Meghan Markle’s judging spot on MasterChef Australia will be broadcast later this month, with chefs challenged to create a dish fit for a Duchess.

The former actress filmed the slot when she visited Australia with husband Prince Harry during their pseudo-royal tour three months ago.

She has said her love of good food and Australia were the two reasons she chose to be a guest judge on the country’s biggest TV show.

The Duchess, 44, a keen cook and founder of the As Ever lifestyle brand, left Harry flying solo when she spent a day filming a segment at MasterChef Australia’s Melbourne set for the latest series of the cooking competition.

Her involvement was revealed hours later when Channel Ten released a promo video showing Meghan striding onto the MasterChef set in a chic black outfit to meet Poh Ling Yeow and fellow judges Jean-Christophe Novelli and Sofia Levin.

Today it was revealed the episode will be broadcast on Sunday, July 26, at 7pm on Channel 10, with Mediaweek reporting: ‘Meghan will ask the contestants to create a dish fit for a Duchess.’

The Duchess of Sussex, who was claimed to have been ‘very frustrated’ when co-stars called her ‘royalty’ on camera, is said to set a challenge using seasonal ingredients including Brussels sprouts, celeriac and Australia’s famous macadamia nuts.

Quince, lemons, apples, mandarins and strawberries were also available to chefs, along with Australian honey to sweeten the dishes – rather than her own As Ever-branded honey.

‘What attracted me to the MasterChef Australia kitchen? Two things: my love of food and my love of Australia. It was an easy yes,’ Meghan said in a press release announcing the broadcast date.

‘It’s such a great show. I’m just really honoured that I was asked to be here with you and to be able to judge some of these meals.’

She told the contestants: ‘I’d love it if there’s a connection that you can find when, as you’re cooking something, what is the story behind it?… What is something from your family or from a memory… something sentimental that we can also taste as we taste your dish?’

‘These are all things that, for me, feel really nostalgic,’ she added.

Meghan’s sensitivities over claims that her Australian tour with Harry was cashing in on their royal links led to a row over her MasterChef appearance, it was claimed at the time.

The Duchess of Sussex was reportedly ‘very frustrated’ with producers when she was described as ‘royalty’ in the promo for Australia’s most popular reality TV show.

Meghan and her team had ‘specifically’ made clear they did not want the word ‘royal’ used, a source said.

‘We’ve had MasterChef royalty in the kitchen before but no one like this,’ fellow judge Poh said.

But a report in Australia claimed Meghan was unhappy about being described as royalty, despite the fact that, through her marriage to Harry, the term is technically correct.

Foodie Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, serves frittata at McAuley Community Services for Women, a women’s homeless and family violence shelter, on April 14 in Melbourne

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Meghan Markle was reportedly left disappointed after the Irwin family opted not to meet her and Prince Harry during their current Australian tour (pictured together at Swinburne University of Technology on Thursday)

The Sussexes had been under fire after they see-sawed between royal-style charity events and money-spinning commercial appearances and speaking engagements. 

They were accused of using Australia as a personal ‘ATM’ to ‘fund that 16-bedroom house they have in Montecito’ by one of the country’s top business leaders.

There was also a row over whether Australian taxpayers should pick up the bill for any police security on the tour given the couple’s own spokesman repeatedly said their four-day visit was ‘private’ – not a royal visit.

So when Meghan was called ‘royalty’ by MasterChef’s own stars, she and her team were reportedly frustrated when it was said on camera.

‘They were outside the doors when it was filmed, so didn’t know what had been said’, a source explained to news.com.au.

The Australia tour led to a series of rows. 

Guests paid thousands to attend Meghan Markle‘s Her Best Life retreat in Sydney where they were treated to Champagne, selfies with the duchess and plush hotel rooms.

But the budget gift bags they left with raised a few eyebrows. 

Tickets for the retreat cost $2,699 for standard entry or up to $3,199 for VIP premium packages which offered more direct access to Meghan. 

But the total value of the gift bag was just under $200. 

Meghan spent just two hours with host Gemma O’Neill and female fans who paid to ask her questions and pose for pictures at a money-spinning ‘ultimate girls’ weekend where she bemoaned her ‘very hard’ life

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Meghan spent just two hours with female fans who paid to ask her questions and pose for pictures at a money-spinning ‘ultimate girls’ weekend where she bemoaned her ‘very hard’ life.

After 120 minutes at the gala, Meghan departed the InterContinental Coogee with her husband Prince Harry shortly after 7pm, in the back of a luxury Range Rover.

Excited paying guests had started turning up at the five-star beachside hotel in Sydney’s eastern suburbs from 3pm due to the strict security arrangements, with the official event kicking off at 5pm.

On stage at the gala dinner, where paying guests ate kingfish, beef tenderloin and coconut crumble, Meghan bemoaned her ‘very hard’ life in the public eye, claiming she has been ‘attacked’ ever since marrying Prince Harry.

The development would deliver local facilities including cafes and schools

Plans have been submitted to build over 4,000 homes on the edge of a Cambridgeshire town. In July 2024, Lands Improvement (LIH) announced it would propose plans for a new development of 4,400 homes called Little Barford Garden Community, near St Neots.

At the end of June 2026, an outline planning application was submitted by LIH Little Barford Limited (LIH) to Bedford Borough Council proposing to build up to 4,400 homes.

The site, extending to 324.76 hectares, would see other community and local facilities including cafes, pubs, a nursery, two primary schools and one secondary school built and two bridges over the East Coast Main Line (ECML) in the development alongside thousands of new homes.

Additionally, it would see the renovation and restoration of existing historic assets, including the former Manor House and offer safeguarded land for the delivery of East West Rail.

It has been revealed that of the 4,400 homes, five per cent will be for specialist elderly accommodation together with a mix of market and affordable homes.

To facilitate the redevelopment, the planning application seeks permission to demolish buildings including: Top Farm barns, Dower House, an unlisted attachment to the listed barn, a small building to the south of the barn, and adjacent to Lower Farmhouse.

The applicant said the development would contribute to 16 per cent of the net housing need over the period until 2040 and create 3,495 direct full-time jobs on-site.

LIH added that the schools will “meet locally generated needs” and two new bridges over the ECML would “enhance local connectivity and support sustainable movement across the area”.

A planning statement reads: “The Site represents an opportunity to create a ‘Garden Community’ style of settlement which will prioritise the provision of high-quality landscaping and seek to minimise vehicular movements, with a capacity of up to 4,400 dwellings, approximately 5 per cent of specialist elderly accommodation alongside supporting commercial development and social infrastructure, in close proximity to existing services in St Neots contributing to a local network of villages, transport links and community facilities reducing the need to travel.”

President Donald Trump announced on Monday a sweeping reduction to the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah, slashing the size of each protected area by an additional one million acres.

The move revisits contentious environmental rollbacks from his first term that were subsequently reversed by the Biden administration. It directly challenges proclamations by his predecessors, who deemed these sites worthy of preservation under the 1906 Antiquities Act, a law granting presidents power to protect areas of cultural, historic or scientific interest.

The ongoing dispute over these protected lands reflects how national monuments have become a central battleground in the management of public lands.

While Trump made similar reductions during his first term, which were subsequently undone by his successor, he is not the first president to reduce the size of such monuments.

Here’s a look at U.S. national monuments and presidents who have created or reshaped them:

How many national monuments have Biden and Trump acted on?

Trump made only a handful of Antiquities Act proclamations during his first term, including two that reduced the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments. The sprawling Utah monuments include stunning natural features and sites sacred to some Native American tribes. Grand Staircase-Escalante also holds large coal reserves, while the Bears Ears area has uranium.

Trump also dedicated the 340-acre (138-hectare) Camp Nelson National Monument in Kentucky — a Union Army hospital and recruiting center for African American troops during the Civil War.

Biden’s first use of the act was to restore the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante. He cited their spiritual, cultural and prehistoric legacy.

Biden established 10 new monuments, among them the site of a 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois, and a monument honoring Mamie Till-Mobley and her son, Emmett, a Black teenager from Chicago who was tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. He also established monuments in the mountains of California and on a sacred Native American site near the Grand Canyon.

State officials, conservationists and tribes react

Proponents of the reductions say the protective boundaries stretch too far and hinder mining for essential minerals. Trump framed the move as giving back land to the people during a signing event at the White House on Monday.

The order was applauded by Utah officials, who have long argued that the state should be in charge of managing its own lands.

“The question has never been whether to protect them, but how to protect them best,” said Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican. His office assured the lands left out of the modified boundaries “remain protected under existing federal and state law.”

But some conservationists and citizens of local tribal nations warned the order opens the door to mining interests while disrespecting tribal co-stewardship. Bears Ears is jointly managed by an agreement between tribal nations and federal agencies.

“Our connection to this place cannot be erased by the stroke of a pen,” said Davina Smith-Idjesa, a citizen of the Navajo Nation and co-chair of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition.

Is it legal to shrink or eliminate monuments?

Environmental groups have argued the Antiquities Act is a one-way road that allows presidents to create but not undo monuments. But there’s a history of presidents taking actions similar to Trump’s.

Since 1912, presidents have issued more than a dozen proclamations that diminished monuments, according to a National Park Service database.

In Washington state, Woodrow Wilson reduced the acreage of Mount Olympus National Park — now Olympic National Park — by roughly half. Harry Truman did the same for Santa Rosa Island National Monument.

Dwight Eisenhower was most active in undoing proclamations of his predecessors as he diminished six monuments, including Arches in Utah, Great Sand Dunes in Colorado and Glacier Bay in Alaska, which have all since become national parks.

How is a national monument different from a national park or forest?

Unlike national parks, which are established by Congress, most of the more than 100 national monuments were created by presidents.

They’re governed by one or more agencies such as the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A designation provides sweeping protections not just for significant geological features or artifacts but also for the surrounding landscape, banning drilling, mining and new construction. Backers downsizing the Utah monuments said the protective boundaries stretched too far and hindered mining for critical minerals.

The U.S. Forest Service was established in 1905 and has jurisdiction over some 300,000 square miles (775,000 square kilometers) of land, including 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands in 43 states.

Under federal law, the forest lands are managed for renewable resources — including timber, clean water, wildlife habitat, forage for livestock and recreation. But many forests overlay valuable minerals and parcels can be leased by private companies for the extraction of nonrenewable resources such as oil, gas and coal.

Some forests contain specially designated wilderness areas where human activities are curtailed. Even bicycles and hang gliders aren’t allowed because they are mechanical.

National parks have some of the most stringent rules against development under a 1916 law known as the Organic Act. The law says the fundamental purpose of the parks is to conserve their scenery, nature, history and wildlife.

How long have presidents been creating monuments?

President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act after a generation of lobbying by educators and scientists who wanted to protect sites from commercial artifact looting and haphazard collecting by individuals. It was the first law in the U.S. to establish legal protections for cultural and natural resources of historic or scientific interest on federal lands.

On Sept. 24, 1906, Roosevelt used it to designate a national monument at Devils Tower — a giant rock butte in eastern Wyoming that later gained fame as the focus of the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

For Roosevelt and others, science was behind safeguarding Devils Tower. Scientists have long theorized about how once-molten lava cooled and formed the massive columns that make up the geologic wonder. Narratives among Native American tribes, who still conduct ceremonies there, detail its formation.

All but three presidents have used the act to protect unique landscapes and cultural resources.

Sunderland could be getting a 24,500sq ft Foodhall on Silksworth Lane as plans for the megastore go before Sunderland City Council’s Planning and Highways Committee on Monday, July 20.

The development is part of a wider £15 million retail scheme set to create more than 150 jobs and transform the underused site into a retail destination.

Residents are being urged to submit any final comments ahead of the meeting next week.

Philip Barker-Thomson, regional manager at M&S, said: “We’re excited by the opportunity to create a fantastic new store for Silksworth residents and bring them the very best of M&S Food.

“Customers would be able to shop the full M&S Food range, from everyday essentials to new viral products and easily collect online M&S fashion, home & beauty orders via click and collect.

“We are keen to keep growing our store footprint across the North East, where we work with over 300 select farm partners and employ around 2,000 colleagues.”

The proposed M&S Foodhall in Middlesbrough. (Image: Marks and Spencer)

The modern, market-style food hall would feature an in-store bakery, M&S select farm fresh produce, and dedicated flower and wine sections.

The full M&S range will be available, which includes the ‘Nutrient Dense’ and ‘Only… Ingredients’ lines, as well as the full ‘Remarkable Value’ range with more than 100 everyday essentials price-benchmarked against competitors.

As part of the wider retail development, plans include a new signalised pedestrian crossing on Silksworth Lane and improved walkways throughout the site to enhance accessibility and safety.

Mr Barker-Thomson welcomed ongoing community feedback and encouraged more residents to show their support ahead of the planning decision.

He said: “A massive thank you to everyone who has shared their views on the plans so far – the response has been great, and there is still time to show your support.

“If approved, our focus will be on delivering trusted value and exceptional quality for all customers, and of course that touch of M&S magic.”

M&S is urging residents to submit letters of support via the project website to ensure their views are formally considered as part of the planning process.

The planning application (reference 26/00144/FU4) will be determined by the committee on Monday, July 20.

If approved, the Silksworth Lane Foodhall would be one of the most modern M&S stores in the UK and could represent a key investment in the retailer’s national expansion plans.

Piers Morgan and Mick McCarthy engaged in a light-hearted war of words as they re-opened an old feud dating back almost 17 years ago – with the former labelled a ‘w****r’ on Monday.

McCarthy was a guest on Morgan’s Sports Uncensored show as they reviewed England‘s World Cup quarter-final win over Norway before previewing Wednesday’s semi-final showdown with Argentina.

However, while speaking about Jude Bellingham‘s and Thomas Tuchel‘s contrasting views in the aftermath of beating Norway, attentions quickly turned to a sticking point between Morgan and McCarthy.

The incident in question stems from McCarthy’s time as Wolves manager on December 15, 2009 when he chose to rest 10 outfield players during a midweek 3-0 Premier League defeat at Manchester United.

McCarthy decided to rotate the team after a 1-0 win at Tottenham three days before and was later vindicated that following weekend with a 2-0 win over Burnley and by ultimately avoiding relegation at the end of the season.

However, staunch Arsenal fan Morgan was unhappy with McCarthy’s approach with his side competing with United in the title race at the time. His mood was worsened as a day after Wolves’ loss, Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw at Burnley. Writing for Daily Mail Sport at the time, he called for McCarthy to be sacked.

Morgan called for McCarthy to be sacked after he rested 10 outfield players during Wolves’ 3-0 loss at Man United in December 2009. However, McCarthy was justified as they stayed up

As Morgan, 61, quipped that McCarthy knows he was right in his criticism of him at the time, the 67-year-old replied: ‘You’re never right, mate! You just antagonise people with your comments, which you’re doing on this show quite clearly.

‘My job is to win games. We went to Spurs the Saturday before, we won 1–0 with about 35 per cent possession. We’ve got Manchester United on the Tuesday. I went there, I dropped 10 players. I have a squad of 22. If I’m a manager, it’s my right to manage that team how I see fit and get results.’

‘And it’s my right as an Arsenal fan who was directly impacted by it,’ replied Morgan.

‘Because you weren’t good enough!,’ retorted McCarthy. ‘Because you weren’t good enough to win the title, and Sir Alex [Ferguson] won it again. And you weren’t good enough, so you blame me, which is real bad on your part.’

In response, Morgan said: ‘Now I know what Roy Keane’s problem was!’ alluding to McCarthy’s infamous spat with Keane which saw his then-Republic of Ireland captain leave their 2002 World Cup squad in Saipan, Japan before the tournament had begun. ‘Just to be clear: by dropping 10 players, you let United walk all over you, which had a direct impact on my team’s chances of winning the league. I thought that was an appalling abrogation of your duty as a manager to entertain the fans with the best available team.’

Morgan allowed himself a laugh before McCarthy continued his defence: ‘Let me clear you up. My duty was to beat Burnley on the Saturday. And we did. And from Tottenham away, Manchester United away, and Burnley at home, I took six points out of nine. I thought it was a fantastic piece of management work!’

After being accused of throwing ‘the white flag of surrender’, McCarthy refuted those claims adding: ‘We stayed up! We stayed up. The club got £100million. My chairman at the time wasn’t happy when we got beat at Manchester United, but when they got the £100m at the end of the season, let me tell you, he was deliriously happy!’

With co-host Simon Jordan caught in the middle of the debate, Morgan asked McCarthy: ‘How would you have felt if it had been completely reversed, and Arsenal had a game which, if they won, it meant you would have stayed up, right? And we rested the entire first-team squad and got beaten 2–0? How would you have felt then? Be honest.’

As the debate wore on, McCarthy called Morgan a ‘w****r’ to which they both laughed about

Morgan also found it funny after being called a ‘b***h’ as he called out McCarthy’s hypocrisy

‘I’m going to moan like a b***h, like you do!’ McCarthy replied as all three burst into laughter, to which a chuckling Morgan said: ‘Exactly! Exactly! There it is. There’s the hypocrisy!’

As both continued to see the funny side, they finally aligned on one thing as McCarthy agreed: ‘There we are right there, we’re all hypocrites! And I’ll be honest.’

As the disagreement ends on a positive note between the pair, McCarthy ends it on how happy he is to cross paths with Morgan for one reason.

‘I’ve been waiting how many years? 15 years to say it. You know, I’ve been waiting 15 years to call you a wanker, so happy days!’ he concludes that debate in a deadpan manner – to the hilarity of Morgan.

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An Amnesty International UK spokesperson said: “We regret that this briefing was uploaded to our website without going through the established, internal review processes that are in place to ensure consistency, accuracy and alignment with Amnesty International UK’s positions.

The borough celebrated a huge milestone this week after five parks and green spaces received Green Flag recognition in the same year for the first time.

This includes Bolton’s newest green space, Elizabeth Park in the town centre.

Queens Park and Moss Bank Park have also been awarded Green Flag status , recognising their excellent standards of maintenance, safety, sustainability, and visitor experience.

Friends of Harwood and Longsight Park (Image: Bolton Council)

Longsight Park and Millennium Wood have earned Green Flag Community Awards, recognising the efforts of local volunteers.

Green Flag Awards are an internationally recognised mark of quality for well-managed parks and green spaces.

Over the past year, Bolton Council, working closely with local volunteer groups, has delivered a wide range of improvements aimed at enhancing biodiversity, upgrading infrastructure, and enriching visitors’ experience.

 These include:

• Restoration and improvement of pond habitats at Queen’s Park and Moss Bank Park, boosting ecological diversity and supporting local wildlife
• Creation of wildflower areas at Queen’s Park and Elizabeth Park, supporting pollinators and increasing seasonal colour 
• Installation of new bins and benches across multiple sites 
• Playground improvements making facilities safer and more inclusive
• Restoration of the historic fountain at Queen’s Park to full working order

Mary Hesketh, from Friends of Moss Bank Park, said: “We’re delighted, it’s been a long time coming.

“Moss Bank Park is a jewel in Bolton, so many people come here for a day out, so we are really happy.”

This is the first year Elizabeth Park has achieved Green Flag status since opening in 2024, marking a significant milestone for one of the borough’s newest parks.

Longsight Park (Image: Friends of Longsight Park)

Cllr Rob Morrisey, Bolton Council’s Executive Cabinet Member for Climate and Environment, said: “This is a fantastic achievement for Bolton and something everyone involved should be incredibly proud of.

“This success would not have been possible without the dedication of our Friends groups, particularly the Friends of Harwood and Longsight Park, Friends of Moss Bank Park and Friends of Queen’s Park.”

The Green Flag Community Awards for Longsight Park and Millennium Wood highlight the contribution of Friends of Harwood and Longsight Park, whose volunteer efforts have helped maintain and enhance the sites.

Councillors say the awards reflect the borough’s ongoing commitment to investing in its green spaces and supporting biodiversity.

Jane Wilcock of Friends of Harwood and Longsight Park said: “We are thrilled, the volunteers work exceptionally hard to improve our green spaces.

“We are very proud to get Green Flag Awards which reflect international standards.

“The only way is up!”

She said that the Friends have received a lot of support from organisations, including local rotary clubs, businesses and Bolton Cares.

Jane said that work was still underway to transform areas of the park, especially the compound area to make the park accessible for everyone.

She also wanted to thank the work of United Utilities for the work done in the area improving sewage and draining structures, helping the spaces look their best and improving the playing area for children.

Bolton Green Party chair Cllr Hanif Alli said: “We are delighted with this progress in the town parks!

“We will continue to lobby and work towards even more enhanced green spaces and localised community gardens in Bolton too.”

Further improvements are already planned, including the restoration of Moss Bank Park’s Rock Garden with the project seeing the cascade brought back into use, pathways resurfaced and new handrails installed.

There are also plans to install CCTV at Queen’s Park as part of efforts to improve visitor safety.

The latest success means Bolton now boasts five Green Flag-recognised sites, underlining the growing reputation of its parks and green spaces as some of the borough’s most valued public spaces.

Lawyers for the CJC told the High Court on Tuesday that information regarding the Chinook’s airworthiness “raises a more than arguable claim that… those individuals who died in the crash were placed on an aircraft known to be unsafe”.

They added that there were “profound and stark” concerns as to airworthiness, but that no investigation had ever considered the issue despite several probes into the crash.

“It is historic, but it is also extraordinary, that the bereaved families of 29 individuals… still face unanswered questions into the circumstances of what is often described as the RAF’s worst peacetime disaster,” Sam Jacobs, for the CJC, told the court in London.

Several relatives of those who died attended court, some of whom wept during the hearing.

Andy Tobias, whose father Lieutenant Colonel John Tobias MBE died in the crash, called it a “hugely momentous day”.

The helicopter was transporting 25 intelligence experts and four special forces crew from RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to Fort George near Inverness when it crashed in foggy weather.

In written submissions, Jacobs said that the crash came two days after the helicopter was delivered, following a “fraught upgrade and introduction”.

He continued that the MoD was suing Boeing over the upgrade before the crash, and that a safety-critical engine control system on the helicopter was described by the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment as having a “density of deficiencies”.

Jacobs also said that the helicopter involved in the crash needed one of its engines replaced three times in the months before the incident, with issues also reported with its second engine.

He said: “It is plainly arguable that airworthiness caused the crash; indeed, arguable that the HC-2 should not have been flying at all.”

Daniel Beard KC, for the MoD, said in written submissions that the crash has been the subject of “extensive investigations”, and that the CJC has not “raised any information even arguably capable of reviving any investigative obligation”.

He also said that the Boeing litigation was “not relevant to the crash” and that the CJC’s case was based on “vague assertions” about the helicopter’s airworthiness, without explaining why the legal challenge had not been brought sooner.

He added that “given the paucity of evidence and the passage of time, it is unlikely that further meaningful investigation is possible, or that further investigation would serve a practical purpose”.

He continued: “The claimant understandably wants to bring the full facts to light.

“However, that aspiration must be considered in view of the evidential limitations, the civil claims that have been resolved, the lessons that have been learned and the transformed operational context.”

The hearing is due to conclude later on Tuesday.

Jon Stewart erupted into a fit of laughter over a Fox & Friends clip that showed how a host unsuccessfully tried to stop President Donald Trump from ranting during a Lindsey Graham ‘tribute’ segment.

Stewart, during Monday’s episode of the Daily Show, shared a montage of Trump’s news appearances after Graham’s death on Saturday night.

The South Carolina senator died aged 71, with a preliminary medical examiner report saying he suffered a tear in his aorta, known as an aortic dissection. 

The president, regarded by Fox & Friends as one of Graham’s best friends, has appeared on multiple news networks simultaneously remembering and roasting the late senator.

He even went as far as branding him a ‘workaholic politician’ that talked too much.

‘It takes a lot of balls for Donald Trump to gently roast someone for yapping too much,’ Stewart said, introducing the clip. ‘He’s the one who toasted his friend on Meet the Press, CNN‘s State of the Union and Fox & Friends. 

‘Trump was everywhere, remembering Lindsey Graham, even when the host appeared to not want him to.’ 

Trump and Lindsey Graham on the campaign trail in January 2023

As he eulogized the 71-year-old on Fox & Friends, the president began by describing his relationship with Graham. He said: ‘He was a great guy and he was a friend. He would call me all the time. He would just – I’d say, “Stop calling me, Lindsey.”‘

Stewart, in his best Trump impersonation, said: ‘I’ll never forget the way that I always let him go to voicemail.’

Then, resuming his own speaking voice, the host said: ‘Obviously, he’s just opening the eulogy on a lighthearted note. I’m sure the poignancy follows.’ 

The clip continued with Trump launching rant about election fraud and repeatedly ignoring host Lawrence Jones’ attempts to bring the conversation back to Graham.

‘These people suffer from a very fine disease known as Trump derangement syndrome. And yeah, he was seeing that,’ Trump said.

‘Mr President, did you notice any-‘ Jones replied, but Trump kept speaking.

‘He’s really come a long way terminating the filibuster,’ the president continued.

Jones tried to interject again: ‘But Mr. President, did you notice anything different?’

‘Look at California. Millions and millions of ballots. It’s impossible… They didn’t know in two weeks. They let it be known an hour later–’ Trump continued.

‘It takes a lot of balls for Donald Trump to gently roast someone for yapping too much,’ Stewart said of the clip. ‘He’s the one who toasted his friend on Meet the Press, CNN’s State of the Union and Fox & Friends. Trump was everywhere, remembering Lindsey Graham, even when the host appeared to not want him to’

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Jones, yet again, attempted to steer the conversation elsewhere, but was ignored. 

‘So, Mr President,’ he said, but Trump continued to talk over him.

‘So Mr President, real quickly, did you notice anything different from Lindsey–’

But Trump interrupted: ‘And he’s gonna be in the runoff.

‘These elections are very dishonest.’

Stewart, stopping the clip at that point, cracked up at the exchange.

‘Oh, no. I’m sorry, Mr President. The TV station’s going through a tunnel. Boop!’ the Daily Show host said through his chuckles. 

Graham unexpectedly died on Saturday night. His sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has since been named as his temporary replacement in the Senate.

Nordone will serve the remaining months on Graham’s current term, which expires in January, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced on Monday. She will be sworn in this afternoon. 

Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, was named as his temporary replacement in the Senate on Monday. Nordone will serve the remaining months on Graham’s current term, which expires in January

Graham never married or had a family of his own, but Nordone was often by his side for the political touch points of his career, speaking at events and appearing in some of his campaign ads.

After their parents died at a young age, Graham was left to raise his sister, for whom he later became legal guardian. They were very close, and she was there as he filed reelection paperwork earlier this year, along with her children and grandchildren.

A special election will be held next month to pick a new Republican nominee in the general election for Graham’s seat. He had been seeking a fifth term this year.