PICTURED: Anthea Turner’s ‘pamper party’ guests arrive at her London flat without masks on

Anthea Turner’s ‘secret pamper get together’ visitors have been caught on digital camera as they arrived on the TV character’s west London condo with out carrying masks on February 12.

In damning images, a minimum of 5 totally different ladies arrived on the constructing, headed to the door and waited to be buzzed in by Anthea, 60.

The group – together with former BAFTA CEO Chantal Rickards OBE, boutique proprietor Julia Jaconelli, and a pair of therapeutic massage consultants – turned up at round 4PM, and left after 10PM later within the night, based on eyewitnesses.

Whereas one of many masseuses arrived carrying a masks, she appeared to have ditched the PPE by the tip of occasion and was seen leaving with out it on at the hours of darkness. 

Able to get together? Anthea Turner’s ‘secret pamper get together’ visitors have been caught on digital camera as they arrived on the TV character’s west London condo with out carrying masks

Anthea’s visitors did the alternative – turning up maskless however seen leaving with face masks masking their mouths, presumably about to get into taxis, the place these are required to be worn amid COVID-19 restrictions.

Anthea was not pictured, being the hostess, not needing to make an look exterior.

The get together occurred hours after Anthea sparked a furore when she posted a cartoon of an obese girl in a wheelchair berating a thinner woman not carrying a masks on Twitter. 

The images have been initially obtained by The Solar, taken exterior what’s regarded as the TV star’s £700,000 abode in Kew, south-west London. 

Covid get together:  In damning images, a minimum of 5 totally different ladies arrived on the constructing, headed to the door and waited to be buzzed in by Anthea, 60 (pictured in 2018)

Eyewitness accounts: The women – together with boutique proprietor Julia Jaconelli, and a pair of therapeutic massage consultants – turned up at round 4PM, and left after 10PM later within the night

Therapeutic fingers? A pair of therapeutic massage consultants have been noticed turning up at round 4PM, and leaving after 10PM later within the night

Had enjoyable? Former BAFTA CEO Chantal Rickards was seen leaving the unlawful ladies’ night time

It’s claimed that the ladies loved therapies similar to eyebrow tints, massages and manicures whereas on the pampering session, dubbed Secret Supper. 

A supply instructed the publication: ‘I can not consider Anthea’s finished one thing as irresponsible as this. 

‘A gradual stream of ladies arrived displaying whole disregard for precautions being taken by the overwhelming majority of individuals within the nation.’

Ms Jaconelli instructed The Solar: ‘It was a enterprise assembly.’

MailOnline has contacted Anthea’s consultant for a remark. 

Flouting! Whereas one of many masseuses turned up carrying a masks, she appeared to have ditched the PPE by the tip of shindig, seen leaving with out it on at the hours of darkness

As a result of they’re price it! Anthea’s visitors did the alternative – turning up maskless however seen leaving with face masks masking their mouths

What a day: The previous Blue Peter presenter is believed to have held the gathering hours after she sparked a furore when she posted a cartoon to Twitter displaying an obese girl and a girl not carrying a masks on Twitter (pictured on Feb 12)

The federal government’s web site states: ‘It’s towards the regulation to satisfy socially with household or associates except they’re a part of your family or help bubble. 

‘You can’t go away house for leisure or leisure functions (similar to for a picnic or a social assembly).’ 

Nonetheless there are some circumstances during which persons are allowed to satisfy others from exterior their family, childcare or help bubble- however not be for socialising and just for permitted functions. 

This consists of: ‘For work, or offering voluntary or charitable providers, the place it’s unreasonable to take action from house.  

Dividing opinions: Anthea shared this image with the caption, ‘Go for it!! X’, and plenty of Twitter customers actually did – to slam her view

Her ideas: She appeared to counsel the situations of lockdown have been improper and wanted to be modified

‘This could embrace work in different individuals’s houses the place mandatory – for instance, for nannies, cleaners, social care employees offering help to youngsters and households, or tradespeople.’ 

Anthea’s alleged pampering get together is believed to have occurred simply hours after she needed to apologise for inflicting drama on Twitter on Friday February 12 together with her views.

The TV host had posted a cartoon of an obese girl in a wheelchair consuming McDonalds berating a thinner woman carrying no PPE in messages about ‘coronavirus selfishness’.

She shared the picture alongside the phrase ‘Go for it x’ earlier than embarking on a collection of messages criticising lockdown and private accountability on well being.

Unimpressed: Labour MP Jess Phillips [pictured] led a number of the condemnation of Anthea’s remarks

Response: Twitter rounded on the entertainer, with one mom of a disabled son [bottom tweet] discovering Anthea’s put up offensive

However the choice to talk out appeared to have backfired with a few of her followers who turned on her, claiming the picture was ignorant and offensive to individuals disabled by way of no alternative of their very own.

It additionally got here hours after she had posted hyperlink to a report on weight problems being an even bigger killer than smoking in England and Scotland.

On February 12 she mentioned sorry for the cartoon, however insisted it had not meant to focus on individuals who have been clinically sick. She mentioned: ‘Completely apologise that the cartoon is clumsy – I’ll take the rollicking on the chin.

‘However this was by no means directed at individuals clinically sick who want our help. My ardour is honest although Covid has to provide us a bloody massive well being wake-up name and we’d be nuts to not try to repair it.’ 

Throwback: Anthea is thought for her stint presenting Blue Peter and was well-known for her making segments [Pictured L-R: Peter Duncan, Valerie Singleton, Stuart Miles and Anthea in 1998]

Anthea – who’s engaged to businessman Mark Armstrong – posted her unique message and cartoon image simply after 7PM on Thursday.

It confirmed an obese girl in a motorised wheelchair carrying a facemask, clutching a McDonald’s bag and obtrusive at a lady and not using a masks and telling her ‘Put a masks on! You’re placing my well being in danger’.

She adopted it up with a collection of messages questioning if individuals who didn’t take care of their very own well being ought to be prioritised within the pandemic over those that had. 

Anthea mentioned: ‘I’m incensed by the egocentric attitudes of people that can’t see we truly are “all on this collectively” and willful destruction has an impression on us all particularly these with different diseases pushed down the road and charities who’re lacking out on funding. We now have to take accountability. 

‘If the federal government put half the sum of money into well being as they’ve in locking us up we wouldn’t be on this mess. Hold McDonald’s open and shut gyms many council run and open air – Nice.’

Whereas there have been some individuals who agreed with the sentiment others seized on the incapacity component of the message to assault the presenter.

Piers Morgan branded her ‘despicable’ after she posted the image. He mentioned: ‘What the hell is that this? Have you ever misplaced your thoughts, Anthea? Simply despicable.’ 

Labour MP Jess Phillips mentioned: ‘The Anthea Turner factor this morning has nearly finished me in.

‘I simply want the idiots would simply admit that the wind on their face is extra vital than my sister in legal guidelines life whereas she has chemo. Cease with the god rattling hierarchy of whose life issues!!!’ 

Bethrothed: The TV presenter is engaged to her fiancé Mark Armstrong [pictured together during a walk at Christmas]