There were now just four girls left at Eggleston Hall and this week they were to face their biggest challenge yet when for the first time in its history Eggleston hall would play host to royalty.

I was in the audience for the afternoon London audition at Excel and I thought you might like to know about the new format.

The BBC is under political pressure as the scale of its largesse became clear when it published salaries of its highest paid suits.

The five remaining ladettes at Eggleston Hall learn that this week they must cook haute cuisine for 20 society guests.

Avid Big Brother fans have been complaining about the removal of the 24/7 live feed for this series, claiming that we are not seeing enough of the housemates to make judgements on them.

The appointment of the soon-to-be Lord Sugar as an "enterprise tsar" in the Labour government's final months will mean that the BBC will have to fire him from his role in The Apprentice.

The remaining six girls this week had to face their toughest challenge yet - they were to prepare and serve afternoon tea to a group of aristocratic potential mothers-in-law.

Just as we were wondering if they might be a couple British tabloids announced the breakup of Prince Harry and television presenter Caroline Flack.

In April 2009, Prince Charles publicly intervened in the plans to redevelop the Chelsea Barracks site in Chelsea.

The Sun published today the new X Factor pecking order for the stars of the show, ignoring of course any of the singers who make short appearances each year.