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Queen Mother: 'The two people who have caused me most trouble in my life are Wallis Simpson and Hitler', writes CHRISTOPHER WILSON
2 weeks ago

Queen Mother: 'The two people who have caused me most trouble in my life are Wallis Simpson and Hitler', writes CHRISTOPHER WILSON

Daily Mail  

They loathed each other more than words could ever say. Back to the Queen Mother: 'The two people who have caused me most trouble in my life are Wallis Simpson and Hitler.' The Duke and Duchess of Windsor meeting Adolf Hitler in Munich in 1937 It has been suggested that Elizabeth never forgave Wallis for triggering the abdication of Edward …

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Wolf Hall author Hilary Mantel left her entire £4million fortune to her husband in her will following her death aged 70
1 month, 1 week ago

Wolf Hall author Hilary Mantel left her entire £4million fortune to her husband in her will following her death aged 70

Daily Mail  

Best-selling author Dame Hilary Mantel left her entire £4million fortune to her childhood sweetheart husband, documents reveal. The author left her entire fortune to her geologist husband The renowned writer penned 12 novels and two collections of short stories during her illustrious career, which saw her win the Booker Prize twice Mantel was unable to have children because of a …

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What was Thomas 'Prince of Darkness' Cromwell REALLY like? As Wolf Hall returns, a grisly look inside Henry the VIII's 'agent of Satan's' life including his dirtiest plots and daily habits
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What was Thomas 'Prince of Darkness' Cromwell REALLY like? As Wolf Hall returns, a grisly look inside Henry the VIII's 'agent of Satan's' life including his dirtiest plots and daily habits

Daily Mail  

Thomas' Prince of Darkness' Cromwell had a reputation for being a brutal, unforgiving enforcer to England's most tyrannical royal, King Henry VIII. As the BBC's historical drama, Wolf Hall, returns to screens after a decade off the air, just how accurately have the beeb and actor Mark Rylance depicted the real Earl of Essex? Thomas' Prince of Darkness' Cromwell had …

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‘Gossip is a currency’: The precarious lives of Tudor women in Wolf Hall
4 months ago

‘Gossip is a currency’: The precarious lives of Tudor women in Wolf Hall

The Independent  

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light opens with a tale of two queens. “While I think Jane knew that she was a very different person to Anne, I don’t think she went into that marriage with a sense of safety,” says Phillips, who also played Seymour in the original 2015 series, when she was “very green” and fresh out …

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Big budget hitman action, an extraordinary true crime...
4 months ago

Big budget hitman action, an extraordinary true crime...

Daily Mail  

Not sure what to watch this weekend? Lucan Murdered nanny Sandra Rivett's son investigates Lord Lucan's disappearance Year: 2024 Certificate: 12 'The brown envelope has set me on a world of mystery, intrigue, corruption, sadness, depression.'. Citadel: Honey Bunny Indian spin-off from Amazon's spy series with flashes of Ocean's Eleven Year: 2024 Certificate: 15 Amazon's spy series Citadel was a …

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Tesco launches bizarre range of life-sized celebrity cardboard cut outs - with standees of THREE of Taylor Swift's exes (and Jeremy Corbyn) up for sale
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Tesco launches bizarre range of life-sized celebrity cardboard cut outs - with standees of THREE of Taylor Swift's exes (and Jeremy Corbyn) up for sale

Daily Mail  

Tesco has launched a bizarre new range of life-sized celebrity cardboard cut outs, and shoppers can't quite believe the standees are really for sale. There are dozens of these standees available on the Tesco website, with customers able to take cut outs of King Henry VIII and Boris Johnson home, as well as Winston Churchill and Hillary Clinton. Pictured: A …

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How real is the Firebrand ending between Catherine Parr and Henry VIII?
6 months, 1 week ago

How real is the Firebrand ending between Catherine Parr and Henry VIII?

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Law stars as Tudor monarch Henry VIII, in the historical drama …

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How many more? THOUSANDS more people could be victims of infected blood without knowing it - after report brands it the 'worst ever' cover-up in NHS history
9 months, 3 weeks ago

How many more? THOUSANDS more people could be victims of infected blood without knowing it - after report brands it the 'worst ever' cover-up in NHS history

Daily Mail  

Thousands more people could have been caught up in the infected blood scandal without realising, experts have warned - as a damning report exposed a 'catalogue of failings' dating back decades. Key failures highlighted in the report include: A failure to act over risks linked to contaminated blood - some of which were known before the NHS was established in …

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How I broke the infected blood scandal in the Mail - and we carried on exposing the appalling, deadly truth in the face of cowardly politicians and bullying by the medical and legal establishment
9 months, 3 weeks ago

How I broke the infected blood scandal in the Mail - and we carried on exposing the appalling, deadly truth in the face of cowardly politicians and bullying by the medical and legal establishment

Daily Mail  

No story should start at the end. Sir Brian Langstaff’s careful four-year stewardship of the Infected Blood Inquiry has examined millions of pieces of evidence, pored over more than 3,500 written statements and listened to 370 witnesses — including me. It began 41 years ago when, as a young medical journalist, newly promoted on to The Mail on Sunday, I …

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How the world's historic heroes would look TODAY from Leonardo Da Vinci to Queen Victoria and Vlad the Impaler
1 year, 7 months ago

How the world's historic heroes would look TODAY from Leonardo Da Vinci to Queen Victoria and Vlad the Impaler

Daily Mail  

We've seen their portraits countless times. VLAD THE IMPALER Vlad III was the three-time ruler of Wallachian and is said to have been the inspiration for author Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic novel ‘Dracula’ Vlad III, also known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula, was the three-time ruler of Wallachian and was later the inspiration for Irish author Bram Stoker's …

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Why Jude Law’s Henry VIII is a Tudor king for the #MeToo era
1 year, 9 months ago

Why Jude Law’s Henry VIII is a Tudor king for the #MeToo era

The Independent  

Jude Law’s enormous bottom was the talk of the Cannes Crosiette last weekend. Following the premiere of Firebrand, Karim Aïnouz’s new costume drama in which Law plays Henry VIII opposite Alicia Vikander as the Tudor monarch’s sixth and last wife Katherine Parr, critics expressed their astonishment at the voluminous size of Law’s rump. It’s 90 years since Charles Laughton picked …

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Jude Law wore ‘awful’ perfume scent of ‘blood, faecal matter and sweat’ to play Henry VIII
1 year, 9 months ago

Jude Law wore ‘awful’ perfume scent of ‘blood, faecal matter and sweat’ to play Henry VIII

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jude Law has shared that he wore …

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Mea Culpa: Chair and chair alike
2 years, 1 month ago

Mea Culpa: Chair and chair alike

The Independent  

We seem to have forgotten, over the past week or two, that The Independent has a long-standing policy of doing without gendered job titles where possible. I’m not sure we’re getting much better at using “spokesperson”, either, with 155 mentions of a “spokesman” over the same seven days. Parallel universe: From chairs to thrones, I suppose, and “An extraordinary piece …

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How fights used to erupt between Edward VIII and George VI
2 years, 2 months ago

How fights used to erupt between Edward VIII and George VI

Daily Mail  

The now-fraught relationship between Princes William and Harry has echoes stretching back more than 100 years. Above: Edward and Prince Albert - known as George as King - are seen together as teenagers Whilst the pair got on better in adulthood, Edward's decision to abdicate in 1936 so he could marry American divorcee Wallis was seen as a 'personal betrayal' …

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How future king Edward VIII fell for a murdering courtesan
2 years, 2 months ago

How future king Edward VIII fell for a murdering courtesan

Daily Mail  

Staff at the Savoy Hotel in London were used to demanding and outrageous behaviour from their well-heeled clientele, but the couple staying in suite 41 were the talk of the establishment. One lunchtime, the couple, Prince Ali Fahmy and his wife, Marguerite, were quarrelling so noisily that the leader of the Savoy’s orchestra intervened, whereupon Marguerite dramatically stated: ‘My husband …

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Images of Queen Elizabeth II: A life in pictures
2 years, 5 months ago

Images of Queen Elizabeth II: A life in pictures

The Independent  

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Stakes in rare King Edward VIII penny snapped up
3 years ago

Stakes in rare King Edward VIII penny snapped up

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Shares in a rare coin …

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle risk same fate as Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, film maker claims
3 years, 6 months ago

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle risk same fate as Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, film maker claims

Daily Mail  

A filmmaker with ties to the royal family has claimed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle risk fading into obscurity - in a similar fashion to Edward and Mrs Simpson. Royal filmmaker Nick Bullen said Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could fade into 'obscurity' like his great-great uncle Edward VIII and his wife Wallis Simpson did Global power players? Bullen said …

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A tale of two abdications: The uncanny parallels between Prince Harry and Edward VIII
4 years, 2 months ago

A tale of two abdications: The uncanny parallels between Prince Harry and Edward VIII

Daily Mail  

At first glance, Prince Harry might bear little comparison with his great-great-uncle Edward VIII – the Duke of Windsor, as he became. Edward chain-smoked in front of his mother, telling her he wanted to live as ‘a modern man’, while his outlandish dress sense – his top hat habitually tilted at a rakish angle –prompted his father George V to …

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The other American: Should we compare Meghan and Harry to Wallis and Edward?
4 years, 11 months ago

The other American: Should we compare Meghan and Harry to Wallis and Edward?

The Independent  

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Books of the month: From Dave Eggers’ The Captain and the Glory to Hayley Nolan’s corrective history of Anne Boleyn
5 years, 3 months ago

Books of the month: From Dave Eggers’ The Captain and the Glory to Hayley Nolan’s corrective history of Anne Boleyn

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In Dave Eggers’ witty fable The Captain and the Glory, the fictional narcissist who takes …

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《延禧攻略》魏姐发盒饭稳准狠，这些国外宫斗戏也超精彩！
6 years, 6 months ago

《延禧攻略》魏姐发盒饭稳准狠，这些国外宫斗戏也超精彩！

China Daily  

《延禧攻略》自开播以来，热度居高不下，成为当下讨论度最高的宫斗剧。 从第一集开始，魏姐就跟充钱买了外挂一样，带着她强大的女主光环一路发盒饭。盒饭商纷纷表示，自从有了魏姐，生意更好了…… 明明“屡次犯禁”，可盒饭就是发不到自己头上。 现在大家都在问魏姐，究竟什么时候才能给尔晴发盒饭。 毕竟，尔晴之后，还有铂金段位的纯妃、钻石段位的娴妃……据说还要上线一个杀伤力很强的顺嫔。 如今《延禧攻略》还在缓慢更新中，如果觉得清宫戏看不过瘾，不如放眼看看外面的世界，围观一下国外的宫斗戏。 WMUK电台曾评出十佳英国宫廷剧，今天双语君（微信ID：Chinadaily_Mobile）就来给大家盘点一下。 - 10 - 维多利亚与阿卜杜勒 Victoria & Abdul A comedy drama about Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim, this movie centers on the true story of the long reigning ruler's friendship with her royal servant. 一部关于维多利亚女王和阿卜杜勒的喜剧片，这部电影聚焦这位在位时间超长的统治者与她的皇家侍者之间的友谊，叫好又叫座。 这部戏并没有相互争宠的妃嫔妾室，讲述的是维多利亚女王晚年在位时所发展出的一段出乎意料却又真实的友谊。 电影曾获两项奥斯卡提名，最佳服装设计奖和最佳化妆与发型设计奖。 而老戏骨朱迪·丹奇更是第二次饰演维多利亚女王了，演技过硬，值得一看。 - 9 - 另一个波琳家的女孩 The Other Boleyn Girl A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance …

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Meghan Markle is set to join a small group of US royals
6 years, 11 months ago

Meghan Markle is set to join a small group of US royals

Daily Mail  

Meghan Markle is about to join more than one select group. Her predecessors include Wallis Simpson, who became the Duchess of Windsor when she married the recently-abdicated King Edward VIII; Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' younger sister Caroline Lee Bouvier, who tied the knot with Polish Prince Stanislaw Albrecht Radziwill; and Rita Hayworth, who in 1949 married Italian-born Prince Ali Salman Aga …

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Star Wars: No plans to digitise Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in future films, Lucasfilm says
8 years, 2 months ago

Star Wars: No plans to digitise Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in future films, Lucasfilm says

ABC  

The makers of Star Wars have put a quick end to rumours that, while Carrie Fisher has died, her Princess Leia may live on. Key points: Lucasfilm says there are no plans to digitally recreate Fisher to appear in future Star Wars episodes Fisher had been slated to appear in Episode IX, scheduled for release in 2019 Lucasfilm insists Episode …

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