This Lady Ain't Singing the Blues

A while back I wrote a post about my mom's cousin Georgie Ziadie, otherwise known as Lady Colin Campbell (that's her pictured on the left). Lady Colin Campbell has written quite a few books, mostly dealing with Princess Diana and the royal family. Her latest book received a lot of attention, because it is a fictional story which apparently mirrors the life of Lily Safra (the lady on the right), one very rich and powerful widow. Ms. Safra did not take too kindly to Georgie's novel, Empress Bianca, and so rather than deal with a nasty court battle (libel laws are pretty strict in the UK) the publishers decided to pulp Lady Colin Campbell's book. But that wasn't the end of the battle – I had read in Dominick Dunne's column in Vanity Fair that Georgie was going to sue, but until yesterday, that was the last I had heard of the story.

So yesterday my dad emails me the latest news on Georgie from Page Six in the New York Post – it looks like Georgie's found an American Publisher for Empress Bianca, and she'll soon be coming to New York for a book party to be hosted by her U.S. publisher, Dynasty Press.

Damn, I'd love to go to that party! Hey , we're related – d'ya think she'd invite me?

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[Beth]

Family's gotta count for something. Give her a call! What have you got to lose?
That would be a fascinating party to attend.