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EXCLUSIVE: Koo Stark became a household name thanks to her relationship with Prince Andrew in the ’80s and now she is hoping to become a wellness guru with the launch of her holistic brand

Prince Andrew’s old flame is launching her own wellness brand in a bid to become the next Gwyneth Paltrow. Koo Stark has applied to the UK government’s Intellectual Property Office to trademark a business that will sell products from crystal therapies to tarot card readings.

The 69-year-old also aims to market Koo Stark yoni eggs – stones used by women as a sex aid. Gwyneth markets her own version, a Jade Egg, for almost £50 on her Goop wellness site. Cancer survivor Koo, who dated Andrew for 18 months in the early 1980s, will also offer “therapeutic treatment of the body, meditation services, yoga, spiritual advice, aura photography and meditation training” as well as cosmetics.

The actress and photographer’s application has been filed under ‘Kathleen Norris Stark trading as Koo Stark’. Koo’s controversial relationship with Andrew began after they met at a party in February 1981.

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The Prince was said to have considered proposing but the relationship faced intense pressure from the Royal Family because of Koo’s past acting roles in movies such as Electric Dreams, Marquis de Sade’s Justine and Eat The Rich. The couple split in 1983.

Earlier this year, Koo filed a lawsuit against Star Wars producers for £190million. She played Luke Skywalker’s friend Camie Marstrap in the 1977 movie A New Hope, but her scenes were cut.

However, they recently appeared online so Koo claims her intellectual property rights have been exploited. The news comes just one week after claims that Andrew “slept with more than a dozen women” in the first year of his marriage to Sarah Ferguson.

The biography of the Duke and Duchess of York by historian Andrew Lownie – The Rise and Fall of the House of York – alleges Fergie wanted to be “The One” but enjoyed several affairs of her own with “reckless abandon”.

Lownie, who has written several acclaimed books on the royal family, details claims the York’s troubled marriage was riddled with infidelity.

Andrew, who was forced to step down from royal duties over his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, allegedly told his new wife early on: “I am a prince, then a naval officer, then a husband.”

Lownie claims a former driver who worked for the couple has stated that Andrew slept with more than 12 women before they reached their first wedding anniversary. The author also alleges Andrew has slept with more than 1,000 women in his life.

Lownie says the list includes adult film stars, political figures, and nightclub staff and bartenders. One 20-year-old model alleged: “He wanted me to engage in kinky sexual activity. He had no boundaries.

“He told me he had an open marriage arrangement with his wife. I felt like he used me for a few days, so he could live his wildest fantasies.”

Being the King comes with a whole lot of perks, and some royal fans have only just discovered one major advantage to being the monarch that makes travelling a breeze

Being the King comes with a whole lot of perks for King Charles, and some royal fans are only just realising the monarch has one major advantage when it comes to travelling.

Many people have probably never thought about it, but King Charles doesn’t have a passport or drivers license and is still able to travel freely throughout the world without the all important documentation that the rest of us need.

The revelation was recently posted on Reddit ’s ‘Today I Learned (TIL)’ forum, with the bemused social media user writing: “TIL that as the reigning monarch of 14 countries, King Charles III is allowed to travel without a passport and drive without a license.”

While Charles is head of the Commonwealth, he is able to travel to countries outside of the Commonwealth without a passport, and has never had to endure passport control or immigration officers when jetting abroad as King.

His lack of documentation was reported by National Geographic, which said in a profile on the King when he was first crowned: “As King, he’s also the only person in the UK who can travel without a passport and drive without a licence.”

The British passport contains a message from King Charles inside, with a request to other nations to allow the holder to pass freely into their country.

As a Reddit commentator elaborated: “As explained to me, the passport is the state saying ‘This is who this person is’. In the UK, that state is formulated to express the will of the Royal, so it’s the King saying ‘This is who this person is’. In the case of King Charles, it’d be like writing down ‘I am me’ on a sheet of paper.”

The King’s unique benefit is further explained on the royal family’s website, which clarifies that the rule only applies to Charles, meaning Queen Camilla, Prince William and all other members of the Firm need passports to travel.

It says: “When travelling overseas, the Sovereign does not require a British passport. As a British passport is issued in the name of His Majesty, it is unnecessary for The King to possess one. All other Members of the Royal Family, including The Queen and The Prince of Wales, have passports.

“The first page of British passports contains a representation of the Royal Arms, together with the following wording: ‘His Britannic Majesty’s Secretary of State requests and requires in the name of His Majesty all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary’.”

It then adds: “In Realms (Commonwealth countries where The King is Sovereign), a similar formula is used, except that the request to all whom it may concern is made in the name of the Realm’s Governor-General, as The King’s representative in that Realm. In Canada, the request is made in the name of His Majesty by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.”

Within the Reddit comments on the post, many began to speculate on what other random perks come with being King, to which one person cheekily claimed: “The monarch is also permitted to send letter mail within the UK without needing to affix a stamp. But that is more a matter of how awkward it is to lick the back of one’s own head.”

Katie Price and Peter Andre’s son Junior, 20, first made his music debut three years ago with track Slide, which went viral on TikTok and launched him into the spotlight

Junior Andre has candidly opened up about the “challenges” he has faced as he desperately tries to launch his music career.

Katie Price and Peter Andre’s son, 20, first made his music debut three years ago with track Slide, which went viral on TikTok and launched him into the spotlight. Yet despite signing his first record deal just months after the song, he’s been hit with a number of delays as he attempts to release further songs.

It comes as his sister Princess has seen huge success with her ITV2 reality show while launching her career as an influencer.

Junior admitted that he has been “overcoming a couple of challenges” and “isn’t putting pressure” on himself.

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Speaking to The Sun, he said: “It’s nothing that I can’t beat but it will be good in due time. Don’t sleep on me – trust me, it’s coming hot!”

It’s unsurprising that Junior has gone down the music route considering dad Peter rocketed to fame for his hit single Mysterious Girl. Katie also dipped her toe into the singing world when he auditioned for Eurovision in 2005 with her song Not Just Anybody.

But she didn’t stop there and went on to release a duet album with Peter, who she was married to at the time, called A Whole New World. In 2010, she released Free To Love Again and then a 2017 song called I Got U and another titled Hurricane. Since then, she has also regularly performed at various events across the country.

It comes as Princess spoke out after her dad Peter Andre unleashed a scathing statement towards ex-wife Katie Price. The statement came as the fallout between the pair intensified as Princess, 18, released her debut solo TV project.

The teen shared her life on screen in ITV documentary The Princess Diaries. And while dad Pete, 52, featured throughout, Katie was fuming that the producers opted to go ahead without input from her.

Now, after her dad’s outburst, Princess has broken her silence on the feud. Princess addressed the feud as she answered a question about her parents on Snapchat.

One fan asked her on the platform: “Does it affect you even now when your mum and dad don’t get on?’

Princess then said in a video on the platform: “To be honest it doesn’t affect me. At the end of the day, they broke up when I was two years old so I don’t even have any memory of them being together.”

Writing on top of the clip, she added: “I love my mum and dad and that’s all that matters xxx.”

It comes after her dad Peter Andre shared an Instagram post in which he raged: “For sixteen years, I have stayed silent in the face of repeated lies from my ex-wife and her family, out of respect for my children and loved ones, but staying silent has been incredibly frustrating. That ends today.

“The latest comments about my children’s welfare and living arrangements compel me to set the record straight.

“For well-documented reasons, and for their safety, Junior and Princess came into my care in 2018 and remained with me until they reached adulthood. In 2019, the family courts issued a legally binding order to enforce this arrangement.”

He went on: “I have never made this public before, out of respect for my children. In 2011 and 2015, publicly documented court cases, found my ex-wife had made false claims.

“She was ordered to pay substantial damages and legal costs, and to apologise, to me and my management. The same falsehoods are being repeated today.

“Unfortunately, there are many more lies and baseless accusations I have yet to address. Those will now be dealt with in the coming months.”

Following his claims, a spokesperson for Katie told the Mirror: “Kate is in a much better and clear headspace and is at peace with the situation, this was in the past and she doesn’t feel the need to bring up tit for tat comments, but more importantly she’s dealing with this the right way and it’s now in her lawyers hands. Kate will no longer be gaslight [sic] and bullied as she once was…”

If you want to get the designer look for less, Olivia Attwood’s Abbott Lyon watch looks just like Cartier for over £13k left and you can nab 10% off

Abbott Lyon is currently offering 10% off any purchase over £79 (plus a free necklace worth £49 thrown in for good measure), making it the perfect time to treat yourself to a new piece of jewellery.

We spotted that the Monroe Oval Watch from Olivia Attwood’s gorgeous old-money-inspired collection looks just like Cartier for over £13k less.

Although this luxe watch is priced at £149, if you use the code TAKE10, you can nab it for £134.10 instead. That’s still thousands of pounds cheaper than the Cartier Baignoire Watch, which retails for around 13.2k on average.

Featuring a dainty oval silhouette, this vintage-inspired timepiece looks classy, elegant, and far more expensive than its price tag. It also features a pearl-effect dial, roman numeral detailing, and a polished gold-plated strap, making it the perfect accessory for everyday wear and more formal occasions.

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The watch, which features quartz Seiko movement and water resistance, comes with a two-year quality guarantee and makes a fantastic gift for yourself or your friends and family.

Olivia Attwood isn’t the only celeb with a coveted Abbott Lyon collection; Stacey Solomon also has her own range. When Stacey first launched her To the Moon and Back collection at Abbott Lyon it was an instant hit, with plenty of pieces completely selling out no matter how quickly they got restocked. One item that’s been out of stock for some time now is the Aqua Moon & Back Belgravia 30 Watch, but we have good news, because it’s just been restocked.

In other watch sales, Debenhams has slashed the price of hundreds of watches by thousands of pounds in its summer sale. The GV2 Milan Swiss Quartz Diamonds Silver Dial IPYG and Stainless Steel Watch is currently £189.75 down from £2,995. Different to the gold Cartier watch and the Abbott Lyon, this is a mixed metals timepiece featuring a square face, but with a little extra glam from the diamonds around the dial.

The Duchess of Sussex was slammed by a biographer and friend of Princess Diana who said ‘all her ideas are total crap’ which apparently left a raging Meghan in tears

Since meeting Prince Harry, joining the royal family and then exiling herself from the monarchy, Meghan Markle is no stranger to the spotlight.

But there was one scathing criticism that reportedly cut deeper than the rest, because the Duchess admired the author who savaged her.

Tina Brown, a former editor of Vanity Fair and Tatler, launched a searing attack on Meghan’s judgement which according to another royal commentator, Neil Sean, left her “inconsolable with tears and at the same time outraged”.

Brown was a friend of Princess Diana and had lunch with her just weeks before her tragic death at the age of 36. She wrote the hit biography The Diana Chronicles on her, which Meghan is thought to have read to get a better understanding of her husband’s past. It comes after claims Prince Harry ‘admits he is still part of the Royal Family and finally sees sense’.

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Speaking on the The Ankler podcast with Janice Min last October, Tina, who also penned the bestselling book The Palace Papers in 2022, said: “The trouble with Meghan is that she has the worst judgment of anyone in the entire world. She’s flawless about getting it all wrong. All of her ideas are total crap, unfortunately.”

Her words were reportedly particularly hard for Meghan to hear. “According to a source Meghan was bereft because she’d admired Tina Brown and in particular read her books simply because of her connection to Princess Diana and get this because she wanted to find a better connection so she could understand her husband Prince Harry and how he felt about his mother,” Neil said, according to The Express.

Tina also aired her views on Prince Harry, who she claimed was “always going to leave the Royal Family “. She labelled him a “very impetuous man” and said many who worked at the Palace knew he was always going to leave the royal fold.

“He was so fragile, so combustible, he was so unhappy, frankly, in the constraints of the Royal Family,” she claimed, adding: “He was terribly impressed by Meghan. He thought that she knew all. She persuaded him that she was the savvy Hollywood wheeler-dealer who could come in and make them stars and all the rest of it. And he just sort of blindly followed her like a child, really.”

However she did have praise for the Duke of Sussex, who she reckoned excelled at being a Prince: “The thing about Harry is he’s very good at being Prince Harry. And that’s the tragedy of all of this; he is the most talented member of the royal family, without doubt, in terms of being a prince, which is all he does know how to do. He’s really sort of flawless at it.”

It’s not the first time Tina has aired her thoughts on Meghan and Harry. She has previously said she doesn’t think Diana would have approved of the couple leaving the Royal family because ultimately she supported the monarchy.

EXCLUSIVE: Friends of Mylenne Klass say the Loose Women star is ‘angry’ about her ex-husband Graham Quinn hitting back, saying the mum-of-three feels her former spouse ‘has no right to talk negatively of her’

Former Hear’Say singer Myleene Klass has had a turbulent couple of weeks – and now she’s said to be “livid” after her ex Graham Quinn decided to break his silence and talk about their relationship to the press.

Following Myleene’s recent allegations that Graham – with whom she shares children Ava, 18, and Hero, 14 – was unfaithful to her with another celebrity, a source has told new she’s furious that he has hit back about what’s gone on since their split.

“In Myleene’s opinion, how dare Graham bad-mouth her after the hurt she feels he put her through,” our source said. “She’s livid.”

Talking to Fathers4Justice, former bodyguard Graham, 51, claimed he had barely seen his children in years. He said, “It’s like banging my head against a brick wall. I’ve missed so many birthdays and Christmas days. I’ll never get that back.”

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Graham said it had affected his mental health, adding, “It’s killing me and she knows it. I was deep in depression, dying inside.” Last week, pals of Graham claimed he thinks Myleene is a “vindictive bully”.

But the Loose Women presenter, 47, is said to be horrified by his comments. “Myleene doesn’t want Graham talking out,” our source said. “She’s angry and thinks he has no right to talk negatively of her.”

Graham’s claims follow Myleene’s recent appearance on the We Need To Talk podcast. During the episode, she claimed to host Paul Brunson that Graham had cheated on her with a celebrity in her own home before they got married in 2011.

“I walked in on him with a famous person on my birthday on a balcony,” she alleged. “I’m in my house. It’s my party. They weren’t having sex, but they were unzipping each other. They said, ‘It’s not what you think,’ but I was like, ‘It is what I think.’ I kicked everyone out, including his mum and dad.”

Although Myleene did not name the celeb in question, she claimed that Graham apologised for his actions and blamed it on booze. Revealing how badly the incident had affected her, she said, “My life literally broke apart very, very publicly.”

In Graham’s Fathers4Justice interview, he claimed that since their split Myleene had shown him next to no sympathy. “She knows how much I love those girls and that it’s destroying me, but she doesn’t care,” he claimed, adding, “My family have reached out to try and send birthday and Christmas gifts, but they’re just ignored.”

He even claimed Myleene had been “brainwashed” against him, saying, “She’s heard too many bad things against me. It’s heartbreaking.”

Myleene began dating Graham when he worked as a security guard for Hear’Say. They welcomed Ava in 2007 and Hero was born in 2011. The pair had an intimate wedding with just a handful of guests in attendance that October, but they separated just six months later, before finally divorcing in 2013.

The bitter feud has reportedly now caused tensions with some of Myleene’s closest celebrity pals. She said during an appearance on Loose Women last week, “You absolutely need your friends and that loyalty, when friends stand by you. Regardless of what happens in a marriage or after it. That’s almost a bigger relationship.”