Kate Middleton is the model of decorum, but some of her
friends enjoy living dangerously. Mandrake learns that a house
used for sex parties by her chum Emma Sayle is the subject of an
investigation.
Officials at Westminster council are trying to establish whether
the £30 million house in Portland Place was the scene of an
orgy. If so, it would break the terms of a High Court
injunction.
"Following a complaint from one of our residents that this home
has been used again as a venue for parties, our planning
enforcement officers have launched an investigation," confirms
Rosemarie MacQueen, Westminster council's strategic director for
the built environment. "We are working to find out if the
property has been used for commercial purposes."
The former High Commission of Sierra Leone is owned by Edward
Davenport, a self-styled "lord", who is on bail in relation to a
separate investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.
Sayle's spokesman confirms that her members-only club, Killing
Kittens, has hosted louche soirées at the house, but says she
was "unable" to do so this year.
Sayle, 30, who attended Downe House boarding school with Prince
Michael's daughter, Lady Gabriella Windsor, is a member of
Kate's rowing crew, The Sisterhood.