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Princess Beatrice has been handed a huge new responsibility amid her father, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, stepping down from his position with the same organisation

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Princess Beatrice has been given a new role amidst her father’s fall from grace. The man formally known as Prince Andrew has, in recent days, been stripped of all his regal titles, including his Royal Highness and Prince status.

Earlier this week, an official registration confirmed that King Charles had removed Andrew’s remaining titles via Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm – a legal document authorised by the monarch. The document was published by The Gazette, the UK’s official public record, by the Crown Office and shows the former Duke of York is now legally Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.

Six years ago, Andrew stepped down as Royal Patron of The Outward Bound Trust after his interview with BBC Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis, during which he addressed the allegations surrounding him and his close association with convicted paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein.

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Andrew denies all allegations made against him. But now, his eldest daughter, Princess Beatrice, has been appointed Deputy Patron of the organisation, having served as a Trustee for six years. Alongside Beatrice’s appointment, her uncle, Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, has joined the organisation as Royal Patron, following in the footsteps of his father, Prince Philip.

Beatrice, 37, has a longstanding connection to organisations with young people. The princess has always been an advocate for helping younger people develop their confidence, resilience and ambition.

Over the years, she’s raised money for Teenage Cancer Trust, Children in Crisis, and UNICEF. Speaking about Edward’s and Beatrice’s appointment, Martin Davidson, Chief Executive of Outward Bound Trust, said in a statement: “With The Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Beatrice working alongside us, we’re embarking on a new chapter.

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“One where every young person has the chance to test their limits, build confidence and discover that anything is possible. Their support reflects a shared belief that adventure changes lives.”

Beatrice and Edward will continue the royal legacy with the organisation, which has a history stretching back over 70 years, dating back to the late Prince Philip, who served as Patron from 1953 until 2019 and helped lay the foundations of the organisation.

The joyous news for Beatrice came just hours after a royal biographer claimed that her father may now have to bow to his daughter. With Andrew no longer a Prince or Royal Highness, his daughters, Beatrice and her younger sister, Princess Eugenie, rank higher than him due to their Princess titles and Royal Highness, which they have retained as the children of the son of a monarch.

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Andrew stepped down as a working royal in 2019 after he was accused by Virginia Giuffre of having sex with her in March 2001, when she was just 17. She alleged she had been trafficked by Epstein and his girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell. Virginia claimed that Epstein and his girlfriend had taken her to Tramp nightclub in London, where she met with Andrew and later had sex with him that night.

She claimed that Epstein had paid her $15,000 after sleeping with Andrew. During an interview with BBC’s Newsnight in 2019, Andrew vehemently denied the allegations and told host Maitlis he had no recollection of meeting Virginia. Andrew vehemently denies all allegations made against him.

The Celebrity Traitors final was nail-biting to the end as millions tuned in to see fantastic Traitor Alan Carr took home the prize pot after fooling David Olusoga and Nick Mohammed

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The final of the Celebrity Traitors got underway last night and had millions of viewers on the edge of their seat. Two Traitors, Cat Burns and Alan Carr, made it to the final, but ultimately Cat was banished and Alan took home the prize pot. Cat has now revealed an unseen moment that changed everything for the finalists.

The singer was a Traitor from the start and had sailed through most of the episodes with relatively little suspicion cast her way. But in the semi final, Joe Marler seemed to guess she and Alan were not as Faithful as they claimed, and Cat’s chances of winning appeared to slip away.

Ultimately, she was banished, but so was Joe. When Nick Mohammed and David Olusoga agreed to stop banishing people, while Alan was still in their midst, they lost out on the prize pot too.

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On BBC Breakfast, Cat shared the real reason she was banished. She shared that had she not pushed for Kate Garraway’s banishment in the semi-final, she would have stood more of a chance as she wouldn’t have been the only woman left.

She said: “In hindsight, I think if we didn’t banish Kate before, I probably would have had a chance as there would have been two women left. Then they could have been like, ‘is it Cat, is it Kate’.”

But because Kate was gone, and proven to be a Faithful, Cat was “the last one left” from the female celebs, which led the others to think it had to be her. On screen, this theory wasn’t shown.

The Faithfuls had many theories about who the Traitors could be. Most talked about was the Big Dog theory, which suggested that the two camps, Faithful and Traitor, had to be headed up by Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross respectively as they were ‘Big Dogs’ and the production would want to pit them against each other.

However, none of the remaining Faithfuls made any reference to Cat being the only woman in their on-screen deliberations, nor did they suggest that one of the Traitors had to be a woman.

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In the course of the show, the Faithfuls only caught one Traitor prior to the final. Jonathan Ross was caught and banished in the quarter final. As such, the remaining Faithfuls were sure there were two Traitors left.

This spelled trouble for Cat, who could not convince the others she was Faithful and was banished. But she was unable to tell the group that she was a Traitor.

They continued to vote, hunting for their third Traitor. In a shock to many, Nick and David, who had seemed aligned with Joe on his theory about Alan, turned on the rugby star and voted him off.

Satisfied that they had caught all the Traitors, Nick, David and Alan agreed to stop voting, only for it to be revealed that Alan had been a Traitor all along. He won the prize money for his chosen charity, Neuroblastoma UK.

The charity, which tries to help children with cancer, received £87,500 from the comedian. In a touching message, they said: “We’ve adored watching you over the last three weeks; all the more so with the glimmer of hope that if you did well, it might just mean something big for our small charity. And you did it.

“As our faithful Patron for nine years, your commitment, compassion and drive to bring hope to children and families facing this aggressive cancer have been nothing short of transformational. As a small charity with a big mission, you know how much this means to us.”

James May has said that he, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson are ‘quite different’ but despite this, he said his former Top Gear co-stars had a ‘significant’ role in his life

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James May has revealed some details of his relationship with his Top Gear and The Grand Tour co-hosts, Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, calling them “workmates” but saying they were “significant” figures in her life.

The trio have been at the centre of speculation recently and in September, it emerged that the company behind their television ventures – W. Chump & Sons – had shut down with £24,087,100 on the books. Then in October, James, 62, ruled out an in-person appearance on Clarkson’s Farm despite being seen on the show through Zoom calls.

Now James has revealed that his wife, Sarah Frater, told him he was “slightly obnoxious” when he returned home from filming the big Grand Tour specials as he appeared “buzzed up” after “shouting and drinking” with his co-stars. He admitted that while that “might have been true,” it is normal for TV to “exaggerate your characteristics, so in a way it does make you obnoxious.”

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Talking about the impact Top Gear had on his life, the TV presenter said: “It was a job, but I did it for 20 years. It’s shocking really. Almost a third of my life was spent with those bell—s.” Speaking to the Daily Mail, James added that while Jeremy, 65, and Richard, 55, were his “work mates”, they had a “significant” role in his life.

But after being asked if he considers them friends, he said: “I think of it in terms of if we’d been at school at the same time we’d have been in rival gangs. There would have been a healthy respect for each other, but we wouldn’t have fitted in each other’s gangs. The three of us are quite different people.”

James, who has embarked on a solo tour called Explorers – The Age Of Discovery, also said he met Richard three weeks ago and added that “he seems happy enough.” However, he didn’t mention any recent meetings with Jeremy, despite admitting he is happy that his show is doing well.

He told the publication: “I’m pleased Clarkson’s farm is doing well because he needed something else. I think we’re all reasonably content. I’m not going to mourn it.”

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Earlier this year, James said in an interview that he though his exit from BBC’s Top Gear was avoidable. The presenter had been the face of the series for over a decade since he joined in 2002, but an on-set altercation between Jeremy and a producer led to the trio’s exit. They continued working together, however, and joined Amazon Prime Videos for The Grand Tour in 2015.

The final episode was released in September 2024. Despite the success of their new show, James said he believes the BBC could have dealt with Jeremy’s fracas – in which he punched producer Oisin Tymon – in a different way. Following the incident, an investigation was launched. With Clarkson’s exit sealed, both James and Richard refused to sign a new contract, bringing the show’s most successful era to an end.

Speaking to The Times about how their exit played out, James confessed: “I thought it was very unfortunate and I don’t actually think our Top Gear had to end because of it. I think it could have been patched up and put down to a bit of high stress and flightiness, to be honest.

“It happened. It’s regrettable and it’s unfortunate, but it didn’t need to lead to the collapse of something very successful.” He added that he pondered their exit being down to people thinking it was “time of us to move on.”

Jade Thirlwall rose to fame with Little Mix as the group stormed the X Factor in 2011 but after nine years of hits, the band went their separate ways in 2022

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Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall admits she “struggled the most” as she addressed a worry she had for the band. The group formed on the X Factor in 2011 and went on to become one of the top sellings bands of all time.

But in 2022 they announced they would be splitting up in order to “recharge” and pursue their own solo projects. Jade admits that being part of the music industry is “cut-throat” and would regularly worry about being dropped by the record label.

Speaking to Harper’s Bazaar, she explained: “I look back at the times when we were huge, before Get Weird came out, and we had a big sleepover, all crying, ‘If this isn’t a Top 10 song, we’ll get dropped’. It’s wild to think about now because we were so big at the time.”

The album reached number two in the Official UK Charts but its lead single, Black Magic, scored the coveted number one spot. The band enjoyed nine years of chart success before Jesy Nelson announced she was leaving in 2020.

Jesy cited her mental health as part of the reason for leaving the band, something she openly discussed in her documentary Odd One Out. Jade, along with bandmates Perrie Edwards and Leigh-Anne Pinnock continued to perform for two years after Jesy’s departure.

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Jade, 32, admits she initially found it difficult to adapt to life after Little Mix. It took her two years, therapy, and the guidance of her boyfriend, Rizzle Kicks star Jordan Stephens, to release new music.

She was the last member of the girl group to kickstart her solo career. “I struggled the most to adapt to life after the group,” she explains. “The other girls had better distractions: families, kids. They went into a new chapter willingly.”

Jade says she “didn’t know what to do with myself” and admits that Little Mix had been all she’d known since she was 18. She released her first solo single, Angel of My Dreams in 2024, peaking at number seven in the charts.

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Her self-written debut album, That’s Showbiz Baby, was the fastest-selling debut album so far this year. It has received critical acclaim and reached number three in the charts in its first week.

It comes after Jade scooped up Best Pop Act at the Brit Awards following the release of Angel of My Dreams. Jade says her solo career gave her a chance to take creative control of her music.

She wants to show people she’s “not just a pop princess” but “an artist with a vision”. And while it may have taken her three years after the split to release her first album, Jade concedes she doesn’t “want to wait as long” for the next release.

It means she is already working on new material before touring the album across the US and Europe next year. Meanwhile her former bandmate Perrie is currently featuring on BBC Two’s Girlbands Forever.

The series includes in depth interviews with members of All Saints, Atomic Kitten, Eternal, Little Mix, Mis-Teeq and Sugababes.

Aidan O’Callaghan, who played Lewis Butler in EastEnders, has joined the cast of Coronation Street and will be involved in a dramatic new storyline at the Rovers Return

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A former EastEnders actor has given fans a sneak peek of his new role in Coronation Street, hinting at a dramatic plot involving the iconic Rovers’ Return pub. Irish actor Aidan O’Callaghan, 36, who had a stint on EastEnders in 2022 with a gripping storyline, is now swapping Albert Square for Weatherfield.

He took to Instagram to share photos of himself outside the famous pub, teasing his upcoming debut on the soap. His caption read: “Who dis?”. One fan responded: “Can’t keep that man away from a good bar! Excited to watch..” Another fan exclaimed: “OMG congratulations mate.” Meanwhile, a third chimed in: “About time you’re back on our Screens.”

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Aidan is set to join the Coronation Street cast for a plot involving the newly-introduced Driscoll family. Bohemian Rhapsody actor Aaron McCusker will be playing the new landlord of Rovers, Ben, who is married to Eva Price, played by the returning Catherine Tyldesley.

The couple are making their return to the cobbles alongside Father Ted’s Pauline McLynn, who plays Ben’s outspoken mother, Maggie. It was reported that Aidan would be taking on the role of a newcomer named Alan.

A source from the Cobbles revealed: “He is in one episode in flashback scenes, where we find out some of the family history from way back when Ben and his brother were children.”

He’s just a guest artist but it’s a really unique episode. “During his time on EastEnders, Aidan portrayed the twisted recurring character Lewis Butler.

Introduced as the charming new bar manager of The Prince Albert, Lewis struck up a friendship with Callum Highway and Ben Mitchell, revealing he’d been openly gay since he was thirteen.

However, something more than friendship began to brew between Lewis and Ben.But, as Ben wasn’t single, he rejected Lewis’ advances after a night of drinking.In distressing scenes, Lewis became angry and assaulted Ben, despite Ben’s refusal.

The following day, Ben confronted Lewis, accusing him of rape, but Lewis flatly denied it. Once the truth emerged, Kathy sacked him and ordered Lewis to leave Walford.

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Later, when Lewis returned to the square, the Mitchell family, led by Ben, kidnapped Lewis and held him at gunpoint in a dramatic turn of events. Ben managed to extract a confession from Lewis before releasing him and reporting him to the authorities. A year on, despite Lewis avoiding justice for his crime, Ben discovered that he had been charged with sexually assaulting another man.

Aiden’s previous roles include appearances in Wolfe, The Rook, The Witcher: Blood Origin and the critically acclaimed film A Simple Killing.

Several celebrities have already expressed their interest in taking part in a second series of Celebrity Traitors

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Celebrity Traitors has become the talk of the town, sparking a flurry of memes and delivering a jaw-dropping finale. The show’s success is largely down to its star-studded cast, featuring the likes of Stephen Fry, acclaimed actress Celia Imrie, and Ted Lasso’s Nick Mohammed.

After the nail-biting final, where Alan Carr duped the unsuspecting Faithfuls to snatch the prize pot, speculation is rife about who might join the next series. Even though the dust has barely settled on Carr’s victory, several celebs have already expressed interest in participating in a potential second season – yet to be confirmed by the BBC, but given the sky-high viewing figures, it seems likely.

Corporation chiefs have yet to formally greenlight a second run of the celebrity edition, but they’re reportedly already scouting potential participants.

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Gareth Southgate

Former England boss Gareth Southgate, a known enthusiast of the programme, has previously disclosed that the national squad and coaching staff created their own version of The Traitors during downtime at the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

When Virgin Radio presenter Chris Evans questioned whether he’d participate in the celebrity edition, he teasingly responded: “Well…” The pair then shared a laugh and fistbumped, with Evans saying: “They’ve reached out. I love it! Gareth, you’ve got to do it!”.

Should Southgate agree to take part, however, viewers shouldn’t anticipate seeing him in the Traitors’ Turret. When questioned about whether he could wear the green cloak and reveal a ruthless streak, the ex-England manager admitted: “I can’t, because when I’ve played with the lads and the staff, I’ve been a hopeless Traitor. Hopeless… I start to sweat.”

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Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary

Following the thrilling finale, This Morning presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary stated during a segment on the ITV morning programme that they’d both contemplate featuring in a second series.

Hammond, particularly, is somebody numerous viewers would relish seeing in the castle. “Petition for Alison Hammond to be on the next series of Celebrity Traitors,” one supporter posted on X/ Twitter.

Another commented: “Season two with Alison Hammond needed NOW.”

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Mike Tindall

This year’s Celebrity Traitors line-up featured numerous A-list personalities, but its producers may be able to surpass themselves and secure a member of the Royal family next year. Former rugby star Mike Tindall, who is wed to the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, expressed his interest in joining the show during a chat on This Morning.

After viewing a snippet of the programme, he told presenters Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard : “Having watched that, I think I would definitely enjoy doing that.”

Tindall is no stranger to reality telly, having been the first Royal to brave the I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! jungle in 2022.

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Danny Dyer

Ex-EastEnders actor Danny Dyer has confessed that he initially declined when producers approached him for the inaugural series of Celebrity Traitors – but he’s since had a change of heart. During an episode of the Live and Let Dyers podcast, which he co-hosts with his daughter Dani, he shared: “They did sniff around me about it. It was a ‘no’ from me because, for one, I hadn’t seen it, but now I’m into it.”

He went on to say: “It’s quite a simple game, I thought it was too complicated, but it’s actually just about manipulating people and a lot of lying. If the money’s right, I might get involved in the next series.”