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CELEBS ON EDDIE THE ANGELS
THIS MONTH, EDDIE ASKS HIS PERSONAL EDDIE’S ANGELS COMPRISE A
MASSEUR AND SWANSEA ‘IT’ GIRL TARA GAGGLE OF GLAMOROUS AND
(PALMER) HAMMETT FOR HER VIEW ON HER SOPHISTICATED LADIES WHO
BIGGEST SPENDER. ASSIST EDDIE IN HIS HIGH PROFILE
LIFESTYLE AND MARKETING
“I fi rst met Eddie at
CAMPAIGNS. EPITOMISING STYLE,
his 60th birthday
CLASS AND SOPHISTICATION AND
party. I went with my
ALWAYS DONNING DESIGNER
friend Angela Jay from
CLOTHES, THE ANGELS ARE KEPT IN
Real Radio. It was
CHECK BY HEAD ANGEL TORIA.
an amazingly lavish
affair with loads of
celebs and I met all
his friends and family.
Hotels, massages, Bellinis and Venice
It was a great place to
meet someone for the
Eddie went missing in September
fi rst time as I learned
for two weeks. But Swansea Life
all about him from
those that spoke that
followed him.
night.
Something of a gap in Swansea’s frenetic social
“He seemed like a really kind and generous man
scene occurred in September, as the legendary Eddie
Photo courtesy of Princess Cruises
and I have since found that to be true as I have got
selfi shly disappeared on a cruise for two weeks.
to know him. Since having met him that fi rst time,
A surplus of Champagne emerged in the city as
I suddenly started seeing him everywhere. I pride
a result, while photographers were twiddling their
myself on getting to all the hottest parties in town.
thumbs and the angels, who were cruelly left behind,
There is only one person who seems to be higher up
watched far too much daytime TV and ate far too
the guest lists: Eddie!
much chocolate for two weeks!
“A few months ago I also became his personal
He was also not around to write his usual column
masseur. Living such a celebrity lifestyle 24/7 does
here. Somewhat disturbed by this gaping hole in our
take its toll! He comes to me for a little relaxation
diaries and potentially the magazine, Swansea Life
although I do give him some pain sometimes as well
eventually decided to surreptitiously follow Eddie on
with those tense muscles!
his glamorous adventures. It was quite an eye-
opening experience.
“Eddie is a lovely guy and very generous. He also
Eddie drives through Venice.
has a huge personality and it is fantastic to have He was on Ruby Princess cruise ship on a tour of
him around this city. He ups the ante for Swansea in Europe. It did not take him long to get acquainted particular, he sought out some very famous haunts.
terms of its links to the celebrity world. But the true with the ship’s rather glamorous staff and We papped him coming out of Harry’s Bar in Venice
star for me will always be Eddie.” stewardesses. When not sunbathing by the pool — a venue located right on St Mark’s bay waterfront
with the lucky angels selected for the trip, he kept and famous for inventing the Bellini, a mixture of
disappearing to the beauty therapy suite to hang out white peach juice and sparkling prosecco, named
with the gaggle of glamorous hostesses working after the fi fteenth-century Venetian painter Giovanni
there. They took quite a shine to him. In the end, he Bellini.
spent so much money on massages in there, the
staff decided to take him out for dinner.
The unstoppable Eddie was then onto the even
more famous Danieli Hotel in Venice, one of the City
But that was just the start of it. It was quite tough of Water’s most prestigious and luxurious venues,
to keep track of all his goings on while remaining dating back to the 14th Century. Eddie knows his
undetected, but Swansea Life persevered. Read good hotels alright. This one was among the Condé
into this what you will, but his liaison with the beauty Nast Traveller’s 2005 Gold List Reserve, putting it
therapists was only the fi rst of many encounters. among the world’s fi nest places to stay. He also
partied on with some more of the ship’s staff while in
There was the dinner with the lady in the black dress.
Venice. They loved him.
Eddie gets his comeuppance! We are not sure who she was. And he spent rather
a lot of time with Rebecca, the very attractive VIP Things only got briefl y serious during a business deal
host on the ship. He did get is comeuppance on one he concluded in Mykonos – we are not sure of its
occasion though when another glamorous lady got exact nature but our spies believe it involved buying a
her own back on some misdemeanour with her party hotel. Or it might have been a caravan business. We
poppers. are not sure.
When he did leave the ship, Eddie naturally Finally, Eddie crowned the experience off by buying
sought out the most sophisticated and famous (and pouring) everyone on the ship champagne.
establishments and the fun carried on. In Venice in Thank goodness he eventually returned to Swansea!
Your
Wooed over dinner by beauty therapists.
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