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Duke of Sussex asks former aides to help plot RETURN from his US exile in first stage of ‘rehabilitation’ strategy: Prince’s friends vow to help smooth path back and dub it ‘Operation Bring Harry In From The Cold’

Prince Harry has sought advice from trusted former aides in Britain on how to mastermind a return from exile in the United States, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Sources said the Duke of Sussex is consulting people ‘from his old life’ as a working royal after allegedly growing dissatisfied with advice from American-based image experts.

The overtures signify the first stage in a strategy to ‘rehabilitate’ Harry that would involve him spending more time in the UK to repair his relationship with his father and potentially initiate a partial return to the royal fold.

Sources stressed that Harry and Meghan, who have spent the past four years living in self-imposed exile in California with their two children, are not seeking a permanent return.

This newspaper can also reveal that the couple have parted company with yet another American PR adviser. Christine Weil Schirmer joined the Sussexes in 2020 as head of communications but left quietly late last year.

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Prince William and Prince Harry walk beside each other after viewing the floral tributes for the late Queen Elizabeth II outside Windsor Castle

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Prince Harry and Meghan during their trip to Columbia earlier this month

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Prince Harry and Meghan pictured with their children in December 2021

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Sussexes lose yet another key PR adviser

Another top adviser to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has quit, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Christine Weil Schirmer, considered to be one of Silicon Valley’s top publicity gurus, joined the Sussexes in 2020 as head of communications for their charitable foundation Archewell, charged with boosting the global image of the Sussexes. She was made a senior adviser in 2021.

But the Mail on Sunday can reveal that she joined PR agency Brunswick at the start of August to advise clients on reputation management. Described as ‘the real deal’ and ‘widely respected’, she is the tenth staff member to have left the Sussexes since they moved to the US.

She previously worked for Apple and Pinterest and studied at Northwestern University in Illinois at the same time as Meghan, but it is not known if their paths crossed.

She quietly quit her job with the Sussexes at the end of last year.

 

She is the tenth staff member to have left the couple in three years and last month took up a job with PR giant Brunswick advising clients on reputation management.

Last month, it emerged that the Sussexes’ chief of staff Josh Kettler had suddenly quit his job after scarcely three months.

‘Harry is turning away from all sorts of Hollywood publicists and is seeking counsel from his old friends and associates,’ said a source.

‘He is clearly reaching out thinking, “I need to do something different because what I’m doing is clearly not working”. In short, he is rethinking the way he operates.’

Prince Harry’s representatives did not respond to a request for comment.

Ending his rancorous feud with his brother William is not seen as a realistic goal, but last week this newspaper revealed that the King may be open to healing the rift with his youngest son, and had consulted with faith leaders as he explores the nature of forgiveness.

At least one of the advisers approached by Harry is a trusted figure ‘from the old school’ known for loyalty and discretion.

One friend has already devised a strategy for how Harry might begin moving in UK circles again – even carrying out ‘very low-key royal duties’ – although the Duke is said to be open to ideas from many sources.

A source said the friend ‘believes if Harry comes back to the UK with zero fuss, and does zero publicity and attends very mundane events, he could prove himself and win over the British public again.

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Sources said the Duke of Sussex is consulting people ‘from his old life’ as a working royal after allegedly growing dissatisfied with advice from American-based image experts

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Prince William and Prince Harry arrive for the unveiling of a statue of their mother, Princess Diana in July 2021

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Prince Harry and Meghan during their trip to Columbia this month

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attend the ‘Afro Women and Power’ forum in Cali, Colombia, on August 18

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Prince Harry at the Unidad Recreativa El Vallado in Columbia on August 18

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Meghan and Prince Harry at the Unidad Recreativa El Vallado on August 18 in Cali, Colombia

He would have to accept, though, that he might be reduced to ribbon cutting for a long period. But it would give him purpose to work again.’

But the source said it would only happen ‘if certain members of the family could find it in themselves to allow it’.

Separately, the Duke, who turns 40 this month, has sent conciliatory messages to a number of old friends in the UK on WhatsApp. They are ready and willing to help him smooth a path back to Britain, with some referring to their task as Operation Bring Harry In From The Cold.

Friends are hoping the Duke’s former private secretary Edward Lane Fox might spearhead a comeback. One said: ‘If anyone can do it, Edward can. Last time I saw him I wanted to take him by the shoulders and say, “Ed, please bring our boy home”. It’s the right time now.’

Asked about helping Harry, Mr Lane Fox told this newspaper: ‘It’s not something I’ve got a view on I’m afraid.’

Although Harry’s relationship with his brother is feared irreparably damaged, the Duke has seemed less embittered of late.

To his family’s relief, he has decided against updating his acrimonious memoirs, Spare, for its paperback edition, due out on October 24, and will not be giving interviews to publicise it.

Princess Diana’s favourite stylist breaks his 27-year silence… and for the first time reveals her hair-raising secrets (including a very strange use for knicker elastic)

It was a mistake Princess Diana would only make once. The year was 1984 and the woman known as ‘Shy Di’ had blossomed into the Royal Family’s superstar. For the State Opening of Parliament, Diana and her trusted hairdresser Richard Dalton decided to experiment, weaving her trademark short hair up into an elaborate bun or ‘chignon’ around her Spencer family tiara.

It was one of the few times the late Queen was reportedly ‘furious’ at her daughter-in-law.

Mr Dalton says: ‘Diana’s glamorous new hairdo made all the front pages the next day, totally eclipsing the solemnity of the occasion. The Princess learned her lesson that day and vowed her hair would never again be the centre of attention and distract people away from the work of the royals.

‘From that point on, I only ever cut her hair a quarter of an inch at most. Her style was simple and flattering. Because it was short I could have her ready in 15 minutes.’

Mr Dalton, who was Diana’s personal hairdresser for a decade at the peak of her fame, has never spoken of his role with the Princess – until now.

For decades, he loyally kept Diana’s secrets, including her pain over her marriage breakdown and her heartbreak at scurrilous rumours that Prince Harry was not really Charles’s son.

He has finally been persuaded to tell his story in a new book, It’s All About The Hair: My Decade With Diana, written by Renae Plant, one of the world’s leading Diana memorabilia collectors.

Mr Dalton, 76, says: ‘I have never spoken publicly but Diana has been gone for 27 years and I was part of history.’

Wistfully recalling her ‘many sides’, Mr Dalton says: ‘She was hilariously funny, impossibly glamorous and even more beautiful in real life than her pictures show. I want to share my stories to preserve her legacy.’

And what stories they are.

From tying on tiaras with knicker elastic to washing the hair of the most famous woman on the planet over his kitchen sink, to watching the Princess hurl a hated portrait off the back of the Royal Yacht Britannia, Mr Dalton witnessed the private side of a global – and often tormented – icon.

There were days she would be

‘in pieces’, confiding in her hairdresser that ‘my bloody husband has disappeared again’ as Charles rekindled his affair with Camilla.

It was then that he would become her part-time therapist, boosting her confidence and reassuring one of the most beautiful women in the world that she would, one day, find true love again.

‘Diana was madly in love with her husband. I saw her day in and day out. The love she had for Charles was genuine. If only Camilla had stayed away after the marriage, things could have been so different.’

When Diana was at home in Kensington Palace, Mr Dalton would style her hair most mornings at 8am. He accompanied her on every royal tour from 1983 to 1991 and helped create some of her most iconic looks, including styles they nicknamed ‘Dynasty Di’, ‘The Elvis’ and ‘The Vera Lynn’.

When Diana suffered sunburn on her neck at a gala in Australia, in 1985 and could not stand to have Queen Mary’s emerald necklace touching her skin, Mr Dalton whipped out the knicker elastic he kept in his ‘tool kit’ – alongside his scissors and hairspray.

‘I tied one end of the elastic to the emerald necklace and draped it across Diana’s forehead. I attached it in the back to fit comfortably without falling off and styled her hair around it. Diana absolutely loved it.’

The knicker elastic came to the rescue again when Diana developed a headache from wearing the Lover’s Knot Tiara, traditionally worn by the Princess of Wales (as Diana then was) and now a favourite of Princess Catherine’s.

‘We were in New Zealand at a state dinner. She took the tiara off and handed it to me, saying: ‘I can’t wear it, it’s killing me.’

‘I rushed to my room, pulled out the knicker elastic and put the tiara on my head and adjusted it. I ran back down and put it back on her and quickly arranged her hair to hide the elastic. She never complained about it hurting again.

‘I often wonder if the knicker elastic is still there when Princess Catherine wears it?’

Scots-born Mr Dalton first met his future boss when he was manager of the salon of Fenwick of Bond Street, one of London’s poshest department stores.

The then 17-year-old Lady Diana Spencer would come in with her older sisters, Lady Sarah and Lady Jane, who were working at nearby Vogue magazine.

But it was not until after her 1981 wedding, after Diana’s hair stylist Kevin Shanley sold his story to the tabloids, that Diana approached him and said: ‘Will you be my full-time hairdresser?’

Mr Dalton, who owned a salon in Claridge’s, agreed to sell up to devote his time to the Princess.

Although she was one of the most recognisable women in the world, she was also surprisingly down-to-earth and loved to visit his small mews home in South Kensington.

‘The car would stop right at the entrance of the mews. Diana would open the door, run up the metal staircase and I would shampoo her hair over the kitchen sink – nothing grand.

‘I always joke I could have sold that stainless-steel sink for a fortune today.

‘People ask me if I kept a lock of her hair. I never did. It didn’t occur to me. I only have one photograph of us together and that was one someone happened to get as we exited a plane. It was a different era. There were no cell phones.’

Mr Dalton says those close to Diana called themselves ‘The A Team’, where ‘loyalty and discretion were everything’.

‘I did her hair in the first-class loo when we flew commercial. We flew on Concorde several times. Charles would pilot the royal flight, which Diana jokingly called ‘Albatross Airways’.’

Ever environmentally conscious, Charles banned all aerosols from Kensington Palace, Mr Dalton recalls, which proved an issue given that he ‘went through can after can of hairspray to keep Diana’s hair in place’.

He says: ‘I was asked what hairspray I used and I said: ‘Non-aerosol pump-action.’ Diana thought it was hilarious. Charles never found out the truth.’

As the Princess’s star rose, and interest in every aspect of her life deepened, she found a trusted confidant in Mr Dalton. ‘Every woman confides in her hairdresser and she was no different,’ he says.

 ‘Being the keeper of such big secrets sometimes made me feel sick with stress. My job was to listen, help her feel beautiful and confident and bring a little of the real world into her world.

‘She loved the TV show Dynasty and would make me watch it if she couldn’t because of work commitments. The next morning she’d say: ‘Tell me everything!’

With rapt attention, the Princess would listen to his digest, a packet of Opal Fruits in hand – her favourite, alongside ‘Nestle white chocolate with crunchy bits in’.

Mr Dalton heard Charles scream in anger at his wife twice. The first time was when Diana, egged on by Sarah Ferguson, dressed as a policewoman and sneaked into a nightclub for Prince Andrew’s stag do.

‘Charles was not amused. The next morning he was screaming at her, really shouting. She was crying and he was yelling, ‘You are the Princess of Wales, you do not do things like that!’

‘The only other time was when she danced on stage at the Royal Opera House with Wayne Sleep as a surprise for Charles’s birthday.

‘She danced to Uptown Girl by Billy Joel and the crowd went wild. But Charles was furious.’

Mr Dalton gave Harry and William their first haircuts at Kensington Palace. ‘The boys loved it because when they had their hair cut it meant extra telly time. William came in while I was giving Diana a perm once. He wrinkled up his nose and said it smelled of ‘Biggies big jobs’. Diana and I rolled on the floor laughing.’

For Diana, being a mother was her ‘greatest joy’. ‘She was devastated when there were awful rumours saying Harry might not be Charles’s son.’

But, as Mr Dalton says, Diana hadn’t met James Hewitt – the supposed father of Harry – until after her youngest son was born.

‘I cut the hair of her sisters and her brother Charles,’ Mr Dalton adds pointedly. ‘The red hair came from the Spencer family.’

What would Diana think of the rift between Harry and the Royal Family now?

He pauses.

‘I don’t think she would ever have let it get this far. Diana respected the institution of the monarchy. She may have had her issues with certain members of the family but she always respected the Firm.

‘She would never have allowed relations to deteriorate as badly as they have. Nor would she have tolerated anyone denigrating or besmirching the Royal Family.

‘I will leave it at that.’

Mr Dalton, still fiercely loyal, is scathing about those he believes did not have Diana’s best interests at heart. He accuses Sarah Ferguson of ‘using’ Diana to get close to Prince Andrew, saying ‘once she had that ring on her finger, Diana never heard from her again’.

And Charles’s former valet Michael Fawcett is described as ‘more royal than the royals’.

‘One day Charles came in wearing a rather bright tie and he asked me what I thought.

‘I said, ‘Sir, it’s very striking.’

‘Diana said: ‘Oh shut up Richard, he looks like Michael Fawcett.’

‘Charles didn’t miss a beat and replied: ‘Don’t be silly, darling, I don’t have my shoes hand-made.’

It is the laughter Mr Dalton mostly remembers from his years at Diana’s side. ‘She had a wicked sense of humour. She was always laughing.’

Richard parted ways amicably with Diana in 1991 when he moved to America, where he now lives in Laguna Beach, California.

Ironically, he once styled Meghan Markle’s hair when she was a briefcase girl on the TV show Deal Or No Deal and recalls she was ‘rather aloof’.

When Diana died, Mr Dalton was invited to her funeral and was seated in the family section behind her sisters. ‘I felt numb. She had so much left to do.’

His all-time favourite hairdo was in 1988 during a tour of Thailand.

‘I rushed around the Imperial Hotel in Bangkok, pinching orchids from the floral arrangements to use as accessories in Diana’s hair to match her dress.

‘She looked absolutely amazing that night. That is how I will always remember her.’

Richard’s favourite iconic looks

1. The Elvis

British Fashion Awards, October 17, 1989

‘The high collar on this Catherine Walker dress demanded that Diana’s hair be lifted off her shoulders. Wearing her hair up gave Diana a more structured look.’

2. Dynasty Di

September 1984

‘Diana loved big hair – and so did I. We used gallons of hairspray and heated rollers to give her that 80s Dynasty look after her favourite TV show. When she gave birth to Prince Harry, I was in Spain. I told her to put hot rollers in but she kept them in too long. ‘I had big, big hair,’ she told me.’

3. The Vera Lynn

November 1984

‘Diana had tried to grow her hair out a little more than usual and I was inspired to do a 1940s-style ‘victory roll’, turning her hair under. The next day, Charles came into the dressing room and said: ‘How are you, Vera Lynn?’ ‘Oh, shut up,’ Diana replied.’

Day Diana chucked her portrait into the ocean

On a trip to Saudi Arabia, Mr Dalton recalls, a sheikh had given Diana an oil painting of her in a black chador, a Muslim robe in which only her face and right hand were visible.

‘We got back on [the Royal Yacht] Britannia and were sailing out through the Persian Gulf and Diana started screaming: ‘Give me that thing!’

‘She took it to the bathroom, rolled it up in a towel and then she and I went to the back of the boat and she threw it into the ocean.

‘I said: ‘Your Royal Highness, what happens if it washes ashore? Do you want a fatwa out on you?’

‘We burst out laughing.’

Who is Renae Plant?

Author Renae Plant is the world’s most prolific Diana memorabilia collector and owns more than 2,700 items that once belonged to the Princess, including her iconic ‘black sheep’ jumper, which is on display at The Princess Diana Museum, an interactive, online, 3D museum.

Renae, whose passion for Diana began after she met the Princess twice as a child, said writing Mr Dalton’s book has been ‘a labour of love’.

‘It is important to preserve his stories as part of Diana’s legacy, just as we are preserving her gowns, shoes and bags.’

Renae is looking for investors for a bricks and mortar museum to house her vast collection. The book features QR codes that connect readers to exhibits within the online collection.

To buy the book visit: www.theprincessandtheplatypus.org

 

 

Olivia Attwood’s unrecognisable transformation from Love Island to Loose Women

Olivia Attwood looks completely different in a series of throwback snaps she previously shared to her Instagram story.

The former Love Island star has come along way since she first arrived on TV screens to find love. Olivia has gone on to become a presenter, a Loose Women panellist and a documentary maker for ITV.

Olivia has spoken previously about feeling uncomfortable in her skin and her desire to go under the knife at a young age, but is now at a place in her life where she’s happy despite regretting some cosmetic procedures. The Loose Women star looks remarkably different in a series of unearthed throwback snaps previously shared by the reality star.

In 2022, Olivia took to her social media page to wish one of her friends of 20 years a happy birthday alongside multiple funny photos and videos. The majority of the posts show Olivia before she found fame on Love Island, with one photo showing the best friends side by side in matching black bodycon dresses and bleach blonde hair.

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Another one shows the pair with their arms round a statue and Olivia sticking her tongue out for the camera. Meanwhile, Olivia was one of viewers’ favourite Islanders when she joined the villa in 2017.

The 32-year-old has spoken openly about her own surgery experience in a new documentary on ITVX, The Price of Perfection, as she examines the impact our need for tweakments is having on our bodies – and our minds.

Speaking about her decision to get her breasts enlarged aged just 20, Olivia told The Times : “I was fixated and it was cheap and quick. These b****y boobs were so heavy. I was happy for a year, then I realised they didn’t look right for my frame.”

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“The weight of the implants started to stretch my skin and they got lower and lower. I started to think, ‘This isn’t what I signed up for at all.’” Olivia explained that her regret over surgery has led her to try a range of non-surgical treatments.

“I do the non-surgical stuff to my face ― Botox, all the jazzy skincare, the Morpheus8, the lasers. I’ll try everything that’s new. I’ll do dots of filler here and there. Fillers are a journey I’ve been on,” Olivia added. “The ‘natural’ that women are buying isn’t natural at all.”

 

In a no-holds-barred interview, Meghan Markle’s half-sister Samantha claims that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s marriage was ‘doomed from the start’

Samantha Markle has had her say on the Sussexes marriage again (Image: Samantha Markle has long been a critic of the Duke and Duchess)

Meghan Markle’s half-sister Samantha has claimed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s wedding was “doomed from the beginning,” claiming that the Prince will soon return to the UK alone. Speaking to former GB News presenter Dan Wootton, Samantha expressed her belief that her sister’s marriage will soon be over.

“I kind of think this was doomed from the beginning,” she said. “As Prince William reportedly told Harry ‘Haste makes waste. Get to know her better, don’t jump into this.’ But hindsight is 20-20.

“I think [Harry] is probably wanting to say to his brother ‘Oh my God, you were so b**** right – I can’t believe this.’

“And it unfolded the way people predicted, in the way Prince William seemingly thought it would, and that’s sad…”

Samantha says her sister’s marriage was ‘doomed from the beginning’ (Image: Getty)

Samantha adds that in her opinion the Royal Family would struggle to accept a returning Harry: “How do you feel that love again where the trust has been so trashed? To have real love – with family, friends or relationships, by God you have to have trust.”

She says that there would always be a concern if he did return to the Royal fold, that he was simply trying to monetise his family connections. Samantha said: “Will he be wearing a wire? The Royals are always going to have that big question mark.”

She adds that she has a suspicion that Netflix executives were promoting the alleged plans for Harry to return to the UK, and suggested that the King should demand to see written evidence of the Netflix contract being cancelled.

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Samantha railed against Prince Harry personally, claiming: “There was a time in an interview when he said ‘I was never happy in Great Britain anyway, I didn’t really like it there’…how do the people of Great Britain feel about that?

“He sat there and let his wife mock [the late] Queen Elizabeth as she was dying, that was disgusting.”

She says that Harry will need “years of counselling” to remove him from the “fantasy world’ he had been living in.

 

Meghan Markle has said it’s many years since she last had any contact with Samantha (Image: Getty)

Will he be wearing a wire? The Royals are always going to have that big question mark

Samantha, who was at one point banned from X [formerly Twitter] after posts appeared on her account that called her sister’s pregnancy into question, has long been an outspoken critic of the Duke and Duchess. Her lawyer said at the time: “Ms. Markle’s email and other accounts have been hacked on several occasions, and it is very likely that those statements were made by third parties to defame our client.”

In November 2016, Samantha publicly called her half-sister “shallow” and alleged her behaviour was “certainly not befitting of a Royal Family member.

Samantha believes that Harry is ‘unhappy’ in the US, and will soon return home alone (Image: Getty)

There’s certainly little love lost between Thomas Markle’s two daughters.

In her notorious 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan rejected Samantha completely, saying: “I grew up as an only child, which everyone who grew up around me knows, and I wished I had siblings. I would have loved to have had siblings.

“The last time I saw [Samantha] must have been at least 18 or 19 years ago, and before that—10 years before that.”

A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has been contacted for comment.

Ruth Langsford was left red-faced after she asked Sue and Noel Radford an intimate question on Loose Women as they discussed the new series of 22 Kids and Counting

On Loose Women, Ruth Langsford triggered a wave of laughter when she unintentionally asked Sue and Noel Radford an intimate question about their personal time.

Ruth, joined by fellow panellists Christine Lampard, Janet Street-Porter, Gloria Hunniford and Brenda Edwards, talked to the couple known for their large family from the show 22 Kids and Counting. Ruth stumbled over her words while asking them if they ever had “alone time” away from their children and her remarks sent the studio into fits of laughter.

“What about you two? Do you ever get some time – well, we know you get alone time, with all of those children,” she joked. Trying to clarify her point, she added, “Do you ever just the two of you, you know, go out for lunch? Or a dinner?” Parent-of-22 Noel clarified that he and Sue make sure to set aside time for each other.

“We try to, we went out last week. It was only for an hour or two but it’s just nice to be together on our own,” he told the panel. Sue shared her parenting wisdom and said: “I think you have to make the time, don’t you? When you’ve got a lot of children and you’ve got a lot going on in your life. You’ve got to make time as a couple. You have to.”

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The TV stars are proud parents to a large brood that includes Christopher, Sophie, Chloe, Jack, Daniel, Luke, Millie, Katie, James, Ellie, Aimee, Josh, Max, Tillie, Oscar, Casper, Hallie, Phoebe, Archie, Bonnie, and Heidie. They hold the title for Britain’s biggest family and returned to our screens on January 9 with a new series of 22 Kids and Counting, which follows Sue and Noel’s hectic life with their gigantic family.

The latest episode had Sue and Noel deciding they needed to move houses to give their kids more “privacy”. But this left the viewers split when it came out that their dream house was a squeeze for all the kids. It comes after Sue and Noel revealed they will be releasing their first book together.The news was shared by Sue and Noel on Instagram following the return of 22 Kids and Counting. The latest series of the family’s reality TV show launched on Channel 5 earlier this month. It was said that writing a book is “something [Sue and Noel have] wanted to do for a long time”. Their debut is said to be packed with “stories old and new” and it’s been teased that they plan to tour the UK for book signings.

Queen Camilla writes to author who once called Meghan Markle ‘phoney’ and ‘unmaternal’

The author was part of a huge controversy when she heavily criticised the Duchess of Sussex in a video where she read to her son Archie in 2020.

Queen Camilla and Meghan Markle at Queen Elizabeth’s funeral (Image: Getty)

Queen Camilla has penned a personal letter to bestselling American author Emily Giffin, who has previously made controversial comments about Meghan Markle.

Giffin, known for her 2005 novel ‘Something Borrowed’, revealed on social media that she received the letter from Camilla in July, following their meeting at a literary event earlier this year.

Giffin had faced widespread backlash in 2020 after she criticised Meghan Markle in a series of Instagram posts.

In response to a video of Meghan reading to her son, Archie, on his first birthday, Giffin labelled the Duchess of Sussex as “unmaternal” and “phoney”.

These comments sparked outrage, leading Giffin to issue an apology, to which Meghan Markle never replied publicly.

Despite Giffin’s controversial past, Queen Camilla expressed her pleasure in meeting the author during the Queen’s Reading Room literary festival at Hampton Court Palace earlier this summer.

In the letter, shared by Giffin on Instagram, Camilla wrote that she “much looked forward to reading [Giffin’s new novel] in the peace and quiet of Scotland,” and added, “It was a great pleasure to meet you”, hoping their paths would cross again soon.

The Queen’s correspondence with Giffin has raised eyebrows, as it is unclear whether Camilla was aware of Giffin’s previous remarks about Meghan Markle when she wrote the letter.

When the intial backlash broke, Giffin posted on her social media: “To be clear, I absolutely loved that a biracial, American woman was marrying into the Royal Family.

“It seemed a wonderful, happy thing for everyone. I celebrated their wedding by hosting a gathering here at my home and posting many, many photos. Further, I was appalled by any signs of racism against her.”

TV star Denise Welch, 65, has been described as a ‘role model’ after she sent pulses racing as she posed in a racy lingerie set and stockings backstage at her latest theatre show

Loose Women star Denise Welch left followers gasping as she posed in a saucy lingerie set and stockings.

The popular Loose Women presenter, 65, is known for confidently showing off her ageless beauty, and she was back at it on Tuesday as she shared a backstage picture from her recent theatre performance.

Denise took to Instagram and posted a sizzling snap in which she sported a skimpy lingerie piece, a sheer corset decorated with rose patterns. Upping her game, she paired the saucy wear with stockings that had adjustable garter straps.

She finished off the look with a satin robe and showed off her long legs effectively in black chunky heels. Sitting pretty on a stool, Denise wore her signature blonde short hair and enhanced the sensuous factor by applying a stroke of intense red gloss on her lips.

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In her caption, Denise wrote: “Corral…..’The most powerful place on the planet. It’s the 4 inch gap of leg flesh betwixt stocking top and knicker edge. What is about that space that drives the male demented, that fosters such devotion and frenzy? From ‘The Gap’ by Jim Cartwright. @hopemilltheatre Feb 9th to March 9th. #Thegap”

She will be playing the character Corral in the stage play ‘The Gap’, which will start showing at Hope Mill Theatre on February 9 and run until March.

Lots of fans were quick to show their praise for Denise’s picture. Jumping into the comments, one fan wrote: “You look amazing, definitely going to break the internet.” Another follower commented: “Holy sh*t!!! U look insanely hot….get it mama, show em how it’s done properly.” A third admirer said: “Those legs!” Someone else added: “One hot mama.”

Someone else gushed: “This woman simply doesn’t age or she’s ageing backwards. I hope to be this body confident and inspiring when I’m her age. What an amazing role model she is.”

It comes after Denise recently had to put her fans’ minds at rest after a cruel hoax claimed she had passed away. The TVb star took to her social media last week to let everyone know she was still very much with us. After noticing her name was trending because someone changed her Wikipedia page to suggest she’d died.

She assured her fans that she was actually watching I’m a Celebrity and alive and well. She wrote: “I’m alive and well and about to watch the jungle. Thanks for your concern”.

Prince Harry’s recent trip to the UK fuelled speculations he wants to reconcile with his family and return to the royal fold.

Prince Harry is no longer a working royal (Image: Getty)

A royal expert believes there is one major obstacle preventing Prince Harry from ever returning to royal duties.

In an article for the Express, Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams discussed what could happen if Prince Harry and Meghan Markle re-entered the royal fold.

This is due to “persistent rumours” that Harry wants to return to Britain more often, see his old friends and, most importantly, reconcile with his family.

His sudden and unexpected appearance at his uncle Lord Fellowes’s Memorial Service has fuelled this speculation. He and Prince William were at the back of the church during the service, it has been claimed, and attendees said they were not seen exchanging a single word.

Mr Fitzwilliams said that there is one key thing stopping the Sussexes from making Britain the Sussexes’ home once again, saying that they had one main pull to stay away.

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He wrote: “The main problem with any comeback, if it hypothetically could be arranged, is obviously Meghan. Her home is in California.

“She is detested in Britain where she currently has a negative rating of 37 percent according to a YouGov poll in August. She seeks prestige and global reach and is absolutely ruthless about getting it.”

The commentator added that, despite her consistent support of issues like racial and gender inequality and online abuse, there was a question of whether or not the royals could trust her.

He said Meghan may also have issues with finding staff, “given her reputation, which she denies, of being impossible to work for”.

He added: “The monarchy must have dignity and avoid being part of the celebrity culture we are so obsessed with. It is, of course, pivotal that the brothers, in time, reconcile.”

Chloe was a guest on Loose Women on Friday where she opened up to the panel about the end of her marriage to James – and explained why she’s glad he is now busy and often out of their shared house

Chloe Madeley has opened up about the collapse of her five-year marriage to rugby star James Haskell – explaining the pillars of their marriage ‘disintegrated’.

The 36-year-old former Dancing On Ice contestant shares a one-year-old daughter named Bodhi with 38-year-old sport star James. They married in 2018 following a four year romance and were regarded to be one of the golden couples of the reality star sphere.

But last year, fans were stunned to hear the pair had broken up – with the news emerging while a documentary series about their life, titled A Family Affair, was airing on ITV. Now Chloe has appeared on Loose Women and shared candid details about the end of her marriage.

The star joined a panel featuring Myleene Klass, Nadia Sawalha, and Katie Piper and helmed by Kay Adams. Dressed in a light cream coloured shirt, Chloe took a seat on the ITV daytime show on Friday and told all.

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Addressing the end of her marriage, she said: “I always say this. If you think of a relationship, you have pillars in place that keep the relationship up, whether that’s respect or kind of affection or trust and all these things. And all of our pillars – over time, it didn’t just happen – over time, they kind of disintegrated. I think when that happens, there is no rebuilding.

“But we’re great friends. He’s the most incredible dad… Since we parted ways, our relationship has become very respectful. We love each other as friends, but we lost the ability for it to be more.”

Chloe also explained that she is glad her soon-to-be ex-husband has jobs that keep him out of the house. She said: “One of the things that was quite hard over the summer was how often he is away DJing, like five nights a week. But actually how ironic that now it just completely works in my favour because I’ve got my space, he’s got his space he’ll come back a few nights a week and see Bodhi. He’ll be hands-on dad and I’ll sleep and then two days later off he goes – perfect.”

Chloe joined Loose Women alongside an all star panel including Kaye Adams, Katie Piper, Myleene Klass and Nadia Sawalha ( 
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Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)Chloe went on to open up about how difficult it was to film and promote a TV show about their perceived perfect lives when reality was something quite different. She said: “I think automatically, when you tell somebody your marriage has ended or has stopped working, everyone always thinks that it’s a negative thing and for me it’s a really positive thing.

“The really hard part of everything that James and I went through was actually in the summer and that was the thing I really struggled with. We were filming and obviously I have a full-time job and it was really tough, it kind of broke me a bit. But once we made the decision, we drew a line under it and it was done. I’ve felt since that moment, I think both of us have, really free and happy.”

Chloe admitted: “It was quite shocking and surprising to me how many people picked up on things not being right. I actually thought we did a really good job of (hiding) it but apparently not.”

Chloe and James have continued to live together following their split and as they raise their daughter together – but that is expected to change soon. Chloe revealed: “I think he should be moving out in the next few weeks. It’s all for Bodhi, it’s not about James. He’s got this new place and I’m going to move in for a week with Bodhi so she can settle in and know the environment and understand that she’s safe and we’re all there for her.”

EXCLUSIVE NEWS: Queen Camilla Gives Rare Update on King Charles’ Health amid His Cancer Treatment

While visiting a cancer center, the Queen briefly spoke about her husband seven months after his diagnosis became public

Queen Camilla at the Dyson Cancer Centre at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust on Sept. 3, 2024 in Bath, England. Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty

Queen Camilla shared an upbeat update about how King Charles is doing as he continues treatment for cancer.

On Sept. 3, the Queen, 77, offered a rare comment on her husband’s health during her visit to open the new state-of-the-art Dyson Cancer Center at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, England. The Royal United Hospital provides cancer care to over 500,000 people in South West England, and Suzy Moon of the Macmillan Partnership asked the Queen about how King Charles was feeling during her stop at the Macmillan Wellbeing Hub.

“He is doing very well,” Queen Camilla said, according to the Mirror.

The Macmillan Wellbeing hub is a non-clinical space designed to provide practical and emotional support to patients, families and carers.

Elsewhere during the visit, the royal met patients and clinical staff in the Medlock Unit and William Budd inpatient ward.Q Queen Camilla may have referenced her husband again during a conversation with Paul Holdway, 55, a nurse and patient receiving a stem cell treatment for blood cancer. According to the Mirror, the Queen asked Holdway how he was feeling, to which he replied, “I am feeling very tired.” To this, the Queen cheekily responded, “Men won’t admit it.”

The Mirror reported that the remark was delivered “with a touch of humor.”

Queen Camilla sometimes shares brief words about her husband’s health as he continues cancer treatment, often with wit and warmth. During the second annual Queen’s Reading Room Literary Festival at Hampton Court Palace on June 8, she told author Lee Child that the King is “doing fine except he won’t slow down and won’t do what he’s told,” The Sun reported.

In February, Buckingham Palace announced that the sovereign was diagnosed with cancer  following his treatment for a benign enlarged prostate in January. A spokesman clarified he does not have prostate cancer.

After a three-month period of postponing public-facing duties on doctor’s advice (but continuing to work behind the scenes), the King, 75, resumed forward-facing work on April 30 with a visit to a cancer center in London alongside Queen Camilla. While site of the visit, the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre, has not been directly involved in the monarch’s medical care, highlighting the importance of early detection was one of the reasons King Charles went public with his cancer diagnosis.

A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace previously said this decision was made “in the hope it may assist public understanding for all those around the world who are affected by cancer.”

When the monarch’s return to work was announced in late April, the palace described the King’s treatment as ongoing and shared a positive sentiment from his doctors.

“His Majesty’s treatment program will continue, but doctors are sufficiently pleased with the progress made so far that The King is now able to resume a number of public-facing duties. Forthcoming engagements will be adapted where necessary to minimize any risks to His Majesty’s continued recovery,” a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said.

The palace didn’t disclose when his treatment might be completed.

“It is too early to say, but His Majesty’s medical team are very encouraged by the progress made so far and remain positive about the King’s continued recovery,” the spokesperson said.

The King proceeded to pack in a busy summer schedule, from traveling to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings and appearing at Trooping the Colour in June, attending the State Opening of Parliament in July and kicking off a traditional summer stay at Balmoral Castle in Scotland in August where Prince William, Kate Middleton and other members of the royal family were expected to gather. (The Princess of Wales, 42, is also undergoing treatment for cancer and has been out of the limelight for much of the summer.)

King Charles’ most recent engagement was a stop on Aug. 31 at the Royal Horticultural Society of Aberdeen’s 200th Flower Show in Aberdeen, Scotland, not far from Balmoral. Looking ahead, he and the Queen have a major trip on the calendar this fall with plans to visit Australia and Samoa in what will be the first tour to Commonwealth countries of his royal reign.