Ephraim Hardcastle
Prince charles’s embarrassment over fake art at Dumfries House recalls his mother’s 2014 chequers visit, when she told then PM David cameron that she admired his copy of Anthony van Dyck’s A Family Group. cameron awkwardly told her that he had the original and Her Majesty had the copy in Windsor.
IS Prince Harry about to become an admiral? The Royal Marines’ revamp to adopt Navy equivalents means that Captain General Harry becomes a full admiral, joining his dad, grandpa and Aunt Anne in becoming a sea dog. Pipe him aboard!
DOMinic Grieve is still bleating about pre-election publication of alleged russian meddling, saying it is ‘germane’ to voters. As the then Attorney General, Dom spent more than £250,000 of taxpayers’ money in legal fees during an unlawful bid to block public access to Prince charles’s ‘black spider’ letters to ministers. Weren’t the heir’s views ‘germane’ to the tax-paying public?
CHARLES Saatchi’s current arm candy Trinny Woodall, pictured, says she was unaware of the infamous incident at Scott’s restaurant when he grabbed his then wife Nigella Lawson by the throat, telling Australian TV of their first date: ‘Really weirdly, I still didn’t know any of that s***.’ You should get out more Trinny.
LOrrAine Kelly’s claim that her career was kick-started when she was hired by TV-AM boss Bruce Gyngell is described as ‘bulls***’ by its former director of programmes Mike Hollingsworth. He says: ‘i interviewed Lorraine and against some opposition from Gyngell we recruited her. Later, i gave Lorraine the chance to cover for Anne [Diamond – his former wife] when she was off because of her facial similarity to Anne.’ Will either lady thank you for that, Mike?
FURTHER familial embarrassment for Meghan. Her estranged half-brother Thomas has filmed a beer commercial playing a burglar who breaks into Buckingham Palace and ignores the royal baubles for his favourite ale. Worse, there are plans to screen it during the Super Bowl – the most watched game in the US. You can chose your friends, Meghan…
POPPY one-upmanship is running out of control. Former Tory MP Lady [Janet] cooke’s appeared on Monday’s BBc Parliament channel wearing not one, not two but THree enormous poppies on her matronly front. She looked a bit like a municipal flowerbed.
AUSTRALIAN cricketer Shane Warne is off to Hollywood to discuss a script based on his fairytale of playing in the Indian Premier League. So, who will play him in the film? ‘Chris Hemsworth would be good,’ he says modestly. ‘Leonardo DiCaprio... you want someone super cool.’ It’s a pity WC Fields is no longer with us.