Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
The pictures that capture the real Prince Philip
telegraph.co.ukWhen the Queen described the Duke of Edinburgh as her ‘strength and stay’ as they celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary in 1997 at Banqueting House in London, it neatly captured one of the country’s strongest, most enduring unions.
Through seven remarkable decades, from their secret engagement in 1946 to the final pandemic years in Windsor forming their own HMS Bubble, the Duke of Edinburgh, 99, was Her Majesty’s constant support and companion.But what about the side that the public didn’t see?
Off-duty the Duke was a passionate sportsman who loved sailing, cricket, polo and, in later years, carriage driving. His ease with himself and others was obvious, whether he was meeting the biggest pop stars of the day or the world’s.
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