Historian Dr David Starkey asks: Would prince ever marry ‘girl in a sari’?

Undeterred by the furore over his claim that Britain had undergone a cultural shift and whites had “become black”, Dr David Starkey has ventured back into the delicate field of race relations. The tv historian has used the first anniversary of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding to question whether a member of the Royal family would ever marry someone who is black or Asian. Asked whether a prince who was homosexual would be morally obliged to “come out”, ...

Ranking kredytów hipotecznych 2011-symulacja kredytu gotówkowego

Jak każdemu wiadomo, praktycznie nie istnieje taka usługa finansowa, jaka byłaby faktycznie idealnym i najkorzystniejszym rozwiązaniem w absolutnie każdej okoliczności. Nawet tak popularne i cenione obecnie rzeczy jak przeróżnego modelu kredyty bez BIK muszą być wzięte z pewną rezerwą oraz właściwą wiedzą na temat całej ich specyfikacji, gdyż w przeciwnym wypadku możemy jedynie więcej na nich stracić, niż uzyskać. Kredyty gotówkowe bez BIK sprawdzają się dobrze w okoliczności, jak to zmagamy się z jakimikolwiek problemami finansowymi powodującymi u nas brak ...

George Galloway frees Celebrity Big Brother housemate Pete Burns from police cell

While Elle Macpherson and Claudia Schiffer compete in the school-run fashion stakes, they have a new yummy mummy to compete with. Jade Parfitt, the model, tells Mandrake she’s been causing a scene at the school attended by her five-year-old son, Jackson, in west London. “I have to go to work straight from dropping him off at 8.30am, so I’m turning up in Louis Vuitton collars and Giles Deacon, which is awkward,” admits the Vogue TV presenter. However, Parfitt states so ...

No cover-up at Sky News over Dermot Murnaghan’s lines

Although his fellow Sky News presenter Kay Burley cheerfully admitted to having undergone plastic surgery, Dermot Murnaghan assures me that he is sticking with the face that Mother Nature has given him. “I’m very well, thank-you,” he stated when I inquire if he has ever felt the need of Botox or a surgeon’s knife. “I’m glad to help out on this hilarious suggestion. There is a very short answer: No!” The 54 year-old, who won praise for his fresh-faced looks ...

Lindsay Lohan to play Elizabeth Taylor

The news, announced by Lifetime Television, confirmed what Lohan has claimed for weeks as she forges ahead with her comeback from legal and personal troubles. Lohan, 25, is the first name to be announced for Lifetime’s original motion picture “Liz & Dick,” based on the true story of Taylor’s passionate romance with actor Richard Burton, whom she married twice throughout her life. “I have always admired and had enormous respect for Elizabeth Taylor. She was not only an incredible actress ...

Victoria Beckham gets in the driving seat for Range Rover

Inspired by husband David, Victoria Beckham’s £80,000 design debut for Range Rover is finally unveiled. BY Olivia Bergin | 23 April 2012 It’s been 18 months in the making, but in Beijing last night Victoria Beckham revealed her design debut for Range Rover. The Spice Girl turned fashion designer, who is more accustomed to producing ready-to-wear collections shown during New York Fashion Week than cars, stated she had learned an enormous amount during the design process.

Look out! The original Emma Watson stages a comeback

To her millions of fans around the world, there is only one Emma Watson. Mandrake can disclose that the star of the Harry Potter films was, however, granted to use her name only after an older actress called Emma Watson concurred to give hers up. Equity, the trade union, forbids actors from sharing the same name, so when the 10-year-old schoolgirl was cast as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 2000, the older Emma Watson was ...

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe to pen novel

As J K Rowling puts the finishing touches to her debut book for adults, The Casual Vacancy, she could soon have a familiar rival. Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry Potter, in the film adaptations of Rowling’s books, is planning to write his own novels. “I really want to write professionally in the future,” the 22-year-old actor tells Mandrake. “I try and write at the moment. I don’t know if I’m any good, as, normally, when I write I’m so self ...

Bram Stoker: 10 facts about Dracula author

• Born in Dublin, Stoker had an ancient, colourful lineage on his mom’s side – including the legendary sheriff of Galway, who hanged his own son. It was material the writer mined in his fiction. • A key inspiration for Dracula was always stated to have been Vlad the Impaler, the 15th-century Transylvanian-born prince also known as Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia. However, historian Fiona Fitzsimons says: “Stoker did not use overtly Irish references in Dracula, but his main theme ...

First look at ‘shoeaholic’ Chloe Green’s shoe debut

The daughter of Topshop boss Sir Philip Green hosted a cocktail party to mark her foray into the world of shoe design. BY Olivia Bergin | 18 April 2012 Self-confessed shoeaholic Chloe Green unveiled her first shoe collection with a small gathering at the Dover Street Arts Club in Mayfair last night. Taking centre stage were the eight, green-soled styles she has designed under her new CJG label, which stands for her full name, Chloe Jade Green.