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Nestling in Windsor Great Park, Royal Lodge is no longer the house of joy it was in former times, particularly during the long years of the Queen Mothers widowhood.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Princess Beatrice, one of the few royals still in communication with Harry and Meghan, gave her permission for them to film at the Queens Wendy house at Windsor Castle.

History is playing out before our eyes - thats why this very current book on Ukraines struggle against Putins Russia tops my History list.

The salacious diaries of Tory MP Sir Henry Chips Channon caused a sensation when first published in 1967.

This final volume of Chips Channon’s uncensored diaries is scandalously frank about his baroque appetites – and an instant classic

The final volume of Sir Henry Channon’s famous diaries covers the breakdown of his marriage, affairs with men and the final years of war

They were called to the fire at the old Royal Alexandra Infirmary in Paisley on Wednesday night.

Ysenda Maxtone-Graham rounded up a selection of this years best memoirs. Among the UK-based literary critics picks is If In Doubt Wash Your Hair by Anya Hindmarch.

Last modified on Sun 28 Feb 2021 10.28 EST When the diaries of an obscure politician called Sir Henry “Chips” Channon were first published in 1967, they caused a sensation, and not only among those whose names appeared in their index (“vile & spiteful & silly,” announced the novelist Nancy Mitford, speaking for the walking wounded). Channon, an upstart Chicagoan who’d unaccountably managed to marry the daughter of an exceedingly rich Anglo-Irish Earl, moved in vertiginously high circl...

he cannot do wrong, really. Now he has assumed supreme control of his army. All the hysterical anti-Germans in this country are up in arms. But surely internal changes are none of our business. 22 February Winston Churchill rose and in a vicious biting speech defended Eden and attacked the govt. It was yet another bid on the part of the old ruffian to lead an independent group, perhaps a centre party. The attempt failed.  4 March Winston Churchill has written a wicked article half-heartedl...