The Queen s gift to Meghan Markle is surrounded by mystery
17 Jan, 2021 12:56 AM
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Meghan Markle was gifted a Royal National theatre patronage by the Queen. Photo / Getty Images
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It must be positively hellish to find the right gift for a member of the royal family. What the devil do you get for someone who lives in a palace (or a grand stately home at the very least), has access to a trove of tiaras and whose Gan Gan has the keys to the Crown Jewels?
Lucky then that the Queen has a few tricks up her Angela Kelly-designed sleeves and can dole out the perfect, money-can t-buy token: her patronages.
Fiona Bruce reveals BBC newsreaders given therapy over traumatic stories Albertina Lloyd
Fiona Bruce has revealed BBC newsreaders receive counselling after being “traumatised” by disturbing stories.
The Question Time presenter said she had not had to use the service herself, but admitted there were some news stories she had reported that were so upsetting they have been “burned into my mind.”
Asked if she’d received help, Bruce, 56, told Radio 4 podcast
Fortunately. with Fi Glover and Jane Garvey: “I know colleagues of mine have, and do. Definitely, I know colleagues of mine and people you see on the bulletins who have had counselling which the BBC has provided for them because they have been traumatised through their job.
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9th January 2021
The Cambridges are spending lockdown at Anmer Hall and a low-key family celebration is sure to be happening this weekend as Kate starts the last year of her thirties. Born on 9 January 1982 at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, the Duchess marks her 39th year today. Read on for 39 facts about the Duchess (in no particular order).
Catherine Elizabeth Middleton was christened at St Andrew’s Bradfield on 20 June 1982.
In 2018, the Duchess became the first royal patron of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Kate met William at the University of St Andrews where they lived in the same dormitory, St Salvatore’s Hall.
Declan Donnelly: Ant hasn’t asked me to be best man yet
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (Ian West/PA)
Declan Donnelly has quipped that he is “waiting to be asked” to be his TV sidekick’s best man.
Ant McPartlin and girlfriend Anne-Marie Corbett recently got engaged.
But asked about being best man at the ceremony, Dec, 45, told the Sunday Mirror: “He hasn’t asked me yet.
“I wait to be asked. We’ll see!”
Ant’s publicist Simon Jones previously confirmed the engagement.
Ant McPartlin at Wimbledon with Anne-Marie Corbett (Adam Davy/PA)
The “proposal took place on Christmas Eve, at home, in a very romantic setting”, he said.