Lupin spills the Eton beans at Lumpy launch

No sign of Jeremy Soames, brother of Tory MP Nicholas, at the launch of Dear Lumpy, a sequel to Dear Lupin, the letters of racing correspondent Roger Mortimer to his son Charlie, at Pimlico Road antique dealers Jamb last night.

Charlie, a director of Jamb, told me he and Jeremy had been sacked from Eton after visiting Soho to lose their virginity. They were reinstated after Jeremy’s godfather, Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, complained to the Head Master.

“My father had a quite different relationship with my sister, whom he called Lumpy, while we were at school,” recalls Charlie.