Popstar Peter Andre has just celebrated his 52nd birthday, but the family’s attention has now turned to his youngest child, daughter Arabella, who celebrates her first birthday next month. Arabella is the youngest of Peter’s three children with NHS doctor wife Emily MacDonagh, and Peter has exclusively revealed that she is “adored” by her older siblings.
Peter, 52, and Emily, 34, are also parents to Amelia (known affectionally as Millie), 10, and eight-year-old Theo. He also shares Princess and Junior with his ex wife Katie Price. Offering an update on his youngest, Peter told us: “Arabella is so adorable at the moment. She’s almost one and she’s crawling. She’s got four little teeth, two on the top and two on the bottom, which is cute –she’s very much like Millie was at that age”.
Arabella Rose Andrea was born on April 2, 2024 (Instagram/peterandre &, amp, amp, amp, dr_emily_official)
Peter says Arabella’s older siblings adore her (Instagram)
He continued, “The whole family went out for my birthday dinner and all her brothers and sisters were passing her around for a cuddle – they absolutely adore her”.
Pete0, who has just finished a nationwide theatre tour, insisted after Arabella’s birth that she would be his last child, despite having previously wanted up to five or six. He admitted, however, that the lack of sleep in his 50s “feels a little different than at 31”.
He also opened up about getting his work-life balance right, saying: “I get to do so many wonderful things in my career but one of the things I’m learning when I’m at home is just to be present. I’m trying to put my phone down as much as possible and really switch off from distractions to give my family the attention they deserve”.
Princess and Junior are huge names in their own rights now (Mike Marsland, WireImagevia Getty Images)
While his eldest children are very established on social media – 17-year-old Princess has around 740, 000 Instagram followers- Pete and Emily, who will celebrate their 10-year wedding anniversary this summer, have chosen to keep the faces of their youngest three off their own channels.
Explaining their decision, Peter told us previously: “Like Millie and Theo, it’s unlikely Emily and I will show her face on social media. AI, for example, can be a scary thing in regard to stealing children’s identity and we don’t know enough about how these images can be used in future”.
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The Duchess of Sussex’s new Netflix series might have instantly become one of the most-watched new series of the year, but speculation about “subtle messages” about and to her British royal in-laws appear to have become the biggest takeaway. With Love, Meghan dropped on the streaming service last week and millions of intrigued viewers tuned in to see her swap lifestyle tips with celebrity friends such as actors Mindy Kaling and Abigail Spencer, and make-up artist Daniel Martin.
Branding expert Lynn Carratt, of Press Box PR, maintains that the show has been produced in such a way that it sends some very clear signals. “There are a few messages Meghan is clearly trying to convey in this documentary. She is trying to show herself as the perfect mum, the perfect and happiest wife, the perfect cook, the perfect host, the perfect friend. It’s all very carefully curated and aesthetically pleasing. Her subtle digs to the royal family, and to Kate and William perhaps in particular, seem to be, ‘ Look at me, I’m happy thank you very much, living my picture-perfect Californian life, Harry and I made the right decision by quitting the royal family. ‘”
The show was filmed in a multi-million dollar mansion near to Meghan and Harry’s Montecito home (COURTESY OF NETFLIX)
In the fifth episode of the wholesome show, with her best friend and former Suits co-star Abigail Spencer, Abigail says, “We’ve all been through a lot”, before turning to Meghan, in what’s been perceived by some as another dig at Meghan’s time with the royal family.
In the final instalment of the eight episodes, we see the duchess host a finale brunch for her friends, as well as husband Prince Harry, 40, and her mum, Doria Ragland. She uses the opportunity to officially introduce her new lifestyle brand As Ever, saying it marked a “new chapter”, which has been perceived by some as a very clear signal that she’s closing the book on her royal life. “And here we go, there’s a business”! she toasts. “All of that is part of that creativity that I’ve missed so much, so thank you for loving me so much and celebrating with me”.
While tasting her final dish, Meghan also comments, “It tastes like home, and I’ve missed California”, leaving viewers with no doubt about where she sees herself living, despite ongoing speculation about a possible return to the UK.
PR expert Lynn believes there are some very obvious links to be made between Meghan’s words and her experience as a working royal. “She says she likes having her creativity back, her freedom – perhaps that’s a secret message to the royals because of course, in the monarchy, her freedom would have been stilted”, she tells us.
Meghan toasted her ‘ new chapter ‘ in the final episode of the series (COURTESY OF NETFLIX)
“It’s all protocols and age-old traditions – and as we subsequently discovered, that didn’t sit well with Meghan. She had her creative side as an actress, she had her blog The Tig which she had to close down… She had to give up a lot of that old life to become a part of Harry’s life in The Firm”.
In an earlier episode, Meghan also talks about being broken, fractured and healing. Chatting to Vicky Tsai, the millionaire co-founder of a Japanese skincare brand, she appears to allude to her time as a working royal, when she was part of the so-called “Fab Four” with Kate Middleton and Prince William. “You gave me this idea, I think it’s so meaningful, that if you break something that is precious and valuable, it’s not broken”, she says to Vicky, as they talk about Kintsugi, the Japanese craft of repairing broken pottery.
“That fracture actually makes it more beautiful… I just think that it felt really symbolic of saying to anyone if you’ve been through something, you’re not broken. It can be fixed, it can be sealed and healed at the same time”.
William, Kate, Harry and Meghan were once dubbed the ‘ Fab Four ‘ (PA)
The subject of Meghan and Harry – and their children Archie, five, and Lilibet, three – keeping their royal titles has been hotly debated, since they stepped back as working royals and moved to the States in 2020.
Lynn suggests it’s telling that a comment on the topic of her Sussex name was kept in the final edit. “She seems to enjoy the idea of being a royal when it suits her. She is very swift to correct Mandy Kaling in the programme on her correct surname, saying, ‘ You know I’m Sussex now ‘ – a title bestowed to her by the English royal family.
” I think, were she to do more of this ilk, she needs to stay away from these depictions of the perfect idyllic life because that’s not real life for anyone – and viewers and critics are seeing through it, “Lynn says.
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Britain’s Katie Boulter and Cameron Norrie were knocked out of Indian Wells as they suffered straight-set defeats in the third round.
British women’s number one Boulter was beaten 6-0 7-5 by seventh seed Elena Rybakina in California.
British men’s number two Norrie earlier lost 6-3 7-5 to 10th seed Tommy Paul.
Playing her first tournament since January’s Australian Open because of a foot injury, Boulter received a first-round bye as the 25th seed.
Former Wimbledon champion Rybakina won the first seven games in taking the first set in 26 minutes, but Boulter regrouped in the second and broke Kazakhstan’s Rybakina to claim a 4-3 lead before serving for the set at 5-4.
Although Boulter saved two break points, Rybakina took advantage of a third to level it up and, after holding serve, broke Boulter thanks to a double fault on match point.
Rybakina will face Russian ninth seed Mirra Andreeva, who beat Denmark’s Clara Tauson 6-3 6-0, in the last 16.
Defending champion Iga Swiatek – chasing a third title in this tournament – dominated Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska 6-0 6-2.
Poland’s Swiatek will play Karolina Muchova, a 7-5 6-1 winner against fellow Czech Katerina Siniakova, next.
Norrie out after struggling on serve
World number 77 Norrie, who claimed his biggest career title by winning Indian Wells in 2021, was broken three times before handing American Paul the opening set with a double fault.
In the second set Norrie was broken again before levelling at 4-4, but served a fifth double fault on match point.
World number 11 Paul, who will play Russian fifth seed Daniil Medvedev in the last 16, said: “It was a super weird match – a lot of breaks. It was an up-and-down match on both sides”.
Draper, the 13th seed, will play American Jenson Brooksby on Monday.
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France stunned Ireland in Dublin to become Six Nations title favourites, Scotland held off a late Wales comeback, and England comfortably saw off Italy to keep their title chances alive.
Dupont cruciate knee injury deemed unintentional
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France delivered one of their greatest Six Nations performances to thrash holders Ireland 42-27 in Dublin.
But rather than experiencing pure euphoria after a near-perfect performance, the French camp vented their anger after their talisman Antoine Dupont ruptured cruciate ligaments in his knee.
The 28-year-old scrum-half was forced off in the first half after Ireland lock Tadhg Beirne fell on to his leg at a ruck.
France head coach Fabien Galthie referred Ireland pair Beirne and Andrew Porter to the citing commissioner for possible retrospective punishment, which was later dismissed.
“There was zero malice in it”, former Ireland wing Simon Zebo, a former Munster team-mate of Beirne, told BBC’s Six Nations Rugby Special.
“Tadhg is a clean player and wouldn’t wish any bad intent on anyone. The only thing is, it is not a great image.
” There is a lot of power coming into that ruck and it looks worse than it is. No-one wants to see him]Dupont] out of the game as he is the best player in the world. “
Dupont, who was replaced by Maxime Lucu, provided seven assists and scored two tries before his tournament was cut short.
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France’s physicality ends Ireland’s Grand Slam dream
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Ireland’s goal this campaign was to become the first side in Six Nations history to win three successive outright titles.
Victories over England, Scotland and Wales secured the Triple Crown, and put interim Ireland head coach Simon Easterby two games from a Grand Slam.
But a ruthless France scored five tries in a clinical display to outclass Ireland on their own patch.
Their tally of 26 tries after four matches is just three shy of the overall championship record set by England in 2001.
Following a surprise defeat by England in round two, Galthie has opted for a 7-1 bench spilt, which helped inflict an 11-try hammering of Italy.
Ireland – like Italy in Rome – struggled once Galthie unloaded this powerful bench early in the second half, resulting in the most points the French have ever scored in Dublin.
” I have never seen an Irish pack dominated so much, “former Wales back Jonathan Davies told BBC’s Six Nations Rugby Special.
” Ireland have been very good and competed with everyone in the world, especially up front. The bench came on and blasted them. “
France even ended up with flanker Oscar Jegou playing at centre for a large chunk of the second half after Pierre-Louis Barassi went off injured.
Can Scotland spoil France party?
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Scotland bounced back from a disappointing loss to England to register a 35-29 victory over Wales at Murrayfield.
Full-back Blair Kinghorn enhanced his British and Irish Lions credentials with two tries in a player-of-the-match performance.
Gregor Townsend’s side looked to be cruising to a comfortable victory only for the the visitors to threaten a late comeback by grabbing three unanswered tries.
Townsend’s side need a miracle in the final round to win the championship but can take heart from their 2021 triumph in Paris when a last-gasp Duhan van der Merwe try sealed victory.
” I know it was in Covid but Scotland have gone and won in Paris, “former Scotland number eight Johnnie Beattie told BBC’s Rugby Union Weekly.
” That means there is a belief they can do it, but it is a different beast than taking on Wales in terms of organisation, strategy and physicality.
“If France have an average game and Scotland fire out shots and are clinical then we can challenge them”.
England improving but Lawrence injury blow
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Despite promises of fast-paced, attacking rugby by head coach Steve Borthwick, England reverted back to their kicking game in their third-round win over Scotland.
But on Sunday, the hosts delivered by scoring seven tries in a comfortable 47-24 victory over Italy at Allianz Stadium to stay in the title hunt.
Borthwick’s side kicked the least amount of times from hand (31) this championship – five times fewer than last time out against Scotland – and made the most carries so far this campaign (145) – 67 more times than in their previous outing.
Central to England’s attack this championship has been Bath centre Ollie Lawrence, who went off early on with an Achilles injury and is set to undergo scans to determine the severity of his lay-off.
“He was really coming into his own in this England set-up and playing well for Bath, which is really frustrating for him”, Zebo added.
“He is in sensational form this year and would have a very good chance of making the]British and Irish Lions] plane to Australia in the summer”.
Wales show more fighting spirit ahead of England
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Wales ‘ defeat by Scotland registered their 16th loss in a row.
Late scores helped improve what was starting to become a heavy scoreline at Murrayfield as Wales continue to show fighting spirit under interim head coach Matt Sherratt
With the clock in the red, Max Llewellyn’s try was converted by Jarrod Evans as Wales recovered from 27 points down to grab two losing bonus points for scoring four tries and finishing within a score.
They host England on Saturday and will hope the emotion of their home crowd can help them cause an upset.
“Everything points to England as they are a better side and Wales are on a disastrous losing run”, Davies added.
“It is the last game and it is in Cardiff. It will be crazy there. The Welsh boys will get up for it.
United States President Donald Trump has declined to rule out the possibility that the world’s largest economy is headed for a recession amid market concerns over his “America First” economic agenda.
In an interview with Fox News that aired on Sunday, Trump demurred when asked if he expected a recession this year.
“I hate to predict things like that. There is a period of transition, because what we’re doing is very big. We’re bringing wealth back to America. That’s a big thing”, Trump said during an interview with Sunday Morning Futures.
“It takes a little time, but I think it should be great for us”.
Trump’s comments come amid market jitters over his back-and-forth announcements on tariffs and signs of a slowdown in the US economy.
Trump last week slapped 25 percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada and doubled the rate of duties on Chinese goods to 20 percent.
But just 48 hours later, he announced he would postpone some of the tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods until April 2.
The benchmark S&, P500 index dropped more than 3 percent from last Monday to Friday, racking up its worst weekly performance since September.
On Thursday, the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s gross domestic product (GDP) tracker downgraded its estimate for the January-March period to a 2.4 percent contraction, down from a 2.3 percent expansion last month.
On Friday, Goldman Sachs raised the odds of a recession over the next 12 months from 15 percent to 20 percent.
In a more positive sign for the economic outlook, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday reported the addition of 151, 000 jobs in January – slightly below economists ‘ forecasts but roughly in line with the 2024 average.
In an interview with NBC later on Sunday, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dismissed talk of a possible recession.
“Donald Trump is a winner. He’s going to win for the American people. That’s just the way it’s going to be”, Lutnick said during an interview with Meet the Press.
King Charles will launch the King’s Baton Relay at Buckingham Palace later, ahead of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
It is the 18th official Commonwealth Games relay and marks 500 days until the event begins in July next year.
He will hand the baton to champion cyclist Sir Chris Hoy – the first bearer on its journey around the world.
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Following Sir Chris Hoy, the next three baton bearers will be wheelchair racer Sammi Kinghorn, ocean plastics campaigner Keiran Healy and Trinidad &, Tobago judo athlete Gabriella Wood – who studies at the University of Stirling.
Trinidad &, Tobago will be the first destination for the relay.
The King will place a sealed message into the baton. It will remain inside until the opening ceremony when will be read out to mark the start of games.
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Swinney said the games were a “huge opportunity for Scotland on the world stage”.
He added: “Glasgow already has a tremendous record for hosting, receiving international recognition for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
” Glasgow 2026 will bring huge economic benefits to the city and support upgrades to sporting facilities – benefitting individuals, communities and clubs. “
The event will take place in Glasgow from 23rd July to 2nd August next year.
