Archive August 18, 2025

We’ve compiled the biggest stories of the day in this Monday’s Mirror Daily Digest, from Prince Harry’s secret letter to Trump’s meeting with Putin.

Welcome to the Mirror’s Daily Digest, where we pull together all the best stories of the day from our News, Showbiz, Sport teams and more. This Monday, we’re featuring everything from Prince Harry’s major attempt to heal the royal feud to Trump’s European day of reckoning and Princess Andre’s Katie Price admission.

It has emerged that Prince Harry had placed a secret letter paying tribute to veterans just hours after a visit from the King and Queen – in a move that could show his eagerness to heal the royal rift. Elsewhere, Trump is facing ‘a reckoning he cannot bluster his way out of’, and Princess Andre has admitted she feared Katie Price’s home.

In major efforts to end bitter feuds, Prince Harry places a secret letter at a royal wedding.

Earlier this Monday, our Royal team shared the news that Prince Harry had placed a secret letter at a national memorial – hours after a visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla. The move could signal his eagerness to heal the rift with his family

The King and Queen led the nation in commemorating the 80th anniversary of VJ Day during a moving ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on Friday. The event came on the day Charles vowed that the sacrifice of heroes who fought and died in the campaigns in the Pacific and Far East during the Second World War “shall never be forgotten”.

And now it has been revealed that Harry, who served for 10 years in the Army, also paid a touching tribute to the veterans by having a personal letter and wreath placed at the Burma Star Memorial at the same location. It is reported that he insisted the tribute was laid by a friend – with strict instructions only to place it at the memorial once his father and stepmother had left.

Read the entire story here.

Trump’s “day of reckoning” as leaders discuss Zelensky’s humiliating discussions with Putin

As Sir Keir Starmer and other European leaders arrive in Washington to stand united with Zelensky, our US Editor, Christopher Bucktin, writes that Trump ‘faces a reckoning he cannot bluster his way out of’. The world leaders’ US visit comes just days after the US president rolled out the red carpet for Vladmir Putin.

Christopher Bucktin wrote: “The US President spent much of his White House campaign trail thumping his chest with boasts. More than 50 times, he told cheering crowds that he would end the war in Ukraine “within 24 hours” of taking office.

“Again and again, he claimed that if he had been in power, the war would never have started in the first place. Both boasts now lie in tatters. The Alaska summit with Putin was meant to showcase Trump the dealmaker. Instead, it exposed him as flawed, deferential, and hopelessly outmanoeuvred.”

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Because “a lot went on there,” Princess Andre feared Katie Price’s “really scary” home.

Since the first episodes of Princess Andre’s new show, The Princess Diaries, began to air, our Showbiz team has been keeping an eye on it. The young TV star has received praise for speaking out openly about Katie Price’s destructive relationship and growing up in the spotlight.

Princess Andre has now admitted her mum Katie’s ‘Mucky Mansion’ was a “really scary” place to live in a heartbreaking revelation. The reality star, 18, grew up in the sprawling pile in Sussex after Katie, 47, and the teen’s dad, Peter Andre, 52, divorced.

Princess previously admitted that the star’s marriage to Kieran Hayler was particularly traumatic and has now opened about the house they lived in. Speaking to The Guardian about living in the Mucky Mansion, which featured in Katie’s reality DIY show on Channel 4, Princess admitted: “It was a really scary house. A lot went on there. So I didn’t really like it.”

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After the Gangland shooting, a young girl returns to school with a bullet in her brain.

A young girl who will have a bullet lodged in her brain for life after being caught in the crossfire of a gangland attack has made a “miraculous” recovery, police have revealed. However, the nine-year-old, who was hit when a gunman on a Ducati Monster motorbike opened fire, will suffer “physical and cognitive difficulties throughout her life”, a court heard.

Javon Riley, 33, was today found guilty of helping the would-be assassin, who detectives are still hunting. Riley, from Tottenham, north London, was convicted at the Old Bailey of three charges of attempted murder and a charge of causing grievous bodily harm to the girl.

Three men were shot in the head by a different bullet. The attack was survived by Nasser Ali, 43, Mustafa Kiziltan, 38, and Keenan Aydogdu, 45. A detective has revealed that the girl is now walking and talking, has returned to school, and is playing with her friends despite doctors’ fears that she wouldn’t survive.

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Ozzy Osbourne’s documentary was unavoidably pulled from the BBC schedule at last minute.

A special documentary that is a “moving and inspirational account of the last chapter” of Ozzy Osbourne’s life has mysteriously been rescheduled without explanation. Titled Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, the programme was due to air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One this evening at 9pm, and is told through “unique and intimate access to the whole Osbourne family”.

However, the one-off, hour-long documentary, which was announced at the start of this month, has now vanished from BBC TV listings and instead been replaced by Fake or Fortune. A spokesperson for the BBC told the Mirror today that the “film has moved in the schedules” and new premiere details will be shared “in due course”.

The three-year-long documentary “accompanies the extraordinary rollercoaster of their lives” as Ozzy and Sharon attempt to reclaim their long-awaited UK home. It also captures musician Ozzy as he “heroically battles to get fit enough to perform.”

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Tiffany Watson, the star of Made in Chelsea, reveals how the transition from her sleepless nights to Chelsea soirées has given her life a whole new sense of joy, balance, and perspective.

Life has changed dramatically for Tiffany Watson, 31, since her days navigating love triangles, lavish parties, and friendship fallouts on Made in Chelsea. The reality star is now a proud mum to two-year-old Jude and 10-week-old Heath, who she shares with her husband Cameron McGeehan.

Tiffany discusses how alternating Chelsea soirees with sleepless nights has given her life a whole new sense of joy, balance, and perspective. She also discusses her most memorable, and occasionally dramatic, moments from the show.

When Tiffany was just 20 years old, she joined the beloved older sister Lucy Watson, 34, on the reality TV program, and she has since acknowledged that the experience has had a significant impact on who she is today.

She said: “It probably shaped me a lot. I’m very grateful to have done the show and for the platform it’s given me. When I meet people, I think they expect me to say it was a really awful time in my life, but no. Obviously there were hard moments, but it was also really fun and a really cool experience.” It comes after David Beckham speaks ‘as a father’ in ‘family’ announcement after latest Brooklyn snub.

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When asked what her most memorable moments were, the mum-of-two recalled The Maldives trip where she had a huge friendship fallout with Stephanie Pratt, as well as a relationship spat with her ex-boyfriend, Sam Thompson.

Tiffany recalls that the entire journey home and the fact that I was essentially crying the entire time from the Maldives to England were very dramatic. That was also quite memorable for being extremely traumatizing.

Tiffany enjoyed the time of her life, despite the fact that the reality television series had less drama. She described the South of France television series as “really fun,” saying, “I was so carefree, I was young, I was with my friends. The summer was fantastic.

Tiffany praises her time on reality TV, noting that she says, “Those days are very different from my days now.”

These days, Tiffany’s world revolves around her two young children and she’s learning to savour each stage. Speaking about the jump from one-to-two, Tiff says: “I think when I had Jude and he was a newborn, you don’t know what you’re doing and you’re trying to learn everything. I was totally unprepared,” she admits.

“I’m aware of what I’m doing and what to expect a lot more this time around.” I’m not trying to figure out everything, so I feel more like I’m not questioned everything, but I’m also like, God, I wish I could have appreciated that young age of Jude more, like, I could have just sat on the sofa all day and watched TV.

Even with her own experience, Tiffany claims that she still struggles with the concept of motherhood: “mum guilt.” She said, “I can never just be like, “You’re doing great, but I always feel bad for myself.” Either I feel bad about how my time is divided up or I feel bad about how I’m spending my time. I’d like to improve on that.

Tiffany is also open about how her body image has changed since becoming a mother. She isn’t feeling particularly confident right now, but she is aware that it will eventually occur and isn’t putting any pressure on herself.

She continued, “I’m trying to be healthier with what I eat and things like that.” Because I was at my skinniest before I became pregnant with Jude, I think it’s difficult. I had just married, and I was undoubtedly at my smallest. It’s a huge contrast because I’m currently at my biggest. I am aware that I will probably never get back to that, and I don’t believe I actually want to because I looked back. But I am confident that I will grow older. I’m not in a rush,”

Tiffany will also appear on the second season of Beyond Chelsea, a spin-off series that features Made in Chelsea icons Binki Felstead and Rosie Fortescue while catching up with familiar faces from the first season, including her sister Lucy Watson.

She still had time to get in front of the cameras despite welcoming her second child just as filming began. I did a lot of filming, which is really nice. Almost immediately after the birth of Heath, I began filming. He probably did his first filming when he was just two weeks old, in my opinion.

Tiffany compared it to Made in Chelsea, saying, “Our lives have changed. So no partying and other activities are involved. It resembles “babies” and renovations.

Tiffany will return to our screens in Beyond Chelsea soon, though a date hasn’t been set.

Roman Kemp, the host of The One Show, has revealed that he wants to have a family and that this is when he finds “true happiness.”

The One Show’s Roman Kemp has confessed that he believes he hasn’t yet found “true happiness”. The 32 year old star has opened up about his longing to start a family one day.

Roman, who is famously close with his parents, Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp and former Wham! singer Shirlie Holliman, has often spoken about their unique parenting style. During an appearance on Loose Women in 2019, Martin revealed that he and Shirlie chose to raise Roman and his sister Harley more like “friends” than children.

Roman has described this approach as a “best friend thing”, admitting it made it easier for him to confide in his parents.

Now, the former Capital Breakfast host has shared his hopes of having a family of his own, believing that it will bring him a “sense of true happiness”. He made this revelation while discussing the concept of success with pop star and good mate Tom Grennan, reports the Express.

Roman continued, “I don’t think I’ll ever have that sense of success until I have kids that can look at and say, “We did alright.” My parents have never, ever told us, “You need to be this, you’ve got to do that job,” and all they have ever asked is, “Are you happy?” All of those things, in my opinion, would set me apart from success.

When Tom asked Roman if he was happy, Roman said, “Sometimes, but you’re not human if you’re happy all the time.” Working out the balance between my work and my personal life is what I’ve been trying to do since leaving Capital. That’s one of the reasons I left, which was because I didn’t have a work-life balance and didn’t understand it.

You’ll be aware that he’s happy when I send you a copy of a scan or something similar, or when I inform you that my child has been born. Because I don’t believe I’ve experienced that level of genuine happiness yet.

The actor, who frequently appears with his father on television programs like Roman’s Weekend Best and Celebrity Gogglebox, Bromans also revealed what he hopes his upcoming children will see in their relationship.

In a Hello! interview He stated in a magazine that he was “so lucky that my dad and I can work together so hard.” We work together because I am aware of how much I will miss my children and their families when they watch the video of our grandparents working together, which is only our relationship.

This is rumored to coincide with Roman’s engagement to Carmen Gaggero. The couple, who were seen leaving Le Petit Maison in Mayfair last summer, have been dating since last year, according to reports from WalesOnline.

Carmen was spotted on her engagement ring during a night out in London, sparking speculation about an engagement. Roman is said to be ready to “sit down,” according to the publication.