EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Prince Andrew ‘ready’ to bequeath the lease on ‘money pit’ Royal Lodge to his daughters – but does he have an ulterior motive?

Prince Andrew is said to be willing to leave the Royal Lodge lease to his daughters.

The 30-room mansion is a money pit. When the lease expires in 2079, the property will return to the Crown Estate.

Although Beatrice and Eugenie would be wise to put their money elsewhere, their father may have an ulterior motive.

Andrew would prefer to leave it to ex-wife Sarah, who occupies half of the lodge, but the lease specifies that it can only be passed on to his children or his widow – and the Crown Estate will not recognize a divorced woman as a widow.

Despite Fergie’s reservations, is it time to recycle the old confetti and marry Andy again?

The 30-room Royal Lodge (pictured above) is a money pit. When the lease expires in 2079, the property will return to the Crown Estate

Although Beatrice and Eugenie (pictured) would be wise to put their money elsewhere, their father may have an ulterior motive

Have William and Kate considered reviving royal tradition by teaching their children to vote?

In an attempt to show how ‘ordinary people’ live, George V set up a mock polling station in Buckingham Palace on the eve of the 1922 election.

And the late Queen took out the ballot box again and convinced Prime Minister Harold Wilson to provide speakers to give young Charles and Anne a taste of the hustle and bustle.

What are the chances that mischievous Prince Louis will ruin his voice?

Have William and Kate considered reviving royal tradition by teaching their children to vote?

Embattled ex-postmaster Paula Vennells is remembered by a Bradford University contemporary in the unlikely role of a feverish disco dancer.

The former colleague, who studied modern languages ​​at Vennells and both graduated in 1981, recalls: ‘I remember her from discos – she was small, with blond hair, a loud mouth and huge teeth. Nothing like you see now – no fancy voice.”

The big hit she scored on was I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor – something that Disco Paula still has to sing as a mantra.

Embattled ex-postmaster Paula Vennells (pictured) is remembered by a Bradford University contemporary in the unlikely role of a feverish disco dancer

Lucian Freud’s studio assistant David Dawson, who forensically photographed the artist at work – including when he was painting the late queen – has photographs of Kate Moss when she visited his deathbed with flowers.

Pulling the covers aside, Freud declared as she climbed into bed next to him, “I kept you warm.” Will the moving vignette be featured in the upcoming film Moss & Freud?

Ex-Python Eric Idle makes no mention of the victory over Serbia, tweeting: ‘When you see the British booing their opponent’s national anthem and then fervently asking God to save just one person in a population of 67 million, you realize how absurd the whole thing is . Maybe Europe will realize that You’re Going Home!’

Prue Leith nominates fellow chef Jamie Oliver as her hero: ‘He always calls me Babe. If you’re 84 and someone calls you Babe, that’s great.”

But cynical Prue has doubts and adds: ‘Maybe he calls everyone Babe. Maybe he calls me Babe because he can’t remember my name?’