The queen mother thought it was "utterly abhorrent" when Prince Charles and princess Diana went public on their marriage failings, according to her official biography released on Thursday. The biography also revealed that the queen mother, who died in March 2002 aged 101, suffered from colon cancer and had a tumour removed in 1966. The royal matriarch regretted her grandson ...

As Madonna and her now very much soon-to-be ex-husband, Guy Ritchie, ready their phalanx of upper-crust lawyers to battle over Madge’s $600 million estate, isn’t it the perfect time for a little reminder of the Material Girl’s humble beginnings? Andrew Morton, Madonna’s trusted biographer, certainly thinks so. Yesterday, Tina Brown’s Daily Beast posted what they ...