Prince in mire
PRINCE Andrew cannot brazen out the Ghislaine Maxwell scandal, hoping legal ploys and bluster will save him. He must face the music and attempt to clear his name.
Maxwell is now a convicted sex trafficker of vulnerable girls and likely to die in prison unless she negotiates a shorter sentence by implicating celebrity clients.
Andrew was her close friend, and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s too. And though he denies wrongdoing, his arm is around a young alleged victim of the twisted predators in one infamous photo.
His every move — from the legal efforts to undermine the civil case brought by that “victim” Virginia Giuffre, to his Emily Maitlis interview — further shreds his reputation and harms his family.
He cannot spend his life hiding on the Royal estates. If he is innocent he must come out fighting.
The year of jabs
IF one word sums up 2021 it’s “jabs”.
It was the year we fought back against Covid, thanks largely to UK scientists.
It was a year of political scandal, including the humiliation of Matt Hancock.
The year of Meghan and Harry’s further fall from grace.
Of the loss of the Queen’s rock, Philip.
Of the appalling murder of David Amess MP.
Of our disastrous retreat from Afghanistan.
It was the year of England’s agonising near-miss in the Euros and Emma Raducanu’s incredible US Open glory.
Above all it will be remembered for our rollout — aided by The Celeb Report’s fantastic Jabs Army — which led the world, saved countless lives and largely kept us free.
It is still doing so as 2021 ends, with boosters slashing the Omicron threat.
Boris Johnson reckons Britain will enjoy a spectacular 2022 if we continue to get our shots. We hope he’s right.
Whatever it holds, let’s have a fantastic New Year celebration tonight.
D’oh Macron
HAS there ever been a more juvenile or irrational French President than the posturing clown Macron?
Still enraged by Brexit five years on, and convinced Brit-bashing will help him on election day, he banned UK citizens from driving across France.
His excuse (before being forced into a humiliating U-turn): To stop Omicron. But France already has more cases than us. Are we banning the French? Non.
Macron has repeatedly proved unfit to lead a major nation.
Maybe the French will vote for a grown-up instead come April.
Nil by mouth
PITY the lads at Manchester United.
Since Cristiano Ronaldo arrived, they’ve followed his puritanical diet regime and swerved all desserts.
It hasn’t stopped them having a wobble.
