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Love is in the Air: James Middleton and Donna jet off on a 'family holiday'

PUBLISHED: 19:44 EST, 22 March 2014 | UPDATED: 19:44 EST, 22 March 2014

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It's not long since rumours abounded that the romance between James Middleton and Donna Air had fizzled out – but I can report their relationship is so strong, they are planning a first ‘family holiday’ with Donna’s daughter Freya.

I also gather that the Duchess of Cambridge’s brother James, who attended £30,000-a-year Marlborough College, has helped persuade Geordie actress and designer Donna to send ten-year-old Freya to boarding school.

‘Freya has some very fixed ideas about what she wants to become when she’s older, so we’ve got some big decisions to make over the next few weeks,’ Donna told me at a party for British fashion label High at its flagship store in London’s New Bond Street.

Mid-Air: Donna Air, 33, and her 28-year-old boyfriend, the Duchess of Cambridge's brother, are planning a holiday with her daughter Freya.

‘I’m busy planning holidays because I know I won’t have half as much time with Freya when she goes away to school. We are thinking of going to Jamaica or the Bahamas.’

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Donna, who attended a comprehensive in Newcastle, had previously said she had no plans to send Freya away because she ‘didn’t understand the boarding school thing’.

The 34-year-old also intends to scale down her work commitments to concentrate on her relationship with the 26-year-old. ‘I set up two companies recently but I’ve already decided to leave one. I’m busy focusing on my other project and being a mum and girlfriend,’ she said.

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The 24-year-old was at London’s O2 on Monday night to enjoy a performance by Jack Whitehall, who was criticised for making a series of crude jokes about the Queen and Prince Phillip during an appearance on Channel 4’s Big Fat Quiz of the Year.

‘Cressida was there with Jack’s sister Molly and looked like she was having a whale of a time,’ says my man in the stalls. ‘She was laughing along all night.’

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Alexandra, Midwest, United States, 3 hours ago

James is wealthy, and I suppose some would consider him handsome and a good catch, but there is something a little off about him that I don't like. Speaking of a Middleton, we haven't seen hide nor hair of his boring single sister lately, and that is nice.