Prince Philip told the Queen 'Thank f*** that's over' after Harry and Meghan's wedding, by the Royal butler who witnessed it - and the extraordinary revelations don't stop there...
As a 13-year-old boy growing up in Airdrie, an industrial town not far from Glasgow, I'd watched mesmerised as our little living room was lit by the flickering light from a television documentary giving unprecedented insights into the life of the monarch and I'd been particularly enthralled by footage of the ball.
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