EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Doubts about Camilla being crowned Queen faded

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Doubts about Camilla being crowned Queen have faded in the years following Diana’s death

The new Queen will be crowned just a few yards from where Princess Diana’s coffin rested in Westminster Abbey. 

After Camilla married Charles, it was decreed that she would be styled Princess Consort and never crowned because of public hostility. 

Since then doubts about Camilla are felt to have faded and it’s hoped that the crowds outside the Abbey paying enthusiastic homage will be audible inside. 

The last time that the noise of the crowd infiltrated the Abbey was the applause following the speech by Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, at her 1997 funeral, in which he attacked the royals. 

Martin Neary, the Abbey’s musical director, recalled: ‘I felt a great sympathy for what she had suffered but I was shocked by some of the things which were said. 

The new Queen will be crowned just a few yards from where Princess Diana’s coffin rested in Westminster Abbey

‘Princes William and Harry actually applauded at the end, although other senior members of the Royal Family did not.’

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has taken all the lead roles at the Coronation, leaving the leader of the northern branch of the CofE, Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, with little to do. 

Would Cottrell’s forceful predecessor, John Sentamu, 73, retired Archbishop of York and Primate of England from 2005 to 2020, have been sidelined so easily?

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby (pictured) has taken all the lead roles at the Coronation, leaving the leader of the northern branch of the CofE, Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, with little to do

Harrison Ford, returning in Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny to the same role he has now portrayed for over 40 years, says: ‘This is not your fifth Bond. This is your first and original Indiana Jones.’ 

But he has had some help, pictured, with modern de-ageing technology taking decades off his appearance for the 25-minute opening extravaganza of the new film.

Discussing his challenging relationship with the late often-abusive Rev Ian Paisley during the Northern Ireland peace process, Tony Blair recalls: ‘I think he called my wife at one stage “a painted Jezebel”. 

‘I said to her, “I reckon that’s quite a compliment”.’ 

On the podcast of his former attack dog Alastair Campbell, Blair also told how, as he tried to respond to a Paisley onslaught on his character, a fire alarm went off. 

Quick-as-a-flash Paisley said: ‘It’s a lie detector!’

Discussing his challenging relationship with the late often-abusive Rev Ian Paisley during the Northern Ireland peace process, Tony Blair recalls: ‘I think he called my wife at one stage “a painted Jezebel”‘

ITV News anchor Lucrezia Millarini fondly recalls an interview she did with Barry Humphries’ alter ego Dame Edna Everage backstage at the London Palladium ten years ago. 

Eyeing her fetching blue top and saucy black mini-skirt, Edna remarked: ‘You could have dressed up for the occasion!’

Gossipy writer Kathy Lette, 64, advises against bottom implant surgery: ‘A woman in my Zumba class recently had this. She reappeared with an in-built bustle. 

‘She stands in front of me in class, which is quite handy. It provides a ledge upon which to place my water bottle.’

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