When it was revealed that not one, not two, but three show icons would be making a comeback to reality TV, Made in Chelsea fans were ecstatic.
Lucy Watson, Binky Felstead, and Rosie Fortescue are returning to the King’s Road for a new series titled Beyond Chelsea, that will follow the trio “as they navigate new challenges and major milestones, from starting families to building businesses,” according to E4.
Beyond Chelsea starts airing from Tuesday, October 29, at 10pm on E4.
The three women all were all OG cast members in Made In Chelsea when it arrived on our screens back in 2011 and it’s fair to say their lives have changed a lot since then.
Felstead is now mum of three, sharing eldest child India with her ex Josh Patterson and sons, Wolfie and Wilder, with her husband Max Darnton. Watson welcomed her first child, a baby boy, with fellow former MIC star James Dunmore in March this year and Fortescue has had plenty to celebrate too, having launched her own successful jewellery brand among other business ventures.
But what about the rest of the original cast members? Here’s what they’re up to now.
Caggie Dunlop
Although Caggie Dunlop didn't stay on the show for very long, she was a memorable part of the initial group that helped launch the series.
Then a budding singer-songwriter, Dunlop departed the show in 2011 to focus on her musical career. She released two singles: Here We Are Again in 2018 and I Wish You Knew in 2019.
Dunlop has also occasionally been cast in TV shows and landed acting roles including parts in the short films Tame (2018), The Hand of the Creator (2016), and The Proposal (2016), as well as the TV movie Very Valentine in 2019.
She now hosts a hugely popular podcast, Saturn Returns, and she’s released a book designed to help people through their cosmic coming of age.
Spencer Matthews
Spencer Matthews left his bad-boy antics behind to focus on his career and fitness.
After leaving the show in 2015, Matthews made it to the final of Celebrity Masterchef and competed on Channel 4's The Jump, which he won.
Matthews married Vogue Williams in 2018, and they have three children together: Otto, Gigi, and Theo. They landed their own E4 show, Spencer, Vogue, and Baby Too, in 2019.
Additionally, Matthews has established CleanCo, a company that provides non-alcoholic spirit substitutes, with the motto "Life Less Wasted". He founded CleanCo as a result of his own sober experience.
Matthews’ poignant documentary, Finding Michael, which aired on Disney+ in March 2023, followed the reality star as he, Bear Grylls, and leading explorer Nirmal Purja set out to locate his brother Michael's body on Mount Everest, where he disappeared 23 years ago.
Jamie Laing
Jamie Laing left the show for good in 2021, but has always had outside interests.
Laing is the owner of Candy Kittens, a vegan confectionery brand he started in 2012. He frequently works with up-and-coming artists to produce the vibrant packaging for the company, which is still going strong today.
With appearances on shows like Celebrity Hunted, The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off, Strictly Come Dancing, and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Laing's television career is undoubtedly not centred around Made in Chelsea.
These days, his podcasts are his most well-known work – from Newly Weds, which he hosts with his wife Sophie Habboo, to Private Parts, which he co-hosts with closest friend Francis Boulle. He’s also a regular presenter on BBC Radio 1.
Louise Thompson
Louise Thompson left the show in 2019 and has been engaged to co-star Ryan Libbey since 2018.
In 2012, Thompson co-founded the fashion company Pocket London, which changed its name to Pocket Sport in 2017 and shifted its focus from denim to sportswear. In recent times, the brand sells a variety of fitness items, such as shorts, hoodies, tops, sports bras, and leggings.
After giving birth to her son Leo in 2021, Thompson has experienced several health problems. In April 2024, the reality star disclosed that a stoma bag had been placed, which "saved her life”. She’s written about her experiences and published a moving memoir, Lucky, earlier this year.
Ollie Locke
Together with his spouse, Gareth Locke, the reality star made the decision to leave the show in 2023.
In August 2023, the couple welcomed twins, Apollo Magnus Obi Locke-Locke and Cosima Emily Bex Locke-Locke, through a surrogate. The couple won praise for documenting the ups and downs of their surrogacy journey.
Locke is an entrepreneur in addition to being a father. In 2016, he co-founded Chappy, a dating app that merged with Bumble in 2020.
In addition to publishing several children's books, including The Islands of Fandye and The Faraway Adventures of Henry Bogget, he has released an autobiography, Laid in Chelsea: My Life Uncovered.
Locke has also made appearances on various television programmes, including Celebrity Hunted and Celebrity Big Brother.
Cheska Hull
Since leaving the programme in 2014, the TV personality moved to Salcombe in search of a more tranquil lifestyle, where she and her ex-partner Tom Huggett had their first child, Charlie, in 2017.
Hull works in PR for Raw Food and Drink, a Devon-based company, in addition to being a happy mother.
Francis Boulle
Boulle appeared on Made in Chelsea until the sixth season.
He was a regular on the London party circuit while appearing on the show, but made one of the most drastic lifestyle changes of the whole cast after leaving - moving to the United States and becoming a jiu jitsu competitor.
Oliver Proudlock
Oliver Proudlock waved goodbye to the show in its 10th season.
As the managing director of Serge DeNimes, his high-end jewellery firm, Proudlock has carved his prosperous career in fashion design, according to his LinkedIn profile.
After being engaged in 2018, he married model Emma Louise Connolly in 2021, and they welcomed a daughter, Bonnie Lou, in 2022.
Millie Mackintosh
Millie Mackintosh was a key MIC cast member during the show’s first five seasons.
After leaving the show, she found love with rapper Professor Green and the pair married in front of a star-studded congregation at Babington House in 2013. They called time on their marriage after three years and Mackintosh went on to find love with former co-star Hugo Taylor, who she had known since she was 16.
Mackintosh and Taylor married in 2021 and have two daughters, Sienna and Aurelia. Though she’s not a TV regular anymore, the mum-of-two still shares updates online having become a successful influencer.
Mark-Francis Vandelli
Mark-Francis Vandelli and Victoria Baker-Harber have long been the poshest duo on Made In Chelsea, with all the best one-liners and quick comebacks.
Vandelli has appeared on other programmes too He joined the third series of The Jump and starred in Made in Chelsea’s spin-off Mark-Francis’ Big Night Out. He then signed up for another E4 show, agreeing to let experts help him find love in the 12th series of Celebs Go Dating.
Victoria Baker-Harber
Victoria Baker-Harber has largely laid low when she’s not been filming MIC – but she’s still managed to hit headlines.
In October 2020, she gave birth to a daughter, Gaia Grace, who she shares with art dealer Inigo Philbrick.
Baker-Harber gave birth while Philbrick was in jail awaiting trial for masterminding an £80m art con (he was later convicted and given a seven-year sentence). Prior to his arrest, he had been on the run until being arrested in an undercover FBI operation in June 2020, on the Pacific island of Vanuatu.
He was released from prison earlier this year, having served two years, and soon reunited with Baker-Harber. The pair married in April.
