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Now Zara cashes in with her own Crown jewels: Queen's granddaughter prepares to launch jewellery range inspired by horses

By Sebastian Shakespeare for the Daily Mail

Published: 19:21 EST, 9 June 2015 | Updated: 19:47 EST, 9 June 2015

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Zara Phillips, who won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics on her horse High Kingdom (above), is launching her own jewellery line with John Calleija

Zara Phillips may be the Queen’s granddaughter, but she has always had to make her own way in the world.

Now the wife of former England rugby captain Mike Tindall has just added another lucrative venture to her extensive portfolio.

The accomplished equestrian, who won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics on her horse High Kingdom, is launching her own line of jewellery inspired by her love of horses.

The Zara Phillips Collection is a collaboration with Australian designer John Calleija, a favourite of Princess Anne’s daughter, who is often spotted wearing his pieces.

‘I am no jewellery designer but I have had a great time working, on this with Calleija,’ says Zara, 34, ‘and I hope everyone enjoys the collection as much as we have enjoyed putting it together.’

The range comprises the Saddle Suite — a line of saddle-shaped rings, earrings and pendants — and the Coronet Suite, which represents the band on a horse’s hoof.

The price list has been closely guarded before its official launch later this month, but the items will not be cheap, as each piece is hand-finished in platinum or white, yellow or rose gold, and set with white diamonds.

Zara has proved remarkably enterprising in securing sponsorship deals with firms such as Land Rover, Rolex and the outdoor clothing company Musto, and is thought to rake in around £1 million a year thanks to her royal connections.

Last year, she courted controversy by becoming the first royal to sign a deal with an online gaming firm.

Zara lent her name to video game Howrse, in which players own, train and race a virtual horse.

Tindall and Zara earlier raised eyebrows when they sold the photographs of their daughter Mia Grace to Hello! magazine for more than £100,000.

Tindall, who has starred in two reality TV shows, told an interviewer in January that the couple do not allow themselves to be swayed by what the Royal Family think of their deals and TV commitments. ‘They’re separate from us; we run our own life,’ he said.

The range comprises the Saddle Suite (pictured) - a line of saddle-shaped rings, earrings and pendants

It also features the Coronet Suite (pictured), which represents the band on a horse’s hoof. Each piece is hand-finished in platinum or white, yellow or rose gold, and set with white diamonds. Prices are not yet known

Dame Maggie curses corsets!

Downton Abbey has been one of ITV’s most popular series, but Dame Maggie Smith will be pleased to see the back of it when it ends this Christmas.

The 80-year-old Oscar winner, who plays the Dowager Countess of Grantham, says: ‘It’s not riotously funny to be in corsets and a wig from seven o’clock in the morning until seven o’clock at night.’

‘The cast are enchanting and all the young are really lovely, so it was all very enjoyable on that level. But, to tell you the truth, the corsets are agony. God knows how they lived in the days when they had to wear them all the time.’

Call Grandpa Bernie . . . I need a bigger designer bag

She is the proud owner of a £423 Moschino bag, but the 14-month-old granddaughter of F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone is clearly already looking to trade up.

Sophia, daughter of heiress Tamara and former stockbroker Jay Rutland, was out in New York this week with her parents when her eyes alighted on a more capacious accessory. Jay was on hand to capture her reaction for his followers on Instagram.

You can’t blame Sophia for her expensive tastes. At Christmas the tot was given an electric replica of her mother’s £123,000 Bentley, and her aunt, Petra, gave her a fully furnished ‘playhouse’ which has been given pride of place at Tamara’s £70 million West London home.

Sophia, daughter of heiress Tamara Ecclestone and former stockbroker Jay Rutland, was out in New York this week with her parents when her eyes alighted on a more capacious accessory, as shown in this photo

Sophia (pictured right with her mother Tamara) is the granddaughter of F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone (left)

He’s dated some of the most beautiful women in the world, from Nicole Kidman to Vanessa Paradis, so no doubt the little black book of American rock star Lenny Kravitz would be the envy of men across the world.

Yesterday, however, the 51-year-old Fly Away singer found it was someone else’s contacts list landing him in trouble.

The British-born actress Mischa Barton — who has never dated Kravitz — posted a picture online of an address book apparently listing Kravitz’s work and personal telephone numbers. Whatever Barton’s reasons for sharing them, he can’t be too thrilled.

Francis Holland in Sloane Square is one of London’s most exclusive girls’ schools, churning out alumnae such as Jemima Goldsmith and Cara Delevingne.

But headmistress Lucy Elphinstone has chosen a path of confrontation with pupils’ parents which is anything but ladylike.

She’s written them all a stiffly worded letter after some had the gall to express concern over the departure of a number of long-serving members of staff.

Elphinstone says their behaviour has created an ‘intense anxiety’ among pupils, and has threatened to bar them from visiting the £5,000-a-term school in the daytime.

‘Unlike most schools we welcome parents into the playground twice a day . . . I will have no choice but to lock the doors of the school and ask you to collect your daughter at the gate,’ she writes. ‘I would ask you to respect our training and experience.’

Says one parent: ‘She doesn’t like us and the feeling is pretty mutual.’