Katie Price’s marriage to her third husband was marred by toxicity, persistent infidelity and a ‘Mucky Mansion’ – now Princess Andre has spoken of her childhood pain
Growing up in the public eye was tough for Princess Andre(Image: ITV)
Princess Andre has a new reality show and The Princess Diaries is already giving us plenty of insight into her relationship with mum Katie Price.
One of the big takeaways from the the ITV show is that the 18-year-old influencer’s admission that Katie’s troubled past had led her to experience things ‘kids shouldn’t see’. “I wish I could have had a happier childhood,” she said. “I had so much on my plate at such a young age and had things at the back of my mind.”
Princess, who is the daughter of Katie’s first husband Peter Andre, was 10 when her mum split from third husband Kieran Hayler after five years together. “Mum was heartbroken and she went through a dark time and it was things kids shouldn’t see and when we needed our mum there, she wasn’t there because she had her own problems,” the teenager said on the show.
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Katie and Kieran fell head over heels when they met in 2013 but it wasn’t third time lucky for Katie(Image: Getty Images)
“I’m not healed or fully recovered from it but mum has fixed herself compared to how she was back then.”
Katie, 47, and Kieran married in Weston-Super-Mare in 2013 and went onto have two children together, Jett and Bunny. They renewed their vows in Barbados in 2016 on what was said to be a make or break holiday, with Kieran cheating on Katie multiple times throughout the course of their relationship.
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One of Kieran’s mistresses was Jane Pountney, Katie’s friend of 20 years and he cheated on her with a second pal, Chrissy Thomas. The vow renewal didn’t work – in 2017 the former glamour model found out Kieran had been unfaithful once more with their children’s nanny, Nikki Brown and the following year they went their separate ways.
“He did a lot of stuff and when they split up everything kind of went downhill,” said Princess. “My mum, obviously being heartbroken, didn’t deal with that the best way. She went through a very, very like dark time, which is understandable.”
Katie later opened up about her ‘toxic’ marriage to Kieran, blaming him for the ‘disgusting’ state of her home and her depression, which saw her want to stay sleep all day.
Katie appeared in court for sending abusive messages to Kieran’s new love(Image: PA)
The 38-year-old reality star told the Daily Mail this week he would love to apologise in person to Princess for the impact his troubled relationship with Katie had on her. “I am as sorry as I can be to Princess witnessing us go through such a horrible separation,” he said. “Leaving them was one of the hardest things I ever had to do.”
But Kieran, who revealed he longer has a relationship with his former step-children, also told the publication he had been the best step dad he could be. “I regret the way things happened but at the same time those are issues I never put around the children, they were put around the children by everything becoming so public,” he said.
The Ogun State Government says it has extended the deadline for submission of title documents for property owners/occupiers affected by the ongoing audit exercises by two weeks.
Government said the extension is aimed at giving property owners and developers more time to either present their planning permits or approach the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development and its agencies to regularise their unapproved developments.
This was contained in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the state capital, by the state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Tunji Odunlami.
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“This extension demonstrates the goodwill of the State Government in response to representations made by a cross-section of the affected property owners both in Sagamu and Ijebu-Ode and reflects its commitment to the rule of law and transparency,” the statement read.
The government emphasised that this magnanimity does not derogate from what its constitutional and statutory actions have already carried out on the matter.
It is almost six years since Salford Red Devils, under the tutelage of Ian Watson, reached the Super League Grand Final.
That trip to Old Trafford could have been a fairytale for the ages – but they were beaten by a St Helens side that began to surf the crest of one of the most dominant waves Super League has ever seen, winning four successive titles.
Watson’s side had been written off as relegation candidates going into the 2019 campaign and looked a million miles away from play-off spot challengers.
Yet his side dared to dream and, having surprised their critics as well as nurturing that season’s Man of Steel Jackson Hastings into one of the league’s top performers, things looked pretty good for Salford.
Not least because 12 months later, during a Covid-interrupted season, the club reached the Challenge Cup final but ultimately lost to Leeds Rhinos at an empty Wembley.
Fast forward to 2024 and having navigated their way through Covid, current boss Paul Rowley guided the club to an impressive fourth-placed finish in Super League and a play-off spot.
If you knew nothing else about Salford other than these three respective moments over a five-year period, then you would be forgiven for thinking that this was a club on an upward trajectory.
However, the wheels have fallen off in 2025.
A season of financial uncertainty and big defeats
Just over a month after the end of the 2024 campaign, the true pressures of Salford’s financial situation began to surface.
The club called a meeting of all Super League clubs in November to request an advance payment of money they were set to receive during this season to cover holes in their finances.
Those gaps were caused, the club said, by uncertainty over the ownership of their Salford Community Stadium home, and a few days later they were granted advanced funds.
Their plight continued into the new year and overshadowed their preparations for the 2025 season, with the Rugby Football League (RFL) ordering them to sell players shortly before a takeover by a consortium led by businessman Dario Berta was agreed on the eve of the season.
Salford’s campaign got off to the worst possible start as they fielded mostly reserve players in a record-breaking 15-try 82-0 defeat at St Helens, with the RFL later putting their team selection under investigation.
A sustainability cap imposed by the RFL at the beginning of the season because of financial uncertainty at the club was lifted but then applied again in March as monetary issues continued to bite despite the takeover going through.
Things have continued to get worse as senior players have gradually left the club, resulting in a patchwork team filled with loanees suffering a demoralising 80-6 loss to Hull FC on Sunday.
In a statement issued late on Monday evening, the Red Devils’ owners said the club would not close and that bridge funding would be “available and settled” by the end of August, adding that they remained “fully committed” to supporting the club sustainably.
Salford’s lengthy list of exits
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Of the 17-man squad that were selected for Salford’s Super League play-off defeat by Leigh Leopards at the end of last season, just five remain.
Talismanic half-back Marc Sneyd’s move to Warrington Wolves was the first in a lengthy list of departures which began in March.
Prop Brad Singleton was next, joining fellow strugglers Castleford Tigers, while Tim Lafai and Kallum Watkins followed.
Joe Bullock left on a loan move to Barrow Raiders, half-back Chris Atkin joined Singleton at Castleford, while Nene Macdonald, who was at the core of Salford’s impressive 2024 side, took unpaid leave in June.
Sam Stone moved to Warrington on loan shortly after being accused of “downing tools” by Rowley, who said he was unaware of rumours the players would eventually go on strike.
The exodus continued last week as Chris Hankinson signed for Leeds, Chris Hill joined Bradford Bulls, while Jack Ormondroyd and hometown hero Ryan Brierley left for Oldham.
In the end, five debutants turned out for Salford against Hull FC, with squad numbers going up to 63, and some players only meeting their team-mates on the coach journey to the stadium.
“It’s felt like a line in the sand moment,” Rowley told BBC Sport shortly before kick-off.
“Losing Ryan and Jack in particular, they were the last two of the originals, so to speak.
Brierley’s loss was a major blow but his decision, he said, was motivated by the worsening situation Salford are in.
“I never wanted to leave, that wasn’t my intention,” Brierley told BBC Radio Manchester.
“I was pretty adamant I would finish my career there.
“I didn’t want to be part of the demise. I never wanted to be at fault for it. I know it never would have been that way, but my gut instinct made me think that Salford would be the beneficiary of me going to Oldham.
“I’ve not felt like it’s been the Salford I fell in love with. It’s been ripped out in one way or another with the team and morale.”
Brierley said the tipping point for him was their 74-12 defeat by Hull KR in July.
“I just feel so sorry for the people still there – and Paul Rowley in particular – who, more than anyone, doesn’t deserve this,” he added.
“But for me and couple of others, we took it to the final depths of how much we could hold on for and, ultimately, the deterioration took a turn for me [against Hull KR].
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‘My optimism is now drained’ – what the fans think
The fact that Salford have even been able to compete so far into the season is in no small part down to their reserve squad, with several young players stepping up to first-team action through necessity rather than ability.
And that reliance on youth has only increased with the sustainability cap continuing to affect team selection, in addition to players departing.
“Six months ago I was so optimistic,” Shirley Bradshaw, chair of the supporters’ trust, told BBC Radio Manchester.
“My optimism has been drained now to the point where I’ve never felt so depressed going to a game.
“These lads that are playing for us and giving us their all, we know what’s expected of all of them and we know there’s no way they’re going to be able to go up against all these seasoned Super League players, as people can see by the scores that have been turning out.
“We can’t do anything more but applaud these lads for what they’re doing, even though they shouldn’t be there for this.”
Little is known about the club’s new owners and they have not spoken to the media since their arrival earlier this season.
As things stand, it is unclear whether Salford will be able to return to Super League in 2026 and how their current situation will impact on their IMG grading for next season.
Salford’s situation comes at the same time as football clubs Morecambe and Sheffield Wednesday go through stark financial problems of their own under the shadow of the Football Governance Bill being passed into law.
Bradshaw has written to culture secretary Lisa Nandy and Speaker of the House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle – a rugby league fan – about the club’s plight.
“We had a fabulous team and week-by-week we’ve lost all these players, which is the nucleus of the first team,” Bradshaw said.
“These kids are coming in and they’re doing a fantastic job… they’re putting their bodies on the line for the club.
“And I don’t think they’re getting any respect from these owners and it needs to change.”
‘The owners are working hard’ – Inu
Assistant coach and former player Krisnan Inu said that criticism of the club – including the roles of consortium members Saia Kailahi and Curtiz Brown – from fans and the media has had a negative effect.
In his pre-match press conference on Wednesday, Inu said that had the consortium not come in, the club “would have fallen apart a long time ago”.
“Obviously, there’s a lot of frustration and people are in different positions, but at the same time when the media keep throwing punches at our club, it hurts everyone and not just the players,” Inu told BBC Radio Manchester.
“They’re two humans as well. Everyone keeps naming them and tries to put their heads on sticks. I see them working hard but, honestly, the fans don’t see it.
“What I see that they’re trying to do for the club is massive, and patience might be the word, but at the same time there is a lot of frustration and when people start talking about people getting paid late, we’re all part of that and I’m no different.”
Asked about Sunday’s fan protest, Inu added that there could be positive news between now and kick-off.
Rowley ‘crumbling like everyone else’
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Salford were planning for the long-term future before this season began, having tied down Rowley to a director of rugby role from 2026 with the intention of appointing Kurt Haggerty as head coach.
However, the current head coach is more concerned about the impact the club’s difficulties are having on non-playing staff.
BBC Sport learned that last Sunday’s fixture against Hull FC had been in doubt as the club owed money for coach travel and to a launderette which had washed their kit.
Prior to the game, Rowley said that he was under the impression that the RFL had paid both bills in order to get the game on.
“I know everyone wants to drag us through until the end of the year, and they’ll bend and break every rule to allow us to do that, but it’s what happens after that. That’s what’s my concern [is] for all the staff,” he told BBC Sport.
“They know that they will be the forgotten people and that concerns me.
“It’s a persona when I’m at work and I’m in front of people – I’ve got to have a positive attitude and a body language that says that we want to win.
“I coach to win, whatever it looks like and whoever I’m coaching. I’m crumbling like everybody else.”
As for the owners, Rowley said that he does speak to them but he is unclear on what the future holds.
“I have an amount of dialogue with them and they remain positive and on task,” he added. “That gives me some hope.
Controversial adult star Bonnie Blue vanished from Instagram just hours after posting an awkward video with ‘Ibiza Final Boss’ Jack Kay – and it’s not the first time she’s vanished from the platform
Bonnie Blue’s Instagram account is nowhere to be seen(Image: bonnie_blue_xox/Instagram)
Bonnie Blue vanished from Instagram just hours after posting a video with ‘Ibiza Final Boss’ Jack Kay.
The controversial adult star – who has so far been banned from OnlyFans, a football stadium and Australia over her extreme and potentially dangerous sex stunts – went dark on the social media platform today, with her once verified account unavailable for hours.
It’s not the first time Bonnie has disappeared from Instagram. Earlier this year, her account on the Meta-owned platform went dark, as well as her TikTok page. The star’s Instagram has now dramatically returned, but it’s unclear whether it was temporarily banned or removed by Bonnie herself. It comes as ‘Ibiza Bob’ launches his music career with a cheeky single.
The sex worker is notorious for using rage bait as the cornerstone of her marketing strategy, making any move away from social media a shock decision. She recently admitted in a divsive Channel 4 documentary about her life that she uses multiple different accounts on each platform to spam users with content designed to outrage viewers and drive engagement. She also boasted about mocking and belittling women in her posts.
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Bonnie Blue met the Ibiza Final Boss for a surprise visit(Image: Supplied)
PR expert Sophie tells The Mirror of her social media scheme: “Her use of rage-baiting and hostility towards other women may also point to internalised misogyny or a competitive survival strategy in a space where attention equals power.
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“Publicly belittling others can offer a temporary illusion of control or superiority – especially when self-worth is closely tied to external validation, views, or notoriety.”
The mystery Instagram snub comes shortly after Bonnie’s strange meet-up with viral Geordie raver Jack Kay. In a wince-worthy video from the Ibiza get together, Jack is seen with his arm draped around Bonnie as he faces away from her.
Another moment shows the duo awkwardly making conversation, stood noticeably far away from each other. Following their encounter, Bonnie said in a now-deleted clip: “It was my shortest video yet. I was shocked how nervous he was.”
Bonnie has become notorious for taking part in extreme sex stunts, including sleeping with 1,057 men in the space of just 12 hours. And in recent months, her troubling career ambitions escalated to the point where OnlyFans, the site where she made a name for herself, decided she was no longer a good fit.
The controversial adult star was permanently banned from OnlyFans this summer(Image: Channel 4)
The final straw came in June, when the 26-year-old announced her plans to hold a human “petting zoo challenge”. The stunt would have seen Bonnie locked in a glass cage as strangers came to do “whatever they wanted” to her.
In Channel 4’s show ‘1,000 Men And Me: The Bonnie Blue Story’ – which sparked hundreds of Ofcom complaints – Nottinghamshire-born Bonnie boasted: “I am going to be completely helpless, tied down, gagged, choked”.
She accused OnlyFans of taking ‘unprecedented action’ against her(Image: Rob Parfitt / Channel 4)
OnlyFans had concerns about this stunt, which it claims was in violation of their Acceptable Use Policy and Terms of Service, and issued a permanent ban.
Campaigners and other sex workers have long called for the website to take action against Bonnie’s stunts but it continued to platform her until very recently.
Confirming the permanent ban in a statement, an OnlyFans spokesperson previously said: “Extreme challenge content is not available on OnlyFans and is not permitted under our Acceptable Use Policy and Terms of Service.
“Any breach of our Terms of Service results in content or account deactivation… This is why it has been necessary to take this action. We always act when users breach our terms of service.”
For Bonnie, who claims to have earned millions through the site, it was a huge blow. Shortly after the ban, she accused the OnlyFans of acting inconsistently and bowing to peer pressure.
Bonnie is also banned from Nottingham Forest Football Stadium and Australia(Image: Jam Press/@bonnie_blue_xox)
She claimed: “OnlyFans took unprecedented action by banning me for making content, while multiple other creators are mimicking my entire marketing techniques and events.”
Adding that she ensures all safety checks are in place at her events, Bonnie continued: “If I didn’t have the platform I have for the hard work I’ve done, I don’t think they would have battered an eyelid, as proven with all of these other creators.”
This isn’t the only time Bonnie has been hit with a strict ban. Earlier this year, Bonnie told the Daily Star that she’d been marched off the premises of Nottingham Forest Football Stadium last October and permanently barred.
She alleged: “I didn’t understand why, because I’d not actually done anything. Even in my TikToks leading up to the game, I never said I wanted to have sex, do any half-time bonking, nothing. I just said: ‘Hey, I’m going to be at the Nottingham game’.
“When you go to football, you’ve got football hooligans, people fighting, drinking, you’ve got so much bigger things to be concerned about, and they were just like – no, you’re banned.”
Bonnie is also banned from Australia after her plans to sleep with 18-year-old boys for content during ‘Schoolies Week’ infuriated Aussie parents. A 20,000-strong petition ensued, and her visa was revoked.
Whether or not Bonnie had been banned from Instagram is yet to be seen.
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The Mirror has reached out to Instagram and Bonnie Blue’s representatives for comment.
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Lucy Mecklenburgh has spoken about her relationship with Ryan Thomas, including revealing their sleeping arrangements at home and an update on them planning their wedding
Lucy Mecklenburgh explains sleeping arrangement with Ryan Thomas
Former TOWIE star Lucy Mecklenburgh has revealed that she is sleeping in a separate bed to fiancé Ryan Thomas, branding him a “nightmare”. She has also spoken out about the real reason her wedding planning has stalled and admitted the situation had been “quite hard”.
Lucy, 33, and former Coronation Street cast member Ryan, 41, who have been in a relationship since 2017, now live in Manchester with their two children. The couple, who got engaged two years after they began dating, gave an insight into their relationship whilst on a podcast together recently.
Ryan’s fiancée was a guest on the latest episode of the At Homes with the Thomas Bro’s podcast, which was released earlier today. Lucy spoke to Ryan and his twin brothers Scott Thomas and Adam Thomas, both 37, who co-host it.
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Lucy Mecklenburgh (right), pictured beside her brother-in-law Adam Thomas (left), has spoken about her relationship with Ryan Thomas(Image: At Home With The Thomas Bro’s/Youtube)
Asked about their sleeping arrangements at one point, Lucy said on the podcast: “Basically we sleep in separate bedrooms because Ryan is a nightmare sleeper.” She went on to say that her fiancé snores and talks in his sleep.
Scott teased: “He always wants a cuddle.” Lucy responded: “I mean, that is annoying.” Sharing her reasons for sleeping separatedly from her partner, she then shared: “Basically, Ryan snores, he sleep talks, he whacks me in his sleep.”
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She added: “Just to get a good night sleep and that’s just become normal now.” Lucy later shared that she isn’t always alone though, with her saying that she sometimes has the couple’s five-year-old son in the bed with her.
Earlier on the podcast, Lucy said that she considers the couple’s sleeping arrangements to be “normal”. Speaking about sleeping separately from her partner, she said: “I’ve spoken to other people and it’s pretty normal in their house [too].”
Later sharing his thoughts though, her brother-in-law Adam, who’s been married to his wife Caroline Thomas for eight years, said: “I couldn’t imagine not sleeping in the same bed as Caz. Like, I go to bed holding her hand sometimes.”
She’s revealed that she sleeps in a separate bedroom to Ryan, pictured, and that their wedding planning has been delayed by parenthood(Image: At Home With The Thomas Bro’s/Youtube)
Elsewhere on the podcast, Lucy was also asked about her wedding plans after getting engaged to Ryan in 2019 whilst on holiday in Italy together. She that they “do talk about” getting married but that plans got “pushed aside” once she realised that she was pregnant with their eldest child.
Lucy said: “Now we’ve got kids, it’s valuing that money for other things more than a day. […] I would love it but then, I don’t know, I find it quite hard.” Reflecting on their relationship, she said: “Well fell pregnant the night we got engaged.”
The reality TV star continued on the podcast: “I was planning the wedding from then.” Lucy recalled looking at venues and dresses for the special occasion shortly after getting engaged to Ryan six years ago.
She however said that it only last 10 days as she then halted her planning once she discovered she was pregnant. She shared that she had suspected she was pregnant on flight home from Italy, where they got engaged, after feeling nauseous.
She said: “That was it. So then my dream … planning my wedding lasted 10 days and then I knew that once I had a child it wouldn’t mean as much as I was really upset about it. I kind of just knew that everything would revolve around the kids after that and that’s kind of what happened.”
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Turkiye has said that Israel and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) must stop threatening the security and stability of Syria as Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan hosted his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani in Ankara.
Speaking at a joint news conference on Wednesday, Fidan accused Israel and the SDF of wilfully undermining the country’s recovery efforts after the devastation of a 14-year civil war and the ouster of longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last December by a lightning rebel offensive.
Fidan said Israel had “fuelled certain difficulties” in Syria and warned that Israeli security “cannot be achieved through undermining the security of your neighbours”.
“To the contrary, you should make sure your neighbouring countries are prosperous and secure,” he said. “If you try to destabilise these countries, if you take steps to that end, this could trigger other crises in the region.”
Al-Shaibani said Israel’s actions “undermine the security of our citizens,” adding that “certain countries want Syria to disintegrate based on ideologies, based on ethnicity, and obviously we are against all these efforts”.
Concurrently, the defence ministers of Turkiye and Syria signed a memorandum of understanding on military training and consultancy after talks in Ankara on Wednesday, Turkiye’s Defence Ministry said. The countries had been negotiating a comprehensive military cooperation agreement for months since al-Assad’s fall.
Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s fledgling government has been beset by heavy fallout from sectarian violence that broke out on July 13 in the southern province of Suwayda between Bedouin and Druze fighters. Government troops were deployed to quell the conflict.
The bloodshed worsened, and Israel carried out strikes on Syrian troops and also bombed the heart of the capital, Damascus, under the pretext of protecting the Druze. Israel had been regularly bombarding Syria and staging ground excursions into Syria since al-Assad’s ouster, saying it was targeting weapons sites and branding the leaders of the new government as “extremists”.
In the meantime, ongoing eruptions of violence between Syrian government forces and the SDF continued on Tuesday in Aleppo province in the northwest.
The clashes cast further doubt over an integration deal signed in March by the armed group and Syria’s Damascus as part of efforts to reunite the country, devastated and divided by the ruinous war that saw hundreds of thousands killed and millions displaced.
The Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that the SDF must abide by that accord and stop targeting government forces, warning that “the continuation of these actions will lead to new consequences”, the SANA state news agency reported.
However, the March agreement does not specify how the SDF would be merged into Syria’s armed forces. The group has previously said its forces must join as a bloc, while the government wants its fighters to join as individuals.
Syria’s government said last week that it would not take part in planned meetings with the SDF in Paris amid mounting tensions. But the foreign minister and a senior official in the country’s Kurdish administration reportedly met on Tuesday in Damascus, sources from both sides told the AFP news agency.
The SDF was the main force allied with the United States in Syria during fighting that defeated ISIL (ISIS) in 2019.
On Saturday, the group accused government-backed factions of attacking areas in northeastern Syria more than 22 times. It said that it had exercised restraint during such “aggressions”, but that the continuation of attacks “threatens mutual trust and undermines understandings”.
Fidan accused the SDF of trying to turn instability in Syria into an “opportunity for themselves.”
Ankara views the SDF with hostility as the group is spearheaded by the People’s Protection Units (YPG) affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) that recently began disarmament as part of a peace process with Turkiye after more than 40 years of fighting in a conflict that killed more than 40,000 people. The SDF has said it is not party to the deal between Ankara and the PKK.
“At this point, we are beginning to witness developments that we are finding increasingly difficult to tolerate,“ Fidan said. ”The upper echelons of the YPG need to stop playing for time because the chaos they’re waiting for [in Syria] will not take place, and even if it does, it will not be to their advantage.” Fidan said.
