SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: First the Queen was told that her beloved Royal Ascot would take place behind closed doors; now the Royal Family has suffered another sporting blow.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The 82-year-old painter is convinced that smoking helps protect against coronavirus. And he's written a letter to the Daily Mail to argue his case.

The Daily Mail's Sebastian Shakespeare discusses pleas for Boris Johnson's speedy recovery, last wishes with Dame Olivia de Havilland, and why Mary Beard is not about to lose her Marbles.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: He's the Old Etonian former SAS officer who achieved ­notoriety as leader of the so-called failed 'Wonga' coup.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: According to Laura, Julian Fellowes told her: 'Don't try and destroy an image that people have of you, that they enjoy.'

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Victoria Beckham, who is seeking taxpayer help to pay dozens of staff at her loss-making fashion label, is keen to stop others exploiting her name.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: I can disclose that Andrew Bedford, the 15th Duke, his wife, Louise, and their children have been obliged to leave Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Tom Daley's knitting hobby, which he took up to deal with self-isolation, is not going down too well with his husband, film producer Dustin Lance Black.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The Carnarvons have gone out of their way to try to find a solution - but the road to Downton has hit a few bumps.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Soho Farmhouse, the £1,650-a-year very exclusive private members' club set in 120 Oxfordshire acres is opening its doors to an army of tent dwellers.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The Duchess of Cornwall's late brother Mark Shand (pictured left) dedicated his life to saving wildlife, co-founding the Elephant Family in 2002.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Sir Humphrey Burton is to spill the beans in a memoir, including anecdotes about acquaintances like Andrew Lloyd Webber and Leonard Bernstein.

Proctor resigned as the Duke's private secretary and in 2015 moved out of his home after it was raided as part of Operation Midland, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE - Members of the MCC have been left outraged after talk of an extraordinary and 'radical' proposal started to filter among the masses.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: David Beckham likes to think he is a man of the people. However, the Communist state of China takes a rather different view of his body art.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Fergie, who has just launched her own YouTube channel, 'Storytime With Fergie And Friends', declines to comment on the company's affairs.

James Patterson, author of the 2016 book 'Filthy Rich: The Billionaire's Sex Scandal - The Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein,' said on Tuesday he hoped the alleged pedo will get his 'just deserts'.

The Oscar winner showed off her fabulous figure in the form-sitting gown as she promoted new period drama A Little Chaos on Saturday.

The actor and director became a household name on the big screen after appearing to huge critical acclaim as Hans Gruber, Bruce Willis’s sardonic adversary, in Die Hard.

As thespian friends pay tribute to the late Alan Rickman, a further poignant detail emerges. The star, pictured, was planning to buy a new house, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE.

The author, 54, made a touching tribute to the late star, who tragically died in 2016 of pancreatic cancer, when a Harry Potter fan gushed about his portrayal of Severus Snape in the film franchise.

EDDIE HEARN: Social media is a funny thing. I was bemused to see comments on Twitter this week that Kell Brook wants to swerve a fight with Errol Spence – pretty odd as he fought Gennady Golovkin.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY LAURA LAMBERT: Jack Laugher is trying to explain how hard it is to string together six perfect dives. 'It is like taking a penalty in a World Cup final,' he tells Sportsmail.

Tom Daley shared an adorable snap of his son Robert Ray, 17 months, on Sunday.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Tom Daley's knitting hobby, which he took up to deal with self-isolation, is not going down too well with his husband, film producer Dustin Lance Black.

Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner shares a heartbreaking snap of her daughter Lahela, 6, appearing sad and alienated at school in Lebanon, posting the photo on Facebook on Tuesday.

Fiance of accused cocaine smuggler Cassie Sainsbury, Scott Broadbridge, hasn't spoke to her mother since her arrest over a month ago.

38-year-old mother of one and 60 Minutes presenter, Allison Langdon, recently opened up about her biggest parenting fails - which include dropping a baby and feeding a four-month-old cupcakes.

She's one of Australia's biggest Hollywood exports, having appearing in films including The Others and Eyes Wide Shut. 

Nine months after his career almost ended in a bone-splintering crash into a French garden wall, Froome's comeback to cycling gets going in the desert setting of the UAE Tour on Sunday.

JANE FRYER: Exactly four years ago, a brand new, specially- designed post office opened in the back of the Dandelion gift shop on the gorgeous honey-stoned high street of this Cotswolds town.

During an alarmingly meandering and sweary after-dinner speech for online LGBT newspaper PinkNews earlier this month, Dawn Butler declared that almost all giraffes were gay.

With panic-buying leaving empty shelves on supermarket floors, the Daily Mail has gone to the UK's biggest loo roll factory, Essity in Manchester, to see if its ready to meet demand.

Theresa May's radical plans for tackling the crisis was a big mistake, but she was right to identify provision of social care in our ageing society as one of the greatest challenges facing the country.

The similarities between the Grenfell fire and Lakanal House, which caught fire in 2009 (pictured), are frightening - yet it seems lessons were not learned by those who should be protecting us.

Loyalty and respect were not in evidence yesterday, as hard-line Tory Brexiteers turned on UK Prime Minister Theresa May (pictured) in a deeply unedifying display of petulant defiance.

Make no mistake, this is a catastrophic defeat. Indeed, in living memory, it is an unparalleled embarrassment for a serving British premier.

For the first time in 47 years, the country that gave the globe Magna Carta, parliamentary democracy, the industrial revolution and human rights, will once again be truly sovereign.

CHARLES SALE: The European Tour have thrown in the towel in their attempts to stop Ryder Cup stars ambush marketing timekeeper sponsors Rolex on the official team photographs.

The Mail on Sunday urges MPs to end the chaos and indecision, recover their good sense, and support the Prime Minister. Loyalty has never been so important.

Beyonce has been dominating the pop culture landscape for well over a decade now, but the busy performer still puts her children Blue Ivy, Sir and Rumi above all else.

It's been 10 years since she won the VMA for Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards. Fresh off the release of her latest album Lover, Taylor Swift is sharing an excerpt from her diary.

Brandon Fries, who works at Great Wolf Lodge in Sandusky, Ohio, executed the tricky choreography from the 2003 number one hit at a disco.

Aaron Paul just celebrated the big 4-0 and is feeling extra grateful. Having just returned from his birthday trip, the Breaking Bad star took to Instagram Wednesday to say 'thank you' to everyone involved.

Beyonce does not often show her children. But in the singer's new Lion King documentary, which was titled Beyonce Presents: Making The Gift and aired on Monday, her family is included.

Homecoming was released on Netflix in April. It garnered six Emmy nods but in the end was shut out in all of them.

James Maddison grabbed the chance for a photo with hip-hop legend Jay-Z at an event for sportswear giant Puma.

To mark her 38th birthday, Beyonce has been sharing with fans images from her 37th year.

The singer, 38, wore her long hair loose and was made-up with glossy red lip color. She strutted in black heels with an ankle strap and diamante tassels round the heels.

Videos involving purple shampoo - a product to remove brassiness - are going viral on TikTok as users seem to have misunderstood what the shampoo is for. Teens are using it to 'dye' their hair