He has regal elegance, three children and Supposedly she spent last Valentine’s with the Prince William, who reportedly gave her a pearl necklace at dinner. It is not Kate Middleton, but Rose Hanbury, in a not so distant time one of her close friends. 38 years old, The Marquise de Cholmondeley has once again been singled out as the mistress of the successor to British throne, rumors dating back to 2019. Then the English press dubbed her the “rural rival”, since Rose Hanbury lived near Anmer Hall, a property in Norfolk County that Elizabeth II gave to her grandson, who He lived with his family. Guillermo and Kate were neighbors of Rose Hanbury and her husband, David Rocksavage, 24 years older than her, seventh Marquess of Cholmondeley and one of the greatest fortunes in the United Kingdom. They resided at Houghton Hall, a magnificent mansion open to tourist visits.
Both families frequented each other until the English press began to talk about the affair between Rose Hanbury and William of England. Kate Middleton, pregnant with her third child, Louis Arthur Charles, cut off any kind of relationship. Some time later, she put land in the middle: the ‘royals’ moved in the summer of 2022 to Adelaide Cottage, more than 200 kilometers from the Marquises of Cholmondeley.
aristocratic family
Rose Hanbury already belonged, before her marriage, to one of the most noble aristocratic families in England. Her grandmother, Lady Elizabeth Longman – daughter of the Earl of Cavan – was a playmate of Queen Elizabeth II and a bridesmaid at her wedding to the Duke of Edinburgh. Another of her grandparents was Tim Birkin, a popular driver who came to win the 24 hours of Le Mans. Tall, thin and striking blue eyes, in her early youth she worked as a model with Storm Models, the agency that discovered Kate Moss. She also studied history and was an adviser to the conservative politician Michael Gove. But she and her little sister, Marina, the third wife of the VII Earl of Durham, 20 years older, made themselves known to the general public in 2005 when they appeared in bikini photos with the then British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has always been known. has speculated about his extramarital dalliances.
During a vacation in Italy, Rose Hanbury met David Rocksavage, whom she married at just 25 years old. Three and a half months after the marriage, their twin sons were born, Alexander and Oliver, playmates of the eldest sons of the Princes of Wales. The family expanded with a girl, Lady Iris, born almost seven years ago.
Three years after that blurred photo in which Rose Hanbury theoretically appeared in an affectionate attitude with Prince William in an exclusive nightclub, rumors are reborn. Enlivened by those cryptic words of Enrique: he Buckingham Palace “He is happy to lie” to protect his brother, in contrast to the unwillingness to “tell the truth” to protect him and his wife Meghan Markle. A little over two months after the coronation of Carlos III, the British tabloids have stopped talking about the ‘affair’.