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THE CHELSEA FIRED SHOW

The Chelsea Flower Show has a savage habit of striking VIPs off their lists. On a meander past the floral displays this week, The Capitalist noticed an A-Lister walking among the plebs, miles away from the hospitality suites where invited guests were quaffing free-flowing fizz. How come they were left to their own devices? The individual in question, one of the most glamorous pin-ups of the ’80s and ’90s, had refused to pose for the media in recent years after being invited in on a freebie, and thus, struck off invite lists. “We are a charity,” reminded one Show insider. It doesn’t matter who you are, if you want the VIP treatment at Chelsea, help their PR effort by posing by the petunias, for goodness sake. Or risk hanging out with the commoners.

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