1/. #DidITellYouAboutTheTime I became Al Jazeera's Royal correspondent?
It was 2011 & I was scraping by as a freelance journalist
As preparations were underway for William & Kate's Royal Wedding, I got a call from @AJEnglish's interview producer
Would I be free on 29 April?
It was 2011 & I was scraping by as a freelance journalist
As preparations were underway for William & Kate's Royal Wedding, I got a call from @AJEnglish's interview producer
Would I be free on 29 April?
2/. "Absolutely! But why me?"
The producer explained how she'd spotted an article I'd done for @NewStatesman where I argued that the fawning media coverage & the "Cinderella story" framing was rife with negative gender stereotyping & ugly class prejudice. newstatesman.com
The producer explained how she'd spotted an article I'd done for @NewStatesman where I argued that the fawning media coverage & the "Cinderella story" framing was rife with negative gender stereotyping & ugly class prejudice. newstatesman.com
3/. I'd been drafted in to help decode some of the more curious aspects of our royal family to @AJEnglish's l audience
But surely, with the wedding coinciding with the Arab Spring & being on a Friday â the peak day for protests - I wouldn't be on for long
theguardian.com
But surely, with the wedding coinciding with the Arab Spring & being on a Friday â the peak day for protests - I wouldn't be on for long
theguardian.com
4/. How wrong I was!
From 10am 'til 3pm, the studio kept cutting back from the Arab Spring to me & Felicity on the Mall where I side-stepped questions about Eugenie's hat & Pippa's bum to talk about the hereditary principle, Civil List & the class system!
From 10am 'til 3pm, the studio kept cutting back from the Arab Spring to me & Felicity on the Mall where I side-stepped questions about Eugenie's hat & Pippa's bum to talk about the hereditary principle, Civil List & the class system!
5/. In 2018, I was invited to put my Royal commentator's hat back on for #HarryandMeghan's wedding
The arrival of Meghan Markle - a woman directly descended from plantation slavery - offered an opportunity to discuss bigger issues of race, class & gender.
newsweek.com
The arrival of Meghan Markle - a woman directly descended from plantation slavery - offered an opportunity to discuss bigger issues of race, class & gender.
newsweek.com
6/. Ystdy, I was on @AJEnglish again to talk about #QueenElizabeth
Sadly, my accreditation for the Mall didnât come through so I was speaking from Brighton where it seemed that most people were mainly looking forward to the #Jubilee for the 2-day holiday & extended pub hours!đ
Sadly, my accreditation for the Mall didnât come through so I was speaking from Brighton where it seemed that most people were mainly looking forward to the #Jubilee for the 2-day holiday & extended pub hours!đ
7. Since it was her special day, I decided not to mention the fact that The Queen has been hanging out with tyrants, dictators & despots for almost seven decades
Itâs not her fault
Itâs in her job description! #QueenElizabeth #PlatinumJubilee #PlattyJoobs #Jubilee #Queen
Itâs not her fault
Itâs in her job description! #QueenElizabeth #PlatinumJubilee #PlattyJoobs #Jubilee #Queen
8/. DESPOT: In our country we love your quaint traditions
#QUEEN: Like Ascot, fox hunting & Downton Abbey?
DESPOT: No. Like sucking up to tyrants!
FYI, the gentlemen hanging out on Buckingham Palace balcony in this photođ=
Ceausescu
Assad
Idi Amin
Mubarak
& @SachaBaronCohen
#QUEEN: Like Ascot, fox hunting & Downton Abbey?
DESPOT: No. Like sucking up to tyrants!
FYI, the gentlemen hanging out on Buckingham Palace balcony in this photođ=
Ceausescu
Assad
Idi Amin
Mubarak
& @SachaBaronCohen
Meanwhile, a man in London was arrested for spray painting a Banksy-esq image of #QueenElizabeth II punching the air with one hand and holding a cane in the other, while standing next to a drum kit, on a wall on the day of the #PlatinumJubilee
Maybe it WAS Banksy!
#PlattyJoobs
Maybe it WAS Banksy!
#PlattyJoobs
The Queen will receive an inflation-defying âbonusâ of nearly ÂŁ30m from the public purse over the next two years thanks to an obscure rule which means her income cannot go down.
#QueenElizabeth #RoyalFamily #CostOfLivingCrisis inews.co.uk
#QueenElizabeth #RoyalFamily #CostOfLivingCrisis inews.co.uk
As an occasional âRoyal Correspondentâ, I was asked to comment on the Queenâs death & on the #HarryandMeghanonNetflix but declined
After the official mourning period for #QueenElizabeth we launched the
#QueenElizabethMemorialGardens: a for a new London park, 8+ years in planning
After the official mourning period for #QueenElizabeth we launched the
#QueenElizabethMemorialGardens: a for a new London park, 8+ years in planning
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