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Could Donald Trump’s Prince William’s Notre Dame reunion over the weekend reel in trouble for Prince Harry’s US visa status? Royal commentator unloads his take.

Donald Trump couldn’t help but gush over the “very handsome” Prince William after their bonding session in Paris over the weekend.

What he eventually described as a “great talk” with the Prince of Wales is potentially playing with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s nerves amid the duke’s visa application concerns.The US president-elect and Prince William’s Saturday meeting made for a headline-stealing moment as celebrations for Notre Dame Cathedral’s rise from the ashes after the 2019 fire took over the iconic monument.

 

As the Prince of Wales stepped in for the ceremony on behalf of his father and British monarch, King Charles, it marked the first time a royal crossed paths with Trump since his White House departure in 2021.

Donald Trump on meeting Prince William

Soon after the duo’s sit-down, Trump opened up about their meet-up to the New York Post. He praised William as a “good looking guy,” adding that he “looked really, very handsome last night.”

He went on, “Some people look better in person? He looked great. He looked really nice, and I told him that.”

The 2024 US presidential election’s victor labelled his nearly two-hour chat with the future king in Salon Jaune at the UK Ambassador’s Residence a “great talk with the prince.”

Further shedding light on what they bonded over, Trump revealed that he asked him about his wife, Kate Middleton, who had previously been diagnosed with cancer. Additionally, the Republican leader took an interest in King Charles III, who continues his battle with cancer.

Royal commentator on Prince Harry’s US visa status

Meanwhile, on the other side of these diplomatic chats, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams implied that Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have got to be “a little bit nervous” about his visa situation in light of Trump’s reunion with the Prince of Wales

Despite pushing the visa talks as an afterthought, the royal commentator admitted that Harry’s US visa status is a pressing issue that could seriously take a tumble with Trump coming to power in the new year.“I very strongly doubt that Harry and Meghan are among the priorities of the president,” he said of Trump’s discussion with William. Speaking on GB News, Fitzwilliams added, “We know there’s an issue supposedly with what might or might not be on the application form for Prince Harry’s US visa. He mentioned that he’d taken drugs in Spare.”

 

Possibility of Trump’s election win working against Prince Harry

Addressing Harry’s visa woes, Trump previously told the Daily Express US, “ I wouldn’t protect him. He betrayed the Queen. That’s unforgivable. He would be on his own if it was down to me.”

The Heritage Foundation, the think tank legally charging against Prince Harry, is also counting on Trump’s election win to work in their favour. In November, Nile Gardiner, Director of The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center of Freedom, told the Daily Mail that there was a “strong possibility” that the duke’s confidential immigration documents could be released with Trump winning the November election.

She is focusing on her mental health

The N-Dubz singer was the only campmate missing when Danny Jones was crowned the King of the Jungle.

Tulisa previously clarified that her decision to delete posts related to the jungle had nothing to do with her pals, who handled her Instagram posts while she was away.

She brushed off the rumours that she felt “unhappy” with what was shared about her online. So, fans want to know what stopped her from appearing alongside her fellow campmates last night (December 8).

Tulisa became the third celebrity to be eliminated from the jungle (Credit: ITV)

Tulisa Contostavlos missed I’m A Celebrity finale

Tulisa’s fans have wondered about her whereabouts ever since she left the show. While many seemed disappointed with her early exit, others appeared occupied with rumours surrounding her social media behaviour.

Yesterday, she posted highlights from the jungle close to her heart while dedicating the caption to her fellow campmates in the finale.

Alongside a carousel of her pictures from the jungle, Tulisa wrote: “Looking back at some of my favourite moments from the @Imacelebrity jungle. It’s been a whirlwind.

“Thank you to @itv for the experience and for sending so much love to my jungle fam before the final tonight. Sorry, I can’t be there to celebrate with you all.”

Why Tulisa left Australia after I’m A Celebrity

In a different video posted to her account five days ago, Tulisa revealed the real reason she flew back to her home country.

She said she wanted to take time off to deal with all the attention she received from the show as it became overwhelming.

Tulisa said: “I was getting a lot of attention, a lot of bombarding – in all the most positive way, but because it’s been a bit of a while for me, I can get overwhelmed quite easily and I just started to feel a little bit overwhelmed.”

“And I was like, do you know what? I need to just take a little bit of time for me and just chill. This is all just feeling a bit much at the moment,” she continued.

She also promised her followers she would return with her favourite jungle memories to post on her Instagram reels. “The way it’s being posted and all the random stuff is not how I would do my Insta. I would have one or two really good reels relating to the jungle and bringing my time together there,” the singer explained.

Tulisa sparks criticism over I’m A Celeb final absence

I’m A Celebrity viewers have expressed disappointment with Tulisa for deliberately missing the finale and choosing not to be a part of the final camp moment.

When one of the followers asked: “Couldn’t be there or didn’t want to be there?” another agitated fan added: “You couldn’t even have the dignity to show up to congratulate the winner.”

Echoing the above emotions, one said: “MUST be a GOOD reason why you’ve chosen to fly home. Such a shame you couldn’t finish your jungle experience with the rest of them tonight.”

“Not a great team player after all!” complained another.

Tulisa missed the finale (Credit: ITV)
However, most comments targeted at Tulisa appeared positive as fans want her to prioritise her mental wellbeing over negative remarks.

“You were fabulous and your soul shone through. Big love,” said one supportive.

Another added: “You came across really well Tulisa and I think you looked stunning. You’re gorgeous. Stay strong babe.”

Someone else wrote: “You’ll always be our winner, we love you, take care of yourself.”

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s new Netflix docuseries Polo has been slammed as being out of touch and “not relatable” to audiences. The show gives “unprecedented access to the world of professional polo”, with royal commentator Helena Chard telling GB News that the regular Joe isn’t going to be able to relate to the sport, which is usually played by the wealthy.

“There’s been no excitement in the run-up to the show, and it’s sort of been enshrouded in black smoke,” she said. “Is there mass appeal? I don’t think so. Fans care more about royal drama than this.”This is elite and it’s about elite, global players. It’s about grit to glamour. I really don’t think people relate to this.”

 

Speaking of the sport, she added, “It’s not that exciting. It’s a lavish lifestyle that people, the general person, won’t be used to.”

Interestingly, Meghan and Harry only appear briefly in the show when the Duke of Sussex plays a charity match in Florida to benefit Sentebale.

Fans react to Harry and Meghan’s show Polo

Fans have shared very mixed reactions on social media about the show, with one user calling it “possibly the worst show on Netflix”.

“Polo, the new Netflix series from Harry and Meghan is as bad and forgettable as everything they do,” another said.

“I mean who actually thought, ‘Hmmm let’s do a show about a sport that is played by very few people… what are they paying them for?” a third added.

“I’m in middle America, polo is not relatable,” someone else said.”Is Polo relatable to anyone on here? No? Shocking,” another added.

 

However, many others loved the show, with one fan saying, “I have finished watching all 5 episodes and I was hooked. The US Open Final was so intense I was on the edge of my seat! I watched [because] I love Harry & Meghan but now I appreciate POLO! Hope there will be a 2nd season!”

“I am watching it right now, and it is incredible,” another said. “The dynamics between the players is thrilling.”

“I binged watched it,” a third wrote. “It was excellent.”

From a health scare earlier this year to the annual royal Christmas carol event now, Kate Middleton has headlined international news throughout the year.

The Princess of Wales kept everyone talking about her this year, whether for her role in the royal family extending an olive branch to Prince Harry or the buzz about her divorce from Prince William.

These international headlines have landed her on the shortlist of TIME’s 2024 Person of the Year award. She was previously on the TIME100 list of Most Influential People in 2013 and one of the runners-up for Person of the Year in 2011.Here’s why Kate Middleton has been shortlisted for 2024 Person of the Year award

 

According to TIME magazine, the Princess of Wales sparked global conversations this year, sparking conversations about privacy and health for public figures.

In January, Kate Middleton was hospitalised for two weeks for a “planned abdominal surgery”, and Kensington Palace said she would be out of the public eye until Easter.

But after conspiracy theories circulated online in March about Middleton’s whereabouts, the royal put the rumours to rest by revealing that she had been diagnosed with cancer.

In September, Middleton announced that she had completed her chemotherapy treatment.

Who, other than Kate Middleton, have been shortlisted for the award?

Kamala Harris

Elon Musk

Yulia Navalnaya

Benjamin Netanyahu

Jerome Powell

Joe Rogan

Claudia Sheinbaum

Donald Trump

Meghan Markle’s three-day visit to Nigeria with her husband, Prince Harry, did not disappoint royal fashion fans. She graced the country with sentimental throwbacks, high-end looks, local fashion pieces – as well as the odd fashion blunder.

Nevertheless, the Duchess of Sussex, 42, has established herself as a fashion icon among her fans, by wearing high-end brands such as Carolina Herrera and Johanna Ortiz, alongside championing local talent, such as Oríré for the visit.

However, despite opting for expensive garments, this hasn’t stopped some fashion fans criticising some of Meghan’s looks during her three-day tour.

The former Suits star, however, admitted she “got the memo” and therefore chose bright outfits for her visit to the West African country. Sat with a microphone and addressing the audience during her visit, Meghan said: “It has been a whirlwind 24 hours since we arrived, and I very quickly got the memo that I need to wear more colour so I can fit in with all of you in your incredible fashion.”
Meghan, along with her husband, Prince Harry, is visiting the country to celebrate the 10

1) Tropical midi-dress

The Duchess opted for a printed cut-out number from Johanna Ortiz, costing £2,270 to watch a volleyball match alongside Prince Harry on day two of her trip to Nigeria, which has sparked a positive reaction from fans. Meghan’s choice of dress sparked a fan frenzy as people commented on how “culturally appropriate” Meghan’s attire was.

Meghan looked glamorous in a Johanna Ortiz silk black and white midi dress with a thigh-split and a black tropical print. Meghan teamed her dress with Emme Parsons ‘Cecelia’ black leather sandals and her signature oversized black sunglasses.

One royal fan claimed: “I am not generally a fan of Meghan’s style, but she looks fantastic, and perfectly appropriate both for the climate and the event!” Another commented that the dress was “perfect for a sporting event” whereas another wrote: “The dress is perfect for the event and the weather and the culture”.
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2) Cream halter midi-dress

Meghan pulled out all the fashion stops for her last day in Nigeria with another glam number from Johanna Ortiz. The Duchess of Sussex wore a pretty printed halter dress to attend the Nigeria Unconquered game at the Lagos Polo Club alongside her husband, Prince Harry.

She chose to wear the £1,691 ‘Summer Counts Wool and Silk’ maxi dress with Heidi Merrick black sunglasses and Nigerian coral drop earrings.

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3) Sunshine floor-length gown dress

Meghan Markle made a sweet nod to her daughter, Princess Lilibet as she wore one favourite item in her wardrobe, the Carolina Herrera Yellow Silk Overlay Gown, costing £3,184.

Meghan paired the dress with a pair of nude slingback heels by Aquazzura, an AURate gold collar necklace and a pair of gold hammered disc earrings by Jennifer Meyer (£2,605).

The Duchess wore the same dress back in 2021 to announce her pregnancy with Princess Lilibet.

Celebrity PR Brenda Christensen told the Mirror that the choice of colour carried a deeper significance. She said: “In many African cultures, including Nigeria, yellow is reserved for those of high rank due to its resemblance to gold, symbolising wealth, quality, success, and royalty.”

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4) Vibrant red maxi dress with ruffles

Dressed in a vibrant red maxi dress with delicate ruffles and thin straps, Meghan exuded confidence at a Women in Leadership panel held in Nigeria. Meghan explained her choice of the red dress on stage, and as it turns out, she was using colours to get closer to her Nigerian heritage.

The best part is anyone can apply!

If you’re a lifelong I’m A Celeb fan, you may want to sit down when I tell you this – the Celebrity Cyclone is getting its OWN SPINOFF TV SHOW. Are you kidding me?!

One of the best parts of watching I’m A Celeb is towards the end when the remaining celebrities get stuck into the iconic Celebrity Cyclone trial. If you’re unfamiliar with the cyclone, it’s basically a massive slope blasted with water and wind machines that the contestants have to work their way through while picking up huge stars. Ant and Dec have even done it themselves!

This year, ITV producers will, for the first time, use the set to test out some ideas for a spinoff TV series – including a show which could cast members of the public.

According to an ITV insider who spoke to The Sun, hosts Ant and Dec will not be involved in the spinoff.

A TV insider said: “A spin-off show for the Cyclone makes absolute sense and across the industry, it has always been considered a TV hit in waiting. Cyclone could evolve and use the core basis of the water slide to become a wider show. If the testing proves successful there is every intention to look at a full series in the future.” OMG!

The source continued: “Cyclone is such a hugely popular part of I’m A Celeb that show bosses felt it was worth exploring ideas to see if anything might work as a stand-alone show. They’ll be looking at all aspects of the game.”

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If you’ve ever angrily waved your arms in front of your TV screen and said “I could do better than that,” now is your chance to prove it. However, it may be more lethal than it looks on TV. Dec spoke out about his 2012 Celebrity Cyclone attempt in 2022 and said the challenge left him with a serious shoulder injury taking part which took six months of physiotherapy to recover from. Although he still described it as “fun times though guys, fun times.”

Our lives are now considerably more boring after I’m A Celeb came to an end on Sunday with the crowning of 2024’s king of the jungle, McFly’s Danny Jones.

Today feels a lot darker without the yearly embrace of I’m A Celeb to keep us busy in the evenings. Sure, we can look back at tear-inducing moments like editing errors and Rebekah Vardy’s ongoing statements, but there’s just no beating a live bushtucker trial or Danny Jones’ face on our TV.

Of course, long before he touched down in Australia Danny was one part of McFly and later a member of supergroup McBusted, releasing absolute bangers such as Star Girl, Obviously, and Five Colours In Her Hair. Naturally, Tom, Harry and Dougie have shared their congratulations with their bestie who is undoubtedly cramming his face with carbs and catching up on his Instagram notifications.

1. Tom Fletcher

Tom Fletcher, Danny’s fellow judge on The Voice, took to Instagram on Monday to point out Danny’s insane 2024 winning streak. In this year alone, he arose victorious as Piranha on The Masked Singer, won with Ava Mannings on The Voice, and is now the king of the jungle in I’m A Celeb. He’s got a lot to live up to in 2025!

“What a year @dannyjonesofficial,” Tom wrote alongside some celebratory emojis.

As the final was running live on Sunday night, Tom was posting Instagram story after Instagram story calling for people at home to vote. He even posted a best bits reel after Danny’s victory and has continued to post throughout much of Monday. 20 friend points to Tom!

2. Dougie Poynter

Not to be outdone by Tom, Dougie Poynter, who is an I’m A Celeb winner himself, posted consistently about Danny during his I’m A Celeb tenure.

“I was actually really disappointed because I was voting for Coleen,” he joked on his Instagram story after Danny’s victory. “Whatever, I think she was the deserving winner.”

He added in another story: “I’m joking. Of course, I’m f*****g stoked.”

Poking fun at Busted, the official McFly Instagram posted a meme that suggested they were better than their counterparts because of their two I’m A Celeb wins. All of the McFly boys have since reposted it, messy messy men.

3. Harry Judd

After Danny Jones beat Coleen Rooney for the crown, McFly’s Harry Judd posted a similar meme as Tom’s alongside the caption: “2024 is @dannyjonesofficial year!! LONG LIVE KING MUSH.”

Though he should have been sound asleep because of morning plans, a shirtless Harry streamed the final from his bed as he celebrated on his Instagram story. Yes, you read that right. The following celebrations were unfortunately silent as his wife Izzy was asleep next to him. Nonetheless, he seemed very much overjoyed to have another of the McFly lads in the Australian royal family.

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The first thing Coleen Rooney’s eight-year-old son Kit said when he made his surprise visit to see her in the I’m A Celebrity camp was: ‘Ugh, she stinks’.

Given that she’d been in the Jungle for three weeks by that stage, it was hardly Coleen’s fault if she was smelling a less fragrant than usual.

But by the time she joined me to give the Mail her first interview just two hours after finishing second to McFly frontman Danny Jones in this year’s series, she was back to her immaculately groomed self, smelling of a fusion of bath soap and subtle but expensive perfume, her hair scraped back into a low bun, offset by a pair of chunky gold earrings.

Yet despite doing so well in the Jungle and staying in contention until the very last moment, Coleen confesses that she almost quit the show in the first week after she woke up and saw her luxury item: a pillow emblazoned with a picture of Wayne and her children.

Her confidence was already at a low ebb because, as soon as she stepped foot in the Jungle, Coleen began to question why she was there.

Her campmates were actors, dancers and musicians and she was the 39-year-old wife of the former England football captain Wayne Rooney. In short, a WAG.

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Coleen Rooney was back to her immaculately groomed self after leaving the I’m A Celebrity jungle

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Given her luxury lifestyle, some wondered how she would cope with the seamier sides of jungle life but Coleen soon proved she had the right stuff

As fellow contestants such as Strictly’s Oti Mabuse taught salsa and the McFly frontman, Danny Jones, belted out his classics on an old guitar, she sat silently struggling with her self-esteem.

‘What do I bring to the camp?’ Coleen asked herself as she stared down at that pillow and burst into tears.

‘Those first few days were tough. I got there and I thought, ‘What have I set myself up for?’ There were loads of personalities and I just sat there.‘Then, day three, the headaches from withdrawals from caffeine, sugar and alcohol kicked in. I didn’t really prepare before I went in. And then the hunger came because we didn’t really get stars in the first week.’

 

Staring down the barrel of three weeks sleeping rough in the Australian bush away from her family back in Cheshire, Coleen thought, ‘I’m not sure I can go all the way.’

But a week later, she experienced a breakthrough. For the woman who sparked the Wagatha Christie saga – with her fiendishly ingenious investigation into who was selling stories gleaned from her private Twitter account to the tabloids – proved just as shrewd a detective in the jungle.

By the first Friday in camp, she was the only contestant to figure out that the Reverend Richard Coles and Love Island’s Maura Higgins were lying about the hellish living conditions they were enduring in their separate camp.

After meeting the two new campmates, Coleen spoke up, telling Danny Jones: ‘Something’s not right, they’re not telling the truth.’ (It became her show catchphrase and, appropriately enough, when speaking to the Mail, she was clutching a mug bearing the statement.)

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Reflecting on her time in the camp she told the Mail: ‘Going to the dunny [camp lavatory] doesn’t bother me, I’ve gone behind a tree before. I don’t mind getting my hands dirty’

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‘I’ve got four boys, we’ve been in situations where we’ve got dirty. We go to ponds and mud trails. None of that fazed me… I could have stayed there for weeks and weeks,’ she explained

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Coleen revealed that the month she and Wayne spent apart while she was in the Jungle is the longest they have been separated in the course of their 26-year relationship

From that point on, the competition changed for Coleen. She came out of her shell and went on to solve other camp mysteries, securing not only her reputation as a valued member of the group but a place in the final.

It turns out that her sleuthing skills date back to her childhood. ‘I usually sniff things out before they actually happen,’ she says with a laugh. ‘Even down to Christmas presents when I was younger. I knew what I was getting before it was Christmas.’

 

Coleen also reveals that the month she and Wayne spent apart while she was in the Jungle is the longest they have been separated in the course of their 26-year relationship.

But the former Manchester United star, also 39, did find one way to communicate with her – by getting Coleen voted in for a Bushtucker trial.

Seeing his wife of 16 years growing increasingly despondent as she kept missing out on trials, Wayne took to social media with rallying cries of ‘Vote Coleen’ and ‘We want Coleen in a trial’.

Sure enough, she was called up to lie in a coffin crawling with rats, maggots, cockroaches and meal worms and, taken aback by his own influence, Wayne wrote on X at the time: ‘I could be in trouble here.’

Laughing when I told her this, Coleen says: ‘I’m glad he did because I was desperate to do a trial. At the time I thought: ‘What’s the point in coming here if I’m not doing any trials?’

The presence of the rats made Coleen realise that Wayne could have been responsible.

‘Back home, I had a rat in my car and I didn’t know I was driving around with it, but it did a lot of damage by chewing through the wires.’

But it wasn’t rats that caused Coleen the most discomfort, it was cockroaches.

And a moment that had viewers shouting at their television screens came when they saw a cockroach scuttle unnoticed across Coleen’s face and bury itself in her ear.

Recalling the torment – which saw medics rush to interrupt the Bushtucker Trial – Coleen says: ‘I was like, ‘What was that?’ I could just feel it going round and I saw people with their faces like, ‘That’s not right but like, don’t panic because she will panic’.

‘But I didn’t panic, the medics came over and squirted water in and it eventually came out, it was all okay.’

To help fill the long periods of idleness that are part and parcel of camp living, Coleen would keep busy by completing 126 squats a day.

This regime paid off when she followed in the footsteps of stars from Katie Price to Myleene Klass to join the so-called ‘waterfall of fame’, by taking a shower in a bikini.

Revealing the secrets of her chiselled figure, she said: ‘At home every morning when I’m in the shower I do squats. I get up before the kids get up and I’ll do a routine of squats and I know if I’ve got them done I can carry on.

‘I would also do a few gym sessions and Reformer Pilates but in the Jungle, obviously, it was my squats.’

 

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Coleen said ex-footballer Wayne has ‘never missed me as much as he does now’

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Coleen and Wayne with sons Kai, 15, Klay, 11, Kit, eight and Cass, six

Given her luxury lifestyle, some wondered how she would cope with the seamier sides of jungle life but Coleen soon proved she had the right stuff.

‘I have got luxuries in life but I’m no princess,’ she assures me, ‘I feel my campmates were surprised that I wasn’t fazed by living outside. I might not have camped that much but I used to clean the apartments at a Pontins holiday park when I was younger.’

She adds: ‘Going to the dunny [camp lavatory] doesn’t bother me, I’ve gone behind a tree before. I don’t mind getting my hands dirty, I’ve got four boys, we’ve been in situations where we’ve got dirty.

‘We go to ponds and mud trails. None of that fazed me and if I had all of my lot there, I could have stayed there for weeks and weeks.’

Indeed, Coleen took on many of the chores to make up for not looking after her sons. ‘It’s just my daily life to pick up after people, to just get on with it,’ she says.

‘If I don’t do it myself it mightn’t get done. It was hard to step back from not doing other people’s. There were times when people took longer to do their chores. I was desperate to go and do that but we got punished for it.’

The first thing she did after coming out of the jungle was to FaceTime her husband. ‘Wayne just said how proud he was,’ she says. ‘Obviously, in the letter he sent to me in camp, he said he’s never missed me as much as he does now.

‘I can understand that because we’ve not spoken. We’ve been apart for weeks and weeks on end. [Normally] we speak a number of times a day, and we FaceTime. To not have that communication, it’s been tough.’

Wayne remained in the UK to manage his football team, Plymouth Argyle, in Devon, while their two eldest sons Kai, 15, and Klay, 11, also stayed home.

‘It was harder for them to come out [out of] school. They’re older, it’s more serious. We took the decision to keep them in school.

‘But, they did say they weren’t going to school tomorrow because their mum was in the final. I don’t know what school’s going to say about that. Obviously, they haven’t come all the way to Australia so maybe they do deserve a day off.

 

‘The little ones, it’s easier. They’ve brought work away with them.’

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Wayne remained in the UK to manage his football team, Plymouth Argyle, while their two eldest sons Kai, 15, and Klay, 11, also stayed home

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But the former Manchester United star, also 39, did find one way to communicate with her – by getting Coleen voted in for a Bushtucker trial

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Laughing when she was told, Coleen said: ‘I’m glad he did because I was desperate to do a trial. At the time I thought: ‘What’s the point in coming here if I’m not doing any trials?’

Wayne also told his wife that he had held a viewing party for the final in her honour for their closest family and friends at their £20million Cheshire mansion.

Now Coleen is back with her mother, father and two younger sons as they prepare to return to the UK to reunite with the rest of the family ahead of Christmas.

The mother-of-four planned Christmas and did all her shopping before she left so she could return safe in the knowledge that everything was ready.

In terms of the future, she says she wants to ‘enjoy Christmas, which I’m really looking forward to, and then we start again in the new year when, in January, I will sit down with my team and see what I am going to do going forward’.

Given her spectacular success on I’m A Celebrity, ITV will be desperately hoping that it is part of her future plans.

PETE Wicks was voted off Strictly last night, with the former TOWIE star now speaking out about his time on the BBC One dancing competition.

The 36-year-old reality star was paired with Jowita Przystał in Strictly Come Dancing 2024, with the duo getting voted out of the competition by judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton du Beke last night.

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Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal were axed from Strictly Come Dancing on SundayCredit: BBC

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Pete ended up in the bottom two with Love Islander Tasha Ghouri, with the former TOWIE star now breaking his silence on his exit and his time on the show.

Sharing an emotional Instagram post following his shock axe from the show, Pete spoke about how he “couldn’t be happier with the way it ended” before sharing a gushing tribute to his dance partner Jowita.

Sharing a selection of snaps from his time on the show, Pete wrote a lengthy caption that summed up the last four months of his life.

“The past 3-4 months have been nothing short of incredible” he penned in the caption.

Pete went on: “I spent 12 weeks saying my time in the show was gonna be over and each week I was wrong…until now.

“I couldn’t be happier with the way it ended, there is no one I would have rather been in a dance-off with than Tasha.”

Pete then swooned over Tasha and how she is “the most beautiful dancer, the most beautiful person inside and out”.

After saying how proud he was of her, Pete went on to share why he believes he stayed in the competition for so long.

“The only reason I stayed in the show for so long is because of you, the people,” he said.

‘NEVER STOP TRYING’

“You supported me throughout and that is something I’ll never be able to forget and something I never expected.

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“We went on this journey together, the ups and downs and with the right attitude, it’s about learning and it’s about entertaining.”

Pete then spoke about how he tried his best since the very first day and took the whole process seriously.

 

 

“You don’t always have to be the best or have the most talent, but you should never stop trying,” he added.

“The show isn’t just what you see on a Saturday night, it’s not all jazz hands…there are an unbelievable amount of wonderful people that make it all happen,” Pete went on to add, saying how every department behind-the-scenes works hard and cares a lot.

Strictly Curse – The Lowdown

STRICTLY Come Dancing’s latest series has already been hit by rumours of a BBC show ‘curse’ – yet what is it?

A host of Strictly Come Dancing stars have been struck by the Strictly Curse during the past two decades.

This is where celebrities who may or may not be attached in the outside world become more than friends with their professional partners.

A total of 20 relationships are said to have been impacted so far over the show’s 20 years.

It has seen relationships crumble with dance floor romances and punishing rehearsal schedules to blame.

This includes the partnerships of Louise and Jamie Redknapp as well as Kevin Clifton and Karen Hauer.

Controversially, Judge Craig Revel Horwood once said of the curse: “I think of it as a blessing, to be honest. One person is married, the other one had a girlfriend but my point in this entire thing is: if you come on Strictly, sometimes you are in a relationship that is not working anyway.

“There has to be something wrong in your relationship before it all goes awry.”

Series one winner Brendan Cole left his fiancé, fellow Strictly professional Camilla Dallerup, during filming for the very first series in spring 2004.

Brendan was said to have fallen for his celebrity partner and inaugural winner Natasha Kaplinsky, although the duo didn’t confirm they were romantically involved.

“Lastly but most importantly,” he added, “this experience wouldn’t have been anything without Jowita.”

‘YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY DANCING GNOME’

Paying tribute to his professional dance partner, Pete penned a gushing tribute to Jowita who believed in him and “never stopped”.

Writing about the pro, he said: “She supported me, listened to me, made me laugh and cry but most of all she made me believe in myself when I didn’t think I could do it.

“We did everything our way, and for me, that was the right way. I’m so sorry that I couldn’t get you to a final, I tried my best and you deserve to be there.

“The show may have ended for us but one thing won’t, you will always have a friend in me. You have become such a special person in my life and just because that won’t continue on a ballroom floor doesn’t mean it won’t continue.”

He then concluded before signing off: “Unfortunately for you, you’ve gained a friend for life. You will always be my dancing gnome.”

BOOTED OFF THE SHOW

After receiving his verdict last night, Pete said: “It’s been wild,” of his time on the dancing competition.

“I’ve been quite honest about the fact that I didn’t necessarily want to do this in the first place, but everyone else wanted me to do it, and I am so, so glad that I did it,” he went on.

 

“You don’t always have to be the best, but if you enjoy something then why shouldn’t you have a go at it?

“I’ve tried my best from day one, I said I was in for a penny, in for a pound and I’ve done it, it’s been beautiful,” he said.

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Pete shot to fame on The Only Way Is EssexCredit: Getty

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The former TOWIE star was paired with Jowita on Strictly this yearCredit: PA

Coleen Rooney’s son Cass claimed her I’m A Celebrity hat as she arrived at Brisbane Airport for journey home on Tuesday.

The WAG, 38, who came second to Danny Jones during Sunday’s final, was joined by her two youngest sons, Cass, six, and Kit, eight, and her parents, Colette and Tony.

Despite not winning the jungle crown, Coleen did steel the hearts of the UK after opening up about her humble beginnings cleaning apartments at Pontins.

Checking in for her flight, she looked stylish in an all-black outfit consisting of a vest top and linen trousers.

The TV personality layered over a matching shirt and carried a quilted leather shoulder bag with a chain strap.

Walking beside her Cass was dressed in a practical bright blue tracksuit, and proudly wore his mother’s Akubra hat.

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Coleen Rooney’s son Cass claimed her I’m A Celebrity hat as she arrived at Brisbane Airport for journey home on Tuesday

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The WAG, 38, who came second to Danny Jones during Sunday’s final, was joined by her two youngest sons, Cass, six, and Kit, eight, and her parents, Colette and Tony

Coleen’s parents and her two youngest sons made a surprise appearance on the ITV show last week, staying in Australia for a fortnight.

The WAG revealed she didn’t struggle at all settling into jungle life which she credits to the job she worked as a teenager before finding fame.

When asked how she coped with having no luxuries in camp, Coleen said it reminded her of when she used to clean apartments at Pontins in her younger days.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, she said: ‘I have got luxuries in life but I’m no princess. I feel my campmates were surprised that I wasn’t fazed by living outside.

‘I might not have camped that much but I used to clean the apartments at a Pontins holiday park when I was younger.’

‘Going to the dunny [camp lavatory] doesn’t bother me, I’ve gone behind a tree before. I don’t mind getting my hands dirty, I’ve got four boys, we’ve been in situations where we’ve got dirty.

‘We go to ponds and mud trails. None of that fazed me and if I had all of my lot there, I could have stayed there for weeks and weeks.’

Indeed, Coleen took on many of the chores to make up for not looking after her sons. ‘It’s just my daily life to pick up after people, to just get on with it,’ she said.

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Despite not winning the jungle crown, Coleen did steel the hearts of the UK after opening up about her humble beginnings cleaning apartments at Pontins

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Coleen giggled as she picked up her hat

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Checking in for her flight, she looked stylish in an all-black outfit consisting of a vest top and linen trousers

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The TV personality layered over a matching shirt and carried a quilted leather shoulder bag with a chain strap

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Walking beside her Cass was dressed in a practical bright blue tracksuit

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Coleen’s parents and her two youngest sons made a surprise appearance on the ITV show last week, staying in Australia for a fortnight

‘If I don’t do it myself it mightn’t get done. It was hard to step back from not doing other people’s. There were times when people took longer to do their chores. I was desperate to go and do that but we got punished for it.’

The first thing she did after coming out of the jungle was to FaceTime her husband. ‘Wayne just said how proud he was,’ she said. ‘Obviously, in the letter he sent to me in camp, he said he’s never missed me as much as he does now.

‘I can understand that because we’ve not spoken. We’ve been apart for weeks and weeks on end. [Normally] we speak a number of times a day, and we FaceTime. To not have that communication, it’s been tough.’

Wayne remained in the UK to manage his football team, Plymouth Argyle, in Devon, while their two eldest sons Kai, 15, and Klay, 11, also stayed home.

Elsewhere, GK Barry and Jane Moore were also seen heading home after their jungle stint in Australia as they were spotted making their way to the airport.

The podcaster-turned-reality star, 25, and journalist, 62, were seen arriving at Brisbane Airport on Tuesday with their bags in tow.

GK – whose full name is Grace Eleanor Keeling – kept it casual for her journey back, sporting a pair of white towelling Nike drawstring shorts, with a black racerneck vest.

She paired the sporty ensemble with white trainers and wore an array of gold jewellery, including an elegant bangle with a collection of rings, and carried a black tote bag.

GK was seen at the flight check-in desk with her footballer girlfriend Ella Rutherford, who sported a baggy t-shirt and basketball shorts.

Meanwhile Jane opted for a grey hooded long jacket as she prepared to return to the colder UK temperatures.

She finished off her look with a white open-necked shirt, high-waisted black paperbag trousers and scuffed trainers.

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The WAG revealed she didn’t struggle at all settling into jungle life which she credits to the job she worked as a teenager before finding fame

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When asked how she coped with having no luxuries in camp, Coleen said it reminded her of when she used to clean apartments at Pontins in her younger days

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Speaking to the Daily Mail, she said: ‘I have got luxuries in life but I’m no princess. I feel my campmates were surprised that I wasn’t fazed by living outside’

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She added: ‘Going to the dunny [camp lavatory] doesn’t bother me, I’ve gone behind a tree before. I don’t mind getting my hands dirty, I’ve got four boys’

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Coleen stacked three large suitcases on top of one another and wheeled them through the airport

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Elsewhere, GK Barry and Jane Moore were also seen heading home after their jungle stint in Australia as they were spotted making their way to the airport

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The podcaster-turned-reality star, 25, and journalist, 62, were spotted arriving at Brisbane Airport on Tuesday with their bags in tow

GK’s departure came hours after she sent fans in overdrive after sharing her ‘jungle essentials’ which include a ‘wine, fake tan and Canesten’.

GK took to her Instagram following her stint on the hit ITV show, spilling the beans on the must-haves she brought with her Down Under.

She shared a look at her open luggage showing the essential items.

The essentials also included a pair of Crocs slippers, a book called ‘Why Mom Stopped Stripping’, fake lashes, Digestive dark chocolate biscuits, a deodorant, a rescue remedy spray and a silky sleep mask.

She captioned: ‘POV: Grace packed her suitcase with her Jungle Essentials. Wine to handle those Jungle nights, fake tan for the glow, and the Canesten… well that’s self explanatory x.’

Fans were left in stitches and flooded the comment section below the post, praising her for not forgetting the ‘rescue remedy’ spray.

‘The rescue remedy’; ‘Rescue remedy is so real’; ‘bit of us’;’cool essentials’; ‘bear grylls who’; ‘The rescue remedy got me’; ‘So true girl’; ‘The rescue remedy with a straw’.

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GK – whose full name is Grace Eleanor Keeling – kept it casual for her journey back, sporting a pair of white towelling Nike drawstring shorts, with a black racerneck vest

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GK was seen at the flight check-in desk with her footballer girlfriend Ella Rutherford, who sported a baggy t-shirt and basketball shorts

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She paired the sporty ensemble with white trainers and wore an array of gold jewellery, including an elegant bangle with a collection of rings, and carried a black tote bag

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Meanwhile Jane opted for a grey hooded long jacket as she prepared to return to the colder UK temperatures

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She finished off her look with a white open-necked shirt, high-waisted black paperbag trousers and scuffed trainers

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Rev Richard Coles was all smiles as he made his way through the airport

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Oti Mabuse giggled as she entertained her daughter ahead of their long flight

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The dancer dressed practically in a white tracksuit for her journey

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Barry McGuigan threw a celebratory fist in the air as he arrived at Brisbane Airport

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He was joined his wife Sandra

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Alan Halsall wore a black Adidas T-shirt and matching shorts

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Melvin Odoom continued to rock his I’m A Celeb hat

Even the Crocs official account commented as the internet star included a pair of the cosy slippers: ‘Couldn’t be more ready to take on the jungle!’

During her time in the jungle, Grace revealed the incredibly expensive purchase she made after achieving overnight fame following her social media success.

The star soared to fame during the first Covid-19 lockdown when she started making TikToks about her daily life while studying film at Nottingham Trent University.

A successful podcast and guest stints on Loose Women have followed, and she’s also kept fans on their toes while documenting her love life.

Chatting with her pal Reverend Richard Coles she confessed she impulsively bought a Porsche after thinking: ‘I could buy a Porsche and it would not be an issue.’

Richard asked the star: ‘So Grace did you go from working in Costa to all of a sudden being able to buy a house?’

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GK’s departure came hours after she sent fans in overdrive after sharing her ‘jungle essentials’ which include a ‘wine, fake tan and Canesten’

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Her essentials also included a pair of Crocs slippers, a book called ‘Why Mom Stopped Stripping’, fake lashes, Digestive dark chocolate biscuits, a deodorant, a rescue remedy spray with straw and a silky sleep mask

As she replied: ‘Yeah,’ he continued: ‘So you didn’t go from poor, poor, poor, a little less poor, a bit more money, you went from poor to rich?’

Grace then explained: ‘Yeah, pretty quick. And I remember being like, “I’m making enough money to buy a new car now”.

‘I remember a Porsche drove past me as I had that thought and I remember thinking, “I could buy a Porsche and it would not be an issue.”

‘I went to the centre, I was looking at an old one that was cheaper, but the one that I wanted was next to it and it was so nice.

‘I rang my accountant and I was like, “Can I do it?” And he was like, “Yeah”, so I bought it. I picked it up two days later.’