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Opinion: Meghan is hard enough to bear but Prince Harry is far worse
Our dear friends the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been back in the UK for almost 50 days but already it seems like a century – if not two. Did you think they were going to keep a polite and deferential low profile in respect of King and country? Oh, you poor fools. Let's be frank. Re-Megxit has been chaos, a family uprooting that seemed wild and capricious from the get-go.
Opinion: I got within inches of Meghan and Harry on their cringe day
Jan Moir A few minutes later than scheduled, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex pull up in a Range Rover on the first stop of their quasi-official, royal-not-royal, 'yoo hoo we're over here', legacy-not-privacy tour of Nottingham , a blameless city that has done little to deserve this febrile attention.
Opinion: I got within inches of Meghan and Harry on their cringe day
A few minutes later than scheduled, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex pull up in a Range Rover on the first stop of their quasi-official, royal-not-royal, 'yoo hoo we're over here', legacy-not-privacy tour of Nottingham , a blameless city that has done little to deserve this febrile attention. We are here outside the Community Recording Studio, a youth charity Harry has supported since 2013, and which is dedicated to helping disadvantaged youngsters from the area develop confidence and life skills.
Opinion: I got within inches of Meghan and Harry on their cringe day
A few minutes later than scheduled, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex pull up in a Range Rover on the first stop of their quasi-official, royal-not-royal, 'yoo hoo we're over here', legacy-not-privacy tour of Nottingham , a blameless city that has done little to deserve this febrile attention. We are here outside the Community Recording Studio, a youth charity Harry has supported since 2013, and which is dedicated to helping disadvantaged youngsters from the area develop confidence and life skills.
Opinion: Charles Spencer's critiques chime with Harry and Meghan
Like a puffing tinpot general at the head of an expeditionary force of toy soldiers, the Earl Spencer has marched off to invade and conquer America. He is a man on a three-pronged military mission; to promote his book, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister; to make lots of lovely money; to continue to pour ordure upon the Royal Family in general and King Charles in particular. ‘They have to gaslight,' he fumed in one interview. ‘They have to pretend there's something wrong with my mind or my memory.
Opinion: I can't accept that Charles revelled in Diana's death
Something profound and elemental emerges from Charles Spencer 's book, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister. It is not how much he mourns his sister Princess Diana , from whom he was estranged at the time of her death. It is how much he utterly despises King Charles , a hatred that has roared away, a bitter furnace in his soul, for more than 30 years. In the extracts published by the Daily Mail, Spencer's undimmed malice burns off the page, a heartless corrosion that is awful to behold.
Opinion: Harry and Meghan's return is already a pure farce
Harry and Meghan have been back in the UK for only two short weeks and already events have descended into pure, throbbing farce. The only thing more farcical would be if the actor Brian Rix ran on from stage right in his underpants, clutching a sceptre and a jar of As Ever honey while shouting: ‘Anyone here want to thrive not just survive?' Come on. La rentrée of the Sussexes has been fabulous, more drama and laffs in a short space of time than even my calloused heart could have wished for.
Opinion: Oh Keir, you big important muffin of global grandiosity
How predictable, how awful, how depressing, but most of all how very, very, very drear of Keir. Despite earlier pledges that he would stay on in the House of Commons until the next General Election , Sir Keir Starmer has surprised no one by announcing he is to stand down as an MP to focus on a role in ‘international affairs' instead. Look at you, dear Keir. Such a big, important muffin of self-puffing global grandiosity. I mean, international affairs? What might they be?
Opinion: Harry and Meghan remain imbued with mutual god complex
At this very moment, somewhere deep in the Cotswolds, the Duchess of Sussex is eyeing up a fruit bush and fondling trees on her new estate. She is wondering if she can bottle their bounty to make a buck and thinking fondly of the plaudits she'd get for rescuing those damsons in distress.
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Opinion: While fuming Harry complains, Edward just gets on with it
You might have noticed that a naughty, somewhat pampered mama's boy and fully paid-up prince of the British realm was in the news this week. A prince who once said, 'The British media hate anyone who succeeds', and also that 'America is where the money is'. A prince who was once accused of using his royal privilege to make television programmes about other members of the Royal Family without their permission.
Meet the maker of the world's best smoked salmon (£155 for 500g!)
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Paddington blinks his little button eyes and the packed West End crowd claps and roars
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Jan Moir: Women fawning over ‘hot assassin’ Luigi Mangione prove they’re the problem
You have to wonder where the world is going when an alleged assassin is celebrated – even deified – because he just happens to be, in the eyes of many, handsome and desirable. Luigi Mangione has been arrested in connection with the murder of CEO executive Brian Thompson, who was shot down in cold blood on the streets of Manhattan.
Cost-of-eating-out crisis. By Jan Noir
£700 for a steak? £9.50 for a plate of broccoli? Former food critic Jan Moir is sickened by today's rip-off restaurants There comes an age when you get to a certain age – and that is the age when you are crumbling inside like a landslip, but determined to present a Mount Rushmore-strength façade of youthful capability to the outside world. Those who have gone before you, those who have already tottered down this path of incipient doddery, often leave helpful hints to navigate the terrain.
Martha Stewart gets the knives out in new Netflix documentary Martha
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Martha on Netflix is that Martha allowed it to happen in the first place. It’s not her style. She doesn’t do anything unless she is in complete control, unless she can switch off the oven or add the salt any time she wants.
Martha Stewart gets the knives out in new Netflix documentary Martha
Martha Stewart gets the knives out in new Netflix documentary Martha
JAN MOIR: So now Meghan’s a fabulous boss whose staff just adore her? Pass me that halo
Like a cavalry galloping to the rescue of their wounded leaders, former and current employees of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex rushed into print this week to big up their bosses. In the pages of Us Weekly, an influential American showbiz magazine popular with teens and teen‑moms, print and online readers were breathlessly informed by Team Sussex that Prince Harry was a super‑great guy, no airs and graces, just a regular dude, rah‑rah‑rah. Meanwhile, what about girlboss Meghan?
Restaurant rip-off by Jan Moir
There comes an age when you get to a certain age – and that is the age when you are crumbling inside like a landslip, but determined to present a Mount Rushmore-strength façade of youthful capability to the outside world. Those who have gone before you, those who have already tottered down this path of incipient doddery, often leave helpful hints to navigate the terrain. Here is rule number one; never complain about the price of anything, because nothing is more ageing.
JAN MOIR: Prince Harry, Megan, Do the Sussexes mean well, or are they just mean?
At an unnamed location near Santa Barbara, rich with plumped cushions and accent lampshades, CBS News host Jane Pauley sat down with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for an interview. “I am so, so happy you’re here. thank you,” said Meghan, giving the famous American television host that special big hug she reserves for famous American television hosts. Then it was straight down to business.
JAN MOIR: Harry’s just made his most outrageous and sanctimonious claim to date
How very convenient of Prince Harry to blame the rift with his family on his one-sided, obsessive, eternal battle with the tabloid and popular press. He made the claim on ITV documentary Tabloids on Trial, telling sympathetic health correspondent Rebecca Barry it was his “mission” against newspapers that destroyed the relationship with his family. Was it really?
JAN MOIR: Their bodies pressed close, their heads together, the very private moment I witnessed in a quiet corridor that reveals how Alec Baldwin clung to his wife for support
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JAN MOIR: Their bodies pressed close, their heads together, the very private moment I witnessed in a quiet corridor that reveals how Alec Baldwin clung to his wife for support
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Alec Baldwin: Aghast Hollywood actor watches chilling video of him with gun on set of Rust
At 8am, with the temperature already creeping past 70 degrees, Alec Baldwin, accompanied by his wife Hilaria and his posse of booted and suited lawyers, arrived at court in Santa Fe. Who knows what the strategy is, but Hilaria has taken to walking into the courthouse separately from her husband, moving quickly across the plaza with her yoga queen slink and her glossy hair swinging, ignoring all questions from reporters.
JAN MOIR watches as Alec Baldwin's trial over fatal shooting begins
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Jan Moir: Baby Reindeer’s armchair sleuths are as bad as stalkers themselves
Can there be too much real life in a real-life drama? What if the true crime in a true crime series is telling too much that is true? And who owns the moral rights to anyone’s life story anyway? All these questions have been thrown into focus by Baby Reindeer, comedian Richard Gadd’s seven-part television series about his own experience as a victim of stalking. To his surprise as much as anyone’s, the modestly budgeted show has become an unexpected global hit.
Taylor Swift’s impact sets new heights in entertainment industry: ‘Madonna nor Michael Jackson come close’ Original
Some were surprised that Time magazine made Taylor Swift their person of the year for 2023. A pop star? Are you serious? Last year’s choice for this prestigious accolade was Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, honoured as a wartime leader because “courage is contagious”. The year before it was Elon Musk for “reshaping life on Earth” while other past recipients include John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Winston Churchill, Queen Elizabeth II, and Nelson Mandela.
It beggars belief to suggest Harry's family implied that a non-white baby wouldn't be welcome
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M&S Christmas advert 2023: Hannah Waddingham, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Zawe Ashton join Queer Eye's Tan France in a very star-studded ad to kick off the festive season in style | Express Digest
‘Twas the month before Christmas and Marks & Spencer has dropped a surprise with festive advertising which is sure to jingle some bells. In a television campaign that will run from today, M&S appears to be encouraging shoppers to do what they want this Christmas, instead of being hidebound by endless chores, the demands of others and the tyranny of festive perfection.
Just when I think Harry and Meghan couldn't sink any lower
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Jan Moir: Should owners be allowed to knock down the house where Marilyn Monroe lived and died?
Situated behind high brick walls at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, little of the property where Marilyn Monroe lived and died can be seen from the street. If you peer through a crack in the security gates, all you can see is a glimpse of citrus orchard and a section of pantile roof. Listen hard and all you will hear is the distant hum of traffic on San Vicente Boulevard to the south or the occasional trill of birdsong. Graceland this is not. Gift shops?
JAN MOIR joins the fash pack madness of Vogue World
You know you are at a high-fashion event when there is a man in a Little Red Riding Hood outfit, a woman with feather horns and people wearing ankle socks with shorts who are not toddlers. You definitely know you are at a high-fashion event when those same people are not merely wearing an outfit, they are making a statement. Like Nina Tiari from New York, who is wearing a jumper, tights and pink sequinned Miu Miu knickers that cost her £3,700.
Jan Moir: Rolling Stones release single Angry from new album Hackney Diamonds Original
And then there were three. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood are the last Rolling Stones still rolling. And on Wednesday, rock’s unholy trinity announced the release of their new album, Hackney Diamonds. Most bands would issue a press release or perhaps quietly urge a radio station to play a few tracks, but new music from the Stones? This is a major international event. This calls for blanket coverage on Sky News and other stations, with updates across multiple social media platforms.
Holly Willoughby and Alison Hammond dancing fooled no one
Oh showbusiness, thou art a cruel mistress. Just ask Phillip Schofield. After 21 years on This Morning (ITV1) where he helped the show win multiple awards and cement its dominance over UK daytime television schedules, he resigned earlier this year over an affair with a colleague.
Jan Moir: Any man who kisses a woman without consent should be shown a red card
His mother going on a hunger strike is perhaps the last thing Luis Rubiales needs. Not now, Mama! After locking herself in a church and refusing to eat, the mother of the Spanish football chief is now in hospital, continuing her protest as pressure piles upon her son to resign from the Royal Spanish Football Federation. His sin was to kiss footballer Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent after her team won the women’s World Cup.
His Invictus vision is so admirable. But he can't stop playing the victim
Given that the Invictus Games is the very best of Prince Harry, it is almost impossible to criticise his role in its inception and his appearances in Heart Of Invictus, the new five-part Netflix docu-series that focuses on the work and achievements of this very worthy organisation. But that is no reason not to try.
There's a burnt out bombsite where Harry's family used to be
Royal-watchers spotted a cloud of black smoke rising over assorted palaces and castles this week, part of a sad new ritual called the Bonfire of the Olive Branches. For when it comes to relations between the Royal Family and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, we're looking at a burnt-out bombsite where a family used to be. Relations are at rock bottom, clemency is in the deep freeze. The outstretched hand has been withdrawn and the peace pipe has been doused with a thousand duchessy tears. It is over.
Annabel Croft fights the grief of her husband's death by taking part in Strictly Come Dancing as she wants to find 'joyfulness'
Imagine that the husband or wife you have spent your life with suddenly dies. What happens next? Many bereaved spouses will tell you that one thing which helps navigate the grief is finding a new interest. Take up tennis, embroider a cushion. Find something that sparks a tiny scrap of delight and helps to light the way into a new life, instead of clinging to the shadows of the old.
Snow WOKE! The star of the new Snow White
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the silliest of them all? Right now, it has to be Rachel Zegler, the American actress who stars as Snow White in the new Walt Disney live-action remake of its own classic cartoon, itself a version of the famous Grimm fairy tale. The 22-year-old rising star has been giving interviews, in which she's telling anyone who will listen about the grave failings of the Disney original. 'It came out in 1937, and very evidently so,' she sniffed in one television spot.
The tale that Harry and Meghan hope will save their Hollywood dream
Move over Steven Spielberg. Harry and Meghan are going to be the next big thing in Hollywood. Despite the mixed response to their mutual collaborations so far, Netflix has purchased the rights to a book for the Sussexes to adapt. Any minute now the dopes are going to become producers and turn the novel into a film under the auspices of their Archewell Production company. Can I let you into a secret? It's not going to be called Oppenheimer 2.
The tale of star-crossed lovers that Harry and Meghan hope will save their Hollywood dream… After a mixed re – Daily Mail
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times “Rent,” “Les Misérables,” “Cats,” “Phantom of the Opera” — many touring Broadway shows make frequent return visits to Philadelphia. The hit musical “The Lion King” is not one of them. The show made its area debut in 2006 at the Academy of Music and then didn’t come back again until 2010. It returned to the same venue in 2015. Now, after another wait — eight years this time — “The Lion King” is ready for another triumphant return to the Quaker City.
Kilt-denier Prince William under fire for IGNORING tradition
Beat the muffled drum, command the bagpipers to skirl their saddest lament. A report that Prince William hates the kilt and will not wear one even when he ascends the throne has cast gloom in the glens and ire in the shires of Scotland. What is his problem? Many consider Highland dress to be a thing of beauty, guaranteed to turn even the most unpromising milksop into a bonny broth of a boy. However, this belief is clearly not shared by the Prince of Wales.
Will Prince William reconsider his swearing off of kilts?
Beat the muffled drum, command the bagpipers to skirl their saddest lament. A report that Prince William hates the kilt and will not wear one even when he ascends the throne has cast gloom in the glens and ire in the shires of Scotland. What is his problem? Many consider Highland dress to be a thing of beauty, guaranteed to turn even the most unpromising milksop into a bonny broth of a boy. However, this belief is clearly not shared by the Prince of Wales.
Will Prince William reconsider his swearing off of kilts?
Beat the muffled drum, command the bagpipers to skirl their saddest lament. A report that Prince William hates the kilt and will not wear one even when he ascends the throne has cast gloom in the glens and ire in the shires of Scotland. What is his problem? Many consider Highland dress to be a thing of beauty, guaranteed to turn even the most unpromising milksop into a bonny broth of a boy. However, this belief is clearly not shared by the Prince of Wales.
Jan Moir: Was there underlying tension in Harry and Meghan’s show of togetherness?
Can all be well down in the fragrant dell of Montecito? I wonder. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made their first public appearance together in months, no doubt hoping to silence increasing speculation about the state of their marriage, their future together and their mutual career as saviours of the world — or whatever it is that they do in their fantasyland of compassion and creative activations.
Jan Moir: Prince Harry and Meghan’s flight of fancy in wanting ride on Air Force One with President Joe Biden
How delicious that the Duke and Duchess of Grifting were turned down when they tried to hitch a lift back to America on Air Force One. After the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Harry and Meghan made it clear they were keen to return with US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill on the official flight of the Commander-in-Chief.
Captain Sir Tom Moore's legacy is more soured with every passing day
Captain Sir Tom Moore's daughter has gone on holiday this week, seemingly without a care in the world. Hannah Ingram-Moore even posted a happy family snap from picture-sharing app BeReal on Instagram. Be real? Get real would be much more appropriate.
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