For the first time in its 173-year history, Burke’s Peerage and Gentry is to include illegitimate offspring – the children of peers, baronets, knights and landed families born out of wedlock.
It is with a massive amount of sadness that I say goodbye to my “baby beak”: Cheekers the cockatiel.
Many of you have seen her picture on the Help page of my website. She is listed as my ‘secretary’ who helps me with all of my email. Cheekers could also be heard inserting her opinion in the background of many of my podcasts at RoyaltyNow!.
She was a good little friend who is sorely missed. My other two buddies, Percy and Feathers, will miss her, too.
For anyone who has female birds: get them checked regularly to prevent the possibility of egg binding. Egg binding is the inability of a female bird (hen) to pass a developed or partially developed egg. The inability to pass the egg quickly could result in the death of the hen.
Even if your bird has been laying eggs just fine, keep in mind that egg-laying could pose just as many complications for a bird as any human pregnancy. It’s a big deal for one’s body to go through, so keep an eye on your little hen.
Charles Spencer, brother of the late Diana, is getting a divorce from his wife Caroline. Both wanted to keep it private, but a judge has ruled that they cannot block reporting of the hearing.
The judge said that he would be in “dangerous territory” to grant couples privacy merely because they are well-known, as it “potentially gives privilege to one group in the community over and above others.”
No one – aside from the circle of people involved – should be given access to someone’s private affairs in a court of law. Whether they are famous or not, who wants to hear this sort of thing? Let them retain their privacy. If the judge is so concerned about “giving privilege to one group over others”, then make it legal for everyone to keep their family matters private if they so wish.
This new culture of invading everyone’s personal space is very disconcerting. Just because a few desperate celebrities wanted everyone to know the minutiae of their lives doesn’t mean we all feel that way, Earl Spencer included.
Any legal eagles out there that want to expound on this issue? I’d be glad to hear from you!
Via Telegraph.
The heir to the throne turns 27 today! Many happy returns.
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A very happy ten years to HRH Prince Edward and his wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex.
A few days earlier the Countess was seen with their daughter, Lady Louise, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. The Royal Family was watching the Trooping the Colour ceremony celebrating the Queen’s official (read: national) June birthday.
