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Olivia Attwood’s husband Bradley Dack appeared on Wednesday’s Loose Women for a Valentine’s Day special, where he was grilled about his recent surgery comments

Olivia Attwood’s husband Bradley Dack has defended his controversial surgery comments as he was grilled on Wednesday’s Loose Women.

The footballer, 30, joined wife Olivia, 32, in the studio for a Valentine’s Day special, where chat got onto the former Love Island star’s recent documentary series The Price of Perfection, which sees Olivia meet everyday people who are going under the knife to achieve the “perfect” body.

In the documentary series, Bradley features, where Olivia asks: “Would you have looked twice at me when we met before Love Island if I had a flat chest, gap between my teeth, hair to here” with Bradley admitting: “No!”, leaving his shocked wife in hysterics.

Olivia Attwood’s husband Bradley Dack has defended his controversial surgery comments as he was grilled on Wednesday’s Loose Women ( 
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On Wednesday’s Loose Women, Olivia’s co-stars grilled Bradley about the comment, who insisted the remark was made as a “tongue in cheek joke”, he said: “At least I’m being honest!

“You know what, the first time I met Liv, obviously I think you’ve got to have some sort of attraction to speak to that person. So I’m guessing if I didn’t find her attractive then we might not have had that first conversation to actually meet, I think that’s what I meant by saying that.”

Olivia and Bradley got married in 2023 after first meeting years ago. The two had dated before splitting, where Olivia went on Love Island in 2017, and rekindled their romance after the star’s time in the villa.

The footballer, 30, joined wife Olivia, 32, in the studio for a Valentine’s Day special ( 
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Bradley admitted when Olivia went on Love Island after their split: “I was gutted, absolutely gutted!” while Olivia admitted she needed to “spread her wings” after their breakup.

Bradley added: “I tried to stop her from going, I was there the night before she left!” and revealed that he called her after she appeared on the show, with Olivia, who didn’t have his number saved, “really surprised” to hear from him.

Since rekindling their romance, the couple have gone from strength-to-strength with the duo getting married last year in a romantic London ceremony. Bradley said there are loads of things that made him realise Olivia was “the one” and her sense of humour is what first attracted him.

Loose Women star Frankie Bridge hit back at trolls during Thursday’s installment of the ITV show after they slammed her ‘offensive’ Valentine’s Day dress on Wednesday night

Frankie Bridge was forced to hit back at trolls on Thursday’s Loose Women after her Valentine’s Day dress was slammed for being ‘offensive’.

The Saturdays star, 35, wore a jaw-dropping red cut-out dress on Wednesday and she shared the outfit to her Instagram, writing: “We’re not really ones to celebrate valentines, but how can I stay home when I’ve got this amazing @christopher_esber dress from @byrotation #gifted.”

On Thursday’s Loose Women, Frankie’s co-stars complimented the ensemble and how incredible she looked. However, this prompted Frankie to reveal she had been trolled for the daring dress. Talking about the outfit, Frankie quipped: “How dare I!”, adding: “It came with mixed reviews!

Frankie Bridge was forced to hit back at trolls on Thursday’s Loose Women ( 
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Frankie wore a jaw-dropping red cut-out dress for Valentine’s Day ( 
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She continued: “I just thought it’s really funny in 2024 that other women would say to other women it was inappropriate or that as a mum I should not be wearing something like that or that it was offensive to my husband!” To which Nadia Sawalha quipped: “I doubt very much your husband was offended!” with Frankie revealing husband Wayne Bridge’s reaction, she said: “He was not offended, let me tell you!”

Frankie admitted the criticism was “weird”, saying: “I just thought it was a cool dress, I didn’t really give it any other thought other than that. The top is really rigid, nothing is going anywhere, I’ve had a lot more out in the past!” She added: “It’s fashion, it’s there to have fun and feel good in it, it was Valentine’s Day, why not!”

Despite some trolls criticising the dress, the majority of Frankie’s 1.6 million followers and celebrity pals went wild for the ensemble. Michelle Keegan wrote: “Wow!” with heart eyes while Katie Piper put a series of fire emojis. Frankie’s husband Wayne, who she married in 2014, even commented, cheekily writing: “Oi oi.”

Elsewhere, one fan said: “Why do people think she gives a s**t if you like the dress! She looks amazing in it! I’d wear it to go to Asda if I had her figure!” while another added: “If you have nothing nice to say just say nothing at all!!! BE KIND!! @frankiebridge you look stunning.”

Stacey Solomon is travelling around Scotland with her family after her husband splashed out on a £60,000 new motor as a surprise. She shared photos of their road trip on Instagram

Stacey Solomon and her family went on a road trip to Scotland to try to find the Loch Ness Monster.

The Loose Women presenter, 34, took to social media to share a sweet photo with husband Joe Swash and their children Zachary, 15, Leighton, 11, Rex, three, Rose, two, and Belle, one. After Joe, 42, splashed out on a £60,000 new motor as a surprise, they enjoyed an adventure themed around Loch Ness.

Stacey captioned her Instagram post: “On The Craziest Adventure Ever. 5 kids, 1 me, 1 Joe Swash & a caravan. I fell asleep somewhere in Essex & woke up looking for the Loch Ness monster. Joe’s never been happier. Day one has been all about Inverness, and it is BEAUTIFUL. I don’t know what I imagined travelling like this would be.

She has posted photos of their road trip on social media

Stacey’s husband bought a new campervan

“Although it is hard with such little ones, it’s magical. And I don’t think I’ve ever felt so free. And off the grid. I feel Like we can go anywhere & do anything. It’s special. I don’t say this lightly… Joe was right. Happy Sunday Everyone. Lots of love from all of us!”

The mother-of-five joked that Joe “was right” for buying the campervan, despite him making the huge purchase to “spite” her, after she scolded him for being “out of order”. He went to Birmingham to pick up the motorhome after Stacey said the family could go camping if he organised a camper van.

The new van comes complete with a bunk bed, small dining area and an extra bed above the driver’s seat, as well as a microwave, a wardrobe and plenty of storage. Before they headed to Scotland, Stacey had said of Joe: “He’s so happy with himself. Honestly, it will be an adventure and I’m excited for the kids but omg I’m genuinely scared.”

Charlene White appeared on TV today just hours on from being struck down by an allergic reaction, with the Loose Women star sharing the impact the reaction has had on her eyes on Instagram

Charlene White has opened up about the long-term impact an allergic reaction has had on her appearance.

The Loose Women presenter, 43, took to social media on Monday to share some before-and-after pictures with her fans, highlighting how her makeup artist is covering some marks around her eyes before appearing on TV as she waits to see a medical specialist regarding the reaction

“Before the “ewww what’s wrong with her eyes!!” messages start flooding my inbox after @loosewomen , I’ve had an allergic reaction to something (and have had for months now) but it’s pretty bad this morning. Could barely open my eyes at 3am,” Charlene wrote as she captioned the snaps on Instagram ahead of appearing on the ITV show today.

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She continued: “But huge thank-you to Loose make-up’s @francescajordan for doing a stellar camouflage job and covering it up. And yes I know putting make-up on won’t help the situation, but it was too late to not come into work. Such is life. Anyway, swipe to see what Fran’s magic hands achieved. Very grateful. (and yes, I’m booked in with a specialist this week… finally!)”

Charlene’s post concerned some of her fans, with one Instagram user commenting: “Your resilience to still go into work is commendable but please take the time off and rest your eyes.” Another added: “Oh you poor love. I hope your specialist has you back to your glowing self soon xx.”

Former Sugababe Heidi Range told the journalist: “Oh Charlene, poor you. I hope it’s not painful and that you get to the bottom of it soon.” Tanya Moodie shared with Charlene: “Poor woman! I had the same once when I reacted to a latex makeup sponge. Had no idea I had an allergy to latex. My whole face swelled and was covered in an angry rash, in the middle of filming! So I completely empathise. I hope your specialist can identify the culprit, and I hope you can get some rest. Hard with little ones plus work, I know.”

Charlene’s health update follows the broadcaster weighing in on the future of Loose Women following a string of stars quitting over a row regarding new contracts. Despite major personalities such as Lady Penny Lancaster, Ayda Field, and Carol McGiffin leaving the show in recent times, Charlene maintains optimism for its future.

Persistent whispers of tension between panelists have been circulating, most notably involving Nadia Sawalha and Coleen Nolan. However, Charlene defended the show amid these rumours. Speaking to Women’s Own, she said: “I’ve been there three years now, and I’ve loved it.” She also expressed excitement at welcoming new panelists from Love Island, Olivia Attwood and model Christine McGuinness.

Charlene is also thrilled that her new friend, Coronation Street actress Sue Cleaver, has joined the rotating panel of Loose Women. The two became close when they both appeared on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! in 2022. Charlene even takes credit for bringing Sue, who’s 60, into the Loose Women team. She shared: “When we came out of the jungle a year ago, I said to Sue, ‘I think you will fly if you join our Loose Women panel,’ and look at her now. She’s on tomorrow as a panellist and she fills in every now and then, which is incredible.”

Peter Andre is expecting his third child with wife Emily MacDonagh imminently and the Mysterious Girl singer has opened up on how he feels about his fifth child’s gender

Peter Andre has revealed what he and wife Emily think about their third baby’s gender.

The couple appeared on Loose Women last week to discuss Emily’s pregnancy and the Mysterious Girl singer revealed he was hoping for a boy. Emily and Peter share Amelia, 10, and Theo, seven, while Peter is also father to Junior, 18, and Princess, 16, from his marriage to Katie Price.

Peter and Emily revealed they are keeping the baby’s gender a surprise and although the mum-to-be said she has no preference of whether their child is a girl or boy, the TV personality admitted he is secretly hoping for a baby boy.

Ahead of his 51st birthday this week, Peter revealed he and Emily are discussing names for the newest addition to their family. He said: “Emily and I appeared on Loose Women last week where I joked that I was hoping for a baby boy.

“But honestly, I don’t mind what the gender is as long as they’re happy and healthy. I’ve got two girls and two boys already and they’re all wonderful in their own way. Although I would say the girls are more moody and the boys are definitely more lazy LOL. We also haven’t chosen names yet, so we’d better hurry up. Time is flying!”

Peter Andre and pregnant wife Emily revealed they’re keeping their baby’s gender a surprise ( 
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“The kids, Emily and I are going out for dinner to celebrate, and they’re choosing the place. I don’t mind where we go, as long as we’re all together.” Peter, who revealed Emily is expecting to give birth in a “few weeks”, said the new arrival is the “best gift I could ever wish for”.

Emily recently took to Instagram to pay tribute to her husband on Valentine’s Day. Sharing an image them as a couple, she said: “To my lovely husband, best friend and my Valentine forever! I couldn’t ask for anything more, you are always there to support me and the whole family and I am so grateful. Plus, at the moment I can’t even make it up the stairs so I truly would be stuck (downstairs) without you seriously though, thanks for being the best ever hubs I could ever ask for! Happy Valentines Day @peterandre.”

Peter previously revealed the couple suffered a health scare when Emily was rushed to hospital moments before he was about to go on stage. Speaking to OK! magazine, he recalled the hospital scare, saying: “I was due to go on stage in Grease in the West End and I got a call saying, ‘Emily’s been rushed to A&E.’ It was really worrying and obviously I immediately went to support her, but thankfully everything was OK.”

The singer and Emily married in July 2015 in Mamhead House and Castle in Devon, three years after going public with his new relationship.

In a bid to encourage other women to get their breasts checked with regular mammograms, Loose Women star Sunetra Sarker is putting her fears aside and taking the huge step in her health journey in honour of her beloved friends who have sadly passed away from cancer

 pages on the NHS website increased by a staggering one-third.

The brave move by Sunetra, 50, is particularly poignant for the actress and Loose Women favourite given the fact she lost two of her best friends to breast cancer last year. In a bid to encourage other women to get their breasts checked with regular mammograms, Sunetra is putting her fears aside and taking a huge step in her health journey in honour of her beloved friends who have sadly passed away from the disease.

 

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Sunetra Sarker is undergoing her first ever mammogram and it’ll be documented on Loose Women ( 
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Ahead of Thursday’s episode, Sunetra Sarker said: “ After losing two of my best friends last year to cancer, I had a real wake-up call about how important screening actually is. It’s very easy to hide your head in the sand over these issues but we have to do it together. We have to catch everything we can, as early as possible. You get to a certain age and it becomes even more important than it did last year, and every year that goes on. We can’t keep burying our head in the sand and I owe it to my friends to make sure I do this.”

Sharing a message with Loose Women fans, Sunetra added: “If you’ve got any friends or family that you’ve lost [to breast cancer], you owe it to them to have a screening.”

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK. Most women diagnosed with breast cancer are over the age of 50, but younger women can also get breast cancer.

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About 1 in 7 women are diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime. There’s a good chance of recovery if it’s detected at an early stage. For this reason, it’s vital that women check their breasts regularly for any changes and always have any changes examined by a GP.

Breast cancer can have several symptoms, but the first noticeable symptom is usually a lump or area of thickened breast tissue. Other symptoms include a change in the size or shape of one or both breasts, a lump or swelling in either of your armpits, dimpling on the skin of your breasts, or a rash on or around your nipple.

If you have been affected by this story, advice and support can be found at Breast Cancer Support.

Tune in to Loose Women at 12.30pm on ITV1 and ITVX to join Sunetra as she goes for her first mammogram screening.

Sir Bruce Forsyth passed away almost seven years ago – leaving behind his devoted wife Lady Wilnelia and their son. She had Loose Women viewers in tears as she reflected on their marriage.

Loose Women fans were in tears as Lady Wilnelia Forsyth-Johnson appeared on the show to reflect on her marriage and life with the late entertainment legend.

Sir Bruce passed away in August 2017 at the age of 89 after falling ill with a strain of pneumonia. The Strictly Come Dancing host had married former Miss World winner Lady Wilnelia, 66, in 1983 and they welcomed a son named Jonathan Joseph in 1986. This month, Sir Bruce would have turned 97 years old and Lady Wilnelia explained how much she still thinks about him while appearing on the ITV daytime talk show.

She joined the show which was helmed on Wednesday by Christine Lampard, 45, and with a panel consisting of Coleen Nolan, 58, Dame Kelly Holmes, 53, and Katie Piper, 40. As they prepared to introduce Lady Wilnelia to the show, the ladies discussed the entertainment legend and played clips from his life.

As Lady Wilnelia joined the table, Christine began: “So lovely to have you here. We’re all smiling and we’re all full of our memories. I can only imagine what it must be like for you to watch those moments.” She continued: “It’s remarkable the impact he did have for so, so many years in the ‘Biz’ that he called show. He loved it so much. It was his life. It became all of your lives. It was our Saturday night!”

Sir Bruce Forsyth and wife Lady Wilnelia were married from 1983 until his death in 2017 ( 
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Lady Wilnelia reflected on her life with Sir Bruce on Wednesday’s episode of Loose Women ( 
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During her time on the show, Lady Wilnelia explained how she met Bruce when she was on Miss World in 1975. She recalled: “When I first met Bruce we didn’t have the internet or anything like that… I remember going out with him and the next day and a lot of people outside were saying ‘Nice to see you, to see you, nice!’ And I thought ‘My god he has all these friends!’ I had no idea that was one of his catchphrases and how famous he was.

“I was working in Paris after Miss World. Five years later, they asked me to judge, and Bruce was there too.”

Sir Bruce was born on 22 February 1928 and Lady Wilnelia shared with the Loose Women panel that she and her family like to mark his birthday after his death. She said: “We try to get together on special occasions such as his birthday.” She went on to explain that she struggled to watch videos of Sir Bruce, finding them “difficult” to watch as she misses him so much.

Her touching comments and anecdotes set Loose Women viewers off – with many taking to social media to say they had been reduced to tears by Lady Wilnelia’s stories. One fan wrote on X: “What a fantastic and emotional interview remembering Sir Bruce Forsyth. His wife is just adorable, kind, caring and loyal. Such a sweetheart! ! ! ! #LooseWomen.” While another wrote: “Why am I crying? #loosewomen,” and another commented: “I’m nearly in tears.”

Loose Women star Linda Robson has recalled the horrifiying moment she was punched in the face by a thug who stole her designer bag, but was given instant karma by a nasty surprise inside

Linda Robson was terrifyingly punched in the face and mugged, yet the thug had a nasty surprise when they realised what they stole.

The Loose Women star has recalled the scary moment as she had her Selfridges bag stolen. An attacker on a bike hit her in the face and made off with the designer bag. Linda was forced to cancel her work the next day as her face was “such a mess” following the horrific incident.

However, the former A Birds of a Feather actress admitted what was inside the bag offered her a “silver lining”. She shared: “Just as I stepped out into the street, someone wearing a hoodie and riding a mountain bike sped up to me, punched me in the face and stole the Selfridges bag out of my hand. They left me with a big black eye and I was really shaken up.””I was due to film something the next day but had to cancel that because my face was such a mess,” Linda wrote in her book Truth Be Told. “The one silver lining was the thought of this thug feeling all pleased with themselves for grabbing this Selfridges bag.” She added: “They’d be imagining what expensive treats might be ­inside and then reaching in to get a handful of s***. If you’re reading this now, it serves you right!”

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The Loose Women star had dog poo in the bag which was stolen ( 
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Linda’s designer shopping bag was actually filled with her dog’s poo. Earlier this week Linda stunned her Loose Women co-stars and viewers when she flashed her bra live on TV. She joined Ruth Langsford, Denise Welch and Kaye Adams on the ITV daytime show where they held a special episode celebrating women in their 60s.

The TV star joined in a debate over women “falling out of love” with their bodies as they got older. She decided to prove she did not feel that way, by proudly showing off her body to the audience. Linda stood up and lifted up her top, revealing her torso and bra, leaving her co-stars to go wild at her move.

Linda said: “I don’t love it but I think it’s amazing, it’s given me three beautiful children. And I’m still quite healthy at 65, not too bad.” The TV show panellist confirmed she had split from her husband Mark Dunford last year after 33 years of marriage and told The Mirror how she was doing after the split.

Linda said: “I’m alright, it’s been going on for quite a long time now. We are just trying to sell the house now and go our separate ways. But we are still on good speaking terms, and what has kept us on good speaking terms is the kids. We both love the kids more than anything else in the world and he’s been an amazing dad. I just want a little two-bedroom house so my granddaughters can stay, I’ve been with them all day today. They have [kept me going] yeah, I love looking after them.”

Despite reports that Harry wants to rebuild bridges with the Royal Family, there is little sign of William allowing that to happen – not in the immediate term.

The distance between the two is all the sadder given how close the two princes, united in adversity, had once been.

Yet as royal biographer Robert Lacey points out, if there is now a chasm between the brothers, it’s not the first time that William and Harry have fallen out.

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Prince William and Prince Harry were ushers at Tamara Grosvenor’s 2004 wedding at Chester Cathedral

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Looking sombre at St Paul’s Cathedral to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee

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Prince Harry and friend Guy Pelly watch England play France at Twickenham

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Prince Harry found himself on the front pages after it was discovered he had been smoking cannabis

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Princes William and Harry at Cirencester Park Polo Club. They had played In the winning Highgrove team for the King Constantine Trophy

The fissures were visible much earlier, in fact – as far back as 2002.

That’s the year it was discovered that Harry had been smoking cannabis, a revelation generating excruciating ‘drug shame’ headlines.

There was further humiliation for Harry three years later when he was pictured wearing a Nazi desert uniform to a Colonials and Natives fancy dress party held at the home of Olympic gold-medal winning showjumper Richard Meade.

Amid the furore, Harry issued a public apology and Prince Charles packed him off to be lectured by the Chief Rabbi.

Yet how was it, asks Lacey, that Harry took all the blame from such incidents while the elder brother emerged Scot free.

‘Meghan was not the original factor in Prince Harry’s decision to get shot of his family,’ writes the author in his best-selling Battle of Brothers.

‘In January 2005 following the “Colonials and Natives” costume fiasco, we now know that Prince Harry was drawn to re-evaluate his elder brother’s involvement and the unfairness of William’s emergence smelling of roses.

‘It made Harry feel alienated. Friends recall “no speaks” and quite a serious rift between the brothers at the time – as there had been after the “Drugs Shame” of 2002, when Harry had first started to realise the price of playing the functional scapegoat.’

On that occasion, writes Lacey, Harry and friend Guy Pelly had taken the blame for the ‘wild antics’ at the Rattlebone pub, ‘when the real Rattlebone ring leader had been William.’

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Prince Harry plays polo for Eton College at Cirencester Park

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The Rattlebone Inn in Sherston, Wiltshire

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The Sun newspaper published a picture of Prince Harry wearing a khaki uniform with a swastika armband for a fancy dress party. The Crown recreated the moment, above, in its final series

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Harry was criticised yet claims his brother had helped him choose the offending costume. There was no criticism of William in the subsequent furore

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Prince Harry’s relationship with his brother suffered and they barely spoke, says royal author and commentator Katie Nicholl. Harry and William are pictured at Sandringham

Author and journalist Katie Nicholl recalls one royal aide telling her that ‘for the first time their relationship really suffered and they barely spoke…Harry resented the fact that William got away so lightly.’

Lacy concludes that:

‘It was the function of the elder brother to be perfect whether he truly was or was not and it was the function of the younger one to make the rest of us laugh or complain or feel disapproving – and at all events to make us feel thoroughly superior to the poor clueless kid.

‘This was the role that all of us shaped for Prince Harry over the years.’

Prince Harry’s name appears in US court documents related to a $30million lawsuit claiming that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a sexual abuser of men and women, MailOnline can reveal today.

Record producer Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones’ filed the bombshell lawsuit against Diddy and claims that his ‘affiliation’ to the Duke of Sussex and other stars gave him and his associates ‘legitimacy’.

The court documents filed in the US last month do not suggest any wrongdoing on Prince Harry’s part. He is not a defendant and is named once in the 73-page document. MailOnline has asked the Duke of Sussex to comment.

Lil Rod’s lawyers claim guests were drawn to Diddy’s alleged sex-trafficking parties because of his ‘access to celebrities such as famous athletes, political figures, artist, musicians, and international dignitaries like British Royal, Prince Harry’, court documents filed in New York say.

Prince William and Prince Harry met P Diddy and Kanye West at a post-concert party the Princes hosted to thank all who took part in the ‘Concert for Diana’ at Wembley Stadium’ in 2007. However, the Prince of Wales is not named in the court documents. It is not known how many times Harry has met the rapper since then, if at all.

While Harry is not facing a legal claim, it is not the first time the royals have been embroiled in serious court allegations in the US, with Prince Andrew forced to settle a lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, a sex slave of Jeffrey Epstein.

It came hours after Diddy’s Los Angeles and Florida mansions were raided by the Department of Homeland Security.  Diddy was also seen looking tense as he was finally spotted at a Miami airport – after his private jet was tracked to Antigua but he wasn’t on it.

Combs, a billionaire, is already facing lawsuits from three women and has lost a host of commercial deals in the wake of the claims.

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Kanye West, Prince Harry and P Diddy after the after Concert for Diana at Wembley in July 2007

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Harry laughs as he tries on Kanye’s trademark glasses with a smiling Diddy next to him wearing a Princess Diana T-Shirt

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Prince William and Prince Harry with rappers Kanye West and P Diddy at the reception following the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium in London on July 1, 2007

Harry is named on Page 63 of the $30million lawsuit brought against Diddy by Record producer Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones

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Harry, pictured in Vegas last month at a NFL awards bash, is not accused of any wrongdoing and is not facing a legal claim himself

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Homeland Security at Diddy’s Miami home during a raid yesterday

Links to stars helped Diddy build a reputation for ‘throwing the “best” parties’, the documents claim, and also made money for Diddy, his associates and businesses such as his record labels.

‘Lil Rod’, who produced nine songs on Diddy’s 2023 ‘The Love Album: Off the Grid’, says he was ordered to recruit prostitutes and have sex with them for the star’s pleasure at his parties. He also says the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted him.

Jones claims that underage girls and sex workers were guests at the star’s house parties and that he saw the star drug their drinks. He also claims he has hundreds of hours of video documenting Combs’s ‘serious illegal activity’.

Jones has also named some of the industry’s biggest names as co-defendants in his $30million suit.

Diddy has denied the existing allegations against him, calling them ‘sickening’, and his lawyer dismissed Jones’s claims as ‘pure fiction’.

‘Lil Rod is nothing more than a liar who filed a $30 billion lawsuit shamelessly looking for an undeserved payday,’ attorney Shawn Holley told TMZ in February.

Combs recruited Jones in August 2022 to produce some of the songs on the R&B album ‘The Love Album: Off the Grid’ which was nominated for a Grammy after its release in September 2023.

‘Mr Jones agreed, and his life has been detrimentally impacted ever since,’ the lawsuit claims.

For more than a year he endured ‘constant unsolicited and unauthorized groping and touching of his anus’, at Combs’ homes in Florida, Los Angeles and New York, as well as on a rented yacht in the US Virgin Islands.

Combs introduced him to Cuba Gooding Jr on the yacht where the actor allegedly began ‘touching, groping, and fondling Mr Jones’s legs, his upper inner thighs near his groin, the small of his back near his buttocks and his shoulders’.

He claims he was also sexually assaulted by a female cousin of Combs’s girlfriend Yung Miami and forced to watch a video of record producer Stevie J having sex with another man.

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Record producer Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones claims he was subjected to a year of grooming and abuse

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The 54-year-old Harlem-born rapper has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct

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Homeland Security agents have descended on rapper Diddy ‘s homes in Los Angeles and Miami as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation

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Dozens of agents are seen on video advancing on the massive Los Angeles estate. Diddy faces multiple sex abuse allegations

Jones was required to work in Combs’ bathroom where the star would shower naked behind a glass screen, according to the lawsuit.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ private jet (pictured circa 2013) has been tracked to the Caribbean island of Antigua, just as his homes in Los Angeles and Miami were raided

The producer alleges Combs boasted of having shot people and threatened to inflict bodily harm if Jones did not comply with his demands.

He says the ‘forceful and demanding’ star privately admitted involvement in a 1999 nightclub shooting that saw him acquitted of gun possession and bribery charges.

‘Mr Combs consistently made it clear that he has immense power in the music industry and with law enforcement,’ the lawsuit claims.

Jones claims that underage girls and sex workers were guests at the star’s house parties and that he saw the star drug their drinks.

He also claims he was ordered to Miami trawl bars and nightspots to recruit sex workers, and says he himself was drugged in February last year before he woke up naked, dizzy and confused in bed with Combs and two sex workers.

His lawsuit also names Combs’ son Justin, his chief of staff Kristina Khorram, and Universal Music Group CEO Sir Lucian Grange as defendants.

It accuses Khorram of ‘grooming’ him on Combs’s behalf and claims that Motown Records, Love Records and Universal Music Group comprised a ‘Rico enterprise’ that ‘failed to adequately monitor, warn or supervise’ Combs and his inner circle.

Last year Diddy was accused of ‘savagely’ beating and raping his ex-girlfriend.

Sean Combs, the rapper known as Puff Daddy in the 1990s and later P. Diddy, is claimed in a lawsuit to have abused Casandra Ventura for a decade after he signed her to his label when she was 19.

Ms Ventura, 37, a singer who performs under the name Cassie, alleges Combs forced her to have sex with male prostitutes and that he filmed the encounters.

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The rapper and music industry mogul was sued in November by the singer Cassie, who accused him of rape and physical abuse before the case was settled out of court

He is accused of blowing up a love rival’s car, plying her with drugs and raping her despite her pleas to stop, her lawsuit filed in New York claims.

Combs, 54, now simply called Diddy, is estimated to be worth $1billion (€917million) thanks to his partnership with vodka brand Ciroc. He is regarded as one of the most influential names in rap, best known for hits including I’ll Be Missing You and Last Night.

Ms Ventura says she was 19 when Combs, then 37, signed her to his record label, Bad Boy, in 2006. She claims Combs gave her drugs, including ecstasy and ketamine, soon after to make her ‘compliant’. Ms Ventura alleges that ‘all aspects of her life’ were controlled by Combs, including her medical records.

Among the alleged episodes of ‘intense violence’ was a beating in an SUV on the way home from a party with rapper Jay-Z.

On another occasion, a jealous Combs allegedly pulled Ms Ventura out of a club, ‘stomping on her face’, leaving her with injuries so bad she had to recover for a week in a hotel.

Perhaps the most disturbing claims are that Combs allegedly forced Ms Ventura to take part in drug-fuelled parties where she had sex with male prostitutes while wearing masquerade masks as he filmed it and performed a sex act on himself.

The lawsuit states: ‘Ms Ventura was repulsed by Mr Combs’ demands, but between the physical beating and recognising his incredible power and incredible temper, Ms

Ventura became petrified of her partner and boss, and felt that she could not say no.’

In another alleged incident, an enraged Combs dangled Ms Ventura’s friend over a 17th floor hotel balcony. It is also claimed he threatened to blow up the car of love rival, rapper Kid Cudi – which later exploded on his driveway, though it is unclear who was responsible. In September 2018, after Ms Ventura tried to break things off, Combs allegedly forced his way into her home and raped her.

The lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages for sex trafficking, sexual battery, sexual assault and harassment. Combs denies the claims.