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Norman Hartnell: The cross dressing secrets of the Queen’s ‘Miss Kitty’

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BOOK OF THE WEEK NORMAN HARTNELL: THE BIOGRAPHY   by Michael Pick (Zuleika £35, 528pp) The first chapter of this book is called ‘Crown & Sceptre’. As it’s the biography of Sir Norman Hartnell, the great dressmaker to three Queens (Mary and two Elizabeths), I thought ‘crown and sceptre’ must refer to the coronation items worn … Read more

Military doctors, British Red Cross and St John Ambulance could be drafted in to coronavirus battle

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The armed forces along with the British Red Cross and St John Ambulance volunteers could be drafted in to support the NHS after 23 test positive for coronavirus in the UK.    Military doctors and nurses would be on hand at hospitals where staff are too ill to work or are self-isolating, under ministerial plans for … Read more