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Prince Harry has given an unexpected interview during his surprise visit to Ukraine, with one cryptic comment about telling the truth appearing to be rather pointed

In a new bombshell interview, Prince Harry has shed light on the royal family’s ongoing rift, with some telling remarks about the importance of the truth.

Following his and wife Meghan’s explosive decision to step back as senior working royals back in 2020, Harry proceeded to share his version of the events that led up to the so-called ‘Megxit’, painting a picture of fiery rows and serious mental health struggles, and, most shockingly of all, alleged racism.

In his bestselling 2023 memoir Spare, the Duke, who turns 41 today, detailed a fight between himself and his elder brother, Prince William, which allegedly resulted in William shoving him into a dog bowl at Nottingham Cottage. In their 2022 docuseries, Meghan & Harry, the couple claimed that other royals had struggled to deal with their popularity.

Harry told the cameras: “The issue is when someone who’s marrying in, who should be a supporting act, is then stealing the limelight or is doing the job better than the person who was born to do this —that upsets people.”

The Sussexes first broke their silence during their March 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, with Meghan tragically claiming that she’d felt suicidal during her time as a working royal but was dissuaded from seeking mental health support, admitting: “I did not want to be alive anymore”.

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In a statement issued after the interview aired, Buckingham Palace famously remarked that “some recollections may vary”. Now, Prince Harry has emphasised his and Meghan’s commitment to the truth, in another candid conversation, this time with The Guardian.

Harry spoke with the publication during his surprise visit to Ukraine, where he has been promoting the work of his Invictus Games Foundation (IGF), which supports and champions injured veterans, while inspiring others through the power of sport and community. And one mark about telling the truth appeared to be particularly pointed.

The Duke shared how his wife, Meghan, always told him that truth “is the most efficient way to live”, explaining: “She said, ‘Just stick to the truth’. It is the thing I always fall back on. Always. And if you think like that, who would be stupid enough to lie? It takes up too much time and effort.”

Although Harry’s interviews haven’t gone down well with some royal family members over the years, the father-of-two apparently has no regrets about speaking his mind on this topic, and doesn’t feel as though he’s aired his “dirty laundry”. Indeed, he feels this was a way of “correcting” existing narratives.

Harry revealed: “I know that [speaking out] annoys some people, and it goes against the narrative. The book? It was a series of corrections to stories already out there. One point of view had been put out, and it needed to be corrected.”

“I don’t believe that I aired my dirty laundry in public. It was a difficult message, but I did it in the best way possible. My conscience is clear.”

This chat comes shortly after Harry’s flying visit to the UK for the WellChild Awards, a trip which saw him reunite with his father, King Charles III, for the first time since February 2024. It’s understood that, despite carrying out engagements in close proximity to each other over this past week, there was no meeting between Harry and his elder brother William, with the heir and the spare believed to remain virtually estranged.

There does, however, appear to be some thawing between Harry and Charles, with Harry making it clear that his dad will be his focus in the coming year. He also hinted that this week may well have paved the way for him to bring Meghan and their children, Archie, five, and Lilibet, three, for a UK visit, agreeing that his trip had “definitely” brought the prospect of a Sussex family visit closer.

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Benidorm star Crissy Rock has revealed that she’s split up from her husband Julian Buck. The actor has told fans this week that the former couple separated earlier this year, just months before their seventh wedding anniversary.

Crissy, 66, who played Solana manager Janey York on the ITV show between 2007 and 2015, married Julian in July 2018. They were said to have met when she was on a night out with co-stars whilst she was working on the sitcom.

The comedian has now announced that she “officially separated” from Julian in January, after having been estranged since last summer. She shared a statement about their relationship on social media platforms this morning.

Crissy said in the statement: “To my family, friends and followers, I want to take a moment to clarify that I am no longer with my husband, Julian. We have been estranged since June 2024 and officially separated in January of this year.”

She added in the message: “I have had no contact with him since then. Please disregard any posts or information shared from the page ‘Julian Buck’ – this page is not affiliated with me and does not represent me in any way.”

The actor concluded by expressing gratitude for fans’ “understanding”. She wrote at the end of the statement by signing it off: “Thank you for your understanding and for respecting my privacy during this time.”

Fans on Instagram took to the comments section of the post on the platform to share well wishes. One wrote to Crissy: “Sending you love.” Another said: “Thinking of you both.” A third wrote: “Sending some love & positivity your way.” Others instead reacted by simply posting heart emojis.

Crissy appeared in the first four seasons of Benidorm, with her character Janey introduced as the manager of the hotel at the centre of the sitcom. She later returned in the fifth and seventh seasons, before leaving again.

It was whilst working on the show that she met future husband Julian. They are said to have met whilst in the garden of a hotel in the location on the coast of Spain. Crissy spoke to the Mirror in 2023 about their first interaction.

She said: “We were all sitting outside. There were loads of people there and before we knew it was just me and him sitting there.” She said that after talking, they planned to keep in touch as friends and that it later turned into a romance.

Crissy said: “Never ever, ever in a million years … I’ve never looked at him that day and thought I was going to marry him. It just happened, we are like mates.” She added: “He’s ten years younger, I don’t even know what he sees in me.”

They later got married in 2018. Crissy and Julian’s wedding is said to have been movie-themed at Stockport cinema, with a host of celebrities including Tina Malone and Ricky Tomlinson reportedly among the guests who attended it.

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Kate Middleton stepped out last week wearing a cashmere top from her go-to affordable brand, Boden

Kate Middleton is known for her designer taste, with recent favourite labels for official outings ranging from Alexander McQueen to Alessandra Rich. However, she does still throw in the odd high street brand here and there, with her long-time go-to being Boden.

The Princess of Wales has been re-wearing pieces from the affordable brand since 2018, when she wore a bright red Boden coat out to a hospital visit. Last week, she turned to this trusty brand once more when she visited Marina Mill. Opting to wear Boden’s Eva Cashmere T-Shirt layered under a Bella Freud check blazer, Kate effortlessly combined designer with high street to a chic looking result.

Kate’s t-shirt is in a black colourway, which isn’t currently isn’t on offer on the brand’s website, but plenty of sizing is available in the similar charcoal shade. You can also choose from a neutral, pink or purple– all still in stock.

The Eva Cashmere T-Shirt updates a classic shape with the added softness of pure cashmere. In the charcoal shade, it has a classic, neutral look that works across seasons. The relaxed fit falls neatly between the waist and hip, giving it an easy shape that’s simple to wear. Equally suited to tailoring or denim, it layers easily and feels comfortable on its own. Cosy and versatile, it’s a piece that slips into a wardrobe with ease and will last you season after season.

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Though it’s £129, which sounds like a lot for a t-shirt, pure cashmere does come with a cost like this, even if the item is from a more affordable brand. If you’re shopping around, you can get a similarly priced version of Kate’s tee from The White Company for £120 in a gorgeous deep wine shade, or M&S offers an alpaca blend knit tee for a more affordable £46 in a charcoal colourway.

In other Kate news, she also recently headed out to a rugby match looking as polished as ever, and while her outfit was, of course, spot on, it was her jewellery that really caught our eye. Nestled under her sleek hair were a pair of Cartier’s famous Trinity earrings. which will set you back £1,630 on Harrods.

Strictly Come Dancing professional Dianne Buswell and YouTube star Joe Sugg have announced they are expecting their first child together

Strictly Come Dancing’s Dianne Buswell has been pictured heading to rehearsals as she becomes the first star to compete while pregnant.

The professional and her partner YouTube star Joe Sugg announced they are expecting their first child together on Sunday a week before the show’s launch. The couple met on the BBC One dancing show when they were paired during the 16th series in 2018. Early on Monday morning, Dianne was beaming as she shared a selfie from her car as she headed to the training room. The star has been paired up with one of this year’s celebrity contestants

While Dianne already knows her Strictly couple, viewers will have to wait for this Saturday’s launch show to find out who the Aussie star will be competing with.

On Sunday, Buswell, 36, and her partner Sugg, 34, shared a video to Instagram which showed them painting on a canvas. After multiple strokes with their brush, they unveiled their masterpiece, which depicted two stick figures holding the hands of a smaller stick figure alongside the date “2026”. The caption of the post, which was soundtracked by Sir Elton John’s Tiny Dancer, said: “Our little baby boy. We cannot wait to meet you.” Strictly judges Shirley Ballas and Motsi Mabuse and professional dancer Johannes Radebe were among those congratulating the couple in the comments. Dancer Amy Dowden added: “Still screaming, dancing and celebrating! So so happy for you both! Magical. Auntie Ames can’t wait.”

Stacey Solomon shows off her incredible pink Halloween home makeover at Pickle Cottage on Instagram, but her decorations have fans’ opinions divided

Stacey Solomon is no stranger to decorating her home for various events and occasions, and the TV presenter has just shown off her latest home makeover. On her Instagram, Stacey gave a glimpse of her Pickle Cottage decked out for Halloween in a colour palette you wouldn’t necessarily expect for spooky season: pink.

From pastel pumpkins to cute ghost ornaments, Stacey’s styling is all part of her new George at Asda homeware range, which is filled with playful takes on traditional Halloween decor.

While fans flooded Stacey’s comments with praise for the creative decorations, the reveal has also sparked some debate. Some followers said they loved Stacey’s fun spin on Halloween, while a couple others argued that it was simply too early to be putting decorations up.

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Love it or not, Stacey has once again proven her interior design skills and knack for freshening up seasonal home decoration with a playful twist.

A few of our favourites from Stacey’s collection with George include: the Pink Ghost Print Cushion, priced at £8; the Storage Books – Pack of 3, priced at £10; the Cream Pumpkin-Shaped Plate, priced at £8; and the Felt Pumpkins – Set of 5, priced at £10.

If you agree with Stacey that it’s never too early to get your Halloween decorations up and sorted, we’ve found a few more spooky buys from our favourite high street stores.

Anthropologie is one retailer in particular that is really nailing its seasonal decor. Although its pieces can be on the pricier side compared to supermarkets like Asda, Tesco, or Sainsbury’s, it has unique and high-quality buys that you can keep for Halloween to come.

This year, we’re especially loving the spooky-themed Icon Juice Glasses, priced at £14 each, as well as the Mystic Icon Taper Candles, currently on sale for £27 for two.

Dianne Buswell be making history this year as the first dancing Strictly pro – but there have been four other couples who have found both love and family through the BBC show

Dianne Buswell will be making Strictly history this year after her baby announcement at the weekend.

The 36 year old will become the first professional dancer in 21 years to perform on the BBC show with a celebrity partner while pregnant. Dianne and YouTuber Joe Sugg, who have been dating for seven years, announced on Sunday that they were expecting a baby boy in 2026 in an adorable video.

Joe, who met Dianne on Strictly in 2018 when they reached the final together, posted a video of them both painting a stick man and woman holding onto a stick child’s hands with ‘2026’ above as Elton John’s Tiny Dancer played in the background. He wrote with a heart emoji: “Our little baby boy. We cannot wait to meet you.”

The comments were flooded with congratulations from their delighted Strictly co-stars, with Claudia Winkleman writing: “SO SO HAPPY FOR YOU – amazing news. I’ll get ANY snack you need.”

While Shirley Ballas commented: “Ahhhh congratulations to you both @diannebuswell @joe_sugg. such beautiful news x.”

Former It Takes Two host Zoe Ball gushed: “Oh my my this just melted my heart completely congratulations you gorgeous ones.”

However, Vito Coppola’s comment left some fans confused as he wrote: “THIS IS BELLISSIMOOOOO. The First Strictly Baby. Cannot wait to meet him and I promise to be the best crazy Italian uncle. Congratulation guuuuuuuys I am so so soooo happy for you.”

A fan pointed out with a crying laughing emoji: “@vitocoppola There are 10+ Strictly babies Vito.” While another commented: “@vitocoppola Oh there’s a football team of them now Sugg jr will be the newest.”

Vito appears to be referring to the first Strictly ‘unborn baby’ performing on the show, as Dianne will be dancing pregnant.

But Joe and Dianne certainly aren’t the first couple to meet on the show and welcome a child together. We take a look at four other couples who found love and family on the show…

Gemma Atkinson

Just a year prior to Joe and Dianne meeting, Hollyoaks star Gemma Atkinson met pro dancer Gorka Marquez.

While the pair weren’t partnered up on the show (Gemma had danced with Aljaz Skorjanec and Gorka with Alexandra Burke), they became incredibly close behind the scenes and fell in love.

The couple went on to welcome their two children Mia, six, and Thiago, one, and are now engaged. Gemma has previously spoken candidly about the challenges that they face as a couple with their busy schedules, particularly during Strictly season.

“Gorka is a huge fan of Strictly and every year he’s buzzing with excitement about it, we all are,” she told New! magazine last year. “But then, each year he also realises that he has to be away from home and wherever his [celebrity] partner is based, he has to go to them. Before we had children it wasn’t an issue, but when you have kids, your perspective changes.

“Mia will ask, “But why do you have to go, Papa? ” and I think it makes him feel guilty. But in the grand scheme of things, we’re so lucky we can travel. I’m constantly reassuring Gorka and saying, “I’ve got this, don’t worry,” then when he goes, I’m like, “Oh gosh, I need help,” but at least he drives off in a good mood!”

Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton

It was definitely the year of love in 2018 as champions Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton soon found romance after Joe and Dianne.

At the time of the BBC competition, Stacey had been in a seven-year relationship with personal trainer Sam Tucknott, who was regularly seen cheering her on from the audience. Four months later, however, the pair split as those past rumours intensified as Stacey and Kevin embarked on the Strictly tour together.

Stacey’s ex Sam was not best pleased and went on a furious social media rampage in which he branded pro dancer Kevin an “absolute rat”. Both Kevin and Stacey were adamant there was never any crossover, however, as the latter took to X (formerly Twitter) to put her side across.

“Anyone with any adult life experience knows there are 2 sides to every story,” Stacey wrote. “I haven’t got the time or energy to correct some of the utter nonsense I’ve read on here. Re Sam, I loved him v much and only wish him happiness and success going forward.”

The couple later confirmed their romance as Kevin moved into Stacey’s flat, before they bought their first home together in west London.

Talking about their romance publicly for the fist time, Stacey admitted she was head-over-heels in a chat with BBC Radio 5’s Headliners podcast.

“I didn’t want to be such a cliché – it’s so cringe and cheesy. I want to be cooler than this,” she said. “He is an angel. He is the kindest man I’ve met.”

Fast forward to in January 2023, their perfect picture was completed by the arrival of their daughter Minnie. Stacey later gushed over Kevin in a post for Valentine’s Day, describing him and Minnie as the “loves of [her] life”. She added: “I dunno what I did to get so lucky.” Kevin later admitted on Stacey’s podcast, Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over: Family And Me, that he wouldn’t allow the tot to follow in his dance footsteps.

Rachel Riley and Pasha Kovalev

Rachel Riley and Pasha Kovalev met after being paired together all the way back on the 2013 series of Strictly. Countdown star Rachel had marriedmillionaire businessman Jamie Gilbert just a year prior to performing on the show, but announced that they were divorcing while she was in the middle of competing.

She had explained at the time that her various TV commitments had taken a toll on their short marriage. “At that time, I was doing Countdown and The Gadget Show, so I was living in Essex, I was filming in Birmingham and in Salford, and then filming Strictly in Borehamwood, with a bit of It Takes Two in London,” she had told GQ.

“I was getting three hours’ sleep a night, trying to fit in all these things… All you want to do at that time is the dancing because you know you’ve got to do this thing in a few days.”

It wasn’t until a year later that Pasha and Rachel officially began dating and surprised friends and family with a whirlwind Las Vegas wedding in 2019.

“So, we were never bothered about getting married, but then we just were like ‘shall we just get married’ once were were having the baby,” Rachel previously told the Express.

“And actually, we had such a nice day. It was really lovely. But we only decided the week before.”

Rachel and Pasha have since welcomed their two daughters, five-year-old Maven and three-year-old Noa, and often keep fans up to date with their lives via social media.

Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff

That same year that Rachel and Pasha met, so did rugby player Ben Cohen and dancer Kristina Rihanoff when they were paired together in 2013.

Unfortunately, Ben had been married at the time and later divorced his wife Abby before going on to date Kristina. At the time of their split, heartbroken Abby labelled Kristina a “f***ing Russian dancer” but later said she regretted the comments.

Three years after meeting on the BBC show, Kristina and Ben welcomed their daughter Milena, who Kristina often proudly posts about on her social media after she followed in her mum’s footsteps and took up dancing.

In 2023, Ben popped the question to Kristina during an idyllic family holiday to the Maldives last November, later revealing their plans to ‘marry in secret’ but admitted now they are both very focused on their businesses. He told MailOnline: “You know, having a business in today’s world is really tough. Not only do we have to deal with Brexit, we’ve gone into Covid and all the lockdowns and three wars and a recession.”

Sadly, however, things have not gone well for the couple and they have since split. A source said earlier this year: “For the sake of their family, they have chosen to go forward as separate individuals. Those close to them who know them as a couple had hoped they would be able to work things out but for now it’s over and it looks like there’s no going back.”

Last year, the pair appeared in court where they said they were so in debt they are “fighting not to lose their relationship and their home”. They were in court after Kristina was caught driving her Audi Q3 without insurance. The court slapped her with six points on her licence but faced a ban for totting up 12 penalty points.

She had been to court to appeal the conviction for driving without insurance with her husband appearing as her witness. During the hearing, Ben said he had ignored a text from his insurance company.

In a sad admission, Ben said: “I get up every day and I fight not to lose everything to lose my cars and my house and my relationship. I’m so overdrawn … We’re still living together. We’re in it financially.

“We’re in business together so the problem is that we opened the business before Covid and we got the worst severities of it and in all honestly this is just another problem for me to deal with. I’ve got credit cards that are overdrawn. I’m overdrawn in both accounts. We have got a business debt because of Covid. It’s just another problem.”

During the court hearing, at one point, Kristina rushed off after saying she felt sick and holding her hands over her mouth. She also sobbed throughout the proceedings and said she needed to drive to judge ballroom competitions across the country as it earned her £2,000-a-month and she also needed to be able to drive to take her kids to school.

The pair had also reportedly put their five-bedroom home in Sywell, Northamptonshire on sale. The home was put up for sale for £1.75million and was described as a “superb family home offering spacious and versatile living accommodation” and also had a “impressive kitchen breakfast/family living area”.