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Chilling vision of missing family emerges

<p>A video filmed in New Zealand's west coast is the first "credible" sighting of a father and his kids who went missing three years ago. </p> <p>Tom Phillips along with his daughter Jayda, now 11, son Maverick, 9 and daughter Ember, 8, disappeared from the New Zealand town of Marokopa in December 2021. </p> <p>There have been hundreds of sightings of Phillips reported to police since then, with many of them unverified, and the children nowhere in sight.</p> <p>But now, new footage shot on the evening of October 3, showed all four of them marching through a grass field in Marokopa, in a single file with camouflage gear and heavy backpacks.</p> <p>The video, filmed by pig hunters, was handed to police and has since prompted a large-scale search of farmland in the area this week, which unfortunately failed to locate Phillips and his children. </p> <p>In the footage, the family seemed unaware they were being filmed from afar, with one of the witnesses describing them as "equipped for the bush". </p> <p>The children's mother, Catherine, has seen the video and instantly recognised her kids. </p> <p>“I’m so happy that they’re all there," she told the <em>New Zealand Herald</em>. </p> <p>"I’m so relieved to see all three of my babies. They’re all alive."</p> <p>The pig hunters who filmed the footage recalled their short encounter with the children. </p> <p>“The children asked: ‘Who else knows we’re here?’ And then they just kept on walking. They were all packed up, they had big packs on. I think the father sort of kept them moving,” Farmer John McOviney told the New Zealand Herald.</p> <p>In another interview with radio station <em>Newstalk ZB</em>, McOviney said that Phillips was carrying a large rifle. </p> <p>NZ Police Detective Inspector Andrew Saunders has also confirmed the sighting was being treated as "credible". </p> <p>"While nothing further of significance was located, investigators will now assess information gathered to determine any next steps," he said. </p> <p>"This is the first time all three of the children have been sighted, which is positive information, and we know it will be reassuring for the children's wider family."</p> <p>While police remain tight-lipped about what their next steps are, they said : "Our focus is very much on the safe return of Jayda, Maverick and Ember to their whānau [the Maori word for family] and we are doing all that we can to make that happen.”</p> <p>Phillips and his three children first went missing on September 11, 2021, and an arrest warrant was issued for Phillips shortly after their disappearance. </p> <p>He does not have legal custody over his children is alleged to have breached a custody order by taking them. The children are believed to have had no education or contact with others since their disappearance. </p> <p>Members of the public have been warned not to approach Phillips if they spotted him, as he may be armed. </p> <p><em>Images: TVNZ/ Waikato Police</em></p>

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“It’s the court of public opinion”: Sarah Ferguson condemns Phillip Schofield backlash

<p dir="ltr">Sarah Ferguson has spoken out against the wave of judgement directed at former This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield and the relationship scandal that swept the world. </p> <p dir="ltr">The 63-year-old Duchess of York was chatting to businesswoman Sarah Jane Thomson on her podcast, <em>Tea Talks</em>, when conversation turned to Schofield, and his controversial affair with a man - and co-worker - 30 years younger than him. </p> <p dir="ltr">When news of the affair broke, Schofield stepped down from his 20 year position as the face of This Morning. He later confessed to the Daily Mail that he had lied about the relationship, and <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/news/news/i-will-die-sorry-phillip-schofield-breaks-his-silence-on-his-career-ending-affair">informed <em>The Sun </em>that he was “not a groomer”</a>, despite public opinion.</p> <p dir="ltr">Criticism for the disgraced host flooded social media in the wake of the whole ordeal, with the story and its related rumours splashed across publications worldwide, and it was the backlash that Ferguson wanted to address, namely the idea of ‘cancel culture’ at the centre of it all. </p> <p dir="ltr">Thomson prompted the discussion by comparing social media’s take to a “huge game of Chinese whispers”, to which Ferguson responded that “it’s like the court of public opinion.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“And then [that can lead to] massive bullying to the point of extermination of a soul,” she added. “I don’t believe that anybody has that right to judge and exterminate a person’s own beliefs.”</p> <p dir="ltr">From there, Ferguson encouraged listeners not to leap to assumptions, as “we all have failings”. She asked that everyone instead take a moment “or make a cup of tea before you judge another human being without knowing all the facts”. </p> <p dir="ltr">“We don’t know the facts,” she pointed out. “We certainly don’t know what people get up to.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Thomson had her own thoughts to share on the matter, noting that “the problem is, when you’re in the public eye, any failing you make is there to be talked about, and the rest of us don’t have that. </p> <p dir="ltr">“We don't have that deep examining of where we've gone wrong, and then it's reflected over and over and over.”</p> <p dir="ltr">And while the two had made their point, Ferguson took a moment to discuss a - in her opinion “spot on” - article by Jeremy Clarkson for the<em> Sunday Times</em>, in which he wrote about the public’s race to condemn Schofield.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I’ve never seen a witch-hunt like it,” he said, “and what baffles me most of all is that, as things stand, no crime has been committed. I don’t know him at all well and have no skin in the game, but it seems to me he is only guilty of being what he said he was: gay.”</p> <p dir="ltr">In the article, Clarkson went on to note that the age gap between Schofield and his partner in the affair was receiving a different degree of attention to heterosexual stars in similar relationship situations - from the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, who frequently dates women significantly younger than himself, and Al Pacino’s 54-year age gap with his pregnant partner.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Phil is no longer the genial host of some morning-time televisual cappuccino froth,” Clarkson surmised. “According to the people's court of social media, he's like his brother, a nonce.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: Getty</em></p>

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"I will die sorry": Phillip Schofield breaks his silence on his career-ending affair

<p>Former <em>This Morning </em>host Phillip Schofield has broken his silence over his affair with a colleague 30 years his junior in an interview with <em>The Sun</em>. </p> <p>And while the disgraced British television star shared that he had been left feeling “utterly broken and ashamed” over the whole ordeal, he stressed that any rumours of grooming were not true. </p> <p>“I did not,” he told the publication, after a week of the social media rumour mill running riot. “I did not [groom him].”</p> <p>“I know the photos of us circulating on Twitter look shocking, but I’m not a groomer,” Phillip insisted.</p> <p>He noted that “there are accusations of all sorts of things”, but claimed that had never been an abuse of power, as “we’d become mates … but of course I understand that there will be a massive judgement, but bearing in mind, I have never exercised that anywhere else.”</p> <p>According to Phillip, the two remain friends. And although the ex-show runner had been 30 years younger than him at the time of their affair, he added that the relationship had only begun after the man was 20 years old, when “something just happened between us that changed everything.” </p> <p>“I assume somebody, somewhere, assumed something was going on, correctly” he shared, “and didn't say anything. </p> <p>“At the time I did not think about it possibly ruining my career. I really probably only thought about it when I saw the rumour mill, and saw it growing.</p> <p>“Then I saw the link with the drama school photo [from] all those years before, and thought, ‘this looks shocking’."</p> <p>However, as Phillip said, he hadn’t lied in order to protect his own career, but instead because the other man in the affair hadn’t wanted “his name in public. He wanted his own life.” </p> <p>Phillip explained that “the lies grew bigger and bigger and bigger”, and that it was starting to have a deep effect on both of them. </p> <p>“It got to the stage where it was out of control,” he said, “and for whatever cost, it had to stop.</p> <p>“I have massive guilt, and regret. I’ve made a mistake, I’ve had an affair at work.”</p> <p> “I think my greatest apology must go to him,” Phillip revealed. “It has brought the greatest misery into his totally innocent life, his totally innocent family, his totally innocent friends.</p> <p>“It has brought the greatest grief to them.”</p> <p>He added that the pair hadn’t spoken since the story broke - and that he also no longer speaks to his former friend and co-host Holly Willoughby - but that when things began to spiral out of control, he’d “paid for his lawyers to independently work on his behalf. </p> <p>“I am deeply sorry and I apologise to him because I should have known better. I should have acted the way I have always acted. I should not have done it.</p> <p>“I’m sorry. And I will forever be sorry. I will die sorry. I am so deeply mortified.”</p> <p><em>Images: Getty</em></p>

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What it’s like to cruise around the world

<p>Harry Phillips has checked off all the locations he dreamed to visit as a little boy growing up in Sydney – and he’s done it all by cruising.</p> <p>Harry has enjoyed a 75-night cruise around the Pacific and a 104-day cruise around the world and recommends cruising as a fun and convenient way to travel the globe. </p> <p>“I was just amazed the sights I saw on my cruise around the world. I saw places I had only read about, United States, Europe, Arabian Gulf, Asia, just so many great ports,” he tells Over60.</p> <p>Harry first got a taste for travelling on the sea when he embarked on a cruise around the Pacific on the Sun Princess.</p> <p>“The most memorable day was when we organised a mock wedding with the crew help. It had a cake and we held the wedding on the back deck. We had a friend dress as a minister, I was the MC and there were groomsmen and bridesmaids. It was a beautiful day, about 80 people turned up and thought it was for real,” he recalls.</p> <p>Two years later, his passion for exploring the world had not abated so Harry embarked on his second cruise on the Dawn Princess where he travelled around the globe.</p> <p>“I'm a widower and so is my lady friend and we both like warm weather. Those two years we were away from the cold weather,” he says.</p> <p>Some of his friends joined the two as they sailed from England to Sydney but “missed some great ports in America.”</p> <p><strong>Breaking expectations</strong></p> <p>Not everyone thought Harry’s adventure was a good idea. But Harry prove them wrong. He believes cruising reduces the majority of stresses that comes with travelling.</p> <p>“Friends said I was mad to be on a ship that long but most of the time you’re ashore all day sightseeing and only come back aboard to eat and sleep. Then you wake up in a different port. I tell them it's like traveling the world with a great hotel following you,” he says.</p> <p>“It’s the best way to see the world. You get on in Sydney unpack and have a drink while you sail away to see the world. You don't have to worry where to eat or stay, no worries about the weight of your bags. You see some of the best places in the world and I can tell you sailing into Sydney after 104 nights away is the most beautiful sight in the world.”</p> <p>For Harry, cruising the world is the prefect holiday. He can’t think of any negative aspects to his experience. The sheer excitement of looking forward to what he would see in the next port they stopped at made his day, every day.</p> <p><strong>Many highlights</strong></p> <p>Harry has taken away many highlights from his cruises – from visiting Normandy, to being stunned by the French country side and watching the changing of the guards in a palace in Monte Carlo.</p> <p>“One of our most memorable nights on board was on the formal night when we were invited to a private party by the Head Maitre D, his name was Rui. it was a birthday dinner for the first officer and there were two officers, another couple and us. It was a feast with jumbo prawns, lobster tails and we had flaming Bombe Alaska dessert,” he recalls.</p> <p>“It was a fabulous night, the wine flowed and we would only take a sip out of our glasses and the waiters would top it up. For the life of me I never realised why we were invited but we seemed to get along with Rui. He was very suave Italian, always immaculately dressed, not a hair out of place and to me he looked like he just stepped out of The Sopranos.”</p> <p><em>Images: Getty</em></p>

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Video of Queen Elizabeth playing with first grandchild resurfaces

<p>Royal fans have gone wild over a resurfaced clip of the late Queen Elizabeth playing with her first grandchild when he was just a child. </p> <p>In honour of Peter Phillips' 45th birthday, a royal fan account on Instagram shared the historic video of Her Majesty playing with Phillips in 1978. </p> <p>The video showed an intimate moment in the royal nursery at Buckingham Palace, as Princess Anne presented her son Peter to her mother, the Queen.</p> <p>As the mother and daughter sat on a floral patterned sofa, they were joined by one of the Queen's many dogs - which seemed to delight the one-year-old Peter as he gurgled and smiled.</p> <p>Meanwhile his grandmother, the Queen, could be seen smiling down at him.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ck-rLguIkp6/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ck-rLguIkp6/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Windsor Royal Family (@windsor.royal.family)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>The clip was shared to Instagram with the caption, "Happy 45th birthday to Peter Phillips."</p> <p>"Queen Elizabeth II with her daughter, The Princess Royal and grandson, 13 months old Peter at Buckingham Palace in December 1978."</p> <p>The video has racked up over 10,000 likes, with a flood of comments praising the late Queen for always being a doting grandmother. </p> <p>One person wrote, "The Queen was such a sweet grandmother."</p> <p>Another royal fan said, "Wonderful. Her first grandchild. She looks so happy. Missing our Queen so much."</p> <p>"I love how much the Queen loved her dogs, let them on her furniture, loved her grandbabies and taught them about loving pets too," said a third.</p> <p>"You can tell so much about people who are kind to animals. God bless beautiful Queen Elizabeth. Happy Birthday Peter Phillips."</p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram</em></p>

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Iconic Harry Potter actor passes away

<p dir="ltr">Comedy actor Leslie Phillips, known for his roles in the <em>Carry On</em> films and as the voice of the Sorting Hat in the <em>Harry Potter</em> series, has died aged 98.</p> <p dir="ltr">Phillips passed away on Monday after a long illness.</p> <p dir="ltr">"I've lost a wonderful husband and the public has lost a truly great showman,” his wife Zara told <em><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/20359203/leslie-phillips-dead-harry-potter-carry-on/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Sun</a></em>.</p> <p dir="ltr">"He was quite simply a national treasure. People loved him. He was mobbed everywhere he went.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-971e7094-7fff-af12-7bc9-47c0a3987eb9"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">“When we married he cheekily introduced me to the press as royalty, insisting I was the new Zara Phillips and that I was related to the Queen.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">We are incredibly sad to hear of the passing of the wonderful Leslie Phillips who voiced the Sorting Hat with such inimitable wit and style in the Harry Potter films. <a href="https://t.co/gcqsIT2T3j">pic.twitter.com/gcqsIT2T3j</a></p> <p>— Harry Potter Film (@HarryPotterFilm) <a href="https://twitter.com/HarryPotterFilm/status/1589982353274929152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">With more than 200 roles in film, TV and radio series over a career spanning eight decades, the British actor was known for catch phrases including “Ding dong” - referencing his character Jack Bell in 1959’s <em>Carry On Nurse</em> - “I say” and “Well, hello”, delivering the last phrase with a suggestive intonation.</p> <p dir="ltr">Despite only starring in four of the 31 <em>Carry On</em> movies, Phillips said his famous catch phrases followed him for the rest of his career.</p> <p dir="ltr">Since the news of his death, tributes from fans and fellow actors have flowed in for Phillips.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8bde6c39-7fff-d8cb-c746-62150a208617">"RIP Leslie Phillips. Working with him was a joy. And yes he did say DING DONG (because I asked him to),” <em>Coronation Street</em> actor Tony Maudsley, who worked with Phillips, <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyMaudsley1/status/1589961247872909312" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>, along with a photo of the pair on a project they starred in.</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">'Well, he-llo!' - alas, no more. He was such fun. He had a wicked sense of humour, such skill as a performer &amp; a unique style that made every performance memorable, watchable &amp; joyous. Honoured to have known him &amp; to salute a long &amp; special life. RIP Leslie Phillips. Ding-dong! <a href="https://t.co/tM9kiIxM83">https://t.co/tM9kiIxM83</a></p> <p>— Gyles Brandreth (@GylesB1) <a href="https://twitter.com/GylesB1/status/1589981308822114306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">“Sorry to hear Leslie Phillips has passed. Always liked his pater and had a few nice exchanges with him on Twitter back in the days when you could do that sort of thing on here,” <em>Trainspotting </em>writer Irvine Welsh <a href="https://twitter.com/IrvineWelsh/status/1589970373957021697">wrote</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cbb1a0e3-7fff-10b9-b50c-da09ef13041b"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">Even controversial TV show host Piers Morgan paid tribute, describing Phillips as a “wonderful character” and “superb” actor.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">The wonderful actor, everyone's favourite cad, a master of innuendo and dearest of friends, Leslie Phillips has died aged 98. Spent so many happy times together. He came to my wedding. I shall miss him greatly. Ding Dong Leslie. Hello and now a final goodbye dear chum. <a href="https://t.co/uzhgwIiqcW">pic.twitter.com/uzhgwIiqcW</a></p> <p>— Morris Bright MBE (@MorrisBrightMBE) <a href="https://twitter.com/MorrisBrightMBE/status/1589956691251953664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">“R.I.P. Leslie Phillips. You didn’t quite Carry On until 100, but Ding Dong! you had a spiffing good try,” author Martin Knight <a href="https://twitter.com/MartinKnight_/status/1589951574176305153" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Coronation Street</em> actor Stuart Anthony <a href="https://twitter.com/STU_ACTOR/status/1589950232778792960" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>: “The wonderful Leslie Phillips CBE has left us. Aged 98. A true gentleman, fantastic actor and the nicest man I’ve ever met. His stories were the best.. RIP Leslie Phillips.”</p> <p dir="ltr">While he was known for his portrayals of upper class Brits, Phillips grew up in north London and revealed in a recent interview with <em><a href="https://www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/rip-leslie-phillips-at-98" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oldie</a></em> magazine that he took elocution lessons to change his Cockney accent.</p> <p dir="ltr">“All my friends and family were Londoners, real Cockneys, my brother is still a Cockney. They found it hard to recognise the new me, though my voice has without doubt played an enormous part in my success,” he told the outlet.</p> <p dir="ltr">After attending Italia Conti Stage School, Phillips served as a lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry during World War II, but was declared unfit for service just before D-Day.</p> <p dir="ltr">He first appeared in film in the 1930s but wouldn’t go on to star in the <em>Carry On</em> series in 1959 and 1960.</p> <p dir="ltr">In 1998, the actor was made an OBE on the Birthday Honours list before being promoted to CBE in the 2008 New Honours.</p> <p dir="ltr">At the age of 90, he suffered two strokes six months apart.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-56dc78b7-7fff-494d-eaaa-d5513d46a5b5"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Getty Images</em></p>

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Car crash claims the life of TV icon Leslie Jordan

<p dir="ltr">TV actor and social media sensation Leslie Jordan has died at the age of 67.</p> <p dir="ltr">The Will &amp; Grace star crashed his BMW into the side of a building in Los Angeles on Monday morning, local time, with the <em>New York Post</em> reporting that he suffered from a medical emergency while behind the wheel.</p> <p dir="ltr">In a statement shared with the <em>Post</em>, Jordan’s manager confirmed the heartbreaking news.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The world is definitely a much darker place today without the love and light of Leslie Jordan,” his manager said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Not only was he a mega talent and joy to work with, but he provided an emotional sanctuary to the nation at one of its most difficult times.</p> <p dir="ltr">“What he lacked in height he made up for in generosity and greatness as a son, brother, artist, comedian, partner and human being.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Knowing that he has left the world at the height of both his professional and personal life is the only solace one can have today.”</p> <p dir="ltr">The 4’11” star rose to fame on television screens in the 1990s, with roles in <em>Reasonable Doubts</em>, <em>Ally McBeal</em>, <em>Boston Legal</em>, and<em> Judging Amy</em>, as well as guest appearances on <em>Dharma &amp; Greg</em>, <em>Ellen</em>, and <em>Caroline in the City</em>.</p> <p dir="ltr">He became best-known for his comedic roles, including his starring role in the show<em> Hearts Afire</em> and as sassy socialite Beverly Leslie in <em>Will &amp; Grace</em>, with his humour earning him fame and 5.8 million followers on social media during the pandemic.</p> <p dir="ltr">His fame earned him a spot on CNN’s New Year’s Eve 2021 countdown, where he rang in the new year with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CkG-tMgOI-y/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; 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height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CkG-tMgOI-y/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Leslie Jordan (@thelesliejordan)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">Jordan’s Instagram account, where he shared clips of himself singing gospel hymns and humorous stories about Hollywood, shared the news of Jordan’s passing and encouraged fans to “comfort each other” and share their memories of the actor.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The love and light that Leslie shared will never go out and we invite you to share your memories and comfort each other during this time,” the post read.</p> <p dir="ltr">“In the coming days we will be giving a glimpse of a project Leslie was really proud of and was looking forward to sharing with the world.”</p> <p dir="ltr">The star, who released his memoir <em>How Y’all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well-Lived</em> last year, was raised as a Southern Baptist and was openly gay, being widely revered as a queer icon.</p> <p dir="ltr">Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1955, Jordan previously said he struggled growing up in a traditional family and conservative city, though he was supported by his beloved mother, Betty.</p> <p dir="ltr">He moved to Los Angeles in 1982 to pursue a career in showbiz, but soon became involved in drugs and alcohol and had been arrested several times by his mid-20s.</p> <p dir="ltr">Overcoming his addictions by the 1990s, Jordan’s TV career quickly blossomed.</p> <p dir="ltr">Jordan’s role in <em>Will &amp; Grace</em> during the 2000s, which he reprised during the show’s reboot in 2017, earned him an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2006.</p> <p dir="ltr">In the wake of his death, his co-stars and others in Hollywood were among the first to pay tribute.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">My heart is broken. Leslie Jordan was one of the funniest people I ever had the pleasure of working with. Everyone who ever met him, loved him. There will never be anyone like him. A unique talent with an enormous, caring heart. You will be missed, my dear friend. 😔❤️ <a href="https://t.co/RNKSamoES0">pic.twitter.com/RNKSamoES0</a></p> <p>— Sean Hayes (@SeanHayes) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanHayes/status/1584620699473563648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Crushed to learn about the loss of <a href="https://twitter.com/thelesliejordan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thelesliejordan</a>, the funniest &amp; flirtiest southern gent I’ve ever known. The joy and laughter he brought to every one of his <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WillandGrace?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WillandGrace</a> episodes was palpable. Gone about thirty years too soon. You were loved, sweet man. 💔</p> <p>— Eric McCormack (@EricMcCormack) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricMcCormack/status/1584614461511413760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">“Crushed to learn about the loss of Leslie Jordan, the funniest &amp; flirtiest southern gent I’ve ever known. The joy and laughter he brought to every one of his #WillandGrace episodes was palpable. Gone about thirty years too soon. You were loved, sweet man. 💔” Eric McCormack, who played Will Truman on <em>Will &amp; Grace</em> tweeted.</p> <p dir="ltr">“My heart is broken. Leslie Jordan was one of the funniest people I ever had the pleasure of working with. Everyone who ever met him, loved him,” fellow <em>Will &amp; Grace</em> actor Sean Hayes wrote.</p> <p dir="ltr">“There will never be anyone like him. A unique talent with an enormous, caring heart. You will be missed, my dear friend 😔❤️.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">I am stunned at the death of Leslie Jordan, who delighted us with his many roles on television and film. The cause of death was a car crash after he suffered a medical emergency. Leslie, we are heartbroken at your loss and will miss your mirth and your inimitable spirit.</p> <p>— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/1584612609956884481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr"><em>Star Trek </em>actor George Takei paid tribute to Jordan for delighting viewers with his roles, writing: “Leslie, we are heartbroken at your loss and will miss your mirth and your inimitable spirit.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: @thereallesliejordan (Instagram)</em></p>

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Prince Harry comes together with royal family in tribute to Prince Phillip

<p>Prince Harry will soon join with members of the British Royal Family, including brother Prince William, as a special tribute is paid to his late grandfather, Prince Phillip.</p> <p>The Duke of Edinburgh will forever be remembered by all of his children and grandchildren in a documentary that will air later this month. The BBC recently announced the release of<span> </span><em>Prince Phillip: The Royal Family Remembers</em>, revealing it was something that began as a tribute for the Duke’s 100th<br />birthday, but was reworked following his death in April.</p> <p>“More than a dozen members of the Royal Family offer their personal thoughts and reflections as they pay historic tribute to the extraordinary life of His Royal Highness Prince Phillip Duke of Edinburgh” a press release stated.</p> <p>All children of the Queen and Duke, along with their adult grandchildren and other members of the Royal Family, have agreed to take part in this unique portrait of the longest-serving consort in royal history.</p> <p>This landmark documentary features interviews filmed both before and after the Duke’s death in April. Producers were given special access to the Queen’s private home movie collection, which is sure to unearth some unique footage.</p> <p>Between the footage and the interview, it’s said the documentary will be “an unrivalled portrait of a man with a unique place in royal history – by those who knew him best”.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7843910/new-project.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/51030a792e54409f928e261d7152e908" /></p> <p><em>Image: Getty</em></p> <p>Prince Harry has made a number of TV appearances since his exit from life as a senior royal in March 2020, but none of those have been alongside other members of the Royal Family. His two Oprah appearances and his appearance in the mental health docu-series<span> </span><em>The Me You Can’t See –<span> </span></em>both covered his trials and tribulations with the royals and his perhaps worst memories in recent times.</p> <p>This TV appearance will more than likely have a more positive angle for the Duke of Sussex to reflect on. Prince Harry flew from the US to the UK to attend his grandfather’s funeral, marking this occasion as the first time he’d seen his family since the claims of racism within The Firm, among a number of other revelations.</p> <p>This new documentary isn’t the first time the family are paying tribute to their patriarch. Days after passing, the Queen and Prince Phillip’s four children – Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward – remembered their farther in a special that aired on the BBC.</p> <p><em>Prince Phillip: The Royal Family Remembers airs in the UK on September 22 at 9 pm (6 am September 23rd AEST).</em></p>

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Prince Phillip's posthumous naval honour

<p>Prince Philip has been honoured posthumously, with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution naming their newest boat after the recently passed royal.</p> <p>The announcement came on the 71st anniversary of Prince Phillip assuming command of the<span> </span><em>HMS Magpie<span> </span></em>in 1950 – a huge moment in the decorated royal's naval career.</p> <p>The Royal National Lifeboat Institution charity organisation tweeted “we’re excited to reveal that Wells-next-the-Sea’s new Shannon class lifeboat will be named Duke of Edinburgh, in honour of his maritime service”.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">On this day in 1950, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh assumed command of HMS Magpie and we’re excited to reveal that Wells-next-the-Sea’s new Shannon class lifeboat will be named Duke of Edinburgh, in honour of his maritime service <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RoyalFamily</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalNavy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RoyalNavy</a> <a href="https://t.co/Yp9uey8JYI">pic.twitter.com/Yp9uey8JYI</a></p> — RNLI (@RNLI) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNLI/status/1433331529023905794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <p>The Royal family welcomed the honour, tweeting about it alongside a range of lovely images.</p> <p>Earlier on in June, Prince Charles visited the charity’s Lifeboat centre in Poole where, as a nod to his father’s naval career, he installed a silver magpie on the new lifeboat.</p>

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A beautiful new rose for Phillip

<div class="post_body_wrapper"> <div class="post-body-container"> <div class="post_body"> <div class="body_text redactor-styles redactor-in"> <p>Queen Elizabeth was overwhelmed when she was gifted a special present on what would have been Prince Philip's 100th birthday.</p> <p>Her Majesty is a Patron of the Royal Horticultural Society and was gifted a specially-bred rose that has been named in memory of her late husband.</p> <p>The flower, called the Duke of Edinburgh Rose, was gifted to the Queen on Wednesday the 2nd, but photos have only been released on what would have been the Duke's birthday, the 10th of June.</p> <p>"Whilst being very poignant, it was also a delight to give Her Majesty The Queen, Patron of the Royal Horticultural Society, the Duke of Edinburgh Rose to mark what would have been HRH The Duke of Edinburgh's 100th birthday and to remember his remarkable life," President of the Royal Horticultural Society, Keith Weed said in a statement from Buckingham Palace.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; 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Queen speaks at length for first time since passing of Prince Phillip

<p>Queen Elizabeth has spoken at length for the first time since her husband Prince Philip died.</p> <p>Speaking to the Royal Life Saving Society via video call, the Queen looked calm and composed as she looked back fondly at the time when she was awarded the Life Saving Award as a young girl.</p> <p>Queen Elizabeth was just 14 when she earned her junior respiration award in February 1941.</p> <p>She was the first young person in the Commonwealth to achieve the award.</p> <p>“I didn’t realise I was the first one - I just did it, and had to work very hard for it,” the Queen said in the video call.</p> <p>“It was a great achievement and I was very proud to wear the badge on the front of my swimming suit.</p> <p>“It was very grand, I thought.”</p> <p>When the Queen said it had happened “a long time ago,” deputy Commonwealth president of the society, Clive Holland, said: “Your Majesty, when you say it was a long time ago, it was in fact 80 years ago.”</p> <p>“That’s terrible!”, Queen Elizabeth, 95, responded.</p> <p>The Royal Life Saving Society works across 30 different Commonwealth countries, aiming to eliminate preventable death by drowning, promoting water safety and lifeguarding education.</p> <p>Queen Elizabeth “virtually” presented Stephen Beerman with the King Edward VII Cup, awarded every two years in recognition of outstanding contributions to drowning prevention.</p> <p>The Queen has been the patron of the Royal Life Saving Society since 1952.</p>

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Prince Phillip’s official cause of death revealed

<p>The Duke of Edinburgh's cause of death was officially recorded as "old age" according to medical documents.</p> <p>Prince Philip passed at Windsor Castle on April 9, aged 99.</p> <p>When he died, Buckingham Palace declined to release any further information except to say he "passed away peacefully".</p> <p>But now, it has been revealed Prince Philip's cause of death was "old age".</p> <p>According to The Telegraph UK, which obtained the document, the term "old age" is an accepted description if the patient is aged over 80 and if the doctor has personally cared for them for many years witnessing their decline.</p> <p>Prince Philip's death was certified by Sir Huw Thomas, the head of the royal medical household.</p> <p>The cause of death suggests there were no other factors to contribute to his passing.</p> <p>In February Prince Philip was admitted to hospital for 28 days, where he had a procedure on his heart and was treated for an infection.</p> <p>The certificate also references Prince Philip's Greek heritage and his family surname which he famously wanted to give his children.</p> <p>The document lists his name as "His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh formerly known as Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark formerly known as Philip Mountbatten".</p> <p>His first listed occupation is Naval Officer, while his second is "husband of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, The Sovereign".</p> <p>Prince Philip's death was registered with the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead by his private secretary, Brigadier Archie Miller-Bakewell, on April 13.</p>

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How to watch Prince Phillip’s funeral from Australia

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The funeral of Prince Philip will be held on Saturday at Windsor Castle in a small service that will be closed to the public.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The service, open only to the family of the Duke of Edinburgh, will take place in St George’s Chapel following his passing on Friday.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Australians can view Prince Philip’s funeral service from 9.30pm AEST on Saturday, April 17 on 7news.com.au, Channel 7, and 7plus or 11pm AEST on Channel 9 and 9Now.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A live stream of the service will also be available on </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://7news.com.au/">7news.com.au</a></span></span><span><a href="https://7news.com.au/"></a></span>, or you can follow live updates from 7NEWS throughout the evening.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CNsqPgOHEyB/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CNsqPgOHEyB/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by The Royal Family (@theroyalfamily)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coverage will be led by 7NEWS Europe Bureau Chief Hugh Witfeld from outside St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, where the Queen and Royal family members will pay their final respects.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joining him will be BBC broadcaster and royal expert, Angela Rippon CBE, and </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sunrise</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s royal editor, Rob Jobson.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The following day, Sunday, April 18, Prince Philip’s funeral service will be replayed from 10am on 7TWO.</span></p> <p><strong>Broadcast times on Channel 7 and 7plus</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For those in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Adelaide, you can watch 7NEWS Special Coverage of Prince Philip’s funeral from 5pm, followed by the 6pm news. Then the coverage will recommence from 9.30pm for Sydney and Adelaide viewers, and 10.30pm for those in Melbourne and Brisbane.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Perth, you can watch the 7NEWS Prince Philip Special from 7pm, followed by 7NEWS Special Coverage of the funeral from 8pm.</span></p> <p><strong>Funeral plans for Prince Philip</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Buckingham Palace has confirmed that The Queen will sit alone at her husband’s funeral due to coronavirus restrictions.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prince William and Harry, who have experienced difficulties in their relationship recently, will walk separately in the funeral procession.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The funeral proceedings will begin on Saturday, April 17 from around 2.45pm BST (11.45pm AEST) with the duke’s coffin being led by a procession from Windsor Castle.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Family and friends attending the service are expected to arrive shortly before the service commences. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the full list of who will be attending the funeral, </span><a href="https://oversixty.com.au/news/news/who-will-be-on-the-funeral-guest-list"><span style="font-weight: 400;">head here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>

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Queen’s “favourite” grandson questioned by police in bizarre 740km lockdown trip

<p><span>Cops turned up on the doorstep of a married woman in Scotland after a complaint that the Queen’s grandson Peter Phillips had driven 740 km to see her.</span><br /><br /><span>Police were forced to “issue advice” to Mr Phillips, 43, who currently resides 460 miles (740 kilometres) away in Gloucestershire.</span><br /><br /><span>The grandson of Her Majesty lives at his mum, Princess Anne’s Gatcombe Park estate in Gloucestershire.</span><br /><br /><span>But locals had little patience for the royal when he turned up in the village of St Cyrus, Aberdeenshire.</span><br /><br /><span>Police called on him and the 40-year-old mum of two at her £475,000 ($860,000) home.</span><br /><br /><span>It was quickly discovered Phillips was not in breach of any COVID-19 lockdown rules after he explained he was on a business trip.</span><br /><br /><span>The woman — who is separated from her husband — is a pal of Peter’s sister Zara Phillips after their days at private school Gordonstoun in Moray, Scotland.</span><br /><br /><span>She attended Zara’s wedding to rugby star Mike Tindall in 2011.</span><br /><br /><span>The woman and Peter met again at a school reunion.</span><br /><br /><span>The father-of-two split from his wife, 41-year-old Autumn, in a public announcement in February of 2020.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840489/peter-phillips.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/462147d9d43d403882d55ccecdf044c4" /><br /><br /><span>“It seems wrong he has travelled here from England, whatever the circumstances,” one local source said.</span><br /><br /><span>“Scotland is closed and if you flew here you would have to quarantine for 10 days.”</span><br /><br /><span>A spokesman for Mr Phillips said the royal had travelled on business with his company XL Medical, which provides rapid COVID-19 tests.</span><br /><br /><span>“We do not comment on ­details or circumstances of Mr Phillips’ accommodation when travelling on ­business,” he said.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840487/peter-phillips-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/19e41b2b78014e838769ef45cc1e858b" /><br /><br /><span>A Police Scotland spokeswoman said, “At around 6.40 pm on Friday March 26, 2021, police received a report of a potential breach of coronavirus regulations at a property in St Cyrus, Montrose. Officers attended, spoke to the occupants and found no breaches of ­legislation.”</span><br /><br /><span>Mainland Scotland is in lockdown with travel only permitted for “essential purposes”.</span><br /><br /><span>Peter and Autumn have daughters Savannah, 10, and Isla, eight.</span><br /><br /><span>Peter is 17th in line to the throne, as he is the son of Princess Anne and her ex-husband Captain Mark Phillips.</span></p>

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Royal fans shocked as Queen’s grandson “splits” from wife of 12 years

<div class="post_body_wrapper"> <div class="post_body"> <div class="body_text "> <p>The Queen’s grandson Peter Phillips is reportedly separating from his wife of 12 years, Autumn Phillips.</p> <p>Princess Anne’s son married the Canadian-born Autumn in 2008 and are parents to nine-year-old Savannah and seven-year-old Isla.</p> <p>The news has reportedly come as a shock to both Peter and the Queen.</p> <p>One pal revealed to<span> </span><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10935833/peter-phillips-splits-wife-autumn-kelly-queen/" target="_blank">The Sun</a>: “Peter is absolutely devastated by this and just didn’t see it coming.</p> <p>“He thought he was happily married and had the perfect family with two lovely daughters. But he is now in total shock.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8aaUOFnAtr/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8aaUOFnAtr/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Royal Family (@royal_family_history)</a> on Feb 10, 2020 at 8:10pm PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“Autumn is a wonderful wife and mother and a very intelligent woman, but she’s been telling her friends for some time that there were issues.</p> <p>“She is a favourite of the Queen and I’m sure Her Majesty will be very upset by this as well.</p> <p>“It’s the last thing she needs after all her recent troubles and you get the feeling that the Royal Family is falling apart a little bit.”</p> <p>The split comes just two weeks after Peter sparked controversy after starring in a Chinese milk advertising campaign while being promoted as a “British royal”.</p> <p>Those close to the couple are worried that Autumn might want to head back to her homeland Canada after the split.</p> <p>“What worries some of us is that Autumn may want to go back to Canada,” one friend said.</p> <p>“Maybe she has been influenced by Harry and Meghan’s departure. Perhaps she thought if that can happen then I can leave as well? That might be unfair on her but you have to consider it."</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8cCsLQHEo1/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8cCsLQHEo1/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by ModernRoyalEra (@modernroyalera)</a> on Feb 11, 2020 at 11:22am PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>A senior royal insider said that the Queen must be “crestfallen” by the news.</p> <p>“The Queen must wonder what she has done to deserve this.</p> <p>“Peter Phillips has always been a favourite of hers and Prince Philip and she will be crestfallen by this, especially on top of all the other bad news.</p> <p>“It makes you wonder what’s going to happen next.”</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-action-bar-component-wrapper"> <div class="post-actions-component"> <div class="upper-row"></div> </div> </div>

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Queen's grandson spotted in bizarre Chinese milk ad

<p>The Queen’s eldest grandson, Peter Phillips has been spotted starring in a television advertisement for a Chinese milk brand.</p> <p>In result, controversy has sparked on whether there is an issue with The Firm using their royal connections to generate a private income.</p> <p>41-year-old Mr Phillips is the son of Princess Anne and her ex-husband Captain Mark Phillips, however he is not a working royal and has never had a royal title.</p> <p>He has become the poster boy over the years to prove royal family members can have private lives, despite belonging to one of the most famous families in the world.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">'Royal Peter' for hire in China: As Prince Harry flies to Canada to earn millions, the Queen's eldest grandson Peter Phillips is revealed to be trading on his royal status by advertising milk on TV<br /><a href="https://t.co/9FlNesAaWx">https://t.co/9FlNesAaWx</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZoYSd6biSB">pic.twitter.com/ZoYSd6biSB</a></p> — Brightly (@Brightl36034096) <a href="https://twitter.com/Brightl36034096/status/1219665215752720387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <p>Throughout his adulthood, he has held prominent positions with Jaguar and a Formula One racing team. He is married to Canadian Autumn Kelly, and the couple share two daughters together who don’t have royal titles.</p> <p>Mr Phillips’ latest public endorsement features him dressed to the nines in a dinner jacket and black bow tie for a 30-second ad for China’s state-owned Bright Dairies.</p> <p>In the advertisement he can be seen peering out the window of a stately country house in Britain’s Wiltshire. A replica of a horse-drawn royal carriage pulls outside the home and then a butler approaches Phillips.</p> <p> </p> <p>In the ad he is described as “British Royal Family member Peter Phillips.”</p> <p>“Bright Dairies has got a fantastic reputation all over China and outside of China as well, for producing high quality dairy products,” Mr Phillips says in a separate, behind-the-scenes video.</p> <p>“As children, we used to spend a lot of time down at the dairy. There was a herd of Jersey cattle at Windsor and we were brought up on it.</p> <p>“And it was always much fuller of flavour, much creamier, than other milks that we had growing up. That has something to do with the way the cows are bred.”</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7834093/peter-phillips-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/799c9170cffe4419951ba8dc9d2f6f48" /></p> <p>Peter and Zara have been free to pursue their own careers as non-working members of the royal family. Zara, 38, is a champion equestrian who also earns a comfortable living as an ambassador for luxury brands, including Rolex and Land Rover, while Peter is the managing director of a sports and entertainment agency.</p> <p>The ad has been released in the midst of a huge debate surrounding both the Duke and Duchess of Sussex who recently announced their intention to step down from their position as senior royal to seek a more “private life” and generate a private income.</p> <p>Buckingham Palace announced that the couple would no longer formally represent the Queen nor be able to use their HRH titles.</p> <p>However they will remain the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as it was titles given to them as a wedding present by the Queen.</p> <p>They have also already applied to trademark their Sussex Royal brand.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7834094/peter-phillips-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/97cd0a1731404f54bdca126ad86d92c7" /></p> <p>The couple already have the username Sussex Royal on their website and Instagram account, which has 11 million followers.</p> <p>The trademark will allow Prince Harry and Meghan to release their own personal line of branded products, including books, calendars and clothing, in the future.</p> <p>The couple are rumoured to also be moving into content creation and could possibly sign deals with the likes of Netflix or do further work with Disney.</p> <p>Thomas Woodcock, a senior adviser to the Queen, told <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/queens-aide-warns-harry-and-meghan-against-sussex-royal-title-rx0nj7f9w"><em>The Times</em></a> on Tuesday that he didn’t believe the name <em>Sussex Royal </em>was right to keep.</p> <p>“I don’t think it’s satisfactory. One cannot be two things at once. You either are [royal] or you’re not,” he said.</p> <p>Royals must be meticulous in making sure they’re not seen exploiting their royal connections or tarnishing the family’s tightly guarded brand.</p> <p>Mr Woodcock, who is the Garter King of Arms, aids the Queen in being a principal adviser on ceremonial matters and heraldry.</p> <p>He is also part of ensuring that commercial concerns do not make illegitimate use of royal symbols.</p> <p>“It is such unusual times that it is a matter of waiting and seeing how things develop,” he said.</p> <p><em>The Telegraph</em>’s royal editor Camilla Tominey also said she thinks the couple may be asked to rebrand by Kensington Palace who may be averse to idea of Harry and Meghan keeping <em>Royal </em>in their name.</p> <p>“It remains to be seen whether they’ll be able to keep that royal aspect because for all intents and purposes, they are not carrying out any engagements on behalf of the Queen or their military appointments,” she told <em>ITV’s This Morning</em> program on Monday.</p> <p>“They are keeping their private patronages and their charitable work to themselves as they go off and have this new life in North America.”</p> <p>After a week of intense negotiations with the Queen, Prince William and Prince Charles, Harry was spotted travelling home to be reunited with his wife, Duchess Meghan and their 8-month-old son Archie.</p> <p>They are expected to spend most of their time in North America.</p>

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Queen's favourite grandchild revealed – and it's not who you think it is

<p>A majority of grandparents will never admit it, but they have a favourite grandchild. It’s often a point of joking and ribbing amongst the grandchildren who’s the favourite, and it appears that this also extends to the royal family.</p> <p>The Queen is reported to have favourite grandchildren, and no, it’s not who you think it is.</p> <p>If you were thinking Prince Harry or Prince William, they might’ve captured the hearts of the world, but the heart of their grandmother remains elusive.</p> <p>An insider source has told<span> </span><em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/9853409/queen-favourite-grandkid-lady-louise-windsor-prince-william-harry/" target="_blank">The Sun</a></em><span> </span>that the royal grandmother has been getting very close with her grandchildren over the summer.</p> <p>In particular, she has been spending a lot of time with the children of her youngest son Edward, who are 16-year-old Lady Louise Windsor and 11-year-old James.</p> <p>Louise and the Queen have been bonding over Louise’s love of drawing, which is said to be a love of the late Queen mother.</p> <p>"Louise loves drawing and sketching and was very patiently trying to get Charlotte to do pictures of rabbits and deer," the insider said.</p> <p>"Because of her obvious artistic skill, the Queen allowed Louise to look through some of the collection of Queen Victoria's Highlands sketches which are kept at Balmoral but are rarely dug out these days."</p> <p>Her Majesty has eight grandchildren in total. Scroll through the gallery to see her spending time with each of them.</p>

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Shocking reaction to man who took his wife's surname

<p>Last month, newlywed Grant Phillips, née Davis, <a href="https://honey.nine.com.au/2017/12/19/14/37/why-i-took-my-wife-surname" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">wrote an article for 9Honey</span></strong></a> explaining why he decided to take his wife’s surname.</p> <p>There were a number of reasons, from not having a strong connection to the family with whom he shared his birth surname to wanting to keep his wife’s surname going, as it would have died with her as one of two girls, with no cousins to carry on the name.</p> <p>“I know a lot of people out there will see it as somewhat emasculating, like I’m somehow less of a man by taking my wife’s name,” Grant wrote.</p> <p>“I have had people act shocked and confused when I’ve told them that I’m taking her name – one male colleague even challenged my decision saying it’s "not what blokes do".</p> <p>“To me, this is more a reflection of society's views on masculinity.</p> <p>“The tradition of a woman taking a man’s name was built along the premise that women become property of their husbands after their nuptials. There’s no legal or religious reason, it’s all about male dominance.</p> <p>“Don’t get me wrong, I have no issue with woman who choose to take their husband’s name. My sister and my mother did it, not to mention 80 per cent of Australian women.</p> <p>“But I do have an issue with the fact that when the situation is reversed, the husband’s masculinity is thrown into question.”</p> <p>For Grant, the act was a mark of love, respect and commitment, but little did he know, his unusual decision would lead to an influx of death threats.</p> <p><img width="498" height="370" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7267065/untitled-2_498x370.jpg" alt="Untitled -2 (1)" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>“Just one of the messages I’ve received because I took my wife’s surname,” Grant captioned this horrible message he received on Facebook.</p> <p>One online commenter even told Grant to “go kill yourself”, while another said they “hope your wife can’t have kids, that’ll be God’s way of punishing you.”</p> <p>However, others have thrown their support behind the couple, with one person saying, “This makes you more of a man than most... honouring your wife this way indicates what a true bloke you are! I reckon you’ve started a trend.”</p> <p>Another wrote, “Wanted to say respect to you for doing what you are doing for your lovely wife. Your decision does not affect the lives of others, and their ignorance goes to show what a dark hole they're living in.”</p> <p>Tell us in the comments below, do you think it should be more acceptable for men to take their wife’s surname?</p> <p><em>Image credit: Grant Phillips/Instagram.</em></p>

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Heartbreak for Rachel Hunter

<p>The mother of Kiwi supermodel Rachel Hunter has died.</p> <p>Hunter, 47, posted the news of Janeen Phillips' death online, writing: "The beauty that surrounded that moment was a moment only she could have created.</p> <p>"Yes, there was so much pain in her last 18 months; but we will never forget the force of beauty, fire, protectiveness, empathy, strength, and of course the realm of magic that exists in and around her."</p> <p>Phillips had been <a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/health/body/2017/05/rachel-hunter-heartbreak-over-mums-health-battle/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>suffering from cancer</strong></span></a>.</p> <p>Hunter had charted her mother's final weeks online, including one post about how she and son Liam were sleeping on the floor of the hospital bedroom to be with her. "Liam &amp; I sleep here at night, as many have before to be with their sick loved ones, while the rest of the family gets rest for what the next day might bring," she wrote. "The night calls with Renee to keep her updated on Mums condition. Experiencing the care from the network of nurses &amp; doctors. It's a time to process the grief. An incredibly special time to nurture, listen, love and devote to Mum."</p> <p>Among the hundreds commenting on Hunter's Facebook page was broadcaster Kerre McIvor, who wrote: "The way you were all able to be together in death defines what it means to have a successful life. Nothing matters, except love and family, and for your beautiful mother to have the people who mattered most with her while she went through this stage will have strengthened and sustained her just as it will have strengthened and sustained you all. Much love xxx"</p> <p><em>First appeared on <a href="http://Stuff.co.nz" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stuff.co.nz</span></strong></a>.</em></p>

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Mike Tindall pours his heart out about Zara’s miscarriage for first time

<p>Less than six months ago, Zara and Mike Tindall made the heartbreaking announcement that they had lost their second child about four months into the pregnancy. Now, for the first time since the tragedy, Mike has spoken candidly to the <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/tindall-our-daughter-has-eased-miscarriage-heartache-m0tq6w6kv" target="_blank"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sunday Times</span></em></strong></a>, opening up about what got them through this difficult time.</p> <p>“One thing you do learn is how many other people have had to go through the same,” he revealed. “The saving grace for us has been Mia, our daughter who is now three. However down we feel she will come running up in our faces.</p> <p>“When I was playing I hardly saw her; now we can see her grow up,” the 38-year-old former rugby player said. “I can take her swimming and I can take her to Ninja Tots. You’ll never be able to see her there because she disappears in a puff of smoke.”</p> <p>A royal spokesperson broke the sad news on Christmas Eve last year. “Very sadly, Zara and Mike Tindall have lost their baby. At this difficult time, we ask that everyone respects their privacy.”</p>

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