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‘I wish I’d persevered’
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‘I gave birth
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6 COVER STORY Inside J-Lo and Ben’s
budget wedding – plus lots more
celeb gossip
8 COVER STORY Kate’s secret
messages to Harry
10 COVER STORY Fern’s regrets over
her marriage split – plus Carol
Vorderman’s ‘special friends’
12 COVER STORY Holly opens up
about her 15-year marriage
50 We bid farewell to Neighbours
after 37 years on our screens
58 The stars keeping cool at sea
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Real life reads
16 ‘Horrible holiday snaps helped
me lose 5st’
Dame Joanna!
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42 COVER STORY ‘I had a baby 20
years after I was sterilised’
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Ab Fab star ‘overwhelmed’ by royal honour
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from now on, after the never dream of is being honoured softly up there was this beautiful 21 COVER STORY Sizzling swimwear
award-winning actress at Buckingham Palace.”  bass and string quartet. It was so 25 Accessories: Neon brights
was knighted last week. The Joanna – best known for charming and so moving.” for summer
Absolutely Fabulous star, 76, playing party-loving Patsy Stone The star, whose career spans 26 Beauty: How to choose the
was honoured for her services alongside Jennifer Saunders in five decades, was awarded an right cleanser
to drama, entertainment and the comedy, which celebrates its OBE in 1995. As well as Ab Fab, 29 Perfect your pout with these
charitable causes. “I am honestly 30th anniversary this year – was she’s also known for starring in top lippies
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sideways, astonished and touched award from Princess Anne. “It shows, and for her philanthropic to swerve!
beyond belief,” she revealed. “As a was in the throne room, which is work with the Gurkhas and 36 Health: How dating has changed
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Amicable split
Coleen Nolan is single again, after her year-
long romance with boyfriend Michael Jones J-Lo & Ben’s
ended. The Loose Women star, 57, and the
supermarket worker, 58, remain “great
friends”. “While they were happy at first, the
spark fizzled out in the end,” a source said.
secret wedding
“They quietly broke up in April, but have
stayed close. She is looking forward to the
future and possibly meeting someone new,
but there is no rush.” Coleen, whose ex-
husbands include guitarist Ray Fensome
and soap star Shane Richie, revealed she
was having the “best sex of her life” after Bennifer on their budget Vegas bash
meeting Michael on Tinder.
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early 20 years after calling off their at 12.30am in the tunnel of love drive-through,
wedding, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck with your kids and the one you’ll spend forever
have married. Their secret nuptials with,” Jen said. The 52-year-old star, who’s
couldn’t have been more different than the been married three times, continued, “With
extravagant £1.5m bash they’d previously the best witnesses you could ever imagine,
planned, where they had three decoy brides, a dress from an old movie and a jacket from
400 guests and four potential venues. This Ben’s closet, we read our own vows in the
time, the couple went for a low-key ceremony, little chapel and gave one another the rings
tying the knot at Las Vegas’ Little White we’ll wear for the rest of our lives.”
Chapel with a recycled bridal gown and tux, The couple, who rekindled their romance
with their children and Jen’s stylist as guests. last year having split in 2003, were joined on
It cost just £62 for the ceremony, with the their special day by Ben’s children with ex
marriage license bringing the total to £145.  Jennifer Garner – Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13,
“Stick around long enough and maybe you’ll and Samuel, ten – and 14-year-old twins Emme
find the best moment of your life in Las Vegas and Max, J-Lo’s kids with ex Marc Anthony.
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blue when he swore at his co-
host Alison Hammond on live
TV. This Morning viewers were
shocked when the 49 year old
called her a “b***h” after she
mocked his hosting skills as they
reflected on their careers. “You
were so young, you were so
good at that show, really good,”
Alison said of him hosting Big
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“The Queen doing Queen things,” husband in 2006.
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Kate and
Meghan’s
FRESH FEUD 
Rift between the duchesses set to
widen with explosive new book
T
hey’ve never been very a speech at the United
close, but the relationship Nations – are sure to ramp
between Meghan Markle up the tension. And royal
and Kate Middleton is set commenter Sarah Robertson
to be damaged further after new added that the release
shocking revelations emerged. In of the book was set to send
his new book, Revenge: Meghan, “shockwaves” through both
Harry And The War Between The the palace and Sussex camp. that she and
Windsors, author Tom Bower Since she started dating Kate hadn’t
alleges that the Duchess of Sussex Harry, 37, in 2016, Meghan bonded over the
“hated” being compared with her admitted that she and Kate have position they shared,
sister-in-law. “She hated the never been very pally. Despite but she wasn’t losing
comparisons with Kate. The collaborating as part of the “Fab Meghan is the subject sleep over it,” they wrote.
Cambridges appeared to be Four” and attending Wimbledon of a new book While Kate, 40, sent Meghan
perfect. Meghan appeared together, they struggled to become flowers for her birthday one
to be influenced by envy friends. Writers Omid Scobie and friends. Their relationship hadn’t year, “Meghan would far rather
of Kate,” Tom writes. Carolyn Durand wrote in Finding progressed much since she was have had Kate check in on her
These new claims – which Freedom, “Meghan would agree Harry’s girlfriend.” A source told during the most difficult times
coincide with the Sussexes’ trip with the assessment that the them Kate and Meghan had little with the press.”
to New York, where Harry gave duchesses were not the best of in common “other than the fact Other bombshell claims to
they lived at emerge from Tom’s book include
Kensington that the Sussexes were left
Palace”. “festering with fury” after the
The former Palace denied all of their demands
Suits star, 40, for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
felt that her weekend. It was their first visit
sister-in-law back to the UK with their kids,
didn’t make Archie, three, and Lilibet, 13
more of an months, after they stepped down
effort to welcome from royal duties and moved to
her into the America in 2020, and they had
The infamous Harry was critical of his royal family. hoped to play a bigger role during
Oprah interview father and brother on TV “Meghan was the celebrations. However, the
disappointed Queen vetoed allowing them to
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William and Kate seem
more united than ever
“During her life-long experience
of England’s county set, Camilla
had occasionally spotted self-
important adventuresses. They
were the sort she might call ‘a
minx’. She found it hard to believe
that Meghan would sacrifice her
independence to serve silently
as a team player. But Camilla
remained tight-lipped.”
Her doubts proved true as
Harry and Meghan gave TV
interviews to Oprah, which they
knew would send shockwaves
through the Palace. In their joint
chat, which aired in March 2021,
the couple accused an unnamed
royal of being racist, while in the
Apple TV+ series The Me You
join her on the balcony or ride was really, really difficult and Meghan announced their split Can’t See, which aired two months
in the royal carriage, leading to something that I think, that’s from the royal family on Kate’s later, the prince denounced his
their early exit from the UK. when everything changed, really,” birthday in January 2020. The elder brother and criticised his
“Festering was their fury that she said. “The reverse happened. move didn’t go unnoticed, with father and grandmother for being
the Palace had refused all of their And I don’t say that to be Meghan’s half-sister Samantha responsible for his “cycles of
demands for a prominent role at disparaging to anyone because Markle saying, “Sad she would do suffering” and “genetic pain”.
the Jubilee in return for returning it was a really hard week of the that on Kate’s birthday – I believe “To their harshest critics, the
to Britain with their children,” wedding, and she was upset about she was jealous of beautiful Kate. Sussexes had become agents
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Tom writes. Harry’s then went on something, but she owned it, and She could never compare.” of destruction,” Tom writes. T
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to do an interview with NBC’s she apologised, and she brought In addition, Tom reveals that The Palace were also said to ppl
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Today show, where he opened up me flowers and a the monarch was also have expressed their concerns ns,
about his “special relationship” note apologising and ‘She never said to be secretly about Meghan’s Vanity Fair uctio
with the Queen and how America she did what I would glad that Meghan interview, in which she first spoke d
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is his “home” with no mention of do if I knew that I could didn’t attend her about her romance with Harry, po Pr
his father or brother. “It seemed hurt someone. To just late husband Prince but its publication went ahead ar
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Harry had resumed the war take accountability Philip’s funeral in in September 2017 – making A/
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against his family,” Tom says. for it.” Meghan later compare’ April 2021, telling her them realise that Meghan was ock,
The duchesses’ relationship said, “She’s a good trusted aides, “Thank unstoppable. “Reversing the erst
soured before Meghan’s wedding person, and I think goodness Meghan is narrative was impossible. Unlike utt
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to Harry. Rumours that Meghan so much of what I have seen not coming”. In addition, Harry’s the other young women who Sos:
had made Kate cry during a play out is this idea of polarity, stepmother Camilla, Duchess married the Windsors, it seemed ot
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flower girl dress fitting didn’t where if you love me, you don’t of Cornwall, had been wary of Meghan would not remain silent,” w P
improve matters. The former have to hate her. And if you love Meghan from the start. “Unlike he says. “Harry remained utterly n Lo
actress famously denied the her, you don’t need to hate me.” Charles, Camilla could see loyal. The besotted prince ignored ee
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claims during her interview with Rumours of tension were fuelled through the American actress’ the warnings that Meghan spelled Sh
Oprah Winfrey. “The narrative between the Sussexes and the coquettish smiles and tactile trouble for the Palace.” ds:
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with Kate, which didn’t happen, Cambridges when Harry and performance,” the author writes. The drama continues…  W
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Fern: ‘I wish
I could have
persevered’ 
Star’s fresh regrets over her marriage
from her first marriage to One of telly’s most beloved
TV executive Clive Jones. She couples, Fern and Phil, 61,
With kids Winnie,
admitted that the couple should were thought to have one of the
Jack, Harry and Grace
have tried harder to make things strongest marriages around, so
work, telling Prima, “Often, the they shocked many when they
children leave home and decided to call
you look at each other ‘Where do it quits after
and go, ‘Ah, where do realising their
we go from here?’ I only we go from marriage had
wish I was the sort of “run its course”.
person who could have They put
here?’
persevered through that, out matching
The couple were but I couldn’t.” But she statements in
together for 20 years added, “This new chapter January 2020,
has come at the right time saying, “After more than 20 happy
for me. I don’t want to be the years together, we have decided
F
ern Britton has revealed poster girl for separation, though, to go our separate ways. We will
that she wished that she because a lot of people go through always share a great friendship
had “persevered” at her the same thing.” and our lovely children.”
second marriage. The Despite the split being amicable,
author was married to TV chef the former This Morning host Fern, who has lived in Cornwall
Phil Vickery for 20 years from revealed how her “world turned with Winnie and Grace since the
2000 until 2020, with whom upside down” as she struggled split, shared that she’s enjoying
she has daughter Winnie, 20. with the split, with the the single life. “I’m not considering
More than two years since support of her kids. “If I dating right now. I haven’t been
their split, she continues didn’t have the children, seeing anyone and nobody has
to open up about her I don’t know what I’d approached me, which is nice, too,”
regrets over their have done. I might she said to Prima. In another
relationship, which have just shrivelled up interview, she added, “I’ve got
broke down after the and disappeared. The lovely friends and I have a lovely
children flew the nest. children have kept me social life, which is quite enough
In addition to Winnie, alive, that’s for sure,” for me. I like to be in bed at nine
Fern, who turned 65 she said recently. She o’clock – it’s great.” However,
last week, has 28-year- also said that it was she hinted that she would be
old twins Jack and Harry “difficult” to “bounce open to a new romance – so long
and daughter Grace, 25, They worked together back” from the divorce. as she retains her independence.
on This Morning
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