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01/07/2013

EM: Princess of Wales's 1994 car sold for £36,500:

An Audi Cabriolet that Princess Diana bought in 1994 and drove for a year was sold for £36,500 by Coys of Kensington. A standard version of that model would normally fetch £2k. The Beatles manager Brian Epstein's battered mini sold for £26k in the same auction at Blenheim Palace.

27/06/2013

EM: Arts Council England cuts limited to 5%,

During his spending review speech yesterday, Chancellor George Osborne revealed the Department for Culture, Media & Sport has agreed to a 7% reduction to its budget, with cuts to Arts Council England and national museums' spending limited to 5%. It follows months of critics arguing that any bigger cuts would spell disaster for arts projects and institutions across the country.

27/06/2013

EM: Pelly finds love with US graduate,

Guy Pelly, the club owner who counts The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry among his friends, has revealed that he's found love. Pelly, who runs Sloane Square's Tonteria, is dating Elizabeth Wilson, an arts graduate from Tennessee who's based in London.

27/06/2013

EM: Pippa's party life,

The Duchess of Cambridge's sister Pippa Middleton has enjoyed a week of high-profile events, spotted at social events including Wimbledon, Sir David Frost's summer party, and Melissa Percy's wedding over the past few days, with fashion spotters commenting on her array of outfits.

21/06/2013

The Queen makes history at Ascot:

The Queen became the first reigning monarch to win the Gold Cup at Ascot yesterday, when her horse Estimate crossed the line in first place, bagging the monarch £155,960 in prize money. The Duke of York presented the cup to his 'beaming' mother in the parade ring.

21/06/2013

The Queen makes Ascot history:

The Queen cried tears of joy yesterday as she made history at Royal Ascot, becoming the first reigning monarch to win the Ascot Gold Cup in its 207 year history with her 7-2 favourite Estimate, which won by a length. She was joined by beaming Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.

16/06/2013

Patrick Kielty Blows it!
Irish Comic Patrick Kielty hosted the The Grocer Awards at The Guildhall in the City last week.
He started by saying the audience had made him feel as welcome as "Stuart Hall at a One Direction concert", then urged the audience to "lay back and enjoy the craic, just like Whitney Houston". Later he predicted that heaving drinking could lead to the Guildhall looking like "My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding sponsored by Wonga.com".

We say; this cutting edge humour is fine when the audience has paid to see you, can safely be assumed to be your fans and know what to expect. But when you are being paid a shed load of money by the organisers to host a private event, the audience has not paid to see you and many of them may never have even heard of you, it's best to keep the humour within safe limits.

We're guessing that Mr. Kielty won't be invited back anytime soon and the person who booked him won't be in the running for any awards for conference organisers.

14/06/2013

'Desperate' father vandalises portrait of The Queen:

Tim Haries, 41, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of criminal damage following an attack on a Ralph Heimans portrait of The Queen on display in Westminster Abbey. Haries is a member of Fathers4Justice, with the campaign group saying the action had been a 'desperate plea for help', but wasn't an official protest organised by the group.

14/06/2013

The Duchess of Cambridge christens cruise liner:

Kate Middleton named her first ship yesterday by smashing a bottle of champagne, worth £1250, on its hull. Taking part in her final solo engagement before she goes on maternity leave, the 31 year old wore a Dalmatian print coat from Hobbs.

14/06/2013

Rupert Murdoch to divorce wife Wendi Deng,

The 82 year old media mogul launched divorce proceedings last night against his third wife Wendi Deng, 44. Ending 14 years of marriage, the pair have two daughters Grace, 11, and Chloe, nine, together. In filed papers, Murdoch is citing an 'irretrievably broken' marriage for six months.

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