Was it his ear-ie similarity? Durrells star lined up to play the young Charles

WELL, there’s no denying Josh O’Connor has the ears for the role.

Already known as ‘Larry’ in ITV’s series The Durrells, the actor has, I can disclose, been lined up to play Prince Charles in series three and four of The Crown.

Josh will appear alongside Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret and Olivia Colman as the Queen.

The third series covers the years 1964-1970, when Charles was between the ages of 16 and 22, so O’Connor, who is 28 later this month, will need to appear remarkably youthful. At least the producers will save on prosthetics . . .

YOU can take the boy out of Newcastle, but you can’t take Newcastle out of the boy. On a visit to Sting’s house for a full English breakfast his musical associate Shaggy was astounded by how much brown sauce the Police singer put on his own plate. So Shaggy revealed in a joint interview with Sting to a musical magazine. ‘Don’t tell him that,’ says Sting, imploring Shaggy to keep quiet in front of the interviewer about his love of brown sauce. ‘I’m supposed to be sophisticated.’