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After years working with my Woman’s Day colleagues, they’ve taken to telling me all the things I like and don’t like. Apparently I hate Cameron Diaz. And Tom Cruise (that’s on the money). I love all new diets (true) and don’t like carbs (mostly true). And at least weekly I’m told how much I hate animals (I have found it hard to embrace my assistant Chanel’s pet snail). If you’re like me and not an animal lover, you may find it hard to understand the Aussie family who share their home with 58 pets (p37)! Our other great real-life story this week is about the recently divorced Sydney man who won Lotto (twice) and Powerball in just 17 days! And he’s looking for love, ladies (p32)!…
So in love Never strangers to a public display of affection, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban puckered up for a full-on smooch at the Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Gala in New York. Help a sister out Decked out with a glittery mo, Merv Hughes joined forces with Ita Buttrose to launch Priceline’s Misterhood for the Sisterhood fundraiser. Child’s play Lara Bingle and Sam Worthington enjoyed a family day with their adorable sons Rocket and Racer. They’re growing up so fast! Liz or Liberace? Liz Hurley channelled her inner diva when she took to the streets in an oh-so-fabulous fur coat for a photoshoot in London. Going for gold Grant Denyer, Tracy Grimshaw, Amanda Keller, Rodger Corser and Jessica Marais proved winners are grinners when they got together to celebrate their…
IS CHELSY GETTING MARRIED TOO? Hot on the heels of Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle, his ex Chelsy Davy is on the fast track to saying “I do” with her 44-year-old TV producer boyfriend James Marshall! “Chelsy is ready to settle down and James is absolutely the person she wants to do that with,” says an insider. “They’ve talked about marriage, and she’s hoping it will happen for them within the next year. They are very happy and their friends and families are just waiting for James to propose.” After seven years of dating Harry on and off, the 32-year-old law graduate and businesswoman was a surprise guest at the royal wedding. Just days beforehand, she reportedly had a “final call” with Harry, during which they said their goodbyes.…
‘Fred and Mary are so ready, and the public are ready, too’ It’s a sight Denmark hasn’t seen since Australian Mary Donaldson married into the royal family in a wedding like no other back in 2004. Last week, Danish flags lined the streets once more as thousands flocked to Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, this time to welcome Mary – now arguably the hardest working and most loved member of the Danish royal family – as their new queen. As the Tasmanian-born royal celebrated her husband Prince Frederik’s 50th birthday in a lavish week-long party, royal watchers and the public alike were also celebrating a new era – with the palace all but confirming Fred and Mary are finally set to take the throne in a matter of weeks. Word out…
Life in Sydney Jan 2001: Mary lives in Bondi Junction with friends. She had met Fred six months earlier at the 2000 Olympics. Going public Jan 2003: Showing Fred her birthplace, Hobart. Royal love story Oct 2003: Fred pops the question with “you just have to say yes”, and the couple have their first official interview together. Fairytale wedding May 2004: Aussies all over the world tune in to see Denmark welcome Mary as their own in arguably the most romantic royal wedding ever. A prince is born Oct 2005: The couple welcome their first child, Prince Christian. Back to her roots Oct 2013: They return to Oz for the 40th birthday of the Sydney Opera House. Mary brings the family home every second year. Taking on royal duties Oct…
She’s the flame-haired Aussie acting icon adored for playing some of TV’s feistiest characters, but it was in her final months battling cancer that Cornelia Frances really showed her toughest side. “Mum’s specialists were stunned by her fighting spirit. She went into palliative care in February, before passing away peacefully last Monday around midday,” Cornelia’s devoted son Lawrence Eastland tells Woman’s Day. “I was by her side, holding her hand when she took her last breath. She slipped away in her sleep. It was serene. There was no pain. I feel relieved that Mum is finally at peace.” CLASSY TO THE END The past few years have been tough for Lawrence, 46, who gave up his graphic design work in Byron Bay to hold vigil at his mother’s Sydney bedside…
