Twenty-five years ago, on August 31 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales died. She was killed when the Mercedes she was travelling in crashed in Paris’s Alma Tunnel. The circumstances of her death remain controversial. I had the privilege to work with Diana for six years....
I did a huge amount of research a decade or so ago on Diana’s birth, since there was a difference of opinion as to whether she was born in the afternoon (14:10) or the evening (19:45). Astro-databank (Astro.com) endorses the 19:45 time of birth. I initially used the...
Zodiac Alert The recent brouhaha about the 13th sign of the zodiac needs to be laid to rest. Be assured, you’re still an Aries or a Sagittarius, a Scorpio or a Capricorn. Nothing has changed. So, once again some astronomer, in this case Parke Kunkle from the Minnesota...
It was snowing. It was the first day of spring and it was snowing. Big white fluffy flakes were tumbling out of a slate-grey sky and falling silently on the pines and silver birches. There wasn’t a bird to be seen, a crocus or a snowdrop, let alone a daffodil. I was...
Will history repeat itself and William and Catherine’s marriage follow the same course as Diana’s and Charles’? Sad to say, I am old enough to recall the day Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer. In fact, I remember it well. It wasn’t a particularly sunny...
AS I WAS PUTTING TOGETHER TOPICS for my June ’18 newsletter events in the life of American actor, Roseanne Barr, became headline news. It’s not every day you lose your job, your sponsorships and your representatives in the span of twenty-four hours. Such...