This Friday marks the anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963. As they set off for Dallas that morning, President Kennedy said to his wife Jackie: ‘You know, we’re heading into nut country today.’ Hundreds of books have been written about what happened next. …
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By EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 19:43 EST, 12 November 2024 | Updated: 03:06 EST, 13 November 2024 Justin Welby’s past association with serial abuser John Smyth could have jeopardised the royal knighthood he was awarded for presiding at King Charles’ Coronation. My well-placed source whispers that Welby’s …
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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, …
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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. …
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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, …
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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 »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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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