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With confirmation that Prince Andrew has been invited to spend time with the King at Balmoral later this month, it emerges that when Epstein-related allegations against him were revealed in 2015, the late Queen was fairly dismissive of them.
Three senior members of the Royal Household wrote to Her Majesty suggesting it would be prudent to suspend Andrew from his royal duties until a full investigation was carried out.
The trio received a curt reply conveying royal displeasure from an assistant private secretary.
And her invitations to that year’s staff Christmas party apparently got lost in the mail.
It turns out that when Epstein-related allegations against Prince Andrew were revealed in 2015, the late queen was pretty dismissive of them.
Three senior members of the Royal Household have written to Her Majesty suggesting it would be prudent to suspend Andrew from royal duties pending a full investigation as his links to convicted criminal Jeffrey Epstein begin to emerge.
Prince Andrew has been invited to spend time with the King at Balmoral later this month.
Hair to the throne
Prince WilliamThe new beard is no match for the enormous mustache his father sported during a trip to the Arctic and Canada with the Royal Navy in 1975.
He shaved them off before being invested as Grand Master of the Order of the Bath. Charles insisted on keeping a Clark Gable-style moustache for his investiture, a nearly forgotten look (pictured) that didn’t last long.
Charles shaved his beard before being invested as Grand Master of the Order of the Bath, but insisted on retaining a Clark Gable-style moustache for his investiture.
Prince William’s new beard has got many talking this week
Susan refused to be edited
The late Harper Collins editor Susan Watt was Bernard Cornwell’s editor for 44 years and owed her long career to the bestselling author of the Sharpe books.
The company planned to send her off with a farewell party a decade ago, but Cornwell threatened to move the books to another publisher.
HarperCollins relented, turned Watt’s retirement party into a celebration of her career, and promoted her to editor-at-large.
A case where the sword is mightier than the pen?
Emily’s avant-garde hairstyle
Returning to Netflix tomorrow in Emily In Paris, Lily Collins seems a little obsessed with her hairstyle, declaring: ‘I love bangs, but Emily’s bangs are growing out this season… It was nice to play with bangs, and then play with a half-bang version.
‘Bangs came out of a moment of panic last season.’
Coming soon from Lily: The Fringe Through The Ages?
Lily Collins is not completely on the sidelines: she returns in the new series of Emily in Paris
It’s not so wonderful for Alan
Returning to the Edinburgh Festival, Alan Cumming points out that it is 40 years since his performance in the duo Victor and Barry received a scathing review from the young Scottish writer Andrew Marr.
The duo sought revenge by singing: “We can thank you, Andrew Marr, you’re not as clever as you like to think you are.”
I bet that gave little Andy sleepless nights!
Lan Cumming points out that it has been 40 years since her performance in the duo Victor and Barry received a scathing review from young Scottish screenwriter Andrew Marr.
Lynda received a private look
My dear late colleague Lynda Lee-Potter will be turning in her grave at Pakistani-born Tariq Ali’s revelation in his new memoirs about how he sabotaged her interview with the then editor of Private Eye, Richard Ingrams.
In the bathroom, he stripped to his underwear, tied a towel around his waist and, “in a guru-like accent,” stormed in and said, “Mr. Ingrose, it’s time to meditate. Please take off all your clothes.”
“Lynda nearly fainted,” Tariq writes, “and quickly apologized.”
