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Who was missing or turned up to Queen’s Christmas lunch
The Duke of York has joined members of the royal family for the traditional pre-Christmas lunch hosted by the Queen but there was no sign of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Prince Andrew has had a...
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Harry Potter stars reunite for Christmas and the internet goes crazy
So far, 2019 has seen a rich bounty of celebrity Christmas gifts to the world – Khloe Kardashian’s pink designer tree, Mariah Carey surprising New Yorkers going about their day, Prince Louis’ face on...
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Red Symons ponders a very French solution to growing older
On occasion, I take lunch at the gentlemen’s clubs of the city. The food is that of the 19th century British boarding school, corned beef and fish pie. The accounts are settled with whisperings and a...
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‘Global embarrassment’: Tim Minchin lashes PM on fires, climate
Musician and comedian Tim Minchin has joined in condemnation of Scott Morrison’s untimely Hawaiian holiday, and his government’s inaction on climate change, calling it a “global embarrassment”. Minchin...
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JK Rowling in spat over court ruling on transgender issues
JK Rowling is facing a storm of criticism from the transgender community after coming out in support of a researcher who was sacked for stating that a person’s biological sex cannot be changed. Maya...
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Kate Middleton is the royal family’s most shiny ornament of 2019
Greeting over 1000 guests at a Buckingham Palace party on December 11, Kate Middleton was totally regal in a navy velvet Alexander McQueen gown, her favorite Lover’s Knot tiara, chandelier earrings and...
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Royal family mixes up a Christmas tradition
As her 98-year-old husband remains in hospital, Queen Elizabeth looks determined to get on with her Christmas plans as usual – or as close to normal as it could be amid feuds and the fallout from the...
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Psychedelic drug pioneer Ram Dass dies, aged 88
Ram Dass, who in the 1960s joined Timothy Leary in promoting psychedelic drugs as the path to inner enlightenment before undergoing a spiritual rebirth he spelled out in the influential book Be Here...
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Celebrity moments of 2019 from break-ups to babies and scandals
Royal babies, break-ups, meltdowns and a plethora of other highlights – here’s the celebrity moments 0f 2019 that had us hooked. Miley and Liam: Over and out Eight months after their Tennessee home...
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Prince Philip is ‘all right’ in hospital: Prince Charles
After spending three days cooped up in a hospital, Prince Philip is doing “all right” according to his oldest son. Prince Charles commented on his 98-year-old father’s health after Buckingham Palace...
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Queen to acknowledge ‘bumpy path’ of 2019
The Queen will acknowledge the “bumpy” path the royal family and Britain have experienced in the past 12 months in her Christmas Day message. During 2019, the Duke of Edinburgh was involved in a...
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Meghan and Harry’s Christmas card has Archie as its star
Nearly six weeks after they were last seen in public, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s just-released 2019 Christmas card has given a glimpse of their life with son Archie, seven months. In an on-brand...
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Queen acknowledges ‘bumpy’ year, as tiny royals make their Christmas service...
Prince George and Princess Charlotte have joined the royals’ traditional Christmas Day church service for the first time, while other family members – including embattled Prince Andrew — tried to keep...
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Kylie Minogue nearly ‘chickened out’ of star-studded campaign to lure Brits
Kylie Minogue has brought back her Neighbours character Charlene Robinson in a bid to lure Brexit-fatigued UK tourists to our shores. It has been over a decade since the controversial ‘Where the Bloody...
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Friends theme songwriter dies at 72
Songwriter Allee Willis, famous for her work with Earth, Wind & Fire as well as the Friends theme and the The Colour Purple Broadway song score, has died in Los Angeles aged 72. The cause of death...
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Red Symons is feeling nostalgic as he reflects on the most magical non-Christmas
Somebody asked me if I was superstitious, the other day, and my answer was, “No. But …” There’s nothing magical about avoiding walking under a ladder. There may well be things dropped from above. I...
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Kim Kardashian West is tone-deaf for buying Michael Jackson’s jacket for North
So, among the gifts Kim Kardashian West bought daughter North, 6, for Christmas was an iconic jacket worn by Michael Jackson for Elizabeth Taylor’s 65th birthday party in 1997. Kardashian West, 39, and...
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Princess Martha Louise’s ex-husband Ari Behn suicides after accusing Kevin...
On Christmas Day, Princess Martha Louise of Norway posted a photo of a shiny bauble hanging in snow to her Instagram account with a festive holiday message: “May you be filled with love, generosity and...
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Olivia Newton-John made a ‘dame’ in New Year’s honours list
Singer Olivia Newton-John and directors Sam Mendes and Steve McQueen all received high honours from the British government. Grease star Newton-John has been made a dame – the female equivalent of a...
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Hello, Dolly! musical icon Jerry Herman dead, aged 88
Celebrity tributes are flowing for Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist Jerry Herman whose indelible Broadway hits included Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La Cage aux Folles, has died aged 88. The musical...
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