By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 19:32 EDT, 8 October 2024 | Updated: 20:49 EDT, 8 October 2024 Princess Diana poignantly sought husband Charles’s approval after her Royal Ballet dance with Wayne Sleep, according to her ballet teacher Anne Allan. In a new memoir, Allan recalls that the dance, …
Read More »Bearded William is trying to be the David Beckham of the Royal Family, and it just won’t do: AN WILSON
In case you wondered whether the Prince of Wales had been usefully occupied during his summer holidays, look no further. He’s been nurturing a designer beard. Prince William and Princess Catherine emerged from their Norfolk abode at the weekend to release a video congratulating Team GB on their Olympic achievements. …
Read More »TOM UTLEY: I’ve driven nearly every day for 53 years and never had a prang or speeding ticket. But I stand before you as a reckless boy racer clocked at… 26mph!
One of my favourite books as I was growing up was A. P. Herbert’s hilarious collection of Punch columns, Uncommon Law (first published 1935), which was later adapted as the hit BBC comedy series, Misleading Cases. Alas, they don’t make ’em like that any more. As some readers may recall, …
Read More »ROSS CLARK: The only way to ensure timely Royal Mail deliveries is to block £3.6bn sale to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky
By Ross Clark Published: 17:18 EDT, 16 June 2024 | Updated: 17:27 EDT, 16 June 2024 Insanity, Albert Einstein once remarked, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. So why on earth do we repeatedly sell off our public utilities to private interests and …
Read More »REVEALED: The sailor sent by China to serve in Royal Navy on D-Day. ROBERT HARDMAN tells the remarkable story of Lam Ping-yu’s role in the invasion and beyond… and his possible fling with a British girl called Violet
He writes of watching the first salvos blasting over the heads of the troops in landing craft heading – like ‘ants’ – for the French coast. He describes German torpedo attacks ‘narrowly’ missing his Royal Navy ship – three times. But what makes this previously unseen witness account of D-Day …
Read More »EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: French magazine uses AI photographs to predict the Royal Family’s future
By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 19:19 EDT, 29 April 2024 | Updated: 19:23 EDT, 29 April 2024 French magazine Paris Match elevates the art of doctored Royal photographs to a new level with a portrait of 72-year-old Kate as Queen Mother in 2054. In a 200-page 75th birthday …
Read More »How Prince Harry could face pitfalls after making the US his primary residence, writes EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE
By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 18:49 EDT, 25 April 2024 | Updated: 19:16 EDT, 25 April 2024 Harry insists that the US is now his residence but specialist expatriate law firm Blevins Franks warns of the pitfalls: ‘HMRC will look for any indication that you see Britain …
Read More »CRAIG BROWN: Test your letters knowledge Part 1… Dear all, is this the end of gutter maggot insults?
By Craig Brown for the Daily Mail Published: 16:41 EDT, 15 April 2024 | Updated: 17:21 EDT, 15 April 2024 The heroic founder of the Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society, Dinah Johnson, fears that the Royal Mail’s proposal to reduce delivery days to two or three a week will spell the …
Read More »EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: How the death of Queen Elizabeth II sent the royal postage bill soaring to £1.2 million
By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 17:50 EDT, 19 March 2024 | Updated: 18:00 EDT, 19 March 2024 The death of Queen Elizabeth sent the royal postage bill soaring to £1.2 million, an increase of £100,000. All sympathy letters, cards and gifts must receive a reply. The Coronation and …
Read More »DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The royals need wise heads – and a little more openness
By Daily Mail Comment Published: 22:02 EDT, 14 March 2024 | Updated: 22:02 EDT, 14 March 2024 Another day, another royal public relations nightmare. The good news is that Princes William and Harry were both appearing at a ceremony to honour their late mother last night. The bad news is …
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