Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles visit theatre and nightclub to support post-Covid recovery

Prince Charles and Camilla appeared in high spirits while visiting a theatre and a nightclub in London today as the city reopens after the second Covid-19 lockdown.  The Prince of Wales, 72, used the traditional namaste greeting as he and the Duchess of Cornwall, 73, visited Soho Theatre to celebrate the capital’s night economy. The … Read more

Tom Parker Bowles & Olly Smith: Eating out

Tom Parker Bowles & Olly Smith: Eating out By Tom Parker Bowles & Olly Smith Published: 00:02 GMT, 22 November 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 22 November 2020 Whole Artichoke with ‘sharp, punchy’ vinaigrette Tom makes an impassioned plea on behalf of our embattled neighbourhood restaurants    For over a decade, Hereford Road has been quietly … Read more

TOM PARKER BOWLES asks want to save jobs, kick-start the economy and protect our mental health?

For Raymond Blanc, the distinguished chef and restaurateur, the end of lockdown had better bring good news. ‘We make about 25 per cent of our profit around Christmas,’ he said. ‘No Christmas, big trouble.’ He speaks for the entire British hospitality business. Because unless pubs, hotels and restaurants are allowed to reopen straight away and … Read more

TOM PARKER BOWLES asks want to save jobs, kick-start the economy and protect our mental health?

For Raymond Blanc, the distinguished chef and restaurateur, the end of lockdown had better bring good news. ‘We make about 25 per cent of our profit around Christmas,’ he said. ‘No Christmas, big trouble.’ He speaks for the entire British hospitality business. Because unless pubs, hotels and restaurants are allowed to reopen straight away and … Read more

Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles welcomed in Germany ahead of historic remembrance ceremony

Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles were welcomed in Berlin today ahead of a remembrance ceremony to commemorate Germany’s National Day of Mourning – the first British royals to ever attend the service. The couple were officially greeted by the country’s president Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Budenbender at Berlin’s Bellevue Palace this morning, having … Read more

Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles are welcomed in Germany ahead of remembrance ceremony

Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles are welcomed by Germany’s president Frank-Walter Steinmeier ahead of a remembrance ceremony to commemorate the war dead Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall greeted at Berlin’s Bellevue Palace Couple met with Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Budenbender  Wearing face masks, foursome posed for picture outside 18th century building  … Read more

Tom Parker Bowles & Olly Smith: Eating out

Tom Parker Bowles & Olly Smith: Eating out By Tom Parker Bowles & Olly Smith Published: 00:03 GMT, 15 November 2020 | Updated: 00:03 GMT, 15 November 2020 A Wheatsheaf pizza: ‘crisp-based, thin-crust beauty’ Tom finds that simple, local ingredients glow at a comfortable Wiltshire pub   Saturday night down the pub, pre lockdown. Outside, the … Read more

Tom Parker Bowles & Olly Smith: Eating out and drinks 

Tom discovers a new West End brasserie which dishes French favourites with bonhomie Moules mariniere on toast, anyone? The classics get a twist at Maison Francois Walking into Maison François, a new brasserie on London’s Duke Street, is a rather bittersweet affair. Not that’s there’s anything wrong with this handsome, sumptuous and supremely confident new … Read more