Put aside for a moment that Prince Harry portrayed his grandmother, our late Queen, as a staggering old woman sitting quietly, unable to think coherently.
And that he branded his father, Prince Charles, an outright liar. For me, his most devastating attack was on his brother William.
None of us can quite understand the unimaginable pain the young princes endured when their mother Princess Diana died.
For years, their grief seemed to draw the brothers closer. They were united in their grief, in their love for their mother, and in the comfort of knowing that whatever life brought them, they had each other’s backs.
Put aside for a moment that Prince Harry portrayed his grandmother, our late Queen, as a staggering old woman sitting quietly, unable to think coherently
And that he branded his father, Prince Charles, an outright liar. For me, his most devastating attack was on his brother William.
How could Harry so publicly sever those fraternal bonds forever after what they’ve been through, accusing William of yelling and yelling at him, claiming he married because of protocol not love, and saying he had him and Meghan cheated and left?
How could Harry so publicly sever those fraternal bonds forever after what they’ve been through, accusing William of yelling and yelling at him, claiming he married because of protocol not love, and saying he had him and Meghan cheated and left?
Anything to line the Sussexes’ pockets with 30 pieces of Netflix silver.
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Yelling at your brother is not a cardinal sin. I’m ashamed to admit I yelled at my younger brother more times than I care to remember — but then we do what most families do. We withdraw, we foam, and most of all we forgive one another.
If you don’t, you’re in trouble. Ever since my big brother Michael died almost three decades ago, I have found that losing a brother is like losing a limb. It hurts forever.
You spend the rest of your life feeling that something is missing – namely: the shared experiences (even if the memories are different), the banter, the silly stories repeated over and over again, the family jokes. You are irreplaceable.
And that’s why I’m so scared for Harry, since he so cruelly takes William’s word. Nothing, not even a loving wife or beautiful children, can replace this unique bond between siblings.
And it’s not a competition. It’s so wrong of him to say he has to choose between his new family with Meghan and the royal family.
If Diana were alive today, she would certainly be ashamed. The greatest wish of every parent is for their children to get along—even when new families are complicated and sisters-in-law don’t necessarily agree.
My advice to Harry is that brothers are forever, they are worth cherishing. Losing one is the saddest thing one can experience.
The latest wellness trend is a farm in Doncaster offering the opportunity to hug cows for £50. “It creates those feel-good endorphins, the warmth of your body and your hair,” enthuses farmer Kate McNeil. Given that seven out of ten men are overweight and most are hairy, save some cash and just hug your husband.
Sistah in the spotlight
The charity Sistah Space, run by Ngozi Fulani, is now under investigation by the Charity Commission after nearly 200 Twitter posts from people claiming to have worked with the charity cast doubt on the use of some donations.
True or not, such scrutiny came only after Fulani’s very public naming of Lady Susan Hussey as an alleged racist.
A perfect example of the law of unintended consequences.
Ted’s cat I feel sorry for poor Kato
After reading about Britain’s saddest cat, Kato – who is shedding, has an eye ulcer, can’t meow and has been given a new home three times – my moggie Ted begged me to ask cat lovers to come to the rescue. Kato has found a home with Federica Pasari but now needs help with vet bills.
Ted, who also suffered cruelty as a kitten, asks us to donate money to help Kato and suggests that just the cost of a bag of Felix Doubly Delicious could make a difference.
After reading about Britain’s saddest cat, Kato – who is shedding, has an eye ulcer, can’t meow and has been given a new home three times – my moggie Ted begged me to ask cat lovers to come to the rescue. Kato has found a home with Federica Pasari but now needs help with vet bills
If there was ever a glass half full for a girl, it’s Liz Hurley who, despite being a bit unlucky in love, says she gets along well with ex-boyfriends Hugh Grant and Arun Nayar. And she would be, too, with her other two famous loves, if former fiance Shane Warne and Steve Bing, her son’s father, were still alive.
Don’t try this at home
Elle “The Body” Macpherson, the millionaire businesswoman and mother of two, wears little more than a piece of fabric covering her feminine parts and says the secret to her enduring beauty at 58 is the power of her mind.
She gets up at dawn, smiles, donates water and lime, meditates for half an hour, then yoga, smiles again, jumps in the pool before putting her bare feet on the earth “to ground them”.
Maybe we shouldn’t take their advice – if we tried it in sub-zero temperatures, the soles of our feet would be stuck to the ice.
Elle “The Body” Macpherson, the millionaire businesswoman and mother of two, wears little more than a piece of fabric covering her feminine parts and says the secret to her enduring beauty at 58 is the power of her mind
JK Rowling is defying those who fired her for her views on transgender issues by pouring her own money into a women-only sex abuse center in Edinburgh.
What is not to admire about a woman who has so much reputation to lose by so staunchly defending what so many of us believe that a woman’s gender is defined at birth?
And it’s great to know that every time she’s attacked by the trans lobby, sales of her books skyrocket.
Why are so many of us secretly happy to see Boris Becker a free man, even though we know he broke the law by hiding assets after being declared bankrupt and that he deserved his sentence?
Maybe it’s because we can’t forget the disheveled 17-year-old, the youngest-ever Wimbledon winner to lift the trophy, or his Grand Slams.
For all his failings, we gloss over the disgrace of his trial (and that broom closet rendezvous) and remember the joy he brought to Center Court.
I got the avatar blues
It may be the highest-grossing film of all time, but I’m one of the few people who hated the original Avatar.
Now, in the sequel, these weird blue people called Na’vi have gone from pathetic tree huggers to underwater awakened folks trying to save the oceans.
What exaggerated nonsense.
The BBC’s Strictly bosses have failed in their wish that tonight’s final would be a ‘non-white’ triumph for inclusivity, as Helen Skelton has somehow wormed its way in. Why? Because she can actually dance. And after being abandoned by her husband months after the birth of her third child, she identifies with millions of women who declare heartbreak will never define them.
Vote for Helen.
Westminster Wars
- Boris Johnson has earned his first million since leaving office by lucrative lectures. His area of expertise? How to win a large majority and be thrown out of office in just under three years. Or since his downfall was the result of his fondness for parties, how not to eat cake?
- With 70,000 NHS appointments canceled because of the nurses’ departure, Tory MPs are demanding the Government find a solution to their frankly appalling pay levels. Something is fundamentally wrong with the NHS when billions more are poured into it every year but patient outcomes are deteriorating and our nurses are leaving in despair.
Tanja’s lotus must bloom again
Did they really kill Tanya in the last episode of The White Lotus? Was it her body we saw floating in the sea after hitting her head on the yacht trying to escape a gangster gigolo? White Lotus without Jennifer Coolidge is like Titanic without the iceberg. Let’s hope Tanya is like Jason Bourne, who falls lifeless into the water at the end of almost every movie, but swims and lives seconds later to fight another day.
After it took the jury just an hour to acquit Andrew Bretherton of two counts of rapes allegedly occurring in 2008, the judge said they “came to the right conclusions.” His accuser, who remains anonymous, made the allegations ten years later. The judge wished Bretherton and his wife, tennis star Anne Keothavong, “the very best” – small consolation after his name was dragged through the mud.
Royal clock
A poll shows 93 per cent of Britons want the Sussexes stripped of their royal titles and 83 per cent say they should be barred from the coronation. You wouldn’t dare show up with a camera crew in tow, would you?
Just when you thought it was all over, Meghan’s half-siblings Samantha and Thomas Jr. announce their own docu-series in which they reveal it all. How many celebrity friends will support Meg after telling their truth?