Chriopterologists at Balmoral report that the pipistrelle bats, resident in the rafters for decades, are enjoying life.
The Queen wasn’t too keen helping staff remove them with butterfly nets. Alas, because she had them released in the surrounding countryside they soon found their way back to their royal colony.
Her Majesty refused to believe they were capable of ‘homing’. But the King, rather prouder of his family links to Vlad the Impaler and a frequent visitor to Transylvania, leaves the bats in peace.
The late Queen wasn’t too keen on pipistrelle bats at Balmoral and helped staff remove them with butterfly nets
Because she had them released in the surrounding countryside they soon found their way back to their royal colony (pictured: Balmoral Castle)
The King however, more proud of his family’s links to Vlad the Impaler (pictured), leaves the bats in peace
Elon Musk was much closer to Rishi Sunak:
Now proving a considerable thorn in the side of Sir Keir Starmer – he’s angered No 10 after announcing ‘civil war is inevitable’ in the UK and labelled the PM ‘two-tier Keir’ on policing – billionaire X boss Elon Musk had a notably cosier relationship with his predecessor.
Musk and Rishi Sunak enjoyed what was described as a ‘love-in’ during a public discussion about artificial intelligence at Lancaster House last November. Don’t expect Elon and Keir to be following suit any time soon!
Despite being a thorn in the side of Sir Keir Starmer, Elon Musk enjoyed what was described as a ‘love-in’ with his predecessor Rishi Sunak during a discussion about artificial intelligence at Lancaster House last November
Gillian Anderson in the editing chair:
Sex symbol Gillian Anderson, editing Want – a book of women’s sexual fantasies for Bloomsbury – has included one of her own.
Declining to elaborate, Gillian wonders if any readers will be able to guess which of the anonymous erotic daydreams is hers. ‘I’d be really bad at pretending it wasn’t mine,’ she says. ‘I’m a really bad liar.’
Lisa Nandy (pictured) has selected Stephanie Peacock as minister for sport
New sports minister’s love for football:
Lisa Nandy has selected Stephanie Peacock as the minister for sport. Handily she supported Nandy’s bid to become Labour leader in 2020 – which she lost to Sir Keir Starmer.
Peacock loves her football – a bit too much. In 2018 she and some female colleagues were reprimanded by John Bercow for using the Commons chamber for an impromptu game to publicise the women’s parliamentary football team. On me head, Squeaker!
Trampolinist Bryony Page gets the National Anthem wrong:
Britain’s gold medallists at the Paris Olympics have done the nation proud by belting out the national anthem on the podium.
A source reports that ‘guidance’ issued to Team GB in Paris is for them to learn the words and to sing with ‘gusto’.
No one seemed to notice that trampolinist Bryony Page sang ‘God Save the Queen’ when collecting her gold last week.
A source reports that Team GB guidance for gold medallists is to learn the words to the national anthem and sing them with ‘gusto’ (pictured: Bryony Page)
And golden girl Keely Hodgkinson was simply too overcome with emotion when her moment came. His Majesty wouldn’t have minded.
Kate Winslet is no stranger to weight-related jibes:
Refusing ‘to sit up straighter’ to hide her ‘belly rolls’ during a bikini scene Kate Winslet is no stranger to weight-related jibes.
When filming her famous role in Titanic, curvaceous Kate was rudely referred to as ‘Kate Weighs-a-Lot’ by director James Cameron.
