea Chancel bags and flying her on Concorde? Top London lawyer Ed Parker, of course. According to Google, Ed is a prominent London lawyer who specialises in derivatives and structured products. A partner at Mayer Brown, he leads the firm's Banking & Finance practise in London. Panthea shares three young children with lawyer Ed. She recently hit headlines for taking her daughter Sienna, 10, to Brighton Pride – despite some warning that the event wasn't suitable for children. Hitting back at online trolls, Panthea said, 'The Pride we experienced wasn't wild nightlife – it was bright flags, beautiful families, smiles and balloons. It was safe, inclusive and deeply loving. People forget that Pride isn't just for adults – it's for everyone who believes in kindness.' Panthea is also mum to an adult son from a previous marriage. Despite having one of the most high-profile friendship groups, socialite Panthea surprisingly wasn't too close with her fellow housewives. Admitting she's partial to an online deep dive, Panthea says, 'I went through Instagrams. There were ties. There's so many people in the social circles that I knew people peripherally. You're not friends with them, but you know them. I've met them and parties and stuff, so it's not too distant.' Oh, but she does share a hairdresser with Juliet Angus. Follow @thepantheaparker for plenty of selfies, travel, and private jet content. Charlotte Roberts is a news and entertainment writer at Grazia UK. She spends her days covering everything celebrity and pop culture.
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RHOL: Meet Amanda Cronin
Real Housewives of London is finally here - and it's been a long time coming. From Belgravia to Chelsea, London is home to some of the world's uber-rich. Now, we're about to meet six of them in Hayu's new reality show. One of those ready to add Housewife to her already booming resume is Amanda Cronin – model, socialite, and millionaire entrepreneur. Opening up about joining the show, Amanda told Grazia, 'People have said I was born for this. When I told my friend Peter Thomas Roth, the big skincare guy in America, he said, 'Congrats. I know you, and I know you really wanted this.' Maybe subliminally I did. When the Real Housewives come along and knock on your door, you're an idiot to say no.' So, who is RHOL 's Amanda? Here's everything to know about the bombshell skincare CEO. Amanda Cronin is a former model turned entrepreneur who has now joined the cast of Real Housewives of London . Opening up about joining the show, Amanda told Grazia, 'This is the biggest platform and franchise for business, profile, whatever you want to get out of it. I was just very excited. I went in strong, and I wanted it.' LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 29: In this image released on May 29, 2025 photocall to promote the launch of Hayu's first-ever original series, "The Real Housewives of London" at The Corinthia Hotel in London, England. (Photo byfor Hayu) Reportedly born on September 14th, 1968, Amanda is currently 56 years old. For our star sign fans, this makes her a reliable, organised and hardworking Virgo. It certainly adds up! Nicknamed as 'longest legs in Belgravia,' British-born Amanda has lived quite the jet set life. Over the years she's been lucky enough to call the Mediterranean, Monaco, and the Swiss Mountains her home, before returning to settle in London. Revealing that her trips abroad spurred her love for the glam life, Amanda shares, 'I used to live in Monaco for 12 years, where [fashion] was on another level. I got into overdressing. Then I kind of toned it down when I came back to London – but now I've ramped it up again! It comes very naturally to me – accessorising, and doing hair and makeup. I'm an ex-model! It's so girly.' Frankly, is there anything Amanda can't do? The star was first scouted to be a model when she was just a teenager - but after being diagnosed with skin cancer in her 30s, Amanda turned her focus to skincare. In 2022, she launched her skincare brand, Amanda Caroline Skincare, which focuses on anti-aging. She also owns The Amanda Caroline Secret Door Clinic in Belgravia, offering specialised treatments for the face, body, and mind delivered by top experts. As for TV, RHOL isn't Amanda's first foray. The star previously appeared in Channel 4's The Millionairess and Me , where she invited film maker Martin Read into her glamorous world. Although her day to day life in London is utterly luxe, Amanda tells us that she does like to escape every so often. 'I take myself off to nature when I can,' she says, 'and I get very simple and down to earth, which I think helps to reset. I'm drawn to the ocean, I love to go and be very quiet.' Amanda married Monaco energy mogul Mark Daeche in 2013, however the pair split in 2019. She famously dated Wham! Singer Andrew John Ridgeley in summer 2022, and shares a daughter names Sofia, 27, from a previous marriage. Revealing that her Housewives debut marks a new era for her, Amanda shared, 'I came out of a marriage, started a company, bought property, now the TV show, and I've been on a healing journey. It's just my time. I've lived in the shadow of men all my life. This is all about me, the spotlight is on me. I really hope it's going to inspire other women to really just go for it.' Those only a limited number of people who make it into London's ultra-rich, which is why it's no surprise our Housewives have heard of each other – as well as some other Real Housewife icons. Opening up about her famous friends, Amanda shares, 'I'm very good friends with Meredith Marks ( Real Housewives of Salt Lake City ), and Kathy Hilton (whose sisters are in Real Housewives of Beverly Hills ) texted me a couple of days ago.' You can follow her on Instagram @amandacarolinecronin! We're getting major hair envy... Charlotte Roberts is a news and entertainment writer at Grazia UK. She spends her days covering everything celebrity and pop culture.
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Everything To Know About RHOL's Nessie Welschinger
In a cast full of side-eyes and champagne-fuelled chaos, RHOL's Nessie Welschinger isn't your typical reality star. A true duchess of diplomacy, Nessie brings a certain level of calm to the Real Housewife of London . You're more likely to spot her baking up a storm in the kitchen than spilling the tea in Mayfair. And yes, she has starred on a certain iconic baking show before... With RHOL finally on our radar, here's everything to know about Nessie Welschinger. 42-year-old Nessie Welschinger is an OG cast member of Real Housewives of London , having joined the first series in 2025. And for any Bake Off fans, you may well recognise her! While her co-stars have dipped their toes into the world of reality TV in the form of millionaire documentaries and other Housewife shows, Nessie has had a different approach – having showcased her skills in Great British Bake Off: The Professionals in 2021. Nessie is a London native, having grown up in the capital city. Currently, she splits her time between her house in Chelsea, and a historic estate in the Cotswolds. Having made her money in the world of finance, Nessie previously worked as global head of equity at Schroders. However, after becoming a mum, she swapped spreadsheets for spatulas. Nessie is the founder of the Chelsea Cake Company—a brand so posh her confections have graced events across the globe, and even Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday. (Yes, she literally baked for a queen.) She also appeared on Great British Bake Off: The Professionals in 2021, displaying her impressive baking skills. Nessie is married to Remy Welschinger, who is the founder and managing director of Limehouse Capiutal, and investment holding company specialising in natural resources projects. Up until 2018, he was head of commodities sales in Europe for Deutshce Bank. The couple share three children together, all of whom appear on the show. Revealing that it wans't an easy decision to put her family on TV, Nessie tells Grazia, 'I think one of the hardest things was relinquishing control of the whole thing and handing over your life to someone else. That was probably my biggest reservation out of everything. But like everyone says, you don't say no to this. It's impossible to.' ©for Hayu No – and you best believe she wasn't down for an Instagram stalk either. The down to earth star reveals, 'I'm not a good detective. If my girlfriends think that their boyfriends are cheating, I'll go deep. But for this sort of stuff, I prefer to get to know people at face value. I'd heard enough about everyone.' Yes! You can follow her on Instagram @nessiewelschinger for plenty of baking and travel content. Charlotte Roberts is a news and entertainment writer at Grazia UK. She spends her days covering everything celebrity and pop culture.
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Real Housewives Of London: Meet Juliet Mayhew
Big Ben, black cabs, and champagne flutes – the Real Housewives of London is finally here. The English capital is finally getting its long-awaited version of the iconic Housewives franchise, landing on streaming platform Hayu on 18 August. One of the new Housewives joining the franchise is Juliet Mayhew – an Aussie-born gal dubbed 'Little Miss Sunshine' by those around her. For Juliet, appearing on reality TV is written in the stars. Long before signing up for RHOL , Juliet was actually approached for 2014's Ladies of London – a role she decided to turn down. She tells Grazia, 'When Ladies of London was around, I was in conversation with them, but my children were too young. Now I've raised my children and they've got minds to think for themselves. They love their mother, they know I'm a big cheerleader and put them first in everything. My daughter came to me and said, 'Mummy, you've got to do it for you."' ©for Hayu With the show now landing, here's everything to know about Real Housewives of London star Juliet Mayhew – including her roots down under, her hedge fun husband, and her drama with a fellow housewife… Juliet Mayhew is an 49-year-old actress-turned-event and lifestyle imaginator (her words), who is now joining the cast of Real Housewives of London. Juliet was born and raised in Queensland, Australia, to parents who both worked in the global medical sector and were human rights activists – something which saw Juliet spend much of her childhood travelling the world and witnessing things the average child simply wouldn't. Starting at the age of just six, Juliet joined her parents working with war victims in Burma, street children in Bangkok, and supporting Tsunami victims. At the age of 12, Juliet won a scholarship for her musical and artistic talents to attend a boarding school in England. It was this that led her to call the UK home. Currently, she lives in the UK, splitting her time between London and Cornwall. Housewife is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Juliet. Buckle in... Juliet was crowned Miss Galaxy Universe Newcomer for Europe in 2013, ran her own luxury leather goods company, is a professional interior designer, is an event planner, has won awards at the Chelsea Flower Show, and owns Juliet Mayhew Carpets, manufacturing bespoke bamboo silk and New Zealand lambswool carpets. Crediting herself as having created a 'Marie Antoinette Wonderland at Kensington Palace,' her website reads, 'Under the umbrella of her lifestyle company, Juliet produces events and imaginative concepts, such as weddings, birthdays, bar mitzvahs, baby showers – any excuse for a party!' She's also worked in the entertainment industry as an actor, singer and dancer. She was a guest host for Fox TV, acting as the British Royal Correspondent, and has recorded two solo albums with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. ©Sam Simpson/for Hayu Heavily influenced by her parents, the Aussie-born star is huge on human rights and philanthropy – especially when it comes to campaigning against human-trafficking. She's climbed Kilimanjaro as part of Climb 4 Freedom, a project created to help influence the UK Government to change the 2013 anti-trafficking bill. Juliet is married to hedge fun manager Anthony 'Tiggy' Mayhew, who she shares two children with. Their daughter is heading to university, with their son having done his A Levels. While Juliet's daughter isn't expected to appear on the show – 'We're very private at home, especially my daughter,' Juliet tells Grazia – her husband and her son may well appear. Opening up about Tiggy's support, Juliet shares, 'My husband did marry me, he knows what he's in for!' It turns out Juliet is very well connected. 'I've got a lot of friends in the franchises,' she tells Grazia. '[_Housewives of Dubai'_s] Caroline Stanbury is a good friend. I'm very close to Nicole O'Neill from Real Housewives of Sydney too. And who doesn't love Beverly Hills ?' Yes! You can follow her @julietmayhew, where she posts pictures of everything from fancy flower arrangements to exclusive parties. Charlotte Roberts is a news and entertainment writer at Grazia UK. She spends her days covering everything celebrity and pop culture.
The Guardian
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- The Guardian
The Real Housewives of London review – one of them dresses up in ruffs like a Poundshop Elizabeth I
It's taken nearly 20 years for the American reality franchise to wind its way across the Atlantic to the capital. In the meantime, there were pretenders and near-misses – Ladies of London, Real Housewives of Cheshire – but now, finally, west London's ex-model community has a viable retirement plan. The delay seems all the more inexplicable, when you consider how to the manner born – if not to the manor born – these ladies are. Take Amanda, who lives in Belgravia, drives a Bentley convertible, runs an underperforming luxury beauty brand and is in a co-dependent relationship with her poodle-cum-stylist, Monty. Amanda has it all – clearly – and in the first episode's first five minutes, she cements her status as RHOL's Queen Bee by saying: 'I'm actually a really private person.' Direct to camera. On a reality TV show. With a straight face. Now that's a Real Housewife. It's all about being 'real', you see – in the sense of being fake, but in a really committed way. The 'house' bit also matters. Hence, we're introduced to every cast member with a property-porn interiors montage (a slow-pan of the walk-in bag/shoe closet is the obligatory third or fourth shot). To a lesser extent, the 'wife' bit is also important. That's why, and no offence to the one from Wham who's not George Michael, but Amanda is going to need to accrue some more impressive ex-husbands if she hopes to secure her top spot for many more series to come. I'm rooting for you, babe. We're all rooting for you. All except RHOL's five other cast members. They're not rooting for you, Amanda. They're perfectly poised to snatch the crown, should it ever slip. And, as befits a city full of history, some of these society girls go back. Way back. Like, all the way back to 'when Annabel's first opened', which should lend a certain 'heritage' texture to their feuding. There are two Juliets, at least one of whom rides horses in Hyde Park and has a husband named Tiggy. Indeed, with such aristo bona fides, one might think it unnecessary to further signpost your status ambitions by dressing up for the confessional in a royal insignia and ruffs, like a Poundland Elizabeth I. But perhaps this was done for the benefit of Juliet M's nemesis, Panthea, whose husband, a lowly lawyer, has recently been made 'Master of the Solicitors' as a 'prestige thing' (never heard of it). In London, we're told, 'wealth whispers'. That's in contrast to the outrageous overconsumption of OG Real Housewives like Teresa Giudice and Jen Shah – both convicted fraudsters – from the New Jersey and Salt Lake City shows, respectively. In practice, it's investment banker turned baker Nessie wiggling her eyebrows suggestively, while saying things like 'We were in a very … comfortable position, let's say'. Or describing her husband's line of work as 'entrepreneur in the mining industry', which is certainly one of the more transparent euphemisms for 'earthly emissary from hell's 9th circle' that I've heard lately. None of this rises to the level of the class analysis or psychological insight that we've come to expect from the franchise at its finest, but happily there's still time for deeper themes to develop. And happily there's also Karen, from Jamaica via Jersey, whose main function on the show is cracking up at the foolishness of these Englishwomen, while delivering teeth-kissing side-eye, as only a posh Jamaican can. With chaos agents like these on the guest-list, Amanda is quite right to brace for trouble ahead of her International Women's Day soiree: 'This loo needs to be checked every 15 minutes,' she tells her housekeeper sternly. 'Remember. Because it will be carnage in there.' Ominous … But maybe Beluga caviar has some digestive side-effects which are well-known in society circles? Or is it the Ozempic? In the event, RHOL's inaugural bust-up happens outside the downstairs loo, after Panthea made a toast that was 10% empty girl boss platitudes and 90% shady digs at Juliet. God bless Panthea, the only one vulgar enough to break that 'wealth whispers' omertà and put a price-tag on her bragging. She once dropped a cool £140,000 in a single Harrods trip, she says, which 'back then is equivalent to 300-and-something thousand'. I've done the maths, and this dates Panthea's spree to some point in 1963 – around the same time private members' club Annabel's opened, in fact. So either they're all time-travelling vampires, let loose on one of Nessie's husband's Hellmouth expeditions or – good news, girls – the botox really works! The Real Housewives of London is on Hayu.
