Princess Charlene of Monaco put the spotlight back on South Africa, hosting a lavish gala dinner in celebration of all things South African at the glitzy Monte Carlo Opera House on Saturday night. Princess Charlene, 34, attended South Africa Night with her husband, Prince Albert, and other family members, including her father, Mike and brother, Gareth. Resplendent in a black and gold lace dress a…
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Princess Charlene, the wife of Prince Albert of Monaco, has become “depressed” at her failure to provide her husband with a legitimate heir, it was claimed yesterday. Charlene Wittstock, 33, is said to have struck a “deal” with the principality’s playboy ruler to bear him a child after she tried to flee before their wedding last summer. The South African is now unable to get pregnant, France’s Vo…
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Princess Charlene of Monaco looked as stunning as every as she attended the annual picnic at Le Parc Princesse Antoinette yesterday. Prince Albert and Princess Charlene looked in high-spirits as they met their subjects during the principality’s popular celebratory event. Prince Albert, who is one of the world’s wealthiest royals with a fortune of more than $1billion, was as cheerful a…
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…tters. King Juan Carlos and Princess Corinna reportedly first met when she was organizing shooting expeditions for Boss & Co, Britain’s oldest gunshop based in Mayfair where she worked until 2006, and were on the same safari together in Mozambique in 2004. Several more hunting trips together followed over the years, as well as a trip to Saudi Arabia, and the pair have been photographed o…
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ful clothes, Duchess of Alba is among Spain’s most famous people. Duchess of Alba in 1956 And scandal threatened to overshadow the day when earlier this week the Spanish magazine Interviu published a 30-year-old photograph of Duchess of Alba sunbathing topless in Ibiza. Duchess of Alba’s lawyer Javier Saavedra said: “We are considering suing for interfering with her rights to privacy.” While hund…
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her husband Prince Daniel are expecting their first child just over a year from the June 2010 fairytale wedding at Stockholm Central Cathedral. A Royal Court of Sweden statement, dated August 18, announced: “Their Royal Highnesses,The Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are happy to announce that The Crown Princess is expecting thei…
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…es. Princess Maha Al-Sudairi’s planned escape was always destined to end in farce and fiasco. She and her entourage were instantly spotted by staff when filing out of the exclusive Shangri-La hotel at 3:30 a.m. last Friday. They called the police and the wayward ex-wife of Saudi Crown Prince and deputy prime minister Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz – who is second-in-line to the Saudi throne – was stop…
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Early life Her Majesty the Queen was born on 21 April 1926 in London, the first child of Prince Albert, The Duke of York, and his wife, formerly Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Third in line to the throne, it seemed unlikely that Princess Elizabeth would be Queen. However, shortly after the death of George V, the new King – her uncle Edward VIII – dramatically abdicated so he could marry…
a keen womanizer that the only woman he does not spend much time with is his wife, Greek-born Queen Sofia. According to Pilar Eyre, King Juan Carlos, now 74, and Queen Sofia have not shared a bed for 35 years. In fact, the new book, “The Solitude of the Queen”, says, following an operation on a benign lung tumor at a Barcelona hospital in 2010, the woman who spent most of the time consoling King…
…wards found his body around 9:00 p.m. when he went to check on him Sunday because Andrew had missed several appointments. It was reported that no note was found in Andrew Embiricos’ apartment at 270 West 17th Street, and his mother, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan rushed to the scene when she heard the news. Andrew Embiricos, 25, was the son of Rita Hayworth’s daughter Princess Yasmin, 61, who was…
Princess Maxima’s entrance into the Dutch royal house was a sensation, and now she the queen consort of King Willem-Alexander, with the abdication of her mother-in-law Queen Beatrix on 30 April. While her family’s links to a fallen dictatorship were scrutinized by parliament, the Argentine charmed the nation. So how did this unconventional princess captivate a country so committed to…
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…e opportunity to respond.” Princess Cruises added that it understood its responsibility under the law of the sea to help any vessel in distress, and said its ships had been involved in more than 30 rescues over the past decade. It said the investigation was continuing. Adrian Vasquez was eventually rescued 1,000 km (620 miles) off the mainland, near the Galapagos Islands. He said he survived…
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…ef in a way that it has never experienced before.” When asked at what stage he would consider bringing in the Army, he responded by saying “all options are being considered”. 3 people have been arrested today on suspicion of attempted murder after a police officer was injured by a car in Brent, Northwest London, while trying to stop suspected looters. The PM David Cameron…
…oney ended up in companies controlled by Inaki Urdangarin – who is the Duke of Palma and a former Olympic handball player – in offshore bank accounts. The events allegedly happened between 2004 and 2006, when Inaki Urdangarin stepped down as head of the non-profit NOOS Institute. The duke and his former business partner Diego Torres are suspected of misusing millions of euros in public…
…e simply in the case of <<irreconcilable differences>>.” Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia spoke out about the many changes she would like to see in her country 3. Overhaul of the education system “The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school. The content of the syllabus i…
…ce a truly insightful and compassionate study of Diana’s later years”. Naomi Watts, 43, rose to fame in Australian soap opera Home and Away before enjoying big-screen success in King Kong, 21 Grams and Mulholland Drive. Naomi Watts is six years older than Diana was when she died. …
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…ged. But today’s announcement that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting the couple’s first child – third in line to the throne – has come after the deal was agreed. In October 2011, David Cameron announced that the 16 Commonwealth countries where the Queen is head of state had agreed to give female royals the same rights of succession as their brothers. “Put simply, if the…
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Juan Carlos, the King of Spain, is a serial womanizer who once made a pass at Princess Diana while she was on holiday with Prince Charles, a new book has claimed. “The Solitude of the Queen” by Pilar Eyre also alleges that King Juan Carlos is a “professional seducer” who has had numerous affairs and has not shared a bed with his wife for the past 35 years. The book reveals that age has not stoppe…
Princess Caroline of Monaco appeared in London today to visit her son Andrea Casiraghi, who last week became a father for the first time. Andrea Casiraghi, 28, and his fiancée, Colombian heiress and fashion designer Tatiana Santo Domingo, 29, had a son, named Sacha, at London’s Portland Hospital on March 21. Princess Caroline of Monaco in London Princess Caroline’s dressed down appea…
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lved in a torrid affair. In an ironic twist, Kevin Costner – who delivered the eulogy at Whitney Houston’s February funeral – received a draft of the script for Bodyguard 2 on August 30, 1997 – the day before Princess Diana perished in a Paris car crash aged 36. …
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…gown in the image from Grace of Monaco. And Nicole Kidman should have the acting chops to pull of such a difficult role too, as she won an Academy Award herself for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in 2002′s The Hours. Nicole Kidman looks sensational in a portrait where she has the Princess of Monaco’s glamorous style down to perfection The film is not quite a classic biopic however,…
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…o is also known locally by the name Alex. According to local media reports Cetin Recep stabbed Marion Graham, 54, in the heart and cut Kathy Dinsmore’s throat. Both women were stabbed as many as 15 times. Cetin Recep confessed the Izmir murders. Cetin Recep clashed with Shannon Graham’s mother, Marion, last week when she learned he had kicked Shannon during a fight. Raymond McGuinness said…
A footage showing shoppers laden with produce taking a tumble in the supermarket aisle is in fact the latest online fad. Falling involves participants dreaming up the most amusing and embarrassing ways to trip themselves up in front of other shoppers. The stunt is filmed by a co-faller as those taking part hurl themselves to the ground, throwing shopping goods into the air and rolling around in m…
Jan 9 2012 | Posted in
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…ge, taken before Kim Kardashian fell pregnant, the sisters are seen wearing all-white outfits as they pose up ahead of the release of their latest range at Dorothy Perkins on 20th May. Kim Kardashian, 32, is seen wearing a figure-hugging dress with a sweetheart neckline, while Kourtney opts for a white shorts suit and peach top. Khloe Kardashian, 28, meanwhile shows off her slim figure in a white…
May 16 2013 | Posted in
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Christophe Champenois, a 33-year-old man from Meaux, near Paris, has been charged with murder after allegedly killing his 3-year-old son, Bastien, by locking him in a washing machine and turning it on. Christophe Champenois allegedly stripped Bastien naked and shut him in the washing machine to punish him for a prank at nursery school – throwing a classmate’s drawing down a toilet. Th…
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