PIERS MORGAN: Why Joe Wicks is now begging ME to be his personal trainer! 

Saturday, January 23 American chat show legend Larry King has died aged 87. I took over from him at CNN in 2010 after his 25-year reign ended as the world’s most famous celebrity interlocutor. To sum up how incensed America felt about this insurrection of a national institution by a cocky young Brit, I was … Read more

Hugh Bonneville has had Covid vaccine and is volunteering as a marshall at vaccination centre

‘I’m delighted to be part of the team’: Hugh Bonneville, 57, reveals he’s had a Covid vaccine and is now volunteering as a marshall at a vaccination centre By Bryony Jewell For Mailonline Published: 00:59 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 02:10 GMT, 30 January 2021 Hugh Bonneville has revealed that he’s had a Covid … Read more

Duke of Northumberland plans to transform Grade-II listed school and build £7.9m hotel

Residents fear a £7.9million boutique hotel overlooking a castle used in the Harry Potter films will attract ‘rowdy hen and stag parties.’ The Duke of Northumberland has been given the green light to build the four-storey boutique hotel and spa overlooking Alnwick Castle. The historic sprawling estate, now the second-largest privately inhabited castle after Windsor, … Read more

Duke of Northumberland plans to transform Grade-II listed school and build £7.9m hotel

Residents fear a £7.9million boutique hotel overlooking a castle used in the Harry Potter films will attract ‘rowdy hen and stag parties.’ The Duke of Northumberland has been given the green light to build the four-storey boutique hotel and spa overlooking Alnwick Castle. The historic sprawling estate, now the second-largest privately inhabited castle after Windsor, … Read more

Imelda Staunton is spotted enjoy a stroll with Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter and their daughter

TALK OF THE TOWN: The Queen has a child with her butler! Imelda Staunton – who will play the Monarch in Netflix’s The Crown – is spotted enjoying a stroll with Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter and their Bridgerton star daughter By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: … Read more

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Julian Fellowes’ gilded new series? It’s New York’s answer to Downton Abbey 

The former model, 29, who studied drama at Yale and is known professionally by her middle name, plays heroine Marion Brook For those on the hunt for a good old costume drama to get your teeth into, there is good news on the horizon. Filming resumes imminently on The Gilded Age, the lavish new nine-part … Read more

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Julian Fellowes’ gilded new series? It’s New York’s answer to Downton Abbey 

The former model, 29, who studied drama at Yale and is known professionally by her middle name, plays heroine Marion Brook For those on the hunt for a good old costume drama to get your teeth into, there is good news on the horizon. Filming resumes imminently on The Gilded Age, the lavish new nine-part … Read more

Netflix drama Bridgerton depicts George III’s wife Queen Charlotte as black

The author of the books which inspired new Netflix drama Bridgerton has backed the decision to cast King George III’s wife as black.   Queen Charlotte is played by British actress Golda Rosheuvel, 49, in the new period drama, which has been tipped as a rival to the enormously popular Downton Abbey.  American author Julia Quinn, … Read more

Netflix drama Bridgerton depicts George III’s wife Queen Charlotte as black

New Netflix drama Bridgerton depicts George III’s wife Queen Charlotte as black based on disputed theory she was of African descent Golda Rosheuvel, 49, plays Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, in Bridgerton The drama is set in Regency England at the start of the 19th-Century  One historical theory says the 18th-Century consort was of … Read more

Lady Carnarvon admits tears were shed at Highclere Castle

What with baubles and bubbles and getting them to co-ordinate, we’ve each had the mother of all Christmas dilemmas this year.  Do we get the tinsel out early and hope that extra fairy lights will penetrate the gloom? Or do we cancel Christmas altogether, reasoning that no Christmas is better than a Covid-compliant one? It … Read more