Amid the ongoing reports of Prince William’s rumored affair with Lady Rose Hanbury and Princess Kate Middleton’s disappearance, Lady Rose Hanbury has made her first statement…

New Delhi: The British Royal Family has been in the news for several days now, but not for a good reason. Amid the surprise ‘disappearance’ of the wife of Prince William and Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton and rumors of a troubled marriage, there are reports suggesting that Prince William, the next in line to become king, is dating Dame Rose Hanbury. Although the royal family has remained silent on these reports of their dating, Lady Rose Hanbury has broken the silence for the first time and made her first statement, addressing these rumors. What does Dame Sarah Rose Hanbury has to say and who she is, read to know everything in detail…

Lady Rose Hanbury first statement on rumored affair with Prince William

As previously mentioned, Lady Rose Hanbury, who has been in the news lately for allegedly being Prince William’s ‘girlfriend’, has finally broken her silence on the reports. Lady Rose Hanbury has said, although not directly, that these reports about her relationship with Prince William are not true. In a statement through her lawyers, Lady Rose Sarah Hanbury has said rumors of her affair with Kate Middleton’s husband Prince William are “completely false.”

Is Prince William Dating Lady Rose Hanbury?

If you are not up to date with the whole news and don’t know who Lady Sarah Rose Hanbury is, please let us know. According to media reports, Prince William, following his father, is said to be in a relationship with Lady Rose Hanbury, outside his marriage to Kate Middleton. Although reports suggest the two have been seeing each other since 2019, Lady Hanbury’s name has recently surfaced following the whole Kate Middleton Photo Controversy. The Princess of Wales, who had taken a break from her royal duties due to ‘abdominal surgery’ and was due to resume her duties at Easter, has not been seen, causing a stir in the media and among admirers of the royal family. .

Who is Dame Rose Hanbury?

Lady Sarah Rose Hanbury is the wife of David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley. Lady Sarah Rose attended Stowe School before becoming a student at the Open University in England. In addition to her work with charities, Lady Hanbury recently worked as an interior designer and was also a model; she has starred in campaigns for brads including Miu Miu and Poplin London. Rose Hanbury also briefly pursued a career in politics. Lady Rose and her husband have twins: Earl of Rocksavage Alexader Hugh George and Lord Oliver Timothy George and Lady Iris Marina Aline.

Where is Kate Middleton?

There are several conspiracy theories surrounding Kate Middleton’s ‘disappearance’ and one of them is that the Duchess of Cambridge is in a coma after her surgery. A major report on this is from Concha Calleja, a Spanish journalist who, according to a report by The Times, claimed: “The decision was to put her in an induced coma. They had to intubate her; it was about saving her life.” Despite the news being denied by a Palace source, the journalist has reiterated her assumptions, saying: “I still stand by everything I said, despite the regret. “I touched nerves, and nerves always hurt, and that’s what happened. There has not been a single statement that denies this, not a single one. I trust my source.”

Kate Middleton Photo Controversy

Speaking of the Kate Middleton Photo Controversy, on Mother’s Day this year, the official account shared a post of the princess posing with her three children. However, this photo was pulled by news agencies because it was heavily edited, the wedding ring was missing and social media users thought it was not the princess in the photo but that it was generated by AI. Kate Middleton also subsequently apologized on social media, saying it was amateur editing on her part.

JAMIE Oliver is on the hunt for Britain’s best dinner lady…or gentleman.

We’ve worked with the celebrity chef for the second year in a row to find the UK’s best school catering team.

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The 48-year-old chef has been campaigning to improve school food for more than two decades and now wants to celebrate Britain’s best school chefs with his talent show, the Good School Food Awards.

To mark International School Food Day, he praised Britain’s army of school chefs.

He said: ‘School kitchens are Britain’s largest restaurant chain.

“They serve five million meals a day.

“If professional chefs were asked to go to a high school for a day and serve 1,400 covers in 50 minutes, most would burst into tears.

“It’s really hard and the school lunch staff are doing a fantastic job.

“These awards are about showing love and appreciation and highlighting the best.”

The Good School Food Awards are open to nurseries, nurseries, primary and secondary non-fee-paying schools.

Anyone can nominate a catering team that they think deserves it.

Explain what makes them brilliant in less than 200 words.

You can even nominate yourself.

To enter visit www.jamieoliver.com/schoolfoodawards.

Thomas Kingston was given a royal farewell today at a funeral attended by Prince William and other members of the royal family.

The body of the financier, who was found dead last month aged 45, was carried in a procession that started at Kensington Palace, the childhood home of his widow, Lady Gabriella Windsor.

The procession ended at Ambassador’s Court at St James’s Palace. A private family funeral was then held at the Chapel Royal, where many royal weddings have taken place, including that of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1840.

More recently, Prince George, the eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, was baptized there in 2013. And while William was present, Kate stayed home and continued to recover from abdominal surgery she underwent in January.

Lady Gabriella was accompanied at the funeral by her parents, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, her brother, Lord Frederick Windsor and his wife, the actress Sophie Winkleman.

The Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra were also present in the gathering of 140 people.

The King – Lady Gabriella’s second cousin – and the Queen were not present.

Charles is not attending public events while he undergoes treatment for cancer, and the Queen hosted a WOW (Women of the World) reception at Buckingham Palace.

Mr Kingston’s body was later cremated.

Mr Kingston and Lady Gabriella, known as Ella, married in 2019 at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, in a ceremony attended by Prince Michael’s cousin Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.

They lived in London, but he was visiting his parents at their home in the Cotswolds when he died.

A coroner’s court was told: ‘His father went to walk the dogs. On his return, Mr. Kingston was not in the house. After about 30 minutes his mother went looking for him.”

Katy Skerrett, Gloucestershire’s senior coroner, added: ‘His father forced entry into a locked outbuilding. Mr Kingston was found inside with catastrophic head injuries. A firearm was present at the scene. The police are confident that the death is not suspicious.”

The coroner said a post-mortem examination had been carried out and the preliminary cause of death had been determined as a traumatic wound to the head. She formally opened and suspended the inquest into the death.

Announcing his death last month, Buckingham Palace described Kingston, a financier, as a “much-loved member of the family” who was mourned by King Charles and Queen Camilla. A friend of the couple says: ‘They remained childless, but were happily married until the end.’

After studying economic history at the University of Bristol, Kingston joined the Foreign Office’s Diplomatic Missions Unit in Iraq, where he worked as a project officer for the Iraqi Institute of Peace from 2003 to 2006.

Last month, Lady Gabriella paid tribute to her husband in a joint statement with his family, describing him as an ‘exceptional man who lit up the lives of all who knew him’ – and calling his death a ‘great shock to the whole family’ . .

She released a personal photo she took of her husband, which showed him smiling and wearing a casual pink shirt as he stood by a stretch of water in the sun.

The couple married in 2019 at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, with Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the late Duke of Edinburgh, among the guests.

Lady Gabriella is the king’s second cousin. They are both great-grandchildren of King George V.

Mr Kingston was a director of Devonport Capital, which specialized in providing financing to companies in frontier economies.

He was a close friend of Pippa Matthews, sister of the Princess of Wales, and the pair are said to have dated in 2011.

Lady Gabriella, who has worked as art and travel director for a branding company, is a writer and editor.

She is also a singer-songwriter and released two bossa nova-inspired songs in 2020 to raise money for charity.

Lady Gabrielle and her husband were last pictured together in public on Valentine’s Day at an event celebrating the works of William Shakespeare.

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Amid the ongoing Kate Middleton Photo Controversy, another name is in the spotlight and that is Lady Rose Hanbury; she is Prince William’s rumored girlfriend. Know everything about her…

New Delhi: The British Royal Family is extremely popular and everyone from all over the world is interested in the life of the royal family within the Buckingham Palace. Almost a month later Announcing King Charles’ cancer diagnosisthe royal family is in the news again and this time it is about the son and daughter-in-law of King Charles. Princess Kate Middleton, who has disappeared from the spotlight due to ‘abdominal surgery’, became a topic of discussion after she shared a Mother’s Day post with his three children – the photo was heavily edited and reportedly AI-generated. In the midst of this ongoing process Kate Middleton Photo Controversya third name that has been in the spotlight is van Dame Rose Hanburywho is the Prince William’s rumored ‘girlfriend’. Know everything about Lady Sarah Rose Hanbury…

Lady Rose Hanbury rumored girlfriend of Prince William?

As previously mentioned, amid the Kate drama, the name of Lady Rose Hanbury has emerged, who according to media reports is Prince William’s ‘mistress’. Although her name has popped up amid the current controversy, the rumors are not new and have been circulating since 2019. Reports indicate that Prince William and Lady Rose Hanbury celebrated Valentine’s Day together and the latest photo of Kate Middleton with Prince William in the car , according to some netizens, is not Kate but Lady Rose.

If this is the way they launch Camilla 2.0, it will truly destroy the internet… and maybe the monarchy pic.twitter.com/QP97P8dVnf

— Henry VIII (@SussexHenryVIII) March 11, 2024

Who is Dame Sarah Rose Hanbury?

Lady Sarah Rose Hanbury is the wife of David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley. Lady Sarah Rose attended Stowe School before becoming a student at the Open University in England. As well as working with charities, Lady Hanbury recently worked as an interior designer and was also a model; she has starred in campaigns for brads including Miu Miu and Poplin London. Rose Hanbury also briefly pursued a career in politics. Lady Rose and her husband have twins: Earl of Rocksavage Alexader Hugh George and Lord Oliver Timothy George and Lady Iris Marina Aline.

What is the Kate Middleton photo controversy?

Speaking of the Kate Middleton Photo Controversy, on Mother’s Day this year, the official account shared a post of the princess posing with her three children. However, this photo was pulled by news agencies because it was heavily edited, the wedding ring was missing and social media users thought it was not the princess in the photo but that it was generated by AI. Kate Middleton also subsequently apologized on social media, saying it was amateur editing on her part.

Candace Owens has staked her career on the fact that the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron was born a man.

The controversial conservative commentator went to X to promote the false theory hours after he laid it out an episode of her podcast.

It appears that French First Lady Brigitte Macron, 70, was actually born Jean-Michel Trogneux before eventually switching at the age of 30.

It goes on to say that she did not give birth to any of her three children, and that her first husband, a 69-year-old retired banker who is said to have died a recluse in 2020, never existed.

The conspiracy stems from a completely false claim made by the far-right magazine Faits et Documents (Facts & Documents) after Macron, 46, was elected.

But the debate was reignited last month after Emmanuel Macron’s stepdaughter, Tiphaine Auzière, gave an interview to Paris Match in which she addressed claims that her mother Brigitte was born male.

Ms. Auzière was only 10 when she discovered that her teacher’s mother had a student 25 years younger than her.

“I worry about the level of society when I hear what is circulating on social networks about the fact that my mother is a man,” she said.

Still, Owens revived the speculation on Tuesday before addressing those who disagreed.

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“After investigating this, I would stake my entire professional reputation on the fact that Brigitte Macron is in fact a man,” Owens, 34, wrote on the platform formerly known as Twitter, linking to the episode from the night before.

“Any journalist or publication that tries to dismiss this plausibility can immediately be identified as the establishment,” she charged.

‘I’ve never seen anything like that in my life. The implications here are terrifying.

“I have no intention of giving up on this story and I call on other journalists to investigate this explosive story and report accordingly.”

The night before, she brought up a 2021 Daily Mail article that debunked the speculation, before delving deeper into the theory surrounding the French head of state’s husband.

Ignoring the opinions of several seasoned experts interviewed for the piece, Owens presented the so-called findings of what she claimed was a “three year” investigation from the publication.

She further argued that if Brigitte really wanted to debunk the claims, she could simply release photos from the first thirty years of her life.

Owens also analyzed a rare family photo of Brigitte Macron’s family when she was a child, claiming she was a “dead ringer” for her older brother – before claiming they were the same person.

‘[The] The theory is that first lady Brigitte Macron was actually born Jean-Michel [Trogneux] – so Brigitte is actually Jean-Michel.

‘Jean-Michel lived as a man for thirty years, had five children, okay, and moved to Brigitte at the age of thirty.

She then took a ‘before and after photo’ that was reportedly used as part of the Faits et Documents investigation – a photo that used Chinese software to draw similarities between an undated photo of Brigitte’s brother and the first lady herself.

Owens, for his part, categorized the comparison as a dead ringer, telling her roughly three million subscribers, “I think it’s crazy that you wouldn’t say that these two individuals look alike.”

She then told her followers why she thinks this theory “has legs.”

The first obvious thing,” she said, “is that the first lady is simply not able to take pictures of herself for the first thirty years of her life.

“Guys, how easy is this to debunk – when you say Candace, no, actually you’ve lived 30 years as a man, I’ve lived 30 years: I’m going to show you every picture of every year I’ve lived.”

She then took several photos of her at different stages of her life to illustrate her point.

“Here I am in college, here I am when I was pregnant with my children. Here are me and my husband on our wedding day.

“There would be so many photos that Brigitte would need at her disposal if this weren’t true,” she claims, but there won’t be any.

‘No, they just call everyone wrong, retarded and transphobic. Just take the pictures.”

“Instead, the only photos they took that are circulating in the media are the ones I just showed you,” she added, referring to the photos showing Brigitte’s brother Jean-Michel Trogneux as a child , and also a young Brigitte.

“And, like I said, in the first photo she looks more like the Jean-Michel who she claims is actually her brother, which she won’t just present to the public,” Owens continued.

“If that is indeed your brother, please take him for a walk so we can capture him.”

Owens’ comments came days after Macron visibly fed up with the rumors at an International Women’s Day event on Friday, saying: “The worst thing is the false information and made-up scenarios.”

“People end up believing them and disturbing you, even in your intimacy,” he further claimed.

He added that transgender claims about Macron were typical of misogynistic online attacks that women face every day.

Two women who claimed that the Première Dame was born as a man were punished on appeal in June last year with a reduction of ‘symbolic fines’.

In turn, both claimed they were subjected to “intimidation by the authorities” as “ultra-protected” members of the Paris establishment tried to cover up a “state secret.”

All parties in the case accepted the fines imposed on appeal as a final settlement for what had caused enormous embarrassment to the First Couple.

The transphobic rumors about Brigitte Macron were first picked up by the far right in 2022, while the president was campaigning for re-election.

Groups including the Yellow Vests (Gilets Jaunes) and those protesting Covid vaccines then used the claims to attack the French.

Meanwhile, videos made by journalists touting the comparisons – just as Owens did – have since been removed from YouTube.

Daily Mail has contacted President Macron’s office for comment.

Lady Eliza Spencer has revealed the gender of her older sister’s baby – after Princess Diana’s niece surprised fans with the happy news that she was now a parent.

Kitty, 33, the eldest daughter of Earl Charles Spencer, celebrated her first Mother’s Day on Instagram yesterday.

The model – married to 65-year-old multi-millionaire Michael Lewis – shared a series of photos of her child with her 717,000 followers.

The new mom didn’t reveal her child’s name or gender, but said in the caption that she loved them “unconditionally.”

She wrote: “Being your mommy, little one, is the joy of my life. I love you unconditionally.

‘Happy Mother’s Day to those celebrating today.’

The post has racked up almost 19,000 likes in the last 24 hours and Kitty’s younger sister Lady Eliza has left a sweet tribute to her new family member.

Revealing the baby’s gender, she wrote: “My perfect little niece.”

She rounded off the comment, which was ‘liked’ by 159 fans, with some heart emojis.

Eliza’s twin sister Lady Amelia added: “The most perfect angel in the world.”

Her brother, Samuel Aitken, added a heart emoji, while society friend Emma Weymouth added a series of heart-eye emojis.

Kitty is a cousin to Princes William and Harry, meaning the new baby will be second cousins ​​to Princes George, Louis, Archie and Princesses Charlotte and Lilibet.

Once a fixture of London’s society scene, Kitty has had a break from the public eye in recent months. She was last photographed on a girls’ night out in London in October.

The 33-year-old, who works as a model for Dolce & Gabanna, married South African multi-millionaire Michael Lewis, 65, three years ago.

Lady Kitty, then 30, married multi-millionaire Michael Lewis on July 24, 2021 at Villa Aldobrandini in Frascati, a beautiful country house with views towards Rome.

After postponing their wedding for two years due to the pandemic, the celebrations stretched over three days and were attended by close friends including pop star Pixie Lott and the Marchioness of Bath.

But while there was intrigue about the age difference between Diana’s niece and her 62-year-old groom, the question was even more pressing: where was her father, Diana’s brother Charles.

Earl, 59, was nowhere to be seen amid speculation that his relationship with his daughter had gone downhill in the wake of his third marriage.

At the time, an insider told MailOnline that it was unlikely that the Count’s health was responsible for his absence.

Rather, it was likely the result of changing family dynamics.

“The four children are all close to their mother Victoria and get along well with their step-siblings and their Spencer aunts and have built their own relationships with each other without Charles having to tie them down,” the insider said.

A source had previously told MailOnline how Earl Spencer and his eldest daughter have grown apart over time, saying: ‘Kitty and Charles were very close when she was growing up, but their relationship has cooled and become more distant since his marriage to his third wife Karen in 2011.

“Charles recently suffered an injury and that may be the reason he’s not going on the trip, but it’s just easier for everyone that he’s not there.”

The count was battling a painful shoulder injury which he revealed affected his freedom of movement.

The designers said they only had four fittings to get it right.

So Kitty was not given away by her father, but by her brother Louis, Viscount Althorp, 29, and half-brother Samuel Aitken, 20, whose father is South African businessman Jonathan Aitken.

Her twin sisters Lady Amelia, 31, and Lady Eliza Spencer, 31, were also there to watch Kitty and Michael exchange vows between the floral arches.

The bride, a Global Brand Ambassador for Dolce & Gabbana, wore five of the designer’s dresses this weekend.

For her main dress, the Victorian-inspired high-neck white lace dress featured feminine puffed sleeves and a cinched waist. The design was inspired by her mother Victoria Lockwood’s wedding dress, with a button closure at the front.

Designer and co-founder of the fashion house Domenico Dolce later said of Kitty’s wedding wardrobe: “She told us that she had immediately thought of us, and we were very happy about that!”

“They were beautiful and emotional moments,” Dolce said. ‘One of the sources of inspiration is certainly her love for Italy. Kitty is in love with our beautiful country and its rich history, art and culture.’

Stefano Gabbana said: “But she is also a girl very attached to her origins, to England; to its heritage from the great Victorian era. And like all English people, she has a great passion for all kinds of flowers.’

The famous Spencer Tiara, worn by Princess Diana, was missing from the ceremony. Instead, Kitty opted for an elegant veil, intricate headpieces and flower crowns that each complemented the respective dresses.

The couple exchanged vows among the floral arches. The music was provided by a pianist and a singer to the right of the couple.

Mr Lewis wore a yarmulke, and it is believed Lady Kitty received instruction in the Jewish faith prior to the ceremony.

The smiling newlyweds walked back down the aisle hand in hand as guests threw pastel-colored confetti into the air.

The festivities continued into the evening with dancing and a live band and the evening ended with a spectacular fireworks display.

The model caught the business mogul’s attention when they met through mutual friends in 2018 and married three years later in the lavish Italian wedding ceremony.

But before she met her prince charming, Lady Kitty made a name for herself in the fashion world as a spokesperson for Dolce & Gabbana, which provided five dresses for her wedding and walked in several Fashion Weeks around the world.

Meanwhile, Michael also knows a thing or two about fashion, as chairman of the Foschini Group, owner of the British retail chains Whistles and Phase Eight.

The magnate is believed to be worth £80 million, with a £19 million estate in London and another home in his native South Africa, where his wife grew up after Charles, the 9th Earl Spencer and his first wife, Victoria Lockwood , were divorced.

A SAVVY woman has revealed a great hack to dry clothes in a washing machine with ease.

Although dry cleaning can be a lengthy and expensive process, the smart tip will mimic the same effects while saving time and money.

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Hazel McKinnie, from cleaning company Wee Scotty Cleaners, shared a clip on TikTok revealing the amazing hack.

She said in the video, “I’m going to show you one of these settings on this machine.

“It’s a Beko. I’ve had a lot of expensive washing machines and I love Beko.”

Hazel then puts a three-piece suit in the washing machine before putting in a washing capsule.

The expert joked: “Who would have thought you could tuck in your trousers? I have a suit jacket and I have a three-piece men’s suit. This just says dry cleaning, but I’m going to show you a little suit trick.”

Hazel, who often posts such great cleaning tips on her TikTok account, has adjusted the setting to delicates, changing it to a spin setting of 800 rpm, on a 40 degree wash cycle.

“That’s all I want,” she said and waited for the cycle to end.

After the laundry was done, she shared the end result in the video, saying: “The laundry is done and the clothes washed up fantastic.

“Now all I have to do is hang them in a warm room and they will come up beautifully.

“All you need might be a little steam.”

According to Hazel, the hack mimics the effects of dry cleaning without actually performing the process, allowing users to save some money on energy bills.

Although she uses a Beko washing machine, the same setting can also be found on other appliances from different brands.

So her hack could work on different machines.

It comes after a cleaner shared a hack to easily dry clothes in winter.

Lynsey Crombie, also known as the Queen of Clean, shared her tip on social media, leaving many very impressed.

In the short clip, we saw Lynsey putting her laundry in the washing machine.

She then turned the dial to ‘spin and drain’ before pressing start.

The cleaning lady then said, “Don’t forget that extra twist.

“The extra spin helps to remove as much water as possible from your laundry.

“[It will] reduces drying time, especially when washing heavy items such as jeans, towels and bedding.”

Lynsey used the Hotpoint washing machine and then advised: “Give it a try.”

So for those who are reluctant to turn on their dryer, but don’t want to wait days for their clothes to dry out, you’ll want to give this simple trick a try.

Meanwhile, another clever woman revealed a 65p laundry hack that removes nasty food smells and sweat from your clothes in just one wash.

Elsewhere, another woman said she can dry a full load of laundry in just two hours. thanks to her new gadget.

She also claimed that it reduces mold and also warms her home.

Post to Facebook, op Mrs Hinch cleaning tipsa public group with a whopping 333,300 members, Anthea Little explained that she uses a Meaco dehumidifier to get her laundry dry in no time.

She raved about her gadget and said: “I posted about dehumidifiers for drying laundry and preventing black mold in our flat because I was in the dilemma of which one to buy.

“Today we received our lovely little Meaco dehumidifier and I am over the moon!

“A full load of laundry dried within two hours (usually takes two days and stinks!).

“There is no condensation anywhere in the flat and it certainly alerts the room.”

And a mother-of-two shared the must-have purchase that will help you dry your clothes in winter without the need for a tumble dryer.

So if you want to cut costs where possible and try to stop using your dryer, you need to listen up.

Days after the announcement of the results of the 2024 Pakistani presidential election, reports suggest that newly elected President Asif Ali Zardari’s daughter, Asifa Bhutto, may be the First Lady of Pakistan.

New Delhi: Pakistan has been in the news in recent months for its elections. First the Pakistan elections 2024 were held and the result was a hung parliament, resulting in the formation of a coalition government at the centre. Secondly, the Pakistani Presidential Election 2024 were held and according to the results announced by the Pakistan Election Commission, Asif Ali Zardari, the co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has been elected President of Pakistan. A latest report suggests that the daughter of Asif Ali Zardari and Benazir Bhutto, Asifa Bhutto can be the First Lady of Pakistan…

Asifa Bhutto First Lady of Pakistan: Reports

As previously reported, Pakistani President Asif Zardari will announce the formal recognition of his daughter, Asifa Bhutto, as the country’s First Lady, ARY News reported, citing sources. Notably, this will be the first time that a Pakistani president has announced his daughter for the position of First Lady, as the title is normally given to the president’s wife. This groundbreaking move elevates Asifa Bhutto to the prestigious position of First Lady and marks an important chapter in the country’s political history.

Why is this decision historic?

Sources claimed that President Zardari would declare Asifa Bhutto the First Lady of Pakistan. After the official statement, Asifa Bhutto Zardari will be given the protocol and privileges befitting the First Lady, ARY News reported. This decision is especially notable because Asifa Bhutto is set to become the first daughter of a president to hold the title of First Lady.

Asif Ali Zardari new president of Pakistan

On Sunday, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Zardari was sworn in as Pakistan’s 14th president, officially taking over as head of state for the historic second time, Dawn reported. Notably, Zardari is the only civilian candidate to be elected head of state for the second time, not counting the military heads. He previously served as President of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. Zardari had secured 411 electoral votes on Saturday to defeat his opponent and Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai, who the Pakistani government said could only get 181 votes. Election Commission of Pakistan.

In another news report, PTI leader Omar Ayub has claimed that the 2024 Pakistani presidential elections are rigged and should be declared ‘null and void’; he has also filed a request to release PTI founder Bushra Bibi from jail.

(Input from ANI)

In the rolling hills of Bel Air, up a winding road bordered by gated McMansions, lies the Moraga Estate, a 16-acre property that is home to the only working vineyard in Los Angeles.

Built by Victor Fleming, the legendary director of Gone With The Wind and The Wizard Of Oz, the sun-dappled ranch is, to quote one wine writer who recently embarked on a guided tour, possessed of ‘beauty that grips [visitors] with a kind of escapist romance’.

A similar sense of ‘romance,’ the wine writer somewhat mischievously continued, will from time to time take hold of Moraga’s owner. 

He is Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old patriarch of the world’s most powerful media dynasty who, despite the passage of time, continually seems to find himself on the receiving end of Cupid’s fateful arrow.

In 2022, Murdoch met a 66-year-old widow named Ann Lesley Smith at a 200-person wine tasting on his vineyard’s terrace. 

One thing led to another and, for a couple of weeks, the sprightly couple were even engaged. But then Murdoch got cold feet and abruptly called things off.

More recently, the Spanish-style property, which boasts views of the Pacific, has been the backdrop to a second story-book love affair. 

This one has seen the Press baron fall hook, line and sinker for a sprightly 67-year-old Russian-born microbiologist named Elena Zhukova.

On Thursday, the happy couple announced their engagement. An intimate wedding ceremony, at which Ms Zhukova will become the fifth Mrs Murdoch, is now to be held at Moraga on the afternoon of Saturday, June 1.

‘Rupert will be 93 on Monday, so he wants to get on with it,’ was how a source close to the tycoon explained the whirlwind development.

‘It will be a small, low-key wedding at a place Rupert is very fond of. Elena also lives in Los Angeles, so it feels right for her, too. 

‘She is a beautiful person, inside and out, and a true intellectual, who worked for many years as a research professor. They talk a lot, and share a real curiosity about the world.’

Said another family acquaintance: ‘Rupert is very happy. She’s a genuinely lovely and smart person, he’s the archetypal old man in a hurry, and no one knows what the future holds. 

‘So I think they’ve basically come to the conclusion there’s no point hanging around.’

Invitations to the big day have already been sent out. 

Guests, who are expected to include Rupert’s six and Elena’s three children, are likely to be served beef from Murdoch’s 340,000-acre ranch in Montana, along with the ‘remarkably refined wines’ (to quote Moraga’s website) harvested from the surrounding hillside, which retail for between $75 and $140 (£58-£110) per bottle.

Comparisons will, inevitably, be drawn with Succession, the hit TV drama that was largely inspired by the occasionally fractious Murdoch clan.

But insiders describe the family as being ‘intensely relaxed’ about the impending nuptials. 

‘For the first time in an awfully long time, the kids actually like his choice of bride,’ I’m told. 

‘Particularly Lachlan [the eldest son], who got to know Elena pretty well last summer, shortly after [she and Rupert] got together, when they spent time yachting around the Med with his family.’

The Murdoch clan also have little to fear in terms of how the development will affect their business interests. 

‘There’s no chance of the marriage producing a child, the financial side of things are basically sewn up, and the question of who will inherit everything was finally sorted out back in September,’ adds the source. 

Back then, Rupert handed over the reins of the empire, which is valued at around $17 billion (£13billion), to Lachlan, the first son of his second wife, Anna.

Rupert then moved to an ‘Emeritus Chairman’ role. His businesses, which include a global stable of newspapers, including Britain’s Times and Sun, along with a broadcasting arm with assets such as Fox News, are now controlled by a family trust.

The structure is designed so that, in the event of Murdoch’s death, equal shares will be held by each of his four eldest children.

In addition to Lachlan, they are Prudence, daughter of first wife Patricia Booker, and Elisabeth and James, product of his 30-year marriage to Scottish-born Anna.

Elena’s pedigree is similarly complex, not to mention glamorous.

In fact, Tatler once dubbed her ‘Rupert Murdoch’s ultimate power match’ thanks to her position at the heart of an influential nexus encompassing the art world, Russian oligarchs and a famous Greek shipping dynasty.

She was born in Moscow to Jewish parents and originally came to the U.S. in 1991, after being offered a post at Baylor University in Texas during the Russian ‘brain drain’ that followed the fall of Communism. Her specialism was research into diabetes.

Elena brought her daughter, Dasha, with her. The girl’s father Alexander Zhukov — Elena’s ex-husband — remained behind in the former USSR. 

Shortly after arriving, Elena had a boy and another girl, Yuri and Katya, via a short-lived relationship with an American named George Gause and, in 1994, moved to Los Angeles to take up a research job at UCLA, the city’s most famous university.

Back in Russia, Alexander was making a fortune investing in energy. He moved to London, achieved billionaire status, and was able to help support Dasha’s education at an exclusive private school on the west side of LA.

Elena’s life changed once more in the mid-2000s, when 24-year-old Dasha, who had joined her father in the UK, was introduced to Roman Abramovich, then 40, on the so-called ‘Chel-ski’ circuit.

They quickly struck up a relationship and married in 2008, following the oligarch’s divorce from his second wife. Shortly after marrying Abramovich, Dasha gave her mother a new home in Beverly Hills, worth around £7 million.

A former UCLA colleague said: ‘Elena already came from a wealthy background, then her daughter married.’ She subsequently retired from UCLA.

Dasha, who had a son with Abramovich, remained married to the Russian until 2018. 

She is now the wife of shipping heir Stavros Niarchos, a former boyfriend of socialite Paris Hilton, with whom she has a second son. On the professional front, she is also a well-established philanthropist and patron of the arts.

It was in the latter capacity that Dasha became friendly with Wendi Deng, Murdoch’s Chinese-born third wife (with whom he has two daughters), whom the media mogul divorced in 2013 (amid rumours, vigorously denied, that she had developed an infatuation with Tony Blair).

Last summer, Wendi, who is also active on the arts scene, hosted a large gathering at her home in Los Angeles to which both Dasha and her mother were invited. 

This is reported to have been the event at which Rupert was first introduced to Elena.

Murdoch subsequently invited her to spend time with him on a summer cruise.

They were first spotted together in the Med aboard the Christina O, the legendary superyacht on which Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis famously seduced JFK’s widow Jackie Kennedy, which costs around $760,000 (£590,000) per week to charter.

Since then, Rupert and Elena have spent the lion’s share of their time together in Los Angeles.

Friends regard her as an improvement on Ann Lesley Smith, the retired dental hygienist and wife of late country music singer Chester Smith, to whom Rupert was briefly engaged last March.

When news of that betrothal became public, Murdoch declared: ‘I dreaded falling in love, but I knew this would be my last. It better be. I’m happy.’

Ann Lesley, for her part, admitted ‘it’s not my first rodeo’.

But things disintegrated soon afterwards, allegedly because Rupert became uncomfortable with her evangelical views.

Sources said they’d argued, among other things, over Smith’s belief that the Covid pandemic was part of a global conspiracy cooked up deliberately by Bill Gates. 

On another occasion, reporters were told: ‘She said Tucker Carlson [the former Fox News host] is a messenger from God, and he said nope.’

Their subsequent break-up was, however, distinctly less messy than Murdoch’s 2022 split from Jerry Hall, the model, actress and ex-wife of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, whom he had married in London in 2016, a week before his 85th birthday, surrounded by their children.

That one was ended via an email which eventually ended up in the hands of Vanity Fair magazine.

‘Jerry, sadly I’ve decided to call an end to our marriage. We have certainly had some good times, but I have much to do,’ wrote Rupert. ‘My New York lawyer will be contacting yours immediately.’

Ms Hall later told friends she was given a mere 30 days to vacate Moraga, where they had sat out the pandemic together, and was required to pack up her belongings under the gaze of security guards, showing receipts to prove what she took was hers.

Under the terms of their divorce settlement, Hall was also allegedly forbidden from giving story ideas to Succession writers.

Then, when she had moved into their Oxfordshire home that she received in the divorce, she allegedly discovered surveillance cameras that were still sending footage back to Fox headquarters. 

It was reported that Mick Jagger had sent his security consultant to disconnect them. 

By way of revenge, sources sympathetic to Hall then briefed Vanity Fair about their six-year marriage, portraying her role as part-wife, part-carer.

‘In recent years, Murdoch has suffered a broken back, seizures, two bouts of pneumonia, atrial fibrillation and a torn Achilles tendon, a source close to the mogul told me,’ the magazine reported. ‘Many of these episodes went unreported in the Press, which was just how Murdoch liked it.’

Examples included a 2018 incident when the couple were sailing in the Caribbean aboard the Sarissa, a 140ft yacht owned by Lachlan. Murdoch suffered a serious fall and was found ‘in excruciating pain on the cabin floor’.

He was flown to Los Angeles and diagnosed with arrhythmia and a broken back, Vanity Fair claimed.

No sooner had Hall nursed him back to health than he tripped over a box of chess pieces given to him for his 87th birthday and tore his Achilles tendon.

A further scare came when he ‘nearly collapsed’ at the Cotswold wedding of his 21-year-old granddaughter Charlotte Freud, following a case of Covid which had seen him hospitalised in London. 

At the wedding, where guests were dressed in theatrical attire, Murdoch, in a white suit and red suede shoes, was supported by Lachlan.

Given the ructions those break-ups have caused, one could be forgiven for wondering why the media mogul continues to pursue marital bliss.

Some reckon it’s partly due to his old-fashioned morality (‘he doesn’t really believe in sex outside marriage’), while others believe it’s a product of the inherent restlessness that has seen him turn a small family newspaper into a global media empire, when lesser mortals might have retired to spend more time with their art collections and private jets.

‘There’s a psychological element to it all,’ adds one seasoned media observer. ‘He seems incapable of having a relationship with a woman without wanting to marry her. Whether it’s fuelled by loneliness, or fear, or something deeper, who knows?’

It remains to be seen whether the next Murdoch wedding will be a case of fifth time lucky.

But the Moraga Estate’s 92-year-old groom is certainly hoping for a Hollywood ending.

MC HAMMER’s crazy oversized suit is back with a bang.

The American rapper showed off his outfit – with big shoulders and a narrow waist – in the 1980s, and forty years later the baggy look has returned to the catwalks and the A-list.

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But with today’s celebrities pushing the envelope, big doesn’t necessarily mean better.

Stella McCartney trotted down the catwalk at her own fashion show in Paris this week in an oversized jacket, and pop star Liam Payne was also seen in the French capital in an enormous jacket and trousers.

And while we’re all for a power suit, this latest style seems more suited to a comedy skit.

In MC Hammer’s day, loud suits were fitted to his body at least in a sense.

Abby McHale looks at the latest stars to step out in shapeless styles and gives them a Hammer Horror rating out of five.

DUA LIPA

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LADY GAGA

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ELSA HOSK

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JOAN KLEIN

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AUSTIN BUTLER

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BELLA HADID

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NICOLA COUGHLAN

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CAREY MULLIGAN

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COLE SPROUS

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Stella McCartney

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