EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Is King Charles thinking of opening part of Buckingham Palace as a luxury B&B? By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 01:31, 26 July 2024 | Updated: 01:36, 26 July 2024 e-mail View comments Last year's Royal Household report paid lip service to the £369m Buck House refurb to make 'it fit for purpose as the principal residence of The Sovereign'. No such mention this year – confirming the King's intention of staying at Clarence House . All signs are that the palace will become a grand museum.
Curiously, the report mentions the completion of 'new ensuite bedrooms' in the east wing (the balcony side of the palace). Given that no royal now lives at Buck House, is His Majesty thinking of opening part of it as a luxury B&B? Throne home: King Charles III intends to stay at Clarence House rather than move into Buckingham Palace Curiously, the most recent Royal Household report mentions the completion of 'new ensuite bedrooms' in the east wing of Buckingham Palace - even though no royal lives there Clarence House will remain as the residence of King Charles and Queen Camilla Not quite the song of champions Promoting its Paris Olympics coverage, the BBC has been using a haunting Edith Piaf tune, Hymne A L'Amour. But far from celebrating sporting excellence, the song – known in English as If You Love Me, Really Love Me – is Edith's lament after the tragic death of her lover Marcel Cerdan.
Edith wrote it in 1949, immediately after boxer Cerdan, the French contender for the world middleweight crown, was killed on his way to New York in a plane crash. A mourning dirge rather than a gold medal sports anthem? The BBC has chosen Edith Piaf's Hymne A L'Amour to celebrate the Olympics - even though she penned it in memory of her lost lover Liz fizzed out before King's speech Further groans from Liz Truss at earning the distinction of being the only PM not to have had a King's Speech since Viscount Goderich, who managed 144 days in power in 1827-28. But, at least unlike Goderich, she didn't have the King himself making her life difficult.
George IV described him as 'a damned, snivelling, blubbering blockhead' and kept a supply of handkerchiefs nearby at audiences for his often overwrought PM to dry his eyes. Further distinction: Liz Truss is the only Prime Minister not to have had a King's Speech since Viscount Goderich, who managed 144 days in power in 1827 to 1828 Tables are turned for Joan Downsized to Primrose Hill, Joan Bakewell invited passers-by to take free household items that she no longer wants. She said: 'I put stuff outside my back gate this morning on a small white table, with this note: 'Don't take the table'.
They took the table!! B******s!' Joan's moan: Having laid out free household items she no longer wanted outside her house, one passerby thought to take the table Biggins throws a wobbly over trifle Christopher Biggins' ire remains at gas mark five after his family recipe was derided on TV's Celebrity Masterchef ten years ago. Now appearing in Cooking With the Stars, Biggins wails: 'I was asked to cook something inspired by someone who meant something to us. 'My great aunt Vi was instrumental in my upbringing and taught me to make trifle.
'So I made a trifle but they said that was far too easy, which I absolutely disagree with. I was furious!' The Biggins fury is not a matter to be trifled with. Christopher Biggins wanted to make a trifle on Cooking with the Stars but was told it was not challenging enough Jagger's swagger confuses Gyles Gyles Brandreth tells listeners to Boom Radio about a romantic moment watching a sunset with his wife on a Jamaican beach when they spotted a stranger.
'Coming along the beach was, a little bent wizened old woman. 'She was teetering along the beach towards us and it wasn't until she got right in front of us, this little old person, that we realised it was actually Mick Jagger.' Gyles Brandreth has admitted he once mistook Mick Jagger for a 'little bent wizened old woman' New York Buckingham Palace BBC Clarence House Share or comment on this article: EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Is King Charles thinking of opening part of Buckingham Palace as a luxury B&B? e-mail Add comment More top stories.
