EMILY PRESCOTT: Finding a nanny is a daunting task but socialite horserider Callie Coles has nailed it with her pony Sparky
Finding the right nanny can be a daunting task, but horserider Callie Coles has found a winner – in her pony, Sparky.
The Dorset-based socialite, who recently welcomed her third son, Peregrine, with husband Toby, tells me that her pet has ‘snuffled lovingly over the new little person’, adding: ‘He’s looking forward to the child’s basket saddle making a reappearance in his life.’
Judging by his family’s love of horses, Peregrine will likely be ready to ride before he’s even crawling. Callie herself is a devoted rider and hunter, who thinks nothing of bringing her ponies inside the house for teatime.
But, with the new addition, will there still be space inside for family bonding time? ‘Yes,’ she tells me. ‘The ponies still come into the house – much to my husband’s dismay!’
Finding the right nanny can be a daunting task, but horserider Callie Coles has found a winner – in her pony, Sparky
The Dorset-based socialite, who recently welcomed her third son, Peregrine, with husband Toby, tells me that her pet has ‘snuffled lovingly over the new little person’
Judging by his family’s love of horses, Peregrine will likely be ready to ride before he’s even crawling
No pressure on the Marquess of Bristol’s glamorous American wife Meredith to provide a son and heir as the couple happily await the birth of their second child in August… but the Marquess’s mother, Lady Bristol, is getting impatient.
‘It would be wonderful if it was a boy because we need an heir,’ she tells me. The 42-year-old Marquess, Frederick – brother of 1990s It Girl Lady Victoria Hervey – has a two-year-old girl, Arabella with Meredith, 40.
They married in 2018.
Without a son, the title passes to fourth cousin Tim, 62, a tax adviser from Eastbourne.
Or more likely to his son Ben, 25, a trainee sports performance analyst at Millwall FC.
No pressure on the Marquess of Bristol’s glamorous American wife Meredith to provide a son and heir as the couple happily await the birth of their second child in August… but the Marquess’s mother, Lady Bristol, is getting impatient