EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Will Meghan Markle embark on a political career if her friend Kamala Harris beats Trump to the White House?

Should Kamala Harris beat Trump to the White House, will her friend Meghan embark on a political career? 

In 2020, when Harris became Joe Biden’s running mate, Meg was effusive. ‘I’m so excited to see that kind of represent-ation,’ she told Gloria Steinem. 

‘You know, for me, being biracial, growing up, whether it was a doll or a person in office, you need to see someone who looks like you in some capacity.’ 

Harris has been similarly supportive of Meghan, especially over her Black Lives Matter campaigning. Any chance of President Kamala appointing Meghan as US ambassador to the Court of St James’s?

Meghan Markle gesturing to Prince Harry durign their visit at the Lightway Academy in Abuja on May 10

Vice President Kamala Harris speaking at her campaign rally at West Allis, Central High School in Wisconsin yesterday

Former President Donald J Trump at his first public rally in Michigan since he was shot in the ear during an assassination attempt

Lady Colin Campbell more like Mother Teresa

Lady Colin Campbell is passing the hat round to give Meghan’s dad Thomas an 80th birthday cash present. 

Donning her Mother Teresa mantle, Georgia Campbell says she hopes to raise £10,000. ‘

Many people have suggested that I spearhead this fundraiser,’ she mewls, adding, in a phrase bound to antagonise Meghan: ‘Now that he has been rejected and abandoned by the daughter… [we must] demonstrate to him that there are still people in the world with good hearts.’

Lady Colin Campbell pictured smiling in a green top at her home in Castle Gorling, Sussex in 2020

Maureen Lipman breaking taboo 

Has Maureen Lipman broken a taboo by referring to her friend Cherie Blair’s endearing mouth width? 

Recalling Cherie and husband Tony’s visit to see the musical Oklahoma!, she explained how she mastered her character Aunt Eller’s Southern drawl. 

‘We’ve been told to keep our mouths in the shape of a letter box,’ she told Tony and open-mouthed Cherie, pictured.

Maureen Lipman at the opening night of Hello Dolly at the London Palladium on July 18

Anne Robinson shares her top tips on name-droppers 

Saga agony aunt Anne Robinson advises on how to deal with name-droppers. 

‘Once dinner is going with a swing, you drop a famous name – then immediately throw your napkin in the air,’ she counsels. 

‘Once everyone has had a few glasses it becomes great fun, with your guests trying to outdo each other for the number of stories they can tell that involve a well-known person. It’s also a gentle way of pointing the finger at the worst offender.’ 

Surely something more lethal than napkins might fly if anyone mentions the name of Anne’s famous squeeze Andrew Parker Bowles!

Anne Robinson making her way from a Cure3 exhibition in aid of The Cure Parkinsons Trust in London on March 13, 2017

Richard Coles says Strictly has a 'dark heart' 

Former Strictly contestant Richard Coles does the BBC few favours by announcing that the embattled dance show has a ‘dark heart’. 

A spot of revenge on Coles’s part? He resigned in fury last year when his BBC Radio 4 show Saturday Live was relocated from London to Cardiff, snapping: ‘I felt rather hurtled towards the exit. 

It’s a great national institution, and more power to its elbow. It would just be nice if it could distinguish that elbow from its arse sometimes.’

Reverend Richard Coles 'Good Morning Britain' TV show, London, UK on August 8, 2022

Miriam Margolyes longs to be taken seriously 

Vulgarian Miriam Margolyes tells Radio Times she longs to be taken seriously, while confirming that she always keeps a raw onion in her bag. ‘I really love onion. But I think I may shift to garlic because it’s easier to carry.’ Is she having a giraffe?

Miriam Margolyes appearing on Loose Women on July 4, 2024