There’s a tiny terraced house near the railway line in Chelsea that seems to attract blondes. Until five months ago it was owned by Britt Ekland, the Swedish actress better known for her men — Peter Sellers, Rod Stewart, Warren Beatty — than her films.
Now it’s been bought by a younger blonde. She, too, has been linked with a number of glamorous men: Sean Brosnan, 007’s dishy son, Archie Keswick, heir to the £300m Jardine Matheson hotels fortune and, recently, Lord Freddie Windsor, the 25-year-old son of Princess Michael of Kent.
But Hannah Sandling’s great love is her house. She’s worked towards having a place of her own since she was a little girl.
“I’ve been saving since I was six, when my mum