We are all in it together.
That has been the official refrain since the early days of the pandemic, back when we first squared our shoulders, started stockpiling loo rolls and began spying on our neighbours with vigour, thermal binoculars and a time-stamped electronic notebook to hand.
Or was that just me?
And we are still all in it together except when it comes to the last packet of pasta on the supermarket shelf.
Or non-observance of curfews when no one is looking.
Or, above all, being a government minister and/or adviser.
Today, being a member of the crony-demic gang seems to mean that you can ignore all of the rules all of the time, even the ones you have devised yourself.
Did Sarah Ferguson just drop a hint about Princess Eugenie s son s name? Hello! 16/02/2021
Pancake Day, otherwise known as Shrove Tuesday, including HELLO! HQ we couldn t help but wonder if one of them is a hint to
royal, 30, welcomed her first child with
Jack Brooksbank on 9 February and the couple are still to announce what they have called their son.
WATCH: Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank welcome baby boy!
One of the bookies favourites for the royal tot is Arthur and in the corner of Sarah s video, her book
Arthur Fantastic can be seen.
While it might be purely coincidental, it s the only boy s name that can be seen among the titles of her children s novels.
Eugenie
shared a glimpse of her newborn son with a gorgeous black-and-white snap on Instagram of the proud parents holding their baby s tiny fingers.
The couple were pictured
Eugenie and Jack are currently living at
Meghan s Windsor home, Frogmore Cottage, close to Sarah and Prince Andrew s residence at Royal Lodge.
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Once you have married the younger brother of the future king, what do you do next?
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have secured deals with Spotify and Netflix, apparently worth millions of pounds, though it remains unclear exactly what they will be doing in return.
Meghan is now said to be considering some ‘very serious book deals’, from ‘numerous publishing houses’. From this, I take it to mean that it is the deals that are serious, rather than the books.
If Meghan wishes to take advice, there is only one other person in the world who has been in the same position, or, as they both might say, ‘followed the same amazing journey’.
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A Scandalous Liaison on Skye is one of 10 new stories released by Mills & Boon based on the most romantic places in the UK.. MY name is undoubtedly Robert McNeil and I have never read a Mills & Boon. In previous columns, I have erroneously stated that I grew up in a book-free household. However, it occurs to me now that there were always a few Mills & Boons lying around. Arguably, these belonged to my mother rather than my dad. Come to think of it, my dad never read one book in his life. Not one. Maybe that’s why he never, ever suffered from existential angst, ken?