EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Could David Beckham’s distancing from Harry and Meghan have something to do with his failed bid to be knighted?
Could the Beckhams’ reported distancing from Harry and Meghan have anything to do with David’s failed bid to be knighted?
He hasn’t given up hope of a K, but being in the wrong camp doesn’t help his cause.
His swearword-laden whining about not getting a K and his well-paid support for Qatar during the World Cup didn’t do him any favours, either.
He may yet face the humiliation of seeing his wife Victoria get a promotion from her OBE for services to fashion in 2017.
His swearword-laden whining about not getting a K and his well-paid support for Qatar during the World Cup did him no favours
He hasn’t given up hope of a K, but being in the wrong camp doesn’t help his cause (pictured the Duke and Duchess of Sussex)
Her support for charities could see her reach the dizzying heights of a CBE or dame.
In football jargon, would Dave be over the moon… or sick as a parrot?
The late Queen was so delighted with the plethora of children’s rainbow paintings sent to her during Covid that a selection has been added to the royal collection.
Others were sent to the Royal Archives to be kept as mementos of a unique period in HM’s reign.
My source whispers, ‘For a monarch accustomed to fine art and old masters, these proved a surprising source of great joy.’ Many are destined for posterity.’
How will King Charles react to the sale of a 50-year-old lock of hair for £9,995?
It was cut by George Crisp, the royal family’s personal hairdresser from 1929 to 1971.
The king’s lock of hair was cut by George Crisp, the royal family’s personal hairstylist from 1929 to 1971
It is magnificently described as the only piece of Charles’s hair ever put up for sale and comes with the scissors and comb that George used for the royal crown.
When the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, discovered his barber was selling his strands of hair, he switched salons. No luck for Charles.
Does Sister Jemima agree with Tory on Zac Goldsmith’s announcement that he is ‘very tempted’ to support Labor in the next election?
During Zac’s ill-fated battle with Labor Party Sadiq Khan for Mayor of London in 2016, an embarrassing row broke out between the two.
As an admirer of Sadiq, Jemima publicly proclaimed, “Sad that Zac’s campaign didn’t reflect what I know in him – a pro-environmental, independent-minded politician with integrity.”
Award-winning poet John Betjeman was so scared that he had embarrassed the Queen with Banana Blush, a recording of his verses set to music, that he wrote to Buckingham Palace in 1974 apologizing for the disparagement of the role.
He lamented, “I wouldn’t be surprised if I was dismissed from my honorable office.”
Betjeman kept his job, perhaps because he added, “They had a t-shirt made for me, but I refused.”
Poet Laureate John Betjeman was so concerned that he had embarrassed the Queen with Banana Blush that he wrote to Buckingham Palace in 1974 to apologize
Sir Derek Jacobi, who will soon be back on our television screens in ‘I, Claudius’, might not have made his big break in Robert Graves’ masterpiece if the BBC’s Wallahs had had their way.
Her favorite actor for the title role was Ronnie Barker. He wasn’t interested. Instead, Ronnie, stuttering, started Arkwright and became the brown jumpsuit Emperor of the Open All Hours.