EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Prince Philip helped Jimmy Savile for stunt

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Prince Philip helped Jimmy Savile to stage manage a Jim’ll Fix It stunt with a 14-year-old girl who wanted to visit Buckingham Palace

The late Prince Philip was in thrall to Jimmy Savile, helping him to stage manage a Jim’ll Fix It stunt with a 14-year-old girl who wanted to visit Buckingham Palace. With Philip’s connivance, Savile smuggled her in via the boot of a car to be introduced to Philip at a reception. At least the late Queen was immune to the Savile charm. Her then private secretary, Lord Moore, had warned her of the dangers of ‘taint by association with that odious man’.

The late Prince Philip was in thrall to Jimmy Savile, helping him to stage manage a Jim’ll Fix It stunt with a 14-year-old girl who wanted to visit Buckingham Palace

Not all at the BBC were gulled by Savile. Governor Sir Roger Jones, chairman of Children In Need from 1999 to 2002, had Savile banned from involvement with the annual fundraiser. ‘When I was with Children In Need we took the decision that we didn’t want him anywhere near the charity and we just stepped up our child protection policies,’ he recalls. ‘I think we all recognised he was a pretty creepy sort of character.’ Alas, Roger was a lone voice crying in the Beeb wilderness.

Turbo-tongued Kathy Lette accuses Keir Starmer of ruining her daughter Georgie Robertson’s life by delaying an investigation

Turbo-tongued Kathy Lette accuses Keir Starmer of ruining her daughter Georgie Robertson’s life by delaying an investigation into who leaked the report into how antisemitism complaints were handled under Jeremy Corbyn. 

Georgie, whose dad is Leftie lawyer Geoffrey Robertson, is one of five former party employees accused. ‘The Labour Party has subjected my darling daughter to this ordeal for three and a half years now and want to drag it on until spring 2025, knowing the impact it’s having on the mental health of the kids involved,’ rages author Kathy. ‘It’s exceedingly cruel to try to ruin the lives of these young former employees.’

Have I Got News For You team captain Ian Hislop recalls Russell Brand’s 2007 appearance when he inexplicably ran off the set during recording to use the toilet, adding: ‘Afterwards, he complained to the producers and summoned them to his dressing room and said he hadn’t been shown enough respect. I thought he was pompous, cranky and very unlikeable.’

Have I Got News For You team captain Ian Hislop (pictured: left) recalls Russell Brand’s 2007 appearance when he inexplicably ran off the set during recording to use the toilet

Fretting over dealing with slugs, wasps and other domestic pests, Michael Palin recalls encountering on his Indian travels a naked Jainist holy man who could not squash even the most microscopic insect. ‘As a lover of God’s creatures, I admired his strictness,’ mused Michael. He added with a sigh: ‘To be honest, showing an ant the door takes a big chunk out of the working day. There’s never just one of them.’

Trouser-splitting warbler PJ Proby tells The Beat of his drive through Hyde Park in the back of Robert Stigwood’s Rolls-Royce when the gay impresario made a pass. ‘I just said, “Robert – I warned you about that!” POW! I knocked him straight through his car door. The door flew off – and he was out in the middle of the street, kind of half-out cold and half conscious. I looked around for his driver, and he was cowering on the floor in the front of the car.’ What did PJ, 84, say to the terrified chauffeur? ‘I can walk home from here.’

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