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Celebrity Big Brother star James Jordan has shared his thoughts on this weeks antics on the ITV show as he calls out Chris Hughes as a ‘gameplayer’

Former Celebrity Big Brother star James Jordan has revealed that he thinks Chris Hughes is the biggest game player in the house this year. Chris, who shot to fame on Love Island back in 2017, has formed a close friendship with Dance Moms icon JoJo Siwa, but some fans of the ITV show have suggested that he has only done so to gain publicity, airtime, and followers – and it seems like James agrees.

Over the past ten days, Chris, 32, has grown closer and closer to JoJo, 21, as some viewers have even been left feeling ‘uncomfortable’ by how tactile they are and how much they express their fondness for one another through physical touch. Their close bond is even more controversial due to the fact that JoJo has a girlfriend back in the US.

As their connection only seems to be getting stronger, former Celebrity Big Brother alum James, 46, has shared his opinion on Chris, claiming that he thinks the reality TV star is playing a huge game. “Chris is playing a game,” he said. “And I’m not necessarily saying that in a bad way. It is a game and some people choose to play it. I never did.

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“I think he’s done his research and I think he knows what will get him camera time. What bloke draws themselves a massive bath and blows bubbles? He’s a smart bloke. His career is down to his social media following and he’s latched himself on to JoJo, who has the most amount of followers. It may just be a coincidence but what can I say, I’m cynical.”

When it comes to his experience in the iconic house, James told The Mirror that when you’re in the environment, you can immediately tell when someone is playing a game in comparison to when someone is being authentically themselves.

The Strictly Come Dancing star who is currently working with Betway, said: “It’s easy to see when someone isn’t being themselves. Because even though emotions are heightened to an extent, you can tell when someone is doing something because they know it will make great TV.

“Like when Frenchy cut up Leslie Jordan’s shorts. That was insane behaviour and purely for the cameras. Same with Jedward during my All Stars series. I believe they just put on a show for the camera and when they’re in private, they act totally differently. I don’t buy it.”

When asked who he would like to win the show, James opted for an unlikely choice. “I like Daley Thompson. He’s really normal and is just being himself. He’s down to earth and not putting on a facade.

“People might think he’s boring because he’s not getting involved in the drama but if you’re living with a load of wild people trying to compete for camera time, you’re gonna distance yourself from that if you’re not interested. He had a fantastic, authentic career, which I respect and he has nothing to prove to anyone.”

“Jack is great too. He’s a wind-up like me and that’s why he’s been nominated. But he’s got a big fan following and I loved that he called out how weird it was for the housemates to hug him for surviving eviction when they’d nominated him in the first place. I like Donna too. She’s really funny.”

Dozens of letters sent to The Beatles by fans from across the world will go on display for the first time after being sent to several of Ringo Starr’s home addresses

Bizarre fan mail sent to The Beatles in their heyday is to feature in a new exhibition put together by a devoted collector. The letters of yesteryear were written by besotted teenagers to Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison and sent to Ringo Starr’s homes in London, Liverpool and Surrey.

Some were addressed with door numbers the wrong way around. One stated simply: ‘Ringo Starr, Liverpool, England’. There were requests like ‘Please give to Paul’ or ‘Please give to John’. Yet, somehow, they all ended up in the hands of the Beatles drummer. Many asked individual band members to write back to them directly, and had return addresses both inside and on the outside of the envelopes. They are to feature in a new exhibition inspired by “100 letters to Ringo” from fans as far afield as Australia, Brazil, and Spain.

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Memorabilia collector Joseph Robert O’Donnell has amassed the collection of fan mail dating from Sept., 1965 to Jan., 1966. They ended up with Roger Hopkins, who was Ringo’s ‘odd job man’ at his ‘Sunny Heights’ property in Weybridge, Surrey. Roger worked for the star at the height of his fame, and lived in a caravan on the property.

He and his then girlfriend Iris, who later became his wife, would occasionally socialise with Ringo and his first wife, Maureen Cox. hey married in 1965 and divorced in 1975. Their marriage produced three children: Zak, Jason, and Lee Starkey.

Joseph, 28, of North Shields, North Tyneside, said: “There are 84 letters in total, and more than half of them have clear return addresses. “I have written letters to these fans, hoping that someone who knows them still lives at the old addresses. The goal is to obtain a further 16 letters and exhibit these fascinating pieces of Beatles history as ‘100 Letters to Ringo’.

“I’d also love to speak to any Royal Mail workers from this time, to learn more about the volume of letters sent to The Beatles”. Roger, of Wokingham, has fond memories of his time with Ringo.

The Surrey home was often besieged by fans. Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison were regular visitors. “John usually turned up on his moped,” Roger recalled. “One winter’s day, as John was leaving, he skidded and fell off. There were lots of female fans gathered outside.

“They all rushed over to help John. When I went to check on him, he just grinned and said he was fine. The fans were gobsmacked at the chance to touch and talk to John Lennon.

“He signed autographs for all of them, got back on his moped and headed home.” The letters cover an important period in the Beatles history.

Their album Rubber Soul, released in 1965, saw a shift to sophisticated songwriting and experimentation, paving the way for their later psychedelic work. The group had just completed their second film, Help!, and continued to dominate the charts worldwide. Their success meant they were busy touring, recording, and appearing on TV. Ringo happily answered fanmail until 2008, when he announced that he would no longer accept nor sign autographs and correspondence.

In 1991, Ringo featured in an episode of ‘The Simpsons’ when Marge reveals that she was once a huge fan and had sent him letters along with portraits she painted of him.

Ringo rented his flat in Montague Square, London, to guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, before evicting him. John Lennon and Yoko Ono were staying there when they were arrested for drug possession, and posed naked there for the ‘Two Virgins’ album.

All the letters, along with the names of the fans Joseph hopes to contact, are on his website: www.josephrobertodonnell.com.

Dozens of letters sent to The Beatles by fans from across the world will go on display for the first time after being sent to several of Ringo Starr’s home addresses

Bizarre fan mail sent to The Beatles in their heyday is to feature in a new exhibition put together by a devoted collector. The letters of yesteryear were written by besotted teenagers to Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison and sent to Ringo Starr’s homes in London, Liverpool and Surrey.

Some were addressed with door numbers the wrong way around. One stated simply: ‘Ringo Starr, Liverpool, England’. There were requests like ‘Please give to Paul’ or ‘Please give to John’. Yet, somehow, they all ended up in the hands of the Beatles drummer. Many asked individual band members to write back to them directly, and had return addresses both inside and on the outside of the envelopes. They are to feature in a new exhibition inspired by “100 letters to Ringo” from fans as far afield as Australia, Brazil, and Spain.

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Memorabilia collector Joseph Robert O’Donnell has amassed the collection of fan mail dating from Sept., 1965 to Jan., 1966. They ended up with Roger Hopkins, who was Ringo’s ‘odd job man’ at his ‘Sunny Heights’ property in Weybridge, Surrey. Roger worked for the star at the height of his fame, and lived in a caravan on the property.

He and his then girlfriend Iris, who later became his wife, would occasionally socialise with Ringo and his first wife, Maureen Cox. hey married in 1965 and divorced in 1975. Their marriage produced three children: Zak, Jason, and Lee Starkey.

Joseph, 28, of North Shields, North Tyneside, said: “There are 84 letters in total, and more than half of them have clear return addresses. “I have written letters to these fans, hoping that someone who knows them still lives at the old addresses. The goal is to obtain a further 16 letters and exhibit these fascinating pieces of Beatles history as ‘100 Letters to Ringo’.

“I’d also love to speak to any Royal Mail workers from this time, to learn more about the volume of letters sent to The Beatles”. Roger, of Wokingham, has fond memories of his time with Ringo.

The Surrey home was often besieged by fans. Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison were regular visitors. “John usually turned up on his moped,” Roger recalled. “One winter’s day, as John was leaving, he skidded and fell off. There were lots of female fans gathered outside.

“They all rushed over to help John. When I went to check on him, he just grinned and said he was fine. The fans were gobsmacked at the chance to touch and talk to John Lennon.

“He signed autographs for all of them, got back on his moped and headed home.” The letters cover an important period in the Beatles history.

Their album Rubber Soul, released in 1965, saw a shift to sophisticated songwriting and experimentation, paving the way for their later psychedelic work. The group had just completed their second film, Help!, and continued to dominate the charts worldwide. Their success meant they were busy touring, recording, and appearing on TV. Ringo happily answered fanmail until 2008, when he announced that he would no longer accept nor sign autographs and correspondence.

In 1991, Ringo featured in an episode of ‘The Simpsons’ when Marge reveals that she was once a huge fan and had sent him letters along with portraits she painted of him.

Ringo rented his flat in Montague Square, London, to guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, before evicting him. John Lennon and Yoko Ono were staying there when they were arrested for drug possession, and posed naked there for the ‘Two Virgins’ album.

All the letters, along with the names of the fans Joseph hopes to contact, are on his website: www.josephrobertodonnell.com.

Dozens of letters sent to The Beatles by fans from across the world will go on display for the first time after being sent to several of Ringo Starr’s home addresses

Bizarre fan mail sent to The Beatles in their heyday is to feature in a new exhibition put together by a devoted collector. The letters of yesteryear were written by besotted teenagers to Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison and sent to Ringo Starr’s homes in London, Liverpool and Surrey.

Some were addressed with door numbers the wrong way around. One stated simply: ‘Ringo Starr, Liverpool, England’. There were requests like ‘Please give to Paul’ or ‘Please give to John’. Yet, somehow, they all ended up in the hands of the Beatles drummer. Many asked individual band members to write back to them directly, and had return addresses both inside and on the outside of the envelopes. They are to feature in a new exhibition inspired by “100 letters to Ringo” from fans as far afield as Australia, Brazil, and Spain.

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Memorabilia collector Joseph Robert O’Donnell has amassed the collection of fan mail dating from Sept., 1965 to Jan., 1966. They ended up with Roger Hopkins, who was Ringo’s ‘odd job man’ at his ‘Sunny Heights’ property in Weybridge, Surrey. Roger worked for the star at the height of his fame, and lived in a caravan on the property.

He and his then girlfriend Iris, who later became his wife, would occasionally socialise with Ringo and his first wife, Maureen Cox. hey married in 1965 and divorced in 1975. Their marriage produced three children: Zak, Jason, and Lee Starkey.

Joseph, 28, of North Shields, North Tyneside, said: “There are 84 letters in total, and more than half of them have clear return addresses. “I have written letters to these fans, hoping that someone who knows them still lives at the old addresses. The goal is to obtain a further 16 letters and exhibit these fascinating pieces of Beatles history as ‘100 Letters to Ringo’.

“I’d also love to speak to any Royal Mail workers from this time, to learn more about the volume of letters sent to The Beatles”. Roger, of Wokingham, has fond memories of his time with Ringo.

The Surrey home was often besieged by fans. Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison were regular visitors. “John usually turned up on his moped,” Roger recalled. “One winter’s day, as John was leaving, he skidded and fell off. There were lots of female fans gathered outside.

“They all rushed over to help John. When I went to check on him, he just grinned and said he was fine. The fans were gobsmacked at the chance to touch and talk to John Lennon.

“He signed autographs for all of them, got back on his moped and headed home.” The letters cover an important period in the Beatles history.

Their album Rubber Soul, released in 1965, saw a shift to sophisticated songwriting and experimentation, paving the way for their later psychedelic work. The group had just completed their second film, Help!, and continued to dominate the charts worldwide. Their success meant they were busy touring, recording, and appearing on TV. Ringo happily answered fanmail until 2008, when he announced that he would no longer accept nor sign autographs and correspondence.

In 1991, Ringo featured in an episode of ‘The Simpsons’ when Marge reveals that she was once a huge fan and had sent him letters along with portraits she painted of him.

Ringo rented his flat in Montague Square, London, to guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, before evicting him. John Lennon and Yoko Ono were staying there when they were arrested for drug possession, and posed naked there for the ‘Two Virgins’ album.

All the letters, along with the names of the fans Joseph hopes to contact, are on his website: www.josephrobertodonnell.com.

Dozens of letters sent to The Beatles by fans from across the world will go on display for the first time after being sent to several of Ringo Starr’s home addresses

Bizarre fan mail sent to The Beatles in their heyday is to feature in a new exhibition put together by a devoted collector. The letters of yesteryear were written by besotted teenagers to Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison and sent to Ringo Starr’s homes in London, Liverpool and Surrey.

Some were addressed with door numbers the wrong way around. One stated simply: ‘Ringo Starr, Liverpool, England’. There were requests like ‘Please give to Paul’ or ‘Please give to John’. Yet, somehow, they all ended up in the hands of the Beatles drummer. Many asked individual band members to write back to them directly, and had return addresses both inside and on the outside of the envelopes. They are to feature in a new exhibition inspired by “100 letters to Ringo” from fans as far afield as Australia, Brazil, and Spain.

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Memorabilia collector Joseph Robert O’Donnell has amassed the collection of fan mail dating from Sept., 1965 to Jan., 1966. They ended up with Roger Hopkins, who was Ringo’s ‘odd job man’ at his ‘Sunny Heights’ property in Weybridge, Surrey. Roger worked for the star at the height of his fame, and lived in a caravan on the property.

He and his then girlfriend Iris, who later became his wife, would occasionally socialise with Ringo and his first wife, Maureen Cox. hey married in 1965 and divorced in 1975. Their marriage produced three children: Zak, Jason, and Lee Starkey.

Joseph, 28, of North Shields, North Tyneside, said: “There are 84 letters in total, and more than half of them have clear return addresses. “I have written letters to these fans, hoping that someone who knows them still lives at the old addresses. The goal is to obtain a further 16 letters and exhibit these fascinating pieces of Beatles history as ‘100 Letters to Ringo’.

“I’d also love to speak to any Royal Mail workers from this time, to learn more about the volume of letters sent to The Beatles”. Roger, of Wokingham, has fond memories of his time with Ringo.

The Surrey home was often besieged by fans. Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison were regular visitors. “John usually turned up on his moped,” Roger recalled. “One winter’s day, as John was leaving, he skidded and fell off. There were lots of female fans gathered outside.

“They all rushed over to help John. When I went to check on him, he just grinned and said he was fine. The fans were gobsmacked at the chance to touch and talk to John Lennon.

“He signed autographs for all of them, got back on his moped and headed home.” The letters cover an important period in the Beatles history.

Their album Rubber Soul, released in 1965, saw a shift to sophisticated songwriting and experimentation, paving the way for their later psychedelic work. The group had just completed their second film, Help!, and continued to dominate the charts worldwide. Their success meant they were busy touring, recording, and appearing on TV. Ringo happily answered fanmail until 2008, when he announced that he would no longer accept nor sign autographs and correspondence.

In 1991, Ringo featured in an episode of ‘The Simpsons’ when Marge reveals that she was once a huge fan and had sent him letters along with portraits she painted of him.

Ringo rented his flat in Montague Square, London, to guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, before evicting him. John Lennon and Yoko Ono were staying there when they were arrested for drug possession, and posed naked there for the ‘Two Virgins’ album.

All the letters, along with the names of the fans Joseph hopes to contact, are on his website: www.josephrobertodonnell.com.

It has been announced that Prince William’s Earthshot Prize has appointed Jason Knauf – who recently gave a bombshell TV interview about his time working at Kensington Palace – as its new CEO

Prince William’s Earthshot Prize has handed a top job to his former royal aide who was at the centre of the Meghan Markle bullying claims. It has been revealed that Jason Knauf has now been appointed the CEO of the Earthshot Prize, as former executive Hannah Jones has decided to step down from the position after four years leading the environmental project.

Mr Knauf previously worked at Kensington Palace for both Prince Harry and Meghan, as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales, as their communications secretary. He hit headlines when it emerged he made a bullying complaint against Meghan – emailing his concerns to William’s then-private secretary, in an apparent attempt to force Buckingham Palace to protect staff. Meghan has always strenuously denied the allegations, with her team branding them a “calculated smear campaign”.

He was formerly chief executive of William and Kate’s Royal Foundation, stepping down at the end of 2021 and helped oversee the launch of the Foundation’s Earthshot Prize – William’s £50 million environmental prize, now an independent charity, which recognises solutions, ideas and technologies that “repair the planet”.

The future king is the driving force behind the annual environmental competition, which staged its last awards ceremony in Cape Town in November, after prize-giving events were held in Singapore in 2023, Boston in 2022 and the inaugural event at London’s Alexandra Palace in 2021.

Speaking about the change, William, who is also president of the Earthshot Prize, said: “As the first CEO, Hannah has built The Prize into a world -class organisation with an incredible team delivering an annual Prize, powering a platform for speeding solutions to scale and catalysing a movement to encourage young people, spark imaginations and infuse urgent optimism across the world.

“As we look ahead to the future of The Prize and the urgent work needed to scale more inspiring solutions to the world’s greatest challenges, I look forward to working with Jason to chart the course for the next five years of The Earthshot Prize and beyond.”

Mr Knauf’s appointment comes just weeks after he gave a rare public interview where he broke his silence on the Meghan bullying row and the media storm. Speaking on 60 Minutes Australia, he explained how he wouldn’t “change anything”.

He explained: “I think it, it’s tough, but it’s probably quite good. You know someone who has been helping other people through how to deal with the public eye. You probably had to take your own medicine sometimes.

“You can’t choose just to take the fun stuff in any job. And that applies to the Prince and Princess [of Wales] as well as everyone else working for them. So I wouldn’t change anything.” When asked if he had any regrets from his time in the role, he replied: “No, it’s not what I would’ve sought, but you know, at the end of the day, you get to do an amazing job. You’ve got to take everything that comes with it.”

Also in the interview, Mr Knauf revealed that William was at his ‘lowest” after Kate was diagnosed with cancer. Both the King and the Princess of Wales were treated for cancer last year. Kate is now in remission and Charles is having ongoing treatment. He said: “Within a couple of weeks if you’re Prince William, you find out that both your wife and your father have cancer. I couldn’t believe it.”

Describing a phone call with William about Kate’s diagnosis, which was made public in March last year, Mr Knauf said: “It was awful, absolutely awful. It’s the lowest I’ve ever seen him. But the problem was that all this crazy conspiracy theory stuff kicked off in the background, online. ‘Was she really ill?’.

“But they didn’t want to say yet that she had cancer because they hadn’t told the children and they were still working through how to tell the children.” Mr Knauf said what he used to talk about the ‘most’ in the past with William was “how he and the princess were going to prepare their children for life in the public eye”.

He added: “His childhood in front of the media was quite difficult at times, and he knew that he was going to be raising his kids to deal with social media and mobile phones and all of that stuff.”