Earl Spencer

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Stephen Boxer and Gillian Anderson in the latest season of The Crown. Photograph: Des Willie/Netflix via The New York Times
The Crown should carry a warning that it is a fictionalisation, UK minister says

The British culture secretary has said he plans to write to Netflix and request that a “health warning” is played before The Crown so viewers are awar(...)

Prince Charles and Princess Diana on their wedding day on July 29th, 1981. Photograph: RC/HO REUTERS
Five TV shows to watch this week

Diana: In Her Own Words Channel 4, Sunday, 9pm As publicity goes, it was a bumper week for Channel 4, which couldn’t have asked for more opinion piece(...)

Myles Joyce, who was hanged in Galway in 1882 and is widely accepted as being innocent of the Maamtrasna murders. Photograph courtesy of the National Library of Ireland
A wrongful hanging in Connemara, 1882

The handwriting was impeccable but written in a language the correspondent did not speak. “Sir, I beg to state through the columns of your influent(...)

Martina Noonan: “I wrote a thesis on 18th century Irish silver which is my first love.”
Life’s Work: Martina Noonan, art & antiques valuer, Dublin

Martina Noonan is co-owner with husband Bryan Greene of Thomas P Adams & Co – known as Adams Blackrock – an art and antiques auctioneering busines(...)

Letters from Princess Diana: A few months before she died, the princess had consigned many of her dresses to auction to raise funds for charity. Photograph: Reuters
Princess Diana’s friendship with Irish nun revealed

A previously undocumented friendship between an Irish nun and the late Diana, Princess of Wales has come to light in correspondence that has turned up(...)

Kevin McGee viewing ‘Efforts & Ideals; Prints from The First World War’ at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Parnell Square, Dublin as part of Dublin Festival of History, 2014. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill /The Irish Times
Brother of Princess Diana to appear at Dublin Festival of History

The late princess Diana’s brother Charles Spencer is to appear at the Dublin Festival of History tomorrow night. Earl Spencer has written a book abou(...)