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Amber Heard’s interior designer said that Johnny Depp’s lawyers grilled her about the actress’ alleged affair with Elon Musk and James Franco, a UK court heard Friday. Laura Divenere appeared via video link at Depp’s libel trial against The Sun, who he’s suing for calling him a “wife-beater” in a 2018 article. Heard had secretly …

A British presenter and longtime friend of Amber Heard has withdrawn her support for the actress — who she claimed “misled” her, it was revealed Friday at Johnny Depp’s explosive libel trial. MeToo activist Amanda de Cadenet was initially supposed to be called by The Sun, who Depp is suing for branding him a “wife-beater.” …

Johnny Depp arrived an hour late to his libel trial Friday, as his childhood pal told London’s High Court that snaps of Amber Heard’s bruised face were “phoney baloney” — and claimed he spotted her suspected lover Elon Musk outside her Los Angeles pad at least twice after the Hollywood couple split up. The May …

Amber Heard’s suspected lover Elon Musk was a frequent visitor to the Los Angeles building where she lived with Johnny Depp — a year before the Hollywood couple split, London’s High Court heard Friday. Building staffer Alejandro Romero, testifying via video link, said he first spotted the Telsa founder — derisively called “Mollusk” by Depp …

Sir Ian McKellen’s show must go on. A new production of “Hamlet,” starring the 81-year-old actor in the title role, will begin rehearsals Monday in Windsor, England, The Post has learned. It will be the first major play in the English-speaking world to get back to work in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Put …

Next time you go see “The Phantom of the Opera,” if British officials have their way, you might listen to the small-talk of the night. Andrew Lloyd Webber told BBC Radio 4 Friday that a government official bizarrely suggested that West End musicals come back “without any singing” to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. …

Dame Vera Lynn, the endearingly popular “Forces’ Sweetheart” who serenaded British troops abroad during World War II, has died at 103. During the war and long after, Lynn got crowds singing, smiling and crying with sentimental favorites such as “We’ll Meet Again,” and “The White Cliffs of Dover.” “The family are deeply saddened to announce …

LONDON — Long lines stretched along streets across England as shops selling items considered as nonessential during the coronavirus pandemic, such as sneakers and toys, welcomed customers on Monday for the first time since the U.K. was put into lockdown in late March. Starved of the retail experience for the best part of three months, …

Shakespeare’s Globe theater in London could be shuttered permanently because of coronavirus restrictions. The art space, a reconstruction of the original playhouse where William Shakespeare showcased his most famous work, is on the brink of bankruptcy since closing amid the pandemic in March. “Despite being well-managed, well governed, and – crucially – able to operate …

Illinois native Julie Montagu hosts “An American Aristocrat’s Guide to Great Estates,” an eight-episode series premiering Sunday (9 p.m.) on Smithsonian Channel. Montagu became the Viscountess of Hichingbrooke when, in 2004, she married Luke Montagu — whose father is the 11th Earl of Sandwich — and moved into Mapperton House, the family’s 16th century estate …