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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.”

Looking for a way to tackle spots, blemishes and blocked pores for under £20? This high-street hero skincare brand’s latest launch is already delivering impressive results

If you struggle with blemishes, you’ll know that it can be hard to know exactly what products to use to try to minimise them – especially if you don’t want to (or can’t) spend a lot of money on pricey formulas or treatments. Luckily, however, a new solution has just hit the high street with some impressive results.

Much-loved accessible skincare brand The INKEY List has just launched 360° Skin Clearing Serum, priced at £16 and designed to treat all three stages of breakouts: excess oil production, active breakouts and post-blemish pigmentation. The INKEY List’s tests show a marked improvement in the look of acne in as little as two weeks, with some shoppers noticing results even sooner.

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The key active ingredient in 360° Skin Clearing Serum is dioic acid, which the brand are calling ‘the next-generation breakout hero, clinically proven to balance excess oil, treat active breakouts and fade post-blemish pigmentation’. It’s also combined with well-known pore-unclogger salicylic acid at 2%, and 0.4% Dendriclear to balance oil production and reduce redness.

The before-and-after images from The INKEY List show that spots and post-acne pigmentation are significantly reduced after two weeks – and some early customer testimonials appear to back this up.

“Been using this for two weeks and the lightweight texture absorbs effortlessly and effectively leaves my skin less oily and leaves skin balanced,” one person wrote.

“I personally love The INKEY List as a brand, I really think all there products are amazing and do as they say on the bottle,” another review reads. “I have never tried this serum but I have been using it for the last 3/4 days and can already see a difference.”

“I’ve really been enjoying this product. With the recent hot weather, I’ve been breaking out left right and centre, and this has helped keep my skin under control. It’s lightweight and takes seconds to sink into my skin and super easy to use,” a third happy customer commented, going on to add a minor gripe: “I’m not the biggest fan of the scent (it smells like suncream), but I can’t smell it at all when it’s on my face.”

If you’ve got a slightly bigger budget to spend, Murad Biome Balancing Clear and Prevent Blemish Treatment Serum, £45, also comes highly recommended and tested, working even quicker: in as little as three days, according to Murad’s trials.

We’ve also spotted that bestselling, cult classic blackhead-clearing toner Paula’s Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA is now available in handy individually wrapped pads, £16 for 10, perfect for travelling.

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Collard has revealed whether he and fiancée Laura Woods are having more children, as he admits the pair have a decision to make when it comes to the future of their family.

Adam Collard has revealed he and Laura Woods are already planning baby number two, but have a big decision to make on whether a third little one will be on the cards.

“I’m one of two and Laura’s one of three, so we’re arguing over whether we want two or three kids. Hopefully the next one’s a girl and we can stop there,” Adam – who already shares eight-month-old son with the sports presenter – tells Mirror. “We’ve got her family staying right now and there’s a lot of kids around the house, so I told her this is what it’ll be like if we have three,” laughs Adam.

Whatever number the decide on, Adam says Laura is a natural when it comes to parenthood: “She was born to be a mum. Laura fell pregnant quite early on in our relationship and it feels like she was meant for it in every sense. I started my own businesses at 21 and went on Love Island at 22, but it always felt like I was working hard, going on holidays, doing all these material things, with no one to share it with.” Adam’s comments come after Andy Carroll ‘splits from Lou Teasdale due to her demands’ weeks after public row.

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“Laura’s the same, we now realise why we work hard. We’ve just bought another house and it’s probably going to be the home where Leo grows up – we now realise what the point is.”

Becoming a parent is no easy feat though, something Adam has learned along the way. “[Leo] is a handful! He’s 100 miles an hour, but so funny and everything we’ve ever wanted. Being a dad is great, but it’s challenging, too, I’d never sugar coat that.

“But it’s put everything into perspective. I’ve got a purpose now, whereas for years I felt like I was in limbo. I’ve not got a lot of family members that I’m close to – unlike Laura. Both my mum and dad have been missing at different stages of my life. But I want to compensate for that and be the best I can possibly be for Leo.”

On the topic of being the best he possibly can be, Adam is currently one of the celebs battling it out on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, and has been one of this series’ strongest contenders. “[Celeb SAS] was amazing, even better than I expected. I like how it’s not ‘produced’, when we’re in there, it doesn’t feel like a TV show. It wasn’t easy, though.

“The final few days were tough – interrogation alone was harder than the full week before, they peel the layers off. I have a reputation for physical fitness, but I wanted to put myself in that situation to test myself mentally,” he said of doing the show.

But as well as testing himself, Adam also used the show to get out of a difficult place he was in, as the former Love Island star explains: “I’ve spoken about my addiction to painkillers, which saw my mental health dip. I nearly pulled out of SAS because I didn’t feel my strongest, mentally. But, I spoke with Laura and realised that when anything bad happens, the best thing is to have something to focus on.

“People will see an emotional side of me, which they’ll be surprised about because it’s not the hard exterior I had the last seven years I’ve been on TV. The show was a bit of a saving grace.”

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins is on Channel 4 at 9pm on Sundays and Mondays.

Meghan Markle has returned to Instagram posting and publicly announced her and Prince Harry new deal with Netflix – but there is one issue she’s not spoken out about

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may be toasting their new Netflix deal – but a war of words has still rumbled on in the background.

Earlier this year, the Duke of Sussex stepped down from Sentebale, the charity he founded to help children orphaned by Aids in Lesotho, following a boardroom battle with the chairwoman, Dr Sophie Chandauka.

Harry was said to be devastated by the row, which saw all sides rebuked by the Charity Commission for allowing the war of words to play out so publicly. Meghan was even dragged into the row earlier this year when Dr Chandauka claimed she caused a stir at a fund-raiser for the charity with little notice.

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But despite posting on Instagram and publicly announcing the new Netflix deal, Meghan has stayed silent on the row. And according to former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond, there is good reason for this.

She told the Mirror : “This is a very sensitive issue all round. Sentebale was Harry’s charity from the start, along with his co-founder, Prince Seeiso.

“The allegations of misogyny and misogynoir – both discounted by the charity commission – make this an even more sensitive issue for Meghan to become involved with.

“So I think she has wisely taken a back seat on this and left it to her husband. I’m sure she has supported and comforted him in private, and I think Harry will completely understand that it’s not her place to get involved in a public row with his charity.”

Since the Charity Commission’s report, it has since been revealed that Harry might be set to start a new humanitarian charity. His spokesperson said: “The duke remains absolutely committed to continuing the work he started, supporting the children and young people of Lesotho and Botswana, nearly 20 years ago. In what form that support takes — no decisions have been made.

“All options remain on the table; whether that be starting a new charity or working to support pre-existing charities operating in the same sector in the region.” But for royal historian and expert Dr Tessa Dunlop, Meghan’s silence on the issue has been notable.

She added: “Now that Meghan and Harry have signed a new Netflix deal (‘looser’ and apparently less lucrative than the previous $78m one but a deal nonetheless), might the Duchess find her voice?

“Not the one she volubly uses to hawk As Ever wares (in conjunction with Netflix) but rather the voice Meghan famously re-found after leaving the Royal Family, the one that talked her truth to royal power and surely could talk her truth to the Sentebale fiasco?

“No, really, why hasn’t Meghan come out batting for Prince Harry in his latest round of verbal fisty-cuffs concerning his former African charity?

After all, the Duke has consistently spoken out in support of his wife, establishing the precedent early on and against the wishes of his family when he condemned Britain’s media coverage and insisted he had never before witnessed such a ‘degree of pressure, scrutiny and harassment’ from the press. As it currently stands, Harry cuts a lonely figure.”

As Lauren Goodger gears up for the new series of TOWIE, a source reveals how filming the reality show while taking care of her young daughter on her own is leaving her “shattered”

Lauren Goodger says she’s “rebuilding” herself with the support of her “TOWIE family” – but a source claims her TV role is taking its toll elsewhere in her life. The reality star, 38, who first appeared on The Only Way Is Essex as the ex-girlfriend of Mark Wright in its first series in 2010, returned to the set as a permanent cast member last year after experiencing some devastating personal losses.

But according to our source, while the high-profile gig is doing wonders for Lauren’s confidence, the reality of juggling her life as mum to a four-year-old daughter with the demands of a job on a prominent reality show is “overwhelming” at times.

Lauren was “gutted” to pull out of a planned promotional appearance on This Morning last week because she couldn’t arrange childcare for Larose, whose father is builder Charles Drury. Instead, the interview featured fan favourite Harry Derbidge in the studio and fellow TOWIE original Amy Childs via video link. It comes after Katie Price reaches out to Harvey’s lookalike half-brother but fears ‘he’s too scared’.

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“Lauren was devastated to miss This Morning last week because she’s really trying to get back out there with her career,” our source claimed. “She doesn’t think it looks good to miss things, but she also needs to be the best mum to Larose. She really hates letting people down but also doesn’t want to feel like she’s a bad mum if she leaves her daughter – especially after everything they’ve been through.”

Lauren has been vocal about her struggles with anxiety since her and Charles’s second daughter, Lorena, died in July 2022, just a few minutes after her birth. The tragic loss came only a week after Lauren’s ex-boyfriend, Jake McLean, died in a car crash on holiday in Turkey at the age of 33.

Just before her big TOWIE return last year, Lauren revealed she was “realising who I am again” after spending the last few years in a “mum bubble” as she learned to navigate her grief.

Larose was born in July 2021 after Lauren became pregnant early into her relationship with Charles, 28, and the pair are widely thought to have had an on-off relationship ever since. Rumours they had reunited circulated when the two were photographed with Larose at an airport last month, reportedly jetting off on a family holiday.

Regardless of her relationship status – Lauren has yet to publicly confirm or deny that they are back together – our source said she’s struggling to find a healthy balance when solo parenting.

“Lauren is overwhelmed – she’s overwhelmed with mum duties and with work,” said the source. “It’s so hard to find that balance of taking care of Larose and also making sure she stays healthy and happy herself. TOWIE is her main job so it has to be a priority, but she’d never put it before being a mum to Larose, so it’s a really difficult balance for her to find.”

Lauren spoke out earlier this summer before jetting off to Portugal – without Larose – to film for the hit ITV2 programme. She revealed it was the first time she’d left her daughter “to go away or do anything for me” and had been kept awake most of the night by doubts about going on the trip.

The reality star also confessed that she felt “lonely”, but had to stay strong all the time for the sake of her daughter. “I haven’t got anyone to lean on and that’s really sad,” she said.

The sun-soaked trip to Portugal, where the cast celebrated 15 years of the series, clearly did wonders for Lauren’s confidence, however. Sharing a sunset snap of herself with her 945,000 Instagram followers, she wrote, “What a rollercoaster but an amazing achievement for me personally. Here’s to rebuilding me. Thank you @itvxofficial @towie thank you whole of TOWIE production and my TOWIE family.”

But it hasn’t all been plain sailing for Lauren since visiting Portugal in June, as she revealed to her followers last week that she was feeling “absolutely shattered”.

“I’m so tired, I don’t know how I’m doing it at the minute,” she said. “It has been absolutely hectic.”

Lauren put her exhaustion down to Larose’s six-week summer holidays and travelling back and forth to London to film, adding, “I’m going to do bath, do bedtime and do work again. I haven’t stopped working. I wish I could have a nap but never. You know how it is being a mum.”

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