Ephraim Hardcastle

2 months ago | dailymail.co.uk | Ephraim Hardcastle

Dominic Cummings's wife Mary Wakefield believes her husband is smitten with her new kitten George, telling The Spectator: 'In the pre-George era Dom's usual monologue, reading the political news of the day, went like this, 'Gah! Bastards. Clowns. Idiots.' Just 24 hours after George arrived, it took a new turn, 'Gah! Bastards. Clowns. Idiots… Oh, hello.

2 months ago | dailymail.co.uk | Ephraim Hardcastle

Ghana's Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the incoming Commonwealth secretary general, could provide a multi-billion-pound headache for Keir Starmer with her support for slave trade reparations. 'I stand for reparations,' she has said, adding that the Commonwealth should forge a 'common voice' on the issue. This might encourage King Charles to break Starmer's embargo on him making a formal apology for slavery. Sir Keir fears a royal mea culpa would make paying reparations inevitable.

2 months ago | dailymail.co.uk | Ephraim Hardcastle

The late Queen Elizabeth, who hosted Donald Trump three times in 18 months, became adept at impersonating the US President. Less known, however, is that the monarch also had a take on his rarely heard wife Melania. A source, who was present when she was asked to render the First Lady, says that HM would go silent, put on a bored face and eventually mutter: 'I want to be alone' à la Marlene Dietrich. It seems the Queen felt sorry for the latest Mrs Trump.

Mar 6, 2025 | dailymail.co.uk | Ephraim Hardcastle

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Only 150 Royal Society fellows turn up for vote on Elon Musk's membership - preventing him from being booted outBy EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 19:09 EST, 6 March 2025 | Updated: 19:10 EST, 6 March 2025 Only 150 of the Royal Society's 1,700 fellows bothered to turn up for a vote on Elon Musk's membership – preventing him from being booted out.

Mar 5, 2025 | dailymail.co.uk | Ephraim Hardcastle

Might King Charles, planning Queen Camilla's 80th birthday celebrations, commission a portrait of his consort? It might expunge memories of the last royal 80th daub – Rolf Harris's painting of the late Queen Elizabeth II. Does it still exist? A source whispers that after the disgraced Harris left prison in 2017 he destroyed many of his paintings in a rage after they plummeted in value.