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E4 revealed the 18 people who are attempting to wed a total stranger in an effort to find true love earlier this month.

Fans have been counting down the days for the return of Married At First Sight UK after a dramatic series last year, which saw risky pranks at the altar, tears and mismatches. The experts have promised the 10th series will be the ‘most memorable yet’ with ‘a lot of firsts’ for the E4 programme.

Earlier this month, E4 revealed the 18 people who are stepping out of their comfort zones to tie the knot with a complete stranger in hopes of finding true love. The new series has gone international, with groom Davide, 33, hailing from Portugal and bride Julia-Ruth, who is a professional dancer, coming all the way from New Zealand in the pursuit of love.

Additionally, there are Aberdeen contestants Sarah, Sarah, a recruitment consultant, and Edinburgh-based Paul, who is retired and looking for the one.

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A few of the stars shared their hopes and worries before the cameras begin to show their whirlwind romances.

Speaking about marrying a stranger, Rebecca, 32, said to the Mirror: “If I think about it too much, I panic. I keep thinking to myself, he feels the same as I do right now. He must be nervous and wondering what I am like. I’m so excited to take part in this with him.

She has her ” fingers crossed” that the experts will match her with someone she’ll get along with, but she reveals she’ll be turned off if they’re emotionally unavailable.

She’s enthusiastic about the experiment, but she acknowledges importance of first impressions, saying, “I’m sure I’ll judge him on his height!” Since I’m quite tall, it’s important that he also be. I simply need to feel the instant attraction for him as I approach him.

Sarah, 31, has been single for a while and wants to meet the “man of her dreams” because she had “terrible taste in men in the past.”

The contestant, who stated, “I’m putting everything in this,” has many concerns about the experiment. She insisted she’ll be open-minded because “I’ve been matched with him for a reason,” after revealing she doesn’t like anyone over the age of 18 who uses Snapchat or anyone with a negative attitude.

When Sarah was questioned about letting a total stranger live with, she responded, “I’m looking forward to that. I’m so excited for this because it’s going to be a lot and intense! We’ll have fun regardless because I’m a good host to live with.

Retired Paul doesn’t have many “red flags” to watch out for in relationships. He only asks that the individual be genuine. When asked if he believed in trusting the experts, the 60-year-old said, “No! Should I have faith in them?

The actress is concerned about what his girlfriend’s reaction will be to him as they approach. He acknowledged that he was concerned about what other people thought of me. You can build on that, but I’m concerned about how they’ll perceive me.

Paul hopes to emerge from the experiment as a “better human being,” despite being a little “nervous and cautious.”

Married at First Sight on E4 can be viewed or streamed starting at 9 p.m. on Sunday, September 21.

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According to an expert, the Princess of Wales will be involved in even more of the same things in the future. She helped the King and Queen on the recent US state visit to the UK.

The Royal Family pulled out all of the stops for US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania during their state visit to the UK.

And it was the Prince and Princess of Wales who stepped up, greeting their important visitors to Windsor Castle and putting on a very glamorous display at an incredible state banquet. Kate dazzled in her show-stopping gold Phillipa Lepley gown and the Lover’s Knot tiara as she sat right next to the president, who hailed her as “so radiant and so healthy and so beautiful”.

And even though it may have been a daunting role for Kate, given how much was at stake during the visit, royal expert Jennie Bond says Kate is now becoming poised and confident on the world stage.

The former BBC royal correspondent told the Mirror: “A sure-fire way to impress Donald Trump is to wheel out the undoubted star of the royal family: the Princess of Wales. Since her cancer treatment, her appearances are less frequent – and that makes the impact even greater.

The President must have been incredibly happy to have Catherine and William arriving at Windsor from the helicopter steps. He described the Princess as beautiful as he arrived.

“To play a leading role in such a significant state visit must be a daunting responsibility. However, I was struck by Catherine’s confidence and poise on the international stage right now.

It’s a big ask for a middle-class Berkshire girl to find herself seated next to the president of the United States, who is polarizing and unpredictable. Without making any remarks that might be seen as politically incorrect, her job was to keep him entertained and engaged.

She accepted that his lavish praise for her made her feel good, and she accepted it with joyous satisfaction. She looked like she was in a million dollars, and of course, she deserved some praise.

As future King and Queen, when William takes to the throne, state visits will become part and parcel of life in the top jobs. Just as King Charles and Queen Camilla were in charge of hosting the Trumps during their stay at Windsor Castle, helping to organise military displays and an exhilarating Red Arrows flypast, this duty will eventually fall to William and Kate.

Trump’s military ceremonial welcome marked the largest military ceremonial welcome for a state visit to the UK in living memory due to the unprecedented scale and spectacle of the ceremony.

However, Jennie believes that Kate and William have the benefit of having both of them gain valuable experience as seasoned diplomats because of their involvement in these events in the future.

She continued, “Catherine will be hosting numerous state visits from world leaders in the upcoming decades.” She and William will carry out the government’s orders, just like the King and the late Queen.

According to their hosts, whether they like it or not, they will put on a show for their guests in order to boost bilateral relations and fulfill our political leaders’ wishes.

No matter what their opinions of them be, the monarch must also have these people stay in their homes, in addition to all the pageantry.

“In 1978 the late Queen had to host the Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife at Buckingham Palace. The morning after the state banquet, the Queen was walking her corgis in the Palace gardens when, to her horror, she saw her guests taking a stroll. She hid behind a bush so that she didn’t have to talk to them any longer.

“Catharine is certain that her father-in-law and the late Queen have already taught her a lot. At such a time, she is the crown jewel. Camilla obviously does her part, and Camilla does it well, but the princess is what adds the wow factor to the banquet table.

Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal, both of whom dance in the O2 Arena, shared a steamy kiss while confirming they are an item.

In a very public display of affection, Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal have delighted fans by finally confirming they are items.

Strictly Come Dancing pair Pete, 36, and Jowita, 31, performed a dance they had been saving for the BBC show’s final – which they narrowly missed out on – at London’s O2 Arena last night, as part of a special live show for Pete and pal Sam Thompson’s Staying Relevant podcast.

The steamy dance between Pete and Jowita, which began with Jowita performing silks while being suspended in the air before falling into Pete’s arms, was performed by the dancers Jowita and Way Down We Go by KALEO. The pair then perform the steamy routine, which is captured on camera three times as it is performed, causing a wave of cheers for the audience.

Fans of Pete and Jowita’s romance have referred to the moment as a “hard launch” of the couple’s romance in the comments section of the podcast’s recent post.

Sam and Pete are seen hugging and waving to the crowded audience at the O2 in the Instagram post shared by the Staying Relevant podcast. “From two guys who didn’t know each other to two best mates headlining the O2,” the text reads over the clip.

Many couldn’t help but wonder about Pete’s newly confirmed romance, even though the pair were praised in the comments. One questioned, “Was that a hard launch?”

A third wrote, “You &amp, jowita,” with a heart-eyed emoji, while a third said, “Hard launch for Pete and Jowita.”

Former The Only Way Is Essex star Pete and Jowita first met when they were paired together for last year’s series of Strictly, while Pete was dating Maura Higgins, but it has been reported that things didn’t turn romantic until recently, months after Pete’s split from Maura.

According to a source, Pete and Jowita have been dating for a while and are now a couple.

There was no crossover with Maura, but they kept things professional on Strictly.

However, Pete and Pete became increasingly close once more after they started dating, and the relationship has since grown stronger.

Rumours of a romance started as Pete posted a gushing tribute to Jowita on her birthday in August. He shared a series of photos from their time on Strictly together, alongside some cosy selfies and wrote in the caption: “It was never about dancing…it was about the person. Happy birthday @jowitaprzystal – I am so blessed and grateful to have you in my life. My pocket rocket” followed by a black heart emoji.

Fans posed questions about their romance in the comments, with one saying, “This is 100 percent who he’s in love with,” while another said, “So i guess it’s her, who’s pete in love with.” He did acknowledge that the podcast remained relevant. A third person added, “We’d love it if Pete and Jowita were together because they’re so compatible.”

Duncan Lancombe, a spokesman for Kate Middleton, claims that Prince Harry needs to take the lead right away if bridges are to be built.

Prince Harry may have thawed the ice with his father, King Charles, but when it comes to the Princess of Wales, relations still appear decidedly frosty. And nothing showed that more than Kate’s silence on Harry’s birthday last week. The Duke of Sussex turned 41 on 15 September, just days after his historic meeting with his father at Clarence House – their first face-to-face contact in 19 months. While their get-together lasted just 54 minutes, it has been seen as a major step forward in rebuilding royal bridges.

But there are no signs of a reconciliation between Harry and his brother or sister-in-law – and royal expert Duncan Larcombe believes their lack of public acknowledgement of his big day is a sure sign they’re still smarting from his past wrongdoings. “Kate’s silence spoke a thousand words,” Duncan exclusively tells OK!. “They didn’t post anything on his birthday, which the royals normally would do. So Kate’s message was loud and clear: the ball’s not in our court, Harry – it’s in yours.”

The couple can only express their emotions through subtle signals, according to Duncan. This is in addition to strict royal protocol. Their silence seems to have done the talking in this situation. He states that neither Kate nor William are able to discuss Harry and Meghan in public.

They are forced into subtle, secret messaging, which they appear to be, because they have been silent throughout all of this and pulled it off. They stay silent and avoid him at all costs because they aren’t ready to call Harry’s bluff by sending him happy birthday wishes.

But Harry, who has expressed a desire to bring his children back to the UK for visits and have them enjoy a closer relationship with their British family, is said to be eager to paper over the cracks in their relationship.

“I think Harry would love William and Kate to forgive him and Meghan,” says Duncan. Why wouldn’t he want to enter after being cast out of the cold? However, I’m not sure Harry has done anything to publicly declare his desire to reconcile with his brother and Kate and to allow the past to pass.

Meghan is living her dream and advancing her own career, with no indication of wanting reconciliation with any of the royals. She doesn’t seem to care what Kate and William think of her, in my opinion. She is a member of “My Meghan Bubble.”

Last year, to mark Harry’s milestone 40th, both Charles and William and Kate publicly sent birthday messages. “Wishing The Duke of Sussex a very happy 40th birthday today!” the royal family ’s official social media handle posted in 2024. The post was re-shared on the Prince and Princess of Wales’ joint page. Yet this year, the silence was deafening.

Some believe this could be due to the fact that the prince’s recent birthday isn’t a significant milestone, while others have argued that the royals may have been preoccupied with President Donald Trump ’s recent state visit.

However, Duncan claims that Kate and William are struggling to forgive and forget and that their disagreement from last week and the fact that they didn’t get together during Harry’s four-day visit to the UK.

During their 2021 Oprah interview, Meghan claimed that Kate made her cry – and not the other way around, during their now-infamous row over bridesmaid dresses. The accusation was later corroborated in Prince Harry ’s 2023 memoir, Spare.

Let’s not forget that Kate was called a liar by Harry and Meghan, which Duncan says is difficult to overlook. They made the clear choice to avoid Harry when he was back in the UK, and they almost made it clear that they didn’t want to meet him.

“They are not ready for any reconciliation, but King Charles was probably put in a difficult situation with Harry’s high-profile visit, as in some ways if he hadn’t met him, it would have been a bigger story. But that doesn’t apply to William. He’s still reeling at his brother because of the things that have been said about his wife – the personal attacks on Kate.”

The same couldn’t be said about Harry’s sister-in-law, who he had a crush on at home in Montecito, California, where he celebrated with Meghan, 44, and their two children, Prince Archie, six, and Princess Lilibet, four, respectively.

On the morning of his big day, Meg posted a photo of her husband in military uniform, writing, “Oh hi, Birthday Boy” followed by a fire emoji. And just days earlier she publicly toasted Harry’s return to the US with a snap showing two glasses of her As Ever rosé wine, along with the caption, “When your beau is back in town…”.

The Duke of Sussex’s meeting with the King appears to have opened the door for future visits, despite it is known that William and Kate may not be eager for Harry to return to the UK. When asked if he wanted to return his children to Britain, he said, “This week definitely brought that closer.

Sadly, we can’t see William or Kate rushing to a cosy family reunion any time soon. “The last time Harry was in London, William wasn’t even in the same country,” says Duncan. “And it’s three years since the Queen’s death, which marks three years since Kate and William even saw Harry and Meghan. That’s a long time. They’re still clearly furious with Harry, so never mind reconciliation – it looks like relations are as sour as ever.”

When she and her young daughter unannounced the Princess of Wales, who had a very relatable question, shocked regulars in a South London pub.

As every parent knows, you have to be prepared for any unexpected situation when you’re travelling with young children. This rule still stands for royalty, as the Princess of Wales knows all too well.

When Princess Charlotte was just three years old, she reportedly sprung a very relatable scenario onto her mother, forcing their royal convoy to make a dramatic stop at a pub in South London.

When the youngster apparently informed her mother, who was then known as the Duchess of Cambridge, that she needed to use the restroom, the pair apparently were driving a black Range Rover through the capital.

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In 2018, they walked in hand-in-hand to ask if they could use the facilities outside The Phoenix pub in Stockwell while looking for the nearest bathroom.

A plain-clothes woman, thought to be a protection officer, entered the bar before Kate and Charlotte, now 10, and inquired if a young girl could use the restroom. Soon, the royal mother and daughter followed.

When the royals entered the pub, shocked patrons could not believe their eyes, and they were immediately taken aback by how normal the situation was.

Maggie McKinney, a regular at the pub, told MailOnline at the time: “I was sitting in my usual chair and when I looked up I saw Kate Middleton, I mean the Duchess of Cambridge and her daughter Princess Charlotte.

“The little kiddie just trotted in with her mum, went to the toilet and then trotted out. They could not have been in the pub for more than ten minutes. They seem very nice, totally normal. Princess Kate was holding her daughter’s hand. Princess Charlotte was just any other little girl.”

Kate has always prioritized her family, even when her royal duties fall short. Last week, she made a subtle but powerful statement about her priorities while visiting two textile factories.

She travelled to Suffolk and Kent to showcase the excellence of the British textile industry , using her outfit to send a touching tribute to her children and her husband, Prince William .

When she tried her hand at silk screen printing at Marina Mill in Kent, the Princess was snapped wearing a piece of personalised gold jewellery that read ‘GCL’: the initials of her three children George , Charlotte and Louis. The necklace stood out against Kate’s black top, as she proudly displayed where her priorities lie.

In addition to the sweet necklace, the Princess of Wales wore a grey suit from designer Bella Freud, which featured the Prince of Wales check, in another subtle nod to her husband, Prince William.

Many people believe that her husband and three young children will always be her top priority despite her royal responsibilities.

Amanda Owen, the father of their nine children, and our Yorkshire Farm’s Amanda Owen exclusively talk about her divorce, family, and finding someone special.

Amanda Owen, aka The Yorkshire Shepherdess, and her husband Clive, who first met in 1996 when 21-year-old Amanda visited Ravenseat Farm to collect a ram, spent more than a decade as a golden couple of the countryside. Viewers watched the parents of Nine Children, Raven, Reuben, Miles, Violet, Sidney, Annas, Clemmy, and Nancy while tending to their idyllic but demanding slice of stunning Yorkshire land as the stars of Channel 5’s wildly popular series Our Yorkshire Farm.

While the couple are now separated, they continue to farm and co-parent together, and, as a nation, we seem no less fascinated by their life. Amanda, who claims to be 51 but admits she’s “useless when it comes birthdays,” has a typically manic morning when we catch up to discuss her new children’s book Christmas Tales From The Farm.

The youngest children have gone back to school this week and the first hour of the day was filled with a flood of queries relating to missing school shoes and bus timetables, topping up quadbikes with oil and hunting for various lunch boxes.

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That said, Amanda still manages to looks like a woman in full control – even rather glamorous, with a dash of mascara and some pink lipstick. She laughs, “Oh, those are non-negotiables for me.” “I need five minutes every day to put on a bit of mascara and lip colour. I don’t feel like myself if I don’t finish dinner before dinner. It’s just who I am.

However, it’s a slippery slope. I always swore I’d never wear joggers, but the other day I did borrow a pair of Sidney’s jogging pants to throw over a pair of leggings. I’m okay with wearing things backward or with holes in them. I do have leggings at the moment with a hole in them… a cow tried to eat them. “

Amanda frequently offers fantastic, frequently hilarious tidbits about farm life. The family’s hat and scarf collection, she points out, is a little” crispy”, due to it spending months on the back of the range cooker.

She smiles, but it’s more about hiding what’s beneath. “I paint my nails, too. Oh, and I have a sore finger because I got it squashed by the skid steer when I was moving a log for the fire. “

She goes on to list the “big bruise” on her leg, which she claims was caused by an untrained sheep during shearing. So yes, I’ve got nice strong arms, but don’t look too closely because you’ll find I’ve got lumps taken out of them and bruises everywhere. “

Amanda has long shed the expectation that she should behave or dress like a” stereotypical “farmer’s wife – whatever that may look like, nowadays. She is determined that Ravenseat will remain a come-as-you-like safe space where there is “certainly no place for misogyny.” She wears her mascara and lippy wherever it is raining or shine, sheep or no sheep.

” I took a video call in the sheep pens the other day, which I can do now that we have WiFi in there, “she says”. Goodness me, you don’t like how you look when you work there, the person on the line said. At that point I had a sheep between my knees, because I was midway through shearing.

“Clemmy was also putting the sheep in a headlock, and she was ready to tip it up.” She was holding it with one hand, because technique is more than body strength. What was a prom dress with a big bow around the middle, not the festival wellies that last about three seconds on a farm, she had on properly wellies with steel-toes.

” It really doesn’t matter a hoot what you wear or look like, the proof is in the pudding. People will inquire if I’ve brought my sheepdog when I’m traveling. Why would I do that? I am free to present any evidence to anyone. You don’t expect a doctor to walk about with a stethoscope around their neck to prove they do their job, do you? The farming community can sniff out b******t at a thousand paces, and the saying goes, “all the gear and no idea.”

Amanda appears to be at a crossroads right now. The farming industry, she says, is facing a lot of uncertainty, with conversations around best use of our farmland and countryside, and ongoing debates about water quality, environmental impact, animal welfare and, of course, the consumer prices of our farmed goods.

She says the stresses these conversations can place on farmers are still hardly ever discussed. She can clearly remember the social devastation caused by the 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic –which led to the culling of somewhere between 6.5 million and 10 million animals in the UK – and still worries about the future of her chosen career path.

The stress and strains of daily life are well known, and the resultant mental health is often the focus, but in cities are not. But there are just as many pressures, albeit different ones, in the countryside.

There was a significant gap between the rural countryside and the urban population in 2001, as I recall. What was happening was cataclysmic – like a Covid lockdown, but just for the country. I believe that people are unaware of the possibilities for farming. It isn’t always idyllic. Although this is a 24-hour, seven-day a week, 365-day-a-year job, I realize it’s a cliché.

With that in mind, she doesn’t expect “for one second” that all the children – who are aged between nine and 24 – will remain working at Ravenseat, which has been farmed for more than 1, 000 years. She sees it more as a springboard, giving them the tools to succeed wherever they choose.

There are many aspects of the Owens’ life that resemble those in a children’s book from a bygone era, despite the fact that it isn’t “always idyllic.”

“I’ll often think, where’s so and so kid? And they’ll have just left somewhere,” she smilely sighs. “They’ve got such a freedom. Although it sounds very Enid Blyton, they typically return from their expeditions complaining that something is wrong and that a dead sheep will be found at the bottom of a cliff.

” The other day one of them found an eyeball, then some helium balloons that someone had released with a photo and the name ‘ Steve ‘ on them. They sat there until their voices became murky, of course. Good, clean countryside fun! “

The funniest moments in the family are now included in Amanda’s most recent children’s book, Christmas Tales From the Farm. There’s the time they found an escaped reindeer in a field, and the three baby goats who like to munch on the kids ‘ homework and socks, as well as the family tradition of hosting their own Winter Olympics on the frozen land.

Amanda acknowledges that the finished product didn’t start off that way, despite being a delightfully illustrated collection of enjoyable stories.

” When I went to the publishers I had to say, ‘ I don’t have any sort of presentation because I’ve just been busy chasing a reindeer around the farm, ‘ which became one of the stories in the book. And I had a terrible time sticking to deadlines when writing it. It would reach the point of getting threats from the publisher before I’d turn in the work! I’d put my laptop to bed and write it down, and then I would wake up in the morning with it on my chest, hoping the battery would shut off before the laptop shut down.

“But it wasn’t ‘work’ as such, it was just a case of remembering some of the fun moments we’ve had and writing them down. Like the time someone left the doors open at night and we woke up to find a hedgehog running around downstairs… and the time we had to dig all the sheep out of the snow.”

And while Our Yorkshire Farm – the show that made Amanda and her family household names, pulling in more than 3 million viewers – ended in 2022, Amanda and her family are still on our screens renovating a ruined farmhouse with Channel 4 ’s Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive And The Kids which has just been recommissioned for a further two series.

It came as a shock to many in 2022 when Amanda and Clive announced the end of their marriage – but not their working relationship or living arrangements. Amanda is still single despite dating both after splitting up. But she’s not lonely, and even though she and Clive still live at the same address, there are often, quite literally, acres between them.

She ponders, “I’m surrounded by people, and one of them is Clive, who I’m separated from, but sometimes it feels like I’m not.” “Like this morning, when I thought, ‘ Why are your socks on the floor? ‘

We’d probably have killed each other, with real character clashes and other things, if we had all lived together in a tiny space. But our ‘ home ‘ is pretty spacious, there are a lot of fields between us. There is plenty of room for you to lose yourself because it takes a whole day to walk the farm’s perimeter, she claims.

I feel like I’m living through my children because my house is so busy. With nine kids, my home is never empty – the people have multiplied and there’s often someone random asleep on the couch! Therefore, it would take a certain person to be able to handle the situation in terms of relationships. And my ex Clive still being an enormous part of my life. A sense of humor would be required as well!

Amanda’s” me time “is on her horse, she says. Her favorite ride-along experiences are those where she can sneak out and quietly ride alone. Finding time for date nights might also pose a problem. She says, “Watching people drown for three hours wasn’t my bag,” and Titanic (which came out in 1997) was the last movie she saw at a theater.

I don’t really lack love, in fact. If it happens, great, if it doesn’t, there’s plenty for me to be getting on with, isn’t there?! “

Amanda Owen’s Christmas Tales From the Farm is available now (Puffin, £14.99), visit www.waterstones.com. Amanda is on tour from 5 November to 7 December, seenothird. . uk/live-shows/amanda-owen