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A NEW REIGN ON THE KING'D ROAD • The debauched Chelsea nightclub once lovingly nicknamed ‘One Five Slum’ has had a high-octane rebrand – and its reincarnation, The Rex Rooms, is pulling in the It crowd
REX AND THE CITY • First in: Hollywood royalty mingles with London’s gilded youth in The Rex Rooms’ opening weeks
BLOOMIN’ LOVERLY • Portraits, parties, costume design, film sets… A new exhibition shows how a passion for gardening enriched Cecil Beaton’s bountiful creative output
The Ox FACTOR • I arrived at Oxford expecting secret societies, dreamy young suitors and invitations to grand country piles for the Long Vac. What I found was something more novel…
BILLIONHEIR • Forget the Hollywood Hills – Tom Holland and Zendaya are rich-kids-upon-Thames, living the low-key life in south-west London
PACK IT IN! • What happens in parliament stays in parliament? Not any more. A new, omertà-smashing diary of a former government whip reveals the string-pulling and subtle persuasion involved in keeping MPs on-brand and out of trouble
TATLER.COM® • The glamorous web of society and style
THE IT List • Chic summer picks and a luxe Greek retreat
Eat, Fay, love • Like father, like son. James Chiavarini furthers family fortunes at La Palombe, says Fay Maschler
ALL YOU NEED IS DOVE • What’s in a name? La Palombe shares its namesake with a coterie of other restaurants worth flocking to
The Countess of Caledon’s chocolate cake
DEDICATED FOLLOWER • It’s ladylike luxury all the way with this season’s standout styles
Night on the tiles • Back to square one: mosaics may have ancient allure, but this season they’re shimmering in style
TATLER WISHES The King & Queen A HAPPY 20TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Palette CONFIDENTIAL • The King handpicked him to capture his first Commonwealth state visit as monarch – now Phillip Butah returns with a royal commission for Tatler: a portrait marking Their Majesties’ 20th wedding anniversary. He tells Helen Rosslyn about brushes with fame
A BRUSH WITH GREATNESS • THE KING AND QUEEN WILL JOIN A LONG LINE OF ROYAL SITTERS WITH THEIR SOON-TO-BE-REVEALED CORONATION STATE PORTRAITS.
And they said IT’D NEVER LAST • THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH: KING CHARLES AND QUEEN CAMILLA KNOW THAT BETTER THAN MOST. FROM COURTSHIP TO CORONATION, ROBERT HARDMAN HAS HAD A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO THE TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY’S STAR-CROSSED LOVERS
A love MATCH • Timeless British elegance and subtle, regal glamour collide in a love story for the ages
The invitations TO BAG! • The Astors in St Tropez, the Guinnesses in Tuscany, the Rothschilds in Corfu… Are you ready to be summoned to house-party utopia? Annabel Sampson lets slip the only poolside perches to be seen on this season
Getting CHILS • Tishya Amin felt a cosmic connection with Chilham Castle at first sight. A few manifestations (and millions of pounds) later, Henry VIII’s former home is a special, spiritual place By Delilah Khomo
KHAN-DO ATTITUDE? • WHEN THE AGA KHAN IV DIED IN FEBRUARY, THE JET SET LOST A STAR: RACEHORSE OWNER, ROYAL CONFIDANT AND SPIRITUAL LEADER TO MILLIONS. NOW, HIS MOTORBIKE-RIDING, ELIGIBLE ELDEST SON, PRINCE RAHIM, STEPS UP AS AGA KHAN V. JAMES REGINATO, WHO INTERVIEWED HIS HIGHNESS THE LATE AGA KHAN IN 2013 FOR VANITY FAIR, REVEALS HOW...