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You don't get to the grand old age of 96 without learning a thing or two about human nature. Imagine if the late Queen had kept a log of all the many dignitaries she'd had occasion to meet during the course of her record-breaking reign. What a fascinating document that would be, what insights might lie within its pages. After all, as Craig Brown points out in his brilliant new book, A Voyage Around The Queen (serialised this week in the Mail), she got to meet practically everyone of significance over the past 70 years, including some distinctly dodgy characters. Nicolae Ceaușescu, Bashar al-Assad, Robert Mugabe, Idi Amin, Donald Trump , Emperor Hirohito, Vladimir Putin - they were all entertained by Her late Majesty. Apart from the time she supposedly hid behind a bush to avoid speaking to Ceaușescu, if she had any sort of opinion about her guests she tended to express it tangentially.

The sovereign, who hosted the ex-US president twice during her reign, is said to have 'particularly disliked' the way he looked over her shoulder as if 'in search of others more interesting'. She also mused over his relationship with his wife Melania and said she believed they must have 'some sort of arrangement'. The astonishing claims are made by Craig Brown in his new book, A Voyage Around The Queen, which is being serialised in the Daily Mail. He reports the conversation occurred at a lunch 'weeks after' one of Mr Trump's visits. In his final serialisation instalment today, Brown writes: 'Over the course of her reign, Her Majesty entertained many controversial foreign leaders, including Bashar al-Assad, Robert Mugabe, Idi Amin, Donald Trump, Emperor Hirohito and Vladimir Putin.

Nuala McGovern is a high flying journalist who has travelled across the world - now is she joining the presenting line-up on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. It all started for Nuala back in Dublin in the 1980s where she grew up. Her father Jim was a pub landlord and Nuala attributes her ability to connect with her interviewees from her years of helping out in the pub.

The case of 'The Gentleman and the Tramp' was one of the most unusual Old Bailey trials of its day - the fall from grace of a well-connected former soldier accused of a strange murder. After the notorious 19th-century body snatchers Burke and Hare, jurors were informed that Clive Freeman suffocated Alexander 'Sandy' Hardie, a Scottish plumber turned vagrant, in a London flat in April 1988 using a cruel method known as 'Burking.' Freeman was reported to have discovered Burking while serving in the Grey's Scouts, a crack infantry unit formed in the late 1970s during the Rhodesian Bush War.

He has been dubbed 'Britain's worst landlord' for his care of tenants,' but locals are concerned that Nicholas van Hoogstraten has been jailed for almost four decades. After being left to go to wrack and ruin, Hoogstraten's grandiose £40 million country palace, Hamilton Palace, was dubbed the 'biggest slum in Britain.' Residents also believe the property, which is shrouded behind rows of lush trees and resplendent greenery near Uckfield, Sussex, has become a magnet for anti-social and unlawful conduct, and is now urging the local council to investigate.

Susan Cullen-Ward is barely remembered today, but she had hoped to be regarded as royalty after her 1975 marriage to Albania's exiled King Leki. Cullen-Ward's association with Leka lasted almost 30 years, but although her husband later returned to his homeland, he never won the award because he said he was legitimately his. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark's meeting in a Sydney pub during the 2000 Olympics has been described as the beginning of a fairytale romance. Cullen-Ward's tale is about a small country girl from rural NSW falling in love with a tall exiled royal who was a ninth cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. On their wedding day, Cullen-Ward is seen left and right with Leka. Inset: Mary and Frederik are pictured inset.

Camilla (pictured right and inset) celebrated journalists, photographers, and their support teams who are currently living in Ukraine and the Middle East in these "most challenging times." In her address, she singled out the Mail's legendary writer Dame Ann (left), who died earlier this year, stood out from frontlines around the world for her unparalleled career.

They arrived at breakfast time to murder Theo Bekker, smashing an iron bar from his own farmyard into his skull before slitting his throat so he bled to death. His four teenage attackers tied up his wife, Marlinda, and slap a plastic bag over her head before she collapsed into unconsciousness. She escaped, thank goodness. Mr Bekker, 79, died on July 30 in South Africa, where the murder rate is on the rise. Minister Johan Bouwer told the Mail this week that the couple came here to Sunday services half a mile from the Bekkers' cream-coloured farmhouse.' Marlinda was a regular every week; if he wasn't too busy on the farm, he would attend.

Dame Ann (pictured) has received numerous accolades for her career, including the ability to talk to princes and presidents and smuggle herself into trouble spots around the world, and she was named as one of the world's top foreign correspondents. She protested Robert Mugabe's prohibition on Western journalists to enter Zimbabwe, where the despot's clandestine service had pursued her, and she wore disguised costumes to speak with dissidents in Iran. She was also strong at writing showbusiness articles, once striking a young Muhammad Ali in the jaw because the heavyweight boxer was not paying attention during an interview.

Zimbabwe (left), the home of about 16 million people, has been befuddled by rising prices for decades, as well as controversial former President Robert Mugabe, whose 30 years as president were marked by corruption and violence. In Hanke's Annual Misery Index, the African country has ranked as one of the top five most gloomy countries for three years. Behind Zimbabwe, which has also been plagued by "economic mismanagement" and Syria, which has been embroiled in a civil war for more than a decade, there are two major actors. Unsurprisingly, Switzerland (right) is at the bottom of the misery table. According to the most recent UN Human Development Index, the central European country is one of the world's richest countries and ranks as one of the top performers for life expectancy, time spent in education, and average salaries.

The 'Woodlands' estate near Ipswich, Suffolk, has been in the possession of the same family since 1845. Following Andrew Hunter-Rodwell's death in 2019, the fifth member of his family's family to own the house, the stately home was auctioned. The house is ideally suited for buyers looking for a 'classic country home' with convenient access to London, according to agents.

COMMENT DAILY MAIL: Despite persistent warnings that we are headed for depression and the best efforts of hard-Left trade unions to put us there, Britain has defied the prophets of doom. It would be foolish to deny that the economy is still on a knife edge. It could also fall into recession without robust government intervention.

Zimbabwe has been associated with gold mining for more than a century, and it was the third largest producer in the world before the 1980s. Robert Mugabe came to power. By 2008, the country's gold industry was in ruin, mines had been forced to close, and production slumped. Mark Learmonth joined Caledonia Mining, then a small business with too many early-stage funds and not enough funds to see them through.

When England defeated the T20 World Cup in Australia last month, he was one of Australia's best cricket players. Sam Curran is expected to make millions as he returned to Punjab Kings for an astounding £1.85 million on Friday. Fortunately, the 24-year-old has someone by his side to help with his fame: glamorous girlfriend Isabella Symonds-Willmott, who graduated from the University of Exeter in 2019 and often accompanys him on his globe-trotting adventures. Sam's life was touched by tragedy after he lost his father at the age of 14; cricketer Kevin Curran, who played for and later coached Zimbabwe, died suddenly while out on a jog in October 2012.

Any bowler who can prevent the batters from swinging their arms and pulling the boundary rope to guide their team to victory is a precious commodity in Twenty20 cricket. Sam Curran, the England captain, is an expert at tight, laser-accurate bowling, which often results in high pressure. Curran has both endurance and skills - it's often a test of both endurance and expertise. When England defeated the T20 World Cup in Australia last month, the 24-year-old was Australia's best player, though Curran modestly said Ben Stokes did better. Curran also sold the highest auction price in the highly lucrative Indian Premier League tournament, so it's no surprise that it's not surprising.

Our education establishment hasn't admitted it was inaccurate and keeps on doing it, nearly 60 years after this tragic blunder, writes PETER HITCHENS. These people, like a drunk and insensitive driver who took the wrong exit from the M25 on his way to Manchester, has now arrived in Warsaw and will shortly land in Moscow with a smirk on his face rather than acknowledging and explaining his original mistake.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS (CHRISTOPHER STEVENS): Munya Chawawa, a comedian, may have survived under the reign of a brutal tyrant. However, I'm not sure how he'll recover from the shame he created about the film. The foolishness of recommending YouTube celebrities to do investigative journalism was scathing, as his ignorance was outweighed only by his immaturity. Munya attempted to capture the past of Zimbabwe, where monstrous Robert Mugabe slaughtered tens of thousands of political opponents, by dressing up in historical costumes and showcasing his bodybuilder biceps on How To Survive A Dictator. (C4)

In a talk with local residents of the area, activist and writer Elias Jahshan (left) said Peter Tatchell (right) denied he planned to carry out the Qatar demonstration. In a tweet on Tuesday, Jahshan said, "I hope you betrayed their confidence as you lap up the media [attention]. "White people going to foreign countries to cancel a demonstration act without the support of the local community has always resulted in more harm than good," he said. He later deleted portions of his speech because "it wasn't worded properly," but then continued: "I stand by what I said." It comes as UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly retaliated today after being told British gay football supporters to'compromise' and'show love' to Qatar's laws, which also allow gay men to die.

On Tuesday, Tatchell, 70, staged his one-man protest outside the National Museum of Qatar in Doha (pictured), with photographs depicting him holding a placard in support of Qatari LGBT people. The placard read: 'Qatar arrests, jails, and LGBT rights' were subjected to 'conversion.' Tatchell was approached by a Qatari police officer who seemed to take issue with what was written on the sign, according to video on the site. The officer then folded the placard and handed it back to Tatchell. Tatchell was not arrested in the video, although it seemed that something similar happened later. Both male and female homosexuality is unlawful in Qatar, and can be sentenced to up to three years in jail. However, there are no documented instances of this.

Tucker Carlson struck back on Thursday at those who commemorated Queen Elizabeth's death, describing her as a "oppressor." Carlson said the British Empire was 'benign,' and that writers in the New York Times, Atlantic, and New York Magazine were incorrect to condemn her. One Pennsylvania professor even said she hoped the queen's remaining hours of pain would'be 'excruciating.' Carlson referred to them as "ghouls" and said they had been deceived. The British Empire was not perfect, but it was far more humane than any other ever,' Carlson said. It was an amazing place run by brilliant people.' Many emperors will rise as a result of history, but we will not see one so benign.'

ROBERT TOMBS: Every day, someone, somewhere, starts to blame the British Empire for some horrific calamity. Dictators such as Robert Mugabe made a good play on this by pinning Zimbabwe's poverty and corruption on the British who ruled his country as Rhodesia rather than on his own incompetence and greed. However, such reflex criticism of the Empire arises from the British people, especially the woke Left, quite often these days. Tom Daley (right, top-left with swimmer Michael Gunning, and left-right with activist Carla Moore), the 28-year-old Olympic diver and social media influencer, is a writer who has published books on various topics.