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Alex Kingston, a star of Strictly Come Dancing, has previously discussed the difficulties she encountered in becoming pregnant prior to her recent health issues.

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Strictly Come Dancing star Alex Kingston has opened up about her “very tough” path to motherhood. The Doctor Who actress recently revealed her private battle with womb cancer last year, which resulted in a hysterectomy followed by radiotherapy.

The 62-year-old said she finally felt like herself again after receiving the necessary treatments, and that she was now more inseparable.

The television star has also experienced health issues throughout his career. Alex discussed the difficult IVF journey she underwent to become a mother and have a daughter named Salome Violetta Haertel.

Salome and her former husband Florian Haertel, a freelance journalist and author from Germany, who she met through mutual friends, are their only children.

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She said: “I went through about 13 rounds of IVF, it was very difficult. You are so desperate that you have no idea what the potential long-term effects might be.

Alex previously discussed her fertility battle with The Guardian, saying that while more and more friends and acquaintances were having children, I wasn’t.

“I got really worried, then I got anxious and frustrated about why not.” I discussed it with my husband, and we had laparoscopic [investigative] surgery to see if there was a problem, but it appeared as though there was nothing wrong with us.

“It was discovered that I had unreliable fertility issues. Unfortunately, our marriage ended when we switched to IVF.

Alex has three children: first with Florian, then with Ralph Fiennes, and now with Jonathan Stamp.

She told The Times about her current husband, who is both very organized and I’m not.

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“We are exactly six months apart, so I feel it’s almost like we’re yin and yang. He understands me because he’s a writer, a classicist, and teaches at Magdalen [College, Oxford]. I’m an actor and I love stories. I can literally sit and listen to him tell me about Jesus and the ancient world, just loving it.”

Her performances on Strictly Come Dancing are currently impressive, just like those of Johannes Radebe, a professional dancer.

Last weekend, she was awarded her first 10 of the series from Shirley Ballas, who rose from her chair to commend her Rumba technique.

During Icons Week, Alex channeled country icon Dolly Parton and wow the panel with her Foxtrot on Saturday.

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When a podcast listener asked a question of her on Strictly Come Dancing with Gorka Marquez, Gemma Atkinson said, “absolutely not,” in response.

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Former Strictly Come Dancing star Gemma Atkinson told her partner Gorka Marquez “absolutely not” when asked one important question about their time on the show together.

The former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale actress met the professional dancer when she appeared on Strictly in 2017.

Despite meeting on the BBC show Gemma and Gorka were not partnered on the series – Gemma reached the final with Aljaz Skorjanec while Gorka was also a runner-up alongside singer Alexandra Burke.

One listener on their podcast asked if Gemma, 40, wishes they had been “paired together from the beginning.”

The actress offered a blunt response, saying: “No, absolutely not.” Gorka interjected and said dancing together on the Christmas special “was enough”.

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Gemma continued, “Your training wasn’t good. Because you were working for you, you were giving me advice on what to do.

Gemma’s partner claims that the dancer doesn’t like giving her instructions.

She responded, “And I kept saying, do not tell me to do five, six, seven, eight when I want to do just six and seven.”

Mia, a six-year-old girl, and Thiago, a two-year-old boy, are Gemma and Gorka’s children.

Spanish dancer Gorka has finished runner-up on Strictly three times – with Alexandra Burke, former EastEnders actress Maisie Smith and TV presenter Helen Skelton.

Due to his commitments to filming the Spanish version of the show, Bailando con las Estrellas (also known as Dancing with the Stars), he wasn’t partnered with a celebrity on the current series.

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Gorka, 35, lyrically discussed the tasks his partner does while traveling for work while keeping their home running.

There is no day in the day when I’m not amazed by your actions, he said. When my friends and I were in Spain, they said, “Oh, so what is Gemma doing? “

What doesn’t she do, exactly? She is implementing these new things by doing this, doing that, and doing these things. I find it amazing how much you worry and do all the things you do.

“And I go away as well, and the kids are still getting fed, dressed, and changed. Yes, Gemma, you live everywhere, but our house, along with our two children, a dog, and all the businesses and things you do, are still running, amazing, you know what I mean, and I’m not going away.”

Gemma’s apparent lack of satisfaction with the family home’s absences does not help.

She responded, “I occasionally tell him, “Hey, it’s not open heart surgery.” You’re not rescuing someone’s life.

One shared interest may be the key to bringing Charles and the Duke of Sussex together because a potential reconciliation is still being worked out behind closed doors, according to a royal expert.

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It remains to be seen whether full reconciliation cann be achieved between Prince Harry and his estranged father King Charles after their recent 55-minute private tea with his estranged father.

While the meeting at Clarence House is said to have gone well, many are hoping that a public reconciliation between the Sussexes and the royal family could still be happening behind closed palace doors.

And while Harry has since returned to the US, and Charles is continuing with his royal duties as the monarch, one major shared passion between the father and son could be the key to bringing them together – if Charles is able to handle the ongoing crisis with Prince Andrew, according to an expert.

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Both Prince Harry and the Prince and Princess of Wales have recently shared moving statements about their concerns surrounding the evolution of social media, with Princess Kate making a statement on the “epidemic of disconnection” in a powerful essay, warning others about the dangers of screen time and how it can impact a child’s development.

More recently, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex signed an open letter calling for a ban on AI superintelligence alongside a raft of celebrities and politicians. While on a visit to Manchester earlier this week, the King also spoke out about the “ghastliness of social media” when visiting emergency workers who rushed to the scene of a terror attack at a synagogue in the city.

While all parties are using their royal platforms for good, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond said their shared passion is a positive force.

She told the Mirror : “All three, Charles, William and Harry are becoming more vocal about the dangers of social media. And I think they are voicing the concerns of so many of us. It is a valid and impactful use of their platforms. But I don’t think it has any bearing on a full reconciliation between the King and Harry.”

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While many people believe there may still be a resolution between the Sussexes and the Firm, Jennie thinks that may have been put on hold while the King is currently dealing with the consequences of the new allegations against Prince Andrew, which he has denied, which will cause him to revoke his royal titles and honors.

She added, “It’s hoped that that is still quietly bubbling on behind the scenes, which is precisely where it must remain if there is any chance of seeing them back together.” With the Andrew crisis and his work as sovereign, the King, in my opinion, has too much work to do with his younger son.

Following the release of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, which details her alleged sexual encounters with the prince when she was just 17 years old, Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson, and the Firm as a whole are struggling to deal with the controversy.

In the days before the book was published, Andrew shared a shocking statement saying he would no longer use his royal titles, as the accusations against him and his ex-wife and their friendships with Jeffrey Epstein continue to “distract” from the work of the royal family.

Jennie said: “Perhaps, though, as he prayed at the Vatican with the Pope, both of his sons – whom he once begged to avoid making my final years a misery” – might have been in his thoughts and prayers.

An unanticipated connection between the pair and her ex-husband Joe Jonas is now surfacing online. Sophie Turner and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin are rumored to be dating.

Sophie Turner sobbed over a birthday message from her reported new love interest Chris Martin in a video her ex-husband Joe Jonas arranged for her.

Following her split from former boyfriend Peregrine Pearson, who has been dating her for two years, the Game of Thrones actress is reportedly dating Chris, 48. Sophie, 29, is spotted in the 2020 episode of Joe’s Cup of Joe podcast surprising her with a message from Chris, who she recently had a “secret” date with, according to reports.

When Joe hands Sophie his phone and says, “I have someone who wants to say happy birthday, we are seated in a restaurant.” As she yells, “It’s Chris Martin,” Sophie glances at the screen and then screams in shock as she shakes her hands.

Then Chris is spotted declaring, “This is Chris from Coldplay, I wanted to wish you the best day and send you the love and I hope you have the best time.” Before giving the camera a kiss, he then wraps up the video by saying, “Thanks for being awesome, bye.”

Sophie, who looks thrilled all the way up to Joe, shows up fighting back tears and holding her face in her hands as she declares, “I’m not going to cry on camera,” before returning the phone. Sophie and Joe exchanged a pair of high-fives as they appeared to be cheering one another up.

After their eight-year union ended in June, Chris’s relationship with Dakota Johnson, 35, ended with a call to end their engagement, and he’s been single for a few months. Before formally splitting after a high-society wedding in late September, Sophie, 29, and Peregrine appeared to be having an off-season together over the summer.

The pair reportedly reportedly got into a fight over passionate kisses on the dance floor at the time. Sophie’s split, however, was not all that heartbreaking, as Chris and she reportedly went on a date a week later.

Willa, 4, and Delphine, 2, are their two daughters; Sophie and Joe got married in 2019. More than a year after Joe’s divorce was filed, the two men divorced in September 2024.

The Jonas Brothers star filed for divorce in September of that year, but the former couple finally agreed to end it. After his 2015 divorce from Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow, with whom he has two children, Apple, 21, and Moses, Moses, 19, Chris and Dakota started dating in 2017.

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However, the pair ended up dating in June, despite getting engaged. A source at the time stated to the Daily Mail that “they haven’t been able to make it official because their relationship has been over for a while.”

Because she cherished both his and his children so much, Dakota fought for their bond.

The insider continued, “Breakups aren’t instant, and makeup and things would sometimes work when they weren’t together, while they were working.”

Because absence causes heart to become fonder, but eventually the two would rekindle, and minor things just kept adding up until they no longer were in love.