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Loose Women’s Janet Street-Porter has revealed she feels ‘super anxious’ about her skin after suffering with shingles which she first though was just mosquito bites

Working hard producing and presenting TV shows, Janet Street-Porter was used to running on empty.

A non-stop schedule meant rest was not an option and she certainly didn’t have time to be sick. So in her late 40s, at a busy point in her career, she put a painful rash that started to develop around her waist down to mosquitos. “I’ve got really sensitive skin and if anything bites me I’ll come out in a big, hard lump,” explains the 76 year old. “When the rash started I thought something had bitten me.”

But to her surprise, Janet was diagnosed with shingles, a viral infection that causes a painful rash. She was told to rest and was given a liquid to paint on the rash. “I couldn’t believe it was shingles at first,” she says. “I couldn’t even bear my knickers and clothes touching the area. I didn’t know what to do. I became very emotional because you can’t stop the pain.

“It’s tingling nerve pain and it does your head in. Then you get this scab and it takes weeks to go. The liquid they gave me stung and felt like acid – though this was 30 years ago. My doctor told me to do as little as possible, but I couldn’t stop work as I was contracted to present shows.”

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“Having shingles threw me because with other problems I’ve had, you can see a path to recovery. But you get shingles and you’re told to do nothing.” Unusually, Janet, who remembers having chickenpox as a child, went on to develop shingles again in 2012. “It was mild compared to the first time and it cleared up relatively quickly.”

There was also a false alarm between cases. Janet, by now “super anxious” about her skin, suspected she had shingles again. “But it turned out I had fleas!” laughs the presenter, who had been filming a television report in a London squat. The presenter, who has now had the shingles vaccination, is working with pharmaceutical company GSK to raise awareness of shingles and the expanded NHS Shingles National Immunisation Programme.

“I want to encourage people to find out if they can get vaccinated,” says Janet. “There is a lack of information about shingles, and a reluctance to have yet another jab. People think you can catch it from other people and that’s completely wrong – it’s dormant in your body after you’ve had chickenpox and can reactivate when your immune system is low.”

Janet believes it’s especially important that older women look after their health. “We were talking about this on Loose Women recently – women in their 60s and 70s are working harder than ever, looking after grandchildren and in full or part-time work. We’re using our bodies more, placing them under more stress. Consequently, our health is even more important.

“Both times I got shingles I was working really hard. It’s especially the case with working women, if there’s something slightly wrong with your body, you tend to put it on one side and say, ‘I’m too busy to deal with that’. But if you leave it to progress to the next stage, it’s too late.” Not that she entirely learned her lesson about slowing down.

After surgery in 2020 to remove a basal cell carcinoma, Janet took herself straight back to the studio. “I went on Loose Women ­immediately with the stitches all down my nose to show people – you can’t even see it now.” Still working hard in her mid-70s, Janet is finally prioritising her health and, perhaps surprisingly for someone who has built a career on being opinionated, says silence has become increasingly important to her.

“I was in the Loose Women WhatsApp group for two hours and left because I couldn’t cope with the chat,” she reveals. After she was added to a new group for the Loose Women Live tour this summer, Janet swiftly bailed on that too. “You might find it entertaining but actually, I like silence. I like walking by myself. I read every day. I still lead basically the same sort of life, but I’ve built more silence into it.”

A fan of playing computer Scrabble to stay mentally agile, Janet found herself becoming more addicted than she was comfortable with. “I’ve had to cut it down because it was getting totally obsessive,” she says. “I was playing six times a day.” As for her physical health, the presenter is determined to stay agile with the passing years. “As you get older, you don’t want to become a shuffler,” she says. “I see some of my friends are shuffling – every time they get up from the chair, they make the ‘uh!’ noise.

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“Having shingles threw me because with other problems I’ve had, you can see a path to recovery. But you get shingles and you’re told to do nothing.” Unusually, Janet, who remembers having chickenpox as a child, went on to develop shingles again in 2012. “It was mild compared to the first time and it cleared up relatively quickly.”

There was also a false alarm between cases. Janet, by now “super anxious” about her skin, suspected she had shingles again. “But it turned out I had fleas!” laughs the presenter, who had been filming a television report in a London squat. The presenter, who has now had the shingles vaccination, is working with pharmaceutical company GSK to raise awareness of shingles and the expanded NHS Shingles National Immunisation Programme.

“I want to encourage people to find out if they can get vaccinated,” says Janet. “There is a lack of information about shingles, and a reluctance to have yet another jab. People think you can catch it from other people and that’s completely wrong – it’s dormant in your body after you’ve had chickenpox and can reactivate when your immune system is low.”

Janet believes it’s especially important that older women look after their health. “We were talking about this on Loose Women recently – women in their 60s and 70s are working harder than ever, looking after grandchildren and in full or part-time work. We’re using our bodies more, placing them under more stress. Consequently, our health is even more important.

“Both times I got shingles I was working really hard. It’s especially the case with working women, if there’s something slightly wrong with your body, you tend to put it on one side and say, ‘I’m too busy to deal with that’. But if you leave it to progress to the next stage, it’s too late.” Not that she entirely learned her lesson about slowing down.

After surgery in 2020 to remove a basal cell carcinoma, Janet took herself straight back to the studio. “I went on Loose Women ­immediately with the stitches all down my nose to show people – you can’t even see it now.” Still working hard in her mid-70s, Janet is finally prioritising her health and, perhaps surprisingly for someone who has built a career on being opinionated, says silence has become increasingly important to her.

“I was in the Loose Women WhatsApp group for two hours and left because I couldn’t cope with the chat,” she reveals. After she was added to a new group for the Loose Women Live tour this summer, Janet swiftly bailed on that too. “You might find it entertaining but actually, I like silence. I like walking by myself. I read every day. I still lead basically the same sort of life, but I’ve built more silence into it.”

A fan of playing computer Scrabble to stay mentally agile, Janet found herself becoming more addicted than she was comfortable with. “I’ve had to cut it down because it was getting totally obsessive,” she says. “I was playing six times a day.” As for her physical health, the presenter is determined to stay agile with the passing years. “As you get older, you don’t want to become a shuffler,” she says. “I see some of my friends are shuffling – every time they get up from the chair, they make the ‘uh!’ noise.

Loose Women panelists Kaye Adams, Linda Robson and Nadia Sawalha have slammed Jada and Will Smith over fooling the public for seven years amid secret separation

The Loose Women panelists have slammed Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith for duping the public into believing that they were in a solid marriage for seven years – but had, in fact, secretly separated.

Earlier this week, news emerged that the Hollywood couple had decided to silently call it quits in 2016 but kept up the pretence that their marriage was standing the test of time. And this, it seems, left the panel struggling to comprehend. So much so, presenter Kaye Adams was the first to voice her opinion as she said during Thursday afternoon’s show: “I mean they went to that Oscars thing, ‘don’t you talk about my wife like that’.”

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ITV)But Jane Moore, who split with her husband last year after 20 years together, was quick to jump to Will and Jada’s defence as she tried to put their revelation in context.

She explained that when Jada and Will first got together, they were both known as individuals and had their own fame. But as the years crept on, Jada felt she had lost herself in the marriage and instead of being known in her own right, she became known as “Mrs Will Smith”.

But Kaye, 60, was clearly having none of it. She continued: “Its up to them what they want to do, its none of our business is it? But that kind of act of pretence is the bit that I find kind of odd for seven years, can you see how people…”

And it was at this point that Linda Robson, who has also gone through hardships in her marriage, added to the discussion. She said: “I wouldn’t be able to keep up the pretence, no. If something is not right in the relationship then I find it very hard to disguise it. And things haven’t been right in my relationship for quite a long time, I’ve been very honest about it.”

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The discussion then quickly moved on to whether the panel would be able to disguise an argument that they previously had with their partner, if it had remained unresolved and they were out in public.

Speaking of a memorable moment she shared with her husband Mark, Nadia Sawalha explained: “Mark doesn’t drink and then sometimes I accidentally have two quick cocktails. And one particular night we went to that really nice Heston Blumenthal (restaurant). We were at a terrible table where we were right by the loo or kitchen door or something.

“So the door was slamming but I was looking at Mark and he was looking out at everybody. I was drunk, I was menopausal without any medication and I was just mad. So I berated him.”

Kaye then asked her to elaborate on what she meant by that. And so Nadia continued: “(He was saying) ‘People are listening’.”

Nadia added that she told him:”Nobody’s listening, ‘just because you don’t want me to say this, why is it that it’s never the right time to say anything to you and he’s like… ‘ honestly if you say to him Heston Blumenthal he’ll start shaking at the memory of it.”

Loose Women star Janet Street Porter divided the panel today as she urged ‘outrageous’ Madonna to ‘give it a rest’ amid her huge tour which kicked off in London this weekend

Loose Women star Janet Street Porter divided the panel today as she urged “outrageous” Madonna to “give it a rest”.

Madonna made her return to the UK for her Celebration tour, which kicked off this weekend at London’s O2 Arena. Her show was a hit with fans, as she performed some of her top hits from her 40 year long career. Unsurprisingly, she didn’t disappoint as she left the audience in awe with her endless outfit changes, saucy dance moves and emotional speeches.

Speaking on Loose Women today, Janet and her fellow panellists discussed Madonna’s return to the stage as they drew comparisons between her and Sir Mick Jagger. Admitting she’d rather go and see Cardi B or Nicki Minaj, she slammed Madonna as “outrageous”.

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“I remember the first time he was in Hyde Park in the 60s. He still retains that at the age of 80. It takes a huge amount of work to stay that fit at that age, and diet and a lot of people behind you supporting you. With Madonna, she’s a brilliant entertainer. It’s not my cup of tea, I’ll admit. I’d rather go and see Cardi B and Nicki Minaj, because I just find that outrageous. They’re the right age to do it, flashing around in the bondage gear, and I’m like ‘oh love give it a rest,’” she said.

Fellow panellist Kelle Bryan added: “Someone like Madonna is committed to always evolving and changing with the music industry. I love the fact that she’s still doing what she’s doing, but I think some artists should give up the microphone.

“You remember them in a certain way, and they come back and you listen and go ‘oh that’s not what I quite remember,’ because their voice isn’t there and that’s a shame. I don’t want to feel sorry for them.”

Janet then left Brenda Edwards shocked when she added, “Well Madonna’s never really known for her voice, let’s be honest,” as the live audience gasped at her comment. During her appearance at the weekend, Madonna emotionally discussed her recent ill health.

“Are you OK over there? Oh my god it’s so good to be back London. I am pretty damn surprised I made it this far. I mean this on so many levels. How did I make it this far. Because of you . But I will take a bit of credit too. It’s so nice to see you again and be back. I will tell you my story of life but through music,” she told the tens of thousands who had gathered to see her.

Coleen Nolan and her sisters were honoured with a blue plaque at the Cliffs Hotel in Blackpool on Monday as Loose Women viewers were told Linda was in fine form

Coleen Nolan offered fans a little update about her sister Linda after the pair reunited with the rest of their family this week.

She spoke on Loose Women on Tuesday after the gang got together to mark a big moment. Coleen told her fellow panelists Janet Street-Porter, Ruth Langsford and Brenda Edwards all about the family reunion – and clearly Linda wouldn’t have missed it for the world.

The Nolans appeared at the official unveiling of their blue plaque which has been installed at the Cliffs Hotel in Blackpool to celebrate 50 years of the ground. It’s a very special venue for the sisters after they were spotted by an industry figure back on Christmas Day in 1973.

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Coleen said: “I found out all our nieces and nephews clubbed together and paid for the whole thing. So it was really, really an emotional day, you know as well as to have Linda there, and she looked great as well.” She went on to reveal that she took a trip down memory lane after photos were laid out of the band from when they were younger.

She continued: “They’d done the room up and printed out about 300 photos of us, my kids, from when we were little and we were performing on stage, oh my goodness.” Linda accepted she will never be cancer-free, but is thrilled to have recently learned that the disease is at bay.

Coleen can’t get over her sister’s ability to get up and keep fighting cancer after she’s been diagnosed multiple times. She said: “She’s unbelievable, you know. Cancer just hits her again and again and again and she just keeps going.”

Linda has reveals how Angela Rippon has inspired her new look amid cancer treatment. She wrote in her Mirror column that the Strictly Come Dancing star has set the trend and says it’s so uplifting to watch people have such a great time with the show “perfect medicine”.

“I have Angela Rippon’s eyebrows. Naturally I wish I had her legs, too, but that’s another matter,” she told readers. “It’s absolutely true. Eyebrows are a frontline defence in the fight against Mr Potato Head when you lose your hair, and so I got mine tattooed for the first time in 2014, and yes, asked for Angela’s.

“Hers were the eyebrows of my dreams. I first noticed them when she used to read the news, and now here I am watching them glide and gallop across the Strictly ballroom as she performs gobsmackingly. She’s as glamorous as always. So I’d like to say thank you, Angela, your eyebrows mean more to me than ever today, but also thank you, Strictly.”

ITV’s Loose Women star Coleen Nolan opens up about being left to feel ‘redundant’ as her three children became independent and wanted to leave home – as she felt she was left with ‘no purpose’

ITV’s Loose Women presenter Coleen Nolan has opened up about the emotional impact her children leaving the family home has had on her.

The 58 year old star, who is a mum of three, revealed that she finally realised that the phrase “empty nest” syndrome is a real feeling that parents are forced to deal with when their children leave home. Coleen has been in the spotlight since 1974 but when she joined the panel on the ITV daytime show back in 2000, her position as one of the nation’s favourite presenters was cemented. In a recent interview she said: “Empty nest is a real thing, who knew.”

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She added: “When the children were younger I thought I’d be thrilled when they became independent. But it’s the opposite, I’ve been feeling so redundant, like I don’t have a purpose anymore. ” She told new! magazine: “I’ve realised as their mum they’ll always need me one way or another. Now it’s time to concentrate on me it’s like a new lease of life. I’ve so much I still want to do. It’s been scary at times but I’ve turned that into excitement. I’m more confident to take control of my future now. Success and fail and that’s a liberating feeling.”

The former singer turned TV personality has been married twice before and her first one was to EastEnders star Shane Richie. The couple wed in 1990 but called time on their relationship nine years later. And her second marriage was to Ray Fensome, who proposed to Coleen on her 40th birthday in 2005. The pair tied the knot two years later but their marriage was not able to stand the test of time and they too parted ways in 2018. But it looks as though Coleen has found love again for the third time – this time it’s to man named Michael Jones who she met on the dating app Tinder in 2021.

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She added: “When the children were younger I thought I’d be thrilled when they became independent. But it’s the opposite, I’ve been feeling so redundant, like I don’t have a purpose anymore. ” She told new! magazine: “I’ve realised as their mum they’ll always need me one way or another. Now it’s time to concentrate on me it’s like a new lease of life. I’ve so much I still want to do. It’s been scary at times but I’ve turned that into excitement. I’m more confident to take control of my future now. Success and fail and that’s a liberating feeling.”

The former singer turned TV personality has been married twice before and her first one was to EastEnders star Shane Richie. The couple wed in 1990 but called time on their relationship nine years later. And her second marriage was to Ray Fensome, who proposed to Coleen on her 40th birthday in 2005. The pair tied the knot two years later but their marriage was not able to stand the test of time and they too parted ways in 2018. But it looks as though Coleen has found love again for the third time – this time it’s to man named Michael Jones who she met on the dating app Tinder in 2021.

Sarah, Duchess of York is swapping royal life for ITV’s Loose Women as she helps to launch their breast cancer campaign, following her own diagnosis earlier this year

Sarah, Duchess of York will be swapping royal palaces for the ITV studios as she joins the Loose Women panel.

The Duchess will appear alongside regulars Christine Lampard, Coleen Nolan and Brenda Edwards as she urges women across the nation to attend their mammograms. It comes just months after the royal, 64, underwent a mastectomy after having been diagnosed with breast cancer herself.

On Thursday, the former wife of Prince Andrew will make her debut on the programme and open up about her diagnosis for the first time. The Duchess will sit alongside Brenda who in 2016 was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer, while Coleen’s older sister, Bernie Nolan, passed away from breast cancer.

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Ahead of joining the programme which will air on Thursday, the Duchess said: “I almost missed the screening appointment that saved my life. I couldn’t face a journey into London on a hot day this summer and it was only my sister Jane’s insistence that I went, that persuaded me. My cancer was completely symptom-free – I never found a lump and did not feel ill. My experience underlines the vital importance of getting screened when you’re called in. It’s a matter of grave concern that 1.2 million mammogram appointments have been missed, according to the latest figures, many of them during the pandemic.

“I am proud to be supporting the campaign by Loose Women, backed by NHS England, to persuade women to catch up on missed appointments and to turn up when they are called in. Don’t skip your screening – it could save your life as it did mine.” It was confirmed in June by a representative for Sarah that she was delivered the news following a routine mammogram.

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Shortly after, she went under the knife and had a single mastectomy at the King Edward VII Hospital in Marylebone, Central London, which was hailed as a “success”. Now, the mum to Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie has revealed she has named her new breast ‘Kevin’ as it makes her laugh.

Having spent four days in intensive care following the surgery, Sarah said: “I’m taking this as a real gift to me to change my life, to nurture myself.” According to research and support charity Breast Cancer Now, Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK with 1 woman diagnosed every 10 minutes. Around 55,000 women and 400 men are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the UK.

Loose Women has teamed up with Breast Cancer Now for their Don’t Skip Your Screening campaign, encouraging women to attend screenings and seek advice on any unusual changes that they discover on or around their breasts.

Sarah, Duchess of York, joins Loose Women on Thursday, November 2, from 12:30pm on ITV and ITVX.

Anyone looking for support or information can speak to Breast Cancer Now’s expert nurses via our free, confidential Helpline on 0808 800 6000.”

Former Brexit Party chief Nigel Farage is reportedly on the verge of signing up for ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ and Janet Street-Porter has urged ITV bosses to do a deal

Viewers aren’t happy that Loose Women’s Janet Street-Porter is demanding ITV bosses sign up Nigel Farage for I’m A Celebrity- and says that he once left her to pay for a cab they both shared.

The former Brexit Party chief is said to be advanced talks to head into the Australian jungle with telly sources confirming to the Mirror that Farage is one of a number of names in talks to appear on the show. The move would be sure to spark outrage similar to former health secretary Matt Hancock’s inclusion last year.

Speaking on the programme, Janet says the experiment should be repeated and wants to see the controversial politician on the show when it returns this winter. Farage has previously said he has been approached before but sounded unsure if he would sign up.

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She told the panel: “I think it will be brilliant if he goes in. He’s super smart, even if I don’t agree with his politics. I do think he’ll be very entertaining if we can tolerate the wittering. We’ve already seen his other side, he is a very colourful character. I had dinner with him a few years ago at somebody’s house. He asked after if he could jump in my taxi and get it to drop him off at Charing Cross station. He never gave me any money for the fare! What does that tell you about Nigel Farage?”

Coleen Nolan then joked: “I think we should just stick them all in. I think we would find out more of the truth if we deprived them of stuff, threw horrible things at them – nobody writing speeches for them, then we can see them real people and the public can say ‘he’ll be a good Prime Minister’.”

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Janet’s comments didn’t go down well after host Christine Lampard asked if it’s right to be treating politicians as celebrities. On twitter, one raged: “@loosewomen promoting Farage for I’m a Celebrity which of course is an ITV programme. Sick in the extreme.”

Another wrote: “Farage will be ‘very good viewing’… blimey, it’s like the constant promo of Love Island all over again #loosewomen” while a third pointed out: “If Nigel Farage was going to be on I’m A Celeb there’s no way ITV would be discussing it in a negative manner as it’s their flagship show.”

Some would be happy to watch him squirm, and posted: “It will be good to see Nigel Farage with a kangaroo’s anus in his mouth” and someone else had similar thoughts, writing: “If he is up for every single task I could live with seeing that face every day.”

Talking on his GB News show in November last year, Farage said: “Well there’s been a lot of speculation over the years about me going into the jungle. It’s appeared in all sorts of newspapers. I have been approached several times by I’m a Celebrity …Get Me Out of Here! and I’ve always ruled it out.

“I’ve never thought it would be a good thing to do. I thought it’s all rather humiliating, frankly. But I suppose you can never ever say never. I’d love to get actually some of your reaction, some of your feedback on whether you think I should be in the jungle, or whether you think we should leave it to people like Matt Hancock.”

Ex-Love Islander and Loose Women star Olivia Attwood left the 2017 villa with Chris Hughes, but after their split, she reunited with former flame and now-husband Bradley Dack

Olivia Attwood shot to fame six years ago on Love Island and despite admitting she was on the show purely for the ‘experience’, she ended up loved-up with fellow Islander Chris Hughes. Their tumultuous romance continued outside the villa, and they even starred in their own spin-off, Chris and Olivia: Crackin’ On, before splitting in February 2018.

But before her reality TV days, there was her former flame Bradley Dack, a Sunderland footballer, who she reunited with and went on to marry this June in a luxury London hotel ceremony after he popped the question in 2019. The pair first met in a nightclub eight years ago, with Olivia reflecting on the night before their big day: “Got talking to this dude in libertine (nightclub) about 8 years ago because I loved a free drink and he had a cute smile. Tomorrow I’m marrying him. Modern day love stories.”

Now a panellist on Loose Women, Olivia, 32, revealed more details about their relationship on the show following their marriage, explaining that it was a misconception they waited for each other after Olivia had finished with Love Island. She shared: “We didn’t. We broke up, we had a big disagreement.

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“I’d already turned down Love Island series two, so when Love Island series three rang, I was like right, I’m definitely going now. We’d been going out four or five months at this stage. We were semi-serious, but there was definitely a grey area, shall we call it for daytime television. We left it at that that. I went on Love Island. I was like, ‘I’m done’. I’m never going back there. The door is closed.”

The TV personality then revealed that Bradley had sent her a text upon her leaving the villa, despite her partnering with Chris, saying things were far from over. “He [Brad] has since said to me the door was never closed for him, he was always holding out hope and he actually – I don’t think I’ve told this before – but he messaged me two days after I came out the villa off someone else’s phone saying, ‘We’re not done, it will never be done.’ Very dramatic and romantic, until we were back together. And I was just like, ‘This guy, honestly, he’s like a dog with a bone.’

“It turns out if I hadn’t gone on the show [Love Island] and hadn’t had that break, we 100 per cent would not be together now or be married. No way. Because he’s a different person. I’m a very different person. So we just had time to realise I think what we actually meant to each other and what we wanted. A bit of time to mature.

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“He [Brad] claims he waited for me, but I’m like you weren’t alone though really. The stuff I found in your bedroom would suggest. So yeah, it wasn’t like a sitting, I’m just going to watch you date someone else while I do nothing. He was holding out hope, but in the meantime, he obviously wasn’t, you know, lonely.”

Meanwhile, Olivia also revealed that the pair have a mutual agreement when it comes to photos on social media, with a ban on Bradley liking other women’s posts. “It’s a ‘non-like zone’ in my house,” she admitted. “You don’t like girl’s photos. Not even one. You like it with your eyes and your mind, whatever you need to do. You don’t need to let her know that you like it.”

Olivia said the only exception to the rule would be if the woman was a mutual friend of her and Brad’s. “That’s different. I’m talking about a woman he doesn’t know. I’m saying this and I’m thinking someone out there is going to find a picture he’s liked and I’m sitting here saying, ‘My husband doesn’t like women’s photos’ and they’re all going to get sent through.

“I think it just spells trouble. I don’t think it’s very respectful if I’m honest, and I don’t care if people think that’s petty. I think it’s how that person receives you liking it. There’s a whole subtext I think to likings and comments.” Explaining her reasons for her self-imposed ‘no-like’ rule, Olivia shared: “I mean I wouldn’t like a picture of a really hunky guy I don’t know, because I think that he would think I’m making a move on him.”

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are surrounded by “fake friends” in Hollywood who are now ditching the Sussexes because they are “falling stars”, a royal expert tells the Daily Express.

Hilary Fordwich, a journalist and commentator based in the US, points to a recent comment made by Hollywood A-lister Gwyneth Paltrow to show that Harry and Meghan are losing support in the States.

She said: “Look at Gynweth Paltrow distancing herself from Meghan and Harry, she is the latest A-lister to come out in support of Kate.

“I don’t think Harry and Meghan realise that you need a USP, you need to be unique. Harry has nothing, the only thing that made him and Meghan unique was their links to the Royal Family.

“Everyone is out for themselves. People don’t want to be with a falling star, and I don’t think Harry and Meghan realise how transient these ‘friendships’ are.

Paltrow and Meghan have ‘cooled’ their friendship, according to reports (Image: Getty)

“They are pseudo-friends. They only go with people they think are rising stars.”

Ms Paltrow sent a message in support of Princess Kate after she made her return to public engagements at Trooping the Colour.

Commenting on Instagram, Ms Paltrow said to Kate and Prince William: “So happy to see you looking so happy and well.”

Closer Magazine reported that the friendship between Meghan and Ms Paltrow has cooled in recent months.

They said: “The actress-turned-entrepreneur [Meghan] was excluded from the intimate Goop dinner – held at her Montecito home last month.”

Royal author Phil Dampier told Fabulous: “Gwyneth Paltrow is the latest celebrity who seems to be taking sides in the Wales v Sussex standoff.

 

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“Meghan is said to have based her new lifestyle project American Riviera Orchard on the actress’s own products and she admires her greatly so this will hurt.

“Gwyneth didn’t have to make any comment about Kate being at Trooping the Colour but the fact she has means she fully supports her, and like the rest of us, wants her to make a speedy recovery.

“It comes after other well-known people like David Beckham, who was once friendly with Harry and Meghan, have very much pinned their colours to the royal mast.”

Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet could help “forget bitter rows of the past” between Prince Harry and King Charles, an expert has claimed.

Harry and Meghan’s children have spent little time in the UK (Image: Getty)

Having grandchildren is a “powerful tug on the heartstrings” and Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet may be a “compelling link” between Prince Harry and King Charles to reunite, an expert has claimed.

Ever since Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, relocated to the United States, their relationships with the Royal Family have been publicly strained. This is particularly true after the publishing of Harry’s explosive memoir, Spare, and the interview between the couple and Oprah Winfrey where allegations were made against the Firm.

As a result, Archie, five, and Lili, three, have hardly spent any time with their grandfather, King Charles. Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond says: “Little people who are part of your bloodline and have had nothing to do with family quarrels and tensions. Utterly innocent tiny tots who deserve to know and love their grandparents.”

Ms Bond suggested the young children could help end the royal feud.

She added: “So I can imagine that the King very much wants the chance to get to know Archie and Lilibet and to create some memories for them. The children may provide the most compelling link between Charles and Harry, and convince them both to forgive, if not forget, the bitter rows of the past.”

Jennie also hopes Harry does not follow Meghan’s example and becomes “obdurately estranged” from his family. Thomas Markle, Meghan’s father, became estranged from her after he was unable to walk her down the aisle for her marriage to Prince Harry. Thomas and Meghan have a strained relationship which came to a head after Thomas tried to collaborate with paparazzi to stage several photos before her wedding day.

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