Rachel Stevens has said she wants to ‘ hide and cry ‘ and admits she is still grieving the end of her marriage, as her relationship with Brendyn Hatfield also comes to an end
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Rachel Stevens says she’s ‘still grieving’ her marriage three years after split(Image: PA)
Rachel Stevens has revealed she is “still grieving” and sometimes wants to “hide under the duvet and cry” three years after the end of her marriage.
The S Club 7 star split from Alex Bourne in 2022 after 13 years of marriage. The ex-couple have two children together, Amelia, 15, and Minnie, 11. Rachel was hit with more heartbreak recently, as her years-long relationship with Brendyn Hatfield ended as well.
In a frank podcast chat, Rachel shared how much the end of both relationships affected her. “I went from being married into another long relationship. I don’t know if I actually fully grieved the loss of my marriage.
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” Some days you feel empowered. Other days, you just want to cry under the duvet and hide, “Rachel said on HELLO! ‘s Second Act podcast”. It is sad and obviously, we feel things ourselves, but we feel them for our kids as well. “
She added that she struggled with” mummy guilt “during the divorce and worried about how her daughters would be affected by not only the end of their parents ‘ marriage but their father’s wedding to someone else.
Alex got remarried in February and is expecting a son with his new wife. Meanwhile, the same year Rachel and Alex broke up, she participated in Dancing On Ice, where she met and started dating professional ice skater Brendyn.
But last month, after three years of dating, their relationship ended”. It is incredibly sad and a relatively recent thing. Both Rachel and Brendyn felt there was no way forward for them.
“Rachel recently took herself to Marbella with her two daughters to get some much-needed headspace, and Brendyn and his young son have now moved out of the family home into a flat. There is still a lot of affection there, and no regrets”.
However, the source added that “tensions ‘ between the singer and skater simply got to be too much for the pair”. It isn’t easy trying to make a blended family run seamlessly.
“And in the end, tensions between Rachel and Brendyn got too much and they don’t ever want to row in front of their kids who remain their priority.
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” It is obviously a huge transition for Rachel who has effectively been in a relationship for the past two decades – but she will doubtless be inundated with offers now she’s back on the market. “
Freddy Brazier has shared his thoughts on becoming a dad with girlfriend Holly Swinburn, admitting he has a potential baby name in mind already
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Jade Goody’s son Freddy has ‘no fixed address’ while expecting first child(Image: Adam Gerrard / Daily Mirror)
Dad-to-be Freddy Brazier, 21, has revealed he doesn’t have a fixed address ahead of welcoming his first child into the world.
The youngest son of late Big Brother legend Jade Goody admitted he wasn’t living with dad Jeff Brazier, instead “couch surfing and loving life”, as he opened up about how he feels about becoming a parent himself.
Freddy and his pregnant on-off girlfriend, Holly Swinburn, made their red carpet debut as a couple at the Pride of Britain Awards last night. Posing together outside the Grosvenor Hotel in London together this evening, Freddy and Holly looked smitten and very much together.
In a new interview, Freddy disclosed: “I’m not living anywhere exactly. It’s a bit of a complicated one. I’m just staying with my friends, couch surfing and loving life. I love a sofa and an air bed”.
Chatting with Closer magazine, the dad-to-be shared how he plans to honour his late mother when his child arrives. “I actually think if the baby is a girl, I’ll call her Jade”, he admitted.
“I think that would be really mad to do so, but I don’t know. We might think of some other names, not that I prefer them, but no one can take that name away from me, so who knows?”
He later admitted he is surprised he hasn’t become a father sooner. “I always knew I was going to be a young dad”, he mused. “It was always going to come at some point. I’ve been silly in the past. I’m surprised it didn’t come earlier, but I’m happy”.
After announcing Holly’s pregnancy, Freddy broke his silence in August by taking to Instagram to share his joy with followers. He posted a photograph of the Canary Wharf skyline, writing in the caption: “I’m actually a DILF to be! !”. He has since posted snaps of Holly and referred to her as his ‘baby mother’.
Meanwhile, his brother Bobby recently revealed his excitement at becoming a “funcle”. Speaking to The Sun, he disclosed he learned the news from his father but ‘ didn’t know what to believe ‘ at first.
Bobby went on to explain that the baby will bring the family together closer than ever before. He enthused: “It’s going to be a team effort. Undoubtedly it will bring us together. My dad is uber supportive and I’m hoping I can take some of that and raise the baby together”.
Freddy Brazier has shared his thoughts on becoming a dad with girlfriend Holly Swinburn, admitting he has a potential baby name in mind already
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Jade Goody’s son Freddy has ‘no fixed address’ while expecting first child(Image: Adam Gerrard / Daily Mirror)
Dad-to-be Freddy Brazier, 21, has revealed he doesn’t have a fixed address ahead of welcoming his first child into the world.
The youngest son of late Big Brother legend Jade Goody admitted he wasn’t living with dad Jeff Brazier, instead “couch surfing and loving life”, as he opened up about how he feels about becoming a parent himself.
Freddy and his pregnant on-off girlfriend, Holly Swinburn, made their red carpet debut as a couple at the Pride of Britain Awards last night. Posing together outside the Grosvenor Hotel in London together this evening, Freddy and Holly looked smitten and very much together.
In a new interview, Freddy disclosed: “I’m not living anywhere exactly. It’s a bit of a complicated one. I’m just staying with my friends, couch surfing and loving life. I love a sofa and an air bed”.
Chatting with Closer magazine, the dad-to-be shared how he plans to honour his late mother when his child arrives. “I actually think if the baby is a girl, I’ll call her Jade”, he admitted.
“I think that would be really mad to do so, but I don’t know. We might think of some other names, not that I prefer them, but no one can take that name away from me, so who knows?”
He later admitted he is surprised he hasn’t become a father sooner. “I always knew I was going to be a young dad”, he mused. “It was always going to come at some point. I’ve been silly in the past. I’m surprised it didn’t come earlier, but I’m happy”.
After announcing Holly’s pregnancy, Freddy broke his silence in August by taking to Instagram to share his joy with followers. He posted a photograph of the Canary Wharf skyline, writing in the caption: “I’m actually a DILF to be! !”. He has since posted snaps of Holly and referred to her as his ‘baby mother’.
Meanwhile, his brother Bobby recently revealed his excitement at becoming a “funcle”. Speaking to The Sun, he disclosed he learned the news from his father but ‘ didn’t know what to believe ‘ at first.
Bobby went on to explain that the baby will bring the family together closer than ever before. He enthused: “It’s going to be a team effort. Undoubtedly it will bring us together. My dad is uber supportive and I’m hoping I can take some of that and raise the baby together”.
The Neighbours star has been forced to quit Strictly Come Dancing but is stuck in the UK until November for health reasons
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Dianne and Stefan did well on Saturday, despite his muscle injury
Stefan Dennis had already ripped his calf muscle when he performed his Charleston on Strictly Come Dancing last weekend – and only painkillers got him through. But after being forced to leave the BBC ballroom show because of his injury he told of his frustration at being unable to return home and see his wife Gail and three kids.
At Tuesday’s Pride of Britain Awards, held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, the Neighbours star was among the huge contingent of Strictly Come Dancing celebrities, professional dancers and judges who handed teenager Zach Eagling his award in recognition of all that he has achieved.
Speaking afterwards, Stefan – whose soap character Paul Robinson lost a leg in a cliff fall – admitted to feeling “gutted” to leave the show through injury so soon after he and pro partner Dianne Buswell scored 26 points for their fun Charleston, their highest of the series so far, and he says he feels like he’s letting everyone down.
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Not only that, his wife of 25 years Gail Easdale has been left dismayed that he will not be able to travel home until next month, because medics have banned him from getting on an aeroplane. “I can’t fly for another two weeks because of the risk of deep vein thrombosis which my wife is pretty upset about”, he explained. “I just feel like I’ve let everyone down. They all say I haven’t, of course, and the pros know all about injuries, but it feels like a shame to go out in this way. It was all going so well. When you go out, you want it to be because the viewers have spoken, because it’s your time, not like this”.
Stefan, 66, feels guilty for pulling out just a day after viewers watched Chris Robshaw and his partner Nadiya Bychkova get voted out – and even asked producers if Chris could return to the competition in his place. “I said they should keep Chris in now that I’m going but they said they couldn’t do that – once you’ve gone, you’ve gone.”
He thinks that his unscheduled exit will result in there being just three pairings in the final – so long as no one else gets injured along the way. “That’s what has happened before I believe”.
The Neighbours star, who is the oldest in this year’s competition but who keeps himself fit and active with extreme sports in his downtime, said he doesn’t know precisely when the muscle damage was done. “It happened at the end of last week, it was nothing specific, we’d been training as usual and it just started hurting. When I got it checked they said I’d ripped my calf muscle. I got through Saturday night’s show on a truck load of painkillers. They took the edge off a little bit – but not much! I’m still not sure how we got through that routine”.
One reason, perhaps, was because all eyes were on his “brilliant teacher” Dianne, who did a cartwheel on the dance floor during the routine, while five months pregnant. Dianne, who has defended her decision to continue dancing while expecting her first baby with long-term partner Joe Sugg, will now get a well-deserved break as she heads towards the later stages of pregnancy.
“I thought I’d be able to carry on but they said absolutely not”, Stefan sighed. “The muscle needs complete rest. So that’s me done unfortunately”. He said the support and sympathy he’d received from the rest of this year’s celebs had been enormous. “Strictly is this huge machine. And we’ve all got so close, it doesn’t feel like a competition, we all just want each other to do well, every time”.
Announcing his departure on Monday, he wrote on social media: “” I was told that on Saturday I had torn my calf so significantly that I am now forced to withdraw from the show. I owe both the Strictly Family and Dianne a massive debt of gratitude for giving me the opportunity to fulfil my dream of being able to dance with my wife. (When my leg is better). “
His departure comes after he missed week three of the competition due to an unrelated illness”. I had a little bit of a turn, a little bit of an episode with vertigo, “he said at the time”. But it was all OK, I made myself right again with the help of some good people at the hospital. “
Stefan said that the inspirational story of Zach at the Pride of Britain Awards had helped him to deal with his disappointment over the early exit. “Hearing about Zach and his story helped to keep it all in perspective,” he said. “What an amazing young man he is.”
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A brain injury at birth left Zach with both cerebral palsy and epilepsy. During lockdown, when he was just eight years old, he walked laps of his garden to raise money for the Epilepsy Society. But after his achievement was celebrated online by the charity, trolls bombarded him with flashing images in a deliberate attempt to trigger his seizures.
Determined to ensure that this could never happen to anyone again Zach, now 14, campaigned to protect those with epilepsy online. Known as Zach’s Law, the legislation officially came into effect in September 2023, making it a criminal offence to troll anyone with epilepsy in a bid to cause seizures – which carries a maximum five year prison sentence.
The Neighbours star has been forced to quit Strictly Come Dancing but is stuck in the UK until November for health reasons
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Dianne and Stefan did well on Saturday, despite his muscle injury
Stefan Dennis had already ripped his calf muscle when he performed his Charleston on Strictly Come Dancing last weekend – and only painkillers got him through. But after being forced to leave the BBC ballroom show because of his injury he told of his frustration at being unable to return home and see his wife Gail and three kids.
At Tuesday’s Pride of Britain Awards, held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, the Neighbours star was among the huge contingent of Strictly Come Dancing celebrities, professional dancers and judges who handed teenager Zach Eagling his award in recognition of all that he has achieved.
Speaking afterwards, Stefan – whose soap character Paul Robinson lost a leg in a cliff fall – admitted to feeling “gutted” to leave the show through injury so soon after he and pro partner Dianne Buswell scored 26 points for their fun Charleston, their highest of the series so far, and he says he feels like he’s letting everyone down.
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Not only that, his wife of 25 years Gail Easdale has been left dismayed that he will not be able to travel home until next month, because medics have banned him from getting on an aeroplane. “I can’t fly for another two weeks because of the risk of deep vein thrombosis which my wife is pretty upset about”, he explained. “I just feel like I’ve let everyone down. They all say I haven’t, of course, and the pros know all about injuries, but it feels like a shame to go out in this way. It was all going so well. When you go out, you want it to be because the viewers have spoken, because it’s your time, not like this”.
Stefan, 66, feels guilty for pulling out just a day after viewers watched Chris Robshaw and his partner Nadiya Bychkova get voted out – and even asked producers if Chris could return to the competition in his place. “I said they should keep Chris in now that I’m going but they said they couldn’t do that – once you’ve gone, you’ve gone.”
He thinks that his unscheduled exit will result in there being just three pairings in the final – so long as no one else gets injured along the way. “That’s what has happened before I believe”.
The Neighbours star, who is the oldest in this year’s competition but who keeps himself fit and active with extreme sports in his downtime, said he doesn’t know precisely when the muscle damage was done. “It happened at the end of last week, it was nothing specific, we’d been training as usual and it just started hurting. When I got it checked they said I’d ripped my calf muscle. I got through Saturday night’s show on a truck load of painkillers. They took the edge off a little bit – but not much! I’m still not sure how we got through that routine”.
One reason, perhaps, was because all eyes were on his “brilliant teacher” Dianne, who did a cartwheel on the dance floor during the routine, while five months pregnant. Dianne, who has defended her decision to continue dancing while expecting her first baby with long-term partner Joe Sugg, will now get a well-deserved break as she heads towards the later stages of pregnancy.
“I thought I’d be able to carry on but they said absolutely not”, Stefan sighed. “The muscle needs complete rest. So that’s me done unfortunately”. He said the support and sympathy he’d received from the rest of this year’s celebs had been enormous. “Strictly is this huge machine. And we’ve all got so close, it doesn’t feel like a competition, we all just want each other to do well, every time”.
Announcing his departure on Monday, he wrote on social media: “” I was told that on Saturday I had torn my calf so significantly that I am now forced to withdraw from the show. I owe both the Strictly Family and Dianne a massive debt of gratitude for giving me the opportunity to fulfil my dream of being able to dance with my wife. (When my leg is better). “
His departure comes after he missed week three of the competition due to an unrelated illness”. I had a little bit of a turn, a little bit of an episode with vertigo, “he said at the time”. But it was all OK, I made myself right again with the help of some good people at the hospital. “
Stefan said that the inspirational story of Zach at the Pride of Britain Awards had helped him to deal with his disappointment over the early exit. “Hearing about Zach and his story helped to keep it all in perspective,” he said. “What an amazing young man he is.”
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A brain injury at birth left Zach with both cerebral palsy and epilepsy. During lockdown, when he was just eight years old, he walked laps of his garden to raise money for the Epilepsy Society. But after his achievement was celebrated online by the charity, trolls bombarded him with flashing images in a deliberate attempt to trigger his seizures.
Determined to ensure that this could never happen to anyone again Zach, now 14, campaigned to protect those with epilepsy online. Known as Zach’s Law, the legislation officially came into effect in September 2023, making it a criminal offence to troll anyone with epilepsy in a bid to cause seizures – which carries a maximum five year prison sentence.
Even though King Charles previously expelled Harry and Meghan from their royal residence, Prince Andrew may be giving up on the use of his titles.
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Meghan and Harry were unceremoniously evicted by King Charles(Image: Getty Images)
Prince Andrew may have stated that he no longer intends to use the title of Duke of York, but he still enjoys access to a stately mansion in Windsor Great Park.
Since the Queen Mother passed away and the King’s brother has taken over the seven-bedroom property, Royal Lodge, Andrew has resided there.
It’s been widely reported that for some time, King Charles has been trying to persuade his errant younger brother to move out of the opulent home – but his attempts have been in vain.
Andrew is showing no signs of budging from Royal Lodge, a home he shares with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, even though new reports show he he’s paid barely any rent rent on the property for years.
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In 2003, Andrew signed a 75-year lease on the historic property, which paid him £1 million. However, his leasehold agreement, as seen by the Press Association, only calls for him to pay “one peppercorn” as rent “if required.”
The Crown Estate, from which he purchased the lease, would have to pay him £558, 000 if Andrew did consent to it, which Charles is said to have heavily encouraged.
The Crown Estate has obtained a copy of the lease from the press, and it is reported that he had to pay £7.5 million for the property’s “cast iron” renovations until 2078.
Due to allegations that he did not receive any significant inheritance from his mother, the late Queen, or his grandmother, the Queen Mother, it is unclear how Andrew manages the 30-room property.
Andrew was reportedly given a £1 million annual allowance by the late Queen when she was alive, but King Charles is said to have stopped this flow of income.
Andrew cannot be forced to leave the property because of the nature of the lease, but when Charles wanted Harry and Meghan out of a royal residence, he was spared such a challenge.
Harry and Meghan were given the lease on Frogmore Cottage by the late Queen Elizabeth when they got married, but in 2023 – after the release of Harry’s bombshell memoir Spare, which detailed allegations of private dysfunction in the House of Windsor – he was ordered to hand back the keys.
The Sussexes had, only months before the memoir’s publication, also released a self-titled documentary series for Netflix, which detailed their love story, the reasons behind their shock royal exit in 2020, and its fallout.
After returning as working royals and leaving the UK, the couple had refunded the Sovereign Grant’s £2.4 million spent on Frogmore renovations.
However, it appears unusual on the surface that Andrew has remained in his, beset by serious allegations that he has repeatedly and firmly refuted, while their royal property was taken from them as a result of internal family conflict.
The question of why Charles seemed to be able to evict Harry and Meghan but he seemed unable to change his younger brother’s behavior seems to be the kind of lease in question.
The Duke and Duchess moved into Frogmore in 2019 and had renewed their lease a year before their unceremonious eviction, according to a report from March 2022. This suggests that their lease for the property was less restrictive than Andrew’s’ with the Crown Estate’s.
The couple, who were not planning to move back to the UK permanently, are said to have desired to maintain a base in Harry’s native country, and Frogmore was one of the protection options available to royal homes in Windsor.
When Harry and Meghan left their jobs as working royals, their automatic police security was removed, so Frogmore provided a safe haven for the young family if they came over. They also used it prior to their eviction, which is said to have occurred shortly after Harry’s memoir was published.
Royal author Omid Scobie said at the time the eviction was made public: “Just five minutes walk from Windsor Castle, and ensconced within the Metropolitan Police-led ring of steel surrounding the Windsor Estate, the couple’s British home has become Prince Harry, Meghan, Archie and Lilibet’s only sufficiently secure refuge in the country since their access to armed police protection was taken away in 2020.”
According to a couple friend, “It all feels very final and like a cruel punishment… The family seems to want to permanently remove them from the picture.
The Sussexes reportedly paid Frogmore Cottage’s owners a sizable upfront rent while also covering the cost of the property’s renovation.
Harry wrote in his memoir about the allegations made against his uncle Andrew, and the fact that the King’s brother had kept his security for some time despite their serious nature, which contrasted with the swift decision made about the Sussexes.
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He explained to Meghan that he had told her that he thought there was no way for Andrew’s police security to be compromised because he had not been when he had left his position as a prince in 2019.
