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What's Dershowitz Got To Hide? Alan Dershowitz and Maxwell

What's Dershowitz Got To Hide? Alan Dershowitz and Maxwell

The Steeple Times — Those of us that knew the late Claus von Bülow (1926 - 1929) and those that watched Reversal of Fortune - the superb film portrayal of his two trials in connection to his alleged attempted murder of his heiress wife Sunny in 1980 (she eventually died after having been in a coma for over 27 years in 2008) - will of course recall his association with the rookie lawyer Alan Dershowitz.
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A Security Lobotomy at The Botanist - Thief caught on camera

A Security Lobotomy at The Botanist - Thief caught on camera

The Steeple Times — It was sadly anything but a 'Super Saturday' for one loyal reader of The Steeple Times yesterday after her designer handbag was stolen in plain sight at The Botanist on Sloane Square.
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Will Ghislaine Maxwell Motor On? Cash & Rocket 2021 proceeds

Will Ghislaine Maxwell Motor On? Cash & Rocket 2021 proceeds

The Steeple Times — Though one thing is for sure and that is that Ghislaine Maxwell will not be returning to her 156 acre "retreat" in Bradford, New Hampshire this weekend, a Twitter poll conducted by The Steeple Times' Matthew Steeples has revealed that the public believe she'll go the same way as Jeffrey Epstein.
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Hooping A Half Price Mansion - £141,000 for Illinois mansion

Hooping A Half Price Mansion - £141,000 for Illinois mansion

The Steeple Times — A 7,072 square foot Dutch colonial mansion set on a plot of 1.38 acres in Watseka, Illinois that appears to be in surprisingly good condition has had its priced halved from £281,000 to £141,000.
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A Demon Rolls-Royce - Cliff Stanford's Rolls-Royce for sale

A Demon Rolls-Royce - Cliff Stanford's Rolls-Royce for sale

The Steeple Times — Cliff Stanford is best-known for having established the early dot-com success story Demon Internet in 1992. He had a (boom, boom) "demon touch" and sold the company for £66 million in 1998. After pocketing £30 million personally, one of Stanford's first moves was to buy a private plane and "one of the most lavish Rolls-Royces then available."
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Bonkers at Chelsea Barracks - £3.5m for minute apartment

Bonkers at Chelsea Barracks - £3.5m for minute apartment

The Steeple Times — Last week, The Steeple Times featured the sale of the vast, Grade I listed, 33,106 square foot treasure Kinlet Hall and now, for the same sum, we share news of the sale of a 713 square foot apartment in London where you'd barely have enough room to swing a cat.
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BLM Doesn't Matter to Bernie Ecclestone - Shameful comments

BLM Doesn't Matter to Bernie Ecclestone - Shameful comments

The Steeple Times — Speaking to CNN Sport's anchor Amanda Davies on Friday, Bernie Ecclestone - an odious oik whom allegedly settled a "record £1 billion tax demand with HMRC after a 20-year battle" according to the Mail Online back in October 2019 and someone who previously lauded Hitler as someone who was "able to get things done" - casually and without a jot of supporting evidence remarked: "In lots of cases, black people are often more racist than what white people are...
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Buckle Up! Barking Baker Harber Has Bitten Back

Buckle Up! Barking Baker Harber Has Bitten Back

The Steeple Times — Washed-up, leftover lump from the tepid TV show Made in Chelsea Victoria Baker Harber - the one-time squeeze and sharer of a private planes paid for by victims of the now very much deservedly in-the-clink Inigo Philbrick - has supposedly sent a 'cease and desist' letter to one of his victims, the anything-but-shy raconteur Kenny Schachter.
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Hancock gets a Brenda-ering: Tom Parker-Bowles on health sec

Hancock gets a Brenda-ering: Tom Parker-Bowles on health sec

The Steeple Times — "Winging it that health fella Hancock, winging it, I just can't watch him, drives me mad," lamented Tom Parker-Bowles on William Sitwell's jolly twice weekly Biting Talk Instagram TV show on Tuesday. Sounding a bit like "not another one" squawking 'Brenda from Bristol' in his spot-on summary, the Mail on Sunday restaurant critic did indeed share the view of the nation about the hapless health secretary.
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Glebe Place - The Art of Ownership

Glebe Place - The Art of Ownership

The Steeple Times — House in Glebe Place, Chelsea, SW3 created from two artist's studios reduced in price from just under £9 million to £6.95 million as part of a sale forced by authorities. It was home to the now in exile fugitive billionaire Sergei Pugachev and his ex-partner Alexandra Tolstoy from 2009.
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Hero of the Hour - Bob Grace wows Royal Ascot 2020

Hero of the Hour - Bob Grace wows Royal Ascot 2020

The Steeple Times — Prior to setting off to Royal Ascot yesterday, groom Bob Grace remarked: "Never done a winner in 38 years at Royal Ascot, I think I've got a jinx on the place... If I haven't got a winner tomorrow, I won't be back there.
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Kingly Kinlet - £3.5 million for Kinlet Hall, Bewdley, Shropshire

Kingly Kinlet - £3.5 million for Kinlet Hall, Bewdley, Shropshire

The Steeple Times — Striking Grade I listed Palladian mansion in Shropshire for sale. Kinlet Hall is priced at £3.5 million or just £104 per square foot. The house has until recently been a school and wedding venue, but this usage has been stopped because of the coronavirus lockdown.
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No Gaynes - £2.65 million for Gaynes Hall, Cambridgeshire

No Gaynes - £2.65 million for Gaynes Hall, Cambridgeshire

The Steeple Times — Grade II* listed Georgian mansion in Cambridgeshire for sale for £2.65 million in spite of being in far from perfect condition and next door to a prison housing 1,220 convicted sex offenders. The estate was owned by the aristocratic Duberly family from 1798 until 1940.
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Rolls-Royce isn't Rolls-Royce but it is Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce isn't Rolls-Royce but it is Rolls-Royce

The Steeple Times — When you think of Rolls-Royce, you may think of handcrafted limousines made with the most exquisite materials. You might think of the royalty, heads of state and stars who've owned such vehicles, but one thing's for sure, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, a "wholly-owned subsidiary of BMW Group (Munich) " now want to make very clear: They have nothing to do with the aircraft, ship and submarine manufacturers Rolls-Royce PLC.
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Lavish Living and Little Owls at Lilford Hall - £10 million

Lavish Living and Little Owls at Lilford Hall - £10 million

The Steeple Times — Grade I listed Jacobean mansion with 13 chimney stacks for sale for £10 million; it was for sale last for £44.9 million in 2014 in spite of being listed on English Heritage's 'At Risk Register.'
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Moving On - June 2020 - Moves of the Noteworthy

Moving On - June 2020 - Moves of the Noteworthy

The Steeple Times — A Tennis Court Teardown Paris Hilton's dad Rick's realty firm Hilton & Hyland has just launched to the market the former Beverly Hills home of the late Jackie Collins OBE (1937 - 2015) for £13.4 million ($16.95 million).
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Elevating Count Binface - Poll backs statue of Count Binface

Elevating Count Binface - Poll backs statue of Count Binface

The Steeple Times — Yesterday, The Steeple Times' Matthew Steeples decided to conduct a poll on Twitter. He jokingly asked: "Would you support the erection of a statue of Count Binface?" He post-fixed: "He's surely not offended anyone (other than Boris Johnson and Theresa May)."
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Gone Fishers Gin-ing! The story of Fishers Gin of Aldeburgh

Gone Fishers Gin-ing! The story of Fishers Gin of Aldeburgh

The Steeple Times — Aldeburgh in Suffolk is famous for fish and chips. Two of its chippies are supposedly "amongst the best in the UK," but now this seaside town is producing something just as quintessentially British - gin.
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A Massive Media Maelstrom - McCann, Mandelson and Maxwell

A Massive Media Maelstrom - McCann, Mandelson and Maxwell

The Steeple Times — According to the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan turned activist and human rights campaigner Craig Murray, when Madeleine McCann went missing on 3 rd May 2007 "New Labour's No. 10 saw, in typical Blair fashion, a highly photogenic tragedy which there might be popularity in appearing to work on."
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Back on The Front - £5m for The Cliff House, Dover, Kent

Back on The Front - £5m for The Cliff House, Dover, Kent

The Steeple Times — In November 2013, The Steeple Times featured the sale of 'The South Foreland Estate' for £4 million. Its price bizarrely had been increased by £500,000 from when it was on the market earlier that year and now it is again being promoted - this time for an even more punchy sum of £5 million.
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Back on The Front - £5m for The Cliff House, Dover, Kent

Back on The Front - £5m for The Cliff House, Dover, Kent

The Steeple Times — In November 2013, The Steeple Times featured the sale of 'The South Foreland Estate' for £4 million. Its price bizarrely had been increased by £500,000 from when it was on the market earlier that year and now it is again being promoted - this time for an even more punchy sum of £5 million.
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Encouragement for Bamber - Jeremy Bamber case and CCRC

Encouragement for Bamber - Jeremy Bamber case and CCRC

The Steeple Times — Though he rejected Jeremy Bamber's bid for the release of evidence which he believed could clear his name on Friday at the High Court, Mr Justice Julian Knowles did give the convicted familial killer new hope.
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Moron of the Moment: Lady Victoria Hervey on Black Lives Matters

Moron of the Moment: Lady Victoria Hervey on Black Lives Matters

The Steeple Times — Dimwitted dope Lady Victoria Hervey just cannot help but shove her stilettos straight into the proverbial. Whether be it her short-lived relationship with "he who doesn't sweat in Pizza Express (Woking branch')" 'Randy' Prince Andrew, or flogging knickers in her long since gone-bust shop in Knightsbridge displaying the words "Yes Please" across the crotch, here is a woman with utterly no shame and an utter incapacity to accept any kind of blame for her own failings.
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Moron of the Moment: Lady Victoria Hervey on Black Lives Matters

Moron of the Moment: Lady Victoria Hervey on Black Lives Matters

The Steeple Times — Dimwitted dope Lady Victoria Hervey just cannot help but shove her stilettos straight into the proverbial. Whether be it her short-lived relationship with "he who doesn't sweat in Pizza Express (Woking branch')" 'Randy' Prince Andrew, or flogging knickers in her long since gone-bust shop in Knightsbridge displaying the words "Yes Please" across the crotch, here is a woman with utterly no shame and an utter incapacity to accept any kind of blame for her own failings.
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