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Queen Consort Camilla has commissioned a play in the style of Jane Austen. The 75-year-old royal, due to be crowned alongside her husband King Charles, 74, on May 6, wants the work to celebrate the ‘Pride and Prejudice’ author’s “brilliant sense of humour” and it will be performed at her charity’s first literary festival. Vicki Perrin, chief executive of Camilla’s Reading Room good cause, told the Daily Telegraph about the play, billed for a June 11 performance at Hampton Court Palace: “Her Majesty’s title for this performance will be revealed on the day, but I can tell you that it reflects he...
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Queen Consort Camilla has been branded the “least stuffy queen in history”. The former Duchess of Cornwall, who is married to King Charles, has been praised for her down-to-earth nature by author Gyles Brandreth, who she has known since she was a teenager, and the writer believes she has the right qualities for her position in the royal family. He said: “The joy of this Queen Consort is that she’s the least stuffy queen in history. “She’s the only member of the royal family who’ll happily take a selfie. “What is more, she possesses the combined qualities of her forebears, the charitable nature...
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Queen Elizabeth reportedly wanted Sophie, Countess of Wessex to become a mentor to the Duchess of Sussex. The late monarch - who died in September, aged 96 - did "everything that she could" to welcome Meghan into the royal family, according to Gyles Brandreth, who also revealed that the queen was thrilled to learn that Prince Harry and Meghan were naming their daughter Lilibet, after her paternal great-grandmother. Gyles, who has written books about the royals, told the Daily Mail newspaper's Palace Confidential: "I do know that when she heard the fact they were abbreviating it often to Lili, ...
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Gyles Brandreth “didn’t want to upset anyone” by claiming Queen Elizabeth had cancer when she died. The 74-year-old author has caused a stir with his new book ‘Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait’ because he wrote the monarch – whose cause of death was attributed to old age following her passing in September aged 96 – had been suffering from myeloma, and though he stands by what he wrong, he dismissed suggestions the revelation was “intrusive”. Speaking to HELLO! magazine, he said: “It’s not unusual for a doctor to write ‘old age’ on a death certificate when a person over 80 dies, as happened with...
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Gyles Brandreth “didn’t want to upset anyone” by claiming Queen Elizabeth had cancer when she died. The 74-year-old author has caused a stir with his new book ‘Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait’ because he wrote the monarch – whose cause of death was attributed to old age following her passing in September aged 96 – had been suffering from myeloma, and though he stands by what he wrong, he dismissed suggestions the revelation was “intrusive”. Speaking to HELLO! magazine, he said: “It’s not unusual for a doctor to write ‘old age’ on a death certificate when a person over 80 dies, as happened with...
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Queen Elizabeth joked an intruder armed with a crossbow had "put a dampner" on her Christmas celebrations. The late monarch - who died in September aged 96 - was at home in Windsor Castle but didn't have contact with a man was arrested just 500 yards from her private apartments on 25 December last year. However, when she was told about the alarming incident, the quick-witted queen was ready with a joke. Gyles Brandreth revealed in his new book 'Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait': "Throughout her reign, she took the possibility of being in the firing line in her stride. "At Christmas 2021, when t...
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Queen Elizabeth viewed it as a "compliment" that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex named their daughter Lilibet. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan left many members of the royal family "bewildered" when they voiced their intention to name their second child after his grandmother's intimate nickname, but the late queen - who died in September - accepted the choice "with good grace", and was particularly approving of their chosen nickname for their daughter, who turned one in June. Gyles Brandreth wrote in his new book 'Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait': "According to the Sussexes, Harry sought his g...
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Queen Elizabeth is said to have been determined to keep busy to distract herself from grief in the last months of her life. A new book on the monarch by King Charles’ broadcaster friend Gyles Brandreth says she made the statement to a lady-in-waiting, saying work kept her from dwelling on the passing of Prince Philip, her husband of 73 years who died in 2021 aged 99. It also says she did not want to submit to self-pity, apparently saying: “My husband would certainly not have approved.” Gyles’ upcoming book, ‘Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait’, which is being serialised by the Daily Mail before i...
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Gyles Brandreth has quipped that King Charles might have him beheaded for spilling all on his crush on his wife Queen Consort Camilla. The 74-year-old broadcaster - who was close to the late Prince Philip - thought Camilla looked "gorgeous" in her tight-fitting horse riding pants when he spotted her smoking "behind the bike sheds". And he's now revealed that when Camilla, 75, met his spouse Michèle Brown many years later, she wanted to clarify that it wasn't a Woodbine cigarette she was puffing on. Speaking to Best UK, he laughed: "When I had the subject 'My Secret Crush' I began waxing lyrica...
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Joanna Lumley was late for a recording session with the Duchess of Cornwall after getting stuck trying to drive across a bridge in London. The ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ star had been due to record the ‘Commonwealth Poetry Podcast’ with Camilla and host Gyles Brandreth at royal residence Clarence House but she ended up missing the start due to a mix-up on the journey. Gyles explained to Britain's HELLO! magazine: “We were all miked up and the cameras were set to roll. Then I got a text from Joanna saying: ‘Stuck on bridge’. “She was trying to drive across the river and pleaded with the police to le...
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