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My son wants to know the odds of the Queen remarrying, but none of the regular bookmakers seem to be offering quotes.

Toast, thank you. Yes, usually I will get word before it's formally announced. Worst one most recently was when Larry LaPole passed away. A friend of mine's dad played bass for Larry in Larry LaPole & The Pole Cats, also word got to me via the guys in The Trashmen since Larry wrote several of their tunes. And lastly, the manager for The Trashmen is my boss.

But it is also the only interesting thing about him. Take away that rumour and he just becomes a ginger married to an American bird. Cut him some slack. Outside of that he is nowt. Which is slightly above his brother who is really uninteresting.

Your mum

Very much so, and is also held responsible for the spread of haemophilia through European royal families. To give you an idea, Queen Victoria's close relations included: Edward VII - father of King George V of the UK, married to Alexandra of Denmark, daughter of King Christian IX, brother of King George I of Greece and aunt to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (his mother was Alexandra's sister). His daughter Maud of Wales married the King of Norway, her grandson is Harald V, as Biblio mentioned. Victoria - married Kaiser Frederick III of Prussia, mother of Kaiser Bill Alice - mother of Tsarina Alexandra of Russia, the last Tsarina Alfred - father of Queen Marie of Romania Arthur - father of Margaret, first wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, 5 children then died - her grandchildren include King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (the current King), Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, the exiled monarch', King Constantine's wife. Beatrice - mother of Victoria, Queen of Spain, grandmother of King Juan Carlos I

She played Kate Garraway's "are you ok?" with a classy straight bat in an interview six weeks ago. I'm thinking Kate would have been slightly less reticent had the shoe been on the other foot. RIP, she seemed both a talented and good person, reading between the lines of her luvvie friends' and relations' gushing tributes. She had one of those 'not beautiful yet interesting' faces, like Anna Maxwell Martin, Zoe Wanamaker, Nicola Walker and Miriam Margolyes . I still have never seen Peaky Blinders, but not out of stubbornness.

So the Oxfam shop in Windsor will be the go to place for second hand navel uniforms and books on carriage driving then....

The King of Norway is about 90th in line to our throne. He is the closest of all the European royals

Arnold Yarrow is 101 today

Wasn't Queen Victoria called "The Grandmother of Europe"or something similar?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14677746/laim-scarlett-ballet-dead/ 35 year old royal ballet star and choreographer Liam Scarlett has died it has been revealed. He was in the news recently with regards to allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

With a flap on the front for getting at the fluff? *Yes yes, I know it's a spelling lame. I'm sorry, I'm just a twat like that sometimes.

Charles Geschke, Co-founder of Adobe Systems, a graphics publishing and software company, died at 81 years: https://www.losaltosonline.com/news/sections/news/297-news-features/64309-charles-geschke-adobe-systems-co-founder-dies

Jonathan Fryer dead.

The second member of the magnificent 7 of the Barbarians 1973 try to die only a couple of months after the first. See John Pullin posts from 5th Feb above.

Vivek, a noted Tamil film actor and comedian, has died. He was 59. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/vivek-tamil-film-actor-dies-in-chennai-hospital/articleshow/82111036.cms

Felix Silla, who played Cousin Itt on the Addams Family, dead at 84. Also a DDP pick https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9480931/Addams-Family-star-Felix-Silla-played-Cousin-Itt-original-1960s-TV-dead-84.html

Felix Silla dead at 84

Yeah, but...Charles IS his dad; we've done this over a few times on this site. There's a fairly public evidence trail making it clear Diana didn't meet James Hewitt in time for him to be Harry's dad and the red hair is a Spencer trait too.

Steps down as leader of the Cuban Communist Party.

Had me going to imdb to check if Julian Glover had added Harry Potter to his collection (only name actor to appear in Bond, Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr Who, The Avengers and Game of Thrones) and yep, he was the voice of the giant spider in the second film. Mind you, as he turned 86 a few weeks ago, he might not count as being in his prime anymore, though apparently he's still acting. Which is cool.

Welsh captain John Dawes, the only British & Lions captain to win a test series in NZ, has died aged 80.

What a cunt.

End of the fight for Joe Louis on this day 40 years ago, aged 66.

Yeah, she always refused to swallow Phil's load whenever they were travelling by the Royal Train.