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The Daily Mail is a Muggle tabloid newspaper that is published daily.[2]
History[]
Vernon Dursley was among this newspaper's readers.[1] When Harry Potter entered the kitchen at 4 Privet Drive on the morning of 23 August 1994, Vernon Dursley did not acknowledge him, as he was absorbed in his copy of the Daily Mail.[1]
A few days after the Millennium Bridge attack in the summer of 1996, patrons at Treats were seen reading various newspapers, including the Daily Mail.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
- The Daily Mail is a real-world tabloid newspaper founded in 1896.[2] It is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper.
- J. K. Rowling has said she particularly dislikes this British tabloid, which once made references to a stalker she insisted did not exist, and conducted interviews with her estranged ex-husband. As one journalist noted, "Harry's Uncle Vernon is a grotesque philistine of violent tendencies and remarkably little brain. It is not difficult to guess which newspaper Rowling gives him to read."[4]
- On 11 June 2020, J. K. Rowling's article defending her Twitter posts which had publicly been condemned as transphobic was published in the Daily Mail.[5]
- During a scene based on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 1 (The Boy Who Lived) in the Harry Potter television series, the edition of the Daily Mail used as a prop is a real issue featuring Diana, Princess of Wales, both the prop and the real-world edition featuring the same image and carrying the headline "THE SMILE THAT SAYS IT ALL." However, there are some differences between them. In reality, the edition was published on 6 November 1981, whereas in the Potter franchise, the scene took place on 1 November. The subheadline on the prop reads, "The radiant smile of the Princess of Wales reflected the joy of the [intranscribable] yesterday", unlike the real-world edition, which states, "DELIGHT swept Britain yesterday at the news that the Prince and Princess of Wales are expecting a baby in June".
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter television series
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 3 (The Invitation)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Daily Mail on Wikipedia
- ↑ Mentioned on the Half-Blood Prince script released on the Warner Bros. Awards website
- ↑ Lockerbie, Catherine. "All aboard the Hogwarts Express," The Scotsman, 11 July 2000 on Accio Quote!
- ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8409665/JK-ROWLINGS-deeply-personal-compelling-essay-defending-womens-rights.html