{"id":97793,"date":"2023-08-18T12:42:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T12:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=97793"},"modified":"2023-08-18T12:42:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T12:42:26","slug":"how-kate-middletons-friendship-with-society-stunner-rose-hanbury-survived-those-rift-rumours-their-heartbreaking-bond-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/fashion\/how-kate-middletons-friendship-with-society-stunner-rose-hanbury-survived-those-rift-rumours-their-heartbreaking-bond-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"How Kate Middleton's friendship with society stunner Rose Hanbury survived THOSE rift rumours & their heartbreaking bond | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
THEIR friendship has been plagued by rumours of a deep rift – but when the famously clean-living Princess of Wales went to her first rave this week,\u00a0it was with no other than Rose Hanbury.<\/p>\n
Socialite Rose is said to be no stranger to a "hedonistic" night, having grown up with "erotic, exotic and eccentric" parties at her impressive childhood manor, Wembury House in Devon.<\/p>\n
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So just what is it that bonds the two women?<\/p>\n
Former model Rose didn't befriend the Princess of Wales until she Kate first started going to Sandringham with Prince William.<\/p>\n
As royal expert Ingrid Seward confirmed to Fabulous: "They were not childhood friends. <\/p>\n
"They are from very different backgrounds.<\/p>\n
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"Rose is an aristocrat in her own right and something of a free spirit.<\/p>\n
"She married filmmaker David the 7th<\/sup>\u00a0Marquess of Cholmondeley when pregnant with twins."<\/p>\n While Kate was brought up having a respectable "Enid Blyton \u2018Famous Five\u2019 childhood", Rose – now the Marchioness of Cholmondeley – had a more colourful experience.<\/p>\n According to socialite Violet Naylor-Leyland\u2019s book, Rare Birds<\/span> True Style, Rose recalls her teenage years where her parents transformed their home for wild parties.<\/p>\n <\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n As reported by the Mail, Rose divulged: "Mum turned the basement into a nightclub for us, painting the whole place herself and hanging Moroccan lanterns and suzanis from the walls. <\/p>\n "It felt a bit like an opium den."<\/p>\n One party with a food-themed dress code saw Rose – whose grandma was a bridesmaid in Queen Elizabeth's wedding to Prince<\/span> Philip – embody a "Catch of the Day" donning "fish netting and an octopus on her head."<\/p>\n Meanwhile, another "dangerous" soiree saw attendees using a flaming loo roll, doused in naphtha, as a hockey<\/span> ball.<\/p>\n The game was cut short after someone's hair<\/span> caught alight.<\/p>\n The family moved in glamorous circles and Rose and her sister were famously pictured bikini-clad with Tony Blair on holiday.<\/p>\n And while Kate's family's \u00a35million Bucklebury mansion features<\/span> cosy log fireplaces and traditional decor, Rose's childhood home had rooms adored with suspender belts for curtain pelmets – and a eye-catching picture of a stuffed sea turtle in the downstairs loo.<\/p>\n Rose now finds herself the chatelaine of one of England\u2019s finest Palladian houses, Houghton Hall, where the rave took place in the grounds.<\/p>\n The 4,000-acre,\u00a0106-room pad is just a stone's throw (three miles) from the Prince and Princess of Wales<\/span>' Anmer Hall – but it's not just proximity the two women have in common.<\/p>\n Kate and Rose have one particular common interest – both being valued joint patrons of East Anglia Children\u2019s Hospices, with the Princess having made "emotional" visits to see kids with rare conditions.<\/p>\n Ingrid added of Middleton and the Marchioness: "I think they are both quite reserved but can certainly let their hair down when they want to.<\/p>\n "They are both artistic and probably both used to getting on with life on their own terms."<\/p>\n Rose and her husband, who wed in 2009 and are worth an estimated \u00a3112million, have twin boys, Alexander and Oliver, and daughter Iris.<\/p>\n The boys have been playmates of Prince George and the couples have enjoyed dinner parties and pals' weddings<\/span> together.<\/p>\n Ingrid continued: "Both Rose and Kate love children and Rose is very discreet.<\/p>\n "I think Rose was very much a party girl but now she has three children and a stately home to manage, so I imagine she doesn\u2019t have much time.<\/p>\n "Since Rose's marriage<\/span>, she has been a mother, a hostess and running the stately home, Houghton Hall, which is a full time job. <\/p>\n "Rose and Kate both work and have \u2018jobs\u2019 although quite different. "<\/p>\n In 2019, there were rumours of a rift between Kate and Rose, which were later slammed by friends as \u201cfalse\u201d and \u201cmad.\u201d<\/p>\n A family source allegedly told the Daily Mail: "These hurtful rumours of a fall-out are simply false."<\/p>\n But friendship appears as strong as ever, as they partied together at the Houghton Festival last weekend.<\/p>\n The Dukan diet-loving Kate, who is said to avoid dairy and "drinks spirulina and kale smoothies morning and afternoon", even splashed out on a balthazar-sized (14 litre) bottle of AIX ros\u00e9, according to the London Evening Standard.<\/p>\n Rose and Kate met years ago, when the Princess of Wales, who was dating<\/span> Prince William<\/span> at the time, started visiting him at Sandringham – with Rose living nearby at Houghton Hall with her new husband.<\/p>\n Thanks to the Marquess and Marchioness' royal connections, David and Rose were in attendance at Kate and William's royal wedding in 2011.<\/p>\n After Prince<\/span> William and Kate tied the knot, they were given Anmer Hall in Norfolk<\/span> as a wedding gift from the late Queen Elizabeth.<\/p>\n The Cambridges moved to the country bolthole in 2014 when William joined the East Anglian Air Ambulance charity<\/span>, and they used it as their main residence until 2017 – with Prince Louis being born in 2018.<\/p>\n When they resided in the Norfolk pad, their friendship deepened with neighbours<\/span> David and Rose.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t long before the couple became part of Prince William and Kate\u2019s \u201cNorfolk set\u201d of countryside pals, also known as the "Turnip Toffs".<\/p>\n The pair's warm greetings to each other at a gala in 2016 confirmed their tight-knit relationship.<\/p>\n And Rose was not out of place being seated near William and Kate at a banquet in honour of President Trump's state visit to the UK in 2019.<\/p>\n Despite all differences, it seems the women's bond remains as strong as ever.<\/p>\n Ingrid added: "I think their friendship is improbable as they come from very different backgrounds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n "But they are both very strong women. 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