“Easter egg hunt this afternoon,” I say brightly.” Karl looks up from the paper we have bought as a treat because it’s Easter Saturday and we have children but won’t read because it’s Easter Saturday and we have children. “It’s raining, then,” he says. Eva looks out of the window and sighs. She is dressed entirely in pink. “I will …
“Mummy, shut your eyes if it comes on your face”, chirps Eva, gently snipping my fringe with a nutcracker. I sit on the kitchen floor with Tom next to me, fighting sleep and his muzzie with little fists and succumb to a pretend haircut from my toddler. It is Christmas Eve, 5.18pm; the dead time that is laden with guilt …
As the sun beats down, (almost) eliminating memories of muddy footprints and wet socks, the arrival of summer brings forth a season of joy, adventure and tick removal. And, while the young members of royal families might enjoy a curated collection of summer essentials, there is NO REASON we can’t all enjoy the same creative activities, sartorial dress code and …
Sunday 3 July, Amiens, France. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry are in Thiepval, having joined commemorations for the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. In a majestic f*** up, the Palace didn’t book rooms early enough in the only five star hotel in the area and Air BnB only had studio flats with integrated bathrooms …
It is 20 May and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is about to leave Anmer Hall for Portsmouth, to open the new Tech Deck Education Centre at the 1851 Trust. This is something to do with inspiring young people to sail, which Kate thinks is fantastic. It’s also to do with STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) which Kate has been …
It’s a marathon, near Gran’s place. Anmer Hall, Saturday night. Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, is lying on the sofa drinking a slimline G&T and browsing ‘Runners’ World’. She has spent the last hour bemoaning the media backlash around her ‘mumsy’ appearance and decided she will run the London Marathon. She doesn’t have a place, but she’s a Duchess so it …
