Christopher Wilding News Today

The BBC has been accused of cheapening starlets by enraged fans of the late actress Elizabeth Taylor after it was announced that Kim Kardashian will present a documentary on her life.

The billionaire-businesswoman, 43, was the last person to interview the late movie star before her death in March 2011.

Speaking on the episode, James explained how he had been taken to Elizabeths home by his friend and actress Carrie Fisher - who he was living with at the time in Los Angeles.

Slumped on the edge of her bed in the middle of the afternoon, wearing only her underwear, Elizabeth Taylor clutched a syringe of Demerol, a powerful opioid, in her right hand.

As the wife of a US senator living in the stodgy nations capital, Elizabeth Taylor became a drunk and a junkie, according to a shocking new biography surprisingly authorized by La Lizs own family.

Campaigners entered the Palace of Westminster as tourists and visitors sitting down on the floor, before linking arms and reading testimonies from people struggling with bills.

Step forward Aileen Getty, an heiress to the Getty family fortune, which, of course, grew from the very industry activists are keen to bring to its knees. Aileen is the granddaughter of J. Paul Getty.

Aileen Getty, who lives in the United States, is bankrolling an organisation that has given money to Just Stop Oil as it creates havoc with its demonstrations in recent weeks.

Aileen Getty is a founding member of Climate Emergency Fund, which has handed out more than $4m to activists including Extinction Rebellion

SIR – Boris Johnson said in the House of Commons on Monday that he “gets it” (report, February 1).