Miles stepped out of the taxi and stood on the pavement for some time before he entered the hotel. During his selfimposed exile, not a day had passed when he hadn’t thought about lunch at the Savoy. He could still recall a prison diet of cold, lumpy porridge, burnt toast and a hard-boiled egg. The prison chef had not been familiar with his favourite Savoy cabbage or Peach Melba. The Crown's at it again! Now hit Netflix show invents story that Queen had kissed US troops on VE night, writes ALISON BOSHOFF Overall, I found ‘Traitors Gate’ a great read that was exciting and entertaining. As I finished the novel I wanted to know more about the history of the characters and intend to read the series from the start. My usual response therefore is, have you murdered anyone? Your mother or your girlfriend? They say of course not, and I say well this isn't starting well. Danny followed, and although he kept his distance, he would never allow another vehicle to slip in between him and the Lord Chamberlain’s armoured car.

Doctor Who's best bits: From THAT beach goodbye to Jodie Whittaker's debut as the first female Time Lord... a look at the show's most iconic moments Both vehicles continued the last leg of their journey unimpeded by the public as the Tower was closed for the day, so they had only a couple of dozen Yeoman Warders and the eight resident ravens to keep them company. Danny drove beside the Thames for another hundred yards before turning right and proceeding over the east drawbridge – originally built for horses, not cars. The two cars swept under the Queen Elizabeth Archway and up the steep slope towards the Jewel House, where they saw the Jewel House Warder standing to attention beside General Sir Harry Stanley KCVO, the Resident Governor and Keeper of the Crown Jewels. There has only been one attempt to steal the Crown Jewels, by a certain Colonel Blood in 1671, and he was caught even before he and his conspirators could escape from the Tower of London (pictured) White Lotus stars Meghann Fahy and Leo Woodall kept romance private over fears they would 'disrupt the show' EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Kate Middleton stayed home to help George with exams. Now, proud parents face a dilemma over whether to send their elder son to single-sex school next

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Huw Edwards 'to leave BBC after being given inquiry findings' into his alleged behaviour following sex pic scandal Bethenny Frankel shares, 53, series of sweet snaps with her mini-me daughter Bryn Hoppy, 13, from Thanksgiving: 'Thankful' I avoided bursting out laughing, just. Every schoolchild knows that isn't possible. But this wasn’t any schoolchild, this was a member of the royal household. And I soon realised that, to give my version, with my villain Miles Faulkner, any hope of success, I had to turn my attention to the timing. Once you've got the basic idea, and you believe it's possible, everything depends on the minute-by-minute precision of the timing. With most of the research in place, I wrote my heist. I have not written a true heist since Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less, which was written and set in the 1970s, although Honour Among Thieves is also technically a heist (of the Declaration of Independence). So, it was quite a challenge for me to write a heist in 2023, over 45 years since I wrote Penny.

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I can see no reason for any hold-ups,’ William commented, before replacing the phone in the armrest. He would call again only if there was an emergency and there hadn’t been one in the past five years. I wanted to remind her of something every schoolchild knows — there has only been one attempt to steal the Crown Jewels, by a certain Colonel Blood in 1671, and he was caught even before he and his conspirators could escape from the Tower. I'm A Celebrity's Jamie Lynn Spears speaks out on Britney's iconic kiss with Madonna - and clears up how she feels about her sister amid feud rumours The last Archer I read was Kane and Abel. I have to say the style seems remarkably similar from then to now despite an interval of 40 years. However I suppose when you're as popular as Mr Archer why change a winning formula?