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Author Mitch Johnson at Kett's Books in Wymondham - Credit: Supplied by Ketts Books As shops re-open we ask the people running some of our local independents what’s selling, what’s recommended and what they’ve loved reading during lockdown. Tracy Kenny, manager of Kett’s Books in Wymondham, said: “It's just been wonderful to be able to throw open the door and watch customers so happy to come in. They are happy to be in town, and especially to be allowed to browse and discover books they didn't know they wanted. Chatting about those books, their kids, the dog - it's all good. It's g...

One summer, Prince Philip was presented with a birthday present of three pairs of carriage-driving gloves. He unwrapped the parcel and inspected the gift. The first pair of gloves were a light tan colour. The duke sniffed approvingly. The second pair were dark tan. 'Thank you very much,' he said. The third pair were a pale lilac colour. He held them up disdainfully between his thumb and forefinger and said: 'I think we'll give these to the Prince of Wales.' I was there when he said this — and his biting sarcasm came as no surprise. By the late Eighties, he often gave the impression that he ...

Senior royals are coming together to ensure the monarch is accompanied by family on future engagements Those who will be seen at her side are Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Sources stressed that the Queen, who says Prince Philip's death on Friday has left a 'huge void' in her life, will fulfil as many commitments as possible once the two weeks of official mourning ends on April 22

GYLES BRANDRETH: My introduction to the Queen was disconcerting, to say the least. 'This is Gyles Brandreth,' said Prince Philip cheerily. 'Apparently, he's writing about you.'

Go on 'Oprah'? It's madness! No good will come of it: In the most revealing portrait of the Duke of Edinburgh you'll ever read, his friend of 40 years GYLES BRANDRETH says he sympathised with Harry and Meghan - but thought they were wrong Prince Philip thought Harry and Meghan's interview with Oprah was 'madness' and 'no good would come of it' Philip was sympathetic to Harry's distrust of media and supportive of his desire to 'do his own thing'  Gyles Brandreth, Prince Philip's impeccably connected biographer, gives his insights into Philip's thoughts