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Just when we thought everything had calmed down on the Montecito front, Meghan shows up with her exciting new adventure.
It’s a Netflix series that celebrates ‘the joys of cooking and gardening, entertaining and…’, wait for it, ‘friendship.’
This, from a woman who abandoned most of her friends before Harry, as well as her entire family (aside from her mother Doria), and at the same time alienated Harry from his old friends.
A look at Meghan’s history reveals that she started ‘Markling’ (getting rid of people when you no longer need them) when she fell out with some of her Suits co-stars, writes Amanda Platell.
A woman who has such a reputation for breaking friendships with people, there is a verb for it in the Urban Dictionary: to be “marked.”
How hypocritical for someone to dump her best friends faster than she can slander the Royal Family to lecture us about friendship.
A brief look at the Duchess of Sussex’s friendship history reveals that she began ‘Markling’ (definition: getting rid of people when you no longer need them) when she fell out with some of her Suits co-stars, after describing them as ‘family’ .
And when she started dating Harry in 2016, she counted stylist Jessica Mulroney among her best friends. They were close for decades and Jessica attended Meghan’s £200,000 New York baby shower in 2019. Today, she is nowhere to be seen, after becoming involved in a debate about white privilege, which could have tarnished Meghan’s multiracial brand.
She became friends with Violet von Westenholz, a friend of Harry’s in her early days with the Prince, before that friendship also cooled.
Same story with Made In Chelsea’s Millie Mackintosh, who is even said to have helped organize the royal wedding but ended up not being invited.
And don’t even get me started on the way she ‘Marked’ the royal family. Oh, and unforgivably, she rejected the hand of friendship Kate offered her when Meghan first joined the Firm.
Isn’t it also surprising that, for all her supposed pioneering feminism, this new series makes her sound like a housewife with her marigolds on?
But it’s his claim to know about friendship that really grates.
Meghan wouldn’t know how to keep a friend to save her life.
Well done Keir Starmer for revealing Postal Labour’s “unwavering” commitment to Trident and nuclear submarines, scuttling any memory of Jeremy Corbyn’s anti-war policies. Now could you please torpedo his views on women who have penises?
Caroline must RIP
I understand Caroline Flack’s mother Christine’s despair at losing her daughter to suicide, but is it really right to try to reopen a police investigation into the way they handled her daughter’s arrest after she assaulted her boyfriend and then committed suicide?
Caroline had a history of suicide attempts and alleged drug abuse.
She was a wonderful but troubled woman who tragically decided to end her own life.
Can we really blame the police for that?
Hanks wins movie race
Tom Hanks beat ‘Hardest Geezer’ Russ Cook to the finish line by a country mile by landing a film depicting an epic race with 1994’s Forrest Gump.
He has toured all over Africa and now there is talk that the epic journey of the eccentric ‘Hardest Geezer’ Russ Cook will be turned into a film.
I hate to tell you, Russ, but Tom Hanks was there before you in 1994’s Forrest Gump, which grossed nearly $700 million worldwide.
The cat will not disappoint ITV
ITV’s This Morning is a hit again with the arrival of Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard, who replace Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. Audience figures are up five per cent on last year.
Good news, but most of all I’m happy for the team behind the scenes who I know from experience are among the best in the business. They kept that sinking ship afloat after Schofield’s embarrassing departure and Holly’s opportunistic departure just when they needed her most.
The father of one-month-old Ollie Davis is sentenced to life in prison for beating and murdering the baby who was so seriously injured that he died in agony with a broken neck.
However, Ollie’s mother, Kayleigh Driver, receives only seven years in prison for “allowing the death of a child and causing serious bodily injury.”
In my opinion, she is as guilty as her husband Michael Davis. Any mother who “allows” her baby to be murdered before her eyes should also get her life.
EX Postmaster General David Smith apologizes for saying in 2010 that it was “brilliant news” that Postmaster Seema Misra was sentenced to 15 months in prison.
“Looking at it through his eyes, not through mine, you can see that it may have caused substantial upset and I really apologize for that,” he says.
Could this pregnant mother who was imprisoned and shamed in her community for a crime she never committed have been upset by his abhorrent glee? And what a cowardly way to say sorry, no doubt drafted by a well-paid lawyer with an eye toward future prosecutions. Of which I hope we see many, for the former Postmasters.
Loyalty in the life of Isla
Isla Fisher has separated from her husband of 13 years, Sacha Baron Cohen
Following her split from her husband of 13 years, Sacha Baron Cohen, Isla Fisher was out on her own this week walking with her dog Maisie. I know Maisie from my local park: she is affectionate and playful, although sometimes a little mischievous and prone to running away from her lover. I am always happy to return her to Isla safe knowing that she has a dog in her life and that she is happy at home.
Leo Woodall, the heartthrob from the hit TV series One Day, is set for the next Bridget Jones movie. Fine, but there are only two roles Leo, 27, could play: the son of Renee Zellweger, 54, or her toyboy. A middle-aged Bridget hanging around in her famous fat pants with handsome Leo?
Please let it be the son! Or it will be a diary entry of 35 drinks and 22 cigarettes, just for movie buffs.
I endorse this Aintree favourite.
A spectator at Ladies Day at Aintree poses in a detailed royal blue ensemble
Oh, I love Aintree Ladies’ Day, when women dress up in the most incredible outfits they’ve spent weeks, even months, planning.
The £5,000 Best Dressed award must go to this lass, resplendent in royal blue. Her shoes were blue and even her toenails were painted to match.
Give that lady the blue ribbon!
After Suki Waterhouse posted a postpartum photo of herself looking pretty good, other new moms said it doesn’t reflect the true brutality of what having a baby does to the body. I’m relieved that these attention-grabbing celebrities who invade their own privacy haven’t started posting actual birth photos yet.
Westminster Wars
- Liz Truss says the late Queen’s advice when she became Prime Minister was to “have rhythm”. Since Liz’s reign was always doomed to be brutally short, perhaps what the politically savvy queen really said was, “brace yourself.”
- Sales of Rishi Sunak’s favorite Adidas Samba trainers plummet as people associate them with him. I understand. By the time Cherie Blair started wearing the then fashion label Ronit Zilkha at Number 10, the first stop for my RZ dress collection was the charity shop.
Sheridan Smith’s return to the West End was a gamble after her drinking problems, given that she played an alcoholic. It’s no shame for Sheridan that opening night closes early. Her performance was described as brilliant. The incontinent plot ruined him.