EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: How planes were diverted to Heathrow to avoid Windsor Castle on the night of King Charles’ coronation concert
The only downside to the late Queen’s enjoyment of Windsor Castle was its proximity to Heathrow.
The proximity to the world’s busiest airport caused anxiety for the BBC when they hosted King Charles’ coronation concert at the castle in May.
Organizers feared the event would be jeopardized by the Civil Aviation Authority due to the dozens of planes flying overhead during Lionel Richie and Take That’s performances.
The CAA agreed to the use of lasers and drones and, to the Beeb’s delight, changed the flight paths of all planes bound for Heathrow that night.
Perhaps a posthumous condolence to the late Queen? She joked that the late President Ronald Reagan had asked, “Ma’am, why did you build the castle so close to the airport?”
Its proximity to the world’s busiest airport caused anxiety for the BBC when it hosted King Charles’ coronation concert at Windsor Castle in May
Organizers feared the event would be compromised by the Civil Aviation Authority due to the dozens of planes flying overhead during the performances.
Recalling childhood meals with the late Queen, Princess Eugenie said she and her sister Beatrice had two sets of table manners.
“We had table manners: A was when we were at Grandma’s, and table manners Z was when we were at home,” she remembers.
Mum Fergie didn’t supervise their meals with HM, but at home she kept an eagle eye. “It was always like, ‘We can’t sit with our knees at the table,’” Eugenie says.
‘If I had a knee [sitting up against] at the table, Mom asked, “Are they invited to lunch?” Would dad Andrew have had his own knees at Woking’s Pizza Express?
Princess Eugenie recalls children’s meals with the late Queen and said she and her sister Beatrice had two sets of table manners
A bit of a meow-fest between Emily Maitlis and Sam McAlister following the latter’s announcement that her book Scoops – which features Andrew’s car crash interview – was being adapted into a Netflix film, with Gillian Anderson starring as Maitlis.
Emily then crowed that Amazon’s rival drama had landed Ruth Wilson to play her. Sam, who was upset when Emily didn’t highlight her role as Newsnight producer who landed the Andrew exclusive, has now announced: ‘The film adaptation of my book was actually announced back in February…’ Girls!
A meow-fest between Emily Maitlis and Sam McAlister following the latter’s announcement that her book Scoops – which features Andrew’s car crash interview – was being adapted into a Netflix film
BBC security expert Frank Gardner reminded radio listeners of the dangers of broadcasting live from home yesterday as he was forced to cut short his explanation of the Gaza hostage situation.
“Can you hold on for a moment?” he asked Radio 5 Live presenter Naga Munchetty during their conversation.
‘I am approached by a traffic controller here. I’ll just figure it out. I’m very sorry. Forgive me for that.’ Naga quickly regained her balance.
‘Frank, you know what? I’m letting you go. You deal with that. I’m going to the news. Dear me.’ Only the ticket Naga!
Naga quickly regained her balance and let go of BBC’s security expert Frank Gardner because he was ‘about to be tackled by a traffic warden’
Espionage biographer Ben Macintyre has defended historical inaccuracies in The Crown and the film Napoleon, saying they should be treated in the same way as historical novels that add new color to an old canvas.
And he names the least accurate “historical” film of all time: Ken Russell’s surreal Lisztomania, starring Roger Daltrey as the 19th-century Hungarian composer, Ringo Starr as the Pope, Rick Wakeman as Thor and ending with a spaceship attack by a zombie Richard Wagner. (Paul Nicholas) dressed as Hitler.