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Discussing disgraced pop star Gary Glitter on Loose Women on Monday, panellists Ruth Langsford, Dame Kelly Holmes, Janet Street Porter, and Linda Robson all made suggestions about Glitter’s future in the UK

Linda Robson was awarded a large round of applause during Monday’s instalment of Loose Women when she suggested that Gary Glitter should be ‘chemically castrated’ amid the ongoing controversy after he was released from prison.

The disgraced pop star, who had a string of chart hits in the 1970s, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.

Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, left HMP The Verne – a low-security category C jail in Portland, Dorset – on Friday after eight years behind bars.

The 78-year-old was moved to a bail hostel in a suburban area behind electric gates – where staff have reportedly been delivering food to his room.

The bail hostel, which has a garden with football posts, a gym and a smoking area, is reportedly near 10 different schools.

Linda Robson was awarded a large round of applause during Monday’s instalment of Loose Women ( 
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Glitter received a standard determinate or fixed-term sentence from a court for sexually abusing three girls, meaning he is automatically released on licence at the halfway point of his sentence.

Discussing the controversy on Loose Women on Monday, panellists Ruth Langsford, Dame Kelly Holmes, Janet Street Porter, and Linda Robson all agreed that they were disgusted by the fact Glitter is now staying in a location which is so close to so many schools.

Suggesting what should be done with someone like Glitter, who was released from prison before finishing his sentence, Dame Kelly insisted that the disgraced pop star should be ‘thrown back behind bars’ again.

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Meanwhile, Linda said th

at she would love nothing more than to know that Glitter had been chemically castrated.

Chemical castration, sometimes called medical castration, refers to the use of chemicals or drugs to stop sex hormone production.

While many people know about this process as a way to stop sex offenders, medical castration is used as a treatment for tumors that feed on sex hormones.

“How can we know that he’s released and he’s not going to re-offend? I know that the prisons are overcrowded and it costs £44,000 for a year for every prisoner, but why can they not send them to a remote island,” Linda suggested.

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“Send them somewhere like where Tom Hanks was in Castaway, where they can fend for themselves and look after each other and keep away from all of our kids and families.

“All of them should be put somewhere. Once you have got that in you, to do something like that to you a young child or a young person, they should be chemically castrated.”

Following Linda’s suggestions, the audience erupted into a loud round of applause.

Glitter was was at the height of his fame when he preyed on his vulnerable victims who thought no one would believe their claims over that of a celebrity.

Loose Women panellist Kaye Adams has opened up on why she decided to get a tattoo dedicated to her mum after turning 60, and how she had a ‘wobble’ the night before getting the ink

Loose Women star Kaye Adams had vowed never to get a tattoo until a favourite saying of her late mum’s whenever she was asked her age – Over Twenty One – seemed the perfect way to celebrate turning 60.

But the TV and radio presenter admits her mother would have been horrified – if also just a wee bit chuffed – at the inking in her honour.

Kaye explains: “Although I’ve done it for her, the irony is she’d have absolutely killed me and told me to act my age!

“She is not going to be looking down and smiling, she’ll be shaking her fist, but I think it would be fake outrage and deep down she’d be proud too.”

The former Strictly Come Dancing star caused a stir on Instagram when she posted a photo of the tattoo.

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Speaking about her decision, she says: “Every year, until I was 59, I said never, ever would I get a tattoo. I’m not a fan and I wouldn’t get a random one just for the hell of it – a bumble bee, a dolphin.

“But Over Twenty One suddenly popped into my head.”

Kaye was close to her parents, dad Duncan, who died in 2017, and mum Cathie, who passed away in 2018.

She says: “I’ve got one of my mum’s rings and it’s lovely, but it’s just not me. I sometimes look at it and feel quite guilty and almost disloyal and wish that I felt more of a connection with it.

“So, I guess the tattoo is a jewellery substitute – it’s very much a real reminder of Mum and makes me smile.”

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Kaye had the tattoo done on her left forearm in her home town ­Glasgow, four weeks after turning the big 6-0 on December 28.

“I wanted it to look like a nice squiggle from a distance,” she explains. “I looked for a card from my mum to copy her handwriting. I couldn’t find anything right, but it’s still my mum’s joined-up handwriting style.

“The woman who did it couldn’t have been better, because it was so unlike a tattoo studio. This place had a piano in the waiting room and lovely prints.”

Even so, Kaye almost backed out the night before. She says: “I had a real wobble. I woke up in the night and thought, ‘Oh my God, what am I doing, this is ludicrous!’

“But then I thought that it’s good to do different things. I don’t want get stuck as I get older, I want to be able to change.”

Kaye, who is Loose Women’s longest presenter, began her own podcast How to be 60 last year. In it, she chats to famous names, from Robson Green and Denise Welch to Ken Bruce and Linda Robson, about how they dealt with the milestone birthday.

She says: “I set it up in anticipation, but it still works, because OK, I am now officially 60, but turning 60 is a journey in how you approach this stage of your life, it’s an ongoing conversation.”

Kaye also took part on Strictly last year, but was the first celebrity to be voted off the BBC One show alongside her dance partner Kai Widdrington.

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“But it did knock my confidence for a while and I’m never going to put myself in that position again.

“[BBC One reality game] The Traitors is fantastic and I thought if they did a celebrity version, I’d love to do it, but I now realise I absolutely wouldn’t. It’s not natural to put ­yourself out for judgment by people who don’t know you.”

Kaye is filming a documentary for 100 Years of the BBC, but it is ITV ’s Loose Women for which she is best known.

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“I really enjoy it and while it might give me up, I can’t imagine giving it up,” she smiles. “The show is about talking and sharing experiences and opinions. That’s never going to go out of fashion, so I don’t see any reason why Loose Women wouldn’t be there in 2050.”

There are rumours of backstage rows between presenters, but Kaye insists they are hugely exaggerated.

“We are constantly being asked – have we fallen out, who won’t work with who?” she says. “It’s tedious and keeps us in this mindset that women can’t get on, women are bitchy. It’s a harmful ­narrative and it’s not true.”

Her media career began at Central Television in the 1980s when she bagged an interview with then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

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She was only 26 when she landed a role on ­Scotland Today. Although a regular on our screens, she admits her younger self would have been ­disappointed she didn’t go on to even greater success.

“I was very ambitious and wanted to conquer the world and be the biggest thing ever,” she says. “Something like Newsnight would have been a real aspiration and ­something like Oprah Winfrey’s show.

“But what you see at 25 as being the pinnacle isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. It’s not about specifics anymore, it’s about doing projects I find exciting and working with people that I enjoy working with.”

Having reached 60, one of Kaye’s ambitions is to carve out more time for herself, but she says it is not easy.

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“I lost the clear distinction between work and time away from work years ago,” she says. “Mum and Dad never had it either – they ran their own haulage business – so the prospect of working less is hugely daunting.”

Kaye, who lives with her partner, tennis coach Ian Campbell, and their daughters Charly, 20, and Bonnie, 16, also wonders what impact it would have. “I think that will be huge for my ­relationship with Ian, although I don’t think it will be huge for Ian, because he’s got a lovely life,” she reflects.

“If I suddenly become more available, that’s not going to be fair on him. I’m usually in London a couple of days a week. He’s been wonderful about that, but he’s created his own life.

“We do thankfully still enjoy each other’s company, so we’re not like ­flatmates, but he’s not sitting waiting for me to come home. He’s got lots of things going on.”

Studying Spanish is one ambition as is learning the piano, having bought a baby grand when she was 24. “I said at the time, ‘In my retirement I’m going to learn to play the piano’,” she laughs.

Until this year Kaye obsessively hid her age, even lying about it to her own daughter. She believes she inherited her age phobia from her mum, but is glad to have finally come clean.

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“I feel less of a prisoner of my own insecurities, so that feels like quite a positive thing,” she says.

“And because I’m not so obsessed with the number, it does make me focus more on getting the most out of day-to-day life.

“Like the tattoo, I really hope there will be other things that I do that are out of character or unpredictable.”

Kaye Adams: How to be 60 is ­available on all podcast providers.

Loose Women’s Carol McGiffin didn’t hold back when she slammed London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Twitter when he complained about BP’s ‘unacceptable’ tax break

Carol McGiffin told London Mayor Sadiq Khan to “shut up” today in an expletive-filled rant.

The Loose Women star, 62, was responding to a tweet in which Mr Khan, 52, complained about BP’s “unacceptable” tax break.

Sharing the breaking news about the energy company, he said: “While Londoners freeze, BP makes billions.

“It’s unacceptable that BP gets tax breaks for investing in fossil fuels while Londoners’ energy bills are through the roof. We urgently need an effective windfall tax so the Government can use the money to keep energy bills down and fund a retrofit revolution across the country.”

However Carol wasn’t having any of it.

She swiftly responded to the tweet saying: “Shut. Up. You are ensuring that Londoners won’t be able to afford to go to work with your fraudulent ULEZ bulls**t. You’re worse than BP for profiteering so p** off.”

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ULEZ is the Ultra Low Emission Zone area in London in which people are charged a fee for driving the most polluting vehicles.

Mr Khan is now expanding the ULEZ area including the rest of the city outside of central London, which will come into force on 29 August 2023.

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Carol is not one to hold back when it comes to politics and recently locked horns with her Loose Women pals over the topic of Shamina Begum.

The Londoner left the capital in 2015 to join Islamic State group in Syria and has since been banned from returning to the UK.

Shamina now has her own podcast, but Carol insisted she didn’t want to hear what she had to say.

Carol doesn’t hold back when it comes to politics

Addressing the topic on Loose Women, Carol said: “I think the majority of people -” before Charlene White, interjected with: “Should we not know…”

“No no no, why her?” Carol fumed as she shouted over her colleagues before Nadia Sawalha, said:”Because she has an incredible amount of information. If we want to stop…”

Carol quickly retorted: “What are you doing? Sitting here making excuses for her? I’m sorry, the decision has been made. She’s not here and she’s not allowed to come back. I don’t want to hear what she’s got to say.”

Emmerdale star Lisa Riley lost 12st over 18 months to get the body of her dreams, but was instead left unable to work out due to agonising rolls of loose skin

Lisa Riley embarked on a life-changing journey, transforming her body from a size 28 to a size 12 and losing 12st in the process.

Over an 18-month period, the Emmerdale star turned her back on takeaways and junk food and instead embraced the gym and healthy eating.

The results were remarkable, but instead of being left with the body of her dreams, Lisa, 46, found herself covered in painful folds of skin, weighing more than 1.5 stone.

In her documentary, Lisa Riley’s Baggy Body Club, the TV star heartbreakingly said she felt like a ‘saggy mess’, and that she was ‘revolted’ by her own image.

Lisa Riley was a size 28 at her biggest

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She said: “When I made the ­decision to lose weight, I never for one second imagined that I would end up looking like that. It never occurred to me that the loose skin would be so bad.

“I thought why on earth have I lost all this weight? I looked worse than I did when I was obese. And it was the pain as well. The skin was flapping about and dragging.”

Lisa felt she was left with no option but to go under the knife. She could have had surgery in secret, but she took the brave decision to allow the documentary crew to follow her to highlight the ­problems faced by thousands of people who lose weight each year.

The Loose Women presenter said: “I wanted to show the brutality of it. In life you can’t sympathise or have empathy with anybody unless you can see it.

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Despite being terrified of surgery, the chats gave her the confidence to go under the knife.

She said: “The night before the surgery, I was so petrified everybody thought I wasn’t going to go through with it.

“I was thinking that in 11 hours I could be dead. I might not wake up.

“Could I have lived with the loose skin for the rest of my life? Yes, but I wouldn’t have been happy. I don’t feel like I have had cosmetic surgery, I have corrected what I had done to myself.

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“Nobody made me eat 50 Twix bars, or a whole packet of sausages at one sitting. I did that to myself. No one made me not go to the gym.

“Some weeks I was probably having seven takeaways a week. I did that to myself. I have to take responsibility for that.”

Lisa had four operations – a fleur de lis tummy tuck which left her with vertical and ­horizontal scars, surgery to remove the loose skin from her thighs, a boob lift and the removal of her “bingo wings”.

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It took Lisa several long, painful months to recover from the surgery, which she insisted is no easy route to a slim physique. But now she couldn’t be more thrilled with her new body.

She added: “I had never been able to wear sexy underwear, before it was all just functional, mumsy bras and big knickers. Now I can wear little sexy sets.

“On the train from Manchester to London, the old me would have had a coffee, baguette, red wine, crisps and a cake.

“Now I plan my meals and order a ­sparkling water, people can’t believe it.”

Fresh claims echo Prince William’s fears Prince Harry rushed into marriage, which has thrown Harry and Meghan’s relationship into the spotlight.

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Fresh claims echo Prince William’s fears his brother Prince Harry rushed into marriage, which has thrown Harry and his wife’s relationship into the spotlight once again.

In a new book about the Royals by royal author Robert Jobson titled ‘Catherine, the Princess of Wales: The Biography’, new claims state Prince William believed Prince Harry was rushing into marrying TV Suits actress, Meghan Markle.

A source told OK! Magazine this concerns Harry, 39, and Meghan, 42, who live happily in Montecito, California. They said: “It upsets Harry and Meghan when this is mentioned as they’re still together, very happy and have two gorgeous children. They knew from the start how they felt and they believe their marriage is a true love story and how they’ve overcome so much to be together.”

They added: “But it does seem to put a strain on them and it’s like they have to constantly prove their marriage and happiness. They have lost family because of their marriage.”

The new royal book claims there was a dispute about Meghan wearing Diana’s jewellery (Image: Getty)

The source states the only way Meghan and Harry can get through all the criticism is to “remain strong for each other”.

The new biography also states Prince William “sought assurances” from the late Queen Elizabeth II, that Meghan Markle would not be wearing any of his late mother, Princess Diana’s jewellery for her big day.

The source also said: “William does believe Harry was rushing into marriage with Meghan – because only he understands the pressure they would be under.

“Kate and William took their time with their relationship and even had a brief split, as William wanted to make sure Kate was ready and could handle royal life.”

Harry previously alleged in his bombshell memoir, Spare, that things became heated between himself and Prince William when he raised concerns about Meghan. He also claimed that an altercation with William left him with a visible injury on his back due to him falling onto a dog’s bowl and breaking it.

Harry alleged that William wanted to talk about the “whole rolling catastrophe” of the couple’s difficulties with the press before things escalated

Princess Eugenie’s husband Jack Brooksbank has made social climbing an art by clawing his way up from bar manager to royal groom and renowned Hollywood schmoozer.

Jack looked like the cat that got the cream in a royal carriage after he married Princess Eugenie (Image: Getty)

Since they tied-the-knot in 2018, Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank have become regulars on the royal social scene, attending events with the rest of the Royal Family.

The couple married in a ceremony at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle on October 14, 2018, and since then Jack hasn’t looked back.

Let’s take a closer look at Princess Eugenie’s husband Jack Brooksbank.

August and Ernest

The couple welcomed their first son, August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, on February 9, 2021.

According to a statement shared at the time, the baby was born at the Portland Hospital, and Jack was present for the birth.

In January 2023, Princess Eugenie and Jack announced that they were expecting a second child, and in June of the same year, they debuted their new son, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank.

Making his way up

Jack went to the private Stowe school in Buckinghamshire, England. Despite a glittering start, he decided to skip university and dove straight into a career in hospitality.

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At one point, Jack managed the popular London nightclub Mahiki before he went on to better things.

In May 2022, it was reported that Eugenie and Jack would be splitting their time between the UK and Portugal as part of Jack’s new job with the Discovery Land Company, a development corporation owned by Mike Meldman.

Meldman was previously a partner in the George Clooney-founded Casamigos tequila brand, for which Jack had served as brand ambassador.

Despite forming a close friendship with Clooney, the actor was notably absent from the Brooksbank wedding due to it being open only to close friends and family. However, reports suggested that Jack and Eugenie served Casamigos at the wedding.

Clooney and his wife Amal made an appearance at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding in the same year which Jack was said to have helped arrange.

How they met

Eugenie and Jack had been dating for seven years before they got engaged.

The couple met while skiing in Switzerland near to Eugenie’s father’s controversial £19 million chalet that he reportedly sold to help pay for damages to Virginia Roberts.

Jack Brooksbank once had a very close friendship with Prince Harry (Image: Getty)

“We met when I was 20 and Jack was 24, and fell in love,” Eugenie said of her husband in an interview with the BBC. “We have the same passions and drive for life. It’s so nice that we get to share this moment with everyone, and you get to meet Jack.”

The wedding

The couple married in a touching ceremony at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle on October 14, 2018.

Ahead of Eugenie and Jack’s big day, he told Daily Mail columnist Sebastian Shakespeare: “I’ll need to take a few minutes for myself before the speeches, because I’m terrified. It’s very exciting, but I’m a little bit nervous.”

Jack’s background

Jack’s parents are Nicola and George, an accountant and a company director.

He has one brother named Thomas and his family also has aristocratic connections.

Jack is descended from the Brooksbank baronets. In fact, Jack and Eugenie are distant cousins, much like Eugenie’s grandmother Queen Elizabeth and her late husband, Prince Philip.

One former royal employee has sent Prince Harry and Meghan Markle a stark warning over their upcoming visit to Colombia later this year.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been warned of “repercussions” if they have chosen not to get royal approval for their upcoming Columbia trip.

The couple, who stepped down as senior working royals back in 2020, announced their plans to visit Columbia later this year.

Their planned visit will reportedly showcase the heritage of Colombia and will also focus on ways to create safer spaces online.

It has also been revealed that the couple had been invited to visit by the vice president, Francia Marquez.

Although details of the visit remain unknown, it has been likened to a ‘royal tour’. Due to this, the couple have been urged to get approval from King Charles or they could be set to face “repercussions”.

Speaking on behalf of Spin Genie, former royal butler Grant Harrold said: “It will be good to know if this has been sanctioned by the Palace or if Harry had a conversation with his father asking if he can do this.

“I just can’t see them doing it without some sort of approval because this would upset the monarchy if they do it off their own back and I think there could be repercussions if they haven’t been given permission by the royal household.”

He also surmised that the couple’s visit could be them seeking their “first steps” to make a return as working royals.

Mr Harrold added: “If they are going to carry out a royal tour then they are acting as working royals so this could be an indication of them stepping back into royal life.”

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On August 1, the Colombian vice president revealed in a statement: “As the Vice President of Colombia and Minister of Equality and Equity, I am pleased to announce that Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have kindly accepted my invitation to visit our beautiful country.”

During their time in Colombia, Harry and Meghan are set to visit Bogotá, Cartagena, and Cali with Márquez.

Her statement continued: “In these vibrant locations, they will have the exceptional opportunity to engage with leaders, youth, and women who embody the aspirations and voices of Colombians committed to progress. In addition to these meaningful interactions, The Duke and Duchess will experience the rich heritage of Colombia.”

Prince Harry looked “bored” in his new CBS interview, according to a body language expert.

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Prince Harry has been accused of looking bored as he “gazes off into the distance” in a clip from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s new interview that has gone viral online.

The couple, who stepped down as senior working royals in 2020, are set to feature in a new interview on Sunday, August 4. The interview will air on US broadcaster CBS.

Body language expert Judi James has claimed that, unlike his wife, the Duke of Sussex seems very “disengaged” as Meghan speaks to Jane Pauley at the very start of the clip – appearing to hint at a sense of boredom.

As reported by the Mirror, Ms James said: “Her engagement with the interviewer is as powerful as Harry’s disengagement signals at the start of this clip while the two women speak.

“We see him in the clip gazing off into the distance with a serious facial expression while his wife tells a much more sociable and emotional story.”

While discussing children’s mental health, Meghan also made a sweet comment about their young son and daughter.

Ms James also said that when the mother of two spoke about Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, she appeared “besotted”.

She said: “Meghan is seen changing her body language and vocal state to speak about her children, performing a massively coy smile with a puckered top lip and rounded cheeks and partially hiding her face with her hand as though proud but also cutely coy about referring to them.

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Telling the interviewer they are ‘amazing’ she goes into a besotted-looking state, glancing down as though visualising them in a ‘moment’ as she shakes her head and her vocal tone dips to an intimate ‘throat-creak’.”

She then added: “But then she makes the link with her campaign message and her eyes bounce back to the interviewer, her brows raise and she gesticulates with her left hand to make her point with passion while Harry still gazes off into the distance, as yet un-activated.”

The former communications secretary to the late Queen revealed how Buckingham Palace staff celebrated the happy occasion.

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The former communications secretary to the late Queen has finally revealed details of how Buckingham Palace staff celebrated the happy occasion of Prince George’s birth on July 22, 2013.

Speaking on Hello! Magazine’s ‘A Right Royal Podcast’, explains all staff were on “tenterhooks” waiting for the call of the arrival of Prince William and Princess Kate’s first baby.

Speaking about the moments leading up to the announcement and the staff celebration, Ailsa Anderson said: “My lovely colleague Ed Perkins was press secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as they were. I got the call in the morning to say things were happening, we were in the office on tenterhooks waiting for the call!

“Excited, maybe a glass of champagne was drunk after the announcement was made—I couldn’t possibly comment!”

Prince George at the Euro 2024 final with his dad, Prince William (Image: Getty)

Ailsa was also at the centre of all the action as she had to walk across the forecourt at Buckingham Palace to post the announcement of the birth at the railings, where crowds of spectators were waiting.

Ailsa explained: “As a communications person, you’re always behind the scenes, you’re never in front of the camera, but for once in my life, I was! I was honoured to walk across that iconic forecourt at Buckingham Palace and post the announcement of Prince George’s birth at the railings.”

She describes she was “terribly nervous”, and her son had spotted her “on the telly” as she carefully placed the notice for the crowds to see.

She added: “The crowds witnessing it were up to Green Park, people queuing to take a look at the notice. It’s history! It was the monarchy at its best, and this time now, the pomp and ceremony, it’s what we do best.”

Kensington Palace released a photo on George’s 11th birthday (Image: Kensington Palace)

George’s was celebrated across the globe, but one person was lucky enough to find out that the future King had been welcomed safely into the world before anybody else.

Due to royal protocol, the late Queen Elizabeth II was the first one to know that Prince George had arrived. It stands under a royal rule that the reigning monarch is always notified first.

The late monarch found out the happy news via a specially encrypted phone, and would have been the very first call that Prince William made.

To mark Prince George’s 11th birthday last month, the Prince and Princess of Wales proudly shared a new image of their eldest son. The black and white shot of George showed the future King looking smart and grown up in an open-necked white shirt and dark blazer as he smiled happily at the camera.

The royals enjoy a good summertime barbeque but there is one thing when it comes to dining etiquette that they will never do.

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The Royal Family like to use their cutlery (Image: Getty)

The Royal Family like to indulge in summertime classic foods during their holidays and while they may like the same things that we do, they usually eat them in a different way.

With the sun well and truly shining most members of the Firm will likely organise outings and barbeques with their respective families.

But they still like to keep up appearances even during less formal events, according to a former royal butler.

Grant Harrold, who worked as a butler for King Charles from 2004 to 2011, said the royals like to take advantage of all the perks the sunny season has to offer and revealed how they like to eat hamburgers – but in a different way.

Speaking on behalf of Spin Genie, he revealed: “When it comes to eating the food, they would use the correct cutlery, there would be knives and forks.

Prince William and Princess Kate enjoying ice cream in South Wales in 2020 (Image: Getty)

“I’ve never seen a royal pick up any food with their hands, but the younger ones will.

“The older royals use utensils because they’re more traditional, and they’re slightly more formal.

“They would definitely eat a hamburger, for example, with a knife and fork as they won’t want to get messy.”

Mr Harrold also revealed the major differences between a royal BBQ and one we might have at home, as he confirmed there are “seating plans” made with both BBQs and picnics in the royal household.

He said: “The one thing about the King and the Queen, is they’re very much lovers of the outdoors.

“As soon as we have good weather, it’s quite common for them to have dinners and lunches and even breakfast outside.

“They’re very much fans of the summer weather and making the most of it, so they love to dine al fresco.

“They still have seating plans at a royal BBQ, it’s all done properly and correctly – it’s the same with BBQs and picnics.”