Today’s birthdays

The Duchess of Cornwall is 71. The King of Lesotho 55. Mr C.T. Wyatt, Chairman, W.S. Atkins Ltd, 1987-98, 91; the Rt Rev D.R. Lunn, Bishop of Sheffield, 1980-97, 88; Sir William Heseltine, Private Secretary to the Queen, 1986-90, 88; Mr Edward Cullinan, architect, 87; Mr Eric Shawyer, Chairman, The Baltic Exchange, 1996-98, 86; Mr Tim Brooke-taylor, actor, 78; Mr Bob Taylor, former England cricketer, 77; Mr Peter Sissons, journalist, broadcaster and writer, 76; Mr Mark Burgess, former New Zealand cricket captain, 74; Brig Sir Melville Jameson, Lordlieutenant for Perth and Kinross, 74; Lord Patten, former Conservative Cabinet Minister, 73; Mr Wayne Sleep, dancer, actor and choreographer, 70; Lord Robathan, former Coalition Government Minister, 67; Dr Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, 64; Miss Fern Britton, television presenter, 61; Ms Helen Nellis, Lord-lieutenant for Bedfordshire, 59; and Mrs Arlene Foster, MLA, Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party; First Minister of Northern Ireland, 2016-17, 48.