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Oliver Everett, who has died aged 80, was the last in a line of distinguished Royal Librarians at Windsor Castle, jointly overseeing the Royal Library and the Royal Archives, an office which dated from 1837. Among his predecessors were Sir Richard Holmes, Sir John Fortescue, Sir Owen Morshead and Sir Robin Mackworth-Young.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—mocked as the Duke and Duchess of Woke—are not the most socially conscious royals.

There will much to think about for viewers of The Reckoning, the new drama about Jimmy Savile, particularly those who remember the predator as one of Britains best-known television stars.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: King Charless friendship with Jimmy Savile is further confirmed by my disclosure that after Harrys birth in 1984 he had been included in a list of potential godfathers.

It was 1979 and I had just completed the first of my trilogy of biographies of Prince Charles. Just one potentially awkward ritual remained before I could give my publisher the finished manuscript.