Breaking the habit of a lifetime, I decided to read some of the online comments about a column I wrote last week. A column in which I said that Prince William should step into the breach.
While Charles carried out 533 royal engagements, including gruelling visits to Canada, Italy and Poland despite still undergoing cancer treatment, his eldest son managed a paltry 202.
Shortly after 10am on Thursday, I arrived at my local High Street bank having just heard the news and, unable to stop myself, I shouted: 'Prince Andrew has been arrested!'
There was hardly a dry eye in the house when it was revealed that Ant 'made a desperate dash' from the launch of Britain's Got Talent to be beside his dog Hurley as the labrador died, aged 12.
How can the royals ever recover from the sordid disgrace the former Prince Andrew has brought upon them as a result of his association with Jeffrey Epstein?
It was 2021 when Melinda Gates- the then wife of billionaire Microsoft mogul Bill Gates and mother to their three children - was last in the headlines.
What is not to adore about Margot Robbie, who rose from the Aussie TV soap Neighbours to star in Hollywood blockbusters such as The Wolf Of Wall Street and Barbie?
When singer Jesy Nelson and her much younger on-off rapper boyfriend Zion Foster announced in January last year that they were expecting identical twins, the news was met with joy.