Marilyn Monroe in daring gown as she meets the Queen (Image: Getty) It was the night of the Royal Command Performance and the Queen and Princess Margaret were due to enjoy the premiere of The Battle Of The River Plate. Inside, celebrities waited anxiously for Her Majesty’s arrival. Several weeks earlier, the female guests had
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When Hugo Vickers was commissioned in 1980 to write the authorised biography of Cecil Beaton, he was granted privileged access to the photographer’s friends and staff and all his private diaries and letters.
Many of Beaton’s circle had been the ‘Bright Young Things’ of the 1920s. Others were louche aristocrats, renowned former beauties, movie stars and writers, not to mention Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother.
By then in their 70s and 80s, most welcomed the chance to gossip. Over the next five years, Vickers asked them about everything from Cecil’s homosexuality to his extraordinary costume designs for My Fair Lady and his bizarre love affair with Greta Garbo. Many of their recollections duly appeared in Vickers’ best-selling biography.
Sir Anthony Hopkins speaking from Wales after he was named as best actor at the 2021 Oscars Picture: Instagram; @anthonyhopkinscollection Sir Anthony Hopkins has celebrated his Best Actor Oscar win in Wales. At 83-years-old Sir Anthony became the oldest person to win an acting award which he won for his role in The Father, in which he plays an ageing man struggling with memory loss. Posting on his Instagram page the Welshman, who has been travelling around Wales over the past month, said: Good morning. Here I am in my home land of Wales. At 83 years of age I did not expect to get this award, I really didn t.