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Giovanni Pernice’s ex girlfriend has been eyed up to become one of this years islanders, in the ‘most dramatic series yet’, after dating the former Strictly dancer last year

Giovanni Pernice’s ex girlfriend eyed up for Love Island(Image: Giovanni Pernice’s ex girlfriend eyed up for Love Island)

Giovanni Pernice’s ex girlfriend, Molly Brown, has reportedly been eyed up for a summer of love in the Love Island villa to find a new romance. The 26 year old, who dated the Strictly star for several months last year, has reportedly been approached by ITV producers.

Molly and Giovanni began dating at the beginning of 2024 but split after a few weeks before rekindling their relationship until July. The couple were together while allegations were being made by Amanda Abbington against Giovanni regarding his actions on Strictly.

The allegations reportedly grew too much for the couple, and they went their separate ways. A source claimed that Molly could ‘spill the beans’ on her previous relationship.

They teased: “TV execs love a famous ex and the chance for Molly to spill the beans on the biggest scandal for their rival channel the BBC was very tempting.”

Giovanni Pernice’s ex girlfriend, Molly Brown, has reportedly been eyed up for a summer of love in the Love Island villa (Image: mollybrownxox/instagram)

The source added to The Sun: “She could feature later in the series if show action allows, but ITV do speak to hundreds of singles every year to ensure there’s a wide cast ready for every storyline.”

Former Strictly star Giovanni is now in a relationship with actress Bianca Guaccero. The new couple first crossed paths during the Italian version of Strictly, and their relationship grew from there. They appear to be loved up in recent snaps shared to their social media from a romantic holiday in Barbados.

The reports follow this year’s summer series of Love Island being dubbed the most dramatic series yet. The 12th series of the reality show is set to premiere on June 9 on ITV2, promising to bring more drama and twists. Returning as host, Maya Jama has hinted at unprecedented twists and explosive moments that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats

Former Strictly star Giovanni is now in a relationship with actress Bianca Guaccero(Image: Instagram/ @giovannipernice)

Mike Spencer-Hayter, also known as Love Island’s boss, has already teased that week one will hold never-seen-before twists, as well as revealing that they have a whole two weeks planned out, which isn’t a usual occurrence. He has also hinted that the huge twist could be related to this years bombshells.

He sparked speculation that the bombshell could be international as he told The Sun: “Something big is coming in week one. We’ve got a really big week one planned. It’s hard to say what we’re doing without saying it. It’s not a celebrity. We’ve not seen it before.”

Returning as host, Maya Jama has hinted at unprecedented twists and explosive moments that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats(Image: ITV)

He added: “There will be things happening for the first couple of days we’ve not done before and certainly in week one. During that week, there’s something incredibly big we’ve never done before. Hopefully, we can do it. It’s quite experimental.”

The boss also admitted to breaking the rules of tradition by planning further ahead. He said: “We’ve mapped out two weeks, which we don’t usually do, to be honest. So we’ve got two weeks planned and one very, very big thing that’s never been done ever on Love Island. Globally.”

Congratulations are in order!

Stage actor turned film star Jack Lowden is back on our screens this weekend as Kenneth Noye in series 2 of The Gold, alongside Hugh Bonneville, Charlotte Spencer and Emun Elliott.

It’s been a big year for him and his wife, four-time Oscar-nominated actress and producer, Saoirse Ronan.

The couple tied the knot in secret, in Scotland, last summer. And now – congratulations! – they are expecting their first child.

Lowden and Ronan married last year in a secret Scottish ceremony (Credit: BBC America/YouTube)

Jack Lowden and Saoirse Ronan expecting first child

Scottish actor Jack Lowden, 35, and Irish actress Saoirse Ronan, 31, are expecting their first child together.

The news is hot off the press, after Saoirse attended a red carpet event in France last week with a visible baby bump.

Since then, the couple have been photographed while out for a walk with their dog, Fran, in north London. They live together in Islington.

They married in a low-key ceremony in Edinburgh last July, with only a handful of their closest friends present, all of whom were sworn to secrecy.

Ronan enjoyed early success in her career, but she has always wanted to be a mum, too (Credit: The Late Late Show/YouTube)

Being a parent is a ‘dream’ of Saoirse’s

The Mail reports that Saoirse and Jack are “thrilled” to be on the road to parenthood.

“I became successful when I was quite young,” it quotes her as saying. “It meant that by the time I found my partner, I’m at the stage where if it happened, I would like to have a kid. I’ve always wanted that.”

She has described him as her “partner in crime, life and love”. Jack calls her a “force of nature, on and off screen”.

Jack just celebrated his 35th birthday, on June 2. He grew up in the Scottish village of Oxton, and revealed in 2019 that he is an IVF baby.

“And so is my brother. Down there [England] was one of the few places that was doing it,” he told the Standard.

He and Saoirse have been in a relationship since 2018.

Rebecca played stalker Lydia Chambers on the soap

Former Coronation Street star Rebecca Ryan has given birth to her second child, a gorgeous baby girl.

Rebecca, 34, played Lydia Chambers on the soap from 2021 to 2022 – but is perhaps best known for playing Debbie Gallagher in the Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless.

She also played Carly Hope in 3 episodes of Emmerdale in 2006.

This is her second child with husband Dan Acraman, who she married in September 2022 and follows the birth of their first child, Aurora – who was born in April 2023.

And baby makes four!

Posting a picture of her beautiful newborn on Instagram, she shared: “Introducing the newest member of my little girl gang, the adorable Oriana.”

Her co-star brother Jack James Ryan – who played Jacob Hay in the soap – wrote: “Proof that the first time wasn’t a fluke, you make the most beautiful babies.”

Rebecca’s soap star pals also shared their congratulations.

Sally Carman said: “She’s beautiful! Congratulations to you both!”

Charley Webb shared: “Another beauty and I loooove the name.”

Elle Mulvaney also commented and said: “Congratulations she is beautiful.”

Rebecca played stalker Lydia Chambers on the soap (Credit: ITV)

Coronation Street star Rebecca Ryan reveals baby news

Rebecca revealed the news she was expecting her second baby with a post to her Instagram account back in January.

“Sleep is overrated anyway. Here comes baby No.2,” she wrote in the accompanying caption.

At the time, comments below Rebecca’s post were full of congratulations from fans and co-stars alike.

“Ahhh! Congratulations you wee beauty! So happy for you all! ” wrote Sally Carman, who plays Abi Franklin on the soap.

“Yay congrats,” said Georgia May Foote, who played Katy Armstrong.

“Ahhh amazing – big congrats,” chimed in Nicky Wheatley star Kimberly Hart-Simpson.

“Ah congratulations!!” wrote Harriet Bibby – otherwise known as Summer Spellman.

Rebecca is now a mum of two gorgeous girls (Credit: Splash News)

Who did Rebecca Ryan play on Coronation Street?

Rebecca first appeared as Lydia Chambers on the soap in 2021. She was first introduced as a new Personal Assistant at Underworld. There, she befriended Sarah Platt – and revealed that she shared a history with her husband, Adam.

Growing jealous, Lydia began to stalk Sarah and Adam, breaking into their apartment and leaving both gifts and threatening notes. After leaving Adam on death’s door by pushing him from a balcony, Lydia called an end to her reign of terror.

After he lied to the police, covering for Lydia’s crime, the pair called a truce – and she left Weatherfield in April 2022.

Archie and Lilibet were not born a prince or princess…

Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet received their royal titles in 2023, when Archie was four years old and ‘Lili’ Diana two.

However, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle once opened up over their fears of their children and royal titles when they sat down with Oprah Winfrey for a tell-all interview in 2021. So what changed?

When the two Sussex children were first born, neither of them had royal titles due to a long-standing tradition within The Firm, and this upset Archie and Lilibet’s parents. Here’s the full explainer on what the couple said before and after their children were finally known as Prince and Princess.
Archie is became a prince when Charles ascended to the throne (Credit: CoverImages.com)

Meghan Markle’s complaint over Prince Archie’s title

During her bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan Markle claimed her son was not given a royal title because of his race.

However, experts came out at the time to explain it was actually because only the grandchildren of the living monarch are given the royal title of Prince. Archie was Queen Elizabeth II’s great-grandchild, meaning he was not entitled to the royal title, nor Lilibet, as she was born in 2021.

Meghan claimed during the CBS show: “They didn’t want him to be a prince or princess, not knowing what the gender would be, which would be different from protocol, and [said] that he wasn’t going to receive security.”

When asked by Oprah if she was bothered by this, the former Suits star said: “All the grandeur surrounding this stuff is an attachment I don’t personally have. I have been a waitress, an actress, a princess, a duchess, and I’ve always just been Meghan.

“The most important title I will ever have is Mom but the idea of our son not being safe and also the idea of the first member of colour in this family not being titled in the same way that other grandchildren would be…”

She went further to allege that the ‘tradition’ was changed while she was pregnant.

“It’s not their right to take it away…” she said. “While I was pregnant they said they want to change the convention for Archie. Well, why?”
Lilibet became a princess in 2023 (Credit: Netflix)

What does royal protocol say about titles?

It was King George V – Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather – who brought the rule in force in November 1917.

He issued a letter patent to declare that the great-grandchildren of the monarch would no longer be prince or princesses, except for the eldest son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales.

Before Charles was crowned King, this would have been William’s son George, who automatically became a prince when he was born. But it did not include Archie, even though he was born as a great-grandson of the Queen.

Therefore, Meghan’s claim that the convention was changed when she was pregnant, was false. The rule had been in force for 102 years before Archie was born.

It also meant that George’s siblings, Charlotte and Louis, wouldn’t have received a title either. However, the Queen issued a letter patent in 2012 amending this, explaining William’s children would be entitled to be a prince and princess and HRH title as he was the second heir to the throne.

To add, the prince and princess title only travels through the male line, and this is why Princess Anne’s children do not have titles and are known as Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips – despite being the late Queen’s grandchildren.
Princess Lilibet was born in 2021 (Credit: Netflix)

When did Archie and Lilibet get their prince and princess titles?

Archie and Lilibet received their royal titles, officially becoming prince and princess in March 2023. They are also entitled to use the His/Her Royal Highness titles.

However, in a strange twist, Buckingham Palace didn’t announce the news – despite Harry and Meghan apparently ‘hoping’ that they would.

The young royals officially became prince and princess when their grandfather, Charles, ascended to the throne in September 2022. Previously, they were simply referred to as Master Archie and Miss Lilibet on the Buckingham Palace website.

But the young royals had been confirmed as officially taking their titles by the Sussexes.

A spokesperson for the Sussexes confirmed the news – and title change – in a statement after Lilibet’s christening earlier that month.

“I can confirm that Princess Lilibet Diana was christened on Friday, March 3. By Archbishop of Los Angeles, the Rve John Taylor,” they said.

They also confirmed that children’s titles were their “birthright”.

“The children’s titles have been a birthright since their grandfather became Monarch. This matter has been settled for some time in alignment with Buckingham Palace,” they said.
Archie was Queen Elizabeth II’s great-grandchild (Credit: CoverImages.com)

Buckingham Palace didn’t announce change to Archie and Lilibet titles

According to a royal expert, Meghan and Harry actually wanted Buckingham Palace to announce Archie and Lilibet’s title changes.

Ingrid Seward, a royal biographer and the editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine, made the claims during a chat with the Mirror.

“Archie and Lilibet have been allowed to use this style since their great-grandmother died, but their parents have chosen not to until now,” she said.

“How interesting they waited six months to do this. They were hoping the Palace would jump the gun and announce it before they did. No such luck,” she then continued.

“Buckingham Palace left their website intact and allowed the Sussexes to make the move themselves so they couldn’t complain.”

She then went on to say that no one is going to “push the traditions of the monarchy aside”.

Digital Box previously contacted Buckingham Palace and Sussexes’ reps for comment.

They got married back in 1975 and celebrate their golden wedding soon

Green-fingered god Alan Titchmarsh previously joked about his “head being turned” while married to wife Alison.

The telly fave, 74, shot to fame back in the late 1970s – and since then, he’s not stopped. He’s back on TV screens on Sunday (June 8) too, for his show, Alan Titchmarsh’s Gardening Club.

When he’s not appearing on screen, Alan lives in Hampshire with his wife Alison – who he married way back in 1975. The pair are parents to grown-up children, Polly and Camilla.

And while Alison is no doubt the love of his life, Alan also has a second love – plants and flowers…

Alan is happily married to wife Alison (Credit: SplashNews.com)

Alan Titchmarsh and wife Alison approaching golden wedding anniversary

Alan and Alison first met when they were in their early twenties at an amateur dramatics group. Cementing their relationship, the pair tied the knot in the summer of 1975.

The couple also share two children together. Their eldest, Polly, was born in 1980, followed by Camilla, who was born in 1982. They are grandparents too, to four children.

But a few years ago, Alan joked about having his ‘head turned’…

Speaking to The Guardian in 2011, Alan was quizzed about his love of plants.

“The old flame I’ve loved for 50 years is the humble pelargonium. You can neglect them and yet they are good, shapely plants,” Alan said.

The green-fingered star also revealed the new plant he was loving, admitting that his ‘head had been turned’.

He said: “My head has been turned by Annabelle, a summer-flowering hydrangea, with floppy heads of creamy white, fading to palest green.”

Alan made the cheeky confession a few years back (Credit: Lorraine/YouTube)

Alan reveals ‘stresses and strains’

Meanwhile, in October last year, Alan opened up about “stresses and strains” affecting him in his private life.

Appearing on This Morning, he revealed he has “enough to cope with” when it comes to his family, and this is why he largely avoids social media.

Telling hosts Dermot O’Leary and Alison Hammond that hosting his peaceful Sunday morning show, Love Your Weekend, is a “real luxury”, Alan said that he uses Instagram as an extension of the series.

And, as a result, he only uses the platform to share pictures of plants, flowers and his garden. And, Alan said, he never takes any notice of any of the negativity online because his time is already taken up with “worrying” about his family, and his hydrangea Annabelle, we expect!

“Looks so bizarre,” a royal pundit claims

he sight of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry twerking in video footage will only distance them further from the royal family, an expert claims.

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams has exclusively weighed in to Royal Insider on the controversial booty-popping clip featuring both the Duke and Duchess of Sussex shaking their respective things.

He has revealed how he thinks the royal family will feel about the video.

The video, which portrays the heavily-pregnant Meghan and hubby Prince Harry awaiting the arrival of Princess Lilibet in hospital four years ago, has been condemned as “vulgar” and “unnecessary attention-seeking” by detractors.
How does Meghan Markle twerking fit in with her credo as an influencer, or a royal? (Credit: YouTube)

Verdict on Meghan Markle twerking video

Mr Fitzwilliams also feels the footage is at odds with the perception that Prince Harry and Meghan desire privacy.

He told Royal Insider: “The Sussexes howl about privacy, but come out with this. It’s a surreal to release a video which simply looks weird and I can’t see how it fits into the narrative they are supposedly trying to get across, where she is an important influencer.”

Mr Fitzwilliams also argued the Sussexes’ social media rules aren’t consistent with their actions.

“They knew the photos which show Princess Lilibet in close up would get worldwide attention. But it is unclear why they are usually reluctant to show their children’s faces unless they using them for promotional purposes,” he added.

 

‘Far too erratic to be trusted’

An unimpressed Mr Fitzwilliams also questioned the Sussexes’ strategy for sharing their brand messaging.

“The twerking video will become notorious,” he went on.

“They made great play of relaunching with a new [communications] team recently. I can’t believe they consulted their advisors before releasing something that looks so bizarre.”

Pondering the decisions that led the second son of the monarch and his wife to release footage of them gyrating their hips on social media, an incredulous Mr Fitzwilliams maintained any hope of a reconciliation would be squashed.

One has to ask, what planet do both of them exist on?

He reflected: “One has to ask, what planet do both of them exist on? The royal family will simply be confirmed in their view that both of them are far too erratic to be trusted.”

Meghan shared the clip to mark Princess Lilibet’s fourth birthday (Credit: Splashnews.com)

What song are Meghan and Harry twerking to?

Meghan shared the previously-unseen clip on Instagram yesterday (Wednesday June 4).

It was released to celebrate daughter Princess Lilibet turning four.

The footage shows the parents-to-be making moves in front of a phone’s camera to viral song The Baby Momma Dance.

The tune was popular on social media in 2021 with pregnant women boogying on down with their bumps.

Meghan shared in her post’s caption: “Four years ago today, this also happened. Both of our children were a week past their due dates… So when spicy food, all that walking, and acupuncture didn’t work – there was only one thing left to do!”

Bob had been on the show since 2014

Former Gogglebox star Tom Malone Jr has announced the death of the family’s dog, Bob.

He shared the news on social media last night (June 7), with mum Julie Malone also sharing a tribute to the Rottweiler, who was often seen sniffing at the family’s cakes as they watched the box on the Channel 4 show.

It comes 18 months after the family lost their other dog, Dave. He died in October 2023.

Tom Malone Jr announces death of Gogglebox dog Bob

Posting several snaps of Bob, Tom shared: “Good boy Bob. Rest easy big man.”

Julie also said: “Today we said goodbye to our beautiful protective Bobby. He spent his last day doing what he loved, watching over the grandchildren playing in the garden.

“We are heartbroken, RIP our beautiful Big Bob xx.”

‘Run free over the rainbow bridge’

Fans were quick to offer their condolences.

“Sending the family love,” said one. Another commented: “There are no words my fiend, seeing so much love to you all, I’m so sorry.”

A third also commented and said: “Sorry for your loss.”

The family’s Gogglebox pals also shared their sorrow at the death of Bob.

Mica Ven shared a love heart emoji. Ellie Warner added: “So sorry to hear about Bobby. Run free over the rainbow bridge.” Her sister Izzi also commented and said: “Sending you all lots of love.”

Co-star Georgia Bell added: “Sending you all so much love.”

The Malone family – Tom Jr, Tom Snr, Julie and Shaun – joined Gogglebox in 2014 (Credit: Splash News)

When did the Malone family join Gogglebox?

The Malones – Tom Snr, Julie, Tom Jr and Shaun – joined the show in series 4 in 2014.

Dave and Bob joined the family on the sofa each week as they settled down to enjoy the best of the box for the Channel 4 show.

Tom Jr left the series in 2021. Tom Snr was hospitalised earlier this year. And the family recently introduced a new member of the Malone family – Rottweiler puppy Tilly.

It’s the third time the DIY SOS host has said ‘I do’

Nick Knowles is a married man after he tied the knot with fiancée Katie Dadzie in a stunning wedding over the weekend.

DIY SOS host Nick, 62, wed lingerie boss Katie, 34, at the luxurious Braxted Park Estate in Essex.

It’s thought the ceremony – which is the third time Nick has married – cost a six-figure sum. Now, as they nurse very sore heads, the first pictures of their big day have been shared.

The pair said their vows under a flower arch (Credit: Instagram)

Nick Knowles and Katie Dadzie’s wedding

Nick Knowles wore a dapper pale pink tuxedo with black lapels, as well as matching black trousers and a black bow tie to wed Katie.

The wedding looked to be a black tie event, with Nick’s pals and groomsmen all kitted out in black tuxeudos. Katie’s bridesmaids, meanwhile, also wore black dresses and carried pink bouquets that matched perfectly with Nick’s jacket.

The event appeared to be a black tie affair (Credit: Instagram)
Katie, meanwhile, dazzled in not one but two dresses. She married Nick in a full-length white gown with a sweetheart neckline. The unusual dress was emblazoned with blue flowers. They said their vows inside the country estate underneath an arch of stunning flowers.

The bridesmaids also wore black (Credit: Instagram)

Party time!

In the evening, Katie was clearly in the mood for dancing as she slipped into a white mini dress. She teamed it with trainers and a bejeweled hat with the word bride on the front.

Nick also kicked off his shoes, changing from his smart black ones into trainers – but not before he’d taken Katie for a Strictly-style spin around the dance floor for their first dance.

The pair could be seen dancing to a live band, with Nick tipping Katie backwards before going in for a kiss. He also picked his stunning bride up at the end of the routine.

Nick showed off some of the moves he learnt on Strictly for his first dance (Credit: Instagram)
The party looked raucous, with the bride and groom dancing the night away and downing shots.

Although it was reported that Nick invited his pals from Strictly Come Dancing, there doesn’t appear to have been any in attendance. His DIY SOS pals were also not seen in the pictures uploaded to Instagram.

Katie changed into a mini dress for her evening do (Credit: Instagram)

Relationship timeline

The happy couple met in 2021, after his youngest son Eddie befriended Katie’s daughters at a play centre. There’s a 27-year age gap between them.

He then popped the question in 2023.

This will be the third time DIY SOS star Nick has been married. He and first wife Gillian, who share children Tuesday and Charlie, divorced in 2000.

He then married Eddie’s mum Jessica Moor in 2012, but they split in 2016. Nick is also dad to son TJ from his relationship with dancer Paula Beckett.

‘I was ripped from the male gaze at 24,’ she told a festival recently

In an interview at Hay Festival in Wales last weekend, Katie Piper has compared the process of ageing to a bereavement: shocking, but not surprising.

The Loose Women panelist recently debuted her new glass eye. She suffered facial injuries after an acid attack in 2008. Since then, she has undergone over 250 operations in order to reconstruct her facial anatomy and reduce skin contraction.

The star – back with her Katie Piper’s Weekend Escape today (June 8) – spent a lot of time thinking she should have taken revenge on her attacker. Now, however, she’s thinking more about what it is like to grow older.

Katie has undergone many procedures following horrific acid attack (Credit: Splashnews.com)

Katie Piper compares ageing to a bereavement

The process of ageing has been somewhat different for Katie Piper, who has had hundreds of surgical procedures to repair damage to her face and eyesight since 2008.

Her ex-boyfriend had ordered an acid attack on her when she was just 24 years old. Now 41, she’s been writing about the relationship between age and beauty in her new book Still Beautiful. Piper has been reflecting on what it was like to be “ripped” from the male gaze, the moment she was attacked.

“I was ripped from the male gaze at 24,” Piper told an audience at the Hay Festival in Wales over the weekend, per the BBC. “I didn’t just become invisible – I became a target for people saying derogatory things.”

The concept of the male gaze views and represents women as sexual objects for the pleasure of masculine, heterosexual subjects. In Katie’s case, the acid attack made her immediately less interesting to that part of society that viewed her as a sexual being. But normally, she said, women gradually become less interesting to the male gaze, as they get older.

‘Ageing can be compared to a bereavement’

She told the festival: “Ageing can be compared to a bereavement. Sometimes we know we’re losing somebody or something, and it’s slow, it’s gradual, and when it’s ageing, we look down at our hands, we see they look different. We catch ourselves in the shop window, and everything’s changed.

“It was shocking, but not surprising. This was because I had been reminded at such a young age the currency and the power a woman holds when she is considered either beautiful or young, and now here I was going through the second phase of youth slipping away and feeling, once again, society’s judgement and the label that they were going to put on to me.”

Her book, therefore, is an attempt to explain what it is like to be told that you are losing your power as a result of waving goodbye to youth. But it’s also an effort to change tack.

Katie wants to reframe ageing (Credit: Splashnews.com)

Ageing is a ‘magic key’ to letting go of other people’s expectations

Society glamourises youth, says Katie Piper. There is a lot of pressure on 20-year-olds to have the best time of their lives. But many people are financially insecure during their younger years. And, without much experience of the world, it’s actually the time in a person’s life when they’re most likely to make mistakes.

She wants to reframe ageing as a “magic key” to letting go of other people’s expectations. Rather than a time to grieve our younger selves, we can see it as an invitation to take control.

Once you stop trying to hold onto something – ie, youth – you free yourself from the strictures of a capitalist economy that is constantly trying to make money from your insecurities, she argues.

“I’m going to be 42 in October. I’m still incredibly young to many, and old and past it to some. You realise, I know who I am. I have a strong sense of self and identity. This is the heyday. This is the time of my life. So I can only imagine what’s on [for the] 50s and 60s and the decades beyond. I feel excited by that second chapter,” she shared.

‘True evil in mankind’

At the moment of her attack, Katie saw “true evil in mankind”. But her work has exposed her to the vastly larger good side in humanity.

One message she would deliver to her younger self, if she could?

“If you’ve ever felt less than… you’ve hated yourself or felt ashamed, it was never you. It was society, consumerism and capitalism. It was beneficial to someone, somewhere, to hold you down.”

King Charles will be in “pain” at “missing out” on celebrating granddaughter Princess Lilibet‘s birthday, a royal expert has claimed.

The monarch, 76, has reportedly only met his youngest grandchild once and is no longer speaking to Prince Harry, the duke claimed during a BBC interview last month.
Charles reportedly doesn’t see his grandchildren (Credit: CoverImages.com)

King Charles’ ‘pain’ over granddaughter Princess Lilibet

June 4 marked Lilibet’s fourth birthday. The royal tot was born on June 4, 2021 in California.

However, despite now being four, she has only reportedly met her grandfather once, when she was one year old.

The meeting between Charles and Lilibet is believed to have come during the platinum jubilee back in 2022. Harry, Meghan, Archie and Lilibet travelled to the UK for the first – and so far, only – time together to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne.

I can only imagine the pain that Charles must feel when he thinks about all he is missing.

However, since then, it’s believed that Charles hasn’t seen Harry’s children – and is now reportedly no longer in contact with his youngest son.

During his interview with the BBC, Harry claimed that his father is no longer speaking to him.

“He won’t speak to me because of this security stuff,” he said. “I don’t know how much longer my father has.”

 

King Charles missing Lilibet’s birthday is ‘sad’

Speaking to The Mirror, royal correspondent Jennie Bond has claimed Charles will be upset not being able to spend Lilibet’s birthday with her.

“Her birthday is mid-week, so I assume it will be a school day for Lilibet, but I’m sure there’ll be time for a tea party or celebration of some kind. Kids’ birthdays are always fun and I think Meghan is the sort of person who will put a great deal of effort and care into making the day extremely magical for her little girl,” she said.

“I’m sure it will all be picture perfect. Having just celebrated the fourth birthday of my own granddaughter – the smiles, the laughter, the love and the fun – I can only imagine the pain that Charles must feel when he thinks about all he is missing. These are years and occasions that cannot be relived and, once passed, they are gone forever. It’s incredibly sad,” she then added.
Meghan shared some pictures of Lilibet to mark her birthday (Credit: CoverImages.com)

Meghan shares sweet Lilibet photo to celebrate her birthday

Wednesday (June 4) saw Meghan share a couple of intimate photos of Lilibet to celebrate her fourth birthday.

The first photo, which is black and white, shows Lilibet and Meghan on what looks to be a boat trip.

Meghan can be seen cuddling Lilibet, who is looking out at the camera from between her mother’s arms. It is one of the very few photos royal fans have had of part of Lilibet’s face.

The second photo shared by Meghan shows the Duchess of Sussex cradling her daughter not long after her birth.

“Happy birthday to our beautiful girl! Four years ago today she came into our lives – and each day is brighter and better because of it,” Meghan captioned the post.

“Thanks to all of those sending love and celebrating her special day!”