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I accepted the Duke’s view then. But now — having seen Charles at closer quarters in recent years — I realise I was wrong. The truth is that the Coronation was a triumphant success, and the principal author of its success was the King.Prince Philip had always actively counselled against this kind of public revelation. And much as she was devoted to Harry, it would have appalled Elizabeth II, too. Alan Carr, 47, cosies up to his hairdresser boyfriend Callum Heslop, 27, as they head out to grab a coffee in Santa Monica Jennifer Aniston encourages fans to donate to late Friends costar Matthew Perry's charity foundation: 'He would have been grateful for the love'

One of Elizabeth II’s chefs, Graham Newbould, told me that when he worked for Her Majesty in the 1980s, he was instructed to serve ‘penny sandwiches’ at tea time — so called because they are almost round in shape, like an old penny piece. A prolific broadcaster (in programmes ranging from Just a Minuteand Wordaholicsto Celebrity Gogglebox, Pointless, Sunday Brunch, QI, Would I Lie To You? and Have I Got News for You), an award-winning interviewer and columnist (principally for the Telegraph and Daily Mail), a novelist, children’s author and biographer, he has published two volumes of diaries: Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries(‘By far the best political diary of recent years, far more perceptive and revealing than Alan Clark’s’, The Times) and Something Sensational to Read in the Train: The Diary of a Lifetime(‘Witty, warm-hearted and deeply poignant’, Daily Mail). According to Newbould, the Queen told him that the corners of the sandwiches had to be cut off because ‘tradition has it that anyone presenting pointed-edged food to the sovereign is trying to overthrow the monarchy’. After a small mishap — I tried to sit in the seat reserved for the American singer Lionel Richie — I found my place. On my immediate right was Sir Michael Peat, 73, accountant, former Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to Elizabeth II, and later, for nearly ten years, private secretary to the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. The Queen arranged for his two young children to be looked after by royal nannies while his wife was in hospital and arranged for a basket of strawberries and muffins to be sent to the nurses who were caring for her.

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This being an “intimate portrait”, most readers will enjoy that the author has impeccable access, as he recounts (mostly trivial) conversations he had with the Queen. He is admiring of his subject, even when remembering a discussion with the monarch at a drinks party in 1990, in which his small talk led her to comment that being a vegetarian, like his wife, “must be very dull”. Harry and Meghan will get some coverage but not as much as they're used to. They will be sharing the spotlight somewhat.'