The Princess of Wales has shared a heartfelt video to celebrate her 44th birthday, and was spotted wearing a chic tweed cap that would have been right at home on The Traitors
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Princess Kate reflects on how nature helped her heal
To mark her 44th birthday, Kate Middleton has shared a touching video on Instagram, celebrating nature and how it helped her “heal” after a difficult few years battling her health. In the video, the Princess of Wales can be seen wandering through the countryside, wearing a belted midi coat, chunky boots, and a tweed baker boy-style cap, and we couldn’t help but think her entire look would look right at home in The Traitors castle.
With the new series currently airing on BBC and all eyes on Claudia Winkleman’s haute country wardrobe, we could definitely see Princess Kate’s outfit inspiring even more fans to embrace the countryside chic look. And if you want to copy a little piece of her look, we’ve tracked down her exact tweed cap that’s an easy way to give a nod to the Princess’ style.
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The cap looks to be a re-wear of her favourite Baker Boy Tweed Hat from one of her go-to brands Really Wild, which she has previously worn during a visit to a Scout troop in the Lake District. Although the exact one she wore has long since sold out, the brand still stocks a new, updated version which is available for £95.
The new Baker Boy Tweed Hat has the same silhouette, with a rounded top and low angled peak that makes it perfect for keeping the sun out of your eyes whilst outdoors. It’s also made from 100% wool tweed, which helps keep your head warm and cosy whilst looking more elegant and sophisticated than a classic beanie or baseball cap.
It’s currently available in three different colours, including a brown herringbone and a brown and blue check pattern. The Baker Boy Tweed Hat looks great paired with a cosy chunky knit, a waxed jacket and a pair of wellies for a true countryside look, or even with a belted wool coat and some knee high boots in the city.
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You can shop a similar style at The House of Bruar, where the Ladies 8 Piece Tweed Cap is currently on sale for £49.95, down from £59.95. It’s made from 100% pure wool, and comes in eight different colours with a variety of tweed, check and herringbone patterns to choose from.
Robbie Williams revealed that his 13 year old daughter Teddy is so ‘desperate’ to become famous she sent him a text in the early hours of the morning asking what she will do if she is not a singer
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As a global superstar, it’s hardly surprising that Robbie Williams’ children want to follow in their father’s footsteps. And it looks as though his 13 year old daughter Teddy, who he shares with wife Ayda Field, is desperate to become famous like her father.
So much so, the 51 year old star told Scott Mills on his BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, that she had sent him a text message at two o’clock in the morning telling him it was her “biggest fear” to not become a singer. Scott asked Robbie if he found it heart-warming that his kids are now of an age where they know who their dad is.
In response, Robbie admitted: “Yeah, it is very, very cool. Ted in particular is so desperate for it. Now, when I was growing up in Stoke-on Trent, I was also incredibly desperate for it, whatever it was, you know, watching Top Of The Pops on Thursday and thinking, how the hell do I get in that box in the corner of this room and be one of those people?”
He added: “But I’ve never seen it so acute as I do with Ted. She sent me a text the other day. And it goes, let me get this. It says – this was Thursday, six minutes past two in the morning, ‘Dad, what if I’m not a singer? It’s my biggest fear not to be a singer’ Biggest capital letters. “What if I’m nothing?”‘
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On hearing the message read out loud, Scott said: “Oh, Teddy.” But forever the comedian, Robbie quickly threw light on the subject as he quipped: “And I was like, ‘babe, you’re a nepo. You’ll be fine’.”
As Robbie knows first hand, with fame comes a negative side which many fall victim to, whether it be substance abuse or other things to help them deal with the dark side of being famous. And the only thing that appears to worry Robbie about his eldest daughter becoming famous is the fact she has a sensitive nature. He continued: “The only thing that worries me about it is, she’s incredibly sensitive. I am painfully, painfully sensitive.”
“In some quarters it would be deemed as being oversensitive. She is worse than me. And I’m worried about what words will do to her. For me, it was either this or stacking shelves at ASDA – so this, every single day and for Ted, she’s got options,” he added.
He went on to say: “I’m just worried about words, and mean people and – I’m not worried – because like I can steer her professionally so that’s okay, it’s just everything else that comes with it and also you know, besides all of that, it’s a wonderful, wonderful life and a wonderful, wonderful job and you get to be creative for a living and I’m very grateful and incredibly lucky.”
This comes after the former Take That star was recently pictured with his wife and daughter as they made their way along the red carpet for Teddy’s acting debut in the movie Tinsel Town. Teddy can now count the Christmas movie Tinsel Town as her first ever film role, playing the daughter of Rebel Wilson’s character, Jill.
Robbie’s daughter appeared to take on the limelight with ease as she posed for selfies alongside her co-stars Rebel and Hollywood star Kiefer Sutherland.
At the time of the premiere, a source told The Sun: “Teddy was born to be a star – after all, her parents are both the ultimate performers. Robbie and Ayda have been keen to keep her out of the spotlight for as long as possible though – obscuring her face on social media etc.”
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They said: “So this is all very much being driven by Teddy who’s wanted to be on stage since she was old enough to talk!”
They added: “It’s a small part but obviously is super-exciting, and everyone is really proud of her. She’s an absolutely lovely girl on and off screen, and has fitted in seamlessly into on-set life.”
Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts and Richard Gere thought they were making Hollywood’s ‘worst movie’ in 1990, despite the romantic comedy becoming a timeless classic that defined her career
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This year’s Oscars nominations are due to be revealed on 22 January, with Julia Roberts heavily favoured for inclusion in the Best Actress category thanks to her performance in psychological thriller After The Hunt. Currently available on Amazon Prime Video, the film represents a daring new direction for Julia’s illustrious career, featuring her as Yale professor Alma Imhoff, who faces enormous pressure when a student levels a shocking accusation against one of her colleagues, portrayed by Andrew Garfield.
Should she claim the coveted accolade, it would mark a second Oscar triumph for the 58 year old mother-of-three, who previously secured the Best Actress prize for Erin Brockovich in 2001. However, countless fans still associate the star primarily with her career-defining performance as Vivian in Pretty Woman, the film that launched her to international fame over 35 years ago.
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Remarkably, both she and co-star Richard Gere were convinced the movie would flop spectacularly. “I remember we didn’t know what we were doing,” she confesses. “I’d sort of say to Richard, ‘What are we doing? What are we doing?’ He goes, ‘I don’t know.'”.
During filming, director Garry Marshall would merely tell Julia to be amusing. She recalls, “I was like, ‘Okay, so a man walks into a bar…’ Like, I mean, we were really shooting from the hip, for sure.”
Flashing her trademark dazzling grin, she continues, “When we finished, we all kind of thought, ‘We just had the most fun making the worst movie in Hollywood.'” In reality, she reveals the crew were so convinced the film would be a disaster that they held clandestine discussions about how to gently inform Garry of the bad news. Julia discloses, “They truly had a lunch to talk about how to let him down that this movie was such a steaming piece of s**t.”
Conversely, Pretty Woman exceeded all predictions upon its 1990 release and catapulted Julia to superstardom. Her role in the 1999 romantic comedy Notting Hill, opposite Hugh Grant, marked another career pinnacle, and Julia still recalls the “immense pride” she experienced when the picture challenged Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace at the cinema box office.
“At the time, I was like, ‘Why on earth would we release this movie with a Star Wars movie? I’m sure the Star Wars movie was incredible, I’m sure it was. But there was a big, full page in The New York Times that said, ‘The Force is With Julia’. And I truly was just… you couldn’t talk to me all day. I was so puffed-up. I was so full of myself for 24 hours.”
Julia wed cinematographer Daniel Moder in 2002, and together they share three offspring – 21 year old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, plus son Henry, aged 18. Her celebrity status was further solidified when she joined forces with the likes of Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Damon in the Ocean’s Eleven series.
“Those boys are as fun as you imagine they would be,” she remembers. But as the sole female, it was heaven and hell simultaneously at all times,” she explains.She finished school and moved to New York, where she shared a flat with her sister for years – but she didn’t have acting on her mind. “The amount of pranks that were played on me!”
One incident she vividly recalls is when they barricaded her Vegas hotel room exit with an enormous plant and scrawled a smiley face on the door using shaving foam. “They thought it was hysterical,” she recalls. “But don’t worry, I got them back, one by one.
There was a period when university was simply out of reach financially. “It was not financially feasible for our family,” she reveals.After completing her education, she relocated to New York, where she bunked with her sister for several years – though acting wasn’t on her radar. “I got a job at a shoe store and was as happy as could be,” she remembers. “It was never, ‘I’m going to move to New York and I’m going to break this town. ‘ That was never in my consciousness.
Her most recent film, After The Hunt, ranks amongst her most demanding projects yet. One particular hurdle involved her character receiving a slap across the face from co-star Ayo Edebiri, who portrays student Maggie.
“I was just feeling bad for her,” she admits. “Nobody wants to be slapped. My mother, may she rest in peace, was an all-time slapper. That was her kind of go-to move, not in an abusive way but just to get your attention. I just said to Ayo, ‘You just have to slap me, it’s what’s called for.
Don’t be scared, don’t hold back, we will survive, it will be fine.'” She also shared a nerve-wracking moment with her co-star Andrew. “There’s always one scene that I call ‘the throw-up scene’,” she admits. “It’s the scene you just dread.
However, on a lighter note, she relished him teaching her to flip beer mats! Discussing their playful scenes, she confesses, “I realise that on paper I’m a grown woman, but in a room with a man close to me that is not my husband I’m a 12 year old.” And if full-on romance is required, it’s even more challenging. “Pretend to kiss me and I’m giggling,” she reveals.With nearly 70 films to her name, Julia is eager to prioritise her own desires as she matures. She declares, “Now our kids are out of the house, I’m really feeling myself and have been for a while.
I really feel the compulsion to go back to theatre.” While this might result in fewer films in the future, she maintains that quality trumps quantity. “I think we only have a certain number of destined performances inside of us, and I kind of keep joking and saying, ‘I maybe have three and a half movies left in me.’ And whatever they are, I feel they will find me and I want them to be these beautiful experiences.”
Jesy Nelson has shared a glimpse of the happy side of motherhood after revealing her twin daughters’ devastating diagnosis earlier this week.
The former Little Mix singer, who gave birth to her twin daughters Ocean and Story in May, revealed in a candid video on Sunday that her daughters had been diagnosed with SMA Type 1. SMA Type 1, or spinal muscular atrophy, is a “rare genetic condition that can cause muscle weakness. It gets worse over time, but there are medicines and other treatments to help manage the symptoms”, the NHS says.
After revealing her daughters’ diagnosis, Jesy was flooded with support from celebrities and fans alike – and later made a brave appearance on This Morning to urge the NHS to add a simple heel prick test to their regular newborn testing to help detect the condition earlier – as the earlier its found and treated, the less severe the symptoms are.
Now, Jesy has shared an adorable video of her playing and laughing with one of her twin daughters days after sharing the devastating news. In the clip shared on her Instagram story, Jesy is seen making funny noises and shaking her head which made her daughter laugh, the singer captioned the post saying: “I’m so in love with her little laugh.”
The tot looked happier than ever while sat in the baby seat as her mum made funny noises and placed gentle kisses on her face.
Jesy Nelson is seen laughing and playing with one of her twins ( @jesynelson/Instagram)
Jesy’s daughter is seen giggling in the sweet clip ( @jesynelson/Instagram)
And while Jesy is making the most of her situation by being upbeat and happy for her daughters, she had recently informed fans that her children have the most severe form of SMA. In the heartbreaking video, fans saw Jesy desperately trying to hold back tears as she said: “I am grieving a life I thought I was going to have with my children.”
The condition creates floppiness in the limbs, trouble breathing and swallowing along with a delay in motor skills. At first Jesy admitted that she hadn’t noticed anything was wrong with her children until her mum recognised that they were not moving as much as they should be for their age.
And this prompted the star to seek the help of a medical professional, who diagnosed her twins with the condition. Prior to the diagnosis, Jesy did her best not compare them to other children their age as they were born premature, which she was instructed to do so by doctors.
At the time of posting the video where she explains her daughters’ condition, she said: “I’m not actually sure where to start with this video. A few months ago my mum noticed that the girls were not showing as much movement in their legs as they should be.”
She added: “It wasn’t really a concern to me at the time. From the minute I left NICU I was told, ‘Your babies are premature so don’t compare your babies to other babies. They won’t reach the same milestones just take them as they are.'”
She went on to explain: “It didn’t really ring alarm bells to me,” she said. “They are my first set of children and I was told not to compare to them. Health care visitors insisted everything was fine and the girls were healthy. There were a few signs later on that the girls were struggling to feed properly. We would take them to the GP and say, ‘Our babies are not feeding as frequently as they should.’ They said it was fine and to try little and often.”
“Long story short, after the most gruelling three to four months and endless appointments, the girls have been diagnosed with a severe disease called SMA type one. It stands for spinal muscular atrophy which affects every muscle in the body from legs, arms to swallowing,” she said.
“Over time it kills the muscles in the body. If it’s not treated in time, your baby’s life expectancy will not make it past the age of two.Once the girls got treated it was a very rapid process, time is of the essence with this disease.” Jesy tearfully explained.
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Love Island All Stars is set to kick off on ITV2 in just a matter of days – but the production team have been left ‘scrambling’ after wildfires caused a road closure near the villa
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Love Island All Stars has been hit with a ‘nightmare’ just days before it’s due to air, the Mirror can reveal. The series is returning for its third stint in a matter of days – but filming has now been postponed and the production site has been evacuated due to wildfires near the South African villa.
Filming for the hit reality dating show, which this season sees the return of Millie Court, Shaq Muhammad and Whitney Adebayo, was due to start on Saturday as the Islanders were expected to enter the villa – but a wildfire, which has caused a road closure en route to the villa in South Africa has brought the production plans to a grinding halt for the meantime.
The production site has been evacuated as a precaution and filming for the launch show has been postponed. With the launch show, hosted by Maya Jama, starting on Monday evening on ITV2 the delay in filming has, understandably, left the show’s team ‘scrambling’ to look for alternatives to ensure the show gets aired without a hitch. It also means the edit team will have half the amount of time to put together Monday night’s episode because of the delay in filming.
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A source has exclusively told the Mirror: “It’s a nightmare. It’s left the team scrambling to arrange alternative options on what’s the most difficult day in terms of logistics for the crew – it’s called the ‘get in’ day and they need to make sure everything is running on time and that the islanders don’t get a glimpse of each other before arriving at the villa.
“The filming for their arrivals/meetings take hours. Safety is priority though and they have plans in place for such situations. But not ideal given the show hasn’t even begun.”
They added: “The edit team will now have half the amount of time to put together Monday night’s episode because of the delay in filming.” A spokesperson for Love Island told the Mirror: “Owing to an ongoing wild fire in the area, we have evacuated the Love Island production site as a precautionary measure.”
The wildfires have hit South Africa’s Western and Eastern Cape as the strong winds and high temperatures have fuelled the blazes. While fire services said on Friday January 9 that significant progress was made overnight in some areas, wildfires in Langrug and Franschhoek areas in the Boland were still burning ‘out of control’.
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A spokesperson for Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services told SABC News they planned a military flight to assess the full extent of the fire and determine its current direction.
They said: “This assessment will inform the operational plan for the day as active firefighting and mitigation efforts continue. The fire reported yesterday in Stormsvlei continues to burn, with an active fire line of approximately 2 km. Two fresh ground teams have been deployed this morning to continue active firefighting operations. De Wet Cellar, Worcester CWDM Fire Services confirm that the fire reported yesterday afternoon at De Wet Cellar in Worcester has been successfully contained. No damage to infrastructure and no injuries have been reported in relation to any of the fires.”
Claudia Winkleman just wore the perfect pair of black and white loafers with her recent The Traitors outfit, with fans are calling them a ‘must-have’ – and they’re £100 off
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Another week of treachery and deception on The Traitors has come to an end, but one thing we can all remain faithful to, is Claudia Winkleman’s wardrobe. The presenter has given us another great run of outfits this week, culminating in one of our favourite looks yet; her breakfast look from episode six.
We were already thinking her COS striped jumper and Tux Slim Crop Trousers from Me + Em were one of the most wearable ensembles we’ve seen so far from Claudia, but it was her black and white loafers that sealed the deal for us. Her pair of Wilde Black and White Vegan Penny Loafers from Duke and Dexter were the perfect finishing touch to the outfit, and fans can still shop them with a huge £100 saving.
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Usually priced at £250, they’re currently on sale for just £150 on the Duke and Dexter website. Currently there’s only sizes three, four and five in stock, although END. also has the loafers on sale for £150, with sizes three to eight available, and only a size six sold out.
Claudia herself called them “The best shoes on Earth” in her Instagram post promoting the latest episode. Fans also lauded the statement loafers, with one saying: “Those shoes though must have,” and another writing: “@dukedexter are about to sell some f*****g shoes” followed by plenty of fire emojis.
The contrast of the bold black and white was the perfect way to finish off her otherwise quite simple outfit, and brought that little bit of additional flare and sparkle that Claudia’s outfits have become known for. And just to really spice things up, a closer look at the loafers revealed they featured the words “Faithful” and “Traitor” painted on the tongue of each shoe.
Although you don’t have the option of customising your own Wilde Black and White Vegan Penny Loafers, Duke and Dexter does offer several different printed designs for a slightly higher price of £270. You can choose from things like cherries, kiss prints and bow designs, so you can (quite literally) follow in Claudia’s footsteps.
However if the price tag is a little out of budget, you could head over to Clark’s, where the Straven Edge Leather Loafers are also on sale, down from £90 to £45 with sizes 3.5 to seven still in stock. They have a similar black base with contrasting white tongue and Clark’s signature Contour Cushion footbed for extra comfort.
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You could also pick up this pair of Dr Martens’ Penton Heart Two-Tone Patent Leather Loafers which are also 50% off, down from £150 to £75. These have a glossy, patent finish compared to Claudia’s pair, but are still in stock in all sizes.
