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In the days leading up to the birth of my second child, I called my girlfriend Brooke to ask whether she’d mind if I could “borrow” her son’s name should the baby be a boy. “Sure, but beware,” she warned. “Because ALL Archies are a handful!” The next day I had a precious little boy, and despite her advice I called him Archie. At lightning speed, my baby Archie grew into a mischievous young ball of energy, earning himself several new titles over the past seven years. Amongst the most telling are “Arch Monster” and “The Wrecker”! Who knows whether the newest member of the royal family will be as, let’s call it “spirited” as the Archies I know, but he’s certainly already at the centre of all the drama.…
When Bob Hawke declared that “any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum” after Australia stunned the world in winning the 1983 America’s Cup after a 132-year stranglehold, he became a legend. It was the year he led Labor to a landslide victory, and an ecstatic Bob was in Perth when Alan Bond’s Australia II snatched victory. The larrikin prime minister promptly declared a national holiday to celebrate the extraordinary victory. ‘Any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum’ It became one of the defining moments of his time in the Lodge, forever stamping him as a man of the people, a politician who men and women loved, and felt they knew and liked, after he broke the mould of…
Whether it was publicly skolling a beer, dressing in novelty suits, or appearing on TV in nothing but a pair of stubbies, Bob Hawke was the ultimate Aussie larrikin. Beloved by the nation, his fun-loving, easy charm masked a searing intellect – a Rhodes Scholar who held the world record for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds!…
From the moment they first met, Bob Hawke and Blanche d’Alpuget knew they were destined to be with one another. “Without speaking, each knew that we would become lovers,” Blanche told the The Australian Women’s Weekly in a controversial confessional style interview in 2008. “The physical attraction between us felt like metal to magnet – the force of it felt as if something huge, invisible and undeniable was moving us together.” It was in the 1970s that their paths first crossed, but it wasn’t until 1976 that the then would-be prime minister and the glamorous writer began their now infamous illicit affair. Theirs was a tempestuous union in the beginning with Bob forced to hide their passionate love affair, because, of course, he was still with Hazel, who was very…
Bob first met Hazel at a church fellowship in Perth, the pair marrying in 1956. They had three children together, Susan, born 1957, Stephen (1959) and Rosslyn (1960). Their fourth child, Robert Jr, died in his early infancy in 1963. It was said to be Robert Jr’s death that began a period of great grief for the would-be PM, who sublimated himself in booze. During the 1970s he had an ongoing relationship with his now-wife Blanche, but regardless of the hurt his infidelity caused, Hazel, who was a traditionalist at heart, stood by her husband, determined to keep their family unit intact. Ever the loyal wife, she stuck by her husband, the pair maintaining the veneer of a happy marriage while Hawke was still in power, only announcing their separation…
Things are going from bad to worse for Britney Spears, with sources saying the chaos of her legal woes and her angst over being committed to a mental health facility are taking its toll on the singer. “It’s so sad because she’s completely and utterly lost,” an insider tells Woman’s Day. “She’s got people whispering in her ear left, right and centre, and she’s got no idea who she is supposed to listen to. Half the time she doesn’t even know what day it is.” The 37-year-old Toxic songstress and mother-of-two is desperately trying to free herself from the court-ordered conservatorship that’s been in place since her original meltdown back in 2008. She recently made damning allegations in court against her dad Jamie Spears, claiming he forced her to take…
