Ladies Of London’s Sophie Stanbury announced her engagement to multi-millionaire businessman and long term partner Mark Wilson on Sunday.
The reality star, 50, who is also rumoured to be joining the cast of The Real Housewives of the Cotswolds, took to Instagram with sweet snaps of the proposal which appeared to take place during a country stroll.
The loved-up couple matched in tweeds and wellies, with Sophie shielding her eyes behind chic shades as Mark got down on one knee.
She captioned the post: ‘A VERY special day, in a very special place. And to my darling Mark, how did I get so lucky?’
‘Thank you for making me the happiest I could be, starting this year engaged, planning our new home and life together but best of all knowing that you’ll be by my side forever’.
Sophie’s former sister-in-law and fellow reality Caroline Stanbury was the first to share her congratulations, with the Real Housewives Of Dubai star writing: ‘We love you and this is the best news we can all have’.
Ladies Of London’s Sophie Stanbury announced her engagement to multi-millionaire businessman and long term partner Mark Wilson on Sunday
The reality star, 50, took to Instagram with sweet snaps of the proposal which appeared to take place during a country stroll
Sophie’s former sister-in-law and fellow reality Caroline Stanbury (left) was the first to share congratulations (pictured together)
Sophie was married to Caroline’s brother Alex before divorcing in 2017, together they share sons Harry, 15, and 12-year-old Finn.
Meanwhile Jamie Redknapp’s wife Frida said: ‘Wow! Amazing! Congratulations’ and Real Housewives Of London’s Juliet Mayhew gushed: ‘ahhh i’m so excited for you my darling’.
As well as being her future husband, Mark is also believed Sophie’s business partner in her swanky lifestyle brand SoSophie London
Last year Daily Mail revealed market town of Charlbury in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds had been eye up as the perfect location for a reality show inspired by the Real Housewives Of… franchise.
Bringing its unique brand of bling to this countryside idyll and is set to star Sophie alongside Princess Beatrice’s best friend Gabriela Peacock.
The A-lister nutritionist is something of a ‘coup’ for producers, according to my source, given how close she is to Beatrice – both as a friend and neighbour, for they live a few miles from Charlbury.
Gabriela is said to be ‘wildly excited’ by the show and telling friends it will be a ‘classy’ series, but despite the hopes of producers she will not spill the beans on Beatrice.
A source said the producers promise ‘it won’t be crass or intrusive and won’t have the catfights and drama of the Real Housewives.
The loved-up couple matched in tweeds and wellies, with Sophie shielding her eyes behind chic shades as Mark got down on one knee
She captioned the post: ‘A VERY special day, in a very special place. And to my darling Mark, how did I get so lucky?’
Real Housewives Of Dubai star Caroline wrote: ‘We love you and this is the best news we can all have’
Meanwhile Jamie Redknapp’s wife Frida said: ‘Wow! Amazing! Congratulations’ and Real Housewives Of London’s Juliet Mayhew gushed: ‘ahhh i’m so excited for you my darling’
‘Instead, they will focus on the women having real careers and not just being bimbos.’
Plum Sykes, the society author who wrote Wives Like Us – the hit 2024 novel about women living in the fictional Cotswolds villages of Little Bottom, Middle Bottom and Great Bottom – is also said to be on board.
One thing we do know is it won’t be called The Real Housewives Of The Cotswolds, because the production company does not own the Real Housewives copyright.
Perhaps it’s inevitable that the reality TV juggernaut would arrive in this region of quintessential rural charm that has, after all, become synonymous with wealth and glamour.
Taylor Swift rented a cottage here on her recent tour, and the new kid on the block is Hollywood star Ellen DeGeneres, who has swapped being Montecito neighbours with Harry and Meghan for a life in the Cotswolds.
Sources close to the programme maintain that unlike some of its tackier iterations, the new show will be a classy affair and cite friend-of-the-royals Gabriela’s involvement as evidence.
As well as being her future husband, Mark is also believed Sophie’s business partner in her swanky lifestyle brand SoSophie London
Sophie was married to Caroline’s brother Alex (pictured together 2014) before divorcing in 2017, together they share sons Harry, 15, and 12-year-old Finn
‘It’s going to be posher than Made In Chelsea,’ said a source. ‘There’s an appetite with broadcasters at the moment to get a window into this world.
‘You’ve got Ladies Of London, which is being rekindled on [US cable network] Bravo, you’ve got Real Housewives Of London, and that’s being made by Monkey Kingdom, and then you’ve got this Housewives Of The Cotswolds series.
‘There’s going to be a surge of those types of shows this summer.’
But the production company behind it has already hit a snag.
The original Real Housewives series follows women dealing with the day-to-day realities of their lives, with many set pieces centred on alcohol-and-argument social events, which require a suitable backdrop.
Cotswolds hotel owners, publicans and restaurateurs have thus far proved decidedly sniffy, however, about granting permission for filming.
Britain’s so-called hottest pub, The Bull at Charlbury, was one of the first approached. But I’m told owner Phil Winser, a pal of Princess Beatrice who is married to supermodel Dree Hemingway, was scathing.
He is said to have turned down all offers of payment and essentially told them he wouldn’t do it for all the tea in China.
There seems to be understandable suspicion in the village about producers’ claims that it will be a wholesome version of Real Housewives.
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