NEWS: BERNARD INGHAM; Royal hoax reveals double standards of the media

My 21 years as a press secretary reminds me of Britain’s relationship with the Commonwealth, which is about to hold another biennial bash in New Zealand. After attending six of them, I concluded that the Brits’ role in life, as the ex-colonial power, was to be abused at every turn by the 49 other members who would then hold out their hands for more of our hard-earned brass. Press officers, learning how to survive in the media jungle, know the feeling.