What Prince Harry and Prince William could learn from Liam and Noel Gallagher as the Oasis frontmen gear up for their reunion tour
The Oasis frontmen are responsible for some of the most well known Britpop anthems of all time and tonight the Wonderwall singers kick off their hotly anticipated reunion tour which initially sold out mere hours after tickets went on sale last year.
However, despite their status as musical legends, it is understood that the Gallagher brothers have neither performed for nor met any of the royals.
This does not mean that the brothers have not been outspoken about the monarchy, with Liam and Noel having shown both admiration and animosity towards the family on numerous occasions.
And following the rift which emerged between Prince Harry and Prince William after 'Megxit', many - including Noel - have noted the striking similarities between the Princes' fallout and the on-again, off-again feud between Liam and Noel.
But the chances of Harry and William putting their differences aside like Liam and Noel seems very far away - with the rift between the Gallaghers having taken over a decade to heal.
Indeed, at one point the differences between the two siblings looked irreconcilable with Liam and Noel frequently bickering on social media, hurling tit-for-tat insults at each other.
But time appears to have healed their wounds and both singers are now not only able to be in the same room but will even perform together on a global world tour.
At this time, Harry and William seem far away from burying the hatchet. William has reportedly abandoned all hope of repairing his relationship with his brother and the Duke of Sussex admitted in a recent interview with the BBC that King Charles III 'won't speak to him'.
At the beginning of the 'Megxit' drama Noel was one of the most vocal critics of Prince Harry after he decided to leave behind his role as a working member of the Royal Family.
The singer instead voiced his support for fellow eldest brother William in the ongoing spat.
Speaking to The Sun in 2021, Noel did not mince his words when discussing Prince Harry describing the Duke of Sussex as a 'typical f***ing woke snowflake' and a 'f***ing a**hole'.
While he added that he felt Prince William's 'pain' having to deal with a 'f***ing younger brother shooting his f***ing mouth off with s*** that is just so unnecessary.'
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Liam has previously shown his support for Prince Harry.
In 2012, following leaked pictures of Harry in Las Vegas showing the then-27-year-old Prince playing strip billiards, Liam said he wanted to party with the Prince.
Speaking at the GQ Men of the Year Awards he said: 'I'd like to party with Prince Harry. He's cool.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle sit down for an interivew with Oprah Winfrey. Following the bombshell interview in March 2021, Liam shared his opinion about the television spectacle online
'If I was a ginger prince and third in line to the throne, I'd get p***ed and naked every night. Just for the hell of it. I've never got so bladdered I've got naked though. I can handle my booze.'
Liam was also vocal during the aftermath of 'Megxit' but chose to use kinder words than his brother.
Following Harry and Meghan's bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021, Liam shared his opinion about the television spectacle on X - formerly Twitter - writing that: 'Family's airing their dirty washing in public is so embarrassing I mean c'mon you know.'
In fact, Liam has taken to the social media platform on more than one occasion to discuss the Royal Family.
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, Liam shared a post saying he was 'gutted' by the news. The singer then took a six day 'detox' from X to 'pay his respects'.
This was not the first time Liam voiced his support of the late Queen.
Earlier that same year in an interview with music magazine NME he fondly described Elizabeth as like a 'little Jedi' - in reference to the heroes from Star Wars.
Liam said: 'Not that I'm anti-Royals – I like the Queen. I think she's like a little Jedi. She's alright, man.'
Noel, on the other hand, has been much more vocal in his criticism of the Royal Family.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror, ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, Noel shared his belief that support for the Royal Family was 'dwindling'.
He added: 'The monarchy as a thing is a bit farcical and if anybody thinks we are one's subjects then they are very much mistaken.'
Giving his opinion about the extra bank holidays for the Jubilee celebration, Noel said that the music business should 'not stop for the monarchy'.
He added: 'Some of the people who work for me, I was like, "See you tomorrow." They went, "Oh, we're off tomorrow. We've got the day off for the jubilee.". I was like, "f***ing royalists in the music business? I'm not having the day off, you're not having the day off." Anyway they all had the day off.
Noel did insist that he doesn't 'hate' the Royal Family and is not an 'anti-royal' as he realised that the Queen, the then-Prince Charles and his sons Prince Harry and Prince William were 'born into it'.
Despite his comments, Noel did admit it would be a 'big deal' when the Queen eventually dies as he's known no other monarch than her in his lifetime.
Indeed, when the Queen did die less than three months after Noel gave his comment, Britain was plunged into 10 days of national mourning which saw more than 250,000 mourners file past the Queen's coffin in Westminster Hall. An estimated 4 billion people watched the funeral worldwide.
The Oasis tour kicks off in Cardiff next week before the brothers travel to their home town of Manchester followed by gigs in London, Edinburgh and Dublin.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Daily Mail
15 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Stop crying your heart out! Anguished Oasis fans are wheeled out of Noel and Liam's reunion gig on stretchers after splashing out on pricey tickets
Heartbroken Oasis fans have been filmed being wheeled out of Noel and Liam's reunion gig on stretchers after splurging on pricey tickets. More than 75,000 fans gathered at Cardiff's Principality Stadium for the first night of the long-awaited Oasis reunion tour. But as history was being made with Noel, 58, and Liam, 52, appearing on stage for the first time together in 16 years, several fans were seen being taken away by medics on the ground. In one chaotic clip, a fan was seen holding his head as he sat on a stretcher while three emergency workers donning reflective gear surrounded him. A venue employee ran on ahead holding up a flashing light so the injured man could be led to safety in the packed stadium. Another piece of footage captured a man laying strapped flat on a stretcher as he was wheeled out behind the metal railing separating the standing and seated area. And in a third video, a woman was seen being pulled out of the grounds by three medics as she appeared to argue with a venue worker. The stadium worker appeared to insist she left the arena with the medical team but she could be seen clasping her hands together as she seemed to beg to stay. It's no surprise when some tickets soared to £355 plus fees on Ticketmaster. Tickets were meant to start at £74.25 for seated tickets at their Wembley shows, with the most expensive ticket being a £506.25 pre-show party. However, screenshots from the Ticketmaster website offering In Demand standing tickets being listed for hundreds of pounds each. As the masses gathered on Friday, Liam kicked off the show with Hello, which serves as the opening track for their 1995 classic 'What's The Story (Morning Glory). They then went into Acquiesce - a song from their first 1995 album, which was followed by the iconic Morning Glory - the titular song of the second studio album. Liam shouted out: 'Yes beautiful people! It's been too long.' Liam then ordered the crowd to 'turn around and bounce' ahead of Cigarettes and Alcohol. After performing Some Might Say, Bring It On Down and Fade Away, Liam went off for a rest, while Noel performed his acoustic version of Talk Tonight. Then Noel appeared emotional as he performed Half The World Away and even stopped singing for a few bars at one point. Liam later said: 'Are you having a good time?' before addressing the ticket chaos: 'Was it worth the £40,000 you paid for the ticket.' Richard Ashcroft appeared on stage shortly before Oasis, saying: 'So glad to be here with the greatest rock 'n' roll band. When I heard Oasis were reforming I thought I was in it!' Richard's former band The Verve toured with Oasis back in the early days, and Noel was spotted in the crowd ahead of his own performance to catch some of Richard's set. After 15 years, Liam and Noel finally reunite for 41 shows across Europe and the 900,000 fans who have eagerly snapped up tickets will not be disappointed with the set list which is crammed with the nineties band's classics. The streets of Cardiff were 'electric' ahead Oasis's opening night with Wonderwall blasting from work vans while superfans are queuing up to purchase bucket hats and T-shirts. The much-anticipated night came to a close at around 10:20pm, with Oasis picking Champagne Supernova as their final song of the night. The next show is set to take place at Cardiff Principality Stadium tomorrow.
Times
16 minutes ago
- Times
The plant that will brighten any garden — and is edible too
Nasturtiums are one of those plants that we take for granted. We depend on them to brighten up a so-so corner, and they do. We want them to be forever cheerful and they are. They are the go-to choice for companion planting, such is their appeal to pests. Kids love them too. They do all these jobs without complaint, an everyman (and woman) plant, but one that is very rarely the star of the show. We can change that, though. They are certainly one of the stars of the exhibition Cecil Beaton's Garden Party at the Garden Museum in London. This is a celebration of Beaton's lifelong love of flowers and, right smack in the middle of it, is a painting by him of his garden in 1960. It is entitled Cutting Garden Flowers and is dominated by nasturtiums and morning glories. Neither are traditional cut flowers, but Beaton and his collaborator Constance Spry loved them for their colours and used them often in their spectacular arrangements. • Read more wildlife & nature stories The painting, purchased by the museum a few years ago, was one of the inspirations for the show itself, as well as its Cook with the Seasons programme which, this summer, features nasturtiums. Ceri Jones is a chef and the creator of the course. While I have often used nasturtium flowers in salads, her sample menu is far more impressive. There are nasturtiums with glazed beetroot and whipped ricotta and a salad with tomato and olive. There is also a nasturtium leaf pesto pasta salad. Finally, there is pressed flower shortbread. Nasturtiums don't seem quite so humdrum now, do they? 'You can eat all parts of the plant — leaves, flowers, pods,' Jones says. She compares the peppery taste to watercress. 'There is no bitterness. The flowers are almost sweet.' You can use the flowers and leaves, picked, in salads and as garnish. The small round seedpods can be transformed (when young and semi-ripe) into what is called a poor man's caper. You'd think that with all that going for it (as well as being high in vitamin C), nasturtiums would be grown as a crop, like rocket or cress. The reason they aren't, Jones thinks, is that they attract so many pests. Of course, veg gardeners love them for this very trait. Nasties, as I sometimes call them, though the name doesn't fit at all, attract all kinds of aphids (including blackfly, greenfly and whitefly), flea beetles and cabbage white butterflies. They can be planted as a 'trap crop' to lure them from others. As a bonus, 'good' insects such as ladybugs and hoverflies love them. • The natural plant dye found in Tutankhamun's tomb Jones also loves them because she can grow them on her small (3m x 1m) fifth-floor balcony, which is northeast facing. Forage on the balcony? Yes, please. In addition to being tasty, they also brighten up one of her balcony corners with their orange and red flowers and rounded leaves. Another plus is that these plants aren't too fussed about what soil they grow in and are well suited to containers. Nasturtiums, native to South America, are usually annuals and known for being enthusiastic self-seeders. The most popular types are climbers (Tropaeolum majus) and bush or dwarf (T. minus). Colours include creams, oranges, reds, variegated and burgundies. The RHS notes that there are also some fancier ones, including a few perennials, as well as unusual colours such as sky blue (T. azureum). But back to the kitchen, where Jones is whipping up some nasturtium pesto. 'They turn every dish into a work of art,' she says. Stardom, at last. Ingredients • 50g pine nuts• 1 large handful of nasturtium leaves, approx 50g• 1 plump garlic clove, finely chopped• 120-150ml extra virgin olive oil• Zest and juice of 1 lemon• Sea salt Method 1. Toast the nuts in a dry hot frying pan until lightly browned all over. Transfer to a food processor with the garlic and blitz briefly until roughly broken down. Add the washed nasturtium leaves and blitz again briefly, then with the motor still running pour in 120ml olive oil and blend till the leaves have all broken down. 2. Add the lemon zest, juice and a big pinch of salt and blitz again to combine. Taste and adjust seasoning, adding a touch more oil if necessary Serving suggestion On bread with a generous layer of ricotta, topped with a slice or two of tomato and the pesto drizzled over. Garnish with a washed nasturtium flower.
Times
16 minutes ago
- Times
The female chef exposing restaurants' sex and drug culture
'H i, Slutty,' I say to the young female chef who is holding out a hand to greet me. It feels rude calling this stranger 'Slutty', but Slutty Cheff is the alias under which she has built a cult following on Instagram of 43,000. Her anonymous account, where she never reveals her name or her face (it is usually obscured by a burger emoji or a burger-shaped balaclava), has become a hot favourite among Gen Zers. She won't tell me which restaurants she has worked in, but says they are the sorts of places where the critics Giles Coren and Grace Dent would eat. Her online persona is a version of her that is 'obnoxious, narcissistic, self-obsessed and at times sarky and mean. Right now, no way am I mentally stable enough to put my face [out there].'
