Anxiety, Edward VIII and Brontë

The New Zealand Herald publishes an article about Emily Barclay, and confirms once again that Brontë, the biopic about the Brontë family that will be directed and written by Angela Workman

(...) is set to begin filming in Ireland next March.

as we posted before. Emily Barclay will play the role of Anne Brontë.

BellaOnline lists Charlotte Brontë as one of the celebrities who have suffered from anxiety. Paraphrasing Grease, because recently we have been called a bunch of Brontë's pink-ladies, there are worse lists you can be on.

Finally, The Daily Mail publishes an article about the recently published diaries of Sir Alan 'Tommy' Lascelles: King's Counsellor Abdication and War: the Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles

He was one of the Royal Family's most influential aides and at the centre of some of the 20th century's most dramatic events. Now, the diaries of Sir Alan 'Tommy' Lascelles - Private Secretary to King George VI and (for the first year of her reign) the present Queen - have been published in a fascinating book.

In this, the first of two extracts, Lascelles reveals his blisteringly unflattering verdict on his first royal employer, Edward VIII, who threw away his throne for the love of Wallis Simpson in 1936.

It seems that Edward VIII is not qualified to enter in our Brontëites section:

I asked also that, in the paragraph about his education, some reference should be made to his astounding ignorance of English literature.
I recollect him coming back from one weekend and saying to me: 'Look at this extraordinary little book which Lady Desborough says I ought to read. Have you ever heard of it?' The extraordinary little book was Jane Eyre.

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