How private photos of Queen Elizabeth II with her hands in her pockets ‘incurred Charles’s wrath’ after they were published by her dresser, writes EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE
Before he succeeded his mother, King Charles was incandescent when her dresser Angela Kelly published private photos of the Queen with her hands in her pockets.
Charles thought the photos, taken for a photo shoot at the Royal Collection, were inappropriate and were not published.
Kelly used the unseen photos in her 2019 book The Queen, The Dresser and the Wardrobe.
“Her Majesty began to strike a series of poses, sliding her hands in and out of her pockets and placing them on her hips, mimicking the pose of a professional model,” she explained.
Ingrid Seward reveals in My Mother and I: ‘It was enough to incur Charles’ wrath.
Before he succeeded his mother, King Charles was said to be incandescent when her dresser Angela Kelly published private photos of the Queen with her hands in her pockets
Charles thought the photos, taken for a photo shoot at the Royal Collection, were inappropriate and were not published
Could the episode explain Angela Kelly’s departure from her Windsor home to a cottage in the Peak District shortly after HM’s death?
“He really hated that he was taking advantage of her good character.”
Could that explain Kelly’s departure from her Windsor home to a cottage in the Peak District shortly after HM’s death?
Nine years old Princess Anne was indifferent when her mother told her she was expecting another baby four months before Andrew was born.
In a handwritten letter to her midwife Sister Helen Rowe – which will be auctioned for £4,800 in Germany on Saturday – the 33-year-old queen wrote that Charles was excited, adding: ‘Anne is now getting more and more used to the idea!’
But was Prince Philip also lukewarm?
“It also took a long time for the parents to get used to the idea because they were so far away from the baby world,” HM added.
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Gabby Logan texted her undying affection to her ex-Scottish rugby international Kenny and tapped ‘I love you’.
“I found the name Kenny in my phone contacts,” she tells the Chatabix podcast.
“But I had just told Kenny Dalglish that I loved him.”
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Clearing her throat to spit at the Paris Olympics, Clare Balding is haunted by her 2009 Grand National interview with winning jockey Liam Treadwell, in which she asked if he would spend his prize money on having his teeth fixed.
“I did something terrible and I really didn’t mean to do it,” she says.
Treadwell, who was subsequently given a free set of new teeth by a helpful dentist, died of an accidental drug overdose in 2020.
“What has happened since makes it very difficult to talk about,” a tearful Clare added.
‘Liam’s mother and I are in contact fairly regularly. Sorry, I just can’t believe he’s not here.’
Clearing her throat to spit at the Paris Olympics, Clare Balding is haunted by her 2009 Grand National interview with winning jockey Liam Treadwell, in which she asked if he would spend his prize money on having his teeth fixed.
Former Labor minister Frank Field, who has died aged 81, predicted doom for the premiership of old enemy Gordon Brown just months before he became prime minister.
Cruelly comparing the Scot to the mad character in Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre, Field remarked: ‘To allow Gordon Brown into Number 10 would be like taking Mrs Rochester out of the attic.’