EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Queen Camilla’s health has been a concern since she returned from Australia and Samoa tour and led to her missing start of Qatari state visit

Queen Camilla’s health has been a concern since she returned from the tour of Australia and Samoa, and led to her missing the start of the state visit to Qatar.

Her Majesty is bothered by long-distance travel. The trip home from the Pacific in October included a stopover in India for a rejuvenating spa stay.

The original plans for the King’s visit to Australia to open the 2018 Commonwealth Games did not involve Camilla – but it was ultimately deemed essential PR that she make the trip.

A mole whispers that perhaps it is time for the Queen to stop accompanying her husband on world travels.

Queen Camilla’s health has been a concern since she returned from the tour of Australia and Samoa, and has caused her to miss the start of the state visit to Qatar

Her Majesty is bothered by long-distance travel. The trip home from the Pacific in October included a stopover in India for a rejuvenating spa stay

Her Majesty is bothered by long-distance travel. The trip home from the Pacific in October included a stopover in India for a rejuvenating spa stay

A mole whispers that perhaps it is time for the Queen to stop accompanying her husband on world travels

A mole whispers that perhaps it is time for the Queen to stop accompanying her husband on world travels

My source suggests that having gone from evil stepmother – in Harry’s eyes – to graceful queen, she has nothing left to prove. It’s not her fault she fell in love with a man whose empire spans the world.

LBC’s James O’Brien reveals an image-changing memory of Philip’s Keir Starmer, a classmate from Reigate Grammar School who calls into the station to describe teenager Sir Keir’s skill with his fists to another student called Matthew.

‘He and Keir had a huge blow. And I do mean punch-up. It wasn’t a scuffle; it was a fist fight, with heads being knocked back,” he tells O’Brien.

LBC's James O¿Brien reveals an image-changing memory of Philip's Keir Starmer, a classmate from Reigate Grammar School who calls into the station to describe teenage Sir Keir

LBC’s James O’Brien reveals an image-changing memory of Philip’s Keir Starmer, a classmate from Reigate Grammar School who calls into the station to describe teenage Sir Keir

“But I give Keir all the credit. He stood his ground. He gave as good as he took.” Give me the child…

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper wore a hat during the Horse Guards Parade to welcome the Emir of Qatar at the start of his visit.

The emir, educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, will experience the comedy of left-wing English fashion sense, so refused to be asked why she had an upside-down flower pot on her head.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper wore a hat during the Horse Guards Parade to welcome the Emir of Qatar at the start of his visit. The emir refused to ask why she had an upturned flowerpot on her head

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper wore a hat during the Horse Guards Parade to welcome the Emir of Qatar at the start of his visit. The emir refused to ask why she had an upturned flowerpot on her head

Gillian Anderson tells Stylist magazine about Want – her book of women’s fantasies.

‘We put a big pink box on it [London’s] South Bank where you could walk in and write on the walls. Women went in alone and wrote down their fantasies – everything from alien sex to reconnecting with first loves,” says the X-Files star.

Gillian, a word in your shell – is it possible that some of your fantasists had a giraffe?

Frasier actor Kelsey Grammer sent himself to the Santa Rita Cigar Smoker of the Year Awards in Boisdale, Canary Wharf, on Monday night, with his bandaged left foot suspended in a Heath Robinson-esque contraption. “I had surgery for flat feet,” he explained. Unfortunately, he didn’t take the title.

Cigar-chomping Piers Morgan won.

It is unlikely that Lord Soames has subscribed to watch the Moggy reality show on Discovery+

It is unlikely that Lord Soames has subscribed to watch the Moggy reality show on Discovery+

Lord Soames, who described Jacob Rees-Mogg as ‘an absolute fraud’ as he sprawled on the front bench during a Brexit debate, is unlikely to have signed up to watch the Moggy reality show on Discovery+.

“He is a living example of what a moderately cut, double-breasted suit and a decent tie can do with an ultra-posh voice and a bit of ginger stuck up his bum,” Sir Nicholas said. So no Christmas card this year?