EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Prince Harry Missed a Trick by Not Mentioning This Sizzling Anecdote When Giving Walter Payton an NFL Award in Las Vegas
Harry, who presented the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award in Las Vegas to the NFL player who excelled both on and off the field (through philanthropy), was clearly unaware of his uncle Edward's connection to Payton, perhaps the greatest NFL player ever.
Shortly before retiring in 1987, Payton, better known as Sweetness, was invited by Prince Edward to join his sister Anne's team in the ill-fated BBC TV production It's a Royal Knockout at Alton Towers.
There was sweetness when Edward turned sour at a press conference after journalists failed to praise his production.
If Harry, who was two at the time, had been properly informed, he could have amazed his multiracial audience with the anecdote. Not that Edward, now the Duke of Edinburgh, would have thanked him.
Harry, who presented the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award in Las Vegas to the NFL player who excelled both on and off the field (through philanthropy), was clearly unaware of his uncle Edward's connection to Payton, perhaps the greatest NFL player ever
Shortly before retiring in 1987, Payton, better known as Sweetness, was invited by Prince Edward to join his sister Anne's team in the ill-fated BBC TV production It's a Royal Knockout at Alton Towers.
The current group of working royals, many of them elderly, may lose weight faster than the king had planned.
But the future is youthful. Of the first twelve in line to the throne, seven are children, including George, ten; Charlotte, eight; Archie, four; Lilibet, two; and Princess Eugenie's August, who turned three last week.
Seven of the next twelve are also children, including all five of Princess Anne's grandchildren.
The king's dilemma is to avoid a family rift when deciding who gets the royal nod.
The king's dilemma is to avoid a family rift when deciding who gets the royal nod. In the photo: Princess Anne
Qualified pilot Carol Vorderman, pictured, appears to undercut Ryanair. Gabby Alan Carr, visiting her home in Bristol, recalls: 'You know she has a plane. She said, 'Alan, I have Loose Women, would you like to sit in the back?' I flew from Bristol to London for £10.' Does Debrett's have any advice on the etiquette for charging comrades for traveling in steerage?
Eric Idle, 80, ranting about Monty Python's 'disastrous' finances, turns his attention to an 84-year-old estranged colleague: 'I haven't seen John Cleese in seven years… it makes me happy.' Zimmer frames at sunrise, Eric?
Armed with a bargain return ticket from British Airways to London and the Oscar he had won for his short film – Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life – a young Peter Capaldi approached the BA counter at LAX. '
I thought, 'I'll just put my Oscar on the desk and see what happens,'” he recalls. 'I was really ashamed of that, but not as ashamed as she was. They said, 'I'm really sorry, but the flight is full (in first class) and there's really nothing we can do.'
Capaldi couldn't even bark, “Do you know who I am?” In 1993, no one had any idea who he was.
Armed with a bargain return ticket from British Airways to London and the Oscar he had won for his short film – Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life – a young Peter Capaldi approached the BA counter at LAX. In the photo: Peter Capaldi
Donald Trump's tenuous grasp of the truth is recalled in his 1994 claim that both Charles and Diana had separately applied for membership in his flashy Florida club.
After an angry denial from the Palace, Trump admitted that he had actually offered them free memberships, which they rejected.
A year earlier, he was asked if Diana wanted to buy an apartment in Trump Tower.
“That's true,” he said, adding, “She's really pretty. There may be a love interest involved. I would be king of England.' In your dreams, Donald!