Ashley Benson and her husband, Hollywood bad boy Brandon Davis, enjoyed a couple’s getaway in Los Angeles this week as they adjusted to life as new parents.

Nearly three weeks earlier, the Pretty Little Liars actress ecstatically announced on Instagram that she had welcomed a baby girl.

The 34-year-old draped her petite frame in a flattering flowy navy sweater, teaming it with a floral skirt that shimmered in the sunlight.

She swept her hair into a ponytail and sharpened her marble-chapped features with naturalistic makeup and adorned them with crescent shades.

She clutched a glittering gold chain and amped up the glitz factor with drop earrings, teaming the look with black leather shoes and a matching bag.

Meanwhile, her steamy husband wrapped a black knit vest over his muscular torso, complementing his form-fitting charcoal jeans.

The heartthrob’s grandfather was the late oil magnate Marvin Davis, a billionaire who owned such dazzling assets as 20th Century Fox and the Beverly Hills Hotel.

His romance with Ashley became public in February 2023, when a source broke it People: ‘They have a lot of mutual friends and are super fun and very social people.’

After getting engaged in July, Ashley confirmed her pregnancy in early November, and that month it emerged that she and Brandon had gotten married.

The baby’s gender became public in January when Instagram photos from the baby shower surfaced, showing a sign that read: “It’s a girl.”

That month, Ashley covered Ladygunn magazine topless, proudly revealing her blossoming baby bump to accompany an interview about motherhood.

“Being a parent will change everything,” she said in the magazine, where she also reflected on her romance with Brandon.

She said she was transforming into the “person I always wanted to be” when she met her husband.

“And I just wanted to let that happen and see where life takes me.” And that’s ironically when I got in touch with Brandon.”

Late last month, Ashley joyfully announced the birth by posting an Insta Stories photo of her baby holding one of her — Ashley’s — fingers.

While she didn’t reveal any details about the baby’s name or exact date of birth, she did indicate the gender with a pink heart.

An insider said so We weekly: ‘Ashley and Brandon couldn’t be more ecstatic to welcome their baby girl. Even though this is their first, Ashley has taken to motherhood like a true professional, and Brandon is already becoming a great dad.”

Before settling down and starting a family with Ashley, Brandon was followed by a bad reputation as a Hollywood enfant terrible.

Over the years, he has been arrested for assault, cocaine possession and driving under the influence and has been in treatment twice for substance abuse.

He briefly dated Paris Hilton in the 2000s, and at other times was just a good friend who was often seen with her on the nightclub circuit.

In 2006, Paris was caught cackling on camera as Brandon delivered a scathing rant about “fire cross” Lindsay Lohan, whom he said had “freckles out.”

“I think she’s worth about $7 million, which means she’s very poor. It’s disgusting,” Brandon sneered, wondering, “And who would want to fuck her?”

The viral TMZ The video marked the start of Paris’ infamous feud with Lindsay, which only came to an end in late 2021.

He was also linked to Brittny Gastineau in 2007, the year after he became a media sensation for his jokes against Lindsay.

Meanwhile, Ashley, who rarely discusses her love life in public, was linked to a photographer named Sofia Malamute in the months before she was with Brandon.

She was previously involved with English model Cara Delevingne for two years and also had a flirtation with Halsey’s hunky ex G-Eazy.

In an interview with Cosmopolitan Britain A few years ago, Ashley confessed that she has difficulty dealing with public criticism of her relationships.

‘If gossip comes out and the stories are completely false, what can you do? “I’m not going to sit there and say, ‘This isn’t true, this is what’s really happening,’” she said.

‘The most annoying part is having to sit back and be quiet while everyone talks about you and you have to deal with it. People can say whatever they want about me, but unless you know me, you don’t really know anything,” Ashley added.

‘I normally keep my relationships private. Of course you can’t help it if you have your picture taken together. [But] it’s holier that way,” she explained.

“Those private moments are for you and your partner, and I think it’s best not to be overexposed, and you can really protect your relationship if you don’t take advantage of them.”

By Eve Buckland for Dailymail.Com

Published: 08:30 EST, March 7, 2024 | Updated: 08:41 EST, March 7, 2024

By Milly Veitch for Mailonline

Published: 04:25 EST, March 5, 2024 | Updated: 04:25 EST, March 5, 2024

Joe Swash’s sister Shana has given birth to her first child with fiancé Nick Jones.

The former EastEnders star, 33, who played Demi Miller during her time on the BBC soap, took to Instagram on Thursday to reveal the happy news.

Shana shared a sweet photo of herself, Nick and her daughter, shortly after giving birth.

Revealing her newborn’s name and date of birth, she wrote: ‘Kitty Frances Swash Jones 18.12.2023’

Shana and Nick – who got engaged two years ago – were inundated with well-wishes from social media followers and some of their famous friends.

The ex-soap actress announced she was pregnant in June when she shared a photo of herself proudly holding up her baby scan photos as her loved-up partner kissed her on the cheek.

In August 2021, Shana announced her engagement to carpenter Nick – they have yet to tie the knot.

At the time, she showed off her diamond engagement ring in a slew of images as she sweetly raised her hand to show off the dazzling piece of jewelry.

Giving details about the proposal, Shana took to Instagram to announce the news. She shared a photo of her holding her hand up as he kissed her cheek, and also posted a second photo of them kissing on the lips.

A third image in the gallery saw Shana holding hands with her boyfriend against the beachy backdrop, while the photos were captioned: ‘I SAID YES.’

Shana’s future sister-in-law Stacey Solomon, 33, was one of the first to congratulate her, writing: “Best news ever.”

Her sister Caisie wrote: ‘My sister is getting married!’

Shana later shared another photo of her ring finger as her husband-to-be cheered in the background, alongside the caption: “Happiest girl in the world. [world]’.

Her engagement announcement came after she revealed she was embarking on a new business venture after her Albert Square days.

The former soap star has since opened a coffee stall with her boyfriend called Swash & Jones Coffee co. in London’s Islington.

Last month she told The Sun that it was the lockdown that inspired her to start her own business, explaining: ‘I really fell in love with coffee and the lockdown gave me the impetus to get out of my comfort zone and start my own business to start.

‘Honestly, I’ve loved every minute of it. I’m single, I run it full time and am your local barista in a park near where I grew up.

‘It’s given me the opportunity to meet a lot of people, like the real die-hard fans of EastEnders, and become friends with them too.’

Shana is best known for her role as Demi Miller in the long-running BBC One soap EastEnders from 2004-2006.

When Shana joined EastEnders she was 13 years old, and her character Demi immediately caused a stir due to her teenage pregnancy.

After the birth of her daughter Aleesha, she cut ties with the child’s father, Leo, but the couple later fled Walford together when she feared his family were planning to move to Scotland.

After becoming addicted to heroin, Leo tragically died of an overdose, and Demi was reunited with her family.

She left The Square in 2006 when her mother Rosie decided to leave her father Keith and build a new life in the Cotswolds with her daughter.

Shana added that she has continued to act since leaving EastEnders, with roles in Doctors, Top Boy and My Feral Heart, which earned her a British Independent Film Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

She will next star in Love Without Walls, a British indie film that follows the struggles of a young married couple after they become homeless.

Shana said that even though she thought she was only 13 when she got the part, she credits her mother Kiffy for keeping herself, and for Joe being grounded.

She also admitted that when her character was axed by the bosses, she found it “hard” to accept, but that she would be open to reprising her role if she could show her nasty side, like the nasty Square villain Janine Butcher.

Shana’s brother is Joe Swash, also a soap actor, who is married to former X Factor singer Stacey Solomon.

They have three children, Belle, four months, Rose, 16 months, and son Rex, four, and Joe also has son Harry, 15, from his relationship with Emma Sophocleous.

By Marta Jary for Daily Mail Australia

Published: 08:10 EST, December 16, 2023 | Updated: 08:20 EST, December 16, 2023

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By Oliver Price

Published: 8:15 PM EST, December 7, 2023 | Updated: 01:45 EST, December 8, 2023

A leading equality campaigner today rejected claims that royals discussing Prince Archie’s skin color should be considered racist, stating: ‘There isn’t a family of color anywhere in the world where that conversation isn’t happening.’

Sir Trevor Phillips has said any talk about Archie would have been out of “excitement” about a new baby and whether he would look more like Meghan or Harry.

Sir Trevor revealed that his family had the same conversation about his youngest grandson and believes that discussing skin color in a mixed family should be viewed no differently than discussing the color of a child’s eyes or hair.

The conversation about Archie, if it happened at all, came to a head this week when two alleged “royal racists” were aired on national television in Britain after King Charles and the Princess of Wales were mentioned in the Dutch first edition of Omid Scobie’s Endgame.

Sir Trevor, a former Labor politician and former chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, was watching his Sunday show live on Sky News last night when he was asked whether he would cover the Endgame scandal.

He said: ‘It’s unlikely we’ll spend much time on that because I’ll be absolutely honest and say I think it’s nonsense. I don’t think there’s a family of color anywhere in the world where that conversation isn’t happening.”

‘I have a grandson who is absolutely beautiful and delightful, I wish I could show you a picture of him, and of course as a family we talk about whether he is going to look more like his mother, who looks like me, or his father , who is of Puerto Rican descent.

“The same way your family, I guess, might talk about what hair color and what eye color. We all have the same hair color. What is different about us is the color of our skin.

‘So it’s a sign of excitement. I suspect I have no idea in what context the conversation took place – and I imagine the conversation did indeed take place – but I suspect someone may have said: I really hope this baby looks more like her than him.”

Omid Scobie last night took the extraordinary step of swearing on live TV on his own life and that of his family that the appointment of two members of the royal family in the Dutch version of Endgame is not a ‘stunt’ to shift more copies of his book .

Scobie, 42, said he was “hurt” by the suggestion and dismissed it as a conspiracy theory by people who want to believe he is “in cahoots” with Meghan Markle. He stated: ‘It couldn’t be further from the truth. ‘.

He also refused to apologize for the racism scandal that has broken out, claiming: ‘I’m just as frustrated as everyone else. The book I wrote, the book I edited, the book I signed, there were no names in it.’

But questions remain over whether he entered the names, as one of the Dutch translators told MailOnline yesterday: ‘The names of the royal family were there in black and white. I didn’t add them’.

Meghan first revealed vague details about the exchange in an interview with US chat show host Oprah Winfrey in 2021. She claimed there had been ‘conversations’ – suggesting there was more than one – in which ‘concerns’ were raised by Harry about how dark Archie’s skin could be. are.

But Harry stated later in the interview that it was one conversation. No further details were given about who was involved. When asked about the allegations in an interview with ITV’s Tom Bradby earlier this year, Harry insisted the couple had accused his relatives of nothing more than ‘unconscious bias’. He accused the media of blowing the situation out of proportion.

The racism row was not mentioned in Harry’s autobiography Spare or in the Netflix series the couple made about their departure from royal life.

The late Queen’s statement about the alleged comments, that “recollections may vary”, suggests that only Meghan and Harry considered them racist at the time.

The row resurfaced earlier this year when it emerged that Meghan had written a letter to the king expressing her concerns about racism in the family. Reports indicated that only one person was specifically mentioned about a single comment made.

This week, the Dutch edition of a book by royal biographer Omid Scobie – long seen as a mouthpiece for the Sussexes – appeared to accidentally mention the “royal racists”, citing Meghan’s letter as the source.

They are mentioned separately in different chapters, with the first reference claiming that the letter ‘revealed and confirmed’ the identity of one and the second suggesting that the letter revealed another royal ‘participated in such conversations’.

Mr Scobie denies writing the names in his manuscript, blaming it on a ‘translation error’.

Booker-nominated translator David McKay said it seemed “very plausible” that the confusion had arisen because an earlier manuscript had been accidentally translated, or because changes had been made after the translation that were not copied.

Both Dutch translators who worked on Scobie’s controversial book insisted that the names of two royals at the center of a racism scandal were in the manuscript they received.

Saskia Peeters says that she did not add the names to the Dutch version of the book Endgame. Speaking from her home in Arnhem, she told MailOnline: ‘As a translator, I translate what is in front of me.

‘The names of the royals were on it in black and white. I didn’t add them. I just did what I was paid to do and that was translate the book from English to Dutch.’

The second translator, Nellie Keukelaar-van Rijsbergern, then told The Sun: ‘We are professionals and we have been doing this for years, both of us. It’s not fair.’

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Published: 5:46 PM EST, November 29, 2023 | Updated: 5:47 PM EST, November 29, 2023

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Published: 05:48 EST, November 18, 2023 | Updated: 10:04 EST, November 18, 2023

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Published: 6:20 PM EST, November 13, 2023 | Updated: 6:28 PM EST, November 13, 2023