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Prince William’s wife is considered a global style icon – and she has made some significant changes to her wardrobe since she first came onto the scene as a working royal

The Princess of Wales cut a stylish figure as she joined a group of schoolchildren on a trip to the National Portrait Gallery today. The mother-of-three beamed as she stepped off a minibus with the excited youngsters, holding hands with one little girl as they made their way inside.

Kate looked typically chic for the engagement in black pinstripe trousers and a roll neck, teamed with a fitted black blazer. It’s a fashion formula that William’s wife has come to epitomise.

Long considered one of the world’s most stylish women in the world, Kate has undergone a significant shift in recent years. When she first started out on royal life, the Princess relied heavily on floral dresses that were fitted and flared, which she typically teamed with a pair of beige heels. But she now has a new fashion formula, and it’s boosted her style credentials even further.

The mum-of-three’s go-to outfit now typically consists of a beautiful tailored trouser suit, a T-shirt or blouse and pointed court shoes. It’s seen as an ideal choice for a modern-day Princess; polished and formal but also relaxed and understated with the addition of a more casual top.

The Princess looked typically chic as she stepped out at the National Gallery ( 
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The Princess of Wales paired the brown coat with wide-leg pin-stripe trousers ( 
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According to a number of experts, the change in Kate’s style sends a clear message. “I think it marks a new era in her royal life,” Bethan Holt, fashion director at the Daily Telegraph told People magazine. “It shows her confidence is growing and that she’s willing to take more risks and do something that might not have come naturally to her.”

Bethan continued: “She’s transforming before our eyes. She might not be able to say to us, ‘Look, my life is now completely different, me and my husband are one step closer to the biggest job of his life,’ but she is saying that through her fashion choices.”

Her comments have been echoed by royal style expert Miranda Holder. “Princess Kate’s image has definitely taken on a more business-like feel ever since she became the Princess of Wales; her more serious wardrobe reflecting the gravitas of her heavyweight role within the Firm,” she told HELLO!. “She has literally been rebranded in line with her new level of authority as the Princess of Wales and her position as our future Queen.”

Notably, Princess Kate is not the only royal to undergo a major style shift at a pivotal time in her life — so too did her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana. “Diana had her own trouser suit moment in the late 1980s at a time when she wanted to be taken more seriously,” Holt further added. “She said to designers, ‘I’m sick of the frothy ball gowns — I want to wear menswear.’ And she had these fabulous power suit moments!”

During a recent engagement, Princess Kate revealed that she has a seriously sweet family habit when it comes to what she does with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis’s old garbs

If there is one thing the Royal Family is always known for, it’s being very well turned out when they appear in public. Their fashion choices generate a huge amount of interest, and Princess Kate, 43, recently revealed a sweet habit she has established when it comes to her children’s old clothes.

On a recent visit to the Corgi textile factory in South Wales, Kate let slip that she actually keeps an “archive” of her three children’s clothes – Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six – once they have grown out of them.

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Kate has kept the pieces her children used to don that “wore really well,” she revealed during the visit to the family-run factory which specialises in socks and knitwear, adding that “It’s so lovely to reuse the things that are well made” – per People magazine.

The future Queen’s own paternal family has a background in textiles and used to own a wool manufacturer in Leeds: William Lupton and Co. The visit to Corgi wasn’t the first time that Kate spent time learning about the UK’s textile industry – she also visited Lancaster and Leeds back in 2023 to learn more about the rich history of this area.

Kate isn’t afraid of re-wearing her own high-quality pieces when she is out and about on her engagements and royal fans are always quick to spot when Princess Kate or one of her children re-wears an item of clothing. However, Kate’s commitment to sustainability goes even further, with her younger brother James, 37, revealing that she and sister Pippa, 41, both donated huge amounts of their children’s old clothes to him when he welcomed his first child: Inigo, one.

“Catherine and Pippa bring two big suitcases of hand-me-down clothes, so Inigo’s cupboards are full of sweet little outfits his cousins — even the girls — have worn,” James revealed in his memoir, Meet Ella: The Dog Who Saved My Life.

Kate isn’t the only royal who is known to repeat classic looks, with Princess Anne also regularly spotted making the most out of pieces that she has had for decades.

Coordinated looks are something the Wales family, in particular, are known for when they step out for a major royal event, and one fashion expert has even revealed just why they often opt to match what they are wearing or use similar colours as a through-line for their looks.

“By complementing each other, and sticking to a colour theme, they are showcasing a united front. It’s a technique Prince William and Princess Kate use to show [how] in tune they are when they attend official engagements together, and they also deploy it with their children,” explained fashion expert Amber Graafland to Fabulous magazine.

“Adept at using their clothing to convey coded message, the Waleses know that by presenting a refined and harmonious image they convey a close-knit family with a strong bond. It also makes them instantly recognisable on the world stage.”

Whatever the Royal Family chooses to wear – especially to high-profile events like King Charles’s coronation – becomes part of the history books, but Princess Kate is reportedly frustrated that the focus is so often on what she is wearing, rather than what she doing as she is out and about in her royal work.

A Kensington Palace source is reported as saying: “There is an absolute feeling that it is not about what the princess is wearing. She wants the focus to be on the really important issues, the people and the causes she is spotlighting. There will always be an appreciation of what the princess is wearing from some of the public and she gets that. But do we need to be officially always saying what she is wearing? No. The style is there but it’s about the substance.”

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An ex royal staffer claimed it’s ‘important’ Prince Harry has the proper security because the threats against him and the Sussex family are ‘huge’

An ex royal staffer has opened up about the “huge threats” Prince Harry faces as he continues to battle for taxpayer-funded security for UK visits.

Former royal butler Grant Harrold says that there is a good reason that Harry takes security for himself and his family “very seriously” because “breaches do happen”. Grant, who worked for the royals for six years, added that the fear of potential “kidnapping plots” will be a major source of worry for the Duke of Sussex, especially when it comes to his two young children: Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three.

Harry has won the right to appeal the High Court’s decision that the removal of his official, taxpayer-funded security was lawful, after losing his initial attempts to get it reinstated. Harry’s security used to be automatic as a working royal, but when he and Meghan stepped back from this position five years ago, this was removed.

Now, the Home Office offers him “bespoke” security, which is decided on a case-by-case basis, however, for Harry, this means that he feels unsafe bringing Meghan, Archie, and Lilibet to the UK without ensured police security.

Grant told Techopedia: “People in the armed forces and the police have individual threats due to the nature of what they do but being a member of the Royal Family is also a threat. The threat is huge, there was an assassination attempt on the then Prince Charles in 1994 in Australia which just highlights the risk.

“I think Harry is more worried about his wife and his kids and the risk of kidnapping plots, to be honest, and also the more he does in the public as a celebrity the more he could become a target. So of course, he is going to take his security more seriously and this is very important to him.”

The former royal employee noted that when Princess Kate and Prince William got engaged, she was automatically given protection – however, Harry has claimed in his memoir Spare that this wasn’t the case for Meghan, writing: “The Palace floated the idea of not giving her any security at all because I was now sixth in line to the throne”.

A former head of counter-terrorism for the Metropolitan Police – Neil Basu – said in 2022 to Channel 4 News that Meghan had been subject to “disgusting and very real” threats from the far-right, adding that “people have been prosecuted for those threats.”

In Spare, Harry claimed that the threat level against Meghan was incredibly high even before the couple’s wedding in 2018, writing that the police told them “we’d become the prized target for terrorists and extremists” and that on the wedding day itself, snipers were placed on nearby rooftops due to the “unprecedented” threat level.

The Duke also wrote that when their official security was removed and the couple was in Canada, their head of security begged his superiors not to leave the couple by themselves – with borders quickly closing across the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the couple’s location well known. Harry also claimed his head of security told him “The threat level for us…was still higher than that of nearly every other royal, equal to that assigned to the Queen.”

The Prince’s security is now an operations decision for the Metropolitan Police and it is made on a case-by-case basis, in the same way as other VIP visitors to the UK. Harry said he was singled out in the 2020 decision by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures. But the High Court ruled in March that Ravec’s ruling was not irrational or unfair.

The Princess of Wales escorted a group of four and five-year-olds from their school in London to the National Portrait Gallery to launch a new project – joining them on their minibus and helping them with their coats and jumpers

The Princess of Wales took on a new role today as she joined an excitable group of children on a school trip – and befriended one little girl who had no idea she was the future Queen.

Today Kate joined youngsters from All Souls CE Primary School in London on a school mini bus for an outing to the National Portrait Gallery (NPGs), to launch an interactive trail at the venue. The Bobeam Tree Trail, which is based on work by her Royal Foundation for Early Childhood, was created using the Shaping Us Framework, which outlines 30 social and emotional skills that are crucial to living a healthy, happy life at all ages and which the Princess launched on February 1.

The trail is based on a magical tree with beautiful, colourful leaves, which thrives when surrounded by stories. Children were asked to help the tree by discovering the stories of people depicted in the artworks – exploring facial expressions, listening to audio recordings and using props.

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One little girl, Grace, five, became firm friends with the princess, clutching her hand as they arrived after they sat together on the bus. Kate then helped to shepherd the children into a crocodile before they made their way into the Gallery.

There were gasps of excitement as they spotted The Bobeam Tree, a life-sized model made from a metal frame covered in expanding foam and resin and topped with brightly coloured leaves. The children were welcomed by guide Anna Husband, the NPG’s Head of Learning, who explained that they would be following a trail to help the tree grow.

Upstairs in the Ondaatje Wing, the Princess walked past portraits of Winston Churchill and a young King George VI to the first stop on the trail, a Mood Magnifying Mirror Box, with a two-way mirror for children to look into one side and identify their friends’ facial expressions from the other.

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To help them, a portrait of the smiling actress Anna Neagle was pointed out and the youngsters were asked to identify how she might be feeling. ‘Happy!’ they shouted. They were also encouraged to imitate her pose, hands on hips, which Kate did with a smile.

Alix Ascough, executive headteacher at All Souls, said: “She [Kate] had been asked if she would have a partner, and she was sat next to Grace on the coach and Grace had chatted away to her the whole journey.” But the youngster did not know she was holding hands with the future Queen. “She knew it was a very special visitor,” added Alix. “We told her she was a princess. She just called her Catherine.”

She said of the bus journey: “The children, they’re four or five years old. They’re completely oblivious to everything that’s happening. They were just like, ‘we’ve got a posh coach with nice lights and aircon’ and Catherine was wonderful, really chatty with the children. And just felt like a really relaxed journey. She was helping out with the children, helping out with their jumpers. It was just lovely.”

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She said the Princess said it had been a “wonderful opportunity” to be with the children in the gallery. “She was complimenting the children and how well-behaved they were and what good artists they were because they had the opportunity to draw pictures,” she added.

“Those experiences that we give the children are incredibly important, and days like today, where those experiences become magical, you sow those seeds for lifelong learning.”

Aimed at nursery and reception age children, the trail is completely free and runs until March 16. The NPG website is also offering related activities to do at home. The Princess, who has been patron of the NPG since 2011, also met its newly appointed Director Victoria Siddall and chief executives and expert practitioners from five other galleries across the UK.

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Kate holds hands with five-year-old Grace ( 
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Staff at the museums and galleries will also co-design a toolkit to help others across the UK to incorporate the framework into their offerings for younger visitors. The future Queen unveiled the Shaping Us Framework earlier this week, calling on society to “invest in humankind” and “build a more loving, empathetic and compassionate” world.

Drawn up by international academics, clinicians and early years practitioners brought together by her Centre for Early Childhood, it is hoped that the framework might be applied across society, in areas such as wellbeing programmes, team building, professional development, recruitment and human resources.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have kicked off their first-ever official visit to Nepal, with their engagements set to reflect their work including equality for women and girls as well as youth opportunity

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh arrived in Nepal on Tuesday morning for their first-ever official visit to the country.

Prince Edward arrived from India, where he had spent the past two days championing young people and the benefits of non-formal education, while Sophie flew from the UK commercially. Today, they were welcomed to the country at Rastrapati Bhawan, the Presidential Palace in Kathmandu, where they held an audience with Ram Chandra Paudel, President of Nepal and the First Lady, Sabita Paudel.

“It’s very, very nice to meet you,” Edward told the President as they greeted one another in the ornately decorated room filled with 12 sofas, large rugs and light bulbs in the colours of the Nepali flag. After posing for photographs, the two couples sat in gilded maroon and gold armchairs as they began their short bilateral meeting in the presidential office.

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During the meeting, the annual report on the Brigade of Gurkhas was handed over to the President by the Colonel Commandment of the Brigade of Gurkhas. Edward clasped his hands together and bowed, saying, “Thank you so much,” as the meeting wrapped up after 45 minutes.

Before leaving, the duke and duchess signed the visitor’s book in front of an impressive canvas of Mount Everest. Turning to point to the image, Sophie said: “It’s the closest I am going to get… sadly.” The royal couple are undertaking the six-day trip to celebrate the UK’s close ties with the country.

It marks the 14th visit by a member of the British Royal Family but the first by the Duke and Duchess. Prince Harry was the last royal to visit Nepal in 2016, a year after the devastating earthquake that killed about 9,000 people and devastated towns and villages.

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During the visit, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh’s engagements will reflect Edward and Sophie’s work, including youth opportunity, healthcare, equality for women and girls, and conservation and biodiversity.

They will attend the annual Attestation Parade in Pokhara where young Nepali service personnel will formally join the British Army, marking a rich and proud tradition of collaboration between the two nations. The duke and duchess will also see the work of the Gurkha Welfare Trust in offering continued support to veterans and their families.

The couple, who were praised by Reform leader Nigel Farage last week for “doing a lot of the heavy lifting” by conducting so many royal engagements at home and abroad, will conclude their trip in Ghandruk, allowing them to experience some of the natural beauty and rich heritage of Nepal.

Buckingham Palace said: “The visit will celebrate the close ties between the UK and Nepal, and reinforce shared interests including youth opportunity, healthcare, equality for women and girls, and conservation and biodiversity.” The King visited Nepal in 1998 as the Prince of Wales, and his and Edward’s parents Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh, travelled there in 1986

Meghan Markle has posted another video on her newly launched Instagram page, where she excitedly told her followers about how she was able to help a young victim of the devastating LA wildfires with the help of two famous pals

Meghan Markle has returned to social media for the first time since being branded a ‘disaster tourist’ and the scathing Vanity Fair article with a candid new video.

The Duchess of Sussex took to her Instagram page to excitedly tell her followers about a package she had just received that was going to help a teenage girl who along with her family had lost everything when the devastating Los Angeles wildfires destroyed her house. A make-up free Meghan explained how she had met the 15-year-old girl while visiting Altadena, one of the worst affected areas ravaged by the fires – and the girl was particulary upset at losing her Billie Eilish T-shirt.

And in the clip Meghan explains that with the help of her famous pals Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine and his wife Behati Prinsloo, she had managed to get her hands on some Billie Eilish merchandise, which she planned to send to the youngster.

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The 43-year-old returned to Instagram on New Year’s Day but over the last few weeks, has not shared much on the platform. When Meghan and husband Prince Harry helped out at a food distribution centre for victims of the fires, they were brutally branded ‘disaster tourists’. Then days later, the couple also had to contend with a savage article in Vanity Fair magazine, which made claims about what it is like to work for the couple and even featured complaints from the neighbours in their town of Montecito.

However, returning to Instagram, Meghan tells her followers: “I was just told that something arrived that I had been waiting for.” The former Suits actress then begins recounting the tale of how she met a woman and her 15-year-old daughter, whose house had burned down.

Meghan said: “Her mum shared something with me and said that when they came back to see their house for the first time, which is as we were meeting them, that all that she’d been looking for in her home was the T-shirt from the Billie Eilish concert that she had just gone to that she left in the washing machine or the dryer.”

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Some of the T-shirts Meghan is sending to the teenage Billie Eilish fan ( 
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Instagram)However, all that had been in their house had been destroyed, so Meghan took it upon herself to get a new T-shirt for the young fan. She explained: “I thought of everybody that I knew and I made a voice note and I was like please can someone get this voice note to Billie Eilish.” She then shows the camera the merchandise that was eventually sent to her, including a signed record and a lunch box. And she added: “You guys, I don’t even know what all this stuff means, but it’s signed for her.”

Ending the clip, she added: “Huge thank you, Billie Eilish. This is going to mean so much to her, and honestly to Adam Levine and Behati, you guys helped get this over the line to everyone who’s showing up for people in big and small ways to get through what’s happened in California.

The Sussexes survey damage after wildfires in Los Angeles with Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo ( 
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Her video comes after her Netflix show With Love, Meghan, one of the first things she prompted on her new Instagram page, was postponed due to the fires. It is set to premiere on the streaming platform on March 4.

Holly Willoughby has spoken about moving on from a troubled year to be more ‘fearless’ after being inspired by Bear Grylls on new Netflix show

After more than a year of turmoil, Holly Willoughby is facing the future full of fearless energy and with a smile on her face.

The presenter of new Netflix series Celebrity Bear Hunt, 43, is keeping mum about her next adventure but credits old pal Bear Grylls with helped her cope with the foiled kidnap plot that left her and her family reeling.

When I ask her what’s next, and if she will do more shows with Netflix I notice a familiar glint in her eye which suggests she has a plan ahead. “All I’ve learned out of life is you never know what’s around the corner,” she says with a grin. “So I’m like, one day at a time, one step at a time, just like in the jungle.”

Holly and Bear are discussing their new series, in which 12 celebrities live in the jungle learning survival skills, being tracked down by Bear and eliminated if they are not up to scratch. Holly says she “learned a load” from old pal Bear, revealing: “I just assumed that here was this man that had no fear.

“And actually he does have fear, but he doesn’t let that fear hold him back. And I thought, God, that’s brilliant. It really is something I want to try, and even if I can do it a tiny bit, then I think that will help.”

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Holly is on solo hosting duties and it is the first time she is doing promo for a TV project since she left This Morning after security guard Gavin Plumb was jailed for masterminding a plot to kidnap, rape and murder her.

Before that, there was turmoil when her co-host Phillip Schofield quit This Morning after lying about an “unwise” affair with a younger colleague. Phillip and Holly are no longer on speaking terms. Asked if this show, made away from ITV, represents a fresh start, Holly thinks for a moment before saying: “I think when you do anything new, it feels like that.

“And it’s nice to try new things and go to new places. I’ve never been to Central America before, so this just felt like the right thing to do at the right time. Sometimes it’s nice to be out of your comfort zone. And when Bear calls me and said, ‘you want to go on an adventure?’ I was like, yes, 100%.

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“My kids are that little bit older now, so it felt like the right time that I could do it, you know, the wheels weren’t going to fall off my life if I left home.” Holly, 43, left children Harry, 15, Belle, 13, and 10-year-old Chester and TV producer husband Dan Baldwin for three weeks of filming in Costa Rica.

And although hosting alone was unusual in her career, Holly did not find that an extra problem. “I know what you mean, normally there’s somebody alongside me. But actually, what’s been quite nice, obviously, Bear’s with me for a fair bit of it. And if Bear’s not there, then I’m either with the celebrities or I’m with them.

Holly reveals Bear does have fear
“So for me, like when you’re on telly, even if you’re on your own, it’s always about connections. You’re either connecting through the camera with the person that’s watching, or you’re connecting with the person you’re interviewing, so it doesn’t actually feel like a lonely place ever. I don’t think.”

The celebrities on the show include Spice Girl Mel B, former tennis ace Boris Becker, TV presenter Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, models Lottie Moss and Leomie Anderson, and Strictly judge Shirley Ballas. Journalist Steph McGovern, Ted Lasso star Kola Bokinni, TV chef Big Zuu, Inbetweeners actor Joe Thomas, former Saturdays singer Una Healy and ex-rugby player Danny Cipriani complete the 12.

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They take on a variety of survival tasks and some fare better than others. Bear admits he hoped Boris would triumph over adversity but “the jungle took its toll” while Lottie surprised everyone by “letting out her warrior spirit”. Having also fronted I’m a Celebrity for one year too, I wonder how Holly would fare if she took part?

“I would be utterly useless,” she says. “I mean, that’s why I honestly, if the call came through, I would sit in the corner and cry. I just, I wouldn’t have said yes to this, like if I’d been asked to take part. “I just wouldn’t, because I’d have been, I’d have been too scared, I wouldn’t have been able to do it.

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“But that’s why I’m so in awe of our 12 celebs taking part, because I just think, God, well done you.” Perhaps knowing how well Holly has come through adversity in the last year, Bear disagrees. Turning to Holly, he says: “She’s always deflecting, saying how great [the celebs] are, and they were all great, but you come off a sort of a career of pressure. Live TV is pressure.

“So I think you’re pretty good at that. And I think I kept thinking, you would be, you’d be steelier than you give yourself credit for.”

Rylan’s pal Ruth is finally getting over her painful split from estranged husband, Eamonn Holmes – but dating right now is a step too far, claims a source

Last year was a heartbreaker for Loose Women star Ruth Langsford after her split from husband Eamonn Holmes in May following 14 years of marriage and 27 years together. According to a source, friends are convincing the star to get back out there and start dating again – but she’s not quite ready for that.

Her painful marriage split must have been incredibly tough for Ruth, especially when Eamonn was seen stepping out with his new flame, Katie Alexander, 42, just months later before finally going public at the star-studded TRIC Awards in December.

But, as the saying goes, you can’t keep a good woman down. A source tells us that 2025 will be the year that the glammed-up presenter will let her hair down and potentially even meet a new man.

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They maintain that, while Ruth is definitely ready to leave Eamonn in the past, the much-loved presenter isn’t quite ready to dip her toe in the dating pool just yet. “She’s not ready to date, it’s not her priority and she just wants to have fun,” the source claimed. “Her friends are all telling her to, but she’s not there yet.”

But they add that the year ahead will undoubtedly be one full of positives for the presenter. “This is Ruth’s year – she wants all good vibes and positive energy. She wants to be surrounded by good people and is putting all of her energy into her new range of clothes with QVC, work and having a great time”.

It certainly seems that way. The 64-year-old, who is looking better than ever right now with her fresh, youthful new hairstyle and a distinct twinkle in her eye, partied the night away recently with besties, Lizzie Cundy and her ‘TV son’ Rylan Clark.

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Fans are loving the Loose Women star’s glow-up ( 
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ruthlangsford/Instagram)Hitting the dance floor in London for a wild night out, Ruth was videoed by Rylan who called his pal a “saucy mare” as she sang along to Montell Jordan’s hit This Is How We Do It. Posting the clips to his Instagram Stories, Ruth reciprocated with a video of the Radio 2 DJ shaking his hips as she danced to Shakira classic, Hips Don’t Lie.

It seems Ruth, who spent her first Christmas without her estranged husband last year, is ready quite literally to shake all the pain away as she looks to the future. “Ruth is showing Eamonn what he’s missing by going out and having fun, but she’s put him in the past and doesn’t want to focus on his relationship.”

The source added, “She doesn’t want to think about the past, she really has moved on. She’s been surrounding herself with friends and people she can have a good time with. She has put Eamonn and Katie on the backburner – they’re not in her brain, she’s moved forward.”

Between presenting on Loose Women and a successful clothing range on QVC, she’s doing well career-wise, too. “She’s getting so many work offers and is in a really good place,” our source said. “She is leaving the past behind her and focusing on having fun this year after a hard time in 2024.”

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Ruth, who shares grown-up son Jack with Eamonn, is also looking remarkably trim, and is clearly enjoying a new health and diet kick since her marriage split.

Her recent social media posts have given fans a glimpse of her “healthier” approach to the year, revealing lunches full of protein such as boiled eggs, turkey, and salad, alongside green juices she whips up at home, including ginger, spinach, cucumber, pineapple, apple and water. “I take this to work most days,” Ruth previously explained to her followers, adding that it helps stop her snacking on processed foods.

And Ruth clearly has all the support she needs from her Loose Women crew, including good friend Coleen Nolan, who recently opened up proudly about how great Ruth’s looking at the minute. “She’s also had such a glow-up. She looks better than I think I’ve seen her in years, she looks like she’s lost 10 years. Not that she didn’t look great before, but now she looks fabulous and she’s working really hard and she’s just getting on with it.”

Discussing how Ruth is coping with her divorce, Coleen – who is also trying to move on following her split late last year from boyfriend of three years Michael Jones – added: “She’s been amazing. I’m not one to give advice, but I’ve just been there when she’s wanted to vent or wanted to just talk about it. I really admire her, she’s been so classy through the whole thing and just got on with it.”

No doubt it works both ways and Ruth will have been a shoulder to lean on for Coleen, not only after her own relationship breakdown, but the tragic death of her older sister Linda last month. Whether this proves to be the year Ruth finds love again, who knows. Meanwhile, it’s great to see her happy again and living her best life.

Loose Women star Coleen Nolan, who attended her sister’s funeral over the weekend, revealed her fear of returning to work after a difficult time

Coleen Nolan returned to social media to share a personal update on her life and career following the death of her beloved sister, Linda Nolan.

The Loose Women presenter and singer joined her family members as Linda was laid to rest on Saturday in a moving send-off that was also attended by many of Linda’s celebrity friends. Linda, who was a columnist for The Mirror, passed away on January 15 following a lengthy battle with cancer.

Massive crowds gathered for the funeral as Linda’s pink, sparkly coffin was carried into church by Coleen’s son’s Shane and Jake. Coleen and her sisters – who formed The Nolans pop group in the 70s – all wore pink breast cancer broaches and earrings for the moving service.

Ahead of her return to work, Coleen took to social media to share a clip of herself thanking fans for their support. The clip started with a chair placed in an empty room. Coleen soon entered the frame to sit on the chair. She said: “Ready? We on? Hi there everyone. I just want to say, as many of you already know, it has been a really hard weekend saying goodbye to my sister Linda as you all know. But I’m back here now in London, going to be on Loose Women tomorrow.”

Coleen said she was ‘nervous’ about returning to work ( 
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Coleen added: “But before I do that I wanted to give a massive shoutout to every single one of you who sent messages, not only to me but my whole family. I cannot tell you how much it meant to us to feel the love from you all. People we’ve never met, strangers to us, who sent out heartfelt messages and cards, flowers…

“Just a little big virtual hug to each and everyone of you and to say thank you. I’m quite nervous about doing Loose because I’m really scared I won’t be able to hold it together but I hope you forgive me if I can’t but I need to get back out there and Linda would be the first to say ‘get back out there’ because you have to.

She ended the honest post: “Thank you for all your support throughout all the years but especially at this very very sad time for me and my family.” Friends and fans rushed to the comment section to share their words of support, with Myleene Klass writing: “love you Col,” with a few heart emojis and Judi Love posted: “We love you @coleen_nolan.”

“The Loose Women will pull you through.. Linda would be so proud of you getting on with life . Big hugs Coleen ..One day at a time,” one proud fan said to the star.

The recent accident comes after Ruth’s mother, Joan, also suffered a fall, fracturing her pelvis in December

Ruth Langsford has spoken out about the health of her dog, Maggie, following a recent accident. The Loose Women star, 64, said it all started when her pooch jumped off the sofa while visiting family, injuring the back of her leg.

Despite the small drop, Maggie was so hurt that she ‘couldn’t walk at all’, with Ruth having the carry her straight to St George’s, her local vet in Weybridge, Surrey. Thankfully, nothing was broken, but the Collie-cross was kept on ‘bed rest’ and pain killers throughout last week with no walks allowed.Although Maggie’s ‘still limping’ even now, Ruth assured that she’s making progress everyday, and took to Instagram to share the news. “So, last Monday Maggie jumped off the sofa when we were visiting my Mum and hurt her back leg … she couldn’t walk at all.” Ruth penned.

“I took her (carried her!) straight to our amazing vet @stgeorgesveterinarycentre who checked her over and reassured me nothing was broken thank goodness. Maggie’s been on pain relief and ‘bed rest’ all week but today I could see she wanted to venture out….so this is her first little walk outside the garden!”

Ruth posted a quick video of Maggie hobbling through the grass and sniffing the ground outside. She added: “She’s still limping a little bit but getting better every day. More sniffing than walking but she’s getting there! Love my old girl so much.”

Unsurprisingly, Ruth’s update was soon flooded with countless comments from users keen to express their well-wishes. Among them was Strictly Come Dancing pro Karen Hauer who wrote: “Bless her, my Betty did the same a couple of months ago and she bounced back quite quickly with lots of rest and cuddles.”

Meanwhile, another user added: “Aww Maggie feel better soon,” as someone else wrote: “Aww bless her. Speedy recovery Maggie. Sad when they get old. My Milo is 13 this year. They still spoilt rotten though.”

Ruth posted a quick video of Maggie hobbling through the grass and sniffing the ground outside ( 
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Phil Lewis/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Maggie’s health ordeal comes less than two months after Ruth’s mother, Joan, also suffered a fall, fracturing her pelvis. While the family were grateful that Joan required no surgery, she was encouraged to take some time to heal in hospital.

Posting to Instagram in December, Ruth explained: “No dancing in my kitchen peeling the veg for my darling Mum this Christmas ….she’s had a fall and fractured her pelvis! She’s ok…ish, no surgery required thank goodness but she needs rest and time to heal now.

“She’s in hospital at the moment but I’m hoping to get her home soon. This time last year she fell and broke her hip but recovered well.” It was after Christmas on January 4 that Joan finally came home, with Maggie especially pleased to see her again.

In a separate update, Ruth wrote: “Mum is finally out of hospital! Thank you to all the nursing staff at St. Peter’s Hospital and Woking Community Hospital for taking such good care of her.”