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Harry and Meghan’s trip to Colombia later this year will not upset the King and the Prince of Wales.
They feared the Sussex duo might choose a different destination – a headline-stealing jaunt to the Paris Olympics.
Monarchs and crown princes from around the world have visited the French capital along with Hollywood royalty.
The presence of Harry and Meghan would not have amused Charles or his heir.
None of them have felt the need to come forward and cheer on the British team.
Instead, Princess Anne last week and Duchess Sophie this week are quietly taking the honours. H&M’s PR team has missed a goal without scoring.
Harry and Meghan’s trip to Colombia later this year will not upset the King and Prince of Wales, who had been wary of going to the Paris Olympics.
Princess Anne has been doing the quiet honours of cheering on the Great Britain team.
The royal silence on the Olympics is deafening
At the start of the Olympics, Queen Camilla was quick to tweet to congratulate Great Britain’s equestrians for winning gold in team eventing.
William and Kate did the same, with a ‘well done’ to Tom Pidcock for his mountain bike gold.
Nothing since then, not even when the country’s favourite, Keely Hodgkinson, triumphed this week.
Social status: At the start of the Olympics, Queen Camilla was quick to post a tweet to congratulate Great Britain’s equestrians for winning gold in Team Eventing, but since then, nothing has happened.
Camilla’s heartfelt message to the British equestrian team appeared on X
What is the reason for this deafening silence? The royal family is on holiday, as is most of their PR teams.
Only one other Olympic-related event captured the attention of the small staff left behind.
William and Kate’s X marked Andy Murray’s retirement with a green heart emoji. Not exactly a gushing tribute.
Aimee’s Manchester accent is very on point.
Manchester-born Sex Education star Aimee Lou Wood has been cast as an American in the third series of The White Lotus.
All well and good, but Aimee Lou struggled to get the necessary transatlantic accent.
“I did a recording of my own, one with an American accent and one with my own accent,” she says. “They said, ‘Yeah, we want your own voice.'” Aimee now brings her Manchester warble to The White Lotus.
Manchester-born Sex Education star Aimee Lou Wood has been cast as an American in the third series of The White Lotus
The story of kisses between two Taylors
Newly discovered intimate recordings of a drunk Elizabeth Taylor talking about her first on-screen kiss in a new documentary from film director Nanette Burstein.
She tells the Radio Times that Taylor’s first kiss was with actor Robert Taylor when she was 15 and he was in his 30s.
“I don’t think you can do that today,” Burstein says. “She was asked to play adult roles with men twice her age. It’s creepy.”
A bit of scandal: Elizabeth Taylor’s (left) first kiss was with actor Robert Taylor when she was 15 and he was around 30.
Will Hugh start counting calories with Heidi?
Hugh Bonneville is now reportedly courting glamorous “vegan influencer” Heidi Kadlecova. Can he help himself in his well-documented battle against calories?
The Downton Abbey star’s dramatic weight loss had already made headlines, but the actor, who confirmed his split from his wife of 25 years, Lulu, last September, is now back to his old self.
Heidi will surely prove more likeable than the first Mrs. Bonneville. Hugh remembers that she once told him bluntly: “You’re fat as a pig.” Enjoy the pine nuts, Hugh!
Frank’s welcome attention
Frank Skinner boasts that when he became a celebrity, he suddenly became attractive to women.
“For me, honestly, it was like riding in a black cab without the lights on,” he tells a podcast.
‘Then nobody raised their hand and all of a sudden my light bulb went on and I was able to have, I guess the right word is, sex.’
At 67, does Frank look more like a beat-up taxi?
Frank Skinner boasts that when he became a celebrity, he suddenly became attractive to women.