Not that Ann Leslie disapproved of this state of affairs herself – “personally, I am happy it should remain that way” – and this was just as well, as it would be another 21 years before the appointment of Fleet Street’s first woman editor. By the 1990s, when she was at her most successful, she maintained that view, believing that the virtual impossibility of combining a career in a national daily with bringing up children meant that men would always dominate.

In the 1970s Ann Leslie joined the other (all-male) panellists on the Radio 4 Saturday-evening programme of witty conversation, Stop the Week, affably chaired by Robert Robinson. This was one of a triptych of discussion shows, the others being Monday’s Start the Week (known inside Broadcasting House as “Pluggers” on account of its predeliction for featuring authors with new books to promote) and Wednesday’s Midweek (“Nutters”). Stop the Week, with its distinctly more donnish air, earned the disobliging tag of “Wankers”.

Myleene Klass shares a blended family tribute to herfiancé as she thanks him for 'being the embarrassing dad who cheers the loudest for my children' In 1971 Ann Leslie conducted the first of several interviews with the Prince of Wales, this for Punch magazine on the occasion of his joining the RAF. Three years later, the Mail commissioned her to write a major series on his life, but she fell out with Palace officials over the use of comments from the Prince’s childhood nanny, Mabel Anderson. In 1998, a year after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Charles gave Ann Leslie a further private interview, complaining about his portrayal in the wake of the Paris car crash as “cold and unfeeling”. Demi Lovato braves VERY heavy snowfall as she headlines the Top Of The Mountain Opening Concert in Austria

Dame Ann Leslie is one of the greatest journalists of her generation. This is a masterpiece - always self-deprecating, always exciting, always witty -- A.N. Wilson Seal any gaps or openings in walls, foundations, or other structures to prevent snakes from entering.Paris Hilton's special meaning behindnewborn daughter's name London after surprising fans with baby arrival announcement Ann Leslie is quite simply one of the most fearless, talented and witty journalists in Britain today.' -- Gavin Esler, Newsnight presenter and thriller writer Strictly fans AGREE with Shirley Balls as she 'rips Layton Williams to shreds' by insisting actor finds American Smooth 'difficult' Dame Ann Leslie, who has died aged 82, became one of the best-known journalists in Britain as a foreign correspondent and star feature writer on the Daily Mail.

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