EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Will Prince Andrew keep Harry’s title safe?

Despite the anger of MPs who want King Charles to be given powers to remove Prince Harry‘s Duchy, a source reports that His Majesty does not want it. He is aware that if he were given the power to remove royal duchies, something which currently requires an Act of Parliament, he would come under enormous pressure to remove the title of Duke of York from his disgraced fallen brother to remove. As it stands, Andrew has caused relatively few problems lately by staying calm and not rocking the boat. That’s more than can be said of the royals throwing grenades at the throne from Montecito.

He is aware that if he were given the power to remove royal duchies, he would come under immense pressure to remove the title of Duke of York from his brother, Andrew.

Lady Susan Hussey’s treatment has led to calls in the gilded halls for ladies-in-waiting, serving in unpaid honorary positions, to be given the same protections as regular salaried staff. Under the palace’s respected staff team, Hussey would not have been immediately banned from palace life. An investigation has been launched into the conversation between Hussey and Ngozi Fulani. The well-being of an 83-year-old woman who spent 62 years as the late Queen’s confidante – and who has known no other way of life – should have been as much of an HR priority as handling Ms Fulani’s complaint.

Lady Susan Hussey’s treatment has sparked calls in the gilded corridors for ladies-in-waiting to be given the same protection as regular salaried staff

Dame Helen Mirren, pictured, promotes her 1923 Yellowstone prequel series and defends her decision to play the character Cara Dutton with a dodgy-sounding Irish accent. “One of the things I really wanted was for her to speak with an Irish accent, not an American one,” announces Essex-raised Mirren. Doesn’t she sound suspiciously like her former lover, Ballymena native Liam Neeson, who certainly knew his erse from his elbow when they dated back in the 1980s?

In promotion of her 1923 Yellowstone prequel series, Dame Helen Mirren (pictured) defends her decision to play character Cara Dutton with a dodgy-sounding Irish accent

Frank Skinner longs for a return to the showbiz era when TV personalities weren’t all straight and white. “Those were the days,” says the comedian in a podcast. “Now all we have is Mary Beard and Simon Schama and me, the only ones allowed to have rotting teeth… as the Roman ruins in Britain were allowed to decay after they left.” In the unlikely event that Dame Mary sends Frank a celebratory card, the message should read, “Speak for yourself, Skinner!”

On Desert Island Discs, he expressed his grief over the damage his 1975 blockbuster was doing to real life sharks. Steven Spielberg’s mechanical version was mischievously nicknamed Bruce by crew members, after the director’s attorney, Bruce Ramer. But Spielberg had his own description for the malfunctioning fish: “The big white turd.”

In her theatrical audience with Gyles Brandreth, Dame Judi tells Dench about her mischievous parrot Sweetheart’s latest adventure. “I was talking to my nephew and my parrot suddenly said, ‘Drop your pants’.” Shouldn’t jettison Dame Judi Gyles and go on tour with Sweetheart