In one sense, it never really matters what the Queen actually says in her Christmas Day broadcast. The important thing is she has joined us personally for those few minutes of chat beside the fire, in the snug, round the kitchen table or wherever, inside our own homes. It’s that …
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This was never going to be the ideal week for Prince Charles to learn from a new book that he was being accused of questioning the future skin colour of Prince Harry and Meghan’s children. He was, after all, arriving in Barbados representing the Queen at a momentous ceremony to …
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Eight months ago, I was introduced to the BBC’s rising star Amol Rajan who asked me to be interviewed for a TV documentary he was making. It was about Princes William and Harry and their relationship with the media after the death of their mother Diana. He said the working …
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Even by the crass standards of the BBC, there is something supremely ironic for it to broadcast a major two-part documentary about briefing wars between members of the Royal Family while the embers of the Martin Bashir affair are still glowing. And how counter-productive and foolish of the Corporation to …
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Jemima Khan is one of Princess Diana’s few remaining genuine friends who has never betrayed her publicly since that tragic Paris car accident. The pair were close, with the then wife of Imran Khan hosting Di on several major trips to Pakistan throughout key moments in her personal life during …
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The past 24 hours has given us one of the most fascinating insights into the mind of our great Queen in many years. At 95 years of age, she doesn’t consider herself to be old, despite the furore over her decision to start using a walking stick at some public …
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With the all-regal glamour of a modern-day Grace Kelly, a sequinned and resplendent Duchess of Cambridge swept down the red carpet at the world premiere of No Time to Die in jaw dropping fashion. What the hell happened to the lovely-but-just-a-little-frumpy Kate? Even James Bond himself Daniel Craig struggled to …
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As Shakespeare said, some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em. Prince Philip was in a sense all three, a man born into the Greek royal family yet denied his birthright; someone who had to work hard to carve out his status in life; …
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Great royal occasions — and make no mistake, the funeral of Prince Philip was a very great occasion indeed — are always charged with historical meaning. For the senior members of the House of Windsor, this was above all a poignant personal farewell. I defy even the most strident republican …
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L’Oreal has pocketed nearly £1m in British taxpayer cash – despite making billions in profits during the pandemic. New figures from HM Revenue & Customs reveal the global cosmetic giant was given ‘£500,000 to £1m’ in furlough money in December and January alone – and continues to claim. And while …
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