EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Could Prince Andrew take inspiration from his first meeting with Meghan for his plan to discredit Virginia Giuffre?
As Prince Andrew ponders his strategy to discredit Virginia Giuffre’s memories, could he be inspired by Nephew Harry’s account of Meghan’s first meeting with the Queen, when she asked Harry to identify HM’s ‘assistant’? “I asked who she was talking about,” Harry writes in Spare. ‘Meg replied: ‘The man holding the handbag. The man who walked her to the door.” “That wasn’t her assistant,” Harry explained. “That was her second son, Andrew.” Could Meg’s non-recognition encourage Andrew to believe his alleged tramp dance mate mistook him for someone else?
As Prince Andrew ponders his strategy to discredit Virginia Giuffre’s memories, could he be inspired by Nephew Harry’s account of Meghan’s first meeting with the Queen, when she asked Harry to identify HM’s ‘assistant’?
More woe awaits the Duke of York as Andrew Lownie cranks up his investigative machinery to uncover the disgraced Andrew. Lownie, author of Traitor King, who exposed the Duke of Windsor as a Nazi sympathizer: “My next book is a biography of Prince Andrew. Love talking to someone, if desired, off the record, who has met him, has stories about him, or can put me in touch with people who knew him or worked with him.’ Lower the periscope and dive in, Andrew!
Normal People star Daisy Edgar-Jones (pictured) remains remarkably upbeat as the Financial Times credits her as the “Nepo baby” whose “dizzying rise to fame makes more sense knowing her father Phil Edgar-Jones is”. But her father, former Big Brother executive producer and now head of Sky Arts, isn’t happy about her being lumped in with the likes of Brooklyn Beckham. “That’s just silly,” he snorts. “As if Lenny Abrahamson, the Oscar-nominated director [of Normal People]would even know who I am.’
Normal People star Daisy Edgar-Jones (pictured) remains remarkably upbeat when the Financial Times lists her as a “Nepo baby” whose “dizzying rise to fame makes more sense knowing her father is Phil Edgar-Jones
Lord Sugar, who is in the midst of his 17th season of The Apprentice and is dying to complete 20 years, tells the Radio Times: “Maybe one of the tasks for my final year is I announce that I’m going to die soon and can someone design a nice coffin for me? One with built-in comms in case I wake up. A keyboard and cell phone connectivity and rechargeable batteries for the funeral home.’ For old times’ sake, how about a Steam Age Amstrad?
Donald Trelford, who has died aged 85, once had lunch with JFK’s mother Rose Kennedy after buying her memoir for The Observer and asked her if she knew Mr Ford. “You mean the man who builds the cars?” she asked. Donald explained that he meant Richard Nixon’s successor as President, Gerald Ford. “No,” Mrs. Kennedy replied. “He’s a Midwesterner. I wouldn’t know a man like that.”
‘Ice Cold in Alex’ star Sylvia Syms felt her theatrical career was marred by being constantly mistaken for Sheila Sim, wife of Richard Attenborough. Sylvia has departed for the pine forest heaven after her death last week at the age of 89 via Denville Hall, affectionately known as Dunacting. Sheila also took her final bow in front of the theatrical performance house. Lots to tell in the heavenly Green Room Girls!