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Times
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- Times
Secret service swarms the Cotswolds for £5m wedding of Eve Jobs
Americans appear to love the Cotswolds for its quaint country charm, historic honey-coloured stone villages and providing a bucolic window into a largely lost the wedding of the Apple heiress Eve Jobs to a British Olympic equestrian in the Oxfordshire countryside have lead to her billionaire mother's party planners and high-profile guests turning some of the most exclusive locations in the protected landscape into a land of steel fences, Secret Service SUVs and strict security protocols. Jobs, 27, the youngest daughter of the late Steve Jobs, is marrying Harry Charles, 26, a showjumping gold medallist at Paris 2024, on Saturday in the small medieval parish church of St Michael and All Angels, on the Great Tew estate. Afterwards they will be joined by hundreds of guests for a lavish reception at the luxury Estelle Manor country hotel and private members club, which they have taken over for the week. The usually tranquil country roads around this celebrity-soaked corner of Oxfordshire, where the Beckhams, Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres have their country homes, have been abuzz with delivery vans, lorries, construction workers and security whizzed past the grade I listed church on his electric bike on Thursday afternoon and gave a peace sign when The Times asked if he was attending the wedding. Former military personnel set up hazel hurdle screens outside the church gates, to block views down the churchyard footpath, while designers denied entry to the mother of a dead child on Thursday who hoped to visit a memorial bench to her son in the place of worship. A staff member at Estelle Manor said all of the hotel's 107 rooms had been taken over by guests, while others were staying at Soho Farmhouse, the private members club where Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, held her hen party in 2018. The celebrations are reported to be costing about £5 million, including a supposed £1 million fee for a performance from Elton John. Guests include the former vice-president Kamala Harris. The bride's mother, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Harris have been friends for more than 20 years, with the billionaire philanthropist backing her failed run for the US presidency last year. Harris spent Wednesday night in The Bull pub in Charlbury as part of a private party which included Bruce Springsteen's daughter, Jessica, locals said. The area was swarming with blacked-out SUVs and men in black suits who identified themselves as US secret service. Glen Russell, 48, from Charlbury, who was outside the 15th-century pub, said: 'Some of the guest list from the wedding had booked out a private room at the back. I saw a lot of security, and they were quite open [that] they were American secret service. 'They were in the pub the day before, checking the place out, they put security in place and brought in new furniture.' Russell said the pub's car park was 'full of secret service' and he saw a traffic warden arguing with one of the secret service, telling them: 'You need to move your vehicles.''They were being very polite but said they had to stay,' Russell said. 'I suppose they can afford to pay the parking tickets.' Tony Vetters, who lives in Charlbury, saw six SUVs and 'all the men in black suits, at least three per vehicle'. Staff at the pub, which was named pub of the year at the National Pub and Bar Awards last month, said they had been sworn to secrecy and declined to comment. Locals said that DeGeneres, the US comedian, went to the pub with Robbie Williams a fortnight ago, and it has become a regular haunt for Lionel Messi, the Argentinian footballer, when he's in the UK, as well as Gary Lineker. On Friday, there were still three SUVs with blacked-out windows parked in the centre of member of the public blocked from entering the St Michael and All Angels church, which can only seat about 100 people, was Libi Sabolova, 46, a former nanny for the Great Tew estate, on a trip back to the Cotswolds from her home in was told by security that it was closed for a private function until Sunday. Sabolova said she thought the Cotswolds was gaining in popularity with international visitors because it offered a slower pace of life. 'It's fairytale surroundings and very romantic,' she said. 'It's just beautiful. I found out about it after some friends travelled all around Britain and said this was the best, most beautiful and picturesque in the whole of the country.' The groom is the son of Peter Charles, whose team won Britain's first team showjumping Olympic gold medal for 60 years at the London 2012 games. Jobs, a model, is also an accomplished equestrian, having competed in her youth in the Hamptons Classic. Springsteen is expected to attend alongside Jennifer Gates, daughter of Bill Gates and another tech scion turned equestrian, who is married to the Egyptian-American showjumper Nayel Nassar. Steve Jobs died in 2011 from pancreatic cancer and according to his official biographer, Walter Isaacson, described the youngest of his four children, as a 'strong-willed, funny firecracker'. The celebrations are being planned by Stanlee Gatti, who organised the wedding of Gavin Newsom, the democrat governor of California and former mayor of San Francisco. His client list includes George Lucas and Elton. A close family friend of the Mason family, who own the 3,000-acre estate in which Estelle Manor sits, said the week-long takeover was the biggest party held there in living memory. 'If they have the money, good luck to them and enjoy it,' they said. 'It's such a big estate, no one will get close to see them. The Cotswolds seem to have become quite a big thing now for the Americans. You see them walking on the estate and you can tell they are just a different kind of people.'
Fast Company
4 hours ago
- Business
- Fast Company
4 lessons my trucking customers taught me about high-pressure decision making
The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY We've all faced that moment—a dozen eyes fixed on us, waiting for direction. The pressure builds, time ticks, and yet … we freeze. The weight of making the right decision in that instant feels crushing. For many of us, decision fatigue creeps in quietly through the chaos of everyday life—work, family, a hundred micro-choices a day. What's for dinner? Which summer camp? It's why Steve Jobs wore the same outfit daily: to preserve mental energy for decisions that really mattered. But for my customers, drayage trucking companies, decision fatigue isn't just an occasional burden—it's the job. They operate in one of the most intense, unpredictable, high-stakes environments in logistics. Hauling containers in and out of ports isn't a straightforward task. It's a battle against the clock, the port schedule, traffic snarls, broken chassis, gate delays, and surprise cancellations. And when things go sideways—which they often do—dispatchers and drivers don't have the luxury to freeze. They make calls in real time, under pressure, with limited information, and move on. As a tech leader working closely with these frontline problem-solvers, I've learned a great deal about making smart, fast decisions when the margin for error is razor-thin. Here are four lessons I've picked up from drayage pros about decision-making in high-pressure environments and how you can apply them when the heat is on. 1. GOOD DECISION-MAKING STARTS WITH VISIBILITY Visibility and real-time data have been big topics in the supply chain world. We have more information at our fingertips today than we've ever had before, thanks to technology, GPS, transportation management systems, and so much more. Drayage trucking companies that have implemented modern technology can have full visibility into where their trucks are, when containers are arriving, and how long the line is at the port. With abundant and visible data, the key is to interpret that data correctly and make decisions based on the information at hand. My advice: Gather as much relevant information as you can to make smart decisions. Even better if you can use AI to make recommendations based on that data. 2. EVERY DECISION HAS TRADEOFFS One key thing I've learned from my customers is that there's no perfect decision, and no matter what you decide, there may be tradeoffs. Let's say a road is closed on the way from the port to the retailer's warehouse. A drayage leader may decide to route the truck around the long way. The upside of that decision: The freight still gets to the warehouse the same day, and the customer is probably happy. The downside: more miles and more time for the truck driver. In the end, drayage firms don't have the luxury to endlessly deliberate and wait for new information. They have to make a call in real time. In the tech world, a decision to scale with AI might increase productivity. But does it impact employee engagement and the authenticity employees have with customers? These are the kinds of decisions we grapple with as executives. Not everyone will love your decision, and that's the reality of leadership. 3. TAP INTO THE VALUE OF SCENARIO PLANNING There's never a dull day in logistics. Something could break down or be delayed at any link in the supply chain. By having back-up plans or buffers, my drayage customers are able to respond quickly and pivot when things go wrong. In the supply chain, this is often called scenario planning. What could happen, and what's the likelihood? Are we prepared if plan B, C, or D occurs? Answering those questions proactively can help us all make decisions and adjustments when the time comes, because we'll have the resources and contingencies in place. 4. STICK TO YOUR GOALS, EVEN AMID THE CHAOS Drayage companies are some of the most mission-focused businesses I've encountered. They have a clear imperative: Deliver goods safely, accurately, and on time, and, above all, make their customers happy. Through all the volatility of the supply chain, they remain laser-focused on their goals, and that helps form the foundation of their decisions. I've begun to do the same in my own decision-making. One of PortPro's big goals is to help our customers deliver exceptional service to their customers through tech tools that offer transparency and efficiency. Every time I feel overwhelmed by a decision, I think about this mission and make a decision based on what best serves our company's purpose—what helps our customers, and what, in turn, helps their customers. Through the years, in my own experience and from my customers, I've learned that the worst decision is to not to make one. I'm a big believer in making decisions fast, but with the right data points. After you make a decision, follow through, see what's working and what's not, and respond even faster. TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS By recognizing information shortfalls, anticipating potential roadblocks, having backup plans ready to go, and always keeping your company's mission in mind, you can quickly and confidently make decisions even in high-pressure situations. Trust your instincts, and don't be afraid to make a call. The super-early-rate deadline for Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies Awards is this Friday, July 25, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Apply today.
Engadget
a day ago
- Engadget
iPadOS 26 preview: A long-awaited multi-tasking update pays off (so far)
I'm not going to beat around the bush: iPadOS 26 and its new multitasking features are a game-changer for Apple's tablets. Pretty much ever since Steve Jobs introduced the iPad 15 years ago (!), Apple has tried to straddle two worlds. In one, the iPad is a super-simple, easy-to-use tablet with a gorgeous display and tons of good apps from the App Store for gaming, entertainment and light work. The other world is one where the iPad replaces your traditional computer, letting people do the serious work that's been typically reserved for a Mac or Windows PC. iPadOS has too often served as a hindrance to the latter goal over the years, particularly as the iPad Pro has gotten more powerful. The Stage Manager multitasking experience Apple introduced with iPadOS 16 in 2022 was a major step towards making the iPad's software suitable for power users — but it was rather buggy at launch and not as flexible as iPad power users were hoping for. The calls to just put macOS on the iPad grew louder. But this year, Apple took a different approach: it brought crucial macOS features like the familiar 'stoplight' window controls, the menu bar at the top of the screen and vastly improved window management tools to iPadOS 26. The result is an iPad experience where you can easily jump between multiple windowed apps set up just how you like and one where you go full screen to focus on your content. It's a massive refinement over the old Stage Manager experience and one that I think will finally satisfy iPad die-hards who want to push their tablets to the limit. Before diving into the details, a quick word on betas and stability. As usual, Apple's public betas feel pretty stable and capable, but that doesn't mean you won't run into weirdness here and there. App crashes, particularly with third-party apps, happened far more on this beta than with iPadOS 18. I'm confident those things will be ironed out as more developers update their apps for the new OS, but you'll also run into things like UI inconsistencies and occasional stutters and jerkiness when jumping between apps. As we always say, think hard about what you're willing to put up with to try a beta, even the relatively stable public beta. After all, the final version of iPadOS 26 will be out in just a few months. Time for the nitty-gritty. When you update to iPadOS 26, you'll be asked if you want to enable multitasking or have apps run in full screen mode only. When Apple says full screen only, they mean it. Past versions of iPadOS offered either Stage Manager or a basic, two-app split screen view with a third app available in a Slide Over window. The latter option is gone now, though you can still easily set up two or three apps side by side with iPadOS 26's window tiling features. You can use multitasking mode or full screen only, with no in between. I think that's a smart move, as plenty of people who use an iPad probably never use these multi-app features, and having a 'multitasking on or off' toggle keeps things simple. When you turn on multitasking mode, apps still open in full screen first — but you can grab any corner of the window to resize it or touch the top of the app and drag it around the screen. You could already do this with Stage Manager, so what really sets this new mode apart is how it interacts with other windows. Swiping up from the bottom of the display reveals the usual Home Screen view, but with your apps tucked to the side as a visual cue that you can add another app to that group. And, as before, you can move, resize and stack that app window wherever you want. As I'm writing this, I have nine separate app windows open on my iPad, and getting around them feels more Mac-like than ever before. I can swipe up and hold from the bottom of the Home Screen and see every open app in a smaller window, which makes finding the specific thing I want a lot easier; I can also just command-tab through them. Apps can be minimized down to the dock and when I want the app back, it'll pop open in the same size window and same placement as before. Swiping up from the bottom of the screen twice minimizes everything I have open to start fresh — but again, if I reopen those apps, they'll go back to exactly where I had them set up before. I realize it sounds kind of silly to make a big deal of this, but it's hard to overstate how much this improves the iPad multitasking experience. With Stage Manager, I was never quite sure where an app would open or if it would be full screen or windowed. It can be useful for setting up multiple groups of apps, but adding and removing apps from that view was not terribly intuitive. Just opening everything in one space is a lot more intuitive. And if you want to have various different spaces with specific apps, you can still turn on Stage Manager. It's a lot easier to add and remove apps from various different groups than it used to be; minimizing a window puts it into its own space that you can add more apps to (or just use it on its own). There are a few other new components that make multitasking work as well as it does. These should be quite familiar to Mac users: The three-button 'stoplight' controls and the menu bar. The stoplight buttons replace a similar three-dot window management system from older versions of iPadOS but are far more intuitive. The red one closes an app window entirely, the green one makes a window full screen and then yellow one minimizes it to the dock. These controls are crucial to making iPadOS 26 feel more flexible and fluid than ever before, particularly if you want to have more than one window of a single app open. I've also found them to be crucial when working with multiple apps on a smaller display, like on the 11-inch iPad Pro. Stage Manager usually felt like more trouble than it was worth on anything but a 13-inch iPad, but these new multitasking features make it easy to flip through a bunch of apps and pop into full screen if I need more space. The expanded window tiling controls here also make that easier. If you press and hold the stoplight buttons, you'll get more options to resize apps to take up a quarter, third or half the screen; you can also grab drag bars to further adjust how much space each app takes up. I really liked a mode where three iPhone-sized apps fill the screen, and when there was something I wanted to devote more focus to, I just hit its green button and went full screen. The menu bar, meanwhile, is pretty easy to explain. If you swipe down from the top of the screen (or move your trackpad cursor up to the top) you'll see familiar menus like File, Edit, Window and so on. It's a handy way to find more advanced controls for an app, and it also keeps the various toolbars in apps from getting too overloaded with options. Long story short, this all adds up to a wildly improved iPad experience. It doesn't compromise the single-screen, focused mode that the iPad has always been known for, and it greatly improves working across multiple windows and apps. And unlike Stage Manager, which was limited to M-series iPads, these new multitasking features will work on any iPad that can run iPadOS 26, including the base A16 iPad and the iPad mini. If this was the only change to iPadOS Apple made this year, it would already be a worthwhile upgrade, but there are a bunch of other improvements coming this fall. These include an improved Files app, the Preview app that has long been a core part of macOS, the new Liquid Glass design, some potentially useful Apple Intelligence features, a nice set of updates to the Messaging app and a new Phone app. Much has been said about Liquid Glass, with tons of prognostication about how Apple was ruining usability and throwing its UI back to 2006 in a blatant Windows Aero ripoff. As usual, the truth is much more nuanced. No one familiar with Apple's software will be thrown off by this update — everything works as it did before, and while you'll definitely notice some refractive visual elements, it's not the wholesale change that aggrieved social media posters would have you believe. You can make things look very different if you, say, opt for the new clear glass icon look, but you can also leave the standard colorful iOS icons in place. Over the course of the developer betas Apple has released since WWDC, the company has responded to feedback and reduced some of the transparency effects that were present in the first version of Liquid Glass — as it turns out, submitting feedback during a beta works! (Interestingly, they bumped some of the transparency back up in the fourth developer beta, right after turning it down in beta 3. This is still a work in progress.) Probably the biggest functional change is that app controls, toolbars and sidebars float over apps in a new, distinct layer rather than being wholly separate from an app's content — but again, it's not the kind of thing that'll faze anyone who has been using an iPad or any other Apple device. Preview isn't exactly a thriller, but it's a much better way to work with PDFs and images than the old interface that launched them in a separate Files window. You can still find PDFs in Files easily enough, but actually dealing with the document in a separate app is better than making Files pull double duty. Speaking of Files, it has even more in common with the Mac Finder than before. You can now put specific folders in the dock for faster access to whatever you're working on, and the app list view has resizable columns and collapsible folders, just like on the Mac. You can also add emoji and colors to folders for more visual differentiation (and, let's be honest, a little more fun). And for the first time, you can pick specific apps to open different file types by default — so if you'd rather have PNG images open in Photomator than Preview, go nuts. There are also major updates to the communication experience across the board in iPadOS 26. The FaceTime app got a nice redesign with large contact posters of your recent calls. But what's most handy here is that the FaceTime app no longer tries to do double-duty with voice calls. A dedicated Phone app handles that now. Assuming you also have an iPhone, you'll see all your recent voice calls and voicemails here and you can quickly place a new call through your contact list or using a traditional dialer. I've always liked the idea of being able to place calls on devices I'm using during the work day like my Mac or iPad, and this makes it far easier. Messages is getting some fun visual enhancements like backgrounds for your conversations, but the thing I'm most interested in is message filtering. The app now identifies unknown senders and puts those messages in a separate folder, and there's also a new spam folder where it drops messages that Apple strongly believes are spam. If a message gets filtered into unknown senders or spam, you can mark it as known even if the contact isn't in your address book and those messages will end up in your main view by default. The system also attempts to recognize when a message from an unknown sender is timely and needs to be delivered to your main inbox — something like a delivery person saying they're nearby or other urgent content like a two-factor authentication code. This feels primarily like a phone-first feature; I get messages on my iPad, but haven't seen much get filtered directly to spam or unknown callers yet. Once all my devices are running Apple's latest software, we'll see how that goes, but I'm still very excited about any feature that'll help combat the deluge of spam messages that plague my inbox. For more details on the updated communications experience and other new features like the Apple Intelligence-powered Live Translation, I'll point you to my colleague Mat Smith's iOS 26 overview. As is usually the case, nearly every feature coming to the iPhone this year is also coming to the iPad, meaning Live Translation will arrive on the tablet too. There's a lot more here that I haven't been able to get to, like improved background tasks that let you export a video without keeping the app in focus, updates to Genmoji and Image Playground, the Journal app finally coming to iPad, Apple Intelligence-powered Shortcuts updates and much more. I'll be continuing to check out how things change between now and the final release this fall, but even based on my experience with the recent beta, I'm quite pleased with where iPadOS 26 is at. The updates to multitasking are so significant that I can't imagine going back to an iPad without them.
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Getting ready to say iDo! Apple heiress Eve Jobs is joined by her glamorous mother and girl squad for her wedding rehearsal at Cotswolds church - as her party planner reveals: 'We're all set'
Billionaire heiress Eve Jobs and Olympic gold medallist Harry Charles are one step closer to their special day as they held their wedding rehearsal on Thursday at the 12th Century Cotswolds church where they plan to say 'I do'. In preparation for the big day, the bride and groom and their loved ones were seen arriving at St Michael's and All Angels church in Great Tew ahead of the couple's nuptials on Saturday. Eve, Apple founder Steve Jobs' youngest daughter, was thought to have stepped out wearing chic white trousers and a long black trench coat, while using orange umbrellas to shield from the cameras waiting outside the venue. It comes after MailOnline revealed this week that the model and her Team GB star fiancé are practically taking over the Cotswolds on Saturday for their fantastically star-studded ceremony. The lavish wedding party will take place at the stunning Estelle Manor country hotel set at Eynsham Hall. The grounds of Estelle Manor, where rooms start at £795, is the scene of major preparations this morning - while some guests are believed to be staying at the and the celebrity-famous Soho Farmhouse nearby. One local told us: 'This is a full-scale takeover of the high end venues in the Cotswolds for a huge event….there are going to be a lot of VIPs here this weekend.' It's still unclear where the ceremony will take place but the number of guests expected has put a squeeze on availability - with Estelle Manor crediting guests for the disruption the preparations have caused this week. The Manor is renowned internationally as venue for huge weddings as its copious grounds can accommodated hundreds of guests. Soho Farmhouse is a glamorous private members club is beloved by A-list celebrities - even hosting Meghan Markle's hen do - as the place to go for private events for the social elite, all with the background of Britain's finest countryside. Eve, 27, who once was named by society bible Tatler as one of its 'new generation of It Girls', and sportsman Harry, 26, got engaged last September and began dating in 2022, making their debut just a year ago at the Paris Olympic Games. Their extravagant nuptials - rumoured to come at a hefty price tag of £5million - will take place over four days, starting on Wednesday - almost exactly one month after Eve jetted to the Italian isle of Capri for a glitzy hen do. And on the guestlist are a mixture of British sports stars, American politicians and even a sprinkling of royalty. Former US Vice President Kamala Harris is tipped to be among the VIP guests, with Sir Elton John reportedly set to be performing - for a rumoured fee of £1million - and even Princess Beatrice expected to attend. Eve's mother Laurene, left a widow following Jobs' passing in 2011 aged 56 from pancreatic cancer, is said to have gone 'all out' for the wedding with help from renowned society events planner Stanlee Gatti. A-list parties are set to fly to Oxford airport on their private jets, where they will be met by helicopters to transport them to the venue. Also making the VIP guestlist are Kamala's daughter Phoebe and Bill Gates's daughter Jennifer, according to the newspaper. They will be joined by celebs including Arctic Monkeys star Matt Helders, Bruce Springsteen's daughter Jessica - an equestrian, Apple designer Jony Ive, Sofia Abramovich, daughter of ex-Chelsea owner Roman. And it's not just Kamala set to make an impression from the politics scene in the US - as a source told the paper that 'a lot of important American political figures' will be present. Sources close to the family previously said invites have gone out to figures from fashion, sport, and business, with speculation that Princess Beatrice and Jennifer Gates may be among the attendees. Eve, a model and show jumper in her own right, has two older siblings and one half-sibling. Reed Jobs, 33, and Erin Jobs, 29, will likely be at the wedding. However it's currently not known if her half sibling Lisa Brennan-Jobs, 47, will attend. Aside from her siblings, Eve has a plethora of high-profile friends descended from other tech billionaires, who will likely see her walk down the aisle. She is also friends with Lilli Hymowitz, daughter of billionaire Gregg Hymowitz, the CEO and founder of investment firm EnTrust Global. In 2023, Eve was spotted mingling amongst high society's wealthiest members at a gala in New York City, including Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife Wendi Deng, who she struck a pose with for photos, and Lili Buffett, the granddaughter of billionaire investor and philanthropist Warren Buffet. Former US vice president Kamala Harris is also expected to attend the event thanks to her long-time friendship with Eve's mother and one of the richest people in the world, Laurene Powell Jobs. Laurene and Kamala have been friends for more than 20 years, with the billionaire philanthropist backing Kamala's run for US presidency last year, which she eventually lost to President Donald Trump. And while Eve is tech royalty, there may even be real royalty at her and Harry's wedding. According to Tatler, Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are expected to attend too. On top of Eve's impressive connections, Harry has his own entourage who will surely bring the party. His father is Peter Charles, whose team won Britain's first team jumping gold medal for 60 years at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. His Olympic teammates Scott Brash and Ben Maher may also attend, having claimed victory in team jumping together at the Paris Olympics. Eve also frequently appears on front row seats at Paris Fashion Week, attended her first Met Gala in 2022, and is regularly seen at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party wearing designers such as Molly Goddard and vintage Donna Karan. A source told The Sun: 'Eve and Harry's wedding is like a multi-million-pound fairytale. 'It's a society wedding like no other and it's turning rural Oxfordshire upside down. 'The sleepy village in which it's taking place feels like it's turning into a no-go zone, with secret service operatives and blokes who look like they work for the FBI.' The ceremony will be held in the star-studded Cotswolds, where celebrities including the Beckhams have flocked in recent years. The entire neighbouring village in Oxfordshire is expected to go on lockdown, with huge trucks already bringing supplies through the sleepy and picturesque villages. Most recently Ellen DeGeneres has succumbed to the charm of the Cotswolds after leaving the US when Donald Trump was reelected as president. David and Samantha Cameron went to the Farmhouse opening party in 2015, drinking cocktails and dancing around the fire pits to crooner Paolo Nutini. Eve and Harry meanwhile were first spotted in public together at last year's Olympic Games in Paris - where Harry bagged a gold medal in team jumping. The pair have kept their relationship largely private, but their shared love for equestrian sports is likely what brought them together. Eve, whose mother is the philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, is a rising star in both equestrian sport and fashion. She has appeared in campaigns for Louis Vuitton and posed for Vogue while maintaining a competitive showjumping career. Harry, son of former Olympic showjumper Peter Charles, has represented Great Britain internationally and is currently one of the sport's top-ranked athletes. The couple share a passion for horses and are frequently seen supporting each other at events. Eve, a self-described 'horse girl', started riding when she was just six years old and had made some considerable achievements, including winning a bronze medal in the team event at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. She was front and centre to watch Harry win his gold medal last year and shared a loving post on Instagram with the caption: 'TEAM GOLD!!!!!! Beyond proud of you my love!!!!' She made her modelling debut in a 2020 holiday campaign for makeup brand Glossier alongside Sydney Sweeney and Naomi Smalls. Eve is signed to DNA Model Management, who also represents Kaia Gerber and Emily Ratajkowski. Eve also frequently appears on front row seats at Paris Fashion Week, attended her first Met Gala in 2022, and is regularly seen at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party wearing designers such as Molly Goddard and vintage Donna Karan. She may even go in another direction entirely and pay tribute to her late father, who died in 2011 when she was just 12 years old, and wear something from his favourite designer, Issey Miyake. The iconic Japanese designer, who died in 2022 at the age of 84, was behind Steve's iconic black turtleneck uniform that 'helped make him the world's most recognisable CEO', according to Gawker. However, neither Eve nor Harry have divulged any details on what their wedding looks will entail at the time of reporting. Eve was previously linked to Mexican show jumper and University of Miami business student Eugenio Garza Pérez, according to the Latin Times. There were also rumors that she dated singer Harry Hudson, Chainsmokers member Drew Taggart, and Outer Banks star Chase Stokes. Steve Jobs died in 2011 from pancreatic cancer, and according to his official biographer, Walter Isaacson, Jobs didn't doubt that it would be his youngest daughter who would run Apple in the future. In his biography about Steve, writer Walter Isaacson described the youngest Jobs as a 'strong-willed, funny firecracker.' He said that as a child, Eve would often call up her father's assistant and make her clear out his calendar so that they could spend one-on-one father-daughter time together. The family grew up in a 'low-key Tudor-style house on a prosperous street' in Palo Alto, California, according to U2 front man Bono. He wrote in his memoir that the abode had a 'cottage garden full of wildflowers and stuff you could eat, with a gate opening yards from a front door he never locked.' The LA Times reported that the 5,768-square-foot seven-bedroom home was built in the 1930s and looked like it was 'plucked from an English village.' It's been said that the billionaire Apple founder did his best to give his children a normal upbringing, despite his immense wealth. The outlet reported that he had 'no live-in help, no security guards, no drivers.' He also once revealed that he limited his kids' technology use - even though he created one of the most successful tech companies on the planet. He told the New York Times when a reporter asked if his kids 'loved' the new iPad, 'They haven't used it. We limit how much technology our kids use at home.' Steve passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2011, when Eve was 12, and was worth an estimated $10.5billion at the time of his death. But Eve and her siblings won't get any of his money, as he left his immense wealth to wife Laurene who revealed in 2020 that she has no plans to give any of it to their kids. She told the New York Times that her husband made it clear before his death that he didn't want to pass his earnings down to their kids because he wanted them to work for their own money. 'I inherited my wealth from my husband, who didn't care about the accumulation of wealth,' she said. 'I'm not interested in legacy wealth building, and my children know that... Steve wasn't interested in that. If I live long enough, it ends with me.' Like both of her parents, Eve graduated from Stanford University in 2021, where she majored in science, technology, and society. She then made her runway debut at Paris Fashion Week while walking in the Coperni show that September. 'I never foresaw modeling, and on a whim, I was like, 'Why not?' It drew upon things I knew, igniting the part of me that competing always did,' she previously told Vanity Fair. She was signed to DNA Model Management in March 2022 - the same agency that looks after Cindy Crawford's daughter Kaia Gerber, Dutch model and actress Doutzen Kroes and Girl star Emily Ratajkowski. Besides her modeling career, Eve is also an experienced equestrian and was named Show Jumping Hall of Fame 'Rider of the Month' in March 2017. She has competed in show jumping competitions all around the globe, including events in the Hamptons, Lexington, Kentucky, Canada, and the United Kingdom, and was ranked as the fifth best rider under 25 in the world by Horse Sports in 2019. Despite posting infrequently, Eve has 408,000 followers on Instagram. Last month, as she jetted off to Capri for her hen do, Eve wore a sparkling white mini dress and veil as she joined a group of girlfriends for the sun-soaked weekend, which included yacht trips, late-night parties, and poolside lounging at a private villa overlooking the sea. In one photo posted to her Instagram account, Eve is seen sitting in a pink-seated buggy with a wide smile as she revels in her pre-wedding antics. 'What a weekend with my favorite girls,' she captioned the post. Among those who liked the photos were Phoebe Gates, daughter of Bill Gates, and Olympic skier Eileen Gu - who are expected to make her esteemed wedding guest list. Guests included a mix of friends from the fashion and equestrian worlds, many of whom appeared in coordinated outfits for both daytime antics and evening celebrations. One image shows the group walking down the steps of a local ristorante, dressed in relaxed resortwear. Another showed them strutting through the cobbled streets of Capri at night, with Eve leading the way in her veil and glittering white dress. The party gathered by the Tyrrhenian Sea at sunset, where Eve posed for photos with a group of close friends, including one shot of her wrapped in the arms of Eden Mack, a creative development assistant at Apple TV+, against a backdrop of dark blue sea and cliffs. At the villa, decorative touches included pink inflatable pool loungers and a floating silver sign reading 'BRIDE' tied with string.
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Who's who in Eve Jobs' VERY glam girl group: Apple heiress is surrounded by a clique of rich kids, nepo babies and friends linked to royalty as she prepares to wed Team GB equestrian
No bride's special day is complete without the support of her dearest friends - and for Eve Jobs, her girl group is extra glamorous, well-heeled and no doubt, excited. The billionaire heiress, 27, is set to wed Olympic gold medallist Harry Charles, 26, in the society wedding of the year on Saturday - with the star-studded guestlist reportedly including Princess Beatrice and former US Vice President Kamala Harris. But for Eve, the youngest daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs, it's likely her clique of nepo baby and high-society friends that she's most delighted to share her big day in the Cotswolds with. The model and show jumper's bridal support squad is thought to include Jessica Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen 's equestrian daughter, Olympian Eileen Gu and her cousin Grace Appel, daughter of Family Guy showrunner Rich Appel. Grace's private Instagram page is followed by Alexander Ogilvy, the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II 's cousin, Princess Alexandra, and 54th in line to the British throne, although it's unclear how exactly the two know one another. Eve, meanwhile, is also friends with Lilli Hymowitz, daughter of billionaire Gregg Hymowitz, the CEO and founder of investment firm EnTrust Global. Then there's the groom's glamorous sisters Sienna and Scarlett, who have also competed as top-level showjumpers, and are likely now firmly part of the bride's friendship squad. Read on to discover who's who in Eve's clique of friends - from nepo babies to athletes and fellow tech scions... JESSICA SPRINGSTEEN Jessica Springsteen - the American equestrian daughter of musicians Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa - is expected to attend the wedding on Saturday, according to the New York Post. Like Eve, she is a showjumper, and has risen through the competitive international ranks to become an Olympian and one of the top jumping athletes for the US. She started taking riding lessons at the age of five, according to the US equestrian's website, and was a 'dominant force in the equitation ring in her junior years, winning the 2008 ASPCA Maclay Finals and the 2009 WEF Excellence in Equitation Championship'. She has competed in the Royal Windsor Horse Show in the past, as well as winning the American Gold Cup. As well as showjumping, the Duke University graduate has also modelled in the past, after previously being named as Gucci's equestrian ambassador. Eve and Jessica often compete against other young heiresses, including Jennifer Gates, the daughter of Bill Gates, and Destry Spielberg, daughter of Steven Spielberg. The pair have previously both been photographed at the same events such as the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida in 2018. EILEEN GU Freestyle skier Eileen Gu - an Olympic champion, straight-A student and fashion model - exploded onto the world stage at the Beijing Winter Games. Born in the States to an American father, Gu's mother Yan, a keen skier herself, was the catalyst for her career on the slopes, booking her lessons so her daughter could keep up with her. She kept up all right, and then some, eventually pulling away into the competitive ranks. Her ability was plain to see even at the age of 16, when she starred in the Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne. Like Eve, she is also a model. She is signed to IMG and has appeared on Vogue and Elle front covers in China. She has also worked with Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co, with photoshoots sporadically punctuating her Instagram posts of time spent with family, friends and on the slopes. The publication reported that the athlete is one of the guests expected to attend the lavish wedding party that will take place at the stunning Estelle Manor country hotel set at Eynsham Hall in the Cotswolds. It's thought Eileen was also one of the glamorous friends who attended Eve's lavish hen party on the Italian island of Capri, last month. EDEN MACK Another friend who attended Eve's hen do in July was Eden Mack, a creative development assistant at Apple TV+. During the celebrations, the party gathered by the Tyrrhenian Sea at sunset, where Eve posed for photos with a group of close friends, including one shot of her wrapped in the arms of Eden, against a backdrop of dark blue sea and cliffs. The bride wore a sparkling white mini dress and veil as she joined a group of her girlfriends for the sun-soaked weekend, which included yacht trips, late-night parties, and poolside lounging at a private villa overlooking the sea. In one photo posted to her Instagram account, Eve was seen sitting in a pink-seated buggy with a wide smile as she revelled in her pre-wedding antics. 'What a weekend with my favorite girls,' she captioned the post. Among those who liked the photos were Phoebe Gates, daughter of Bill Gates, and Olympic skier Eileen. Guests included a mix of friends from the fashion and equestrian worlds, many of whom appeared in coordinated outfits for both daytime antics and evening celebrations. One image showed the group walking down the steps of a local ristorante, dressed in relaxed resortwear. Another image from the hen do showed them strutting through the cobbled streets of Capri at night, with Eve leading the way in her veil and glittering white dress Another showed them strutting through the cobbled streets of Capri at night, with Eve leading the way in her veil and glittering white dress. At the villa, decorative touches included pink inflatable pool loungers and a floating silver sign reading 'BRIDE' tied with string. PHOEBE GATES Meanwhile, tech scions Jennifer and Phoebe Gates are also expected at the society wedding of the year, according to the US media. Phoebe - who also attended Stanford University, like Eve - was one of the friends to quickly share their excitement on the bride's hen do post last month, commenting two smiling face with heart-eyes emojis. The 22-year-old has lived a seemingly charmed life - growing up with unimaginable wealth as the daughter of Microsoft founder Bill Gates and ex-wife Melinda. The family grew up in a $131 million mansion in Medina, Washington, that came complete with seven bathrooms, 24 bedrooms, and six kitchens, as well as its own man-made beach, at-home movie theater, gym, and trampoline room. The property, worth an estimated $131 million, is nicknamed 'Xanadu 2.0,' a reference to the fictional estate in the movie 'Citizen Kane.' Her parents' wealth has provided a lavish lifestyle - complete with the finest education - and while older siblings Jennifer, 30, and Ryan, 25, have kept their lives more private, Phoebe hasn't shied away from the spotlight. Her Instagram regularly shows her attending glamorous events, including summits, talks and exclusive fashion events, often dressed by designer labels and dripping in expensive jewelry. But despite her Instagram-influencer persona, Phoebe - who previously interned with British Vogue - has been determined to forge her own path. 'Okay, I'm my parents' daughter, that gives me immense privilege, but it's not what I'm defined by,' she previously told WWD. The budding entrepreneur - along with former Stanford roommate Sophia Kianni - launched her own e-commerce startup app called Phia earlier in the year. The platform offers shoppers an easy way to compare the prices of new and used items across more than 40,000 selling sites. Despite her father's wealth, Phoebe raised the capital independently - first getting $100,000 from Soma Capital, then $250,000 from the Stanford social entrepreneurship grant, and finally $500,000 in angel investments, bringing the total to $850,000. SIENNA & SCARLETT CHARLES Both the groom's sisters Sienna and Scarlett Charles are thought to have attended Eve's hen do, with the latter writing 'Best time' in the comment section of the bride's Instagram post marking the celebration. The siblings - who, alongside their brother Harry, are impressive equestrians - come by their passion for horse riding from their father, Peter Charles, whose team won Britain's first team jumping gold medal for 60 years at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. He runs Heathcroft Farm, based in both Kronenbourg, Holland, and Hampshire, in the UK, the home to world class showjumping horses who compete on the world stage globally throughout the year. Sienna, 23, has represented Great Britain on four occasions as a youth athlete, winning team silver at the FEI Jumping Junior European Championship in 2018 and team bronze at the FEI Jumping Young Rider European Championship in 2021. Her Instagram is filled with her sporting achievements as well as lavishing outings to places across the globe. Her sister, meanwhile, not only has a passion for horse riding but also for art - sharing her creations on her social media page. Speaking of her family's legacy, Scarlett previously told Sidelines Magazine: 'I've lived in Hampshire my whole life at our family home, Heathcroft Farm. 'I was brought up around horses with my siblings and I think we all aspire to be like our dad and are extremely grateful for all that he does for us.' In one photo posted to her Instagram account after her hen do, Eve is seen sitting in a pink-seated buggy with a wide smile as she revelled in her pre-wedding antics GRACE APPEL 'Best weekend ever,' wrote Grace Appel in the comment section of Eve's Instagram post, which shared the highlights of her hen do party. Considering the candid remark, it's likely Grace, the daughter of Family Guy showrunner Rich Appel and Steve Jobs' biological sister and American writer Mona Simpson, attended the celebrations. Steve met his sister later in life after being given up for adoption by their parents University of Wisconsin students Abdulfuttah Jandali and Joanna Schieble. Clara and Paul Jobs adopted their son and gave him the name Steve Jobs. Jobs did not meet his biological mother until he was 31, when he also met his sister. However, despite meeting later in life, the two formed a close bond - so perhaps it's unsurprising that Grace, 25, and Eve appear just as friendly. Grace's parents were married in 1993 before divorcing after 19 years of marriage. The pair had two children together.
