EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Prince George may have some regrets about choosing to support the Welsh rugby team with Prince William instead of siding with Kate and backing victorious England
Having accompanied his father to Wales's quarter-final World Cup rugby defeat by Argentina, does Prince George regret being persuaded to support the men in red rather than victorious England?
With father William the longtime patron for the Welsh and mother Kate holding the same post for the English team, George's allegiance was a bone of contention behind closed doors.
William has admitted: 'It's become quite the thing in the house,' adding of Kate: 'She is quite into it, I'm trying to stay out of it.' Would George have been wiser to listen to his mother?
![Having accompanied his father to Wales's quarter-final World Cup rugby defeat by Argentina, does Prince George regret being persuaded to support the men in red rather than victorious England? Pictured: Benoit Payan, Mayor of Marseille greets Prince George and Prince William prior to the Rugby World Cup France 2023 Quarter Final match on Saturday](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/16/21/76630359-12637503-image-a-40_1697488779315.jpg)
Having accompanied his father to Wales's quarter-final World Cup rugby defeat by Argentina, does Prince George regret being persuaded to support the men in red rather than victorious England? Pictured: Benoit Payan, Mayor of Marseille greets Prince George and Prince William prior to the Rugby World Cup France 2023 Quarter Final match on Saturday
![With father William the longtime patron for the Welsh and mother Kate holding the same post for the English team, George's allegiance was a bone of contention behind closed doors. George is pictured at the quarter final on Saturday](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/16/21/76630367-12637503-image-a-41_1697488782404.jpg)
With father William the longtime patron for the Welsh and mother Kate holding the same post for the English team, George's allegiance was a bone of contention behind closed doors. George is pictured at the quarter final on Saturday
Sir Michael Caine tells Radio 4's Martha Kearney: 'I keep saying I'm going to retire. Well, I am now.'
He adds of his latest film The Great Escaper: 'I thought, I might as well leave with all this. I've got wonderful reviews. What am I going to do to beat this?'
The old boy, 90, appears to have forgotten a role he's due to begin filming in January.
Caine confirmed to The Guardian just days ago: 'Yeah. I play Charles Darwin. And that'll be it. I won't do another one after.' Pinch of salt, Michael?
![Sir Michael Caine tells Radio 4's Martha Kearney: 'I keep saying I'm going to retire. Well, I am now.' He adds of his latest film The Great Escaper: 'I thought, I might as well leave with all this. I've got wonderful reviews. What am I going to do to beat this?' He is pictured at the Great Escaper World Premiere in London last month](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/16/23/76630483-12637503-Sir_Michael_Caine_tells_Radio_4_s_Martha_Kearney_I_keep_saying_I-a-2_1697495238136.jpg)
Sir Michael Caine tells Radio 4's Martha Kearney: 'I keep saying I'm going to retire. Well, I am now.' He adds of his latest film The Great Escaper: 'I thought, I might as well leave with all this. I've got wonderful reviews. What am I going to do to beat this?' He is pictured at the Great Escaper World Premiere in London last month
Steve Coogan, playing Jimmy Savile in The Reckoning, was filmed in a mock-up of the elite Athenaeum club of which the notorious child abuser was a member. How did he get in?
As a Knight Commander of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St Gregory the Great, the highest papal honour, he had the necessary credentials.
And his proposer? The late Basil Hume, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. If Savile had been blackballed, Basil, in accordance with club rules, would have had to resign.
![Steve Coogan, playing Jimmy Savile in The Reckoning, was filmed in a mock-up of the elite Athenaeum club of which the notorious child abuser was a member. Coogan is pictured as Savile in the series](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/16/21/76630525-12637503-image-a-47_1697489158031.jpg)
Steve Coogan, playing Jimmy Savile in The Reckoning, was filmed in a mock-up of the elite Athenaeum club of which the notorious child abuser was a member. Coogan is pictured as Savile in the series
Supporters of Laurence Fox have been clamouring for Only Connect presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell to be sacked by the BBC after she poked fun at the actor on Have I Got News For You.
Referring to Fox's sacking from GB News over misogynistic comments about Ava Evans stating: 'Who would shag that?'
Victoria declared: 'You know, I probably would.' Married to Left-wing comic David Mitchell, she explains: 'As jokes go, this was not sophisticated. Laurence Fox has complained to Ofcom.'
Dour Fox has clearly come down with acute sense of humour failure.
![Supporters of Laurence Fox (pictured earlier this month) have been clamouring for Only Connect presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell to be sacked by the BBC after she poked fun at the actor on Have I Got News For You](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/16/23/76630537-12637503-Supporters_of_Laurence_Fox_pictured_earlier_this_month_have_been-a-3_1697495263750.jpg)
Supporters of Laurence Fox (pictured earlier this month) have been clamouring for Only Connect presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell to be sacked by the BBC after she poked fun at the actor on Have I Got News For You
![Victoria Coren Mitchell (pictured) declared: 'You know, I probably would.' Married to Left-wing comic David Mitchell, she explains: 'As jokes go, this was not sophisticated. Laurence Fox has complained to Ofcom'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/16/23/76630585-12637503-Victoria_Coren_Mitchell_pictured_declared_You_know_I_probably_wo-a-4_1697495268635.jpg)
Victoria Coren Mitchell (pictured) declared: 'You know, I probably would.' Married to Left-wing comic David Mitchell, she explains: 'As jokes go, this was not sophisticated. Laurence Fox has complained to Ofcom'
Jack Whitehall and partner Roxy Horner have named their baby daughter Elsie, though it was a close-run thing. Jack reveals that Roxy wanted to call the sprog Phoenix.
'I was like "Phoenix is a stripper's name",' he says. 'She went "How would you know that?" So before the baby popped out, I typed into Google "top ten stripper names" and, to be fair to her, Phoenix was not on it. But do you know what number one was? Roxy.'
![Jack Whitehall (pictured earlier this month) and partner Roxy Horner have named their baby daughter Elsie, though it was a close-run thing. Jack reveals that Roxy wanted to call the sprog Phoenix](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/16/21/76630683-12637503-image-a-51_1697489557168.jpg)
Jack Whitehall (pictured earlier this month) and partner Roxy Horner have named their baby daughter Elsie, though it was a close-run thing. Jack reveals that Roxy wanted to call the sprog Phoenix
Friend of Queen Camilla, thespian Keith Baxter, who has died aged 90, was once invited by her for a sea swim on a misty night while staying at Sandringham.
'While we were in the water, it suddenly cleared to reveal that there were about 20 nudists on the beach,' he recalled.
'Nobody was particularly fazed but it was sweet to see one nude lady trying to curtsey…'