A freckled, teenage Kate Moss was catapulted from obscurity into superstardom when she appeared on the cover of The Face magazine in 1990, posing on a beach in a feathered headdress.

Now, 36 years later, the model’s doppelganger daughter Lila has recreated the iconic shoot with the very same headdress.

But while most of the fashion world have applauded the nostalgic nod on the cover of Perfect magazine, some Gen Z protesters have claimed the use of a headdress is ‘cultural appropriation’.

‘What indigenous tribe is she part of?’ asked one twentysomething, while another said: ‘Didn’t we all learn about cultural appropriation?’

A third said: ‘Please white people stop wearing sacred American headdresses! It is so disrespectful and gross. It’s 2026.’

It’s not the first time the 23-year-old has been at the centre of a woke controversy. Nine years ago, at just 14, she posed with her hair in cornrows, a look deemed ‘problematic’ because of the style’s significance to the black community.

Pictured: A freckled, teenage Kate Moss on the cover of The Face magazine, posing on a beach in a feathered headdress 

Copycat: Her daughter, Lila Moss, recreating the same iconic shoot 36 years later

While Lila has recreated the famous Corinne Day photograph of her mum to mark ten years of the Kate Moss Agency, a source said that in many ways she ‘finally feels she is stepping out of her mother’s shadow…

‘She is raking it in these days with all her brand deals.’

Her latest are for Versace’s new scent, Crystal Emerald, launched last week, and luxury French label Zadig & Voltaire.

The model – who has spent the summer with her girlfriends (and mum) in Ibiza – recently broke up with her glamorous boyfriend, the e-commerce coordinator Yoni Helbitz.

Perfect Magazine and Lila Moss were approached for comment. 

Is Rocco the new Rothko?

Rocco Ritchie, the son of Madonna and Guy Ritchie, could finally be stepping beyond nepo baby territory. 

The 26-year-old is exhibiting his work at the British Art Fair at the Saatchi Gallery later this month alongside the likes of David Hockney, Tracey Emin and Lucian Freud. 

He once said of fellow nepos: ‘They are not the most interesting bunch, are they?’

Rocco Ritchie, the son of Madonna and Guy Ritchie, at work on his Instagram

Cora shows she’s true to Slew

Cora Corre, the 29-year-old model granddaughter of Vivienne Westwood and Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, has gone public with her relationship with rapper Slew, aka Louis Hartley, 30, by posting this photo of them at Notting Hill Carnival on social media.

Cora Corre, 29, pictured with rapper Slew, aka Louis Hartley, 30, at Notting Hill carnival 

The pen’s mightier than the scalpel 

Suki Waterhouse’s plastic surgeon father is making a bid for a creative career of his own. 

After more than three decades in medicine, Harley Street expert Norman Waterhouse, 71, is following the model and actress, 34, into the arts with the release of his debut novel, Mirror Games, early next year. 

The thriller is about a London plastic surgeon who bends ethics to perform Britain’s first full face transplant, only to become entangled with the criminal underworld. 

‘For my writing I draw on my knowledge of people and of course faces,’ says Norman. 

The criminal underworld is purely fictional, needless to say…

Singer and model Suki Waterhouse pictured with her plastic surgeon father, Norman Waterhouse 

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• My spies saw actress Zendaya enquiring about circular knitting needles in a shop in Richmond
• Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge tucking into rice pudding at Soho House Dean Street
• Actress Rosamund Pike trying to hail a taxi near Waterloo
• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley looking chic all in black in Dulwich Village 
• The Gentlemen star Theo James pumping iron at Third Space in Islington

Actress Zendaya (pictured at the LA Premiere of The Drama earlier this year) was spotted enquiring about circular knitting needles in a shop in Richmond 

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Did someone get a slapped wrist after a picture of Prince Harry at Tower Bridge Studios was posted on the company’s Instagram account last week?

I only ask because the photograph of the duke signing their wall of fame – the first picture of him since his return to the UK – later mysteriously disappeared from the venue’s feed.

The London studio is where several high-profile TV shows and video podcasts are filmed, such as Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO.

The prince recently appeared on Joe Marler’s podcast – but it seems he wants this outing kept very much under wraps! 

The midfielder was being cheered on by his brother, who is preparing for the Manchester derby

The older brother of Manchester City star Elliot Anderson, Wil, has come out on top during a Misfits Boxing match vs Luke Dyson. The 25-year-old secured victory with a fourth-round stoppage.

He became known due to his appearance on Love Island in June 2024. He has since taken up boxing with his brother watching on from home.

The City midfielder shared a picture of Wil’s celebrations on his Instagram story, along with a caption reading: Let’s go bro.” He also shared a video showing the moment the referee stopped the bout.

Anderson is preparing at home ahead of Sunday’s Manchester derby against Manchester United at Old Trafford. The game will see Enzo Maresca’s side look to maintain their 100 per cent winning record so far this season.

The clash was part of the undercard ahead of the Misfits main fight between Jordan McCann and Big Stacks, who is dubbed as the ‘UK’s hardest man’.

After the fight, Wil called out American Josh Brueckner as he eyes the cruiserweight title. It’s a fight that has been backed by trainer Bj Flores, who wrote on Instagram: “After this we can set up @wilandersonn vs @joshbrueckner.”

Anderson responded with: “Ready for all the smoke.”

The fight against Dyson was Anderson’s third. While he lost in his first against Jordan Banjo. He has since beaten Jake Cornish and now Dyson.

Wil offered his support to Elliot over the summer, cheering on England over in America in the World Cup alongside his fiancée Uma Jammeh, who he met on Love Island. The younger brother established himself as a key member of Thomas Tuchel’s squad ahead of the tournament.

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He started seven of England’s eight games throughout the tournament. It was while he was in America when he agreed a then record-breaking £116 million move from Nottingham Forest to City.

So far this season, Anderson has started all three Premier League games. He also came on as a second half substitute in Tuesday’s Champions League opener vs Porto.

Writing for Belfast Live, Michele Janes, Director of Barnardo’s Northern Ireland, argues that the next Executive must be judged by whether it delivers for children

As Northern Ireland looks ahead to next year’s election, political parties will make many promises about the future. But for children and young people, their futures are being formed in the present – and too many are being asked to wait for support they desperately need now.

Barnardo’s Northern Ireland works alongside 18,000 children, young people and families through 45 services. Every day, I see their resilience and potential, but also the pressures they face.

Around 73,000 children in Northern Ireland are living in poverty. More than 4,000 children are now in care – the highest number since 1995. Demand for mental health support continues to grow.

Despite what some people would have us think, I know that these challenges are not inevitable. We can make different choices.

That is why Barnardo’s Northern Ireland is asking parties to put three priorities at the heart of their plans for government: ending child poverty, transforming how government works for children and families, and giving every child the best start in life.

First, we need tangible action on poverty. Poverty is corrosive, affecting every aspect of a young person’s life. It affects what they eat, where they live, and whether they can participate fully in school and community life. Gerard, 19, described poverty as something that can “eat you from the inside”. No young person should feel this way. That’s why we are calling for a Northern Ireland Child Payment. Modelling by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation suggests a targeted payment could reduce overall child poverty to 20 per cent, benefiting around 150,000 children.

We also want expanded eligibility and automatic enrolment for Free School Meals, alongside a Participation Fund so children do not miss out on sports, school trips, music and other opportunities simply because their families cannot afford them.

But improving children’s lives cannot be the responsibility of one department. Poverty, housing, education, mental health, family support and social care are deeply connected.

That is why our second priority is transforming how government works for children and families.

On 31 March 2025, 4,188 children and young people were in care – the highest number since the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and an increase of more than 21 per cent since the 2022 Independent Review of Children’s Social Care Services.

Northern Ireland already has much of the evidence and expertise it needs to reform the system. What we need now is politicians and departments working together, with shared responsibility for improving children’s lives. Children do not experience their lives in departmental silos, and government cannot continue to respond to their needs in silos either.

The proposed Arm’s-Length Body for children’s social care could help support this transformation, but structural reform alone will not be enough. We need a genuinely joined-up approach across government, focused on what children and families need, rather than expecting them to fit around government structures.

Crucially, children and young people must help shape that change. As 17-year-old Shahbano put it, “young people do not need politicians simply to speak to them – they need politicians willing to speak with them”.

And this cannot mean another strategy sitting on a shelf. It must mean families getting support earlier, foster carers receiving the help they need, and care- experienced young people being properly supported into adulthood.

Our third priority is giving every child the best start in life. Too often, support arrives only once a family has reached crisis. The estimated cost of late intervention in Northern Ireland is £536 million every year – but the human cost is greater.

Through the Sure Start programmes Barnardo’s leads, we support around 3,000 families with children under four in areas of high deprivation. Sheena, who has been supported by Barnardo’s SureStart in Strabane since pregnancy, told us how help with breastfeeding, nutrition and communicating with her baby built her confidence as a parent.

Her wish is simple: that every parent could access that kind of support. Right now, access to Sure Start depends too heavily on postcode. The next Executive should expand it according to need, alongside an inclusive early years system focused on the first 1,001 days, better support for infant mental health and emotional wellbeing, and a properly funded Early Learning and Childcare Strategy.

Because the best time to help a child or family is before a problem becomes a crisis.

These issues are all connected. A child experiencing homelessness needs more than somewhere to sleep. A young person leaving care does not stop needing support when they turn 18. A child who comes to Northern Ireland seeking sanctuary needs safety, education, healthcare and belonging.

Our manifesto therefore also calls for action on family homelessness, continued priority for ending violence against women and girls, better support for refugee children and young people, and stronger cooperation across government.

The next Assembly term will shape the lives of a generation. So as parties ask for our votes next May, we should ask what they are promising the thousands of children who have no vote of their own.

And when the next Executive takes office, we should judge it not simply by the strategies it publishes or commitments it makes, but by whether children’s lives actually improve.

Are fewer children growing up in poverty? Are families getting help before they reach crisis? Are children safer and healthier? Are they being heard? Do they have the opportunities they need to thrive?

This election should be judged by what it promises our children – and the next government must be judged by whether it delivers.

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Families will be able to nominate one next of kin to travel for free on National Rail services to attend events between November 7 and 8 this year and beyond.

Veterans minister Calvin Bailey said support for the families of those who have “given everything for their country” should be “a given”.

Mr Bailey – a former RAF officer who served alongside US special operations units in Afghanistan – would not say how much money had been set aside for the scheme, but insisted no eligible family members will be turned down.

Speaking at the Cenotaph in central London, he said: “The scheme’s been costed, it’s funded, and it will be continued beyond this year.

“We think this is an essential part of of commemoration. It’s something that I feel perhaps should have just been a given, and I hope it because this shouldn’t be a discussion point.

“This should have been something that we have been doing for a long time. When people give everything for their country, we should give them ensure that their families are able to feel as though they’re part of that connective tissue.”

He continued: “Coming here is a significant event, but coming here can come at great personal expense.

“It’s an emotionally difficult period for those people that have lost someone, but it’s a very significant thing to be at the heart of our national commemorations, and as we’ve heard from those members of bereaved families today, being here in any number helps them to ensure that connection remains.

“This is a small but very significant lifting of the barriers of cost of living and the challenges that people have either with distance or with cost to ensure that they’re part of these commemorations.”

The scheme will build on the Government’s existing free travel offer for serving personnel and veterans.

Mr Bailey said he had asked the Department for Transport to make sure there are no “unnecessary impediments” over the Remembrance Day weekend caused by train delays or cancellations.

Mikki Brett, the widow of the late CPO Stuart Brett – who served in the Weapons Engineering branch of the Royal Navy and died in service in April 2023, said: “It’s fantastic news that the in-service bereaved have been recognised for the support given to their loved ones with free train fares to remembrance events this year.”

By GLEN OWEN

Published: 23:17 BST, 12 September 2026 | Updated: 23:47 BST, 12 September 2026

While the Prime Minister attempts to split his time between London and Manchester, he is neglecting the Chequers country estate so beloved by his predecessors.

On Saturday night, the Tories said that under the terms of the statute that grants prime ministers the use of the grace-and-favour home in Buckinghamshire, Andy Burnham risked losing his access to the 16th-century mansion if he effectively mothballed it.

This was denied by No 10, which said Mr Burnham had made use of the property on occasion. A Government source said: ‘He is barely ever there, because he likes to spend weekends at home in Manchester.

‘But he is thinking of holding a New Year’s Eve party there.’

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The 1,000-acre estate has been in public hands since 1917, when its then owners donated it to the British government.

It has been the official country residence of the Prime Minister since 1921, when David Lloyd George moved in.

The Chequers Estate Act says that ‘if any Prime Minister shall decline to avail himself of the rights hereby conferred upon him’ then the house passes instead to the Chancellor, the Foreign Secretary or even the US Ambassador. 

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The Tories have said Andy Burnham risks losing his access to Chequers under the terms of the statute that grants prime ministers the use of the mansion

A Government source said the Prime Minister is ‘barely’ at Chequers as he likes to spend weekends in Manchester

According to the Act ‘the inducement to spend two days a week in the high and pure air of the Chiltern hills and woods will, it is hoped, benefit the nation as well as its chosen leaders… The main features of this scheme are therefore designed not merely to make Chequers available as the official country residence of the Prime Minister of the day, but to tempt him to visit it regularly.’

Mike Wood MP, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, said: ‘It seems our city-obsessed Prime Minister is determined to snub our nation’s counties.

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‘For the city-bred man especially, contact with rural life was intended to restore a sense of proportion between town and country.’

Arsenal star Bruno Guimaraes says teammate David Raya is ‘definitely’ the best goalkeeper in the world after his stunning performance in the win over Sunderland.

The Gunners left the Stadium of Light with a hard-fought 2-0 victory that extends their 100 per cent start to the new Premier League season having won four games from four.

That record looked to be in doubt when Sunderland were awarded a penalty early in the second half with Ezri Konsa hauling down Daniel Ballard.

Enzo Le Fee stepped up and struck low and hard for the corner of the net but Raya sprung across his line magnificently to push his effort onto the post and out.

Two minutes after Raya’s heroics, Guimaraes curled home a wonderful strike from range to put the visitors in front.

Raya made more brave saves as Sunderland pushed for an equaliser before Bukayo Saka wrapped up the victory with a second in injury time from the penalty spot.

Guimaraes and Raya spoke to TNT Sports after the game with the former asked if his teammate is the best goalkeeper in the world.

The former Newcastle United captain replied promptly: Yes, definitely.

‘He made some very good saves that kept us in the game. Unbelievable moment to save that penalty and I think after that we had confidence to play forward and we scored a goal. But yeah, everything because of this guy he is unbelievable.’

Raya has kept clean sheets in four of Arsenal’s five matches this season – five including the Community Shield victory over Manchester City in August.

His heroics tonight sparked Arsenal into life just as Sunderland were clicking into gear.

‘It’s a big moment, especially away from home,’ Raya said.

‘For the players and the team to have that faith and keep going and win the game, two minutes after we score.

‘Even if we conceded a goal, we had the faith to get back in the game. It’s important to keep the clean sheet because it helps us win games.’

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As the leader of Reform UK, I am delighted and humbled by the extraordinary £36 million donation Christopher Harborne has made to our party. He joins Ben Delo, who has also donated £36 million, in making the largest financial contribution ever seen in British politics. Yet this remarkable, not to say extremely generous, donation is only part of a much bigger story.

Since Reform UK was established in 2021, Conservative and Labour have between them been able to raise considerably more money than we have. They have also received millions of so-called Short Money – public funds given to aid opposition parties in Parliament.

The donations of Mr Harborne and Mr Delo help to level a playing field that has always been tilted against any genuine challenge to the two-party duopoly.

Many voters will ask why their money arrived in one tranche rather than in stages. The answer to that question is simple and, frankly, alarming. The fact is that both men were deeply fearful that this Labour government would do whatever it could to subvert the democratic process.

We have already endured the government’s attempted cancellation of elections in May this year that would have deprived five million people of the chance to vote. It was only Reform UK’s legal action that prevented this outrage from coming to pass.

We are also witnessing the extension of the vote to 16 and 17-year-olds via legislative measures currently making their way through Parliament. This cynical moving of the goalposts plays directly to Labour’s advantage.

On top of that, it was seriously suggested until recently by this Labour government that donations from private individuals to political parties would be capped – although trade unions would be able to carry on bankrolling the Labour Party with impunity. This is the sort of law people would expect to find in a dictatorship.

It was with these concerns in mind that Christopher Harborne, Ben Delo and I concluded the process which they would follow. Both had been prepared to give Reform UK £1 million a month until August 2029, the latest date that the next general election must be held. In the end, they decided that they trusted us sufficiently to hand over the entire sum at once.

The money will be used for one purpose only: to make certain we are ready to form a government at the next election. With that in mind, I and my shadow cabinet will shortly embark on a countrywide tour to listen to the concerns of the public and find out what they believe is required to fix Broken Britain. I carried out a similar exercise this spring ahead of the local elections, which Reform UK won.

In accepting these funds, it is essential to emphasise the fundamental difference between the party that I lead and the administrations of Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham – and, for that matter, the Conservative governments that came before them.

Their entire purpose appears to have been the acquisition and retention of power for its own sake. I am only interested in turning around this country’s fortunes for the public good.

I have said repeatedly that I have no interest in rank, title or position. I only returned to front-line politics two years ago as I believed it was still possible to effect change. And change is what this country desperately needs.

Britain is in a state of economic and social decline. In almost every respect we are sinking beneath the waves. It’s sad to say, but the world looks at us with a mixture of incredulity and pity.

The country is going bankrupt, not just financially but in a deeper sense. It is more than apparent that this great nation has lost its confidence, its cohesion and its sense of purpose.

Look at the evidence. Illegal migration continues unchecked while families struggle to get a GP appointment. Energy prices remain cripplingly high as Net Zero dogma is forced on voters by people who never have to choose between heating and eating. Knife crime stalks our towns and cities, yet the response from the political class is more lectures about ‘root causes’, not proper policing and deterrence. Our armed forces have been hollowed out to the point where we can barely field a proper fighting force. And our farmers are treated as the enemy by a government that claims to care about food security.

This is not accidental mismanagement. It is the direct result of years of elite indifference to the concerns of the British people.

The donations received by Reform UK will fund the best research department British politics has ever seen. They will ensure our policies are properly costed and workable. And they will allow us to hire the best minds in every area in which expertise is required.

Professional organisers will be put into our target seats so that the impressive advances that have already been made can be converted into a working majority at the next general election.

Reform UK has grown to become the largest party in Britain, with more than 270,000 members who have done exceptional work to make us a presence in UK politics. Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo can be regarded as the cavalry who have come to join in the fight and help inject a sense of balance as we take on the Conservatives and Labour.

British politics deserves something fresh – a party with a real sense of mission. That is what Reform UK intends to provide. At our conference in Birmingham this month, I set out my plan for a Reform UK government. Ministers will be given 100 days to prove their worth. Each will make a specific pledge. If they fail to implement it, they will have to resign. No ifs, no buts.

I made this commitment because I knew that if I didn’t, voters would lose faith in politics and politicians forever. The Tories had 14 years to improve the country. They made it worse. Andy Burnham has asked the electorate to give him ten years to make his mark. This is as preposterous as it is insulting. Time is one luxury we cannot afford.

The old parties have had their chance. They have squandered it. Now the British people have a genuine alternative: a properly funded, professionally organised and determined party that will put this country’s interests first once more.

We will not be distracted by the usual howls of outrage from the Establishment. They always cry foul when their comfortable duopoly is threatened.

It must also be said that neither Christopher Harborne, nor Ben Delo, nor any other donor to Reform UK will receive a knighthood or a peerage in return for their donations. The cash-for-peerages scandals that have disgraced successive governments must be consigned to the dustbin of history. This money is an investment in democratic renewal, pure and simple.

The next election represents the last chance to save Britain. Vote Reform UK to get your country back.

Arteta: Unbelievable. Again. He’s a player that decides football matches when we need. Big credit to Sunderland as well, the way they play, the way they are coached. What they do because they are a really good time. I don’t want to take any credit out of them because they really deserve a lot of credit for how hard they make it for you. Not only that, in periods they play, have courage, and have a great understanding of what they have to do throughout the game. It’s been extremely tough, really happy that we’ve done it.

Benn’s new multi-fight deal with Zuffa begins with the first world title challenge of his 10-year career, having been installed as the WBC mandatory challenger at welterweight last year. It is his first return to the division since April 2022 and he had to complete a gruelling cut to make weight, revealing he had been “dragged to the pits of hell” in a bid to get down to 147lbs. But he did it successfully, before quickly piling it back on with no rehydration clause in place.

She is already known as the crane driver’s daughter who became Queen Elizabeth’s confidante and dresser. Now Angela Kelly’s remarkable rise to power seems set for a global audience.

The Mail on Sunday understands Ms Kelly, 68, has agreed to cooperate with a film about her life story which saw her wield almost unparalleled influence in the Royal Household.

Known as ‘gatekeeper’ to the late Queen, what the feisty Liverpudlian chooses to reveal on camera could prove a matter of serious concern to the King and senior courtiers.

The ‘scripted documentary’ will, it is believed, combine interviews, archive footage and potentially some dramatic reconstruction. Producers are said to be working with Bafta-winning screenwriter Jeremy Brock MBE, who wrote Mrs Brown, the Queen Victoria film starring Judi Dench and Billy Connolly.

‘The royals will be worried, and they are right to be worried,’ said an insider.

From her views on Brexit to King Charles himself, the late Queen’s private thoughts remain a matter of keen speculation.

So close were the two women – the Queen said they could have been ‘sisters’ – Ms Kelly was trusted to ‘wear in’ her employer’s new shoes, arrange her hair and even massage her feet. She was among a select group at Balmoral when the monarch died four years ago.

Ms Kelly has signed a confidentiality agreement which makes it hard to cash in on her three decades with the Royal Household; it is even said to include a ban on using the words ‘King’ and ‘Palace’ for commercial purposes.

But in telling her story, Ms Kelly might be protected by a letter from one of the Queen’s private secretaries granting express permission to publish three books, only two of which have so far appeared.

‘She knows everything you ever wanted to know, including the Queen’s real views on Meghan,’ said a royal observer. ‘I don’t think the Palace has a leg to stand on if she wants to tell her story. If Harry and Meghan can break all the rules, why can’t she?

Ms Kelly (far right) is pictured at London Fashion Week in 2018 with the late Queen Elizabeth II and Anna Wintour

‘Angela has often spoken about wanting to spend time in the US, and she could do just that. There’s nothing they could do to her there.’

Ms Kelly, who has acquired an agent, would be in high demand on the American chatshow circuit.

But Ms Kelly was not admired by all her fellow courtiers. Willing to ruffle feathers and possessed of a fearsome temper, some Palace staff nicknamed her AK47, a play on her initials and the Soviet-era assault rifle. 

She is known to feel bruised by the speed at which she was asked to leave the Household and vacate her cottage on the Windsor estate, although friends insist she does not blame the senior royals.

The locks to the Queen’s private apartments at Windsor were changed within days of her death and Ms Kelly’s Palace-issue mobile phone was cut off.

In one Instagram post, Ms Kelly wrote: ‘I am too old to worry about who likes me and who dislikes me! …. If you love me – I love you! If you hate me – I don’t care!’

There will be some who fear a settling of scores. She is said to have crossed swords with both Camilla – when she was Duchess of Cornwall – and, famously, Prince Harry.

In his memoir Spare, Harry accused the dresser of obstructing Meghan’s attempts to practise wearing her tiara with a hairdresser before their 2018 wedding. The Mail on Sunday has been told the new film is controlled by 53 Degrees Global, a major London production company, in collaboration with Walt Disney.

It is believed the ‘scripted documentary’ will combine interviews, archive footage and potentially some dramatic reconstruction. (Pictured: Ms Kelly leaves a Christmas lunch hosted by the late Queen in 2018) 

The company promotes itself as ‘trusted by royalty’ and makes documentaries under the True Royalty Originals brand. It is closely associated with the True Royalty TV streaming service, described as Netflix for royal fans.

It is a particular sign of the late Queen’s warm regard for Ms Kelly that she was given unprecedented ‘permission and blessing’ to publish two books while still a member of the Royal Household: Dressing The Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe in 2012 and The Other Side of The Coin – The Queen, The Dresser and The Wardrobe in 2019.

Although packed with colourful vignettes – including an episode in which the Queen and Ms Kelly went star-gazing – the books remained comparatively discreet. Although King Charles was said to dismayed by a photo in the second book which showed his mother, shoeless, her feet up on a divan.

Ms Kelly, who lives near Sheffield in a home bought for her by the King, certainly has a remarkable story to tell. Born to a dockyard crane operator, she worked as a lorry driver for the Women’s Royal Army Corps before landing a post as housekeeper to Sir Christopher Mallaby, British ambassador to Germany.

When the Queen and Prince Philip came to stay during an official visit to Berlin in 1992 they met Ms Kelly, and soon afterwards she was offered a job as a dresser at the Palace. She eventually became personal assistant, adviser and curator to Her Majesty, and in 2023 was created a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

During the monarch’s last months, she moved into a room on the same floor of the Queen’s private apartments in Windsor Castle – later telling friends she was effectively the Queen’s carer – and was one of only a handful of people in an adjoining chamber to the bedroom where she died at Balmoral.

A source at Disney last night said the Angela Kelly project would be lapped up by a US audience.

‘The market is flooded with royal stories but this one is unique,’ he said. ‘This is a person with access to the Queen, a woman who never voiced her opinions publicly.’

Buckingham Palace, Ms Kelly and 53 Degrees Global were all approached for comment.