GUITARIST Ronnie Wood has dropped plans to buy a penthouse near Hyde Park with his 20-year-old girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova and has instead, it seems, snapped up a trendy East London love nest.
A source says Ronnie, 61, was with Ekaterina and friends at the Covent Garden Hotel on Tuesday night. “They were talking about their new pad,” I’m told. “Ronnie said it’s a converted warehouse with plenty of space for his art. Ekaterina and her mates talked about throwing a housewarming and joked that Ronnie was trying to be the cool kid on the block.”
Meanwhile, Ronnie’s estranged wife Jo has been cleaning out junk at their former marital home in