EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: How Prince Andrew would have lived in Royal Lodge rent-free... if his late mother hadn't changed the tenancy rules before he moved in
Does the disgraced Prince Andrew, virtually entombed in Royal Lodge, feel aggrieved his late mother changed the tenancy rules before he moved in?
After the Queen Mother died in 2002, the Queen ensured that Royal Lodge didn't remain a 'grace and favour' residence.
A leaked National Audit Office memo states: 'This option was declined in favour of a commercial arrangement.'
If that change hadn't been made, Andrew, who signed a lease in August 2003, would have got Royal Lodge rent-free, paying nothing towards its upkeep.
Perhaps he should reprise Kenneth Williams' refrain from Carry On Cleo: 'Infamy, infamy. They've all got it infamy!'
Prince Andrew could have lived in the Royal Lodge for free if it wasn't for his late mother's tenancy rule change
After the Queen Mother (pictured) died in 2002, the Queen ensured that Royal Lodge didn't remain a 'grace and favour' residence
Perhaps Andrew should reprise Kenneth Williams' refrain from Carry On Cleo: 'Infamy, infamy. They've all got it infamy!'
Disgraced Prince Andrew lives at Royal Lodge in Windsor. It used to be a 'grace and favour' residence
Unlikely support for US ambassador hopeful Peter Mandelson from Michael Gove, who tells LBC's Nick Ferrari: 'His politics are not my politics – but he has experience with the economic nitty gritty that is needed.'
Does the Govestar's description of Mandy as a 'wily character' reflect his Damascene conversion – from calling Trump a reckless danger to a nice person who displays 'dynamism and energy'?
Unlikely support for US ambassador hopeful Peter Mandelson (pictured) from Michael Gove , who tells LBC's Nick Ferrari: 'His politics are not my politics – but he has experience with the economic nitty gritty that is needed'
With Donald Trump making no secret of his enthusiasm to pick up the Nobel Peace Prize, some of his dim-witted fans might assume that it's already on his mantelpiece.
A 2020 video lauding the achievements of Trump's first term included a picture of the prize he never won above the words, 'Trump stands for peace'.
Unfortunately, he used the Nobel medal awarded for all other prizes, such as medicine, literature and physics.
The Peace Prize has a different gong. Fake news? Sorry Donald. Tis true.
As Donald Trump is making no secret of his enthusiasm to pick up the Nobel Peace Prize, some of his dim-witted fans might assume that it's already on his mantelpiece
Concluding her BBC interview with Sir Paul McCartney, Laura Kuenssberg gushes: 'You've enhanced the world for many hundreds of millions... it's an absolute joy to talk to you.'
Macca responds: 'Thanks Laura. I'm a fan of yours, too.'
Back in the studio, Laura claims: 'I didn't know they were going to leave that bit in!'
Irish poet Michael Longley, who has died aged 85, was surprised when accepting the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2001 that the late monarch knew his family history.
His father was Colonel Richard Longley, who fought heroically in both World Wars.
Michael recalled: 'She mentioned my father's name and we discussed how her grandfather George V had given my father the Military Cross.'
Thatcher's biographer Charles Moore doe not like the use of modern words in Channel 4's Brian And Maggie
Margaret Thatcher's biographer Charles Moore takes issue with modern expressions put in the mouth of Harriet Walter, who plays his heroine in Channel 4's Brian And Maggie.
'In the 1980s no one said 'I'm good', meaning 'I'm well'. And she would never have used the words 'blag' or 'tequila'.'
But after her roasting by Walden, might the Iron Lady not have barked 'Bring me a large Bell's'?
