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When Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall visited Australia two years ago, I joined a few members of the Woman’s Day team and stood among the crowds gathered in the streets hoping to catch a glimpse of the future king and his wife... until I overheated and started to feel faint. But when Wills, Kate and their adorable kids head Down Under in the coming months, you can be sure I’ll be standing front and centre to give them a welcome wave. When the time comes, we’ll have all the beautiful pictures to share with you. For now, you can head to page 14 to see the royal couple’s most recent day out, and catch up on all the other news from the palace, too.…

DANNY TELLS JULIA YOU’VE HAD ENOUGH! Julia Roberts didn’t have a care in the world as she left a pre-Oscars party draped over her mate Bruce Bozzi. However, the same couldn’t be said for her husband Danny Moder, who trailed behind looking distinctly unimpressed. A source from inside the LA bash tells Woman’s Day, “Julia was having the time of her life, throwing back drinks and cuddling up to her friend. Danny doesn’t love it when she gets loud, and he asked her a couple of times to ease up on the boozing. It seemed to egg her on to drink more, though.” And when it came time for Julia, 52, to leave, she was determined to have one last bit of fun. “She grabbed Bruce’s hand and made it…

After being forced to push her nuptials back time and time again, Princess Beatrice is sick of playing second fiddle – and has hit the Queen with a long list of demands for her May wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. “Bea might not be telecasting the whole shebang, but she still wants no expense, pomp or pageantry spared,” a royal source tells. “The Queen is being indulgent with her, given she’s going to need Beatrice to step up now that Harry and Meghan have left, and has agreed to pretty much everything – including loaning her Buckingham Palace for the party.” We’re also told that despite Prince Andrew stepping down, thanks to his relationship with dead paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Beatrice, 31, is insisting her dad walks her down the aisle.…

She’s made no secret of the fact that she’s worked as a scantily clad bikini model, but bride Natasha Spencer has found herself at the centre of a vicious sex tape scandal that’s threatening to derail her life! Speaking exclusively to Woman’s Day, the brunette beauty, 26, holds back tears as she reveals a former lover has left her “feeling gutted”, thanks to his reckless decision to share a video online of her nude and cuddling up to her one-time lover. “I was first notified of the video circulating last week. A close friend of mine who works in construction told me the video was being passed around by tradies,” reveals Natasha, adding she’s become a panicky and anxious mess over the situation. She says she’s been subjected to vile…

Big Brother has spoken, and Sonia Kruger is officially the new host of Seven’s much-coveted reboot – but behind the scenes, sources tell Woman’s Day it was former star Gretel Killeen’s explosive demands that tipped the scales in Sonia’s favour! “Gretel was always the shoo-in to host the show,” says our TV spy. “Seven were desperate to secure her and hoped to milk the ‘Gretel is back’ angle, but greedy Gretel wanted the gig and so much more. “She came with a list of demands, including everything from her desired mega-salary to a farcical wardrobe wishlist. “On top of that she wanted a producer title and to be hands-on in the show’s production, including input about the housemates’ challenges.” With 57-year-old Gretel firing off her “demands”, talks broke down between…

• GET BEHIND THE TEAM NOOSA BUSHFIRE APPEAL. Noosa’s tourism operators have come together and are providing holiday packages to NSW Rural Fire Service, Victorian Country Fire Authority, South Australian Country Fire Service and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services. The Noosa community want our firefighting heroes, who put their lives on the line for their communities, to know how much they love and support them. They hope they can bring some much-needed joy back into those regional communities who suffered the worst bushfires in history. Already 100 businesses have donated packages worth more than $200,000, and cash donations will go towards airfares. The packages will be distributed to firefighters, displaced families, or will be used in raffles for further fundraising. visitnoosa.com.au/ team-noosabushfire-appeal • When it comes to local pubs, it doesn’t get…

In a similarly sad and intriguing case, a baby who was kidnapped from a Chicago hospital 55 years ago was found through an ancestry website. Chester and Dora Fronczak’s son Paul was only 36 hours old when he was abducted from Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago on April 26, 1964 by someone posing as a maternity ward nurse. Two years later, the FBI found a boy in New Jersey they thought was Paul and gave him to the Fronczaks, who raised him as their son. But Paul says he had doubts Chester and Dora were his biological parents from age 10, which was confirmed by DNA testing years later. He then hired a genealogist to track down his birth parents and was shocked to learn his name was Jack Rosenthal.…

Perhaps you’ve heard of macronutrients – fat, protein and carbohydrates that give our bodies energy. And you might be all over micronutrients – vitamins and minerals that produce enzymes, hormones and other matters that help growth and development. But mesonutrients? That’s the lesser known group of this health trifecta. So, let’s get to know them! WHAT ARE THEY? Mesonutrients are the active natural compounds found within superfoods – like turmeric, berries and green tea – that provide us with health benefits, such as managing inflammation, heart and digestive health, fat loss and lowering the risk of cancer. Some of the most commonly studied and accessible mesonutrients are curcumin, safranal and epigallocatechin-3-gallate. Essentially these are the names of the compounds within the superfoods mentioned earlier. Let’s deep dive even further… WHERE…

ICED VOVO LAYER CAKE SERVES 8 PREP 10 MINS + CHILLING • 300ml tub thickened cream • 1 tsp vanilla extract • 2 x 210g pkts Iced VoVo biscuits • 1 cup shredded coconut, toasted • 2 tbsp raspberry jam, warmed • fresh raspberries, to serve 1 Line a tray with baking paper. In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat cream and vanilla together until firm peaks form. 2 Use half the mixture to sandwich 1½ packets Iced VoVos together. Arrange standing side-by-side, long-side down, on prepared tray. Spread remaining cream mixture all over log. 3 Press coconut onto sides and ends of log. Chill 2 hours or overnight until firm. 4 Roughly chop remaining Iced VoVos. Drizzle log with warm jam, scatter with biscuits and sprinkle with raspberries.…

HER REAL NAME IS Jessica Alyssa Cerro HER STAGE NAME MONTAIGNE IS based on 16th century philosopher Michel de Montaigne SHE WAS BORN IN the Hills District in Western Sydney in 1995 SHE WAS SIGNED TO Albert Music records at the age of 16 after uploading her music online SHE HAS SAID HER MUSIC IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY Talking Heads and St Vincent HER FIRST ALBUM Glorious Heights peaked at number four on the ARIA albums chart IN 2016 SHE WON an ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist IN AUGUST 2019 SHE RELEASED her critically acclaimed sophomore album Complex SHE WILL SING Don’t Break Me at the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in May SHE BEAT OUT BIG NAME STARS such as Vanessa Amorosi, Casey Donovan and Jack Vidgen…

A sparkling win Best Supporting Actress winner Laura Dern celebrated with some well-deserved bubbles. Smitten! A delighted Margot Robbie just couldn’t get over Timothee Chalamet’s cherub face. Stars reunite Former co-stars Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves had a blast presenting the Best Original Screenplay award. Say selfie! Rita Wilson whipped out her phone for a quick snap with close friend Penelope Cruz. Gimme that! Brad Pitt was clearly eager to get his Oscar, grabbing the statue from Regina King.…

As the royal family reels from one scandal after the next, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are busying themselves with a cause close to their hearts – Aussie wildlife and human bushfire victims. As Woman’s Day went to press last week, William, 37, and Kate, 38, were finalising plans to land in Australia to visit the worst-hit regions of the summer bushfire crisis, with northern New South Wales, the south of the state, Canberra and the NSW-Victorian border all tipped to feature on their itinerary. “Kate is doing her best to include Kangaroo Island if time permits, too,” says an insider familiar with the plan. “She has a fondness for koalas, and was devastated watching it all play out on television. She and William felt so helpless, especially given…

Jess makes a move on Stacey’s man! As if coping with the dramas of her love-life playing out on TV isn’t hard enough, Woman’s Day has learned that mother-of-two Stacey Hampton has been forced to seek legal advice after falling victim to a personal attack from none other than former MAFS bride Jessika Power! According to our source, Stacey was forced to reach out to a lawyer after she discovered a series of messages that revealed Jess planned to target the Adelaide-based bride. In the texts, Jess revealed she was plotting to expose facts about Stacey’s private life, including details about her, ex-fiance Shane and her two children. What’s more, Woman’s Day has learned Jess has made contact with several participants from the 2020 season, encouraging the reality brides…

Since the shock announcement of their split, whispers have been getting stronger by the day that Michael may have hooked up with Sydney fashion designer and socialite Pip Edwards at an event last December – after he split with Kyly. “They were together at the Hublot Loves Summer event in Sydney, and the chemistry was so obvious,” a source tells Woman’s Day. “He didn’t take his eyes off her! She is flirty by nature and he was lapping up the attention.” Adding to Kyly’s woes, the source adds Michael’s close friendship with his personal assistant Sasha Armstrong was always a bone of contention, especially after images of a shirtless Michael and Sasha lounging on a yacht surfaced in 2018.…

Once Seven’s sure-fire hit, My Kitchen Rules has plunged into the depths of ratings hell and it’s threatening to take its biggest stars – Pete Evans, Manu Feildel and Colin Fassnidge – down with it. Despite the network spending millions on marketing, this season’s revamp, which has steered away from the cooking and is focusing more on the drama that unfolds in the Big Brother-style mansions the contestants reside in between challenges, has seen the former number one reality TV show struggle to make it into the top 20 programs since it premiered two weeks ago. In fact, in its first week the show plummeted to a staggering 402,000 viewers – losing out to Nine’s ratings juggernaut Married At First Sight every night, with the ABC’s Back Roads even bringing…

You can almost hear Brian Henderson say “that’s the way it is” as the legendary Nine newsreader looks death in the face with quiet courage and the smile that brought so much warmth and confidence to generations of Australians. This time around Brian, 88, has decided to let nature take its course after electing not to have surgery to remove a tumorous right kidney, preferring to spend what time he has left with his wife Mardi, daughters Nicole and Jody and his five grandchildren. He retired from Nine in 2002 after an incredible 47 years on TV, first as the host of Bandstand and then as the anchor of Nine News, but remains a legend to millions of Australians, including his replacement, current Nine newsreader Peter Overton. POSITIVE OUTLOOK “He has…

Struggling to take her two children, Abigail, eight, and 18-month-old Benjamin to the park, Katie Barker is acutely aware of strangers staring at her. She knows exactly what they’re looking at and, often, a child will approach her. “Kids ask me, ‘Why are your legs so gross?’” she tells Woman’s Day, embarrassed. Over the past 18 years Katie has tried every diet there is. The 31-year old has even gone through gastric bypass surgery and shed a whopping 63kg. But, despite every effort, she’s never been able to shift the weight from around her legs. They now weigh in at a combined 20kg and the mum from Ontario, Canada, says her swollen, painful legs have left her housebound. “I’ve spent most of my life feeling guilty and blaming myself for…

COOL CAT! I think Rocket looks very stylish in his colourful Hawaiian shirt! C Zakrzewski, La Perouse, NSW Bloomin’ nice find When I did some long, overdue gardening in a neglected corner of our yard, I was thrilled to find these beautiful flowers hidden under the weeds. It really inspired me to keep going. Sandra James, Heathcote, Vic Family fun Here are my two great-grandchildren, Emily, three, and Chloe, five, with their mother, my beautiful granddaughter Renee, and my grandson’s fiancee Lilli from Finland. Alison O’Reilly, Alexandra Hills, Qld Sad for Michelle Michelle Bridges has always been my inspiration – from following her recipes and exercise programs on 12WBT and buying her amazing line of fitness wear, fitness DVDs and cookbooks, to following her daily on social…

SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE Aussie brand Vitable offers personalised daily vitamin packs. Simply answer a health assessment online and your monthly vitamin subscription will be delivered to you, starting at less than $1 a day! vitable.com.au FREEZE-DRIED Vmores is the first ever freeze-dried supplement range. Snap, for hair, skin and nails, and  Dash, chewable probiotics ($39.95 each) are processed at low temperatures to remove water from the materials but keep the original nutrients active. vmores.com…

ONE-PAN CHICKEN COUSCOUS SERVES 4 PREP + COOK 20 MINS • 2 tbsp olive oil • 500g chicken breast fillets, cut into 2cm slices • 1 red capsicum, seeded, sliced thinly • 1 onion, sliced thinly • 1 tbsp Moroccan spice mix • 400g can chickpeas, rinsed, drained •1/3 cup halved dried apricots • 1 cup instant couscous • 2 cups chicken stock • coriander leaves, to serve 1 In a large deep frying pan, heat oil on high. Brown chicken 3-4 mins, stirring. Remove from pan. 2 In same pan, saute capsicum and onion 3-4 mins until onion is tender. Stir spice mix through, cook 1 min. 3 Return chicken to pan with chickpeas and apricots. Spoon couscous over, then carefully pour in stock, stirring. Season. Reduce heat to…

Elton John’s puppy love AMANDA SAYS Arthur tells me he was 14 years old when he passed over about two years ago, and he was always Elton’s best boy. Arthur tells me he was a gift, but they bonded and fell in love from the moment they met. Arthur was always well-behaved and mannered – unless he didn’t like or trust you, then he would follow you and watch your every move. When Elton was away he would still always talk to Arthur every day. In fact, Elton had one special person assigned to the care of Arthur 24/7. Arthur knew his passing absolutely broke his dad’s heart, as well as that of his staff and carers. As he says, he was the star of Elton’s show and will always…

MOVIE BRAHMS: THE BOY II Unaware of the terrifying history of the Heelshire Mansion, a family moves into the guest house where their son makes a new invisible friend called Brahms. Starring Katie Holmes, this sequel to 2016’s The Boy will give you shivers. IN CINEMAS Thursday BOOK THE FINAL MYSTERY by Jo Buchanan At the age of 50, Jo took a huge risk in selling her home to finance her dreams of exploring the sacred sites of Egypt and the jungles of Mexico to find her true identity and purpose. These adventures completely changed her life – and they might change yours, too. OUT NOW (Animal Dreaming Publishing, $29.95) CONCERT QUEEN & ADAM LAMBERT: THE RHAPSODY TOUR Queen original band members Brian May and Roger Taylor team up with…

Up, up and away! Glenn McGrath and his wife Sara were living the high life in a hot air balloon in Morocco. Family affair Vince Colosimo and his ex partners Diana Glenn and Jane Hall united for his daughter Lucia’s Year 12 formal. Too sweet! Birdie is spot on! She might only be 10 months old, but Birdie Mae and her onesie managed to steal the spotlight from mum Jessica Simpson. Koal-ity kiss Actress Kym Wilson showed some love for our fave furry animal at the LA Loves OZ charity event, which raised money for Aussie wildlife. Oh boy! “Welcome to the world Rahiti,” Turia Pitt captioned a shot of her adorable new baby son. Congratulations!…

Just as Harry and Meghan began to open up about their own exit from The Firm to close friends, little did the Queen know that it inspired another member of the family to do the same. Last week Harry’s cousin, father-of-two Peter Phillips, announced he was divorcing his wife Autumn after nearly 12 years of marriage. “Autumn is Canadian and couldn’t stand palace life either. She saw that Meghan was getting out and wanted that life, too,” says a source. “In a way, Meghan and Harry were an inspiration to her. The more bitter among the Queen’s aides actually blame them.”…

After a tumultuous honeymoon, Stacey and Michael Goonan appear determined to make things work. But Woman’s Day can reveal the groom might prove to be a bigger handful than Stacey’s own toddlers! It seems the business owner can’t curb his partying ways, with a local revealing the groom, 29, was kicked out of a Darwin club after some rowdy behaviour during a recent appearance! “We had one of the MAFS guys in here in our club tonight acting like a w ** ker – he got kicked out,” wrote a DJ before fans posted photos of him at the venue.…

Co-stars turned lifelong friends Rebecca Gibney and Jessica Marias had hearts melting when they reunited on social media last week. Taking to Instagram, the duo shared a sweet selfie just weeks after Seven confirmed the hotly anticipated reboot of Packed To The Rafters. And while fans were excitedly waiting for the actresses to reunite as mother and daughter Julie and Rachel Rafter, their onscreen reunion is sadly off. Following a string of personal health problems, last week Jess, 35, revealed she’s stepping down from the 2020 production. “Jessica has decided to step away from the new series for personal reasons. She thanks everyone involved on the show for their ongoing support and love, especially her ‘Rafters family’ and sends them her very best wishes for the production,” a statement from…

When Jennifer Aniston was spotted leaving the Sunset Tower Hotel last week within seconds of her infamous ex-boyfriend John Mayer, everyone was shocked – and none more so than Brad Pitt. Just as Brad, 56, and Jen appear to be taking a giant leap in their newly reignited relationship, friends say the last thing the Oscar winner expected to see was his ex-wife entertaining notorious Lothario John, who split with Jen in 2009 and compared their break-up to “burning the American flag”. “Brad had no idea Jen was meeting up with John,” says our source. “He trusts Jen, but not John, who never really got over Jen. Plus everyone in LA is all too aware of the mysterious power John seems to have over women, no matter how big of…

GEORGE HITS ROCK BOTTOM He’s been plagued with financial woes ever since his hospitality empire was forced to pay $7.8 million in unpaid wages to his employees in 2017 – and now former MasterChef judge George Calombaris has hit rock bottom after his restaurant company Made Establishment went into voluntary administration. “I’m gutted that it’s come to this,” George, 41, wrote in a statement. “The last few months have been the most challenging I have ever faced... I am so sorry all our collective efforts have not proved to be enough.” All 12 of his restaurants now risk closure with 500 jobs on the line. HESTON AXED He’s billed season after season as the special international guest – with his cooking experiments pulling in thousands of viewers. But UK celebrity…

It took just under an hour for a freak 70-metre firewall to mercilessly destroy a lifetime of precious memories. It was September 9 – when the bushfires started to rage across the nation – a day that Peregian Beach resident Pam Murphy will never forget. When flames licked the doorstep of her family home of 40 years, it was just moments later that the full force of the blaze blitzed through her home. “We were in the direct firing line – one minute there was nothing, and seconds later flames were leaping from my garden. It was terrifying,” 90-year-old artist Pam tells Woman’s Day. With the help of neighbours, Pam grabbed a bag of important paperwork and a few worldly possessions, and with all the strength she could muster, ran…

1 Pop some vitamin C Not the edible kind, but rather the skin-friendly version will help improve radiance and glow. We love how Elizabeth Arden has used its capsule technology to bring us potent Elizabeth Arden Vitamin C Ceramide Capsules Radiance Renewal Serum $150 (for 60). The dry oil texture of the serum immediately gives skin a youthful glow, sits beautifully under makeup, and will make your skin look better and better the more you use it. 2 Pick peptides Dermalogica says that, on average, smoking can make your skin look two years older, excess sun six-and-a-half years older, and an unhealthy diet two years older. Yes, it’s eye-wateringly expensive, but at the heart of the new Phyto-Nature Firming Serum $220 are peptides that help combat this premature ageing. Peptides…

Created by Aussie friends Victoria Black and Gen Davidson (who lost 40kg between them on this program!), the SuperFastDiet plan is based on three methods of intermittent fasting styles – the 2-day, 3-day and part-day. See which one suits you... 2-DAY On this pillar you will fast for two days a week (consuming up to 500 calories on those days) and eat normally for the other five days, up to 2000 calories for women on those days. 3-DAY Here you will fast for three days a week, not exceeding 1000 calories on those days. On the remaining days you can eat as normal up to 2000 calories. PART-DAY This involves eating up to 1600 calories within an eight-hour window daily, seven days a week. WHY IS FASTING SO BENEFICIAL? IT’S…

BACON, CIDER & FENNEL MUSSELS SERVES 2 PREP + COOK 15 MINS • 1 tbsp olive oil • 1 rindless bacon slice, chopped coarsely • 2 garlic cloves, sliced thinly • 1 baby fennel bulb, sliced thinly, fronds reserved • 1kg pot-ready mussels • ¾ cup dry cider • crusty bread, to serve 1 Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook bacon, garlic and sliced fennel, stirring frequently, 3 mins or until browned. Add mussels and cider, bring to the boil. Cover pan with a lid, cook, shaking the pan occasionally, 5 mins or until mussels start to open. Top with reserved fennel fronds, and serve with bread. TIP Serve these mussels with plenty of crusty bread to mop up the cooking juices. BLACK BEAN LAMB &…

Lavender latte cake This gluten-free treat stars a surprising ingredient – mashed potato! MAKES 1 CAKE Grease and line the bases and sides of two 20cm round pans. Preheat oven to 160°C. Beat 350g softened butter, 350g caster sugar and 3 tbsp Woolworths Macro Lavender Latte Powder until pale. Beat in 6 eggs, one at a time, making sure it is mixed in well before each addition. Add 450g mashed potato, zest of 1 large lemon and ½ cup buttermilk, mix until incorporated, then add 350g ground almonds and 4 tsp baking powder. Divide mixture between pans and bake 55-60 mins until done in the centre. The cake is quite light and springy in texture. As soon as it is baked, cover cake with a tea towel and place in…

Aquarius JAN 21 – FEB 19 Your brain will be buzzing all week, so keep a notepad handy. With Mercury swinging the spotlight onto your cash zone, make this the month to reassess household expenses (and your spending) – you might save a small fortune. A money-making enterprise could have potential, but do your research carefully. Pisces FEB 20 – MAR 20 Your social circle is expanding, so make space for stimulating new people. Farewells are never easy, but don’t let sentiment hold you back. It’s all about quality not quantity, not just socially, but on the home front as well. Clear-outs and decluttering sessions should feel surprisingly satisfying, so get cracking. Aries MAR 21 – APR 20 With Mars on your chart’s pinnacle, you’re turning into a powerhouse. Just…

TIN HAMM JON HAMM The Mad Men star must be gunning for a new role in a yet-to-be announced The Wizard Of Oz remake after rocking a bizarre silver suit on the red carpet recently! THE BEST BAR NONE MAFS’ IVAN & MIKEY The reality TV hunks were seen getting sweaty at a Sydney beach recently. While Mikey seemed to effortlessly pull up his body weight, Ivan had a bit of trouble handling his svelte frame! About those faces! ROB LOWE & DEMI MOORE This genetically blessed pair, who appeared in 1985’s St Elmo’s Fire together, haven’t aged a single day! Clearly they have a great skincare routine... Head over socks in love! KARL & JASMINE STEFANOVIC The Today host always makes sure he has his wife close by –…