{"id":47906,"date":"2026-03-06T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=47906"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:01:00","slug":"shes-causing-absolute-chaos-so-lets-meet-ladies-of-london-the-new-reigns-dara-huang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/06\/shes-causing-absolute-chaos-so-lets-meet-ladies-of-london-the-new-reigns-dara-huang\/","title":{"rendered":"She&#8217;s causing absolute chaos, so let&#8217;s meet Ladies of London: The New Reign&#8217;s Dara Huang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"733\">If you watched <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/06\/theyre-crazy-rich-so-heres-what-the-ladies-of-london-the-new-reign-cast-all-do-for-work\/\">Ladies of London: The New Reign<\/a> episode one and immediately thought, \u201cWait, who is this woman everyone is talking about?\u201d, welcome to the Dara Huang rabbit hole.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"733\">Before she properly arrived onscreen, she was already the name on everyone\u2019s lips, thanks to some very messy whispers and a whole lot of social-climbing side-eye.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"733\">But, Dara is not just this season\u2019s rumour magnet.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"733\">She\u2019s a Harvard-educated architect, a London design boss, and a woman with a very unexpected royal link.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"733\">Basically, she walked into Ladies of London: The New Reign with serious main-character energy and, naturally, the drama followed her in.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"19l2wsw\" data-start=\"735\" data-end=\"800\">She\u2019s not just a reality TV star<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"802\" data-end=\"1378\">Dara describes herself as an architect, designer, co-parent and daughter of immigrants, and the career receipts absolutely back that up.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"802\" data-end=\"1378\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/dara-huang-bio-career-relationships-family-details-ladies-of-london-the-new-reign\">Bravo<\/a> says she\u2019s a Harvard alum who founded the London-based firm Design Haus Liberty in 2013, later launching her furniture and product line, Dara Maison, in 2023.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"802\" data-end=\"1378\">Her company describes Design Haus Liberty as an award-winning architecture and interiors studio headquartered in London.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"802\" data-end=\"1378\">In other words, she didn\u2019t join the show as a random society plus-one, she joined as a woman with an actual empire.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"8gtexp\" data-start=\"1380\" data-end=\"1452\">Her backstory is giving brains<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DL9mjlgstdu\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DL9mjlgstdu\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Dara Huang (@dara_huang)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1454\" data-end=\"2019\">Part of what makes Dara stand out in this cast is that she feels less \u201cjust here for lunch drama\u201d and more \u201cI have three meetings after this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1454\" data-end=\"2019\">Bravo notes that she\u2019s the daughter of immigrants, while her professional bio and speaker profiles say her father was a NASA scientist who emigrated from Taiwan to the US.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1454\" data-end=\"2019\">That global, high-achieving background makes a lot of sense when you look at her career: she\u2019s positioned herself as polished, ambitious and extremely conscious of the fact she works in a male-dominated industry.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"dmp0w\" data-start=\"2021\" data-end=\"2086\">Yes, she has a royal connection<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2088\" data-end=\"2618\">Dara\u2019s personal life is one of the reasons people were curious about her before the premiere even aired.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2088\" data-end=\"2618\">In episode one, she explains that she shares son Wolfie with British property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, and that Wolfie\u2019s stepmother is Princess Beatrice.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2088\" data-end=\"2618\">Dara also says she feels lucky because, instead of a nightmare blended-family setup, she has kindness and support from Beatrice.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2088\" data-end=\"2618\">In a franchise universe built on feuds, that might be the most shocking twist of all.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"cphxh1\" data-start=\"2620\" data-end=\"2679\">About those \u2018madam\u2019 rumours<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DNEgwAKJsK0\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DNEgwAKJsK0\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Geni Cor (@geniicor)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2681\" data-end=\"3311\">Now for the bit that had everyone clutching their pearls.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2681\" data-end=\"3311\">In the premiere, cast chatter at <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2023\/08\/23\/mark-francis-vandellis-sexuality-isnt-about-gender-as-he-looks-for-love\/\">Mark-Francis Vandelli<\/a>\u2019s garden party included the claim that Dara \u201cis a madam,\u201d with the allegation passed around by other cast members before Dara was even there to respond.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2681\" data-end=\"3311\">Bravo\u2019s own coverage is clear that Dara denied it, calling the gossip \u201cnot true,\u201d while Myka Meier defended her and said she \u201ccould not be further from a madam.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1kmsxgf\" data-start=\"3313\" data-end=\"3369\">The real chaos may actually be her friendship fallout<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"3371\" data-end=\"3921\">If the rumour brought the heat, the Myka situation poured petrol on it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3371\" data-end=\"3921\">Bravo says the two women have very different versions of how close they really are, and episode two pushes that tension further when claims surface that Dara privately called Myka \u201ccringe\u201d and \u201ctacky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3371\" data-end=\"3921\">Dara publicly denied saying negative things, but the episode itself also showed her admitting, \u201cI did say those things,\u201d before trying to step back from the whole mess.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"h9r71g\" data-start=\"3923\" data-end=\"3970\">She may be this season\u2019s shortest-lived icon<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ladies of London&#039;s Margo Stilley Reacts to Co-Star QUITTING by End of Episode 2 (Exclusive)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nkQPC9rUA7w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3972\" data-end=\"4489\">Perhaps the most Dara thing of all is that she seemingly decided she was above the circus almost as soon as she joined it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3972\" data-end=\"4489\">By episode two, Bravo says she called \u201ccut\u201d repeatedly, then announced on camera that the show was \u201cnot for me,\u201d before leaving the group.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3972\" data-end=\"4489\">Whether that makes her a diva, a realist, or simply the patron saint of dramatic exits is up to people watching.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3972\" data-end=\"4489\">But one thing is already clear&#8230; Dara Huang did not arrive quietly, and she definitely did not leave forgettably.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baseless rumours are circulating that she&#8217;s a 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