Establishment favourite Sir Roy Strong’s waspish diaries are wonderfully indiscreet. On Saturday, he offered telling insights into Prince Charles, Camilla, Sophie Wessex — and Michael Portillio. In today’s exclusive extract, he’s invited to William and Kate’s wedding and says the Middletons were the class act… November 30, 2006 Dinner with …
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A powerful coalition of politicians, Royal experts and a close friend of Prince Charles last night backed calls for Netflix to broadcast a disclaimer warning viewers of The Crown that many key scenes never happened or are distortions of the truth. The streaming giant is facing mounting criticism for fabricating …
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It is hard not to admire the fine production values of The Crown: the beautiful costumes, the fabulous locations, the meticulous research and, above all, the seemingly well-informed access it gives us to the thoughts, words and motives of the most famous family in the world. Television critics certainly seem …
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Prince Harry has stepped into a ‘bear trap’ with his £75million Netflix deal amid fierce criticism of The Crown’s portrayal of his parents, royal experts claimed today as they warned his brother William will ‘undoubtedly detest’ the show’s new series. The Duke of Sussex is ‘unlikely to see a clash’ …
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Friends of Prince Charles launched a blistering attack on The Crown last night, accusing producers of the hit Netflix drama of ‘trolling on a Hollywood budget’. Some of the Prince’s closest confidantes have accused the streaming giant of exploiting the Royal Family’s pain for financial gain and raged that ‘fiction …
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The Queen and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge led the royal birthday tributes to Prince Charles today as he turned 72. The Royal Family shared an adorable throwback photo of the Prince of Wales perched on his mother’s knee as a baby alongside a smiling snap of the pair …
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Princess Diana was on the ‘best terms she’d ever been’ with Prince Charles before she died – and would have gone back to him ‘in a heartbeat’ if he’d wanted her, a royal biographer has claimed. The late Princess of Wales, who died in a car accident in Paris in …
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When I read about the appalling catalogue of lies that Martin Bashir told in order to secure his Panorama interview with Princess Diana, my first reaction was disbelief. Earl Spencer, the late princess’s brother, revealed to the Mail this week the comprehensive notes he had taken during his meetings with …
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By David Wilkes for the Daily Mail Britain will get an extra Bank Holiday in 2022 to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Friday, June 3 has been picked as the additional day off. The late May Bank Holiday will also be put back to Thursday, June 2 to create a special …
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Prince Charles paid special tribute to the wartime generation who fought for freedoms ‘more precious than we knew’ at the Royal British Legion’s annual Festival of Remembrance broadcast last night. In a moving speech at the start of the pre-recorded socially distanced event at the Royal Albert Hall, the Prince of Wales …
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