Day: January 15, 2018

    The Queen revealed her brilliant sense of humour in a rare interview for the BBC documentary The Coronation, where she handled her crown without wearing protective gloves, joked about the horribly uncomfortable golden carriage that took her from Westminster Abbey back to Buckingham Palace, and spoke about just how heavy the crown really was. Speaking about the weight of the crown, she agreed with her interviewer, Alastair Bruce, that she had to keep her head up for the risk of breaking her neck. She said: You can't look down to read the speech you have to take the speech up. Because if you did your neck would break, it would fall off. So there are some disadvantages to crowns, but otherwise they’re quite important things. She added that her gown for the ceremony als...

    UKIP leader Henry Bolton is reported to have broken up with girlfriend Jo Marney over reports she made racist remarks about Meghan Markle. He told ITV's Good Morning Britain programme on Monday that his relationship was obviously quite incompatible with his position as party chief. He went on to say that while the romantic side of their relationship had ended, he would continue to support Ms Marney's family who he described as "distraught" over the revelations. In a series of text messages sent to a friend, Ms Marney said that the Prince's black American fiancee will taint the Royal family with "her seed" and pave the way for a "black king", according to a report by the Mail on Sunday. Undated handout photo issued by Henry Bolton, who has been elected as the new l...