Who would have guessed it? Pirates off the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Well, maybe not exactly pirates clambering up the side of a ship with a kerchief tied around their heads and a knife in their mouth, more like a few stowaways who became aggressive when they were found and threatened the crew. It seems that in these modern times the crew all retreat to a safe room and call the police or harbour master or someone and ask to be rescued. Hampshire police, Royal Navy police and helicopters and Special Boat Service came to the rescue and overwhelmed the seven stowaways in nine minutes. I wonder what took them so long.
Boots the chemist are offering a 12 minute turnaround coronavirus swab test. Could be useful if you can afford the eye watering price of £120. Most people now are managing to get one done quite quickly under the NHS so I can’t imagine their will be a queue at your local Boots.
Are you looking for employment? Kate and Will are advertising for a housekeeper at Kensington Palace and to travel with them to their other homes. Don’t bother applying if you’re a gossip, confidentiality and discretion are a must. Not for you? then the Royal Mail is looking for seasonal staff to help with the Xmas rush. It seems they are expecting a surge in the number of temporary jobs this year. Not for all those cards that you won’t be sending because you’ll be making do with the email version, but for all the stuff ordered online from Amazon and a few others retailers. There are quite a few vacancies available here in Bournemouth and Poole.
I haven’t mentioned the Sussexes for a while. I don’t like to gossip but there is a rumour that although George Clooney and his missus were at their wedding they didn’t actually know the royal couple. Princess Diana’s old flatmate was there and while sitting in the chapel waiting for it all to start she asked the couple next to her how they knew Harry and Meg. Oh, we don’t, they replied. Well they do now.
There’s another story that Meghan has over £650,000 worth of jewels that once belonged to Princess Diana. I should imagine that if they ever get divorced and she finds herself in need of some spare cash, it could be sold for a lot more than that. An auction sale of Wallis Simpson’s jewellery in 1987 brought in more than $33 million.
And yet another conspiracy theory is that the Melania doing the rounds with the POTUS these last few days is not the FLOTUS. Rumour has it that she refuses to go on the political trail with him so he is using a double. I’m not sure she’s been seen since it was said she had covid so who knows? Something to think about. Good night gossipers everywhere. 😴💤😴