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Video of Dame Edna's antics with the King and Queen Consort resurfaces

<p>As <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/news/news/tributes-flow-for-barry-humphries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tributes</a> start pouring in for Barry Humphries following his death, a viral video of the comedian making King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla lose their composure has resurfaced.</p> <p dir="ltr">The Aussie entertainer, whose persona included Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson has met the royals on countless occasions, but this one meeting had left a lasting impression.</p> <p dir="ltr">Performing as Dame Edna Everage in the 2013 Royal Variety Performance, Humphries posted a clip of the interaction onto his Dame Edna Everage Facebook page in 2019.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Me with Prince Charles and Camilla at the Royal Variety Show. I absolutely ADORE them!” he captioned the clip, which has now been viewed over 10 million times.</p> <p dir="ltr">In the clip, Dame Edna, who was dressed head to toe in scarlet sequins, her trademark wisteria hair and oversized glasses, bustled into the royal box unannounced.</p> <p dir="ltr">The royal duo immediately burst into laughter at the sight of Dame Edna who acted like she didn’t see them until Charles pointed a finger at her to which she blew a kiss back.</p> <p dir="ltr">Dame Edna, who was enjoying the attention she received from the roaring crowd, sat next to the royal couple and broke protocol by grasping Camilla’s arm.</p> <p dir="ltr">At this point, Charles completely lost it as he audibly guffawed at Dame Edna’s antics.</p> <p dir="ltr">A lackey then walks into the box, taps Dame Edna on the shoulder and whispers into her ear causing her face to drop.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I’m so sorry,” she said remorsefully as she stood up to leave, as the King and Queen lost themselves in a fit of giggles.</p> <p dir="ltr">“They’ve found me a better seat,” she said.</p> <p dir="ltr"><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FDameEdnaOfficial%2Fvideos%2F740650273031100%2F&show_text=false&width=476&t=0" width="476" height="476" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p dir="ltr">Fans have commented on the video sending their tributes to Barry Humphries.</p> <p dir="ltr">“This is brilliant. What a legend! She'll be missed,” wrote one person.</p> <p dir="ltr">“There will never be another Barry Humphries . You are the best of us! May you rest in peace!😢” wrote another.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Will be missed!! Had endless laughs, so enjoyable to watch. R.i.p,” commented a third.</p> <p dir="ltr">The monarch has also issued a <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/news/news/tributes-flow-for-barry-humphries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement </a>saying that he was "saddened" by the entertainer’s death.</p> <p><em>Images: Facebook</em></p>

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"He was a mess": Harry's drunken behaviour outed by ex-soldier

<p dir="ltr">A former soldier has revealed Prince Harry accidentally triggered a panic alarm at St James’s Palace after a drunken night out.</p> <p dir="ltr">The Duke of Sussex reportedly stumbled into a sentry box when he returned from a night out, banging into the emergency response button.</p> <p dir="ltr">Three armed soldiers from the Guards Division dashed out to find Harry, who was 27 at the time, on the floor in a “mess”.</p> <p dir="ltr">Two armed police officers also attended the scene and helped carry the young prince back to his apartment.</p> <p dir="ltr">A former soldier, who served in the Guards Division and was part of the Quick Response Force that found Harry, revealed how the Prince was “blind drunk”.</p> <p dir="ltr">He recalled, “He was a mess, he was on the floor drooling on himself.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“When we tried to get him up he was uncooperative and abusive.”</p> <p dir="ltr">The ex-soldier, who did not want to be named, said, “It was around midnight. An alarm went off in the guard room, but we’d never heard it before.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“One of the senior lads said it was one of the sentry boxes.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“Within a couple of minutes three of us who were in the QRF were out the door. There were two Met Police guys there as well.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“But instead of an intruder or terrorist, we found Prince Harry.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“He was slurring his words, not making any sense.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“When we tried to pick him up he started yelling, ‘Get off me, I don’t need any help’.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“He was pushing us off and being very abusive.”</p> <p dir="ltr">The source said they took him inside and up to his apartment – which was in a “right state”.</p> <p dir="ltr">He said, “It was like student digs, it was sh*t.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“The double bed was unmade, there were clothes and socks over the floor, cans of lager and dirty coffee cups lying around and packs of cigs.”</p> <p dir="ltr">He said the team carried Harry to his bed where the royal “passed out” and was left to sleep it off.</p> <p dir="ltr">He said, “We all had a good laugh and a joke about it.”</p> <p dir="ltr">The ex-soldier, an injured veteran with more than a decade’s service, came forward about the incident after becoming enraged by claims Harry made in his memoir <em>Spare</em>.</p> <p dir="ltr">He said the Prince had a reputation among military circles for being a “social hand grenade” who would often make trouble with his drunken antics.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image credits: Getty Images</em></p>

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View from the hot seat: Mike Tindall's insight into Prince Louis' antics

<p>Going down as one of the most memorable moments from The Queen's Platinum Jubilee, Mike Tindall has revealed the reason behind young Prince Louis' cheeky behaviour.</p> <p>Tindall says the four-year-old prince had "complete sugar highs" during the Jubilee Pageant on Sunday after consuming handfuls of sweets behind the scenes.</p> <p>In full view of the world's media, Prince Louis was seen putting his hand across his mum's mouth, trying to shush her as she attempted to tell him to sit still, making a funny face and blowing a raspberry in her direction.</p> <p>Kate swiftly put Louis' hand down, before he did it again with his left hand.</p> <p>The little prince was excited throughout the parade, running up and down the seats, pulling his cousin's hair and eventually jumping onto his grandfather Prince Charles' lap, for a quick break.</p> <p>Tindall was photographed jokingly warning Louis that he was watching him from the seats above.</p> <p>Two days earlier Prince Louis stole the show during Trooping the Colour, pulling a series of funny faces as the rest of the royals watched a flypast of aircraft from the palace balcony.</p> <p>Tindall, also revealed the Queen's grandchildren and their families enjoyed a private lunch after Trooping, describing it was one of his highlights from the four-day celebrations.</p> <p>He spoke about the Jubilee and Louis' mischievous antics on his podcast, The Good, The Bad and The Rugby.</p> <p>"Louis, he was just wanting to have fun, and my two [daughters] are always mischievous, so it was trying to keep a lid on," Tindall said.</p> <p>"There was a lot of sweets out back, though, so they had complete sugar highs. It's tough for them. They're all young, so asking them to sit, because it was two 'til five or whatever, it's a long time.</p> <p>As any parent knows, you just do whatever needs to be done."</p> <p>Tindall was seated directly behind the Cambridges at the Pageant with his wife Zara and their children Mia, eight, Lena, three and Lucas, one.</p> <p>Prince William and Kate later joked about their youngest child's actions, writing on social media, "We all had an incredible time, especially Louis".</p> <p><em>Image: Getty</em></p>

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Prince Louis’ antics spark criticism for Kate Middleton

<p dir="ltr">Prince Louis has stolen the show for a second time on the last day of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations by pulling faces and even shushing his mother, Kate Middleton - but his exuberant behaviour has prompted some to criticise how the four-year-old is being parented.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-9b5ff093-7fff-eae6-114b-ba395222903f"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">The little prince was seen clenching his fists, jumping up and down in his seat, and pulling a variety of exaggerated faces while watching Sunday’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant with his family in the royal box.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Prince Louis is the gift that keeps on giving <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PlatinumJubileePageant?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PlatinumJubileePageant</a> <a href="https://t.co/eDR8sMn2It">pic.twitter.com/eDR8sMn2It</a></p> <p>— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrdanwalker/status/1533474298563903488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">Though plenty of people who took to social media about it found his antics to be quite delightful - describing him as iconic, expressive and “the gift that keeps on giving” - some weren’t as impressed.</p> <p dir="ltr">“At what point do we go from ‘Wow, what a relatable toddler moment’ to ‘Wow, you have no control of your children’? Because that video is (cringe emoji),” one user wrote.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I just think an expert in early years would have a better understanding of which events your 4 year old could handle and which events he can’t. And maybe understanding of how to control them a bit in public. There’s a whole gap between robotic and straight up badly behaved.</p> <p dir="ltr">“And to be clear - I’m criticising the parents here. I’m not making fun of a child or picking on a child or whatever nonsense anyone is gonna say.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Another added: “What’s cute now isn’t cute as a teen. Parents have a short window to create the parent child bond. Meaning parents need to set boundaries n stick to them.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“If that’s the lack of discipline and boundaries they’re raised with I guess that’s how you get adults like William,” another said. “Harry is truly a miracle.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Others thought the criticism was out of line, arguing that the royal children shouldn’t have to face that kind of criticism.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-070b96ae-7fff-0dbd-c879-245ec262b9ed"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">“This is exactly why Meghan and Harry  don’t want to make their children available for public consumption,” one person replied. “Can you imagine the response if Archie did this?? Children should not go through this.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">What utter trash is this? Shaming Kate Middleton cause a young child didn’t sit perfectly still for hours. Get stuffed. <a href="https://t.co/UpLDigzr9Q">https://t.co/UpLDigzr9Q</a></p> <p>— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) <a href="https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1533571423028932609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">It comes just after Prince Louis <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/news/news/adorable-prince-louis-upstages-entire-royal-family" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made headlines</a> for his playful behaviour at Thursday's Trooping the Colour and RAF flyover, stealing the show with his frantic waving to the planes flying overhead.</p> <p dir="ltr">Louis was also spotted beaming and chatting with his great-grandmother, as well as covering his ears as the planes passed overhead with booming noise.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dcb93b65-7fff-2829-5026-f5881b6410a0"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Getty Images</em></p>

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