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HAPPY 60th birthday, Boney Prince Charlie! Alas, I was unable to attend the miserable git's birthday bash at which his son, Prince William, told a side-splitting joke about the need to soon install a stairlift at Highgrove.
Perhaps he should follow his uncle, Prince Edward, into showbiz. To commemorate the great occasion, the BBC offered a 90-minute documentary on Prince Boney's life and work. Remarkably, no mention was made of Princess Diana. Forget Bwussell Sprouts and Mogadon Dwoss, such editorial "oversights" are the real tragedy of that oncegreat institution.See the full content of this document
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Alan Taylor's Diary
The defining end of a slippery issue
ANENT - don't groan! - my long campaign to have The Skating Minister, the nation's favourite painting, unequivocally attributed to Sir Henry Raeburn, I have stirring news.Loyal readers may recall that a couple of years ago my great friend Stephen Lloyd of the National Portrait Gallery, above, averred that Sir Henry did not paint the Rev Robert Wa lker gliding across ...See the full content of this document
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