At times of grief, it is our close family we turn to for comfort and consolation. One can only imagine the wretchedness Prince Harry must have felt receiving that dreaded phone call telling him the terrible news that his grandfather had died. So helpless. So far away. So isolated from his family. He had not … Read more
Why are we letting this terrorist back on UK streets? Asks AMANDA PLATELL after Osama bin Laden’s right hand man was freed from US prison because he’s too fat By Amanda Platell for The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 11 December 2020 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 11 December 2020 Why in Heaven’s name are we … Read more
Back in 1995, Panorama reporter Martin Bashir was graciously accepting awards for his ‘interview of the century’ with Princess Diana. The most famous woman in the world had unforgettably revealed that ‘there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded’. Fast forward 25 years and Met boss Cressida Dick says … Read more
Some years ago, when I was head of communications for William Hague, then Tory Leader of the Opposition, he called me and other key advisers to a crisis meeting at his Yorkshire home. There were 12 of us at the dining table, including William’s wife Ffion, a highly-intelligent civil servant. But when Ffion offered her … Read more
Right now, I should be lying on a sunbed beside the infinity pool, above the old town of Ibiza with friends, chilled rosé in hand. Instead, I am reclining on a grassy knoll surrounded by deep woods and yellowing fields, greedy bees ravishing the lavender borders. No pool, but the rosé is in place. I … Read more
AMANDA PLATELL: What was Boris thinking, hiding away in Scotland when the country yearned for leadership? A couple of tweets was all we got. Who does he think he is, Donald Trump?
Who’d ever have thought it? The most reliable, and dare I say wooden, member of the younger royals stole the show with a comic turn on the BBC’s fundraiser The Big Night In. Yes, there was Prince William in a Blackadder sketch with Stephen Fry joking he wasn’t wearing any trousers! His Goon-loving dad Charles … Read more