ITV’s Loose Women star Coleen Nolan opens up about being left to feel ‘redundant’ as her three children became independent and wanted to leave home – as she felt she was left with ‘no purpose’
ITV’s Loose Women presenter Coleen Nolan has opened up about the emotional impact her children leaving the family home has had on her.
The 58 year old star, who is a mum of three, revealed that she finally realised that the phrase “empty nest” syndrome is a real feeling that parents are forced to deal with when their children leave home. Coleen has been in the spotlight since 1974 but when she joined the panel on the ITV daytime show back in 2000, her position as one of the nation’s favourite presenters was cemented. In a recent interview she said: “Empty nest is a real thing, who knew.”
Coleen Nolan and her three children(
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She added: “When the children were younger I thought I’d be thrilled when they became independent. But it’s the opposite, I’ve been feeling so redundant, like I don’t have a purpose anymore. ” She told new! magazine: “I’ve realised as their mum they’ll always need me one way or another. Now it’s time to concentrate on me it’s like a new lease of life. I’ve so much I still want to do. It’s been scary at times but I’ve turned that into excitement. I’m more confident to take control of my future now. Success and fail and that’s a liberating feeling.”
The former singer turned TV personality has been married twice before and her first one was to EastEnders star Shane Richie. The couple wed in 1990 but called time on their relationship nine years later. And her second marriage was to Ray Fensome, who proposed to Coleen on her 40th birthday in 2005. The pair tied the knot two years later but their marriage was not able to stand the test of time and they too parted ways in 2018. But it looks as though Coleen has found love again for the third time – this time it’s to man named Michael Jones who she met on the dating app Tinder in 2021.
Coleen Nolan and her three children(
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She added: “When the children were younger I thought I’d be thrilled when they became independent. But it’s the opposite, I’ve been feeling so redundant, like I don’t have a purpose anymore. ” She told new! magazine: “I’ve realised as their mum they’ll always need me one way or another. Now it’s time to concentrate on me it’s like a new lease of life. I’ve so much I still want to do. It’s been scary at times but I’ve turned that into excitement. I’m more confident to take control of my future now. Success and fail and that’s a liberating feeling.”
The former singer turned TV personality has been married twice before and her first one was to EastEnders star Shane Richie. The couple wed in 1990 but called time on their relationship nine years later. And her second marriage was to Ray Fensome, who proposed to Coleen on her 40th birthday in 2005. The pair tied the knot two years later but their marriage was not able to stand the test of time and they too parted ways in 2018. But it looks as though Coleen has found love again for the third time – this time it’s to man named Michael Jones who she met on the dating app Tinder in 2021.
Sarah, Duchess of York is swapping royal life for ITV’s Loose Women as she helps to launch their breast cancer campaign, following her own diagnosis earlier this year
Sarah, Duchess of York will be swapping royal palaces for the ITV studios as she joins the Loose Women panel.
The Duchess will appear alongside regulars Christine Lampard, Coleen Nolan and Brenda Edwards as she urges women across the nation to attend their mammograms. It comes just months after the royal, 64, underwent a mastectomy after having been diagnosed with breast cancer herself.
On Thursday, the former wife of Prince Andrew will make her debut on the programme and open up about her diagnosis for the first time. The Duchess will sit alongside Brenda who in 2016 was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer, while Coleen’s older sister, Bernie Nolan, passed away from breast cancer.
Sarah, Duchess of York will be joining the Loose Women panel(
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Ahead of joining the programme which will air on Thursday, the Duchess said: “I almost missed the screening appointment that saved my life. I couldn’t face a journey into London on a hot day this summer and it was only my sister Jane’s insistence that I went, that persuaded me. My cancer was completely symptom-free – I never found a lump and did not feel ill. My experience underlines the vital importance of getting screened when you’re called in. It’s a matter of grave concern that 1.2 million mammogram appointments have been missed, according to the latest figures, many of them during the pandemic.
“I am proud to be supporting the campaign by Loose Women, backed by NHS England, to persuade women to catch up on missed appointments and to turn up when they are called in. Don’t skip your screening – it could save your life as it did mine.” It was confirmed in June by a representative for Sarah that she was delivered the news following a routine mammogram.
The Duchess will open up about her own breast cancer ordeal(
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Shortly after, she went under the knife and had a single mastectomy at the King Edward VII Hospital in Marylebone, Central London, which was hailed as a “success”. Now, the mum to Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie has revealed she has named her new breast ‘Kevin’ as it makes her laugh.
Having spent four days in intensive care following the surgery, Sarah said: “I’m taking this as a real gift to me to change my life, to nurture myself.” According to research and support charity Breast Cancer Now, Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK with 1 woman diagnosed every 10 minutes. Around 55,000 women and 400 men are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the UK.
Loose Women has teamed up with Breast Cancer Now for their Don’t Skip Your Screening campaign, encouraging women to attend screenings and seek advice on any unusual changes that they discover on or around their breasts.
Sarah, Duchess of York, joins Loose Women on Thursday, November 2, from 12:30pm on ITV and ITVX.
Anyone looking for support or information can speak to Breast Cancer Now’s expert nurses via our free, confidential Helpline on 0808 800 6000.”
Former Brexit Party chief Nigel Farage is reportedly on the verge of signing up for ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ and Janet Street-Porter has urged ITV bosses to do a deal
Viewers aren’t happy that Loose Women’s Janet Street-Porter is demanding ITV bosses sign up Nigel Farage for I’m A Celebrity- and says that he once left her to pay for a cab they both shared.
The former Brexit Party chief is said to be advanced talks to head into the Australian jungle with telly sources confirming to the Mirror that Farage is one of a number of names in talks to appear on the show. The move would be sure to spark outrage similar to former health secretary Matt Hancock’s inclusion last year.
Speaking on the programme, Janet says the experiment should be repeated and wants to see the controversial politician on the show when it returns this winter. Farage has previously said he has been approached before but sounded unsure if he would sign up.
Janet Street-Porter wants TV bosses to get Farage signed up(
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She told the panel: “I think it will be brilliant if he goes in. He’s super smart, even if I don’t agree with his politics. I do think he’ll be very entertaining if we can tolerate the wittering. We’ve already seen his other side, he is a very colourful character. I had dinner with him a few years ago at somebody’s house. He asked after if he could jump in my taxi and get it to drop him off at Charing Cross station. He never gave me any money for the fare! What does that tell you about Nigel Farage?”
Coleen Nolan then joked: “I think we should just stick them all in. I think we would find out more of the truth if we deprived them of stuff, threw horrible things at them – nobody writing speeches for them, then we can see them real people and the public can say ‘he’ll be a good Prime Minister’.”
An agreement with the controversial politician is said to be close(
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Janet’s comments didn’t go down well after host Christine Lampard asked if it’s right to be treating politicians as celebrities. On twitter, one raged: “@loosewomen promoting Farage for I’m a Celebrity which of course is an ITV programme. Sick in the extreme.”
Another wrote: “Farage will be ‘very good viewing’… blimey, it’s like the constant promo of Love Island all over again #loosewomen” while a third pointed out: “If Nigel Farage was going to be on I’m A Celeb there’s no way ITV would be discussing it in a negative manner as it’s their flagship show.”
Some would be happy to watch him squirm, and posted: “It will be good to see Nigel Farage with a kangaroo’s anus in his mouth” and someone else had similar thoughts, writing: “If he is up for every single task I could live with seeing that face every day.”
Talking on his GB News show in November last year, Farage said: “Well there’s been a lot of speculation over the years about me going into the jungle. It’s appeared in all sorts of newspapers. I have been approached several times by I’m a Celebrity …Get Me Out of Here! and I’ve always ruled it out.
“I’ve never thought it would be a good thing to do. I thought it’s all rather humiliating, frankly. But I suppose you can never ever say never. I’d love to get actually some of your reaction, some of your feedback on whether you think I should be in the jungle, or whether you think we should leave it to people like Matt Hancock.”
Ex-Love Islander and Loose Women star Olivia Attwood left the 2017 villa with Chris Hughes, but after their split, she reunited with former flame and now-husband Bradley Dack
Olivia Attwood shot to fame six years ago on Love Island and despite admitting she was on the show purely for the ‘experience’, she ended up loved-up with fellow Islander Chris Hughes. Their tumultuous romance continued outside the villa, and they even starred in their own spin-off, Chris and Olivia: Crackin’ On, before splitting in February 2018.
But before her reality TV days, there was her former flame Bradley Dack, a Sunderland footballer, who she reunited with and went on to marry this June in a luxury London hotel ceremony after he popped the question in 2019. The pair first met in a nightclub eight years ago, with Olivia reflecting on the night before their big day: “Got talking to this dude in libertine (nightclub) about 8 years ago because I loved a free drink and he had a cute smile. Tomorrow I’m marrying him. Modern day love stories.”
Now a panellist on Loose Women, Olivia, 32, revealed more details about their relationship on the show following their marriage, explaining that it was a misconception they waited for each other after Olivia had finished with Love Island. She shared: “We didn’t. We broke up, we had a big disagreement.
Olivia Attwood has banned husband Bradley from liking other women’s social media posts(
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“I’d already turned down Love Island series two, so when Love Island series three rang, I was like right, I’m definitely going now. We’d been going out four or five months at this stage. We were semi-serious, but there was definitely a grey area, shall we call it for daytime television. We left it at that that. I went on Love Island. I was like, ‘I’m done’. I’m never going back there. The door is closed.”
The TV personality then revealed that Bradley had sent her a text upon her leaving the villa, despite her partnering with Chris, saying things were far from over. “He [Brad] has since said to me the door was never closed for him, he was always holding out hope and he actually – I don’t think I’ve told this before – but he messaged me two days after I came out the villa off someone else’s phone saying, ‘We’re not done, it will never be done.’ Very dramatic and romantic, until we were back together. And I was just like, ‘This guy, honestly, he’s like a dog with a bone.’
“It turns out if I hadn’t gone on the show [Love Island] and hadn’t had that break, we 100 per cent would not be together now or be married. No way. Because he’s a different person. I’m a very different person. So we just had time to realise I think what we actually meant to each other and what we wanted. A bit of time to mature.
Olivia doesn’t think she and Bradley would be together now if they hadn’t had a break(
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“He [Brad] claims he waited for me, but I’m like you weren’t alone though really. The stuff I found in your bedroom would suggest. So yeah, it wasn’t like a sitting, I’m just going to watch you date someone else while I do nothing. He was holding out hope, but in the meantime, he obviously wasn’t, you know, lonely.”
Meanwhile, Olivia also revealed that the pair have a mutual agreement when it comes to photos on social media, with a ban on Bradley liking other women’s posts. “It’s a ‘non-like zone’ in my house,” she admitted. “You don’t like girl’s photos. Not even one. You like it with your eyes and your mind, whatever you need to do. You don’t need to let her know that you like it.”
Olivia said the only exception to the rule would be if the woman was a mutual friend of her and Brad’s. “That’s different. I’m talking about a woman he doesn’t know. I’m saying this and I’m thinking someone out there is going to find a picture he’s liked and I’m sitting here saying, ‘My husband doesn’t like women’s photos’ and they’re all going to get sent through.
“I think it just spells trouble. I don’t think it’s very respectful if I’m honest, and I don’t care if people think that’s petty. I think it’s how that person receives you liking it. There’s a whole subtext I think to likings and comments.” Explaining her reasons for her self-imposed ‘no-like’ rule, Olivia shared: “I mean I wouldn’t like a picture of a really hunky guy I don’t know, because I think that he would think I’m making a move on him.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are surrounded by “fake friends” in Hollywood who are now ditching the Sussexes because they are “falling stars”, a royal expert tells the Daily Express.
Hilary Fordwich, a journalist and commentator based in the US, points to a recent comment made by Hollywood A-lister Gwyneth Paltrow to show that Harry and Meghan are losing support in the States.
She said: “Look at Gynweth Paltrow distancing herself from Meghan and Harry, she is the latest A-lister to come out in support of Kate.
“I don’t think Harry and Meghan realise that you need a USP, you need to be unique. Harry has nothing, the only thing that made him and Meghan unique was their links to the Royal Family.
“Everyone is out for themselves. People don’t want to be with a falling star, and I don’t think Harry and Meghan realise how transient these ‘friendships’ are.
Paltrow and Meghan have ‘cooled’ their friendship, according to reports (Image: Getty)
“They are pseudo-friends. They only go with people they think are rising stars.”
Ms Paltrow sent a message in support of Princess Kate after she made her return to public engagements at Trooping the Colour.
Commenting on Instagram, Ms Paltrow said to Kate and Prince William: “So happy to see you looking so happy and well.”
Closer Magazine reported that the friendship between Meghan and Ms Paltrow has cooled in recent months.
They said: “The actress-turned-entrepreneur [Meghan] was excluded from the intimate Goop dinner – held at her Montecito home last month.”
Royal author Phil Dampier told Fabulous: “Gwyneth Paltrow is the latest celebrity who seems to be taking sides in the Wales v Sussex standoff.
Kate appeared at Trooping the Colour last weekend (Image: Getty)
“Meghan is said to have based her new lifestyle project American Riviera Orchard on the actress’s own products and she admires her greatly so this will hurt.
“Gwyneth didn’t have to make any comment about Kate being at Trooping the Colour but the fact she has means she fully supports her, and like the rest of us, wants her to make a speedy recovery.
“It comes after other well-known people like David Beckham, who was once friendly with Harry and Meghan, have very much pinned their colours to the royal mast.”
Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet could help “forget bitter rows of the past” between Prince Harry and King Charles, an expert has claimed.
Harry and Meghan’s children have spent little time in the UK (Image: Getty)
Having grandchildren is a “powerful tug on the heartstrings” and Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet may be a “compelling link” between Prince Harry and King Charles to reunite, an expert has claimed.
Ever since Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, relocated to the United States, their relationships with the Royal Family have been publicly strained. This is particularly true after the publishing of Harry’s explosive memoir, Spare, and the interview between the couple and Oprah Winfrey where allegations were made against the Firm.
As a result, Archie, five, and Lili, three, have hardly spent any time with their grandfather, King Charles. Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond says: “Little people who are part of your bloodline and have had nothing to do with family quarrels and tensions. Utterly innocent tiny tots who deserve to know and love their grandparents.”
Ms Bond suggested the young children could help end the royal feud.
She added: “So I can imagine that the King very much wants the chance to get to know Archie and Lilibet and to create some memories for them. The children may provide the most compelling link between Charles and Harry, and convince them both to forgive, if not forget, the bitter rows of the past.”
Jennie also hopes Harry does not follow Meghan’s example and becomes “obdurately estranged” from his family. Thomas Markle, Meghan’s father, became estranged from her after he was unable to walk her down the aisle for her marriage to Prince Harry. Thomas and Meghan have a strained relationship which came to a head after Thomas tried to collaborate with paparazzi to stage several photos before her wedding day.
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Hanisha Sethi
King Charles and Prince Harry’s rift down to ‘one major issue’ says expert
A fresh report suggests that the King’s unforgiveness is linked to various revelations made by Harry in his memoir “Spare” regarding his family.
According to royal biographer Christopher Andersen, it appears almost impossible for Charles to overlook the perceived indiscretions of Harry.
Allegedly, Harry’s critique of Camilla further complicates matters. Sharing his insights, Andersen stated: “I think people have to realise that the one thing that Charles finds unforgivable is criticism of Camilla.”
Reconciliation between the pair seems unlikely while Harry ‘harbours resentment for Camilla’ (Image: Getty)
Hanisha Sethi
Lady Louise Windsor could help fix major royal problem as Trooping ‘raises possibility’
Lady Louise Windsor could help with the challenges facing the monarchy in its current, slimmed-down state after her successful appearance at King Charles’s Trooping the Colour ceremony, a royal expert has claimed.
Prince Edward and Duchess Sophie’s daughter drove royal fans into a frenzy last weekend when she attended the King’s birthday celebrations in London.
Lady Louise Windsor could help with the royal workload, claims expert (Image: Getty)
Hanisha Sethi
Meghan Markle has ‘Princess Diana effect’ and is set for success as key reason revealed
Meghan Markle’s lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, is tipped to be an instant “success” when it finally launches worldwide for one key reason, according to one PR expert.
The Duchess of Sussex revealed her latest business venture earlier this year but recently, speculation has been growing over when the official launch will take place.
Meghan has so far teased the world with a promotional video from when the brand’s Instagram page first landed in March, its logo and just three products to be sold under its name, strawberry jam, raspberry jam and dog biscuits.
Meghan Markle’s brand is set for a huge ‘success’ when it launches, says expert (Image: Getty)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle appear to have been entirely cut off from all royal communications.
Meghan and Harry have not been receiving advance notice on royal announcements (Image: Getty)
Meghan Markle’s latest blunder has shown the Royal Family does not trust her and Prince Harry with sensitive information, two royal experts have suggested.
The Duchess of Sussex last week faced a backlash after a close friend of the Duke, polo player Nacho Figueras, promoted the latest batch of products by her brand, American Riviera Orchard, mere hours before Trooping the Colour.
Commentator Richard Eden said: “Meghan has done these publicity stunts where she’s sent out good and encouraged friends and influencers to post about it.
“But you never know when they’re going to do it or what they’ll say so it’s completely out of your control.
“Yes, you get great publicity when these people say, ‘I got my latest jam,’ but it’s embarrassing if it’s just before Catherine’s appearance at Trooping. It can look very pointed.”
Fellow Daily Mail’s Palace Confidential guest Rebecca English added: “It is clumsy. You can’t expect them to have known that the announcement was coming out because people don’t tell them things because they don’t trust them.”
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Harry and Meghan risk digging ‘deep hole’ for themselves
Royal author Christopher Andersen told Fox News: “Even if Harry was to throw himself at the King’s feet and beg for forgiveness – which Harry is not about to do – the best he could hope for would be crumbs from the royal table, and the sort of grudging acceptance that is currently being afforded to Harry’s disgraced uncle, Prince Andrew.
“If Harry and Meghan are determined to monetise their titles, then they’ll just be digging that hole deeper and deeper.”
Charlie Bradley
Harry and Meghan left UK for their ‘sanity and physical safety.’
Writing in his memoir, Spare, Harry said: “Once upon a time, this was going to be my forever home. Instead, it had proved to be just another brief stop.
“When my wife and I fled this place, in fear for our sanity and physical safety, I wasn’t sure when I’d ever come back. That was January 2020. Now, fifteen months later, here I was, days after waking to thirty-two missed calls and then one short, heart-racing talk with Granny: Harry… Grandpa s gone.”
Charlie Bradley
Inside Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s huge world tour: ‘Craving publicity’
Speaking to the Daily Express, Hilary Fordwich said: “I believe they are going to go on a world tour. It was frightfully awkward when they were in Africa recently, and the national anthem was played and Harry just stood there.
“The purport to care about people. If they really care about people they could do a lot for charities.
“Their world tour won’t be lowkey, with no publicity, and going to remote villages to raise money and help people. It won’t have impact, it won’t make a difference, and they will be craving the publicity everywhere they go.
“It is going to be high profile because that is what Meghan craves. Look how she has spent her entire life. Everything she has ever done is craving publicity. They hired three PR fitms when they went to LA.
“She craves the limelight. Hypocritcal Harry once said that when he hears the clicking of cameras it gives him chills because of what happened to his mother. Well stay out of the limelight then.”
Harry and Meghan in Nigeria (Image: Getty)
Charlie Bradley
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle surrounded by ‘fake friends’ in Hollywood: ‘They prefer Kate!’
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are surrounded by “fake friends” in Hollywood who are now ditching the Sussexes because they are “falling stars”, a royal expert tells the Daily Express.
Hilary Fordwich, a journalist and commentator based in the US, said: “Look at Gynweth Paltrow distancing herself from Meghan and Harry, she is the latest A-lister to come out in support of Kate.
“I don’t think Harry and Meghan realise that you need a USP, you need to be unique. Harry has nothing, the only thing that made him and Meghan unique was their links to the Royal Family.
“Everyone is out for themselves. People don’t want to be with a falling star, and I don’t think Harry and Meghan realise how transient these ‘friendships’ are.
“They are pseudo-friends. They only go with people they think are rising stars.”
Harry and Meghan have ‘fake friends’ (Image: Getty)
Charlie Bradley
King Charles feels he scored ‘own goal’ with Harry and Meghan decision
Speaking to The Mirror, expert Tom Quinn said: “King Charles feels he scored an own goal by kicking Meghan and Harry out of Frogmore cottage – the decision caused a huge amount of resentment – and Charles didn’t really think through what the consequences might be in terms of his grandchildren having no base in the UK. That without Frogmore, Meghan and Harry would be much less likely to bring their children to the UK.
“On the other hand, Charles has long been very sensitive about any criticism that non-working members of the Royal Family should enjoy the privileges of the slimmed-down team. His priority is making the monarchy seem value for money in a world where royal spending is always under the spotlight.
“Leaving Meghan and Harry to enjoy Frogmore Cottage for a few weeks or months each year was never going to happen – Charles just didn’t want to risk the fallout for allowing it.”
King Charles has clashed with Prince Harry (Image: Getty)
Charlie Bradley
Harry and Meghan told to stop cashing in on royal titles
Amid reports that the Sussexes recently reached out to Kate, royal correspondent Russell Myers says Harry and Meghan need to stop talking about the royals.
He told Sky News Australia: “Members from the Royal Family have told Harry, if he wants a relationship with the rest of the family, then first and foremost, he has got to stop talking about them.
“They can’t go about making money off their associations with the royal family. They’re going to [have to] sort of realize, if they’re going to have a relationship with the rest of the Royal Family, they can’t go about trashing them
“Hopefully, they’ll see that the royal family are very united without them, and if they do want a relationship, going forward, they need to take the steam out of their relationship and out of the things they say sometimes.”
Harry and Meghan have reportedly reached out to Kate (Image: Getty)
Aurora Bosotti
Prince Harry feels ‘increased Royal disapproval’ after Trooping the Colour snub
Prince Harry is reportedly reeling from the latest royal cold shoulder, a palace insider has claimed.
The Duke of Sussex’s relationship with the Royal Family has been fraught with tension following his departure from frontline Royal duties and subsequent bombshell remarks.
Now based in the US, Harry’s rift with key family members, particularly King Charles and Prince William, has been exacerbated by a fresh snub that has left him feeling the sting of their disapproval, claims a Royal commentator.
Royal commentator Tom Quinn suggested that being overlooked for an invitation for the second consecutive year would have dealt a significant blow to Harry.
Mr Quinn told The Mirror: “After missing his old friend the Duke of Westminster’s recent wedding and now being kept out of Trooping the Colour, Harry is feeling the increasing weight of royal disapproval.
“What’s really frustrating for Harry is that at one time he thought his absence from royal events would lead to increasing efforts to persuade him to attend but those days are long over.”
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Aurora Bosotti
Prince Harry’s ‘closest cousin’ seen joking around with Prince William in new blow to Duke
Princess Beatrice, daughter of Prince Andrew, was seen sharing a laugh with Prince William on the second day of Royal Ascot.
This could potentially be a fresh sting for Prince Harry, as Beatrice is reportedly his ‘closest cousin,’ often spending time with him and Meghan Markle at their Californian residence.
Beatrice looked stunning in a pink floral dress, complemented by a matching floral headband.
She was all smiles as she caught up with Prince William at the annual Berkshire event.
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Aurora Bosotti
Prince Harry exposed turning point in strained relationship with Prince William
In a striking revelation from his explosive book ‘Spare’, Prince Harry recounted how he came to view William as his “arch nemesis” during the sombre occasion of their grandfather Prince Philip’s funeral.
The book details a charged encounter between the princes shortly after the Sussexes’ explosive Oprah Winfrey interview, where even an intervention by their father, now King Charles, couldn’t ease the strain.
Harry doesn’t shy away from critiquing his brother’s looks either, writing: “I took it all in: his familiar scowl, which had always been his default in dealings with me; his alarming baldness, more advanced than my own; his famous resemblance to Mummy, which was fading with time. With age.”
Harry also muses on the complexities of their relationship, stating: “In some ways he was my mirror, in some ways he was my opposite. My beloved brother, my arch nemesis, how had that happened?”
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Aurora Bosotti
Prince Harry ‘can’t stay in hotels’ and ‘hates’ not having own home in UK anymore
Prince Harry is taking extraordinary measures to maintain his privacy during visits, according to a royal commentator.
The Duke of Sussex has previously revealed the great lengths he went to for clandestine meetings with Meghan Markle in the early stages of their romance in his memoir ‘Spare’.
Royal author Tom Quinn has recently spoken out about Harry’s ongoing security woes when he’s in Britain.
In an exclusive interview with The Mirror, Mr Quinn said: “Harry is completely obsessed with the idea that any visit to the UK is fraught with security difficulties hence his continued legal action to challenge the UK government’s decision not to fund his security.”
He added: “Harry hates the idea of hotels last time he stayed in a hotel on a visit to the UK he had to leave and arrive virtually in disguise.
“The problems are even bigger if he plans to stay with friends as he’s convinced, he is always being watched by the media and that they will find out where he’s staying.”
Aurora Bosotti
Inside Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s ‘struggles’ to keep £12m Montecito mansion running
Maintaining Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s California mansion will cost the couple hundreds of thousands of pounds every year to upkeep, it has been claimed. Set on over five acres of land, the estate where they live in Montecito with Prince Archie, six and Princess Lilibet, three, is surrounded by gardens, a pool, and a tennis court.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex eventually relocated to Los Angeles after stepping down as senior working royals in 2020 and cutting ties with the Firm.
Owner of luxury real estate company Bramlett Residential, Eric Bramlett explained the toll it takes to run a luxury pad. Speaking to Fabulous Magazine, he said: “Managing a $14 million (£12 million) mansion like Harry and Meghan’s in Montecito takes a lot of work.”
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Aurora Bosotti
Prince Harry exposes reasons behind leaving UK with Meghan Markle
Prince Harry opened up about his and Meghan Markle’s decision to leave the UK, stating that they did so “in fear for their sanity”.
In his first memoir, Spare, the Duke of Sussex delved into their move to America and why they felt compelled to do so.
He said: “When my wife and I fled this place, in fear for our sanity and physical safety, I wasn’t sure when I’d ever come back.
“That was January 2020. Now, fifteen months later, here I was, days after waking to thirty-two missed calls and then one short, heart-racing talk with Granny: Harry… Grandpa’s gone.”
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Aurora Bosotti
Prince Harry and Meghan’s brutal ‘zero chance’ warning over next move
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were warned over their emerging business strategy by a royal commentator who claimed there is “zero chance” the couple will ever reconcile with the Royal Family.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been making a life of themselves in the US since stepping down as working members of the Firm in 2020, however, their ventures have been mostly linked to their royal ties in one way or another.
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Aurora Bosotti
Key royal event made Prince Harry feel more ‘alone than ever’
Prince Harry looks “more alone” than ever in the wake of recent royal engagements, a royal commentator has claimed.
In particular, the commentator was referencing the recent week of Royal Ascot events where the Royal Family joined in unity and greeted each other lovingly at the racecourse.
Royal commentator, Daniela Elser wrote in news.com.au: “Has Harry ever looked more distant and more disconnected from his family and quite simply, more alone?”
“Not only have the Sussexes not, in years of trying, gotten anything even vaguely resembling a concession or admission of wrongdoing on the palace’s part, they are now having to watch on as the royal family has never looked more united – and more welcoming to outsiders.”
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Aurora Bosotti
Meghan Markle should ‘seek new PR strategy’ after Royal Family ‘coincidences’
Meghan Markle should opt for a new PR strategy when it comes to her new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, an expert tells Daily Express US.
The Duchess of Sussex soft launched her website in March, followed by a rollout of jams to friends and influencers before things went very quiet until this past Saturday – when a new product popped up on social media ahead of Trooping the Colour.
Friends of Meghan have said it was just a coincidence. It is not the first time an American Riviera Orchard update has come on the same day as a big Royal Family event.
In March, Meghan launched the brand just as Prince William arrived at the Diana Legacy Awards in London, where he was due to deliver a speech.
Press Box PR’s Lynn Carratt believes advisers should be telling Meghan to choose different launch days to avoid confusion.
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Meghan Markle wanted “free handbags from Victoria Beckham before snubbing her”, according to royal author Tom Bower.
Writing in his new book, The House of Beckham – Money, Sex and Power, Mr Quinn has shed light on the relationship – and fall-out – between the Beckhams and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Whilst engaged to Prince Harry, Meghan reportedly asked Victoria for free handbags and clothes but, according to the author, the request was “vetoed by the Palace for being against their rules”.
Love Island’s Gemma Owen and her little brother James appeared on Loose Women to discuss his blindness. He was diagnosed with Stargardt disease when he was younger
Love Island’s Gemma Owen revealed she became ‘protective’ over her brother James after he was diagnosed with a rare eye disease.
A few years ago, footballer Michael Owen confirmed his son was diagnosed with Stargardt disease – which, according to the NHS, is a “rare inherited condition causing loss of central vision”. According to the National Eye Institute, vision loss usually starts in childhood — but some people with Stargardt disease don’t start to lose their vision until they’re adults.
James first realised something was wrong when he struggled to see the whiteboard at school. Appearing on Monday’s edition of Loose Women, Gemma and her brother discussed what it was like for him growing up and how the family navigated the difficult diagnosis.
Gemma said: “I think at the start it was it was a little bit of a struggle, you know, for the family and for James. I think he had quite a few of his early school years, you know, being quite frustrated and finding work challenging but I think he’s sort of really sort of got the grips with it and embracing it now.”
Gemma became ‘protective’ over her little brother(
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When asked whether she felt protective, Gemma added: “I am the protective big sister and seeing his mates sort of having fun and games with him a little bit, I did get protective sometimes.” Their mum, Louise, was in the audience and admitted she didn’t cope very well with the diagnosis.
“To begin with, my husband’s [Michael Owen] very optimistic. The glass is half always half full,” she explained. “But for me, the thought of there not being any treatment at the moment or any cure was quite hard to deal with and also knowing that progressively the condition was going to get worse.”
Gemma said she had to step in as support as her mum wasn’t ‘strong’ about the situation. “I think my mum as any mum would be, I think she found it very emotional. And she, you know, when James came back from school and had a bad day. I think she just got upset. She got emotional and she wasn’t really, you know, that strong sort of figure.
“So that’s where I sort of tried my best to step in and sort of be there for him and sort of, you know, look at everything logically and try and work through it.”
In 2019, former footballer Michael opened up about his son’ condition during a chat with The Times. He said: “He will never be a footballer. My son’s got an eye condition. I’ve never said this. I don’t want a big headline. Clinically, he’s blind. He’s got Stargardt disease, a degeneration of his retina. I used to go and watch him and b*****k him about his positioning.”
“He can’t see the ball until it’s five yards away. As much as every father wants their son to play, it is almost a relief to me,” he added at the time.
EXCLUSIVE: Harry and Meghan have been accused of “hypocrisy” over plans for a world tour because of their previous demands for privacy.
Harry and Meghan could go on a world tour (Image: Getty)
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s rumoured world tour will be for “publicity” rather than noble causes, a royal expert tells the Daily Express.
Hilary Fordwich, a royal commentator based in the US, says a world tour would further highlight the couple’s “hypocrisy” given their previous demands for privacy.
Speaking to the Daily Express, she said: “I believe they are going to go on a world tour. It was frightfully awkward when they were in Africa recently, and the national anthem was played and Harry just stood there.
“The purport to care about people. If they really care about people they could do a lot for charities.
“Their world tour won’t be lowkey, with no publicity, and going to remote villages to raise money and help people. It won’t have an impact, it won’t make a difference, and they will be craving the publicity everywhere they go.
Harry and Meghan visited Nigeria in May (Image: Getty)
“It is going to be high profile because that is what Meghan craves. Look how she has spent her entire life. Everything she has ever done is craving publicity. They hired three PR firms when they went to LA.
“She craves the limelight. Hypocritical Harry once said that when he hears the clicking of cameras it gives him chills because of what happened to his mother. Well, stay out of the limelight then.”
The rumours of a world tour come after the Sussexes visited Nigeria in May.
Harry told a news outlet in Nigeria during the tour: “There’s only so much one can do from home and over Zoom, so we look forward to travelling more because the work matters.”
Fordwich says Harry and Meghan ‘crave publicity’ (Image: Getty)
A source also told The Mirror recently: “There is already a lot of talk and excitement in Ghana, everyone is so keen for Harry and Meghan to come and experience the great culture and warmth.
“Several top names have already visited Ghana in recent years from Ed Sheeran to Naomi Campbell and One Direction’s Liam Payne.”
TalkTV host Andre Walker claimed on his programme That Was The Woke That Was: “Harry and Meghan are planning a world tour this summer following on from the success of their trip to Nigeria.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were severely criticised by royal experts over the timing of their latest move which coincided with Princess Kate’s first public appearance after months at Trooping the Colour.
The Princess of Wales warmed the hearts of the nation last Saturday when she appeared alongside the rest of the royals to celebrate King Charles’s second official birthday after she announced her attendance and gave a health update the day before.
But just hours before Kate’s reappearance, Nacho Figueras, a polo player and friend of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex posted pictures of the latest products he got sent from Meghan’s new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard – a jar of raspberry jam and dog biscuits.
Now another group of royal experts has slammed the timing of the move, dubbing it “clumsy” and “embarrassing” – with one suggesting that Meghan is to blame.
The Mail’s Diary editor Richard Eden told the Palace Confidential: “The problem with their [Harry and Meghan’s] marketing strategy, is that Meghan’s done these publicity stunts essentially, where she sent out goods and encouraged friends and influencers to post about them. But you never know when they’re going to do it or what they’re going to say, so it’s completely out of your control.
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“Yes you get good publicity when they ‘I’ve got Meghan’s jam’ but it’s very embarrassing if it’s just before Catherine’s reappearance at Trooping.”
Meanwhile, the outlet’s royal editor Rebecca English, branded the move “clumsy” and claimed the communication between Montecito and Buckingham Palace as well as Kensington Palace is now non-existent.
She said: “It is clumsy. You can’t expect them to have known that that announcement was coming because people don’t tell them things, because they don’t trust them.
“So I don’t think they would have known, but again it just shows how Queen Elizabeth was so very wise in saying ‘You can’t have a half-in half-out job”.
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Meghan Markle revealed her brand’s newest products (Image: Instagram/@nachofigueras)
Meghan Markle soft launched her latest business venture earlier this year by landing a new Instagram page for the brand, as well as a website with a waiting list for it.
Since March, the only update on American Riviera Orchard was the debut of the first product to be sold under the brand’s name, a jar of strawberry jam, given to 50 influencers to taste test, and most recently the reveal of her jar of raspberry jam and dog biscuits.
Meanwhile, questions regarding the brand’s official launch have been increasing recently, with one royal commentator even claiming the duchess has delayed the launch because she is struggling to staff her new business.
