RICHARD EDEN: Wedding is a private affair for columnist 'Dear Dolly'

Dolly Alderton made her name as a dating columnist who went on to write a best-selling memoir, Everything I Know About Love, that was turned into a hit BBC One series.

So given how upfront she has been, her fans may be surprised to learn that she has married in secret.

I can reveal that Dolly, known as Britain’s answer to the Sex and the City character Carrie Bradshaw, exchanged vows last month with her own ‘Mr Big’, hedge fund executive Jeremy ‘Jez’ Lawson.

They were married at Islington town hall in north London in front of just a handful of guests.

My spies tell me the bride, 38, wore an elegant white suit with a dramatic, wide-brimmed hat, perhaps channelling Carrie Bradshaw’s pared-back bridal look when she and Mr Big were married in the US TV series.

Among Dolly’s wedding guests in were novelist Elizabeth Day and Emma Corrin, who played Princess Diana in Netflix drama The Crown.

Dolly Alderton married hedge fund executive Jeremy ‘Jez’ Lawson at Islington town hall in north London last month

Corrin also stars as Elizabeth Bennet in Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, for which Dolly has written the script.

I’m told photographs ‘were not encouraged’ at the extremely ‘low-key’ nuptials. The bride did, however, buck tradition with a speech said to be both ‘hilarious and heartfelt’, leaving guests with tears in their eyes.

The celebrations were a far cry from Lawson’s first wedding to Victoria Pye: a wild three-day party in Phuket, Thailand, in 2017.

Archie Keswick, scion of the billionaire Jardine Matheson dynasty and boyfriend of model and socialite Poppy Delevingne, was Jez’s best man.

That wedding, which was featured in society magazine Tatler, saw Jeremy and Victoria arrive to The Imperial March, the Star Wars theme tune.

Dolly also kept her honeymoon under wraps, whisking herself and Jeremy away aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, where they sipped martinis.

Dolly later described the trip as ‘the most truly decadent and magical few days that I will never forget’.

Georgia May joins the Tartan army

Georgia May Jagger wore a matching plaid skirt and suit jacket at the launch of the Kurt Geiger Holiday Collection at Paddington station

Is Georgia May Jagger hoping to follow in her mother Jerry Hall’s footsteps and star in the next series of The Celebrity Traitors? I ask because the model, 33, appeared to have taken a sartorial tip from host Claudia Winkleman last week, stepping out in head-to-toe tartan. Georgia, who wore a matching plaid skirt and suit jacket, was attending the launch of the Kurt Geiger Holiday Collection at Paddington station, where a train had been transformed into a Paddington Bear-themed winter wonderland. The daughter of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger boarded the train with presenter Laura Whitmore and Gossip Girl actress Kelly Rutherford. Next stop, Ardross Castle? 

Iris: Life as a model is not all fun fun

Iris Law, who has modelled on the runway for Burberry, Miu Miu, Versace and Missoni, admitted the fashion industry can be tough

Having Jude Law and Sadie Frost for parents – and Kate Moss as a godmother – might seem like a golden ticket into modelling. But Iris Law still says the industry has its downsides.

The 26-year-old, who landed a Burberry campaign at 16 and has since walked for Miu Miu, Versace and Missoni, admits fashion can be tough. ‘There is obviously toxicity within every workspace – and in the [modelling] industry, of course,’ she says.

Iris praises the ‘amazing, talented, kind and hard-working’ models she has met, but bemoans the time in the make-up chair.

‘Sometimes I love the glam, but then the day feels really long,’ she admits.

Even glamour, it seems, can be a grind.

Gary’s royal approval

Prince William’s fondness for hit TV spy drama Slow Horses is no secret but its star, Gary Oldman, was surprised to discover how far the future king’s connection to the show extends while filming the latest series. The actor, 68, says the production borrowed a ‘very fancy, expensive house’ in London. ‘The people there were friends of Prince William,’ he says, and recalled how the owner told him: ‘Oh, I just got a text from Prince William. He says hi!’ Gary, who was knighted by the prince last year, admits: ‘I have a strange world.’ 

Stately hoax

Lady Alice Manners has asked that online scammers claiming to sell tours of her family’s ancestral home, Belvoir Castle, be reported on Facebook

Lady Alice Manners has fallen victim to online scammers claiming to sell tours of her family’s ancestral home, Belvoir Castle. ‘It’s been brought to our attention that there are quite a few fake accounts on Facebook,’ says the socialite, 31, who presents a video series, Dukie Tours, exploring the family seat in Leicestershire. ‘Please report them,’ fumes Lady Alice. 

Her feud with her late older sister, fellow author AS Byatt, may be notorious – but Dame Margaret Drabble, 87, could expose a lot more when her memoirs are eventually published. But it won’t be while she’s alive. ‘There are lots of compromising things I don’t particularly want to have to answer for,’ she explains. ‘I think some things are better said when everybody alive has gone.’