PLATELL’S PEOPLE: Associate of Manchester Arena bomber is to be released from jail 

Haven’t the families of the 22 who died in the Manchester Arena bombing suffered enough? During the inquiry into the atrocity, they have had to endure hearing how it took 40 minutes for a paramedic to arrive after the bombing when children were bleeding to death. They were told the most senior officer on duty, … Read more

PLATELL’S PEOPLE: We will all remember how Boris Johnson poisoned Poppy Day 

Tomorrow, were it not for the lockdown, I would be fastening a poppy to my lapel and heading to church under the wintry sky for one of the most solemn ceremonies in this country’s calendar. Like millions of Britons on Remembrance Sunday, I’d pay homage and give thanks to those who died for us. For … Read more

PLATELL’S PEOPLE: We will all remember how Boris Johnson poisoned Poppy Day 

Tomorrow, were it not for the lockdown, I would be fastening a poppy to my lapel and heading to church under the wintry sky for one of the most solemn ceremonies in this country’s calendar. Like millions of Britons on Remembrance Sunday, I’d pay homage and give thanks to those who died for us. For … Read more

PLATELL’S PEOPLE: Yes, Myleen Klass you ARE mum to the babies that you lost

Myleene Klass’s revelation that she is ‘Mama to seven children’ is confusing. She has two daughters by her ex-husband and a son by her current partner. By anyone’s calculation that’s three kids. But she was including in her family the four babies she miscarried. She told of the trauma she suffered, describing the souls she … Read more

PLATELL’S PEOPLE: Yes, Myleen Klass you ARE mum to the babies that you lost

Myleene Klass’s revelation that she is ‘Mama to seven children’ is confusing. She has two daughters by her ex-husband and a son by her current partner. By anyone’s calculation that’s three kids. But she was including in her family the four babies she miscarried. She told of the trauma she suffered, describing the souls she … Read more

PLATELL’S PEOPLE: Lover-boy Bradley Wiggins may be riding for a fall… 

Barely five months after cycling hero Sir Bradley Wiggins announced he and his wife of 16 years had decided to separate, he tells the world he is all ‘loved up’ with a blonde PR girl. In his ‘separation tweet’ (so hideously fashionable for the famous these days) back in May, the five-time Olympic gold medallist … Read more

PLATELL’S PEOPLE: Lover-boy Bradley Wiggins may be riding for a fall… 

Barely five months after cycling hero Sir Bradley Wiggins announced he and his wife of 16 years had decided to separate, he tells the world he is all ‘loved up’ with a blonde PR girl. In his ‘separation tweet’ (so hideously fashionable for the famous these days) back in May, the five-time Olympic gold medallist … Read more

PLATELL’S PEOPLE: Ghislaine Maxwell, a daddy’s girl who never escaped his toxic legacy

The first time I met Ghislaine Maxwell was back in the mid-Eighties. She was the fabulously rich and sophisticated daughter of mighty media mogul Robert Maxwell, wafting in and out of the parties he held at his Mirror offices in London. I was a humble executive on the launch of his newspaper The London Daily … Read more

PLATELL’S PEOPLE: Ghislaine Maxwell, a daddy’s girl who never escaped his toxic legacy

The first time I met Ghislaine Maxwell was back in the mid-Eighties. She was the fabulously rich and sophisticated daughter of mighty media mogul Robert Maxwell, wafting in and out of the parties he held at his Mirror offices in London. I was a humble executive on the launch of his newspaper The London Daily … Read more

PLATELL’S PEOPLE: Cashing in will carry a heavy price for Meghan and Harry

Harry and Meghan have decided to make a living by singing for their supper. They’ve signed up to the top U.S. speaking bureau, the Harry Walker agency, which has ex-presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton on its books as well as Meghan’s friend Serena Williams. It has reportedly secured its top clients up to $1 … Read more