The Royal Family is so steeped in tradition and protocol that its members were taught royal etiquette by household staff from a young age. But amongst the plethora of long-established rules that need to be followed, the most important one has always been to bow (or curtsey) to the monarch. …
Read More »In Pictures: Maggie Smith reached peak of her fame decades after Oscar victory
Maggie Smith in Hedda Gabler, 1970 on a Royal Mail stamp (Royal Mail/PA). PA Media. Then prime minister Tony Blair, Dame Maggie Smith and Pierce … Source link
Read More »‘No love lost’ between the Spencers and the Windsors: ‘Stark divide’ was laid bare after Earl Spencer attended Harry’s Invictus service while the Royal Family stayed away, expert says
The divide between the Spencers and the Windsors was highlighted by those who did and didn’t attend Prince Harry’s Invictus Games service, an expert claimed today. Harry gave warm hugs to his uncle Earl Spencer and aunt Lady Jane Fellowes at St Paul’s Cathedral before the event to celebrate the …
Read More »The insider’s guide to Balmoral for those who missed out on a £100 ticket! ROBERT HARDMAN on what it’s really like inside – and what tourists won’t see as it opens its doors for the first time…
For all the portraits, busts and fine furniture, I have no doubt that it will be the personal stuff which lingers longest in the public’s memory. As in any stately home, it is the tell-tale signs of family life — a wedding photo, perhaps, or even a trampoline in a …
Read More »Prince William considering tell-all royal interview like Meghan Markle and Prince Harry
It’s a well-cemented rule that the royal family avoid giving interviews with the media, but that could change in the wake of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s groundbreaking tell-all with Oprah. According to the Daily Mail’s Sebastian Shakespeare columnist, Prince William, 38, has “privately made clear” he will go against …
Read More »SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Is a new royal interview on the cards?
Prince William has already angrily voiced his disgust at the racism claim made in Prince Harry and Meghan’s ‘tell-all’ interview with Oprah Winfrey. Now, he and Kate could give their own explosive side of the story. For it’s been revealed that William privately made clear that he would not follow the …
Read More »The DUP’s reunited Ireland, Andrew Neil’s revenge channel, and academic espionage
Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionists, being old-fashioned British patriots, didn’t want to stay in the EU or even settle for a soft Brexit. They didn’t want a hard border with the Irish Republic because business demands “seamless and frictionless” trade. They certainly didn’t want anything resembling a border in the Irish …
Read More »After 26 years editing the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre will be bored to tears by Ofcom red tape
It is not known whether Boris Johnson is an enthusiast for Louis Althusser’s critique of Antonio Gramsci’s idea of cultural hegemony, but it looks as if he might be. The prospect of Paul Dacre, the former editor of the Daily Mail and editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers, becoming the next chair …
Read More »The Covid-19 crisis and the virtues of an active state
In 2014, as the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer sought to take over AstraZeneca, the UK’s second largest pharmaceutical company, the British government insisted it would not intervene. David Cameron and George Osborne suggested that the bid was purely a commercial matter for shareholders and refused to apply a “public interest test”. …
Read More »Platforms as publishers, UK Covid deaths and the radical history of Essex
It is all very well for Twitter to ban Donald Trump after years of profiting from the millions of eyes drawn towards his frequently incendiary tweets. But the argument for making Twitter and other social media sites accountable for their content is compelling. They contend they are platforms or channels …
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