Prince Andrew claims to have raised the funds to remain at his £30million home at Royal Lodge in Windsor. And last night it was reported that the Duke of York has had his money approved by the Keeper of the Privy Purse, Sir Michael Stevens. The King stopped paying for his brother’s £3million-a-year security at the 30-room home last month, raising questions about whether Andrew would be able to support himself financially and remain living there.

A new gang has emerged in India, reportedly linked to the South Korean mafia, dominating drug smuggling and gun sales. The gang’s leader is described as extremely dangerous,…

No one expects politicians holding very different viewpoints to agree on much. But the language of diplomacy evolved down the ages so politicians could speak calmly, politely and rationally to one another in order to explore mutually beneficial ways of co-operating. Many say we have lost that – and are poorer for it. David Lammy proves this point. The Foreign Secretary will try to persuade Donald Trump not to hike tariffs on British exports to the US. Hurting your closest allies, he says, is self-defeating.

About 20 years ago I was sent to interview a little known comedian my editor at the time had been told was one to watch. Off I went to a north London cafe, blissfully unaware of the bizarre spectacle I was about to witness, as a strange man with hair so matted it had turned into dreadlocks bowled in and began to tell me how beautiful I was. He wasn’t a vagrant off the street, but my interviewee. With a flourish, he told me that my eyes were lovely. Could he kiss me, he asked, before I’d even had a chance to sip on my coffee.

For 30 years Miranda Hart suffered from a debilitating mystery illness which, at its worst, left her feeling as if she was ‘wading through treacle’ and even bed-bound. The 51-year-old comedian and actor was initially told that her symptoms – which began when she was a teenager, living in the US state of Virginia – were, among other things, agoraphobia. It was only recently that she was finally diagnosed with Lyme disease, following several blood tests after hitting ‘rock bottom’, as she described it recently.

When I disclosed last month that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had bought a home on the coast of Portugal, the reasons behind the purchase remained shrouded in mystery. Why had the couple bought their first European property after being evicted from Windsor’s Frogmore Cottage by King Charles early last year? Now, things may have become clearer: Prince Harry and Meghan could have been seeking an escape route if Donald Trump returned to the White House.