ON THIS DAY
July 2, 2020
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
JULY 2, 1969
THE Queen gave her son his sword, coronet, ring and sceptre. Then the Welsh, with a great shout, awarded their Prince his spurs [as 20-year- old Prince Charles was invested as the 21st Prince of Wales yesterday at Caernarvon Castle]. His step on to the stark slate dais was his first public step towards the Throne.
JULY 2, 2007
SMOKERS were getting used to huddling outside pubs last night. England yesterday followed Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland in imposing a ban on lighting up in enclosed public places, including pubs, restaurants, offices, factories and taxis.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
MARGOT ROBBIE, 30. The Australian actress made her name on the soap Neighbours, before being Oscar-nominated for figure skating drama I, Tonya. At a London party, she had her picture taken in a photobooth alongside Prince Harry — but mistook him for ginger singer Ed Sheeran. In her defence, she joked: ‘He wasn’t wearing a crown.’ FRANK WILLIAMS, 89. The actor, who played vicar Timothy Farthing in Dad’s Army, is one of only two surviving main cast members. He said: ‘I still receive fan letters about the series and over the years have had couples asking if I’ll perform their marriage ceremony because they thought I was a real vicar.’
BORN ON THIS DAY
OLAV V (1903-1991). The King of Norway, the oldest monarch in Europe at the time of his death, was a grandson of King Edward VII and was born on the royal estate of Sandringham in Norfolk. He won a gold medal for yachting in the 1928 Olympics and skied well into his 80s. As Crown Prince, he became a symbol of hope for his nation as it endured Nazi occupation. BROCK PETERS (19272005). The 6ft 3in American actor played Crown in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess and the wrongly convicted Tom Robinson in To Kill A Mockingbird opposite Gregory Peck. Peters delivered the eulogy at Peck’s funeral in 2003. The former hospital orderly was described by one critic as a ‘geyser of an actor who never errs on the side of restraint’.
ON JULY 2…
IN 1897, Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtained a patent for radio in London. IN 2016, English comedian, writer, actress and Mrs Merton star Caroline Aherne died, aged 52.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION: Floss (c 2017) A) To pamper. B) Dance in which people twist their hips in one direction while swinging their arms in the opposite direction with closed fists. C) To eradicate. Answer below
PHRASE EXPLAINED
Cheek by jowl: Meaning side by side or in close proximity; the reference is to the cheek and jowl of someone’s face, which are very close to one another.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
A LAWYER is one who protects us against robbers by taking away the temptation.
H.L. Mencken, U.S. journalist (1880-1956)
JOKE OF THE DAY
I’M good friends with 25 letters of the alphabet. I don’t know Y.
Guess The Definition answer B.