No mention of the King in the BBC celebration of the 60th anniversary of Tomorrow’s World.
He was a regular on the technology show, taking part in experiments and annually presenting the Prince of Wales Award for Industrial Innovation and Production.
Before mobile phones became commonplace a bewildered Charles was shown a prototype.
He asked how small they could one day become and, rather like they were addressing an imbecile, the inventors said they could never be smaller than the distance between the ear and the mouth.
How wrong they were!
No mention of the King in the BBC celebration of the 60th anniversary of Tomorrow’s World
He was a regular on the technology show, taking part in experiments and annually presenting the Prince of Wales Award for Industrial Innovation and Production
Will Prince Andrew be sweating after the anti-monarchist group Republic reported him to police for alleged ‘false representation’ in calling himself HRH Andrew Inverness in Companies House filings?
Unlikely. While clumsy, the usage is correct.
The rules on surnames for royals are fluid. As Andrew is Earl of Inverness, as well as Duke of York and Baron Killyleagh, he has a lot of choice.
Will Prince Andrew be sweating after the anti-monarchist group Republic reported him to police for alleged ‘false representation’ in calling himself HRH Andrew Inverness in Companies House filings?
He could even use the family name Mountbatten-Windsor if he chose.
Titles are probably of little concern to Andrew anyway.
A source says that although he can no longer use HRH, having a business card reading ‘The Duke of York, GCVO, KG’ topped by a coronet does the prestige trick for him.
Why has Hugh Grant banned Swedish spouse Anna Eberstein from watching his 1995 Hollywood rom-com Nine Months?
‘My wife wants to watch it, but I’ve forbidden her,’ he says, adding that while everyone else in the film was brilliant ‘it was just me that let it down’.
Surely Anna, 41, is aware the promotion of the movie was embarrassingly overshadowed by Hugh’s encounter with LA sex worker Divine Brown?
Why has Hugh Grant banned Swedish spouse Anna Eberstein from watching his 1995 Hollywood rom-com Nine Months?
Age fails to wither Amanda Holden. The 53-year-old stunner goes to heroic lengths to ensure that her Britain’s Got Talent wardrobe remains alluring.
‘There’s now a whole body of people that come and knock on my door and stare at my chest before we go on air,’ she tells Woman magazine.
‘I do enjoy a bit of side-boob every now and again. There’s a t*t committee.’
The 53-year-old stunner goes to heroic lengths to ensure that her Britain’s Got Talent wardrobe remains alluring
Far-right French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen’s death coincides with his daughter Marine’s success in the 40-year-old Journal Du Dimanche top 50 most popular personalities poll.
Far-right French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen’s death coincides with his daughter Marine’s success in the 40-year-old Journal Du Dimanche top 50 most popular personalities poll
The National Rally leader, 56, was named the most liked woman in France, beating such stars as Sophie Marceau and Brigitte Bardot.
Could her 96-year-old estranged dad have popped his clogs after reading the newspaper survey results?
Comic actress Kathy Burke rivals the national floods with her sycophantic gush over podcast guest Claudia Winkleman, 52.
Comic actress Kathy Burke rivals the national floods with her sycophantic gush over podcast guest Claudia Winkleman, 52
‘We all love you,’ she mewls. ‘And we want you to be presenting everything.
Do the news, do Blue Peter, I want you to do the weather, I want you to do Bake Off, I want you to do everything.’ More sandbags!