Royal blind item? "Which couple made a hasty retreat to the restroom within minutes of meeting?"

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This item concerns a famous woman who used to be a bit of a player but is now married to a less famous but notorious man. She's keen to stress the romantic nature of their marriage but the truth is that their relationship is based on a shared need for money and a strong physical connection. Those on the ground whisper that within minutes of their first meeting the randy lovestruck pair made a hasty retreat to the invalid loos (that would be the handicapped restrooms for our American friends). Not quite what she told her world-renowned family...

Source: The Morton Report

My best guess
Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall

Video pick: "Princess Diana: Behind the Panorama interview"

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On November 20, 1995, the BBC aired a secretly recorded interview with Princess Diana during its Panorama programme, in which she openly and unabashedly discussed her despair over her loveless marriage, her insecurities, her hopes for the future, and her dreams with interviewer Martin Bashir. The British Establishment was totally caught by surprise, Prince William was deeply upset, Diana later regretted doing it, and a chain of events began that ended with her death eighteen months later.

Today's video pick, "Princess Diana: Behind the Panorama Interview," takes a look at how this dramatic piece of television history came to be. You can watch the documentary below:


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Video pick: "The Prince Charles generation"

To commemorate Prince Charles' 64th birthday, "The Prince Charles Generation" has been chosen as today's video pick. According to the YouTube video description, "the story of Charles' life is known to everyone, but this documentary gives voice to the ordinary men of his generation, men whose stories are not often heard. "

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Royal blind item? "Which nice young lady dreads silly pictures emerging?"

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Nice girl. Adored by her parents. Liked by all who know her. Well connected. Has a handsome young beau in tow. But a couple of years ago she let her hair down at a private party and was photographed trying to tongue kiss another girl.

It was just a lark but a silly pal put some pictures that our young lady would rather forget on an open profile on Facebook. The pal was told to take them down - but not before some snooping journalists had found and copied them. So far no paper or magazine has published them but the girl in question dreads them appearing. So does her family who don’t want more bad publicity.

Source: The Morton Report

My best guess
Pippa Middleton

Royal flashback: Charles and Diana at the 1985 Melbourne Cup

Princess Diana and Prince Charles at the 1985 Melbourne Cup with Australian businessman John Elliott (left).

Prince Charles' and Camilla Parker-Bowles' appearance at this year's Melbourne Cup during their Australian tour has invoked memories of a prior royal visit to the Cup. According to TV NZ:

"The last time Prince Charles was at the Melbourne Cup 27 years ago, so the story goes, he left his wife by herself so he could join the boys at the bar.

And one chivalrous trainer thought it was unbecoming of the Prince of Wales to leave Princess Diana on her own.

John Meagher had just collected the loving cup from Prince Charles and joined the dignitaries upstairs in the VRC committee room after What A Nuisance had saluted in the 1985 race, but rather than join the blokes at the bar, the Queensland trainer played the proper gentleman when he spotted the lonely Princess of Wales.

'Charles went up to the committee room with the men to the bar, he was surrounded by all the committee men,' Meagher says.

'Diana was on her own with her lady in waiting, standing at a table about 20 feet away from the men. All alone.

'So I just went over to her and knew I had to do the right thing, so approached the lady in waiting and asked to be introduced. I had a good long talk to Diana for about 20 minutes.

'She was very friendly and very relaxed.'

The pair shared some champagne and small talk, while the tensions between Charles and Diana soon became apparent."

Reading between the lines, three things immediately stand out: (1) the intense and severe isolation that Diana was already experiencing from her husband and his circle of staff and friends; (2) the beginning of Charles and Diana drifting into two separate courts; and (3) how the public facade (per the above photo) convincingly hid the devastating truth of a royal marriage coming apart at the seams.