This is the sumptuous interior of Michelle Mone’s deluxe £19million London townhouse – now sold for millions less than its original asking price amid the fallout from the PPE scandal.
The Belgravia home’s living room had original artwork on the wall depicting Lady Mone’s husband Doug Barrowman next to an image of one of her own heroines, Marilyn Monroe, MailOnline can reveal.
Lady Mone previously said Marilyn would be among her dream dinner guests, along with Ed Sheeran and Prince William, because she’d like to ‘hear all her stories’ – but wouldn’t ‘dare’ to cook for them herself.
The stunning 6,000 square-foot Belgravia residence was listed for sale in December last year. But the asking price was also reportedly reduced by more than £3million within one day of going on the market.
Mone had regularly posted photos of herself in the townhouse. In fact, in 2021 she tweeted a photo of herself reportedly standing in front of the property’s back door that she captioned: ‘If things aren’t going right, make a change.’ Some followers branded her ‘property porn’ posts, ‘showing off’.
According to The Times, a spokesman for Barrowman confirmed that the six-bedroom Regency home was sold months ago.
The Belgravia home’s living room had original artwork on the wall depicting Lady Mone’s husband Doug Barrowman (centre) above the sofa next to an image of one of her heroines, Marilyn Monroe (far right)
The home underwent ‘extensive’ renovations after it was acquired in 2011. It is now sold
It boasts a cinema, media room, gym, swimming pool and spa amenities, such as a jacuzzi and steam room
One of the six-bedrooms in the couple’s former Regency home
The Belgravia home was put up for sale for £23million last year but the price was gradually reduced to £18.95m. It is not know how much it sold for
In 2021 Lady Mone tweeted a photo of herself reportedly standing in front of the Belgravia property’s back door that was captioned: ‘If things aren’t going right, make a change’
It boasts a cinema, media room, gym, swimming pool and spa amenities, such as a jacuzzi and steam room. It was described as a ‘stylish fusion’ of classical and contemporary designs.
The Belgravia home was put up for sale for £23million last year but the price was gradually reduced to £18.95million. It included an adjacent mews house.
Baroness Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman, who also put his 127ft yacht Lady M on the market, are being investigated for alleged fraud and bribery in relation to their involvement with the Government’s lucrative PPE contract – which the couple deny.
The home underwent ‘extensive’ renovations since it was acquired in 2011. The property has a ‘cutting edge’ design that fuses its classical period features with modern flare.
Neighbours told The Times last year that they would be happy to see her family move away, claiming she is ‘not very neighbourly’ and that her adult children frequently host ‘extremely loud’ parties.
It came as a lawyer who campaigns for tougher Press regulation faces being probed by his own regulator for passing on lies from his client Michelle Mone.
Jonathan Coad was forced into a humiliating ‘unqualified apology’ this week for misleading journalists about Baroness Mone’s PPE scandal.
The media lawyer, who has been outspoken about what he calls newspapers’ ‘almost limitless ability to mislead us’, said he did not intend to misinform.
He has long demanded higher standards in journalism and has actively supported Hacked Off, the pressure group trying to impose tighter restrictions on the media.
He has even called for greater punishments for lawyers who misuse the legal system to thwart ‘legitimate criticism’ of people in power.
Now he faces questions after the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) announced a probe into the Mone case.
The watchdog’s spokesman said yesterday: ‘We are gathering information before deciding on any next steps.’
Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband, Doug Barrowman, appearing on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. She admitted she stands to benefit from profits of tens of millions of pounds from a PPE deal with the Government after repeatedly insisting she had nothing to do with it
A lawyer who campaigns for tougher Press regulation faces being probed by his own regulator for passing on lies from his client Michelle Mone
Jonathan Coad was forced into a humiliating ‘unqualified apology’ this week for misleading journalists about Baroness Mone ‘s PPE scandal
The SRA, which regulates solicitors in England, can issue a fine of up to £20,000 for breaches of its code.
Mr Coad said he was ‘100 per cent confident’ he had not infringed the code.
He issued his apology after his own role was exposed in helping his millionaire client Baroness Mone spread misinformation about her links to a lucrative PPE contract, which he says he did unintentionally.
He issued denials on her behalf to journalists investigating her links to PPE Medpro, a company run by her husband who received £60million in profits for porno sex supplying PPE during the pandemic.
The firm is now being sued by the Government for ‘unjust enrichment’. Mr Coad told publications including The Guardian in 2020 that she ‘never had any role or function’ in the company.
He also said ‘any suggestion of an association’ between Baroness Mone and the company would be ‘misleading’ and ‘defamatory’.
This week, after Baroness Mone finally admitted she had not told the truth and accepted that her husband had shared the windfall with his family, Mr Coad said he was sorry. He told The Guardian he ‘neither knew nor had any reason to believe that my client was not telling me the truth’.
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