Poor Keir Starmer. He gets ready for his big set-piece speech following Rishi Sunak’s yesterday and then he’s kicked off the top of the bulletins by a huge story out of nowhere. Yes, Taylor Swift’s cat Olivia Benson is the third wealthiest pet in the world at $97 million.
Excuse the cheap gag, it’s been a bit of a news-blizzard day here in the Standard’s newsroom. Of course we’re all thinking of the Harry-William row that has exploded into new life again with the alleged leaks from Harry’s book Spare. Here’s our main story on the matter, a piece about Harry blaming William and Kate for his Nazi costume (yes you read that right), an article on the mad dash to Spain, where the book was accidentally put on sale early, a report of King Charles asking his sons not to “make my final years a misery” and our leaders, which touch on the row.
