It has been described as a tour-de-force from an actor at the height of his powers. Playing a man whose brain is slowly ravaged by dementia in his latest film, The Father, Sir Anthony Hopkins is set to cement his position as Britain’s greatest living movie star and scoop a second Oscar in the process. … Read more
Ruth Langsford shared a sweet message to This Morning’s new Friday hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary following rift rumours. She took to Instagram on Monday shortly after the announcement was made that the presenting duo would take over from Ruth and Eamonn Holmes’s hosting duties on Fridays. Ruth, 60, said: ‘It’s a changing of … Read more
Singer Tony Hadley revealed he’s healed a rift with his Spandau Ballet bandmate, Steve Norman. The frontman said he was back on speaking terms with saxophonist Steve, 60, and had even attended his mother’s to his mother’s funeral. Tony, also 60, told the Stars Cars Guitars podcast: ‘We were always great pals. His mum Sheila … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are growing further apart from the royal family because they ‘do things their own way whatever the cost, while the Firm refuses to bend the rules’, a royal expert has claimed. Katie Nicholl noted the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to publicise a visit to Los Angeles National Cemetery on … Read more
Prince Harry’s rift with the Royal Family over his Remembrance Sunday wreath has highlighted how ‘expendable’ he is, a royal biographer has claimed. The Duke of Sussex, 36, who now lives in his $14 million mansion with Meghan Markle, 39, and their son Archie, one, is said to have been ‘deeply saddened’ after his personal request for … Read more
An explosive personal letter penned by Edward VIII that lays bare the scale of the Royal rift provoked by his marriage to divorcee Wallis Simpson has come to light 81 years later. Twice-married Ms Simpson was at the centre of one of the most scandalous love affairs of the 20th century when she entered into … Read more
What an extraordinarily dramatic, shaming moment this is. Extraordinary for British politics; shaming for the Labour Party; and in our lifetimes, at least, utterly without precedent. Even a few years ago, for one of the two great parties to cast out its own former leader, less than a year after he stepped down, would have … Read more
He is one of the most powerful and popular figures in the Government, but Chancellor Rishi Sunak chose not to attend the Cabinet sub-committee meeting to discuss an overhaul of local lockdown rules on Monday afternoon. Instead, he dispatched a junior minister, John Glen, to repeat his vehement objections to the ‘traffic light system’ of … Read more
The tiff between Sirs Rod Stewart and Elton John doesn’t seem to be thawing any time soon. The iconic singers fell out at some point last year, when Rod, 75, poked fun at 73-year-old Elton’s retirement tour, and the biopic made about him, Rocketman. And now Rod claims he has tried to extend an olive … Read more
On historian and royal biographer Robert Lacey’s desk is a large envelope, still sealed. It contains draft chapters from his latest book, which — as is his custom — he sent to Buckingham Palace pre-publication. It’s quite unusual for a royal writer to do this, but Lacey has always worked this way. In 1977, when … Read more