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Vows & a Vengeful Groom by Bronwyn Jameson

SYDNEY’S SCENE

In the decades-old feud between the world’s richest gem dealers, nothing, apparently, is taboo. For the Hammonds and Blackstones, all’s fair in love and business – and has been since Howard “King of Diamonds” Blackstone allegedly schemed to wrest control of old man Jebediah Hammond’s diamond mines and Oliver Hammond allegedly stole the world’s most recognisable necklace, the Blackstone Rose.

But yesterday’s gossip pales in comparison to today’s forty-carat gem: millionairess and daughter non grata Kimberley Blackstone was on the arm of Blackstone’s leader, Ric Perrini. The same Kimberley Blackstone who’d defected to the rival House of Hammond jewellers in New Zealand ten years ago.

According to an industry insider Kimberley was seen entering the Blackstone estate on the gold coast of Vaucluse – a place she reportedly described as off-limits mere months ago. Rumour has it Sydney’s No. 1 player, Perrini, keeps a room there, too.

“If Perrini has any say,” says one source, “they won’t be separated for long.”

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SYDNEY’S SCENE

The decades-old feud between Australia’s richest gem dealers, the Blackstones and the Hammonds, is about to heat up. The last will and testament of Howard Blackstone, chairman of Blackstone Diamonds, will reportedly be read at the family’s Vaucluse mansion after today’s funeral services. Coming as no surprise, rumours are rampant among the Sydney elite that Howard has blackballed the Hammond side of the family in his new will.

Who else will walk away with nothing? And who will become the new CEO of Blackstone Diamonds?

The main contenders are Ryan Blackstone, son of the late billionaire businessman, and Ric Perrini, the big man’s fair-haired son-in-law.

“Everyone knows there’s no love lost between those two,” says one industry insider.

Those same insiders are split on who will become the new leader.

Of late, the Blackstone scion has been spending all his time at the Pitt Street offices, rededicating himself to the business. Much to the chagrin of Sydney’s single girls, he’s been absent from the social scene and has not been linked with any woman, taking all-work-and-no-play Ryan off the most eligible list. But if he loses the chairmanship, the green-eyed hunk will need lots of consoling. So, ladies of Sydney, take heed…