New series of Netflix’s The Crown is ‘vicious’ and ‘would have destroyed’ the Queen, one of the late monarch’s closest friends says The ‘vicious’ latest season of the crown ‘would have destroyed the Queen’  Close friend of late Queen said she’s horrified by how the family are portrayed Fifth series is due to be the […]

Sharron Davies backs free speech and women’s rights campaigners calling for Sport England’s diversity chief to be fired for his role in ‘Orwellian’ transgender row Sport England is facing calls to sack its diversity champion, Aedan Wolton Wolton accused former colleague, Rachel Meade, of making ‘transphobic’ posts Complaint to Social Work England led to Meade […]

We’re sitting on £1billion of unspent shop loyalty points: Survey estimates UK consumers hold almost £19 per adult on average Survey estimates UK consumers hold around £1 billion in loyalty card points  It comes as 37 per cent of Brits have said they are nervous in run-up to Christmas Over seven million people started saving […]

Shadow of Mykonos police assault hangs over England’s Harry Maguire as World Cup looms Harry Maguire was convicted for assaulting a police officer two years ago   He was found guilty of assaulting six police officers on the Greek island in 2020  The World Cup hopeful footballer’s appeal is not due to be heard until next […]

Yours for £55: A candle that smells of Acton Lock ‘with bursts of moss amber and vetiver’ Haeckels skincare and candle company are selling bizarre scented candles  One candle claims to smell like the graffiti-strewn Acton Lock in East London  The canal scented gift is being sold by Haeckles skincare company for £55  Jeremy Clarkson’s nether […]

Congratulations from Charles R and Camilla R: King sends the first telegrams of his reign to people celebrating 100th birthdays – with cards showing a relaxed-looking monarch smiling with the Queen Consort King Charles is continuing the tradition of sending telegrams for 100th birthdays The monarch sent his first cards which feature himself and the […]

Vienna: Dietrich Mateschitz, who became Austria’s richest man peddling Red Bull to the masses and harnessing the popularity of the energy drink to build a sports-marketing empire spanning Formula 1, soccer and mountain biking, has died. He was 78. Red Bull announced his death to employees in a statement on Sunday, without providing details. Austrian […]

JOHN SWEENEY: Ghislaine Maxwell went out on the hunt for girls Epstein liked, just out of puberty. She’d say: ‘I’ve got to get the nubiles’ At 29, Ghislaine Maxwell was a broken woman – by grief for the father she adored and the disgrace that now dogged anyone bearing the Maxwell name. Her gilded life […]

Boris who? It’s Penny Mordaunt and her ‘clean record’ Labour fears the most, the party’s MPs claim Penny Mordaunt is the Tory leader Labour fears most, according to some MPs They pointed at the Commons Leader’s ‘clean record’ compared with her rivals  ‘Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are known quantities and damaged goods’ Penny Mordaunt […]

How did this 23-year-old Russian woman whose family had links to the Kremlin get a role in an influential British security body? Anastasia Spiridonova, 23, was made a director of British security body The Russian’s family had direct connections to Vladimir Putin’s regime After two months she was asked by the board to resign from […]