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Princess Diana's tiara to headline exhibition at Sotheby’s
Princess Diana's wedding tiara is set to headline a new exhibition at Sotheby’s in London. The late princess - who died in August 1997, aged 36 - wore the Spencer Tiara on the day she married Prince Charles in July 1981, and it will form part of the new exhibition of royal and aristocratic jewels. Power and Image: Royal and Aristocratic Tiaras will run between May 28 and June 15, and it will be free to the public. The spectacular display has been created as part of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The exhibition will feature nearly 50 eye-catching items, including the famous Sp...
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Sarah Ferguson 'sad' Princess Diana didn't get to meet grandchildren
Sarah Ferguson says the late Princess Diana would have "adored" being a grandmother. The 62-year-old author - who has Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie with ex-husband Prince Andrew - was extremely close to the late royal, the ex-wife of Prince Charles, as the pair both married into the British royal family. And Sarah admits it's sad Diana - who died in Paris in August 1997, aged 36 - wasn't alive to meet Princess Harry and William's children. She told the Metro: "She would have loved life as a grandmother and she would have been so proud. "We would have been first on the bouncy castle together ...
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Sarah Ferguson to draw on mental health battles for series of new young adult books
Sarah Ferguson has landed a 22-book deal. The 62-year-old author - who is the ex-wife of Prince Andrew - has announced she is set to pen several tomes, including three new young adult novels based on her own life, via publishers Serenity Press. The Duchess of York - who has Princess Eugenie, 32, and Princess Beatrice, 33, with Queen Elizabeth's son - will open up about her own struggles with mental health and an eating disorder, as well as the loss of her mother Susan Barrantes, who died just one year after Princess Diana in a car crash. Sarah said in a statement; "Young adults are perhaps the...
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Queen Elizabeth II is a chocoholic
Queen Elizabeth II is a chocoholic. The 95-year-old monarch is a big fan of chocolate mousse, her former chef Darren McGrady told The Sun: "I used to make a mousse au chocolat et café — a dark chocolate mousse — and I added in some real espresso coffee to intensify the flavour. “That was on the menu quite a bit at the Palace.” The 60-year-old chef - who began working at Balmoral peeling carrots for the horses - believes that Gordon Ramsey could never cook for the royals “because of his ego”. Others have pointed out that Her Majesty “has a fondness of chocolate”, such ‘MasterChef: The Professio...
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Queen Elizabeth II is a chocoholic
Queen Elizabeth II is a chocoholic. The 95-year-old monarch is a big fan of chocolate mousse, her former chef Darren McGrady told The Sun: "I used to make a mousse au chocolat et café — a dark chocolate mousse — and I added in some real espresso coffee to intensify the flavour. “That was on the menu quite a bit at the Palace.” The 60-year-old chef - who began working at Balmoral peeling carrots for the horses - believes that Gordon Ramsey could never cook for the royals “because of his ego”. Others have pointed out that Her Majesty “has a fondness of chocolate”, such ‘MasterChef: The Professio...
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Kristen Stewart cast in Love Lies Bleeding
Kristen Stewart is to star in 'Love Lies Bleeding'. The 'Spencer' actress has boarded the cast of the romantic thriller that is being directed by Rose Glass, the filmmaker behind the acclaimed horror flick 'Saint Maud'. Insiders say that the story is centred on the extreme qualities it takes to succeed in the competitive world of bodybuilding. Kristen will play the co-lead in the movie – the protective lover of a female bodybuilder. Sources are, at this stage, describing the project as a romance fuelled by ego, desire and the American dream. A24 is backing the movie along with Film4, the featu...
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Duchess of Cornwall struggled to cope with Prince Charles' strict routine
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall sympathised with Princess Diana as she struggled to cope with Prince Charles' strict routine, a new book has claimed. Royal biographer Tina Brown claims that usually "upbeat" Camilla found life within the British Royal Family difficult after she married Charles in 2005. In an extract published from her book 'The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - The Truth and Turmoil' in The Daily Telegraph newspaper, Brown wrote: "The ambivalence of her position was becoming untenable. For a while, she had thought there was an upside to not being Charles's wife. "She ha...
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Duchess of Cornwall struggled to cope with Prince Charles' strict routine
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall sympathised with Princess Diana as she struggled to cope with Prince Charles' strict routine, a new book has claimed. Royal biographer Tina Brown claims that usually "upbeat" Camilla found life within the British Royal Family difficult after she married Charles in 2005. In an extract published from her book 'The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - The Truth and Turmoil' in The Daily Telegraph newspaper, Brown wrote: "The ambivalence of her position was becoming untenable. For a while, she had thought there was an upside to not being Charles's wife. "She ha...
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Kristen Stewart had to feel emotionally connected to Princess Diana to emulate her in Spencer
Kristen Stewart needed to feel “emotionally connected” to Princess Diana in order to portray her in ‘Spencer'. The 31-year-old actress revealed that in order to best approach her role as the late Princess of Wales - who passed away in 1997 at the age of 36 - in director Pablo Larraín's historical fiction film she had to create a connection between herself and Diana. Speaking on ‘The Jess Cagle Podcast with Julia Cunningham', she explained: “My whole thing in getting ready for this was growing close to her, getting to a point where I could feel protective and emotionally connected. And I unders...
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Why was Princess Diana not romantically interested in Tom Cruise?
Princess Diana wouldn't date Tom Cruise because he was "too short". The late royal - who died in a car accident in 1997 aged 37 - took her two sons, Princes William and Harry, to the set of the Hollywood hunk's 1996 action blockbuster 'Mission: Impossible' and though they got to meet the actor, now 59, Diana had no romantic interest in him because she was unimpressed by his 5ft 7in stature. Former royal chef Darren McGrady - who worked at Buckingham Palace for 11 years - tweeted: "I remember Princess Diana taking the boys to the set of Mission Impossible and to meet Tom Cruise. "Wills and Harr...
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