Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait

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We all laugh, but I see where the press officer is coming from. There is something pleasingly regal about Mrs Bean. (By happy chance, her maiden name was King.) ‘And what does your job involve?’ I ask, looking around her cluttered office. The desk is dominated by her computer, but there are reference books, folders, papers piled high, on every surface. I'm A Celebrity fans SLAM Sam Thompson for telling Jamie Lynn Spears she is the 'girl who cried wolf' after she broke down in tears AGAIN He said: "I don't think anybody knows what it was. The death certificate said 'old age.' I don't think anyone can confirm whether she did or she didn't. It's a conversation that Charles [her son] had with a doctor who said, 'I believe that.' So he didn't know either. We certainly won't know anything for the next 100 years." A few years ago, when I was writing a biography of the Queen and Prince Philip, I found myself discussing Her Majesty's taste in cake with her then private secretary. 'Please don't include that in your book,' he pleaded. 'Why not?' I asked. 'Because once people know what cake she likes, wherever she goes that's all she'll be offered.' Great British Bake Off's Manon Lagrève reveals she is pregnant with her second child a year after tying the knot with husbandLuke BennettI am open-mouthed, marvelling at the thought of the sovereign snowed under by unsolicited mail. What are the letters about? I thought about that last night during the concert at the Royal Albert Hall celebrating the Queen's 92nd birthday. After Sir Tom Jones, Sting and Shaggy had strutted their stuff, the birthday girl was offered a special treat: 'the George Formby Fan Club' (led by Frank Skinner, Harry Hill and Ed Balls) singing 'When I'm cleaning windows'. Why? Because . . . I know she thought carefully about what she wanted to say, and I think that what she said shines an even clearer light on to the workings of her inward mind. Vanessa Bauer oozes elegance in a baby pink gown as she joins Hollywood's finest A-listers including Timothee Chalamet and Rowan Atkinson at the Wonka afterparty Moment father, 50, protects his son as they are ambushed by gang armed with machetes and zombie knives at a KFC drive-thru before being fatally stabbed

Conversely, Sir Alan “Tommy” Lascelles, for reasons unknown, gets almost his whole Who’s Who entry printed, as if the fact that he was a member of the Travellers private gentleman’s club is important to his estimation of the then Lt Philip Mountbatten. We have had, and will have, more intellectual and exciting monarchs than Elizabeth II, but that little insight into the way she thought gives you a glimpse, I think, of why she was probably our most loved. Once, his wife took me into his study to discuss some charitable endeavour. His desk was piled high with books and papers.She added: ‘I have lived long enough to know that things never remain quite the same for very long.’ Change is inevitable: ‘No one can make history stand still. Events change with startling speed.’ The Queen arranged for his two young children to be looked after by royal nannies while his wife was in hospital and arranged for a basket of strawberries and muffins to be sent to the nurses who were caring for her. Kendall Jenner becomes THIRD KarJenner to land Forbes cover after Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner did it first as she talks tequila brand 818

I'm A Celebrity's Jamie Lynn Spears reveals she used to cause chaos living at Disney world while growing up alongside Ryan Gosling Twenty years ago, the public would not have accepted it. Today, for most people, it’s not an issue. King Charles III and members of the royal family followed the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign's orb and sceptreMatthew Perry's family asks his fans to donate to late star's foundation on Giving Tuesday to help others suffering from addiction Only Fools And Horses star Nicholas Lyndhurst achieves newfound success in America as he's deemed 'best actor ever' by Fraser co-star Kelsey Grammer Beautifully written book. I have read many other books about Philip but this is the best' DAILY EXPRESS ROBERT JOBSON: It's time for Harry and Meghan to speak out and distance themselves from these ill-informed and lurid allegations Over on NBC this morning, royal commentator Daisy McAndrew told the Today programme that the Sussexes would not have as much media coverage as normal today due to the announcement of the new prime minister, Liz Truss.