Slimming tycoon 'stole face cream'

1 Comment | Sunday Mirror, Apr 21, 1996 | by KIM SENGUPTA

The millionaire founder of Weightwatchers has been accused of taking cosmetics from a beauty salon used by Princess Anne.

Glamorous Bernice Weston faces the embarrassment of the court case coinciding with the launch of a much-hyped anti-wrinkle cream.

The Princess Royal was a regular visitor at the upmarket salon in London's Westminster.

American-born mother of three Ms Weston, who has been charged with burglary, handling stolen property and theft, claims she was given the pounds 600-worth of creams and other beauty goods.

She will face magistrates on May 15.

She lived in the same flats as Princess Anne and around 50 MPs and wealthy businessmen. She counts Director of Public Prosecutions Barbara Mills as a friend.

Ms Weston bought the UK franchise of Weightwatchers for pounds 1,500 in 1967 and made a fortune when she sold it a decade later.

Her new product, Age Power, has a glittering array of celebrities lined up for promotion and Bernice has boasted that it will be "bigger than Weightwatchers".

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    paulaqqq

    10/19/09 | Report as spam

    RE: Slimming tycoon 'stole face cream'

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