How fortunate for Boris Johnson's ambitious wife, Carrie, that she has already had her long-awaited stay with the Queen, because there could have been much embarrassment during those moorland walks and barbecues at Balmoral.
For I hear that an American magazine is about to publish a fascinating profile of Carrie that will allegedly include claims that she has made disparaging comments about members of the Royal Family in the past.
The journalist who has written the article, Lara Prendergast, is a protegee of Dominic Cummings's wife, Mary Wakefield. Cummings quit No 10 last year after falling out with Boris over the influence of the PM's wife, among other things.
Prendergast has been asking friends of Carrie, 33, about remarks that she's supposed to have made about senior royals.
'We've been shocked at some of the claims,' one of Carrie's pals tells me. 'We wonder what her agenda is.'
An American magazine is about to publish a fascinating profile of Carrie that will allegedly include claims that she has made disparaging comments about members of the Royal Family in the past
Carrie's chums insist that she loves the Queen and greatly admires the royals.
The article is also said to report that one of Carrie's close friends spent Christmas with the couple at a time of strict coronavirus restrictions.
Over the festive period, two households weren't allowed to mix indoors in London unless part of a 'support bubble'.
Her pals point to a very unflattering article that Prendergast wrote about her last year for The Spectator, where Wakefield is a senior executive.
It claimed that Carrie was unsupportive of other women and tried to push her animal rights agenda through government.
Prendergast was commissioned by U.S. magazine Harper's to 'explain Carrie to a global audience' and has been trying to get her friends to spill the beans on her thoughts, feelings and personality.
The last glossy magazine profile of Carrie caused uproar.
Under the headline, 'The most powerful woman in Britain,' Tatler claimed that she was appalled by Theresa May's 'John Lewis nightmare' furniture at No 10.
The Queen, Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at a reception for the G7 leaders in Cornwall
It sparked the flat redecoration scandal, during which this newspaper found that tens of thousands of pounds had been spent on plush items from Lulu Lytle's company Soane Britain, including gold wallpaper.
A No 10 spokesman tells me: 'The Prime Minister has followed coronavirus rules at all times.'
On Carrie's alleged criticism of the royals, the spokesman says: 'This is categorically untrue.'
The smart set's talking about...Auction man's new treasure
Simon de Pury, 71, and diamond heiress Carol Asscher, who is 17 years his junior
Known as the 'Mick Jagger of art auctions' thanks to his charismatic performance with the gavel, Simon de Pury's love life is even more colourful.
I hear the former chairman of Sotheby's, 71, who once sold Picasso's The Absinthe Drinker for £20.5 million, more than double the estimate, has won over diamond heiress Carol Asscher, who is 17 years his junior.
'Simon is besotted with Carol,' says my man on the French Riviera, where she's nicknamed the 'Queen of St Tropez'.
Carol's great-grandfather, Joseph Asscher, was commissioned by Edward VII to cut the huge Cullinan Diamond, part of which is now in the Sovereign's Sceptre in the Tower of London.
De Pury separated in 2019 from his wife, Michaela Neumeister, 50, who had worked for him as Phillips de Pury's head of art for German-speaking countries.
Why Helena's toyboy is truly under her spell
Helena Bonham Carter and Rye Dag Holmboe at the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards 2021
He's the 'toyboy' who has brought 'unexpected magic' to Helena Bonham Carter's life, and now Rye Dag Holmboe has spoken for the first time about their passionate romance.
The 32-year-old writer and art historian beamed with pride as he watched The Crown star, 54, perform a poetry reading at a London party this week.
'Helena has
