Tejashwi Yadav quipped that the Bihar government should close its insurance policies as it faces the risk of repeated U-turns by Nitish Kumar.

Bihar News: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday launched a scathing attack on his former ally and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during the party’s mega ‘Jan Vishwas Rally’ in the capital Patna. Addressing the massive gathering, Tejashwi recited a few lines from a popular Hrithik Roshan song starring ‘Koi… Mil Gaya’ while criticizing the JD(U) chief for his frequent U-turns in politics.

“Idhar chala main udhar chala, arre fisal gaya,” Tejashwi said while referring to “Chacha (uncle)” Nitish Kumar, amid loud cheers from the crowd of supporters who gathered at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan.

The former deputy chief minister of Bihar also reiterated his earlier belief that Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) will be ready by 2024.

“JD(U) ka koi bhavishya nahin hai (JDU has no future),” Yadav claimed as the crowd cheered in affirmation.

Tejashwi Yadav brutally owned Chacha Nitish Kumar

“Idhar chala Mai udhar chala
Jane Mai kidhar chala fisal gya” pic.twitter.com/NmiFWMusOz

– Ashish 𝕏|…. (@Ashishoots) March 3, 2024

The Bihar government should take out the insurance

Continuing his attack on Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi asked about the BJP, which always touts ‘Modi ki Guarantee’. can take assurance from Bihar CM.

Yadav quipped that the Bihar government should take out insurance policies as it faces the risk of JD(U) supremo making repeated U-turns.

“They are calling us for nepotism, but they have Samrat Choudhary, brother of Ram Vilas Paswan, son of Manjhi ji has become a minister, it does not look like nepotism to them. Due to Nitish Kumar’s turnaround, it seems like the state government will have to get its insurance done. They say Modi ki guarantee, but who will take Nitish Kumar’s guarantee,” Yadav said a day after Prime Minister Modi accused the Congress-RJD of cronyism.

BJP serves ‘gobar’ in the guise of ‘halwa’

The RJD leader alleged that the BJP are “such big liars” that they serve “gobar (dung)” and present it as “gajar ka halwa (sweet dish)”.

VIDEO | This is what RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) said while addressing a public gathering during his ‘Jan Vishwas Yatra’ in Patna.

“The people of the BJP are such liars that they can serve ‘gobar’ by misleading everyone and saying it is a ‘gajar ka hawal’. They are all… pic.twitter.com/mrS2IPHFg5

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 3, 2024

Nitish does not support improved employment in Bihar

Tejashwi also challenged Kumar on his claim of being responsible for creating employment in Bihar.

“You all know that uncle (Nitish Kumar) has turned away, but may he remain happy wherever he is. From whom did you first hear about 10 lakh jobs? We respect and honor Nitish Kumar because he is our uncle, but he has posters put up in Patna saying that work means Nitish Kumar,” he added.

“This is the same Nitish Kumar when we had promised jobs, he had asked where we would get them. During our tenure, we did the caste census, increased the reservation limit to 75 percent and increased the reservation limit for extremely backward people by 24 percent. We have done the work in Bihar that has not been done in the country since Independence,” Tejashwi Yadav said.

(With input from agencies)

Prince William, Prince Harry, Prince Andrew. As time goes by, they present themselves not quite as the Three Wise Men of royal life, but increasingly as the Huey, Dewey and Louie of some grim antics; the imperial Bee Gees with an eternal reprise, jive talkers just trying to stay alive in a world they find increasingly hostile.

Two estranged brothers and a disgraced uncle scavenge for leftovers at the royal banquet. With the best will in the world, they’re not exactly an inspiring couple, are they?

Call it what you will, but gold is slowly starting to break away from this soured game of thrones, this line of succession in a terminal recession. Every now and then the three masks slip and we see these princes for who and what they really are: a trio of spoiled man-children who demand responsibility from everyone else while doing as they please, an unholy trinity that is still not quite is capable of believing that the age of reverence is over.

Prince William is by far the best of them, not least because the burden of royal responsibility must rest on his shoulders. In his rather passive-aggressive way, he has never made any secret of the fact that he finds this a tough task, but who can blame him for worrying or seeing his birthright as a velvet band?

While his stricken father and recovering wife remain out of the spotlight, this is William’s moment of truth. But instead of rising to the challenge, he seems to be everywhere. To start with, that ill-advised statement about the conflict between Israel and Hamas; now blow up a royal event at short notice and without a proper explanation?

It’s all very strange. If William has a good reason for his absence, he should tell us or even give us a reassuring hint; the audience would understand and sympathize. Of course he has the right to a private life, but he is not a movie star who barks about privacy in times of crisis. He is the heir to the British throne – a man with a unique set of public responsibilities.

Soon he will be the head of the nation, a focus for national identity, unity and pride. So maybe he should stop acting like a celebrity and reign in that impenetrable attitude, along with his indulgent penchant for obsessive secrecy. If this is a sign of what will happen when he takes the throne, it is very worrying.

Then there’s Prince Andrew, who seizes the opportunity to insert himself, like a festering suppository, back into the pantomime ass end of royal life.

The sight of cheerful Andrew galloping into King Constantine’s memorial service in Windsor with all the seriousness of a game show host was as unwelcome as it was unedifying.

Andrew has no shame, because if he did, he would hide himself from public life forever. He would focus on his golf swing, his chronic problem with adrenaline deficiency and his research into sweat patterns, rather than impose his eerie, scandal-smoked presence on the royal family.

That would be the decent thing to do, but decency and Andrew are strangers to each other.

Which brings us to the clown known as Prince Harry. Court documents revealed this week that he demanded to know the identity of the person in the government responsible for downgrading his police protection.

“I’d like that person’s name,” he said, much in Tony Soprano fashion, perhaps in dream sequence ruff and tights, putting pressure on Paulie Walnuts.

What was Harry going to do? Was this person taken to his royal chambers in a tumbler and then tortured by having to listen to Meghan’s latest podcast about compassion in action?

Watch as Harry the Beagle prepares to deliver a proverbial knuckle sandwich to the upstart serf who refused to provide the security details he demanded. How utterly pathetic has this despicable fool become; a man who positions himself in public life as a glossy humanitarian, but in private will thwart anyone who dares to cross him or deny his desires.

‘Show Up, Do Good’ is the tacky motto on the Sussexes’ rebooted Archewell website. “Shut up, do as I say” would be a more honest and appropriate slogan.

Listen, guys. It’s not too late to learn that having the word “Prince” in front of your name isn’t just a passport to a blackout in the bulletins when the going gets tough, a free pass to the fleshpot island of a known sex abuser, or a fast track to celebrities and millions of fancy Hollywood dollars – although clearly it has been all of these things and more.

Put the word Prince first if your name carries more responsibilities, not less. And you would do us all a favor – and at the same time honor the memory of Queen Elizabeth, your loving grandmother and mother – if you would remember that every now and then.

Eaton hit 101 runs off 36 balls in the T20I against Nepal. His innings included 11 fours and eight sixes.

New Delhi: Namibian batsman Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton has created history by smashing the fastest T20I century in the ongoing Nepal T20 tri-series. The batsman surpassed Nepal’s Kushal Malla’s previous record of 34 ball tons against Mongolia at the 2023 Asian Games.

His innings came while playing against Nepal and Malla was there on the field and saw his record being surpassed.

A brilliant century from Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton pushes Namibia’s total to 206-4 in 20 overs!#NepT20I | #OneBallBattles | #NepalCricket #HappyDressingroom | #WorldCupYear2024v pic.twitter.com/TsdvdusGJ7

— CAN (@CricketNep) February 27, 2024

Eaton hit 101 runs off 36 balls in the T20I against Nepal. His innings included 11 fours and eight sixes. The left-handed batsman played his stroke at a strike rate of 280.56, helping Namibia reach 206/4 in 20 overs.

Here is the list of cricketers who have smashed the fastest T20I ton:

Namibia’s Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton tops the list, hitting a century in 33 balls.

Kushal Malla hit his fastest T20I century in 34 balls at the 2023 Asian Games.

South Africa’s David Miller, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and Czech Republic’s Sudesh Wickramasekara are ranked third in the list as they smashed their fastest T20I hundreds in 35 balls.

Miller hit 101* off 36 balls against Bangladesh in Potchefstroom in October 2017.

Rohit scored 118 off 43 balls against Sri Lanka in Indore in December 2017

Wickramasekara scored 104* out of 36.

Before this historic century, Loftie-Eaton had a poor batting record in T20Is. He averaged a paltry 10.70 from 32 matches and scored 182 runs at a strike rate of 100.55.

Net als de rijke dooier die uit een gebarsten ei sijpelt, komt de volslagen vreemdheid van de koninklijke familie soms ongecontroleerd in het publieke domein terecht.

Dat gebeurde deze week met het trieste nieuws van de kankerdiagnose van koning Charles.

Het bracht niet alleen de gebruikelijke Windsor-mengelmoes van diepgewortelde non-speaks en strijdende partijen in beweging; van in kasjmier gewikkelde vrouwen die bruisten van woede, terwijl haastige bijeenkomsten voor hun mannen werden georganiseerd in overvolle salons terwijl stalmeesters rondzweefden en op hun horloge keken.

Het leek er ook op te suggereren dat de breuklijnen, zo terloops opengeblazen door de wraakzuchtige Sussexes, nooit zullen samensmelten of genezen, ongeacht welke nieuwe tragedie de familie ook overkomt.

In de gedoemde zee van koninklijke verzoening zijn we nu ver verwijderd van het ondiepe water.

Ik kan me gewoon voorstellen hoe het allemaal is gegaan. Toen prins Harry het slechte nieuws via de telefoon van koning Charles hoorde, nam hij impulsief de taak op zich om naar Londen te vliegen om zijn vader te bezoeken. Dat is niet nodig, hield Charles misschien vol. Met mij gaat het goed, lieve jongen. Geen gedoe, alstublieft.

Toch liet Harry zich niet ontmoedigen. Hij compenseert zijn ecologische voetafdruk al op green baloney.com en trekt zijn suède woestijnlaarzen aan.

Van Californië tot Clarence House, van het land van de saaie mensen tot het hart van het instituut van vervolging, precies de plek waar hij beweert de meeste hekel te hebben ter wereld, hier komt hij.

Niets kan hem tegenhouden, zelfs als je je moet afvragen wat hem precies motiveert en of zijn vlucht over de Atlantische Oceaan werd gevoed door kinderliefde of duizend liter schuldgevoel.

Hij leek zeker op een zelfopgelegde missie van barmhartigheid te zijn, maar wiens ziel probeerde hij te redden?

Dan wordt het nog vreemder. Harry vliegt meer dan 8.000 kilometer om zijn getroffen 'Pa' te zien en krijgt slechts een halfuurtje in het koninklijke schema. Nauwelijks tijd om zijn kopje thee koud te laten worden.

Welk gezin gedraagt ​​zich zo? Misschien wel iemand die erg nerveus is. Eén die ernstig verbrand is door wat eraan voorafging.

Want Harry's bedoelingen, hoe goedbedoeld ook, moeten door sommige paleisfunctionarissen als twijfelachtig zijn beschouwd. Hoe zouden ze dat niet kunnen zijn?

Ik twijfel er geen moment aan dat Harry een bezorgde en liefhebbende zoon is – maar is hij ook een oogster van biografische details, op zoek naar goudklompjes die in zijn volgende bestseller kunnen worden opgenomen? Zorgt hij ervoor, maakt hij de balans op, of maakt hij aantekeningen?

Hoewel de zorg voor het welzijn van zijn vader oprecht moet zijn, kan niet worden ontkend dat Harry's flamboyante vertoon van medeleven in de luchtmijlen zijn koninklijke geloofsbrieven op het wereldtoneel heeft opgepoetst; versterkte zijn status als lid van de Firma.

Voor Harry is prins zijn zijn enige USP in de VS, waar geen enkele hoeveelheid glimmende medailles die door John Travolta om zijn nek zijn gehangen het echte werk kan goedmaken.

Was het dit allemaal of niets van dit? Is de liefde erin geslaagd zich te manifesteren in dit griezelige, wanhopige, op microniveau beheerde scenario?

Ik hoop van wel, ook al kon niemand verwachten dat de koning en de koningin de vreselijke dingen die prins Harry de afgelopen jaren over hen heeft gezegd en geschreven volledig over het hoofd zouden zien.

En hoewel elke gebroken familie wrok koestert, wordt Harry's schelle eis om publieke verantwoording van zijn naasten en minder dierbaren met een oorverdovende stilte beantwoord.

En laten we niet vergeten dat het nog maar nauwelijks geleden is dat koning Charles en de prinses van Wales werden ontmaskerd als de koninklijke 'racisten', die Meghan en Oprah zo erg van streek maakten.

Nog geen twee maanden later liggen zowel Charles als Kate met ernstige medische problemen in het ziekenhuis. Zet dat Harry aan het denken? Of zit hij zo diep verwikkeld in zijn slachtofferverhaal dat hij niet kan inzien dat ook anderen slachtoffers kunnen zijn?

Daarover gesproken: alle sympathie voor koning Charles in zijn moment van persoonlijke crisis. Het kost mentaal tijd om een ​​diagnose van kanker te verwerken – en in het reine te komen met een toekomst die heel anders is dan die je voor jezelf had voorgesteld.

In deze begindagen van zijn nieuwe realiteit is het niet moeilijk voor te stellen dat de koning liever met zijn favoriete agapanthus praat dan te maken te krijgen met de emotionele lekkage van zijn ontrouwe maar plotseling berouwvolle jongste zoon.

Nog steeds was het een onthullende en bedroevende momentopname van het koninklijke leven. Harry haast zich vol liefde naar huis, naar zijn vader, om misschien eindelijk, net als Lady Macbeth, te beseffen dat wat er is gedaan niet ongedaan kan worden gemaakt.

De onuitgesproken woorden, de broederlijke koude schouder, het gekletter van een helikopter op Sandringham, de eenzaamheid van de hotelkamerservice in de stad van je geboorte – het duidt allemaal op een sombere weg voor de strijdende Windsors.

Tolstoj schreef beroemd dat gelukkige gezinnen allemaal hetzelfde zijn, terwijl elk ongelukkig gezin op zijn eigen manier ongelukkig is.

Toch neemt de koninklijke familie de ellende mee naar een geheel nieuw verguld tijdperk van somberheid, geheel door eigen toedoen.

Echte reden Bilbo en zijn jongere 'geliefde' zijn een afknapper

Fans van Jenna Ortega zijn 'gestoord' door de seksscène in haar nieuwste film. Vooral omdat de 21-jarige actrice het in Miller's Girl moet doen met de 52-jarige Martin Freeman, bekend van Bilbo Baggins en The Office.

Ze zijn allebei professionals, wat is het probleem?

Misschien komt het omdat ze er veel, veel jonger uitziet dan 21, terwijl Martin er veel, veel, veel, veel, veel uitziet (en nog een keer), veel ouder dan 52. Het zijn niet de jaren, lieverd, het zijn de kilometers – en Martin heeft veel op de klok. Maar dat draagt ​​toch alleen maar bij aan zijn ruige charme?

Misschien voelen de kijkers zich ongemakkelijk omdat de seksscène in kwestie, zoals de meeste seksscènes, totaal onnodig is.

En alsjeblieft, niemand zegt iets over Lord Of The Rings. Degenen die Bilbo echter weer met zijn conkers willen zien spelen, moeten Middle-earth vergeten en hier afstemmen.

Waarom sporrans veel heter zijn dan hoodies!

Mae West hield van een man in uniform, en ik ook. En niet alleen omdat het suggereert dat de idioten gewend zijn bevelen op te volgen, hoewel dat altijd aantrekkelijk is.

Er is gewoon iets aan militair maatwerk en gouden kikkers dat een vonk in het hart van de meest stoffige oude meid kan doen ontbranden. Het tegenovergestelde geldt echter ook.

'Hot Equerry' luitenant-kolonel Johnny Thompson werd onlangs gezien in moefti, gekleed in een werkelijk vreselijke skinny jeans en – verpleegster, de ruikende zouten! – een hoodie.

Hoodies zijn de favoriete tops voor peuters en tieners, Johnny, niet voor de knappe trots van het Royal Scottish Regiment.

Zoals mijn tante Morag altijd zei: een man is veel kleiner zonder zijn sporran. Dus, zoals elke goede Schotse vrouw, ga ik mijn ogen afwenden totdat Johnny terug is waar hij thuishoort. In zijn kilt.

Weten we zeker dat de bijna naakte vrouw van Kanye echt in orde is?

Er zijn steeds meer zorgen over de vrouw van Kanye West, Bianca Censori. Haar ouders maken zich zorgen om haar, haar vrienden maken zich zorgen – en ik ook.

Censori wordt vaak vrijwel naakt in het openbaar gezien, haar borsten misschien bedekt door een kussen, haar bescheidenheid door een klein stringetje, haar man aan haar zijde, zich koesterend in een of ander stinkend ritueel van bezetenheid of dominantie of God weet wat.

Deze week werd Censori gefotografeerd met West in Los Angeles, gekleed in weinig meer dan een doorzichtige plastic regenjas. Zijn gezicht werd uitgewist door een zwart masker.

Het is griezelig, het is verontrustend en het is verkeerd. Als dit een soort publiciteitsstunt of performancekunst is voor een hoger doel, dan is het te ver gegaan. Als het een grap is, is het niet grappig.

Censori ziet er niet uit alsof ze het naar haar zin heeft, terwijl het schrikbeeld van een gemaskerde man die een halfnaakte vrouw door een nachtelijke stadsstraat leidt volkomen weerzinwekkend is; het ziet er beledigend en vernederend uit.

Een fatsoenlijke man zou een vrouw niet op deze manier behandelen, terwijl een rationele vrouw zichzelf niet op deze manier zou laten behandelen. Laat het alsjeblieft stoppen.

• Het Britse platteland is een ‘racistische, koloniale’ witte ruimte waar mensen van kleur zich ‘niet op hun plaats’ kunnen voelen, zeggen natuurbeschermingsorganisaties. Oh God. Daar gaan we weer. Nu is zelfs een wandeling maken om de boshyacinten in Dingley Dell te bewonderen een racistische daad – maar de laatste keer dat ik keek, stond het platteland open voor iedereen die daarheen wilde gaan en ervan wilde genieten. Je kunt mensen niet dwingen een modderige wandeling te maken als ze dat niet willen. Je houdt van het buitenleven of je houdt niet van het buitenleven. En als onze groene ruimtes overwegend witte ruimtes zijn, komt dat dan niet omdat 82 procent van de Britten feitelijk blank is? De betrokken goede doelen gaan donaties mislopen door tijd en geld te verspillen aan dit soort kritische rassentheorie-onzin. Wat nu? Keir Starmer roept op tot overheidsfinanciering voor subsidies voor bobble hats en rubberlaarzen. Niemand zou verrast zijn.

Tijd om van hits geen excuses te maken

Zangeres Mae Muller zegt dat haar platenlabel haar ertoe heeft aangezet deel te nemen aan het 'traumatische' songfestival, waardoor ze haar 'authenticiteit' verloor.

Je herinnert je misschien dat Mae in 2023 op de tweede plaats eindigde na een niet al te overtuigende uitvoering van een saai en hopeloos nummer. In dezelfde geest geeft Rebecca Ferguson nu X Factor, racisme, alle anderen en noem maar op, de schuld voor het belemmeren van haar kansen op een pop-superster.

Is het niet de koude realiteit dat geen van deze artiesten de uithoudingsvermogen, het talent of de lef had om de top te bereiken en daar te blijven? Kijk naar Sam Ryder. Zijn ‘authenticiteit’ verloor hij niet toen hij een jaar voor Mae Muller deelnam aan het Eurovisie Songfestival. Hij werd tweede, maar groeide uit tot een grote ster. Niemand praat over zijn gebrek aan authenticiteit.

Het Italiaanse Maneskin was aanwezig op de X Factor en het Eurovisie Songfestival, maar overwon beide oncoole hindernissen om een ​​van de grootste rockgroepen ter wereld te worden.

Tegenwoordig maken ze hits en verzinnen ze geen excuses. Dat is het verschil.

Nitish Kumar met his trusted leaders such as Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Lalan Singh, Ashok Chaudhary, Bijendra Gupta and Sanjay Jha, among others, at his residence.

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held a high-level meeting with top ministers and MLAs at his residence after returning from the event held at the Raj Bhavan on Friday. Moreover, the Bihar CM has also called for a meeting of all JD-U MLAs at his residence on Saturday. Amid the political crisis, speculation is rife that Nitish Kumar will soon be sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for a seventh term as part of the BJP-led NDA.

The BJP will get two deputy CM posts for backing Nitish Kumar as happened after the 2020 Assembly elections. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar formulates a strategy to form a government with the BJP and the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) in Bihar , the report said.

CM Nitish Kumar meets top leaders of the party

Nitish Kumar's trusted leaders such as Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Lalan Singh, Ashok Chaudhary, Bijendra Gupta and Sanjay Jha, among others, were present during the meeting at the CM's residence on Friday evening. Meanwhile, the CMO has asked all JD-U MLAs to reach Patna on Friday evening. Nitish Kumar is expected to announce his resignation to them and also clarify why he took this step.

After the meeting, Nitish Kumar will officially submit his resignation to Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar. He will also claim to form the government with the support of the BJP and HAM. At present, JD-U has 45 MLAs, BJP 76 and HAM 4, a total of 125 MLAs – three more than 122 – the magic numbers needed to form the government.

JD-U, BJP and RJD call for meetings

It will be interesting if a few MLAs don't show up for Saturday's meeting as that could make life difficult for both Nitish Kumar and the NDA. Besides JD-U, the BJP and the RJD also convened meetings of their MLAs on Saturday. RJD supremo Lalu Prasad is closely monitoring the situation. Currently, RJD has 79 MLAs, Congress 19 and Left Party 12.

If Nitish switches sides, it will be the fourth time he has done so in just over a decade.
Nitish's shift would deal a major blow to the ruling Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) in Bihar as well as the opposition INDIA bloc at the national level that was formed to take on the BJP-led Center in the Lok 2024 Sabha polls.

Bihar CM's political reversals

Notably, Nitish Kumar, after parting ways with the BJP in 2022, took the initiative to coordinate all opposition forces to jointly take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling party in the national elections. He hosted the first meeting of opposition parties in Patna, and it was widely believed that he would eventually become the chairman of the coalition.

However, in a brief response to media queries, RJD MP Manoj Jha said the Bihar chief minister should “clear the confusion” by evening. Manoj Jha also said that the RJD is ready to continue the alliance and that it has never played such games.

“We can only ask Nitish Kumar to clear up the confusion tonight. This confusion about the alliance, which affects people's normal lives, is very obvious from our side. This confusion that arises from media reports also confuses us. You will not see any comments from us. Therefore, I will request him to clarify the confusion and 'idhar-udhar'. The Prime Minister will also keep an eye on media reports. RJD has never done this khela (game),” he said.

In the Bihar Assembly of 243, the RJD has 79 MLAs, followed by the BJP's 78, the JD(U's 45), the Congress's 19, the CPI's 12 (ML), two each from the CPI( M) and CPI, the four seats of the Hindustani Awam Morcha (secular), and those of the AIMIM, plus one independent legislator.

(With input from agencies)

What was it about billionaire Prince Albert of Monaco that attracted so many women?

Was it his personal charm – or his beautiful, bulging, deep pockets? Albert is the son of the beautiful Grace Kelly and the dashing Prince Rainier, but even his closest friends would be hard-pressed to determine exactly where his personal fortune ends and his personal magnetism begins. However, Albert never let this lack of charisma stop him from chasing (and capturing) the babies.

For decades he has built a reputation as a philanderer whose activities have been bombarded by extreme royal privilege; an unashamed lover who did what he wanted, with who he wanted, when he wanted.

And with claims emerging this week about secret bank accounts used to fund his former lovers and illegitimate children, one can only be grateful that Prince Andrew – his fellow royal madman across the water – saw little of the determination and energy Prince Albert has when it comes to being a playboy.

To conclude. Albert's 13-year marriage to Princess Charlene has produced twins Gabriella and Jacques, aged nine, but it seems neither parent has been happy. Should that be a surprise? Over the years, Charlene has been hospitalized exhausted, never smiling, and missing for a strangely long time with sinus problems, amid speculation that at least some of her problems have not been resolved by Albert's previous conquests.

At last public count, he has two illegitimate children: Jazmin Grimaldi, 31, was the product of a brief affair with real estate agent Tamara Rotolo, while Alexandre Grimaldi-Coste, 20, was born after his affair with Nicole Coste, a former Air France executive. agent. flight attendant.

Of course, you never know where and when Cupid's arrow will strike, even if you are a prince. Yet all this points to a certain energetic opportunism and determined romantic succession by the Monegasque ruler. Compare this to our own royal lumpen lothario – and breathe a sigh of relief: there are no love children!

Mad Prince Andrew says he can't even remember meeting Virginia Giuffre, who was trafficked to London as a 17-year-old and ordered to have sex with him in a stable bath in Belgravia.

It's the kind of event that makes your knees shake, like anniversaries or special birthdays or the day he proposed or crashed the car, that you hope someone will never forget. But when it comes to his own peccadilloes, real or imagined, the man formerly known as Randy Andy can't remember even meeting Virginia. Even though she claims she was practically presented to him on a silver platter, like a warm sofa at a palace reception.

In the civil assault case that followed many years later, Andrew maintained his innocence but paid Virginia a £12 million settlement; a high price for the most expensive amnesia in royal history since Henry VIII forgot he was married to Catherine of Aragon when he met Anne Boleyn.

Still, I wonder if all this has something to do with British restraint, as opposed to Mediterranean flamboyance. While Prince Albert of Monaco popped champagne corks in a silk tie while chatting to flight attendants and real estate agents, our royals tend to be tweener and more circumspect when it comes to tea and push, push crumpet. Not to mention shy. Like shy voles during mating season, they rarely venture outside their own burrows when they are in the mood for romance.

Look at the king, who had a long affair with Camilla, the wife of one of his best friends, Andrew Parker Bowles. The rumor suggests that who ever had a relationship with Princess Anne. Charles was even a helpful godfather to Camilla and Andrew's son, Tom.

If they weren't all so posh, they'd go on a seaside holiday to Devon together, drinking cups of tea with a shared tartan traveling rug over their knees. This is how the British do it: minimal effort, keeping it fun, a really good show, cheering all around, can I seduce you with another woman?

It's almost quaint compared to the scandal grenade that exploded in Monaco. The pin was pulled by a disgruntled accountant who worked for Prince Albert and the Grimaldi family and was privy to all their darkest financial secrets. (Game Of Thrones rule number one: never grumble at your accountant.)

Yet Claude Palermo was so much more than an accountant. During the twenty years he worked for Prince Albert, he was his boss's Cardinal Richelieu to King Louis Prince Albert. shady people.

He also knew who was spending what, including Princess Charlene's apparent inability to stick to a £1.2 million-a-year budget while allegedly employing illegal immigrants for £85 a day. Meanwhile, enormous sums were apparently siphoned out of the swamp to provide Albert's illegitimate children with luxury homes and their respective mothers with incomes.

Frankly, I admire Albert for generously caring for his offspring – that's the only good thing in his favor.

It may be unfair, but in similar circumstances I can imagine the cash-strapped Windsors bickering over heating bills and school fees, grudgingly paying and questioning every last expense. Another pair of sneakers? Can't the boy cope with last year's arguments? And so forth.

So while the scandal continues to engulf the Grimaldis and the citizens of Monaco have every right to feel shortchanged by the disgusting extravagance, let's be thankful that Prince Andrew was simply too lazy to get himself into as much romantic trouble as the priapic , unstoppable Prince. Albert. And just too boring to think beyond Pitch@Palace in the business and commercial field.

Yet this Monegasque mess is a grim warning of what a puffed-up prince with little purpose in life will be up to, whether he lives in Monaco, Mummy's House or anywhere else.

The Taiwanese-Polish duo trailed Desirae Krawczyk and Neal Skupski by a set and a break, but survived a match point in the Match Tie-break to win 6-7(5), 6-4, 11-9.

Melbourne: Hsieh Su-wei and Jan Zielinski staged an epic comeback to claim the Australian Open mixed doubles title, defeating No. 2 seeds Desirae Krawczyk and Neal Skupski in Melbourne on Friday.

The Taiwanese-Polish duo trailed Desirae Krawczyk and Neal Skupski by a set and a break, but survived a match point in the Match Tie-break to win 6-7(5), 6-4, 11-9.

“It was exciting and my partner is very good. I know he is very good from the baseline, at the net and on serve. I just have to do my best to get the ball in the court and pass the net person. This is my job, very clear. He's doing his job, so I'm doing my job and we're doing well,” Hsieh said at the champions' press conference, as quoted by the WTA.

At Rod Laver Arena, Hsieh and Zielinski rallied from a set and a break down at 7-6, 4-2, winning four games in a row to take the second set and set up a match tiebreak.

Hsieh and Zielinski then led 4-0 and 6-2 at the breaker, but Krawczyk and Skupski staged a spirited rally to level the score. Krawczyk and Skupski even had a championship point (9-8) when Skupski hit two consecutive aces.

However, a pair of overhead wins from Hsieh and Zielinski earned their team a championship point at 10-9, which they scored after Skupski's netted volley. It was all Hsih/Zielinski from then on, with a three-point stretch to close the game. They won the championship with just one set loss in the competition, after advancing to the final with four consecutive wins.

Hsieh could add another crown to her Grand Slam title later this weekend as she also faces Elise Mertens in the women's doubles final. Hsieh has won four Wimbledon titles and two Roland Garros crowns, but she is aiming for her first victory at the Australian Open in women's doubles.

“Thanks to my partner. We only knew at the last minute who we were going to play mixed doubles with. I watched until the very last day, or the penultimate day. We found each other on the search list and that turned out well. So maybe we can keep this going for the next few tournaments. It was a great run,” Zielinski said during the awards ceremony.