EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Harry and Meghan’s Colombia journey will not upset King
Harry and Meghan’s trip to Colombia later this year won’t upset the King and the Prince of Wales.
They feared the Sussex duo might choose a different destination: a headline stealing jaunt to the Paris Olympics.
Monarchs and crown princes from across the globe have been in the French capital along with Hollywood royalty.
The presence of Harry and Meghan would not have amused Charles or his heir.
Neither have felt the urge to turn up and cheer on Team GB.
Instead Princess Anne last week and Duchess Sophie this week are doing the lowkey honours. H&M’s PR team have missed an open goal.
Harry and Meghan’s trip to Colombia later this year won’t upset the King and the Prince of Wales – they had feared they would go to the Paris Olympics
Princess Anne has been doing the lowkey honours of cheering on Team GB
Royal silence on Olympics is deafening
At the start of the Olympics, Queen Camilla rushed out a tweet to congratulate GB’s equestrians on winning Team Eventing gold.
William and Kate did the same plus a ‘well done’ for Tom Pidcock for mountain biking gold.
Since then nothing – not even when the nation’s favourite Keely Hodgkinson triumphed this week.
Socials status: At the start of the Olympics, Queen Camilla rushed out a tweet to congratulate GB’s equestrians on winning Team Eventing gold – but since then, nothing
Camilla’s heartfelt message to the British Equestrian team appeared on X
Why the deafening silence? The royals are on holiday and so are most of their PR teams.
Only one other Olympic-related event caught the attention of the skeleton staff left behind.
William and Kate’s X marked Andy Murray’s retirement with a green heart emoji. Not exactly a fulsome tribute.
Aimee’s Mancunian accent is White on the money
Manchester’s Aimee Lou Wood, star of Sex Education, has been cast as an American in series three of The White Lotus.
All fine and dandy but Aimee Lou struggled with the transatlantic drawl required.
‘I did a self-tape, one in an American accent and one in my own,’ she says.’ They were like, ‘Yeah, we want your own voice.’ Aimee now brings her Mancunian trill to The White Lotus.
Manchester’s Aimee Lou Wood, star of Sex Education, has been cast as an American in series three of The White Lotus
The kissing tale of two Taylors
Newly discovered intimate recordings of a drunken Elizabeth Taylor talking about her first screen kiss feature in a new documentary by film director Nanette Burstein.
She tells Radio Times that Taylor’s first smooch was with the actor Robert Taylor when she was aged 15 and he was in his late 30s.
‘I don’t think you could do that today,’ says Burstein. ‘She was being asked to play adult roles with men more than twice her age. It’s creepy.’
Smacks of scandal: Elizabeth Taylor’s (left) first smooch was with the actor Robert Taylor when she was aged 15 and he was in his late 30s.
Will Hugh start counting calories with Heidi?
Now reportedly romancing glamorous ‘vegan influencer’ Heidi Kadlecova, will Hugh Bonneville be aided in his well-documented battle with the calories?
The Downton Abbey star’s dramatic weight loss previously made headlines – but the actor, who confirmed his split from wife of 25 years Lulu last September, is currently back to his roly poly self.
Surely Heidi will prove more sympathetic than the first Mrs Bonneville? Hugh recalled her once bluntly telling him: ‘You are as fat as a pig.’ Enjoy the pine nuts, Hugh!
Frank’s welcome attention
Frank Skinner boasts that when he became a celebrity he was suddenly attractive to women.
‘For me, it was honestly like being a black cab without the light on,’ he tells a podcast.
‘So nobody raised a hand, and suddenly my light came on, and I was able to have, I believe the word is, sex.’
Aged 67, does Frank now more resemble a clapped-out minicab?
Frank Skinner boasts that when he became a celebrity he was suddenly attractive to women
