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<\/p>\nThe late Prince Philip was in thrall to Jimmy Savile, helping him to stage manage a Jim\u2019ll Fix It stunt with a 14-year-old girl who wanted to visit Buckingham Palace. With Philip\u2019s 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 \u2018taint by association with that odious man\u2019.<\/p>\n
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The late Prince Philip was in thrall to Jimmy Savile, helping him to stage manage a Jim\u2019ll Fix It stunt with a 14-year-old girl who wanted to visit Buckingham Palace<\/p>\n
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. \u2018When I was with Children In Need we took the decision that we didn\u2019t want him anywhere near the charity and we just stepped up our child protection policies,\u2019 he recalls. \u2018I think we all recognised he was a pretty creepy sort of character.\u2019 Alas, Roger was a lone voice crying in the Beeb wilderness.<\/p>\n
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Turbo-tongued Kathy Lette accuses Keir Starmer of ruining her daughter Georgie Robertson\u2019s life by delaying an investigation<\/p>\n
Turbo-tongued Kathy Lette accuses Keir Starmer of ruining her daughter Georgie Robertson\u2019s life by delaying an investigation into who leaked the report into how antisemitism complaints were handled under Jeremy Corbyn.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Georgie, whose dad is Leftie lawyer Geoffrey Robertson, is one of five former party employees accused. \u2018The 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\u2019s having on the mental health of the kids involved,\u2019 rages author Kathy. \u2018It\u2019s exceedingly cruel to try to ruin the lives of these young former employees.\u2019<\/p>\n
Have I Got News For You team captain Ian Hislop recalls Russell Brand\u2019s 2007 appearance when he inexplicably ran off the set during recording to use the toilet, adding: \u2018Afterwards, he complained to the producers and summoned them to his dressing room and said he hadn\u2019t been shown enough respect. I thought he was pompous, cranky and very unlikeable.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Have I Got News For You team captain Ian Hislop (pictured: left) recalls Russell Brand\u2019s 2007 appearance when he inexplicably ran off the set during recording to use the toilet<\/p>\n
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. \u2018As a lover of God\u2019s creatures, I admired his strictness,\u2019 mused Michael. He added with a sigh: \u2018To be honest, showing an ant the door takes a big chunk out of the working day. There\u2019s never just one of them.\u2019<\/p>\n
Trouser-splitting warbler PJ Proby tells The Beat of his drive through Hyde Park in the back of Robert Stigwood\u2019s Rolls-Royce when the gay impresario made a pass. \u2018I just said, \u201cRobert \u2013 I warned you about that!\u201d POW! I knocked him straight through his car door. The door flew off \u2013 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.\u2019 What did PJ, 84, say to the terrified chauffeur? \u2018I can walk home from here.\u2019<\/p>\n