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In a rumored call to Harry, King Charles reportedly picked up the phone and informed him that Meghan should not accompany him to Balmoral during the Queen’s final moments. He did so for a very significant reason.

The royal family rushed to Balmoral to be by the late Queen’s side in the final moments of her life. But not everyone was reportedly welcome. King Charles allegedly made the difficult decision to ask Meghan Markle to stay away and allow Prince Harry to visit his grandmother on his own, with the understanding that Princess Kate had also been asked to remain at home.

Robert Hardman claimed that Kate had chosen to stay away rather than actually being asked to do so in his biography Charles III: New King, New Court, and The Inside Story. The Princess, in the eyes of Hardman, chose to remain in England to care for her three children, George, Charlotte, and Louis.

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They were scheduled to begin their new school, Lambrook, on the same day as the Queen passed away. Unintentionally, Kate’s choice opened up King Charles’s path. Charles wanted the royals to concentrate on their final goodbyes and avoid petty infighting at the time because he still believed his mother still had days to live and not hours.

According to the 2024 book, he had simply wanted Meghan to avoid family conflict. Harry himself wrote about the disappointment his father had when he learned Meghan wouldn’t be able to attend Balmoral.

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In his tell-all memoir Spare , he claimed: “He said I was welcome at Balmoral, but he didn’t want… her. He started to lay out his reason, which was nonsensical, and disrespectful, and I wasn’t having it.” Harry said he retorted firmly to his father’s comments about Meghan, saying: “Don’t ever speak about my wife that way…He stammered, apologetic, saying he simply didn’t want a lot of people around. No other wives were coming, Kate wasn’t coming, he said, therefore Meg shouldn’t. Then that’s all you needed to say.”

The Queen peacefully passed away at 15:10 on 8 September. Of her family members, only Charles, Camilla and Princess Anne were able to see her before she died. Fortuitously, the siblings were both already in Scotland, having carried out events in the country earlier in the week.

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But only Anne was present when their mother slipped away. Charles had briefly stepped away from her bedside to clear his head and had gone out to gather mushrooms. He received the news that she had died as he was driving back to Balmoral when his most senior aide took a call. Charles pulled over and was addressed for the first time as ‘Your Majesty’ – signalling he was now King.

Following her split from her ex-husband Jamie Redknapp, Louise Redknapp revealed she “almost gave up” after reaching “the lowest a human could get.” Without her two children, she acknowledged that she would have reached a much lower point.

The 50-year-old footballer, who is dating a new man, split from Jamie from Liverpool and England in 2017. The couple, who have two sons, Beau, 16, and Charley, 20, announced their separation in September 2017 and were divorced that year as well.

Jamie married model Frida Andersson in 2021 despite the fact that the Naked musician had previously admitted to skipping dating for almost six years in an effort to concentrate on her children. Raphael’s son Raphael is the parents of the Sky Sports pundit and his second wife, Frida, who is also the mother of four children from her previous union with Jonathan Lourie.

Louise revealed on Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast that if it weren’t for her children, she would have reached a much lower point in her life. She continued, “I just, I think I would have just given up,” adding, “If I didn’t have my kids, I just, I think, I.” I do, in fact. I believe I was simply aware that my children needed me because they were my everything.

She discussed how the public’s scrutiny of her marriage’s breakdown affected her during the conversation. But, she continued, “I can honestly say, when you’re going through something so personal in your own turmoil in your own way, and then you get the barrage of judgment and nastiness.”

“I never realized how cruel and vile people are.” My mind was blown. Whatever had happened in our life was private, which I do believe you are entitled to no matter what, and I was going through a lot as it happened. I was trying to be strong for my kids. And God, I was completely breaking because I was such a bad guy.

Beyond what I believed a human could break, and I’ve been trying to be a mother all along. And it was the same way every time I went out, even though I tried to put on a brave face and do things that weren’t right. I thought everything I did was completely incorrect.

Louise and Drew Michaels, both of whom we love, last year. She told the Loose Women panel last year that she had been single for “a really long time” and that it was “beautiful” to meet someone who makes me feel so happy. “I’m very happy, he’s great, lovely, it’s really nice,” she continued.

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It’s now simpler than ever to avoid the sun damage that comes with real tanning thanks to the high-tech fake tan innovations that are available in stores.

The most recent innovation from St. Tropez, which dropped this month, has the potential to revolutionize how you self-tan your skin. The St. Tropez Sunlit Skin Self Tan Express retails for £29 full-price on Cult Beauty and Boots, but Asos is currently selling it for £21.75 during a new-season beauty sale.

The “first-of-its-kind” facial tanner is intended to do more than just give you a glow. This sleeveless beauty claims to instantly impart a pearl-like sheen with an hour-long, luminous tan before turning into a long-lasting tan. Wear it on bare skin, over make-up, or wherever you like.

You can see where you’re applying it precisely because it’s tinted, which is ideal for tantouring (yes, that’s both contouring and tanning in one). For sculpted definition that lasts for days, simply brush it across your temples, cheekbones, and jawline. Your skin stays plump and radiant thanks to the quick-dry, no-rinse formula.

You can apply the product every three days to maintain your glow as an elevated substitute for bronzing drops. St Tropez suggests pairing it with the Tantouring Brush ($20), which is designed to give you a precise, sculpted finish for the ultimate application.

Zoe’s opinion of St. Tropez Sunlit Skin Bronzing Tint + Tan is shared.

Pros

• quick drying
• developing quickly
• A useful product application precision nozzle
• A pleasant, non-biscuity scent
• Good for skin that is sensitive
• features beneficial skin care ingredients like hyaluronic acid

Cons

• A high price tag for a bottle that is quite small
• Although the brush is meant to be used to achieve the “best” results, the price does not include it.
• You must be very quick to blend it because it has a runny texture that drys very quickly.
• didn’t immediately give my dry skin an even, uniform color.
• Since it is a light tan, medium skin tones may not experience as noticeable results.

St. Tropez’s new facial tanner had my high hopes, but honestly, it’s almost the dream product with a few minor flaws. Let’s get to the good stuff: it quickly dries, develops in 1-3 hours, and has a precise nozzle, which makes application much simpler (especially for something this liquidy). I had no irritation at all because the scent is so pleasant—none of the old-fashioned biscuity fake tan smell. Additionally, hyaluronic acid is a fantastic addition to skin care products.

The drawbacks are now. The bottle is fairly small for the price, and it seems a little cheeky that the brush, which is meant to be used separately for the best results, is available. You must work at lightning speed to blend it properly, especially since the immediate tint wasn’t on my dry skin because the formula is quite runny and dries quickly. Despite that, the tan looked much better once it started to develop. My tan did appear more even after I washed my face in the morning (I stayed on it overnight).

I like to use Elf’s Bronzing Drops, £12, as a moisturiser, because they have an extremely uniform, immediate tint. However, I like this because it’s a quick-developing tan. Next time, I’ll try adding a few drops of skin serum because I believe it will help my parched skin absorb the tint more evenly.

Final opinion? Be prepared for some trial and error if you have dry skin (or aren’t the quickest at blending) or have great features with this luxe product.