DAVID LEAFE looks back on the life of Bobby Ball following the funnyman’s death aged 76 

Although not known for cracking jokes in public, Her Majesty the Queen could not resist a light-hearted exchange with the comedy duo Cannon and Ball after the Royal Variety Performance of 1987. The previous week they had been introduced to the Duke of Edinburgh at a charity dinner. ‘We were told to address him as … Read more

DAVID LEAFE looks back on the life of Bobby Ball following the funnyman’s death aged 76 

Although not known for cracking jokes in public, Her Majesty the Queen could not resist a light-hearted exchange with the comedy duo Cannon and Ball after the Royal Variety Performance of 1987. The previous week they had been introduced to the Duke of Edinburgh at a charity dinner. ‘We were told to address him as … Read more