Prince Andrew, corralled at Royal Lodge with little to do since his disgrace, has not been busying himself maintaining the 21 acres of garden that surrounds the 30-room mansion.
The King’s younger brother has failed to display green fingers with the flowers, shrubbery and woodland.
‘It is in a shocking state,’ says Todd Longstaffe Gowan, the Historic Royal Palaces gardener.
‘I won’t be knocking that into shape! It is impossible! I’ve been at Kensington Palace for 30 years and I think Royal Lodge would be quite impossible.’
Man the wheelbarrows, Fergie!
Prince Andrew (pictured out riding on his estate), corralled at Royal Lodge with little to do since his disgrace, has not been busying himself maintaining the 21 acres of garden that surrounds the 30-room mansion
It is in a shocking state,’ says Todd Longstaffe Gowan (pictured), the Historic Royal Palaces gardener. ‘I won’t be knocking that into shape! It is impossible!’
Mr Gowan continued: ‘I’ve been at Kensington Palace for 30 years and I think Royal Lodge would be quite impossible.’ Man the wheelbarrows, Fergie!
With his diplomatic pyjamas packed for Washington, is our new envoy Peter Mandelson still unsure he has the green light from President Trump?
Yesterday his name hadn’t yet appeared among the Lords taking leave of absence from the House.
The last political peer shoehorned into an embassy was David Cameron’s former chief of staff, Lord Llewellyn, introduced to the House of Lords on October 31, 2016, and taking leave of absence the next day.
It was the shortest peerage since that of Victorian artist Lord Leighton, who died of joy on his elevation.
With his diplomatic pyjamas packed for Washington, is our new envoy Peter Mandelson (pictured) still unsure he has the green light from President Trump?
Discussing her role as divorce lawyer Hannah Stern in the hit BBC legal drama The Split, actress Nicola Walker reveals on Radio 4: ‘There was a woman screaming across the tracks at Baker Street Tube station, absolutely screaming and swearing: ‘I wish you’d done my ******* divorce! You’d have got me a better deal!’
Addressing the Oxford Union, Succession actor Brian Cox lets rip about fellow stars Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight being named ‘Hollywood ambassadors’ by President Trump.
Addressing the Oxford Union, Succession actor Brian Cox (pictured), lets rip about fellow stars Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight being named ‘Hollywood ambassadors’ by President Trump
Describing Midnight Cowboy star Voight as ‘Right of Attila the Hun’, Brian bluntly says of Stallone: ‘He’s a f****** idiot!’ Logan Roy versus Rambo coming to a cinema near you
Does brainbox Richard Osman, who created the BBC quiz show Pointless, ever watch the news?
This week Tulip Siddiq’s auntie, deposed Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, was one of the answers in a picture question on powerful women.
Does brainbox Richard Osman (pictured), who created the BBC quiz show Pointless, ever watch the news?
Interesting that she featured alongside EU boss Ursula von der Leyen. Both leaders of dodgy dictatorial regimes?
Zany filmmaker David Lynch’s passing prompts remembrance of his awkward relationship with star Anthony Hopkins when directing The Elephant Man in 1980.
Hopkins telephoned producer Mel Brooks in Hollywood to have Lynch sacked.
Did he make a trunk call?