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Economic Times
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Economic Times
The "disgusting" UK royal wedding scandal that forced Lady Frederick Windsor to speak out after 16 years
Getty Images Lord Freddie Windsor And Sophie Winkleman Wedding Lady Frederick Windsor, previously known as Sophie Winkleman and a British actress best known for her work on Peep Show and Two and a Half Men, is used to being in the spotlight. But in a refreshingly honest interview with The Telegraph, Lady Frederick Windsor has let on that not all royal weddings are like fairy tales—just not when it comes to hair. Winkleman, 44, wed Lord Frederick Windsor in 2009. Lord Frederick Windsor, is the son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. Prince Michael is a first cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II, making Lord Frederick a second cousin to King Charles III and is currently 54th in the line of succession to the British throne But, she recounts the rush of wedding bells and future demands didn't leave much time for pre-wedding beauty preparations. 'It was such a blur because we had to move to Los Angeles the day after [the wedding], and I had to start a brand new job the day after that,' she recalled. 'So we got married on Saturday and moved everything, our whole lives, out to America the day after. And I'd been so concentrating on the work that I hadn't thought about the wedding.'The outcome? A royal hair "don't." 'Which meant that my hair was so disgusting, and Freddie still gets upset about it,' Winkleman admitted with characteristic humor. 'It was just disgusting.' Regarding her attire, Winkleman disclosed that her in-law, Princess Michael of Kent, took charge. 'She sort of took it all over, and I actually didn't mind at all. I thought, 'Great, do everything,' she said. 'I was concentrating on this acting job and saying goodbye to my darling granny, who wasn't very well, and just doing other stuff. But now I look back on it and think I should have worn a simpler dress, and I should have got my hair blow-dried by someone who'd done it before.'In spite of the hair disaster, Winkleman speaks only praise of her royal in-laws. 'Family isn't always brilliant, but this lot are very sweet. I love all of them,' she a mother of two daughters—Maud, age 11, and Isabella, age 8—Winkleman has turned her attention to contemporary parenting issues, such as the dangers of screen time. Working alongside social psychologist Jonathan Haidt and actor Hugh Grant, she's become a vocal critic of over-use of screens in schools, going so far as to make a speech at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London. Looking back on her own royal wedding day, Winkleman's goofy crackle reminds us that even the most star-studded affairs can have their flawlessly imperfect moments. And sometimes, a bit of "disgusting" hair is just part of the story.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump may stop Europe's flirtation with populism dead in its tracks
Trumpism contains an important contradiction. On the one hand, it views itself as fronting a worldwide movement against globalist elites. The recent CPAC conference featured foreign populist luminaries such as Javier Milei, Nigel Farage and Jair Bolsonaro and an 'international summit' of conservative speakers from around the world. Many populists have also spoken at the National Conservatism conferences, featuring Vice President JD Vance, or the Jordan Peterson-fronted Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), which I attended recently in London. Vance is especially well-connected to what we might term a 'Populist International'. But there is a contradiction in promoting populist ideology around the globe and the policy demands of America First. Trump has made this issue clear through his imposition of tariffs on Canada and pause on aid to Ukraine. Indeed, this approach has already claimed its first victim: Canada's populist-lite Conservative leader Pierre Poillievre. Just a few weeks prior, the Conservatives enjoyed a seemingly unassailable polling lead of over 20 points, powered by Canadians who were sick of Trudeau's woke extremism and his Liberal Party's fondness for mass migration. However, Trump's bombast has created a rally-around-the flag effect that has significantly closed the gap between the two parties. In Germany, meanwhile, some argue that Elon Musk's intervention in the election in favour of the AfD sparked a 'foreign interference' backlash, damaging the AfD and causing it to underperform. Trump's attacks on Ukrainian president Zelensky and his cosying up to Putin have likewise fallen flat with many national populist voters outside America, who view Zelensky as a heroic defender of his people against a brutal tyrant. Trump now also threatens tariffs against Europe. This will tarnish the populist brand even further. The entire continent may respond the way the Canadian electorate has, with political and economic threats from America diverting attention away from the cultural ones that exist within each country. As my doctoral supervisor Anthony Smith once summarised, the philosophy of nationalism holds that each nation has its own particularity, which it should protect and develop, and that a peaceful world order is based on free nations. Those who support principled nationalism oppose imperialist actions such as invading another country and erasing its culture. Trump initially inspired principled nationalists across the world because he vowed to roll back the power of elites and institutions that weakened national borders. The focus on limiting illegal immigration and ending the anti-white, anti-male, trans-activist DEI regime landed well worldwide. But this has changed as the Trump administration has gone on an America-centric power trip. In America itself the trade wars will distract the Trump government from confronting the woke socialist revolution. Legislating means setting priorities. If Congress is dominated by foreign spats, this expends the political capital, floor time and column inches needed to secure border enforcement and win the long war of attrition for free speech and cultural tradition against the ravages of DEI in government and education. Outside the US, the America Alone approach drives up the visibility of political nationalism. Countries are forced to defend against American aggression and ignore the internal cultural threats facing them. This will create a weaker and more divided international Right. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
05-03-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Trump may stop Europe's flirtation with populism dead in its tracks
Trumpism contains an important contradiction. On the one hand, it views itself as fronting a worldwide movement against globalist elites. The recent CPAC conference featured foreign populist luminaries such as Javier Milei, Nigel Farage and Jair Bolsonaro and an 'international summit' of conservative speakers from around the world. Many populists have also spoken at the National Conservatism conferences, featuring Vice President JD Vance, or the Jordan Peterson-fronted Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), which I attended recently in London. Vance is especially well-connected to what we might term a 'Populist International'. But there is a contradiction in promoting populist ideology around the globe and the policy demands of America First. Trump has made this issue clear through his imposition of tariffs on Canada and pause on aid to Ukraine. Indeed, this approach has already claimed its first victim: Canada's populist-lite Conservative leader Pierre Poillievre. Just a few weeks prior, the Conservatives enjoyed a seemingly unassailable polling lead of over 20 points, powered by Canadians who were sick of Trudeau's woke extremism and his Liberal Party's fondness for mass migration. However, Trump's bombast has created a rally-around-the flag effect that has significantly closed the gap between the two parties. In Germany, meanwhile, some argue that Elon Musk's intervention in the election in favour of the AfD sparked a 'foreign interference' backlash, damaging the AfD and causing it to underperform. Trump's attacks on Ukrainian president Zelensky and his cosying up to Putin have likewise fallen flat with many national populist voters outside America, who view Zelensky as a heroic defender of his people against a brutal tyrant. Trump now also threatens tariffs against Europe. This will tarnish the populist brand even further. The entire continent may respond the way the Canadian electorate has, with political and economic threats from America diverting attention away from the cultural ones that exist within each country. As my doctoral supervisor Anthony Smith once summarised, the philosophy of nationalism holds that each nation has its own particularity, which it should protect and develop, and that a peaceful world order is based on free nations. Those who support principled nationalism oppose imperialist actions such as invading another country and erasing its culture. Trump initially inspired principled nationalists across the world because he vowed to roll back the power of elites and institutions that weakened national borders. The focus on limiting illegal immigration and ending the anti-white, anti-male, trans-activist DEI regime landed well worldwide. But this has changed as the Trump administration has gone on an America-centric power trip. In America itself the trade wars will distract the Trump government from confronting the woke socialist revolution. Legislating means setting priorities. If Congress is dominated by foreign spats, this expends the political capital, floor time and column inches needed to secure border enforcement and win the long war of attrition for free speech and cultural tradition against the ravages of DEI in government and education. Outside the US, the America Alone approach drives up the visibility of political nationalism. Countries are forced to defend against American aggression and ignore the internal cultural threats facing them. This will create a weaker and more divided international Right.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Konstantin Kisin: anti-woke libertarian who reluctantly calls himself ‘right wing'
Konstantin Kisin has until this week been best known as a libertarian, pro-free speech independent podcaster, and for a viral appearance at the Oxford Union arguing that 'woke culture has gone too far'. His profile has suddenly risen, however, after hosting the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, on his podcast, and arguing in an episode with Fraser Nelson, the former editor of the Spectator, that Rishi Sunak was not English owing to his 'brown Hindu' background – triggering criticism on social media. Kisin has rounded off the week by giving a keynote speech at the hard-right Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (Arc) conference where he delivered one of his often-repeated jokes: 'I love this country and I say so publicly, which is how you know I still haven't integrated into British culture.' In a speech covering anti-woke themes, he argued 'identity politics and multiculturalism … are two failed experiments' and railed against diversity, equality and inclusion as 'anti-meritocratic discrimination'. Kisin did not directly address the controversy about his Sunak comments in his speech, but responded to a journalist challenging him on X, saying: 'The Moron Industrial Complex is desperately trying to fabricate outrage over the fact that I said there is a difference between being British, an umbrella imperial identity into which we can all integrate, as I have done, and being English which is a group that, at the very least, has an ethnicity dimension.' Related: US culture war show comes to London – and strikes a chord with European populists A Soviet Russian-born former pupil of a Bristol boarding school, who initially forged a career as a comedian, Kisin is co-host with the comedian Francis Foster of a podcast known as Triggernometry. It has 1.25 million subscribers and has featured guests from Reform UK's Nigel Farage, to the centre-right Tory Rory Stewart and the Canadian psychology professor and culture warrior Jordan Peterson. The podcast is known for its promotion of free speech and attraction to controversial subjects, with Kisin named in 2023 by the New Statesman as one of the top 50 rightwingers in British politics. But despite hosting many rightwing antagonists on his podcast, Kisin has long fought off the description of his politics – anti-woke, pro-west, in favour of defending borders and recently pro-Trump – as 'right wing'. Kisin, who describes himself as a 'politically non-binary satirist', claims to be challenging the perception that defence of free speech should be a rightwing position, and has previously referred to himself as a centrist-liberal remainer who has only ever voted Labour or Lib Dem, and whose comedy heroes are Bill Hicks and George Carlin. He has also written a Sunday Times bestseller called An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West, which identifies the west as suffering from guilt in discussions about the history of slavery and colonialism. In the book, which is part memoir, he recounts a family history of repression and persecution in Soviet Russia, giving rise to his own commitment to defending free speech. His father served as a junior minister in one of Boris Yeltsin's cabinets before coming to the UK. A repeated critic of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, he appeared on the BBC's Question Time in 2022 to condemn Russia's actions and recently called Trump's description of Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a dictator 'absurd'. He is, however, a defender of Trump in other ways. On his own social media, Kisin is forthright on a number of hard-right talking points, posting on X in 2023: 'Diversity = anti-white people, inclusion = exclusion, anti-racism = racism.' He does appear to acknowledge that he has been on something of a journey politically. Kisin recently recorded a YouTube video, in which he described his opposition to some Democratic policies on trans issues and relief that Trump had won the US election, saying: 'If opposing this insanity makes me right wing, then so be it. The choice is between civilisation and people who think men can give birth. Everything else is fluff.' The video is entitled: 'Fine, call me 'right wing'.'
The Guardian
22-02-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Konstantin Kisin: anti-woke libertarian who reluctantly calls himself ‘right wing'
Konstantin Kisin has until this week been best known as a libertarian, pro-free speech independent podcaster, and for a viral appearance at the Oxford Union arguing that 'woke culture has gone too far'. His profile has suddenly risen, however, after hosting the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, on his podcast, and arguing in an episode with Fraser Nelson, the former editor of the Spectator, that Rishi Sunak was not English owing to his 'brown Hindu' background – triggering criticism on social media. Kisin has rounded off the week by giving a keynote speech at the hard-right Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (Arc) conference where he delivered one of his often-repeated jokes: 'I love this country and I say so publicly, which is how you know I still haven't integrated into British culture.' In a speech covering anti-woke themes, he argued 'identity politics and multiculturalism … are two failed experiments' and railed against diversity, equality and inclusion as 'anti-meritocratic discrimination'. Kisin did not directly address the controversy about his Sunak comments in his speech, but responded to a journalist challenging him on X, saying: 'The Moron Industrial Complex is desperately trying to fabricate outrage over the fact that I said there is a difference between being British, an umbrella imperial identity into which we can all integrate, as I have done, and being English which is a group that, at the very least, has an ethnicity dimension.' A Soviet Russian-born former pupil of a Bristol boarding school, who initially forged a career as a comedian, Kisin is co-host with the comedian Francis Foster of a podcast known as Triggernometry. It has 1.25 million subscribers and has featured guests from Reform UK's Nigel Farage, to the centre-right Tory Rory Stewart and the Canadian psychology professor and culture warrior Jordan Peterson. The podcast is known for its promotion of free speech and attraction to controversial subjects, with Kisin named in 2023 by the New Statesman as one of the top 50 rightwingers in British politics. But despite hosting many rightwing antagonists on his podcast, Kisin has long fought off the description of his politics – anti-woke, pro-west, in favour of defending borders and recently pro-Trump – as 'right wing'. Kisin, who describes himself as a 'politically non-binary satirist', claims to be challenging the perception that defence of free speech should be a rightwing position, and has previously referred to himself as a centrist-liberal remainer who has only ever voted Labour or Lib Dem, and whose comedy heroes are Bill Hicks and George Carlin. He has also written a Sunday Times bestseller called An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West, which identifies the west as suffering from guilt in discussions about the history of slavery and colonialism. In the book, which is part memoir, he recounts a family history of repression and persecution in Soviet Russia, giving rise to his own commitment to defending free speech. His father served as a junior minister in one of Boris Yeltsin's cabinets before coming to the UK. A repeated critic of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, he appeared on the BBC's Question Time in 2022 to condemn Russia's actions and recently called Trump's description of Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a dictator 'absurd'. He is, however, a defender of Trump in other ways. On his own social media, Kisin is forthright on a number of hard-right talking points, posting on X in 2023: 'Diversity = anti-white people, inclusion = exclusion, anti-racism = racism.' He does appear to acknowledge that he has been on something of a journey politically. Kisin recently recorded a YouTube video, in which he described his opposition to some Democratic policies on trans issues and relief that Trump had won the US election, saying: 'If opposing this insanity makes me right wing, then so be it. The choice is between civilisation and people who think men can give birth. Everything else is fluff.' The video is entitled: 'Fine, call me 'right wing'.'
