My life through a lens: Journalist and royal biographer Penny Junor, 71, shares the stories behind her favourite snaps By Yvonne Swann For Weekend Magazine Published: 22:31 BST, 4 June 2021 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 4 June 2021 Celebrities share the stories behind their favourite photos. This week it’s British journalist and royal biographer Penny … Read more
Years ago, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh paid a fleeting visit to the Surrey town of Dorking. There were hundreds, if not thousands, of wellwishers penned in behind barriers. Those at the front had been standing there for many hours. Among them was a small child holding a single daffodil. The Queen made … Read more
Meghan and Harry ‘lobbed a huge bomb into the heart of the institution’ with their bombshell accusations to Oprah Winfrey, a royal expert has claimed. Royal biographer Penny Junor also said the couple betrayed the royal family and caused lasting damage to the monarchy in the year since they quit as senior royals. In Meghan and Harry’s explosive … Read more
Prince Harry has a lot of his mother in him. And his disastrous decision to sit down with Oprah Winfrey alongside his pregnant wife is straight out of Diana’s book. It is just over 25 years since she publicly eviscerated her husband in that Panorama interview with Martin Bashir. Sitting alone in Kensington Palace, head … Read more
Oh, what a sickening sense of deja vu. Reading the revelations about Harry and Meghan in Finding Freedom over recent days has reminded me all too eerily of Andrew Morton’s book, Diana: Her True Story. It was just as explosive as this book — and proved deeply damaging. Almost 28 years on, the parallels between … Read more