News about Barry Humphries

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: As one of the country's most celebrated landscape gardeners, Randle Siddeley is used to delivering perfection. But when it comes to booking holidays, he's been left infuriated that others don't share his attention to detail. Siddeley, the 4th Lord Kenilworth, bought a £2,300 all-inclusive holiday for his wife, Kayo Takauchi, and her daughter Jasmine, 32, through Lastminute.com. It turned out to be the stuff of nightmares. The package was advertised as a four-night stay in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt , but the flights were to Hurghada, on the opposite shore of the Gulf of Suez. Reaching their hotel would involve a ten-hour, 500-mile drive. When Lady Kenilworth and Jasmine realised, it was too late. 'Panic set in,' Lord Kenilworth tells me. 'They got dumped at the airport, 11 o'clock at night, two women in a foreign country where they don't speak the language.'

David Walliams has revealed Australian comedy icon Barry Humphries was 'incredibly hurt' by the backlash he received over his alleged anti-trans comments. Barry, who died from complications from hip surgery in 2023, faced backlash from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival after making comments that were seen to be 'anti-trans.' In 2018, Humphries compared gender reassignment surgery to 'self-mutilation'

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: King Charles - packing his travelling yeoman for next month's Commonwealth Summit in Samoa for his first face to face meeting with leaders since the publication of Harry's Spare - will also be bracing himself for the fallout from another book, the Dutch version of Sussex mouthpiece Omid Scobie's tome.  Anything that destabilises the Royal Family is seized on by those who want to break the bloc's link with the King. Scobie's tittle-tattle named, without any cited evidence, the King and Kate as the offenders accused of racism by Meghan in her 2021 Oprah interview.  He blamed a translating 'error'. But Scooby Doo's claim will still cause HM much unneeded stress.

Sarah had, as tradition dictated, stayed at Clarence House the night before. She now travelled in the Glass Coach with her father, Major Ronald Ferguson, flanked by eight Lifeguard troopers of the Sovereign's Escort which he had once commanded. The young bride entered Westminster Abbey to Elgar's Imperial March with four-year-old Prince William (inset) as one of her page boys. Her wedding dress with its 17 foot 6 inch train had been designed by Lindka Cierach, who revealed that she had to veto some of the bride's bizarre dress requests, including decorative teddy bears and helicopters. Amongst the almost 2,000 guests was US First Lady Nancy Reagan, acting great Michael Caine, and showbiz stars Jackie Stewart, Barry Humphries, Joan Rivers, Billy Connolly and Elton John.

Barry Humphries' three-bedroom apartment in Sydney has sold, one year after the comedian's death. According to The Daily Telegraph, Humphries' family have accepted a $6.1million offer from Romano and Patricia Lacono. The property, which is located in the famous Quay West block, has panoramic views of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Harry cannily controls the lucrative film, television and stage rights to his memoir. This prevents anyone from dramatising Spare and thus portraying Diana and Meghan in a way that does not concur with his views. Given that the book contains attacks on Charles, Camilla, William and Kate, any cinematic version has the potential to be more damaging than all his other 'truth bombs' put together. Look out!

On Wednesday night, Barry Humphries will be inscribed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's opening. The legendary Australian comedian who portrayed the iconic character Dame Edna will be honoured with a special video collection recognizing his extraordinary career. During the comedy festival's Opening Night All Stars Supershow, the short film will be shown at the Palais Theatre.

Ten months after Barry Humphries' death, the comedian's three-bedroom apartment in Sydney is up for auction. The stunning building has sweeping views of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge. Humphries bought it in 2004 for $2.5 million, resulting in a price guide of $6 million.

It was often Barry Humphries cracking the jokes with his humour alter ego Dame Edna Everage. It was also Alison Hammond's who mistakenly thought Dame Edna was a woman and that Barry Humphries was her husband. Alison, who appeared in an interview on This Morning in a new ITV special devoted to the legendary comedian, sent viewers into hysteric as she admitted to her blunder.

Emily Humphries has broken silence on rumors that she boycotted his state memorial on December 15 because Richard Wilkins was the MC. Despite suspected family hostship, Weekend Today actor Wilkins, 69, forged ahead with emceeing the late comedian's public farewell at the Sydney Opera House. On the other hand, Richard's youngest daughter, who died on Monday, revealed that her absence from the memorial had nothing to do with him.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Scooby Doo, who is still knotted over what may or may not have been in the Dutch version of Endgame, is facing more embarrassment after naming Charles and Kate in a first faux pas. This has not been repeated in any other edition of the book, as in the cack-handed mention of the King and the Princess of Wales. Scooby continues to skate on thin ice, with lawyers only too keen to pounce.

Daily Mail Australia LIVE BLOG: The life of Barry Humphries is being celebrated at a state memorial service at the Sydney Opera House

I've been reading an anthology of poems by Barry Humphries that was created for his family's Christmas the year before last. The copy he gave me is one of my most treasured possessions. It's titled Poems I Like, and it's dedicated to MYSELF, without whom this lovely book would not have been published.' It consists mainly of work by unpopular poets like A.E. A houseman is a representative. Barry loved books: his library grew to 23,000 volumes. It was a reaction to his parents' aspirations throughout his life. He had to come home to discover that his mother had thrown all his old books out. 'You never know where they've been,' she said. She was a slave to debility and discretion, and she coveted normalcy above all else. 'Do you have to draw attention to yourself like that, Barry?'She'll ask.

Stephen Smith, Australia's highest-ranking diplomat, put an end to the annual Australia Day Gala dinner held in the Australian High Commission's marble-clad Exhibition Hall on the Strand on the Saturday nearest to January 26. The black-tie evet, run by the not-for-profit Australia Day Foundation, has previously attracted some of Australia's biggest exports, including singers Kylie Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia, Tim Minchin, and actor Barry Humphries, as well as broadcaster Clive James. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, a spokesperson for the High Commission of Australia said it was "well known" that Australia Day addresses sensitivities for certain Australians.'

Despite objections from the late singer's relatives, Richard Wilkins will go forward with emceeing Barry Humphries' state memorial at the Sydney Opera House. The comedian's family and friends have reportedly decided against attending the public farewell due to the Weekend Today host's presence. However, the defiant television presenter, 69, said he has no intention of stepping down as MC in a letter sent to Daily Mail Australia on Sunday night.

Richard Wilkins will be MC at Barry Humphries' state memorial at the Sydney Opera House, but it appears that the late actor's colleagues and relatives aren't keen on it. The comedian's loved ones have chosen not to attend the public farewell, which will take place on Friday, December 15, at 11 a.m., following his death in April at the age of 89. Professor Ross Fitzgerald, who worked with Barry for 60 years, said the Weekend Today actress was the 'wrong choice' to MC the farewell.

At Sydney Opera House next month, late comedian Barry Humphries will be given a state memorial. On Friday, December 15, at 11 a.m., the beloved actor, who died in April this year at the age of 89, will be officially farewelled. Fans will be able to purchase two free tickets per person using a queuing system online at the memorial.

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Mark 'Robbo' Robinson, a football writer and television presenter, has revealed he was involved in a serious car accident that left him in hospital. Early last week, news of Robinson's alleged suicide began spreading throughout Melbourne's football community, with Fox Footy's AFL 360 programme host John Moore providing some more details when he appeared confused on the program.

Brendan O'Carroll, 67, and Paul O'Grady, the current series of Mrs Brown's Boys, will feature a sweet tribute to late Barry Humphries and Paul O'Grady. Brendan O'Carroll has taken the time to honor the company's new four-part series, which will be available on televisions this September. The legendary Dame Edna Everage, played by Barry, will be honored alongside comedian Lily Savage, who died at the age of 67 in March.

She is the current queen of the $680 million family retail empire and is the image of her late grandfather, the able immigrant who created the Australian electronics behemoth that became a household name. Jasmine Lee is on the rise to become Bing Lee's face, taking over from her grandmother Yenda Lee and continuing the family's tradition of hard work and humour with comic ads to sell the firm's goods. Jasmine kicked off her new role on Radio 2GB with her father Lionel, who has frequently appeared in radio commercials as the 'dumb' son of his mother, Yenda's canny boss. Jasmine, the new star of Lionel and wife Lisa's four children, appears to have played a similar role with Lionel, with him in a similar fashion on Father's Day.

Kath Loughnan, the Fox Footy writer, has squirmed through a brief hosting gig with Melbourne footy writer Mark 'Robbo' Robinson in a cringeworthy hour of television. As she was forced to listen to the Herald Sun scribe's weekly review of Fox Footy's AFL 360 scheme, Loughnan, who is filling in for Robbo's co-host Gerard Whateley for the week, looked tense.

Barry Humphries has been bestowed another gong, and one can only imagine what Dame Edna Everage would have thought. Her former boss has been rewarded with the highest honour of King's Birthday for her 'eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in service to Australia or to humanity as a whole.' That's about correct, and it comes with a very commendable award for those who like that sort of thing.

During their interview with comedian Hannah Gadsby on Tuesday, the Project kept it PC. In a resurfaced tweet, Gadsby was recently mocked for criticizing the late Barry Humphries, but Project host Sam Taunton notably avoided discussing the issue while speaking with Nanette this week. Taunton, on the contrary, stuck to safe subjects, including Gadsby's friendship with Hollywood actress Jodie Foster and Nanette's legacy.