News about Andrew Motion

Hundreds of thousands of people in the United Kingdom who received a 'privileged' education at boarding school will be affected by the image. The young boy, who was stiff and smiling in a uniform tie and a big coat, is about to leave the family car for his first day (right). Sister and nanny proudly look on as the sun goes on.

If you're the Poet Laureate, it's not necessarily what you want to hear, and certainly not from your employer. When Andrew Motion has his first audience with her, she says, "I'm afraid I don't read much poetry." But she has a good excuse. I have so many of those divine red boxes to read that my government keeps getting them.' Meanwhile, Motion wants to ensure the Queen knows they were colleagues even though he acknowledges that the great Hughes was an impossible feat to follow.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Will King Charles wear the Scottish crown when he visits Edinburgh in July to receive the Honours of Scotland? The Queen attended the funeral in 1953, but not crowned to discourage talk of a Scottish coronation. This time, with Scotland having its own parliament, the King is under growing pressure to not wear the diadem. Some fear this will fall into nationalist hands, while others believe it will honor Scotland. At least HM is honoring his Scottish roots by wearing a kilt.