Prince William might still be giving Prince Harry the cold shoulder, but their father, Prince Charles, was willing to put aside their drama for a day to meet his new granddaughter!
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Editor's note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not necessarily represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. The idea that people should succeed and fail on their merits at work is a fairly modern one. Until around the end of the 19th century in Britain, it was entirely natural that the top end of all kinds of occupations – sports, the sciences, art, politics – should be filled not by the hardworking and talented but by wealthy hobbyists.
“Gentlemen amateurs”, a phenomenon traceable to the 17th century, were the renaissance sorts both created and personified by Arthur Conan Doyle: those with the time to treat careers as interesting collectors’ items. Crucially, they also had social pull. So where they dabbled, they dominated.
Sometimes the dabbling led to spectacular breakthroughs: Charles Darwin is a famous example. But gradually a consensus formed that a thick and stifling layer of privilege was holding back talent and getting in the way of progress. Amateur officers were blamed for military catastrophes in the Boer war.
Bloomsbury bourgeois-bohemians were scooping up patronage in the art world while the rest starved in their garrets. In the decades leading to the first world war, a brace of vulgar new “professionals” shook off and shut out these aristocratic hangers-on. Meritocracy in the world of work had begun in earnest.
The gentleman amateurs disappeared. Gallery: All the celebs — from Elon Musk to Winona Ryder — who have been dragged into the Johnny Depp Amber Heard trial (INSIDER)That is until just recently, in the creative arts, where something very like them is back. A group of wealthy, socially elite hobbyists has arrived once again to crowd out the talent
.Prince William might still be giving Prince Harry the cold shoulder, but their father, Prince Charles, was willing to put aside their drama for a day to meet his new granddaughter!
Wilson Chapman editorPrime Video has released the first trailer for the ripped-from-the-headlines drama “Thirteen Lives,” Ron Howard’s upcoming film about the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue.In June and July 2018, the members of a junior football team were trapped for 18 days in Thailand’s Tham Luang Nang Non cave, after heavy rainfall flooded the cave system and blocked their way out. As the team – who ranged in age from 11-16 years old – and their coach remained trapped for weeks, the situation attracted global interest and an international rescue team was assembled to locate them.
Royal biographer Andrew Morton has alleged that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex began plotting their Royal Family exit long before making the official announcement in January 2020. "Harry has always been someone who connects, and when I see Harry kneeling down with his arm around some kid, I'm just watching Diana again.
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Mel B is set as a judge for Season 2 of Paramount+’s drag queen singing competition Queen of the Universe. She joins returning judges Michelle Visage, Vanessa Williams and Trixie Mattel, along with Graham Norton, who returns as host. The series is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and World of Wonder, producers of the Emmy-winning RuPauls Drag Race franchise. Mel B takes over the spot held by Leona Lewis, who served as judge on the first season.
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Prince Harry may need to “return to the royal family” to “take pressure” off the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, a royal expert has claimed. Tina Brown, author of The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor-the Truth and the Turmoil, said the current form of the monarchy is “looking a bit skeletal” as it wasn’t meant to “lose Andrew and Harry”. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down as senior members of the royal family in 2020 and moved to California in the US to pursue other projects.
Kate Middleton is visiting her alma mater. Or rather, her portrait is.
Rex Orange County has shared a new video for recent single ‘One In A Million’ – check it out below.The track is taken from Alex O’Connor’s recent album ‘Who Cares?’, which came out earlier this year and scored him his first UK Number One album.The new video features a “heart character” who sets their sights on making the singer’s life difficult as he goes about his daily business.