EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Activist endorsed Meghan Markle for White House
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Joe Biden’s political activist sister Valerie has endorsed Meghan Markle for the White House
As Meghan’s US popularity nosedives below that of Harry, a smidgen of good news for her. Joe Biden’s political activist sister Valerie has endorsed her as a woman she would back for the White House.
And despite having never stood for election, the former TV actress is topping a poll of Democrats asked which woman they would vote for.
She ties with vice president Kamala Harris and is ahead of Hillary Clinton.
But US polling experts noted that Meghan’s name in the frame is testament to the ‘fact that the choices the Democrats have are not great’.
And President Biden’s refusal to give her and Harry a lift in Air Force One after the Queen’s funeral suggests that Sleepy Joe isn’t a fan.
As Meghan’s US popularity nosedives below that of Harry, a smidgen of good news for her
Prince’s resentment at Sinead O’Connor’s rendition of his song Nothing Compares 2 U continues from beyond the grave. Sky’s new documentary doesn’t have a solitary snippet of her singing the song which launched her international career.
Confirming that Prince’s estate refused permission, his half-sister Sharon Nelson says: ‘I didn’t feel [Sinead] deserved to use the song so we declined. His version is the best.’ A bit Mutt and Jeff, Sharon?
BBC cricket poobah Jonathan Agnew thought he’d got a scoop when he interviewed Stuart Broad’s fiancee Mollie King and asked her how long the cricketer would continue playing: ‘It’s his whole life. He’s playing, I feel, like better than he’s ever been,’ replied Mollie.
‘But, yeah, it’s his whole world. So, who knows?’ Two hours later, Broad shocked everyone by announcing his retirement live on Sky Sports. Doh!
BBC cricket poobah Jonathan Agnew thought he’d got a scoop when he interviewed Stuart Broad’s fiancee Mollie King (pictured) and asked her how long the cricketer would continue playing: ‘It’s his whole life. He’s playing, I feel, like better than he’s ever been,’ replied Mollie
Apropos Jenny Seagrove’s forthcoming appearance in lover Bill Kenwright’s production of Alone Together at his theatre in Windsor. Reviewers are not being invited because, says the show’s PR, the play is ‘at the start of its journey’.
The decision will at least avert a repeat of the mauling some critics gave his recent production of Frank and Percy, a far from frisky dog-walker comedy, which starred Sir Ian McKellen and Roger Allam.
Harry Mount’s tribute to his late godmother Lindy, Marchioness of Dufferin, recalls her purchase of her friend David Hockney’s A Bigger Splash.
‘She owned it for many years and when her husband Sheridan died, it went to the Tate,’ says Harry, pointing out that a smaller version, Portrait Of An Artist (Pool With Two Figures), sold at a 2018 New York auction for $90,312,500 (£80million).
How much did Lindy pay for what is now Hockney’s most famous work? £800.
Unconsciously reprising an actress said to the bishop gag, polymath Stephen Fry recalls his encounter with the Bishop of Bath and Wells during his youthful stint in prison for credit card fraud.
‘Any complaints?’ asked the bishop. ‘Yes,’ Fry replied, wailing about the quality of the soap bars.
‘They don’t lather, they don’t smell, they don’t float. The best thing they do is to keep us company in the bath!’ To paraphrase the late comic Frank Carson: ‘It’s the way you tell ’em, Stephen!’
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