Today’s birthdays

Prince Michael of Kent is 75. Miss Gina Lollobrigida, actress and photographer, 90; Mr Neil Simon, playwright, 90; the Duke of Abercorn, Chancellor, Order of the Garter, 83; Sir George Newman, a former High Court Judge, 76; Dr Peter Beck, Lord-lieutenant for South Glamorgan, 2008-16, 76; the Rt

Rev Graham Dow, Bishop of Carlisle, 2000-09, 75; Lord

Goodlad, High Commissioner to Australia, 2000-05, 74; Sir

Dennis Byron, President, Caribbean Court of Justice; President, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 2007-11, 74;

Sir Philip Craven, President, International Paralympic Committee, 67; Lord Maude of

Horsham, former Conservative Government Minister, 64; and Miss Pam Shriver, former tennis player and commentator, 55. Today is Independence Day in the United States. It is also the anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1807.