Sarah Oliver

Nov 9, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Sarah Oliver

It was rogue BBC journalist Martin Bashir who ended the royal career of Diana’s personal chauffeur Steve Davies. But it would take a quarter of a century before he discovered that, learning the truth by chance from an episode of The Crown. The driver was frozen out of the Princess’s inner circle at Kensington Palace in late 1995. ‘It happened overnight,’ he says. ‘From driving her everywhere I was banned from the wheel of her car.

Nov 9, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Sarah Oliver |Mark Hookham

Princess Diana's former chauffeur has broken a 30-year-silence about his royal service to tell how his life was ruined by rogue BBC reporter Martin Bashir falsely claiming he was leaking confidential information. In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, Steve Davies revealed how Bashir's lies poisoned the Princess against him and destroyed his career as one of the Royal Family's most trusted drivers.

Oct 3, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Sarah Oliver

Hard as it may be to imagine anyone eclipsing the sex appeal of Ross Poldark by being darker, sexier and even better with horses, someone has. Yes, ladies of Great Britain, Rupert Campbell-Black has landed straight from the pages of Jilly Cooper’s 1988 bonkbuster Rivals on your screens here in 2024, and you are all in trouble. A lot of trouble. Rupert gives the best riding britches and bronzed biceps since Aidan Turner was seen scything topless.

Sep 7, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Sarah Oliver |Sanchez Manning

A former RAF engineer and his wife are signing up to become the first British couple to use a double suicide pod. Peter and Christine Scott, who have been married for 46 years, made the decision after former nurse Christine, 80, was diagnosed with early-stage vascular dementia several weeks ago. The couple want to travel to Switzerland to die in each other's arms in the death capsule – known as the Sarco – to mark the end of their long and happy marriage.

Sep 6, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Sarah Oliver

Beneath a vaulted ceiling of mildewed brick is a scuffed wooden stage, the spiritual home of Merseybeat. Spotlights twinkle in the twin silvery mirrors of the sixties microphones waiting for the Cavern Club’s next big thing, a new band called the Beatles. Local Liverpool businessman Brian Epstein, elegant in a bespoke suit, silk tie and calfskin shoes, drops off his cashmere coat with the girl in the hat-check cubby, Cilla White, or Cilla Black as she will become, and joins the expectant crowd.