60 h. ago Queen Elizabeth II told Nicola Sturgeon she had no idea what was going on when she filmed iconic Paddington Bear sketch for Platinum Jubilee

At Holyrood Palace, just after the 2022 concert to celebrate her 70 years on the throne, the Queen told Ms Sturgeon about shooting the video at Buckingham Palace .

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6 d. ago 'Surprisingly poor' John Cleese, 85, is set to buy a house in Bath with his fourth wife

The Monty Python star has lived in Monaco in the past, and more recently in Nevis in the Caribbean, where there's no income tax. Pictured: File photo of the Royal Crescent in Bath

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7 d. ago Royal Mail release new set of stamps in tribute to Monty Python which showcase the comedy troupe's iconic sketches

The main collection of six celebrates the BBC TV series that ran from 1969 to 1974 with sketches so popular fans can still recite the lines.

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7 d. ago Britain's Royal Mail celebrates Monty Python with stamps featuring iconic sketches and characters

Britain’s Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating Monty Python's comedy

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7 d. ago Tis but a stamp: Royal Mail set celebrates Monty Python favourite scenes

The set of 10 stamps includes six celebrating characters from Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

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3 w. ago Princess Margaret's wild Monty Python night at the aristocrats' party revealed by BBC presenter

The Queen's sister was described as being 'incredibly sloshed' as musicians danced around, according to former BBC presenter Steve Blacknell.

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3 w. ago Comedian Eric Idle says performers ‘ought to protect ourselves’ from AI fakes

The comedian will return to the UK in September for a solo tour.

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3 w. ago Monty Python legend slams Farage and fears being booted out of US for joking about Trump

Eric Idle has suffered issues in the wake of Brexit, which prevented the Monty Python legend from seeing his Spamalot comedy musical opening in Paris last year

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4 w. ago Monty Python's Eric Idle takes aim at 'appalling' Nigel Farage after Spamalot chaos

The legendary comedian, 82, has applied for a talent visa in France after Brexit issues meant he was unable to see the opening of his Spamalot musical in Paris last year

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4 w. ago Monty Python’s Eric Idle says Nigel Farage being ‘taken seriously is appalling’

The comedian will return to the UK in September for a solo tour.

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4 w. ago The beautiful North Wales hotel with a royal connection named among Britain’s best

The boutique hotel features 'sumptuous bedrooms', boasts a kitchen led by a Great British Menu finalist and offers on-site landing for helicopters

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4 w. ago Never mind the Norman bollocks: Reading’s replica Bayeux tapestry is a prudish triumph!

It may not be completely anatomically accurate, but the Victorian copy of the Bayeux tapestry is as much an emblem of its time as the 11th-century original‘We’ve already got one,” sneers a snotty French knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. With that holy grail of British history, the Bayeux tapestry, about to be lent by France to the British Museum, we could say the same. In 1885, Elizabeth Wardle of Leek, Staffordshire, led a team of 35 women in an extraordinary campaign to embroider a meticulous, full-scale replica of the entire early medieval artwork. With Victorian energy and industry they managed it in just a year and by 1886 it was being shown around Britain and abroad.Today that Victorian Bayeux tapestry is preserved in Reading Museum, and like the original, can be viewed online. Are there differences? Of course. The Bayeux tapestry is a time capsule of the 11th century and when you look at its stitching you get a raw sense of that remote past. The Leek Embroidery Socie...

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