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Cannabis jelly sweets among massive drugs haul worth €2m
It’s the best interview she has ever done... that is saying something GAYLE KING ON OPRAH’S CHAT WITH SUSSEXES
house because she is “done moving”. Harry then pops inside to use the loo before he and Corden head off to complete a muddy army-style assault course together.
Harry’s appearance with Corden was not publicised ahead of being broadcast on CBS, but the date of his next prime-time appearance on the network is well known.
He and Meghan will both appear on a CBS special on March 7, when they are interviewed by Oprah Winfrey.
Gayle King, a close friend of Oprah, 67, said of the chat: “It’s the best interview she’s ever done. I think that’s saying something.”
Insiders at CBS said Harry and Meghan were “delighted” with the way
Americans had received the Prince’s Late Late Show appearance. One insider said: “It was a masterstroke by Harry, Corden and the producers.
“All the talk around the couple’s recent troubles, and it was like the Prince of old had never gone away. America lapped it up and loved just how much Harry spoke about his family. The timing was superb.”
The CBS insider said things Harry had said in passing became increasingly relevant following the stripping of the couple’s patronages last week.
They said: “It was masterfully put together. It gave the impression Harry knew what lay ahead and was perfectly accepting of it all.”
Royal sources have confirmed the Queen, 94, has told her family she wishes to draw a line under the Harry and Meghan saga, which has continued for more than a year.
Last week, the Mirror revealed the Queen wanted a “new beginning” and had implored her family to “put on a united front”. Sources said she told senior royals, including Prince Charles and Prince William, she was content with her decision that there was “no way back” for Harry and Meghan after their move to the States and megamoney deals with Netflix and Spotify.
Buckingham Palace confirmed last week the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would not return as working royals.
The announcement came just over a year since the couple first shared their plans to step down, which came with a one-year review period.
Harry’s Late Late Show appearance came hours after the Queen gave her support to the Covid-19 vaccine drive asking those with doubts to think of other people “rather than themselves”.
A spokesman for Harry and Meghan did not respond for comment. Buckingham Palace did not comment.
JAMIE Redknapp has got tongues wagging after scoring with his new girlfriend – kissing passionately in their car.
Football pundit Jamie was snapped with partner Frida Andersson-lourie as they headed for a spin in West London.
The couple also wore matching coats as they took a walk around Notting Hill.
Swedish model Frida, 37, and Jamie, 47, were first linked six months ago.
It is thought to be Jamie’s first confirmed relationship since his 2017 split from ex-wife Louise, 46, with whom he shares two sons, after 19 years of marriage.
Singer Louise still spends some holidays with Jamie, both spending Christmas Day with their sons Charley and Beau.
CANNABIS worth nearly €2million has been seized by gardai and Revenue in separate drug busts on Thursday.
Some 57kg worth €1.2million was uncovered by revenue officers at Dublin Port while gardai seized a further 36kgs of cannabis worth €750,000 in a separate seizure at locations in Dublin, Meath and Louth.
James the sniffer dog and Revenue’s mobile X-ray assisted the seizure at the port where officers found 55kgs of herbal cannabis and 2kgs of cannabis infused ‘jelly sweets’ smuggled in suitcases.
The suitcases had been stored in the driver’s cab of a commercial vehicle, which had disembarked a ferry from Holyhead.
Gardai arrested an Irishman in his 50s in connection with the seizure of the illegal drugs
€1.2million.
Meanwhile, two men in their 30s and a man in his 40s have been arrested after 36kgs of cannabis worth €720,000 was uncovered during operations in Meath, Louth and Dublin on Thursday.
Gardai seized the drugs after stopping and searching four cars in Ashbourne
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and West Dublin. Four addresses in Dublin, Meath and Louth were also searched as part of an investigation targeting serious organised criminal activity. Gardai also recovered €22,000 in cash.
Head of Organised and Serious Crime Assistant Commissioner John O’driscoll said: “The seizure today of a significant quantity of illicit drugs and the arrest of three suspects demonstrates the value of ongoing positive working relationships forged by An Garda Siochana. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to tackle organised crime that impacts negatively on communities”.
The three men arrested in connection with the seizure are being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Ashbourne and Ronanstown Garda Stations.
The seizure at Dublin Port is part of Revenue’s ongoing operations targeting the importation of illegal drugs. If businesses or members of the public have any information regarding smuggling they can contact Revenue on the confidential phone number 1800 295 295.
The lid on his beloved piano is propped open and a flickering candle lights his photos as the wife of rockney star Chas Hodges relives their very last conversation.
It’s been two and a half years since the Chas and Dave legend died unexpectedly aged 74, but those last moments by his hospital bed are still crystal clear to his devoted missus Joan.
She recalls: “The last night I kissed him, told him I loved him and said, ‘Right, I’ll see you in the morning.’ And I completely believed that.
“He said, ‘I love you, too.’ If ever anyone knew they were loved, that man did.
“Then he rested down. I had my arm thrown on him and I kept that there. We were holding hands.
“And, no, he died in the night.”
Now Joan, who was married to Chas for 52 years, is determined his memory and his music will live for ever.
An album has just been released featuring never-heard-before home recordings. And it is the piano he played at home that still stands open, inviting passers-by to play, just as he requested.
Chas always found it impossible to resist tickling a few ivories on the vintage Steinway Vertegrand.
Joan says: “He never, ever went past the piano without playing something. Just ding-ding-ding, then off he’d go.
“So now, every morning, I run my fingers along the keys, just to keep the piano alive. It should be heard because it always was when he was here.”
Chas was battling oesophagus cancer when he passed away from pneumonia in September 2018. His death was a huge shock to his loved ones because the cancer, diagnosed a year earlier, was deemed to be under control.
The star confronted the illness with typical Cockney joviality. He carried on playing his guitar during nine weeks of chemotherapy and five of radiotherapy to remove the tumour on his throat.
And he wrote one of his trademark ditties, Sling Your Hook – which he dedicated to the disease.
The medics who treated him were invited to his comeback gig in Hyde Park in the summer of 2018, just weeks after he had a 10in oesophageal stent fitted.
Chas and Joan were so optimistic about his recovery, they booked a holiday for the October of that year in Norfolk, where Chas hoped to enjoy one of his favourite pastimes, fishing.
But in September, he was back in hospital. Joan says: “I never, ever accepted that he was going to die. It was blasted pneumonia that got him.” Joan
was by her husband’s side throughout his cancer. The only time they kept a “hand’s distance” apart was after Chas had radiotherapy and doctors warned them his radioactive levels could “zap” Joan if she kissed him before midnight.
“He zaps me anyway when he kisses me, but that’s just love,” Joan told the Mirror at the time.
Now she is grateful she was able to be with Chas in his final days. She says: “I had a camp bed next to his, so we spent the last week just completely together.
“But I thought he was going to pull through and I’d take him home.”
Chas and Joan met in 1961, just before she became one of Britain’s first Playboy