You do now have one in three people, as shown by the famous Carlton Monarchy debate poll, saying they want to get rid of the Monarchy. That was unthinkable even three, four years ago. Anthony Holden agocarltondebate Change image and share on social
The Princess's so-called 'time and space speech' at the end of '93 about a year after the formal separation, looking back on it it's called her retirement from public life but we've seen in fact it's nothing of the kind. Anthony Holden backcallend share on social
What it means is that some of Charles' press secretaries have been better than others as some of the Queen's press secretaries have been better than others. Anthony Holden charlemeanpress Change image and share on social
But, of course, she didn't mean that she was going to retire from public life and only when the Queen removed her HRH some years later did she actually drop a hundred charities and just kept five. Anthony Holden charitydrophrh Change image and share on social
What was funny if you were there is that we were all immensely sophisticated people who knew exactly what she was going to say and we're chatting away, nice to see you. Anthony Holden chatfunnyimmensely Change image and share on social
I think the relation between the monarchy and the press is very much a two-way street. Anthony Holden monarchypressrelation Change image and share on social
I remember a moment when the Prince went back to his old school, Grammar School in Melbourne, and slightly to his horror his old music teacher produced a cello. Anthony Holden backcellogrammar Change image and share on social
They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world. Anthony Holden civildiplomatdraw share on social
If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true. Then the more times you hear it the less likely it is to be true. Anthony Holden anecdotefilehear Change image and share on social
What it was at the time was literally a plea for, to get the pressure off for a while, to give her space to breathe. She was very unhappy. She was feeling pretty claustrophobic. Anthony Holden breatheclaustrophobicfelt Change image and share on social
