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Eighteen months after the publication of Prince Harry’s Spare and still no sign of the paperback version.
Publishers are often quick to get a book out to market, especially if they can promote it as containing “sensational” new material.
But it seems Harry has nothing new to offer. His family has kept him at a distance, aware that anything they say could be refuted and used as evidence against them.
The only exclusives Harry was able to offer related to his viewing of the coronation from behind Aunt Anne’s feathered hat and how he sneaked into Buck House on the way to Heathrow to use the toilet. Too much information, Harry?
While Meghan did not send Lucozade and grapes to her father-in-law when he was diagnosed with cancer, she privately wished the King well.
Will you send birthday greetings to your father Thomas when he turns 80 tomorrow?
Eighteen months have passed since Spare was published, but there is still no sign of a paperback version.
It seems that Harry has nothing new to offer. His family has kept him at a distance, aware that anything they say could be refuted and used as evidence against them.
Summer blues for MPs
The new leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell, has extended the House’s term by 12 days to give the impression that the government means business.
Sadly, all Labour has achieved is to annoy the ladies at the parliamentary dinner and the doormen, who had been told that the summer recess would begin this week but have now been instructed to stay at work until 30 July.
Some have had to cancel holidays they had booked. Suddenly, “unlucky Lucy” is the least popular person among Westminster workers.
New House of Commons Leader Lucy Powell has extended the Commons’ term for 12 days to give the impression the government means business.
The other reason for Linford’s notoriety
After winning the gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Linford Christie was left tormented by the weight of his manhood, becoming known as “the Linford lunchbox”.
“The day after I won the Olympics, they were talking about how big my penis was,” he tells an upcoming BBC documentary.
“I thought it was derogatory and racist. Because of that history, women thought it was okay to touch my penis.”
He admits that it still hurts, adding: “The lunchbox affair haunted me for years. I had to bear a huge burden: I was more famous for my genitals than for my sporting achievements.”
What’s in a name?: After winning the gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Linford Christie was left tormented by the weight of his manhood, nicknamed “Linford’s Lunchbox”.
Lisa should stay away from labels
Watching Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy complain on the airwaves about “toxicity” in politics in the wake of the attempted assassination of Trump, host Andrew Neil asks: “Does that include Foreign Secretary David Lammy calling Trump pro-Ku Klux Klan and pro-Nazi a few years ago?”
It’s time for Jill to be frank
Jonathan Aitken urges Joe Biden’s wife Jill to follow the advice of his own late wife Elizabeth when dealing with her elderly ex-husbands.
“Elizabeth was brave in giving what she called ‘frank notes’ to her husbands Rex Harrison and Richard Harris when she saw them perform,” she says.
‘They weren’t always happy when their grades criticized them for forgetting their lines.
“I wish Jill Biden could now emulate Elizabeth’s frankness.”
Jonathan Aitken urges Joe Biden’s wife Jill to follow his own late wife Elizabeth’s advice when dealing with her elderly exes: be blunt.