Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, now exiled from Royal Lodge and living a diminished life at Sandringham, may count his blessings upon learning of the fate of an old friend. Mogens Tholstrup, the Danish restaurateur who revived London's Daphne's in South Kensington 30 years ago, is in intensive care in South Africa after surviving a plane crash.
Tholstrup, 64, was a familiar figure in Andrew's social circle, known for partying with the former prince and romances with Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Lady Victoria Hervey. His daughter Christy is urgently trying to reach his bedside, posting on social media that her father 'survived a plane crash' and is in intensive care.
The crash stirs bittersweet memories for Andrew, who bonded with Tholstrup in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The pair went nightclubbing together and attended royal birthday bashes, but Andrew's later association with Jeffrey Epstein led to his downfall.
