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Time to consult ye olde crystal ball, shuffle the tarot cards, dig out my trusty drivel diviner to see what 2021 holds for Harry and Meghan and — uh oh! The Sussexes are just over a year into their great finding freedom caper but if events of recent days are anything to go by, we have barely moved on from the petty hurts and status grievances first aired at the Sandringham Summit back in January 2020. Misunderstandings about names on birth certificates or the lack thereof; the continued use of military titles deserved or undeserved; the implications of the word ‘royal’ itself; the old w...

The Daily Mail Jan Moir said we were not all in the pandemic together. “While all of the country is locked down, with all the sacrifice and restrictions that involves, there is another tier out there,” she said. “A higher tier. It is a tier of no fear and precious few boundaries, where footballers party with impunity, the super-entitled refuse to mask up in supermarkets and the rich and famous fly off on exotic holidays.” She asked how they were not bound by the rules the rest of us abide by and criticised the fact that they were able to fly to India and pay £10 a shot for a ...

RULE breakers, red tape and a smart lockdown were the topics discussed by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

REFLECTIONS on 2020 and the personalities of the year dominated the comment sections of the newspapers on the first day of the new year.

comments The headline on the front page of the Daily Mail on January 24 hinted at what was to come. ‘Is the killer virus already here?’ we wondered. It certainly was — and unknown to everyone back then, it was here to stay. This has been a year like no other, with an unpredictable pandemic plunging the country in and out of punishing. Families lost loved ones, career paths were dashed, cherished hopes and dreams had to be sidelined. Meanwhile, the hardships and heroisms of everyday life came sharply into focus. Healthcare workers, teachers, emergency services, police and fire services e...