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Ursula von der Leyen threw her deputy leader under the bus over the EU vaccine shambles on Monday, as Jean-Claude Juncker condemned her export ban bid. The European Commission president pinned the fiasco – that saw Brussels threaten to implement a hard border on the island of Ireland – on Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commissioner for Trade. … Read more
Her rise to the presidency of the EU Commission was confirmation of the old maxim that you only ascend the heights of Brussels politics after first proving your incompetence at home – and the six years Ursula von der Leyen served as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s defence minister were widely considered a disaster. But yesterday even … Read more
Becoming Elizabeth’s Alicia Von Rittberg transforms into a ruthless Princess dreaming of the throne as filming resumes in Somerset By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 11:44 GMT, 12 January 2021 | Updated: 12:22 GMT, 12 January 2021 Becoming Elizabeth resumed filming on Monday, with the cast transforming into typical lords and ladies of the 16th … Read more
For thousands of years, humans had to hunt for food. Then when they didn’t – they carried on hunting anyway, apparently for the thrill of it. For those interested in delving further into the world of the hunter – and the hunted – there’s the unique and slightly macabre August von Spiess Museum of Hunting … Read more
Alexander von Schoenburg, Editor at Large at Bild newspaper in Germany Britons may understandably be feeling more than a little frustrated with their leaders right now during this new and more vicious phase of the pandemic. Covid infections are soaring in the UK, there are more patients hospitalised than at the peak of the first … Read more
Designer Diane von Furstenberg ‘owns her age’ in swimsuit selfie… three days after turning 74 By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 18:40 GMT, 4 January 2021 | Updated: 18:40 GMT, 4 January 2021 Fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg shared a swimsuit selfie during a seaside vacation on Saturday – three days after celebrating her 74th … Read more
Ursula von der Leyen has been accused of hypocrisy for using private jets on nearly half her worldwide missions. The European Commission chief has touted a new ‘green deal’, insisting member states must go carbon-neutral by 2050. But a Daily Mail analysis reveals she ordered ‘air taxis’ for seven of her 16 official trips since … Read more
‘To make an end is to make a beginning’: How Ursula von der Leyen quoted Shakespeare and T.S. Eliot to strike a sombre tone at EU press conference announcing Brexit deal European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen sounded despondent She quoted William Shakespeare, The Beatles and poet TS Eliot in her speech Her sombre … Read more
During this pandemic I don’t know what you’ve been doing — but Diane von Furstenberg has executed a fundamental overhaul of her life at the age of 73. She has written a book, is launching an interiors collaboration with Swedish fashion company H&M and, oh yes, she has dragged her fashion company DVF back from … Read more
Hotline to a Brexit deal: Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen hold regular secret phone calls as they try to nail down a compromise on fishing Boris Johnson has established a ‘hotline’ to Ursula von der Leyen in recent days Pair are understood to have held regular secret phone calls in the last 48 … Read more