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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s kind words for Kate Middleton after shock cancer revelation: ‘Extraordinary courage’

Albert Elence — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 01:16:56 +0000

By Hannah Moore for Nca Newswire

Published: 8:31 PM EDT, March 22, 2024 | Updated: 9:13 PM EDT, March 22, 2024

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has shared a message of support for Kate Middleton following her shock cancer diagnosis.

Catherine, Princess of Wales, shared the news in a video shared online on Friday evening, UK time.

She explained that following her planned abdominal surgery in January, further tests had revealed the presence of cancer cells and she was now undergoing preventive chemotherapy treatment.

The princess, 42, did not reveal which form of cancer she was battling.

In a statement shared on X, formerly Twitter, Mr Albanese praised the royal family’s “extraordinary courage” shown in its public statement.

“My thoughts, and those of Australians, are with the Princess of Wales and her family following the news of her cancer diagnosis,” he said.

“The Princess of Wales has shown extraordinary courage today with her public statement expressing her concern for others.”

Catherine, Princess of Wales, shared the news of her illness in a video shared online on Friday evening, UK time.

In a statement shared with X, formerly Twitter, Mr Albanese praised the royal family’s “extraordinary courage” shown in its public statement

My thoughts, and those of Australians, are with the Princess of Wales and her family following the news of her cancer diagnosis.

The Princess of Wales has shown extraordinary courage today with her public statement expressing her concern for others.

— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) March 22, 2024

Kate’s announcement follows weeks of increasingly feverish speculation about her whereabouts, spurred by a heavily edited photo of the princess and her children shared by Kensington Palace to mark Mother’s Day in Britain.

The photo was published by most major news agencies but was killed within 24 hours, with the Associated Press saying it appeared the source had doctored the photo.

Kate later issued a statement saying that, like many amateur photographers, she enjoyed experimenting with editing and apologized for any confusion.

The princess did not comment on the speculation in her video and instead focused on those who had shown her family support as she began the early stages of treatment.

“I just wanted to take this opportunity to personally thank you for all the wonderful messages of support and for your understanding while I was recovering from surgery,” she said at the start of the clip.

‘It’s been an incredibly tough few months for our whole family, but I’ve had a fantastic medical team who have taken great care of me, for which I am so grateful.’

The princess, 42, did not reveal which form of cancer she was battling

She said that while the diagnosis had come as a “shock” to her and her family, she felt “stronger every day” and asked for privacy as she continued treatment.

“I am doing well and getting stronger every day by focusing on the things that will help me heal; in my mind, body and spirit,” she said.

‘Having William by my side is also a great source of comfort and reassurance. As does the love, support and kindness shown by so many of you. It means so much to both of us.

‘We hope you understand that we as a family now need some time, space and privacy while I complete my treatment. My work has always brought me a deep sense of joy and I look forward to being back when I am able, but for now I must focus on making a full recovery.”

She concluded with a message of support to others battling cancer, urging them not to lose hope.

“You’re not alone,” she said.

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A kind waiter made me cry with joy after helping my autistic son by treating us to sweets on the house

Albert Elence — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 00:25:24 +0000

A Reddit user wrote about her encounter with a server while she and her three-year-old son were in a chocolate shop
She and her son got free hot chocolate while they were there
The pair attended a doctor’s appointment earlier that day

By Emma Saletta for Dailymail.Com

Published: 5:10 PM EDT, March 22, 2024 | Updated: 5:12 PM EDT, March 22, 2024

A mother left a chocolate shop with a smile on her face thanks to the unconditional kindness of a waitress.

The woman created a Reddit post yesterday telling her story about what happened when she and her three-year-old son went to buy hot chocolate.

She and her son had just completed a doctor’s appointment, during which the doctor referred them to a speech therapist.

‘I had a really bad day with my three-year-old son who has autism. We went for a walk and he was cold, so I said we were going to get some hot chocolate.” she wrote.

The pair walked into ‘a little shop’ and ordered two small hot chocolates.

A mother and her three-year-old autistic son went to a store to buy hot chocolate. (Image: a stock photo of a child with his mother)

The waiter gave her free hot chocolate after she noticed she was having a hard time dealing with her son’s reactions. (Image: a stock photo of a child with his mother)

They both met their server and he tried to communicate with the three year old.

“The man said hello to my son, who is non-verbal, and did not respond,” she wrote.

‘He said again: hey little man! And my son turned his head. I looked at him and said, ‘Sorry, he’s non-verbal, he doesn’t talk.’

Once her son wanted to get out of his stroller, it became more difficult for the mother to cope.

‘Over there [were] no tables inside so I couldn’t take it out. “I felt other customers’ eyes on me and saw a woman whispering to her friend and they looked at me together,” she wrote.

Her son quickly changed his attitude after the waiter gave him a special treat.

The woman, who was having an overwhelming day, started crying outside after his act of kindness. (Image: a stock photo of a child with his mother)

The waiter walked over from behind the counter and handed the little boy “a cup of mini marshmallows.”

The little boy quickly calmed down and the waiter told the original poster (OP) that she looked like she was “struggling.”

“He handed me a large hot chocolate with whipped cream and marshmallows, and when I said I was only asking for a small one, he said it was on the house,” she wrote.

“I tried to pay him anyway, and he said no, seriously, it’s okay. Enjoy your hot chocolate.”

The woman, who was having an overwhelming day, started crying outside after his act of kindness.

The waiter saw the mother crying outside and even offered her tissues and a table that had been cleared.

“I declined, but thanked him for being so kind, and he said you never know what someone is going through, so always be kind,” she wrote.

The OP revealed in a response that she couldn’t remember the name of the chocolate shop, but she might go back there someday.

Since she posted her heartwarming story, other Reddit users have left positive comments and stories about their experiences with servers or autistic children.

Reddit users left positive comments for the mother, with some writing their own heartwarming stories about encounters with servers

“When my husband and I were homeless, there was a barista at Starbucks who would always look out for us whenever we came in for something to eat or drink,” said one Reddit user.

“People like that have really restored my faith in humanity.”

Other users passed on their well wishes to the mother, with one person writing in his comment that “everything will be fine.”

“I would really like to leave a good review or SOMETHING to reward this company for something we all needed at some point,” one user commented on the post.

“Be the kindness you want to see in the world, even if it never changes.”

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Hoe Nicholas Galitzine de nieuwe Britse hartenbreker werd: de in Londen geboren acteur, 29, die ‘afstamt van de Russische adel’ ging van een ‘verlegen kind’ naar pikante scènes met Julianne Moore

Sabir Ansary — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 06:05:09 +0000

Hij speelt in de veelgeprezen Mary & George tegenover Julianne Moore en zal deze zomer samen met Anne Hathaway de hoofdrol spelen in The Idea of You.

Maar voordat hij aan zijn carrière begon, leek Nicholas Galitzine bepaald niet voorbestemd om de nieuwste hartenbreker van Hollywood te worden. Sterker nog, hij was een ‘verlegen kind’ dat hoge verwachtingen koesterde om in plaats daarvan professioneel rugby te gaan spelen.

De in Londen geboren 29-jarige, die naar verluidt afstamt van de Russische adel, stemde er alleen mee in om op te treden tijdens zijn eerste acteerauditie in een poging indruk te maken op zijn geliefde.

Maar sindsdien floreert hij in de showbusiness en heeft hij rollen gekregen in onder meer Red, White en Royal Blue, de LGBTQ+-romcom die de genegenheid van fans over de hele wereld veiligstelde, ondanks dat hij door critici als ‘flauw’ werd bestempeld.

Hij liet de kijkers opnieuw warm onder de kraag achter in Sky’s Mary & George; Het werd vorige week uitgebracht en vertelt het schandalige, waargebeurde verhaal van een 17e-eeuwse gravin Mary Villiers (gespeeld door Julianne Moore), die haar zoon (Nicholas) kneedde om koning James I te verleiden.

Nicholas Galitzine speelt in de veelgeprezen Mary & George tegenover Julianne Moore (samen afgebeeld in Londen in februari 2024)

Door buitensporige plannen groeiden moeder en zoon van een bescheiden begin op tot de rijkste, meest vooraanstaande en invloedrijke spelers die het Engelse hof ooit had gezien, en de meest vertrouwde adviseurs van de koning.

Fans hebben de ordinaire bonk-buster geprezen om de mix van ‘kostuum, complotten en seks’, terwijl critici het ‘belachelijk leuk’ en een ‘koninklijke stoeipartij van seks en gekonkel’ noemden.

De tijden gaf de show vier sterren en vergeleek de film met The Favourite uit 2018, met “kleurrijk vloeken, momenten van niet-gecentreerde humor en ravotten met een go-go”.

The Daily Mail schreef: ‘Dit schunnige, uitbundige, 17e-eeuwse kostuumdrama Mary & George (Sky Atlantic) volgt de jongen terwijl hij opstaat om een hertogdom op te eisen, zoals tweede zonen soms doen. Serials uit dit tijdperk volgen twee patronen: het literaire of het wellustige, Wolf Hall of The Tudors.

‘Dit valt zeker in het laatste kamp en als je van ordinaire, wellustige en vloekende geschiedenis houdt, is het erg leuk.’

Voortbordurend op zijn succes, speelt Nicholas ook de hoofdrol tegenover A-lister Anne Hathaway in Amazon Prime’s komende romantische drama The Idea of You, dat in mei zal verschijnen.

Maar de filmcarrière van Nicholas kwam in alle opzichten enigszins uit de lucht vallen – toen hij opgroeide, ging de 1,80 meter lange ster om met het ‘sportieve publiek’ toen hij naar een jongensschool ging en acteren was het verste waar hij aan dacht.

In de hoop echter dichter bij zijn verliefdheid te komen na zijn afstuderen, deed Nicholas auditie voor een festivaltoneelstuk bestemd voor het Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Nicholas zet zijn succes voort en speelt ook de hoofdrol tegenover A-lister Anne Hathaway in het komende romantische drama The Idea of You van Amazon Prime, dat in mei zal verschijnen.

Maar voordat hij aan zijn carrière begon, leek Nicholas (op de foto met zijn vader) nauwelijks voorbestemd om de nieuwste hartenbreker van Hollywood te worden. Sterker nog, hij was een ‘verlegen kind’ dat hoge verwachtingen koesterde om in plaats daarvan professioneel rugby te gaan spelen.

Sprekend over zijn aanvankelijke onwil, vertelde hij Het laatste tijdschrift: ‘In het begin was ik erg verlegen omdat het idee om op te treden me gewoon doodsbang maakte.

‘Ik was altijd een beetje introvert en een verlegen kind, dus het idee om op te treden was angstaanjagend, maar ik was net afgestudeerd en het was een leuk zomervakantieplan, dus ik deed er auditie voor.

‘Hilarisch genoeg – mijn vader zal me dit nooit laten meemaken – maar ik was buiten de bioscoop en ik belde hem op met de vraag: ‘Wat doe ik hier verdomme? Ik ben geen acteur, ik heb dit nog nooit gedaan, dit is stom, ik moet naar huis komen.’

‘Hij overtuigde mij ervan dat het op zijn minst een leuke, nieuwe ervaring zou zijn en dat ik er waarschijnlijk spijt van zou krijgen als ik het niet zou doen.’

In een vervolg op Wonderland Magazine in 2019 zei hij: ‘Er was een meisje dat naar het Edinburgh Fringe Festival ging en dat ik echt leuk vond. ik deed [the festival] zodat ik dit meisje kon achtervolgen. En ik kwam terug met dit acteerbureau.’

Nicholas zei dat hij nooit een acteercarrière had overwogen en zich zorgen maakte over zijn ouders, en voegde eraan toe: ‘Ik weet zeker dat ze zo blij waren nadat ze voor mij een opleiding hadden betaald dat ik de weg van een werkloze, blut acteur volgde.’

Maar toen hij er uiteindelijk in terechtkwam, bleef zijn familie hem steunen – en Nicholas bleef een goede band behouden met zijn ouders, die allebei in de financiële wereld werken, en met zijn oudere zus, kunstenaar Lexi.

De acteur, opgevoed door zijn Griekse moeder en Russische vader, kreeg zijn eerste rol in het komediedrama The Beat Beneath My Feet uit 2014.

De acteur liet de kijkers warm onder de kraag in Sky’s Mary & George; Het werd vorige week uitgebracht en vertelt het schandalige waargebeurde verhaal van een 17e-eeuwse gravin Mary Villiers (gespeeld door Julianne Moore), die haar zoon (Nicholas) kneedde om koning James I te verleiden

De acteur floreerde in Red, White en Royal Blue, omdat kijkers niet alleen genoten van het lieve en luchtige karakter van de romcom, maar ook de oprechte representatie van een LGTBQ+ koppel waardeerden.

Nicholas kreeg ongetwijfeld zijn eerste doorbraak toen hij werd gecast als Prins Robert in Amazon’s live action-bewerking van Assepoester tegenover Camila Cabello die de rol van de prinses op zich nam.

In de nasleep van zijn succes in Assepoester kreeg Nicholas vervolgens een hoofdrol in Netflix’s Purple Hearts – die draait om een onrustige marinier en een wilskrachtige zanger die ondanks hun ideologisch tegengestelde standpunten een huwelijk voor geld faken.

Al snel volgden een hele reeks andere rollen, waaronder in de romantische komedie High Strung en het drama Handsome Devil.

Ondanks het sudderende succes kreeg Nicholas ongetwijfeld zijn grote doorbraak toen hij werd gecast als Prins Robert in Amazons live action-bewerking van Assepoester tegenover Camila Cabello, die de rol van de prinses op zich nam.

Nicholas bloeide in zijn koninklijke rollen, misschien dankzij zijn eigen indrukwekkende familielijn.

Internetspeurneuzen hebben de erfenis van de ster bij elkaar gebracht om te onthullen dat hij afstamt van het Huis van Golitsyn – een van de grootste prinselijke families onder het door de tsaar geregeerde Rusland.

Er wordt gedacht dat zijn eigen voorouders gedwongen werden naar Groot-Brittannië te vluchten te midden van de politieke en sociale onrust van de Russische Revolutie die tussen 1917 en 1923 woedde.

In de nasleep van zijn Assepoester-succes kreeg Nicholas vervolgens een hoofdrol in Netflix’s Purple Hearts – die draait om een onrustige marinier en een wilskrachtige zanger die ondanks hun ideologisch tegengestelde standpunten een huwelijk voor geld faken.

Hoewel er veel controverse over bestond, werd het al snel de meest succesvolle titel van het platform van 2022, en stuwde Nicholas’ carrière naar nieuwe hoogten.

Maar tijdens zijn succes bleef hij zijn vader prijzen omdat hij hem het duwtje in de rug gaf dat hij nodig had.

Op Vaderdag in 2021 deelde Nicholas samen met vader Geoffrey een afbeelding met het onderschrift: ‘Aan de man die mij heeft opgevoed, mij naar rugbywedstrijden door het hele land heeft gereden, mij een vliegtuig heeft laten besturen toen ik negen was, mij heeft overtuigd om te gaan naar de auditie voor het toneelstuk waarin ik gescout zou worden en een carrière als acteur zou beginnen, GELUKKIGE VADERDAG!!

‘Je moed en je gedrevenheid inspireren mij meer dan je weet. Je bent er bij elke stap voor me geweest en ik kon me niet beter wensen. Ik hou van je, Grote G.’

Nicholas – die door fans een ‘queer-icoon’ wordt genoemd nadat hij verschillende LGBTQ+-personagerollen heeft gespeeld – heeft zijn eigen seksualiteit nooit rechtstreeks aan de orde gesteld, maar heeft eerder zijn wens besproken om de LGBTQ+-gemeenschap accuraat te vertegenwoordigen.

Spreken met de Gewoon voor variatie podcast over authentieke casting in relatie tot Rood, Wit en Koningsblauw in het bijzonder, zei hij: ‘Ik vind het een heel gevoelig onderwerp.

‘Ik denk dat het belangrijkste voor mij was om Matthew te laten weten dat ik hield van wie Henry was als persoon, en ik leefde met hem in als personage, en ik wilde gewoon proberen een zo eerlijk mogelijke prestatie neer te zetten – nooit een karikatuur – als Ik zou kunnen.’

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China’s big political show is back to normal. Kind of.

Jeffrey Bailey — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 12:17:49 +0000

Finally it seemed like everything was back to normal.

As nearly 3,000 delegates filed into Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Tuesday for the opening of China’s annual legislative assembly, no one wore a face mask. Officials crowded together to shake hands and pose for photos. Around them, reporters and diplomats from around the world milled around the cavernous lobby, many invited for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic four years earlier.

It was one of China’s most prominent political stages, and the message sent was clear: the country’s long isolation was over, the country was once again open to the world and ready for business.

But normal has a different meaning in today’s China than before. And beneath the veneer of openness were signs of how much China has changed in the past four years: It is more insular, more disciplined and more closely tied to the one-man rule of its top leader, Xi Jinping.

To gain access to the Great Hall, where China’s most important political meetings take place, attendees still had to take a government-arranged Covid test. Unlike previous years, when a report detailing the government’s annual economic growth target was made public at the start of the opening ceremony, this year it was initially shared only with delegates and diplomats.

In perhaps the biggest departure from previous years, officials announced that China’s premier, the country’s No. 2 official, would no longer answer questions at the end of the weeklong legislative session. It was the end of a three-decade tradition, one of the few opportunities for journalists to interact with a top leader.

“That’s where the prime minister’s press conference used to be,” a Chinese man in a suit pointed out to another in a low voice on Tuesday as they walked through the room.

Guides with that kind of insider knowledge are important at Chinese political events like this, where the events are so tightly choreographed that a casual observer might not know that things haven’t always been this way.

At 9 a.m., as a light sleet fell outside, dozens of delegates sat in neat rows on the stage, against a backdrop of towering red curtains. Together with the other delegates sitting below them, they sang the national anthem.

When the Prime Minister, Li Qiang, then took the stage to give his summary of the government’s achievements over the past year, they dutifully pored over their paper copies of his report. This year, reporters did not receive copies of the report until halfway through Mr. Li’s speech.

Above the stage, the venue’s expansive balconies were filled with Chinese and foreign journalists positioning cameras, taking notes and peering through binoculars at the officials far below.

But many of the foreign journalists were only allowed into the country on temporary visas because China has been slow to issue or deny long-term visas to many Western news organizations. In 2020, many American journalists were deported, and last year even some foreign journalists with valid long-term visas were not allowed into the legislature.

In Mr. Li’s nearly hour-long speech, he repeatedly paid tribute to Mr. Xi, who sat in the center of the second row. Mr. Xi, unlike everyone else on stage, barely touched his copy of the work report. Every now and then he sipped from one of the two teacups ready for him. (For most of his early years in power, Mr. Xi had just one cup at the opening ceremony, as did the other delegates. But in recent years, Mr. Xi, who has steadily consolidated power around him, has had two had.)

Mr Li acknowledged the challenges China faces, including a debt-laden real estate sector and weak consumer demand. This is all part of why China is now so keen to project openness, as it seeks to attract foreign investors and reassure domestic entrepreneurs.

“We must communicate the policy to the public in a targeted manner to create a stable, transparent and predictable policy environment,” Mr Li said.

But you only had to step outside the room to see why many are suspicious of such promises. Information about and from the government has become increasingly limited as China has expanded its definition of espionage to include even routine interactions with foreigners as potentially dangerous. Restrictions on both the Chinese and foreign press have been tightened.

Days before the opening ceremony, the Foreign Correspondents Club of China said a journalist from Dutch broadcaster NOS was pushed to the ground by police officers in a city in southwestern China while interviewing people there; so was the incident captured on camera. In the days before the rallies, police cars with flashing lights regularly appeared on street corners across Beijing, and volunteers wearing red armbands kept watch for potential troublemakers.

On Tuesday, officials had organized a series of question-and-answer sessions with a number of pre-selected deputies and ministers — sessions that, officials said, helped justify the cancellation of the prime minister’s traditional press conference. In the lobby of the Great Hall, these officials answered carefully worded questions from state media on topics such as how Chinese-made cars could be promoted abroad and how the Chinese people had benefited from government investments in water conservation infrastructure.

One of the elected delegates came from Henan province, home to a major archaeological site called Yinxu. When he had to ask a question, a reporter from a Communist Party newspaper asked him, “Recently, Yinxu’s achievements in archeology have attracted a lot of attention. Do you have any special feelings about the protection of cultural artifacts?”

Outside this carefully curated context, attempts to interview delegates were far less successful. Several officials, approached as they entered or left the chamber, refused to answer even simple questions, such as whether they had introduced legislative proposals this year, or even where they were from.

A typical conversation with a delegate whose name tag identified him as Wang Wenqiang, from Hebei Province, went as follows:

“Excuse me, have you made any proposals this year?”

“Not this year,” Mr. Wang replied as he walked toward the auditorium without breaking stride.

“Have you submitted proposals in the past?”

“Yes, last year.”

“What was it about?”

“People’s livelihood.”

“Can you be a little more specific?”

‘There’s someone waiting for me there. Sorry,” Mr. Wang said. And with that he disappeared.

Siyi Zhao contributed research from Seoul.

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Lala Kent is ZWANGER! Vanderpump Rules-ster, 33, kondigt aan dat ze haar tweede kind verwacht nadat ze zich tot spermadonor heeft gewend na een lelijke scheiding van Randall Emmett

Sabir Ansary — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 03:15:25 +0000

Lala Kent onthulde dat ze in verwachting is van haar tweede kind.

De Vanderpump Rules-ster, 33, verraste fans met het gelukkige nieuws op zondag, in een schattige Instagram-post met haar dochter Ocean, bijna drie.

Het toonde haar haar groeiende zwangerschapsbuik in een opengeritste spijkerbroek, terwijl Ocean glimlachend naast haar stond.

‘Ik breid mijn groep uit’, schreef Lala in het bijschrift en voegde eraan toe: ‘Proost op een nieuwe toevoeging aan mijn kleine gezin.’

Lala verwelkomde Ocean bijna drie jaar geleden met ex-verloofde Randall Emmett, 52. In januari vertelde ze dat ze haar tweede kind via IUI wilde verwekken met de hulp van een spermadonor.

Lala Kent onthulde dat ze in verwachting is van haar tweede kind. De Vanderpump Rules-ster, 33, deelde het nieuws zondag in een schattige Instagram-post met haar dochter Ocean, bijna drie

‘Ik breid mijn groep uit’, schreef Lala in het bijschrift, en voegde eraan toe: ‘Proost op een nieuwe toevoeging aan mijn kleine gezin’; gezien in 2023

Lala plaatste de aankondiging opnieuw in haar Stories en onthulde dat ze het op haar podcast over ‘alles wat met zwangerschap te maken heeft’ zou hebben. Ze voegde ook nog een foto toe aan de post waarin zij en Ocean de vitamines van Mary Ruth Organics gebruikten.

Lala deelde ook een fragment in haar Stories waarin ze onthulde dat ze dinsdag een Amazon Live zal doen om enkele babyvragen van fans te beantwoorden.

Na de opwindende aankondiging deelden haar 2,3 miljoen vrienden en volgers hoe blij ze waren met het nieuws.

Haar co-ster van Vanderpump Rules Scheana Shay, 38, plaatste de aankondiging in haar Stories en schreef: ‘Mijn hart is vandaag en elke dag erg blij met jullie allemaal in ons leven. Gefeliciteerd @lalakent, deze baby heeft al zoveel geluk!!!!’

Ze reageerde ook op het originele bericht en schreef: ‘HET GEBEURT ALLEMAAL!!! Ik kan niet gelukkiger voor je zijn. Ik hou zo veel van jou en je familie!!!’

Haar andere co-ster Brittany Cartwright deelde het bericht ook opnieuw in haar Stories en schreef: ‘Ik hou zo veel van je!!! Gefeliciteerd.’

‘Ik kan niet wachten om deze baby te ontmoeten. Ik hou van je’, schreef voormalig Vanderpump Rules-collega Stassi Schroeder.

Remi Bader schreef: ‘OMG LALA!!!!’ Nick Viall schreef: ‘Ongelooflijk! Gefeliciteerd Lala!!!’

Ook Heather Dubrow en Lisa Barlow feliciteerden de reality-tv-ster.

Ze voegde nog een foto toe aan de post waarin zij en Ocean de vitamines van Mary Ruth Organics gebruikten

Haar co-ster van Vanderpump Rules Scheana Shay, 38, plaatste de aankondiging in haar Stories en schreef: ‘Gefeliciteerd @lalakent, deze baby heeft al zoveel geluk!!!!’

Haar andere co-ster Brittany Cartwright deelde het bericht ook opnieuw in haar Stories en schreef: ‘Ik hou zo veel van je!!! Gefeliciteerd’

Haar 2,3 miljoen vrienden en volgers waren opgetogen over het nieuws, waarbij voormalig medespeler van Vanderpump Rules, Stassi Schroeder, schreef: ‘Ik kan niet wachten om deze baby te ontmoeten. Ik houd van je’

Lala deelde ook een fragment in haar Stories waarin ze onthulde dat ze dinsdag een Amazon Live zal doen om enkele babyvragen van fans te beantwoorden

De reality-tv-sirene – wiens geboortenaam Lauren Elyse Burningham is – vertelde het Kosmopolitisch dat ze nog een kind wil, maar in plaats van een mannelijke partner te gebruiken, vertelde ze dat ze het allemaal alleen wil doen.

Het rode loper-wonder lijkt nog steeds partnervrij nadat ze haar verloofde, de controversiële Hollywood-producent Randall, in 2021 dumpte te midden van beschuldigingen dat hij vals speelde.

Intra-uteriene inseminatie (IUI) is een procedure die onvruchtbaarheid behandelt.

IUI vergroot de kans op zwangerschap door speciaal geprepareerd sperma direct in de baarmoeder te plaatsen, het orgaan waarin een baby zich ontwikkelt, aldus de onderzoekers. Mayo-kliniek.

Een andere naam voor de procedure is kunstmatige inseminatie.

De Bravo-ster doet het moederschap op haar eigen manier omdat ze niet wil wachten op een partner na een vervelende breuk met Randall.

Ze zei dat ‘een partner vinden en verliefd worden op iemand’ niet veel te maken heeft met het ter wereld brengen van een kind.

Kent voegde eraan toe dat het goed met haar gaat als ze een spermadonor gebruikt. ‘Het is alsof je voor je partner winkelt, maar alleen om een kind te krijgen, dus er komt veel bij kijken’, zei ze.

Lala verwelkomde Ocean bijna drie jaar geleden met ex-verloofde Randall Emmett, 52. In januari sprak ze over het feit dat ze haar tweede kind via IUI wilde verwekken met de hulp van een spermadonor; Gezien in 2021

Ze vertelde toen ook dat ze haar donor al had gevonden: ‘We hebben al onze eenden op een rij. De donor is veiliggesteld, waar ik super enthousiast over ben… vanaf het moment dat ik deze donor vond, sprak hij me gewoon aan. Hij voelde als mijn baby-papa.’

Ze vertelde ook dat het IUI-proces haar niet bang maakt.

‘Ik zou zeggen dat het IUI-proces vooral wetenschappelijke seks is’, zei Lala. ‘Het is het meest wilde ding ter wereld.’

De tv-ster voegde eraan toe: ‘Toen mijn dokter het mij uitlegde, dacht ik: oh, dit is net alsof ik met iemand in de slaapkamer ben, maar ik hoef niet te wachten op de grote O. Het is er maar één en klaar.

‘Laten we het gewoon voor elkaar krijgen, het meest waardevolle ding dat uit een man voortkomt halen, namelijk zijn sperma, en ik kom eraan.’

Over waarom ze IUI doet: ‘Ik gok er niet op dat ik mijn kind krijg.

‘En ik denk gewoon niet dat het vinden van een partner en verliefd worden op iemand iets te maken heeft met het ter wereld brengen van een kind.’

Kent zei dat ze anders begon te denken nadat Randall haar hart had gebroken.

‘Toen mijn leven een heel andere kant op ging, wist ik dat ik meer kinderen wilde’, zei de ster terwijl ze verwijst naar haar scheiding in 2021 van Randall.

De reality-tv-sirene vertelde Cosmopolitan dat ze in januari nog een kind wilde, maar in plaats van een mannelijke partner te gebruiken, deelde ze dat ze het allemaal alleen wil doen; gezien januari 2024

In 2022 deelde ze ook de Scheananigans podcast over het gebruik van een spermadonor: ‘Ik doe een spermadonor, punt uit. Ik zal niet eens proberen het op een andere manier te proberen. Ik wil niet dat er nog iemand bij betrokken is.’

Kent erkende dat er weliswaar een ‘partner’ zou kunnen binnenkomen [her] leven’ op geen enkel moment, neemt ze ‘het risico niet’ op co-ouderschap.

‘De kans is zo groot dat het niet lukt, vooral waar wij wonen’, zegt Kent, die in Los Angeles woont. ‘Ik ben bijvoorbeeld zo getekend door al deze shit die in mijn leven is gebeurd.’

Lala en haar ex-partner Randall begonnen in 2015 te daten.

Toen zei ze: ‘Het was zo vreemd dat er gebeurde, want iedereen zei tegen me: ‘Je gaat iemand vinden.’

‘En ik begon te denken: “Waarom moet er iemand anders bij betrokken zijn als ik meer kinderen wil?”, legde ze uit.

Op haar advies aan andere vrouwen: ‘Als je kinderen wilt en alleen maar wacht tot ‘die persoon’ in je leven komt, laten we dan praten over een andere route die we kunnen nemen. Het is 2024! Er zijn veel manieren om een baby te krijgen, en daar heb je geen man voor nodig.’

Kent nam afscheid van haar voormalige verloofde in oktober 2021, zeven maanden nadat ze hun kind hadden verwelkomd, omdat ze zei dat ze bewijs zag dat hij haar ontrouw was in de relatie.

Kent zei dat ze begon na te denken over het krijgen van een kind in haar eentje nadat Randall haar hart had gebroken. ‘Toen mijn leven een heel andere kant op ging, wist ik dat ik meer kinderen wilde’; Lala en Randall begonnen in 2015 te daten; Gezien in 2021

Het rode loper-wonder lijkt nog steeds partnervrij te zijn nadat de controversiële Hollywood-producent in 2021 werd gedumpt te midden van beschuldigingen dat hij vals speelde; gezien in 2021

Kent ontmoette de producer in 2015 en het paar maakte hun romance openbaar in 2018, een jaar nadat hij scheidde van zijn ex-vrouw, Ambyr Childers.

Het voormalige stel verloofde zich tijdens een reis naar Cabo San Lucas datzelfde jaar. De Bravo-ster kondigde verder aan dat zij en haar voormalige verloofde van plan waren in april 2020 in het huwelijksbootje te stappen, hoewel ze uiteindelijk hun huwelijk hebben uitgesteld.

Kent kondigde verder aan dat ze in september 2020 zwanger was, en in maart beviel ze van haar dochter Ocean, één.

Het paar ging echter in oktober 2021 uit elkaar nadat Emmett werd gezien in het gezelschap van twee vrouwen tijdens een uitje in Nashville.

De reality-tv-persoonlijkheid vertelde vervolgens aan de Los Angeles Times dat haar voormalige verloofde haar had ‘aangepakt’ nadat ze hem had geconfronteerd met beweringen van ontrouw.

Een woordvoerder van de producent ontkende de beweringen van de Bravo-ster, samen met verschillende andere beschuldigingen over het gedrag van hun cliënt.

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Lizzie Cundy reveals close friend Ewen MacIntosh's kind words to her actor son, his love for Ricky Gervais and poking fun at Lionel Blair on the set of a Chris Rea video as his death at 50 is confirmed

Sabir Ansary — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:05:32 +0000

Lizzie Cundy has paid tribute to The Office star Ewen MacIntosh after his death at the age of 50 was confirmed on Wednesday.

The Welsh actor became a household name after playing the impassive, Scottish egg-loving accountant Keith Bishop in the legendary Ricky Gervais sitcom The Office.

And Lizzie, 55, recalled her own fond memory of working with close friend MacIntosh after they were cast in a light-hearted music video for Chris Rea's festive song Driving Home For Christmas.

The song, originally a hit for Rea in 1988, was re-released as a digital download in 2009, with all proceeds going to registered tenant rights charity Shelter.

Cundy recalls the last-minute shoot at Shepperton Studios, where they were joined by Lionel Blair, Gail Porter, Mike Dean and T'Pau singer Carol Decker for a Christmas-themed video, and admits MacIntosh was a popular figure on set used to be.

Lizzie Cundy has paid tribute to The Office star Ewen MacIntosh after his death at the age of 50 was confirmed on Wednesday

She told MailOnline: “We just laughed and laughed all day. We thought, how can we believe that me and him are here in the actual pop video for Chris Rea, with so many big names? And there was me and Ewen.

'There was fake snow that kept getting stuck in his beard and hair and I kept telling him he had dandruff. Every time I danced and smiled, it went into my mouth and we laughed.”

She added: 'He was an absolutely beautiful person inside and out, completely humble and completely the opposite of what he could be. He spoke so well of everyone and loved each other Ricky Gervais. He was a cute, funny person. There's so much laughter.'

Cundy admits they also made fun of legendary entertainer Blair, who died in November 2021 at the age of 92.

She said: 'I pretended to be a very famous actress from America and Ewen supported me. Lionel completely believed it and then asked for my autograph, but Ewen was a great joker with a straight face, a great poker face and a lot of fun.'

MacIntosh was best known for his role as a Scotch egg-loving accountant in Gervais' hit sitcom, which became an instant comedy classic when it launched in 2001 and led to the creation of a successful American version.

The Welsh actor, who has also appeared in British comedies such as After Life, Miranda and Little Britain, had shared a photo of himself in hospital in February 2022 and told his fans that he was going through “bad times”.

His cause of death has not been confirmed, but friends praised the “empathy and incredible care” of medical staff and nurses. MacIntosh, who is survived by his parents and brother, is not believed to have married or had children.

Lizzie recalled her own fond memory of working with close friend MacIntosh after they were cast in a light-hearted music video for Chris Rea's festive song Driving Home For Christmas.

The song, originally a hit for Rea in 1988, was re-released as a digital download in 2009, with all proceeds going to registered tenant rights charity Shelter.

Cundy recalls the last-minute shoot at Shepperton Studios and admits MacIntosh was a popular figure on set

Gervais led the tributes on Wednesday, writing on X/Twitter: 'Extremely sad news. The very funny and very sweet Ewen Macintosh, known to many as 'Big Keith' from The Office, has passed away. An absolute original. REST IN PEACE.'

As fans of The Office woke up to the devastating news, many pledged to have a Scotch egg in honor of the late actor.

JustRight Management, the actor's representatives, confirmed the star's tragic death in a statement saying: 'It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our beloved comedy genius Ewen MacIntosh.

'His family would like to thank everyone who supported him, especially Willow Green Care Home.'

In 2022, The Office star was rushed to hospital and said he was going through 'bad times'

The Welsh actor became a household name after playing the impassive, Scottish egg-loving accountant Keith Bishop in the legendary Ricky Gervais sitcom The Office

Ricky Gervais led the tributes to the Welsh actor after his death was confirmed on Wednesday

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My husband looks so much younger that people say we are some kind of teacher and student

Jeffrey Bailey — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 10:05:13 +0000

A WOMAN has hit back at people who said her husband looks so young he resembles her son.

Abigail had initially shared a video of her husband with some of their babies' uncles as she asked people to guess which man was the twins' father.

Abigail's husband Stuart looks so much younger than her that people mistake him for her sonCredit: TikTok/ZGeSqb9Hy

She shared a video of her other half, insisting he is 27, not '12' as some people saidCredit: TikTok/ZGeSqb9Hy

She also shared some adorable photos of herself and her husbandCredit: TikTok/ZGeSqb9Hy

And while many people were wrong, there were others who pointed out that Stuart looks MUCH younger than his wife – with one even saying he looks “12 years old”.

“Let me introduce you to my husband Stuart,” Abigail said in the next video, revealing the twins' father.

“He's 27 years old, not 12, and he's the father of our twins!”

“Looks like a teacher is dating her high school student,” someone commented on that clip.

Will San Francisco voters choose a different kind of mayor?

Sabir Ansary — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:21:26 +0000

Famously liberal San Francisco is irritable these days.

Poll after poll shows that residents lack confidence in the future of their city and do not support their leader, Mayor London Breed. They lament that their downtowns are not returning as quickly as other cities' cores after the pandemic, that drug overdose rates continue to rise and that property crime remains a persistent problem.

But what's not so clear is what kind of mayor they want to fix what's broken.

Mark Farrell, a venture capitalist who served as interim mayor for six months in 2018, believes he has the answer: a tough style of governance that would “massively” increase the ranks of police, clear all homeless encampments, lock up drug overdose victims who surviving and returning cars to the city's main road.

He will test his platform — which he calls common sense and his opponents will no doubt call too conservative for San Francisco — on the November ballot. Mr. Farrell, the city's 44th mayor, plans to announce Tuesday that he also wants to become its 46th mayor.

“I've watched San Francisco crumble over the last five years,” Farrell, 49, said recently over coffee at a downtown cafe. “Public safety has never been such a big issue. Conditions in our streets have never been worse. Our local economy has collapsed. And we've become the butt of jokes across the country.

“This mayor has completely let us down.”

Maggie Muir, a political adviser to Ms. Breed, accused Mr. Farrell of spending the pandemic years at his venture capital firm instead of helping the city get back on its feet.

“It's easy to run, but it's hard to lead,” Ms. Muir said. “Mayor Breed is the one who had to make the tough decisions and lead the city through the pandemic and its aftermath, while the others were nowhere to be seen.”

She said Ms. Breed's efforts were beginning to pay off: downtown began to come back and crime dropped.

There is no love lost between Mr. Farrell and Ms. Breed, also 49. In December 2017, when Mayor Ed Lee died of a heart attack, Ms. Breed became acting mayor as she chaired the Board of Supervisors.

But the majority of her colleagues, wanting to ensure that six months later she would not have the status of the incumbent president in the race to fill Mr. Lee's seat, voted to appoint Mr. Farrell as a supervisor overseeing wealthy neighborhoods Pacific Heights and Marina represented. , the city's short-term leader. After Ms. Breed won the race, Mr. Farrell returned to his previous job at Thayer Ventures, a San Francisco company that invests in travel and transportation companies.

If Mr. Farrell succeeds in ousting Ms. Breed again — this time through the action of voters, not that of his fellow politicians — it will indicate that San Francisco has moved from the left to much more centrist politics. That trend already seemed clear following the recall of far-left members of the school board and the city's district attorney, as well as the elections of several moderate members of the Board of Supervisors.

Ms. Breed, also a political moderate by San Francisco standards, seemed to sense the city's shifting political winds and has herself tacked to the right. She supports measures on the March ballot to expand police officers' access to surveillance cameras and drones and to require welfare recipients to be tested for drug use and to enter treatment if they test positive.

Ms. Breed has no challengers from her left yet. But Mr. Farrell's position is the furthest to the right — on San Francisco's narrow, very blue political spectrum — of anyone in the race. Every serious candidate, including Ms. Breed and Mr. Farrell, is a Democrat.

Mr. Farrell said San Francisco's plight — which is regularly criticized in local and national media, many residents wrongly believe — became clear to him about a year ago. He said he woke up one morning to find the dining room window in his home in Jordan Park, a wealthy neighborhood in the city's north, broken. Someone had entered the house while he, his wife, Liz Farrell, and their three children were sleeping and stole his laptop. The thief was never caught.

Mrs. Farrell, who was active in the campaign to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin, said she supported her husband's return to the sometimes nasty world of San Francisco politics because she was tired of hearing so many stories from her friends and neighbors hear about people destroying things. their car windows, break into their houses and steal their bicycles.

“You start thinking that this is how life goes, that this is how you should live, and it's not,” she said.

Mr. Farrell said if elected he would fire the police chief, Bill Scott. He would also cut funding for the police department and work aggressively to add hundreds of officers to the department.

He said he would also add shelter beds instead of building more permanent housing for the homeless — and would require those in tents to move to shelters and confiscate their tents and belongings if they didn't.

He said anyone who receives Narcan, the drug that can reverse overdoses, is held at San Francisco General Hospital at least twice in a mandatory 72-hour waiting period. State law allows people who pose an immediate danger to themselves or others, or who are severely disabled and unable to care for themselves, to participate, although it is not clear whether Mr. Farrell's plan would meet that definition. He said he would also set up a recording center that would be staffed at all times and open to homeless people and people addicted to drugs.

He also called for cars to be reinstated on Market Street, a main artery of the city; in early 2020 they were banned for much of it. The idea was to turn the road into a European-style promenade, but that didn't happen, largely due to the pandemic and lack of funds.

The other leading candidates in the race so far are Supervisor Ahsha Safai and Daniel Lurie, heir to the Levi Strauss fortune and founder of the anti-poverty nonprofit Tipping Point Community.

On Monday, both men said Mr. Farrell's entry into the race reflected widespread dissatisfaction with Ms. Breed's management of the city.

“She has failed the city,” Mr. Safai said. “That's what this speaks to more than anything.”

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Prince William tells MBE recipient that Kate was looked after by two ‘amazing and kind’ Filipino nurses in hospital, as Lioness Ellen White passes on her ‘best wishes’ to the King at investiture ceremony

Sabir Ansary — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:39:58 +0000

The Princess of Wales was cared for in hospital by two ‘amazing and kind’ Filipino nurses, her husband William revealed today to an MBE recipient.

William, who is now the monarchy’s most prominent public figure, handed out more than 50 honours on behalf of the King as he recuperates at Sandringham after his first cancer treatment and Kate stays at home following abdominal surgery.

The Prince of Wales, who was wearing an RAF uniform, chatted warmly with recipients including Patricia Spruce, who was made an MBE for her work recruiting foreign medics for the NHS.

Ms Spruce revealed afterwards that she had asked William about his wife. Taking to LinkedIn, she wrote: ‘Prince William said that Katherine had two Filipino nurses looking after her and they were amazing and kind.’

Ellen White, who was also made an MBE, said she gave her ‘best wishes’ for Kate and the King. Asked how William responded, she said: ‘He really appreciated it. So yeah, it was something that obviously I wanted to send my best wishes.’

Lipreader Jeremy Freeman, who analysed the exchange for MailOnline, revealed it ended with William saying William, ‘Well it was lovely to see you again’, before White responded, ‘Thank you, please wish your Dad well’.

Charles has postponed all public-facing duties, but is continuing with behind-the-scenes work on his red boxes of state papers.

And today Downing Street took the unusual step of confirming details about Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s weekly audience with the King, following an agreement with Buckingham Palace, and said it would be held later over the phone.

Prince William at Windsor Castle today making England footballer Ellen White a Member of the Order of the British Empire

Patricia Spruce, who was made an MBE for her work recruiting foreign medics for the NHS, spoke to William and Kate’s

The Prince of Wales prepares to perform an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle today

The Princess of Wales at the Royal Albert Hall last year before her hospital treatment

William was seen chatting briefly to White, who is the record goalscorer for the England women’s national team

The Prince of Wales smiles as he chats with royal aides prior to today’s ceremony

Ooops! William dropped a medal he was handing to Suzanne Hutchinson, from the charity Little Hearts Matter

The Prince of Wales picks the MBE up from the carpeted floor

William was last seen outside The London Clinic on January 18 after visiting his wife, who returned to Adelaide Cottage in Windsor on Monday and is set to be out of the public eye until at least Easter.

Prince Harry arrived in London yesterday and had a ‘brief meeting’ with Charles at Clarence House, but sources close to William have made it clear he has ‘no plans’ to see his estranged brother.

William will appear at a charity gala tonight, where he is expected to speak about his father’s charity diagnosis for the first time. He may also thank wellwishers and discuss what the Royal Family have been through in recent days.

However, the heir to the throne will not talk about his brother Harry, with one royal expert calling their relationship ‘completely broken’.

The King’s cancer treatment as an outpatient started earlier this week, and he returned, with the Queen, to his Sandringham home in Norfolk yesterday after seeing his son the Duke of Sussex, who had flown back to the UK from California.

William may step in to represent his father at any public events, but no engagements are scheduled at the moment and the royal palaces will make arrangements if the need arises.

Meanwhile, Prince Harry flew 5,000 miles from California yesterday to see his father for 45 minutes following the King’s shock cancer diagnosis.

But while Harry’s transatlantic dash raised hopes he will continue to heal wounds with his family, there hasn’t been ‘any sign’ of a reunion between the two royal brothers.

BBC Royal Correspondent Daniela Relph said the chances of a reconciliation between William and Harry remains unlikely given their ongoing feud.

‘It’s a sibling relationship that still looks incredibly broken. We don’t know if either side has reached out in any way, if there has been any attempt to find a truce. As things stand there doesn’t seem to be any sign of that,’ she told Radio 4.

‘You have to read that as a sign of the state of their relationship, nothing in the diary we’re told for them to meet up while Harry’s in the UK.

‘It also means Harry won’t be visiting his sister-in-law, the Princess of Wales, who has been unwell, someone he was once very close to.’

The Duke of Sussex was one of the first family members seen to visit Charles after his shock diagnosis was made public.

Another visit by Harry to his father has not been ruled out, according to The Telegraph, but it is understood the Duke will not be making a visit to his older brother while staying in London.

Royal biographer Robert Hardman told Radio 4 that it is common for feuding families to ‘come together’ during tough times.

Mr Hardman said: ‘In times of crisis families do come together, and I think everyone will be happy to see that.

‘I think there is a sort of sense of business as usual going on and that’s very much a message that the palace is trying to put out, but if along the way we can see some bridges being built, then that’s got to be a good thing.’

The honour which William gave to White recognises her ‘services to association football’

William regularly hands out honours on behalf of the King (he is seen here with England footballer Ellen White)

White appeared animated as she had a brief chat with William at the investiture ceremony

William made Edward Harley, the Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire, a Commander of the Order of the British Empire

William makes Brigadier Tobias Lambert an Officer of the Order of the British Empire

William smiled as he chatted to the senior officer during today’s ceremony at Windsor Castle

William handing out an honour during this morning’s ceremony at Windsor Castle

While William returned to public duties today – after having decided to ‘clear his diary’ in order to support the Princess of Wales during and after her operation last month – he is not expected to pick up full-time royal duties quite yet.

This evening, he will attend the London Air Ambulance annual fundraising gala in central London. He has been the charity’s patron since 2020.

The dinner is being held in support of the charity’s largest ever fundraiser, hoping to produce £15million to replace its helicopter fleet.

After today, William has no further duties scheduled this week and will be with Kate and the children again next week during their half-term holiday.

Princess Anne will also be back in action today after conducting four engagements yesterday, with three today scheduled across Berkshire, London and Oxfordshire.

A source said: ‘The Prince has always made clear that his priority is to support his wife and family for the time being – and he did not put a timescale on that.

‘He will make a return to duties on Wednesday but you should not expect to see him again for a bit after that.’

It is understood that his team at Kensington Palace are speaking to their opposite numbers at Buckingham Palace about which public engagements William could potentially attend in his father’s place.

They are likely to be along the lines of further investitures and, perhaps, leading the family at events such as the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey early next month.

But with His Majesty insisting on keeping his hand firmly on the tiller of State business during his treatment, it is highly unlikely that the future king will be required to take over any constitutional matters.

It is understood that William, 41, has his father’s ‘100 per cent’ backing in returning at his own pace.

A source said: ‘The King adores Catherine and thinks she is doing a wonderful job. He understands that family comes first.’

The King has been spending an increasing amount of time at Windsor Castle since his accession, often staying over on Sunday evenings, affording him more time with his son and young grandchildren to whom he is growing ever closer.

William, who now lives in Adelaide Cottage on the Windsor Estate, a short walk from the castle, also often uses rooms in the historic royal residence for meetings.

The Princess of Wales was unexpectedly admitted to hospital last month for what has been described only as ‘abdominal surgery’.

She spent two weeks in The London Clinic, where the King also underwent his prostate operation, and she is unlikely to start undertaking royal duties again until after Easter.

King Charles and Queen Camilla are pictured leaving Clarence House in London yesterday

Prince Harry is pictured arriving at Clarence House in London yesterday to meet his father

William with Susan Taylor, chair of the British Amateur Rugby League Association, who was made an OBE

The honour for Ms Taylor, from Huddersfield, recognises services to rugby league football

Dr Andrew Haynes, an NHS doctor, was made an OBE by the Prince of Wales

William chats with one of soldiers taking part in this morning’s investiture ceremony

Aides said at the time that her husband had cancelled all his forthcoming engagements to be by her side and support their children Prince George, ten, Princess Charlotte, eight and five-year-old Prince Louis.

While they did not put a timeline on it, sources suggested the Prince would remain at Windsor with them for ‘several weeks’.

William has always made clear that, at this stage in his life, his duty to his family comes ahead of his public role.

However, it is unheard of to have three senior members of the Royal Family out of action at one time, particularly now the King is likely to be away for longer than planned, meaning working royals will be thin on the ground.

And this means there will, inevitably, be more pressure on the future king to step up.

Harry met with his father for the first time in 18 months yesterday – for just 45 minutes – following the King’s shock cancer diagnosis.

Hours after Charles called him personally to break the news, the Duke of Sussex had boarded a plane to London from the US to see him.

But their meeting, at the monarch’s Clarence House residence, lasted less than an hour.

The King, looking remarkably fresh-faced and cheerful despite starting treatment for his unspecified cancer in hospital on Monday, left shortly afterwards by helicopter for Sandringham, his Norfolk estate, with his loyal wife, Queen Camilla.

The Mail understands he is ‘doing well’ and is on ‘very good form’.

William is now completely estranged from Harry following several years of vicious attacks against the monarchy, as well as himself and his wife personally.

Sources made clear that William’s focus is, as it has been for the last few weeks, on the Princess of Wales, who is recovering from abdominal surgery, and their three children in Windsor.

A source previously told the Mail that the future king respects his father’s decision to ‘keep the door ajar’ for Harry, but that is ‘not an option for him personally for the time being.’

The day of family drama comes after Buckingham Palace announced on Monday night that the 75-year-old monarch had begun immediate treatment after doctors discovered an ‘issue of concern’ while he was undergoing surgery last month for an enlarged prostate, which is itself benign.

Subsequent diagnostic tests identified a form of cancer, which has not been specified by royal aides, but has been confirmed not to be prostate cancer, one of the biggest killers of men in the UK.

As a result the King has postponed all his public commitments, although he continues to very much work behind the scenes on his state and constitutional duties.

The Mail revealed yesterday that his condition had been caught at an ‘early stage’ and his prognosis is positive.

His Majesty is said to be ‘looking forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible’.

Prince William was last seen outside The London Clinic after visiting Kate on January 18, 2024

Prince William and Kate with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis in June 2022

King Charles and Queen Camilla attend church at Sandringham in Norfolk on February 4, 2024

Prince William holds a previous investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on January 24, 2023

He rang all close family members personally to break the news to them, including Harry, who was last in the UK for his father’s coronation last May.

However it is not believed that father and son actually met on that occasion, meaning the last time they would have seen each other in person was at Queen Elizabeth’s funeral in September 2022.

They have, however, spoken on the phone, with sources close to Harry seemingly leaking details of a a telephone call he had with his father on his 75th birthday last November and how his children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, had recorded a video of them singing happy birthday to the grandfather they have barely met.

The King is known to have been deeply hurt by his youngest son’s many attacks on the family since he and wife Meghan acrimoniously quit as working royals and moved to North America, including their series of tell-all television interviews and documentary series, as well as Harry’s memoir, Spare.

Sources say while the King is exhausted by the drama and wants to focus on his role as monarch, he has insisted on never closing the door on his youngest son.

It is not clear whether he invited Harry to visit him or whether it was the prince’s decision to come, but on Monday night he was seen boarding a a flight in Los Angeles.

He arrived at Heathrow airport’s Windsor VIP suite, which is used by the royal family, where he was greeted by two royal Range Rovers, at least three plain clothed Metropolitan Police royalty protection officers and two police escort cars.

Harry is currently taking legal action against the Home Office for withdrawing his taxpayer funded British police protection when he left the UK, arguing that he and has family do not feel safe in this country without it.

Dressed in a black jacket over what appeared to be a casual black t-shirt, Harry sped through the main gates to Clarence House, having swept past the monarch’s official London residence, Buckingham Palace, at 2.45pm, head was turned firmly to one side.

The King and Queen – whom Harry has recently accused of being ‘dangerous’ and ‘a villain’, much to his father’s anger – were already inside, having taken up residence there on Monday in order for the King to attend hospital.

Royal aides have refused to discuss the meeting at all, although it is understood that fact that it even happened is being seen as a cause for ‘optimism’.

Some believe that the fact that Harry flew to London so quickly and that his father saw him immediately could even suggest the start of a ‘thaw’.

But there was no hiding the fact that it lasted just three quarters of an hour, with the same cars sweeping out with Harry apparently inside, although hidden from view, at 3.32pm.

It is unclear whether he plans to stay in the country or return immediately to California where his wife, Meghan, remained. His spokesman did not respond to requests for comment. He has previously stayed at an undisclosed hotel and is unlikely to be offered royal accommodation.

Clearly Charles and Camilla had their bags already packed to leave, as just six minutes later, at 3.38pm, they drove out of the gates too.

The King, looking smart in a suit and patterned tie, looked remarkably healthy and waved and smiled warmly to well-wishers, as did Queen Camilla.

A few minutes later the monarch’s distinctive burgundy helicopter could be seen taking off from the gardens of Buckingham Palace, arriving at Sandringham at 4.20pm.

The Mail understands that it was always the King’s plan to return to his Norfolk estate to recuperate and work quietly, as soon as his first treatment was over.

The Royal Helicopter that brought King Charles and Queen Camilla to Sandringham yesterday

Yesterday – February 6 – marks the day that his grandfather, King George VI, died at Sandringham House of lung cancer in 1952 and his late mother, Queen Elizabeth, acceded the throne.

Sources have said that the King appears to be in great spirits, and ‘if you didn’t know, you wouldn’t suspect there was anything wrong with him’.

He is said to be ‘up and about’, keeping up with the red boxes of official paperwork required of him as head of state.

It is understood His Majesty plans to return to London when treatment is required or if he has important official business, including meetings with the Prime Minister.

However his return to Sandringham yesterday suggests that at least their first normal Wednesday conversation will take place by phone.

His treatment will be interspersed with periods of rest recuperation at one of his country residences including Sandringham, Highgrove in Gloucestershire and Windsor.

It is likely that he will also revert to a Covid-style way of working with more telephone meetings and video calls in order to minimise public contact and protect his health during the early stages of medical intervention.

The Prime Minister yesterday said he was ‘shocked and sad’ at the King’s cancer diagnosis, but insisted ministers would ‘crack on’ with the business of government.

Rishi Sunak, who was informed of the news before it was made public on Monday evening, said he remained ‘in regular contact’ with the monarch ‘and will continue to communicate with him as normal’.

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“Ideal for everyone,” say fans as Ninja teases the first of its kind cooking gadget

Jeffrey Bailey — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 15:25:39 +0000

NINJA has announced the release of a brand new cooking gadget and says it's the first of its kind.

The home appliance company is launching the industry's first vertical dual-basket air fryer.

Ninja's new air fryer will hit shelves later this year

The gadget, called the Ninja DoubleStack XL 2-Basket Air Fryer, delivers double the performance of a single-basket air fryer.

But it also takes up 40% less space than a typical dueling basket device.

Reacting to the news on Facebook, one Ninja fan said, “I can finally get one that fits in my kitchen.”

Another said: “We'll have to upgrade ours as soon as it's released.”

“This is exactly what we need,” said a third customer.

The device measures only 30 cm in diameter and reinvents what a traditional air fryer with two baskets looks like.

Instead of two drawers next to each other, they are stacked on top of each other, leaving you with more counter space in your kitchen.

The drawers have a ceramic non-stick coating and there are six different cooking modes to choose from: Air Fry, Max Crisp, Roast, Bake, Reheat and Dehydrate.

The Ninja DoubleStack air fryer will be available in two different sizes – 7.6 liters or 9.5 liters – when it hits shelves later this year.

Unfortunately, Shark Ninja has not yet revealed how much the device will cost when it goes on sale in the UK.

However, the manufacturer's suggested retail price for the product in the US is said to be $229.99.

I made a whole Sunday Roast in the AirFryer – it was perfect, even the spuds were top notch

Commenting on the new product line, Shark Ninja CEO Mark Barrocas said: “Shark Ninja's track record of launching breakthrough innovations and rapidly gaining market share across categories is the result of its boundless curiosity and relentless drive from our employees to solve consumer problems.

“Our latest innovations deliver the high-tech features, industry-leading performance, quality and exceptional value that Shark and Ninja products are known for, positively impacting people's lives every day, inside and outside their homes, around the world .”

Ninja is also releasing a host of other new gadgets as part of its new year product launch, including a new cooler and multi-cooker.

What is an air fryer?

An air fryer is similar to a mini oven that can handle almost everything you would put in a conventional oven or deep fryer.

They have a fan above a heating element that quickly circulates the warm air throughout the cooking chamber.

But because it only heats a small space, it heats up faster than a conventional oven and stays hot longer, so you use less energy.

Food is usually stored in an air fryer basket, which has vents that allow the hot air to pass through and cook your food evenly.

Air fryers are best for things you want to make crispy.

But depending on the model, you can also bake, roast and even dry ingredients.

How much do they cost to use?

Using an air fryer instead of a conventional oven is a much cheaper way to cook.

A two-kilowatt oven costs about 29 cents to run for half an hour, or 58 cents for an hour of use.

But you can run a 1000W air fryer for an hour for 29 cents less.

And your own 3.5kW one costs around 51p for half an hour and £1.02 for an hour.

This again makes an air fryer the cheapest option.

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