"Beauty's where you find it..." - Madonna

Saturday 7 August 2010

Queen Elizabeth II: Behind the Scenes

Brushing off against Annie Liebowitz and her endless line of assistants... Asks the Queen, in all her regal finery, if she wouldn't mind taking her crown off (actually a tiara) because it might look "less dressy".
"Less dressy!" explodes the Queen. "What do you think this is?" Indicating her garter robes, which are about as dressy as her regalia gets...



The BBC edited the footage to make the poor Queen look as if she was stomping out of the session in fury. She's actually sweeping into the session late and in great irritation at having to don such a heavy and uncomfortable outfit...


The Monarchy: the Royal Family at Work

The BBC's 2007 documentary on Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, head of the Commonwealth + Head of State of 16 overseas nations....

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Thursday 5 August 2010

Michael Jackson meets HRH Diana, Princess of Wales

Or... Diana, Princess of Wales meets Michael Jackson...



Diana Trbute and Biography

TRIBUTE TO PRINCESS DIANA, broadcast on UK Channel 4 on the eve of her funeral on 31 September 1997...

Part 1 Early years and engagement to Prince Charles



2 Royal Wedding 1981



3 birth of Prince William and royal duties



4 AIDS work and an emerging celebrity



5 breakup of the royal marriage



6 a troubled monarchy and the final years

Diana: the secret tapes

These are the tapes on which Andrew Morton based his 1992 book Diana: Her True Story. Also includes interviews with Princess Diana's friends and associates, and videotape of Diana practising her speeches.

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Naomi Campbell talks cocaine addiction to Oprah

A Model Conversation

SUPERMODEL Cindy Crawford interviews supermodels Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Beverly Johnson and Lauren Hutton for MTV's House of Style:

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Tuesday 3 August 2010

It's a Royal Knockout, 1987

IT'S A KNOCKOUT was a silly gameshow where people dressed in pantomime costume amid massive blow-up sets and lots of water and plastic balls to do stupid things on television. It was actually quite modern in its central dumbness.

Prince Edward, who was into theatre and all that, set up a special event where he, Andrew, Fergie and Princess Ann (!!) would compete...