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Peter Andre’s mixed emotions as he and Emily reach ‘scary’ parenting milestone

Peter Andre, who is a proud dad to Junior, Princess, Amelia, Theo and Arabella, has candidly admitted to feeling ‘scared’ after his daughter, Amelia, took on a huge challenge

Peter Andre has candidly admitted to feeling scared as he and his wife Emily were met with a huge parenting first for them both.

The singer, 52, is a proud dad to Junior, 20, Princess, 18, Amelia, 11, Theo, eight, and Arabella, one. Pete, his wife Emily, 36, and the children recently jetted off on a family trip to Cyprus. But as Pete and Emily shared photos of their sweet trip, some fans noticed one member of their family was missing; daughter Amelia.

Now, in his exclusive column with new! magazine, Peter has revealed what Amelia was up to while the rest of the family were on holiday.

He revealed: “Some people noticed that our daughter Amelia wasn’t there on this trip and that’s because she was doing something incredible. She was on a pilgrimage with Emily’s mum – so with her grandma – and they did the Pyrenees, which was absolutely amazing. She walked about 80 km in four days, she said it was the most incredible experience.

“So it’s the first time she hasn’t come away with us but she was with her grandma doing a pilgrimage which I thought was wonderful so go on Mills – what a wonderful experience that she had!”

Pete then revealed he had mixed emotions as while he felt proud of her, letting her go on the trek was, understandably, scary for him.

“It was very scary for us, you know, it’s very scary as a parent – obviously we knew that she’s with Emily’s mum, who is a paediatrician, she’s a doctor so having a doctor on hand is always great, but it is always scary and because she wasn’t with us for the first… it was just really, really, really, scary, but it was wonderful to know that she was achieving so much, we’re very proud.”

It comes after Peter set a strict rule with his wife Emily over their youngest children after his daughter Princess’ career success.

Peter has been supportive of Princess and Junior, who he shares with ex wife Katie Price, at glitzy events as they embark on their own careers. Meanwhile Princess has come into her own this year with her reality TV show, The Princess Diaries, and her makeup brand, which she is currently building. Princess’ brother Junior has enjoyed success in his own right as he’s been busy working on his music and social media, though he recently revealed he would be taking a break from the former.

But, Peter and Emily have decided on a different set of rules for their younger children. While Princess and Junior had already been on red carpets, Loose Women and charity balls throughout their childhood, the same won’t happen to Amelia, Theo and Arabella. When asked if they would bring their youngest to the Pride of Britain, Emily told us: “We have talked about that!”

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Peter added: “Amelia asked today. She said, ‘will I be able to come with you?’ I said, maybe when you are 16.” Emily agreed as she explained: “She’s at secondary school now, I think maybe when she’s 16.”

Despite the pair laying down new ground rules for their young kids, Peter and Emily are both proud of what Princess and Junior have achieved already.

Kerry Katona ‘devastated’ for David and Victoria Beckham as she makes Brooklyn plea

Kerry Katona shared her heartache for Sir David and Lady Victoria Beckham as one family member was noticeably absent from the football star’s investiture and knighthood celebrations

Kerry Katona has shared her devastation for David and Victoria Beckham after the football star’s knighthood was snubbed by a family member. Sir David and Lady Victoria’s heartbreaking, months-long feud with their son Brooklyn has been apparent for months.

The couple’s eldest son Brooklyn, 26, has failed to show up for – or even publicly acknowledge – all of the big milestone events and celebrations the Beckham clan have enjoyed this year including David’s 50th birthday celebrations and Victoria’s Netflix documentary release. In the latest heartbreaking turn of events, Brooklyn was a no-show when his dad was knighted by King Charles III at Windsor Castle this week.

The rest of the family – including Victoria, Cruz, Romeo, Harper and David’s parents David and Sandra – all showed up in a full force to witness the momentous occasion. Not only were Brooklyn and wife Nicola Peltz not present, but they failed to make any mention of David’s huge achievement on social media – despite it being the biggest story of the day, so it was very hard to miss.

Now, celebrity mum Kerry Katona, who has children Molly, Lilly-Sue, Maxwell, Dylan-Jorge and Heidi, has shared her heartache for the couple, and especially Victoria as a mother.

Writing in her exclusive column with new! magazine, Kerry said: “It was about time that David Beckham got his knighthood. But Brooklyn wasn’t at the ceremony. If that was one of my children, I’d be devastated.

“That moment is something Brooklyn’s never going to get back. Your parents aren’t here forever. I’ve had the most rocky relationship with my mum but I’ll pop in and see her [once] every blue moon – I’ve not abandoned her.

“I’ve met David and Victoria, actually. Victoria sent me some flowers when Brian McFadden left and I met David at a Spice Girls concert. They were lovely. Victoria’s one of the nicest celebrities that I’ve met.”

It comes as Brooklyn broke his cover days after his dad’s investiture ceremony at Windsor Palace, where he was awarded his knighthood.

Revealing what he got up to instead of celebrating with his family, in a post shared on the Instagram page for his hot sauce company Cloud 23, Brooklyn was seen wearing a grey hoodie with black jeans and a black cap as he strolled through the streets of New York.

Set to the music of Best Of My Love by The Emotions, the video saw Brooklyn pull two bottles of hot sauce out of his back pocket. Over the top of the video, it read: “The vibe Brooklyn brings to the function.”

Fans jumped in the comments of the post to criticise Brooklyn for failing to congratulate David on his achievement. One wrote: “Your dad just got a knighthood, he sure brought the vibes!” Another simply said: “Congratulate your dad.” A third said: “But couldn’t be a**** to turn up at his dad’s knighthood.”

Rumours of a rift between Brooklyn and his family started earlier this year. He and Nicola have not been seen with his parents since Christmas last year and stopped interacting with them on social media. Brooklyn and his brothers also no longer follow each other.

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The speculation intensified when Brooklyn and Nicola had a vow renewal and only had her family present. Some have suggested that the feud began after Nicola refused to wear a wedding dress designed by Victoria at her 2022 wedding.

According to sources, it continues, despite Victoria and David’s attempts at olive branches, because Nicola does not want to make peace. “Nicola’s not ready to make nice,” the source revealed.

Afghanistan’s Taliban blames ‘irresponsible’ Pakistan as peace talks fail

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have blamed Pakistan for a lack of results after mediated talks by Qatar and Turkiye in Istanbul, signalling that clashes between the two neighbouring countries may continue.

The end of the talks on Friday without any resolution came shortly after the Taliban said several Afghan civilians were killed and others were wounded in clashes along the border with Pakistan.

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Two days of talks were conducted in good faith, with the Taliban expecting Islamabad to “present realistic and implementable demands to reach a fundamental solution”, Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement published on social media on Saturday morning.

“During the talks, the Pakistani side attempted to refer all responsibilities regarding its security to the Afghan government, while at the same time it did not demonstrate any willingness to assume responsibility for either Afghanistan’s security or its own.”

Mujahid claimed that Pakistan exhibited “irresponsible and non-cooperative attitude” which meant that there was “no outcome” from the talks.

Pakistan’s government did not immediately react to the statement.

But Pakistan had on Friday also confirmed that the talks were at a deadlock, and no real progress was made as a ceasefire brokered by Qatar remained intact.

Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said Islamabad “will not support any steps by the Taliban government that are not in the interest of the Afghan people or neighbouring countries”.

Pakistan maintains that Taliban authorities have failed to honour pledges made with the international community under a 2021 Doha peace accord to combat “terrorism”.

Pakistan believes that the authorities in Kabul are harbouring armed groups, particularly the Pakistan Taliban (Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan or TTP), which has mounted dozens of deadly attacks across Pakistan. The country has launched a series of deadly air attacks inside Afghanistan in response, and there were explosions in Kabul last month that the Taliban government blamed on Pakistan.

The Taliban denies sheltering the TTP group, and claims it remains committed to mutual security.

Mujahid said the Taliban “will not allow anyone to use Afghan territory against another country, nor will it permit any country to use its territory to take actions against or support actions that undermine Afghanistan’s national sovereignty, independence, or security”.

He said the people of Pakistan are friends and brothers, but Kabul will “firmly defend against any aggression”.

Islamabad has also thanked mediators Qatar and Turkiye for their assistance, but has emphasised that “all necessary measures” will be taken to protect Pakistan’s people and its sovereignty.

During fighting that started in early October, 50 civilians were killed and 447 wounded on the Afghan side of the border, according to the United Nations. Explosions in Kabul killed at least five people.

Ireland won’t be ‘complacent’ against Japan

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Ireland prop Andrew Porter says his side are taking inspiration from their 60-5 win against Japan in 2021 as they look to kick-start their autumn campaign against the same opposition on Saturday.

Andy Farrell’s side are looking for a reaction at the Aviva Stadium after their disappointing 26-13 defeat against New Zealand in Chicago last weekend.

Porter explained that Ireland were looking back at that big win over Japan four years ago that set them up for the success that has since followed under Farrell.

“It was a bit of springboard and was a step in the right direction,” Porter said of the win in which Johnny Sexton contributed 16 points on his 100th Ireland cap.

“We were looking back to it and how good that cohesion was. It felt like everything clicked that day and, in that series, and that’s what we’re trying to do now after game one, we want to get that feeling back.”

Porter said that having reviewed the game against the All Blacks there were “snippets” of what Ireland can do but it ultimately “wasn’t the account we wanted to give of ourselves”.

He hopes Ireland can respond against a Japan side that were thrashed 61-7 by South Africa last weekend.

“They’re a really well organised unit. Against South Africa, it didn’t go the way they wanted but they’re still a great attacking threat and have a good set piece, so we won’t be taking them lightly or will be complacent about it at all,” he added.

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