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Chelsea forward Joe Cole claimed ‘grown adults’ used to come up and ask him for money when he was only 15-years-old.The three-time Premier League winner is still considered as one of the most naturally gifted players England has ever produced. Murmurs about the then teenager’s precocious talent were emanating long before West Ham United convinced him to join their academy.The nation’s footballing eyes were on Cole, expecting and waiting for his sudden ascent into Premier League and international stardom.

READ MORE: Charles appears tearful as he expresses love for Harry and Meghan in tribute to 'darling mama' Viewers took to Twitter to share their reactions to discovering something new about the 40-year-old. "Prince William is left handed.

Her last appearance. Queen Elizabeth II‘s final royal engagement came just days before her death when she appointed new Prime Minister Liz Truss on Tuesday, September 6.

While on the surface it may have seemed that Diana, Princess of Wales, led a charmed existence, her short time on Earth was never easy. After enduring a turbulent upbringing, in which her parents’ marriage bitterly broke apart, she fell into a hasty union with the Prince of Wales which eventually left her feeling miserable and alone.

Tony Blair's office and told to "f*** off" when he was "Freddied". However, in an unearthed interview, the cricket ace confirmed his party days are in the past thanks to his family.The sportsman puts part of his transformation down to wife Rachael, who is "always there" to take care of him.The cricketer turned sports presenter explained: "I'm not that wild lad anymore.""[My wife] would give me a b**ching and I would listen...now I'm a dad and a husband," he said to OK! magazine.Rachael previously worked as a model and events management entrepreneur, and originally met Freddie while at a Birmingham cricket ground promoting one of her events.Soon after the couple got married, she scaled down her career and devoted her life to her family, including the four children she shares with Freddie.Family life proved to be a positive influence on Freddie, as he revealed on the First Time Dads podcast.A year after his first child was born, daughter Hollie, he was part of a record-breaking defeat of Australia in the 2005 Ashes match."My career at the time, I started doing really well," he enthused."Everyone said that couldn't happen, but it put everything into perspective.

Sir Christopher Meyer, the UK’s former ambassador to the U.S., has died aged 78.

As the Duke of Sussex addressed the United Nations last week to discuss climate change, his wife Meghan looking on in support, the couple no doubt expected to make news around the world. And they did. But not, perhaps, in the way they’d hoped.

Revenge author Tom Bower has credited Meghan Markle’s intelligence as the secret behind her success and claims she has used it to control the narrative. But the former BBC correspondent - who interviewed about 80 sources close to the couple for the bombshell unauthorised biography - admits he is in awe of the power 40-year-old Meghan has managed to levy from relatively humble roots. In an exclusive interview with OK!, Tom says: “I never deny Meghan’s successes.

Pirates of the Caribbean film, but the other guests wouldn’t shut up about his likeness to Depp’s lead character. “They went on about it so much that I ended up just deciding to give it a go,” he explains. “I’m still amazed by the reaction I get.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown shared a very personal story about the despot. Back in February, when Russia first invaded Ukraine, Conservative MP Julian Lewis claimed, during a question in the House of Commons, that Putin was “firmly in the grip of small man syndrome”.

Prince Charles, 73, and Prince William, 39, both reportedly stepped in to prevent Prince Andrew's return to public life at Royal Ascot and the Order of the Garter Ceremony.Andrew, 62, is understood to be enraged with his elder brother and nephew, who it is believed persuaded the Queen, 96, to stop Andrew from attending the full Order of the Garter Ceremony, which was presided over by his mother at Windsor Castle earlier this month.Instead, he was only seen at some parts of the Knights of the Garter Ceremony.Buckingham Palace reported that the Duke of York's absence from the Windsor Castle procession and Order of the Garter service was a "family decision".He did join the Queen at the formal investiture of new members of the Order of the Garter - including Tony Blair and Charles' wife the Duchess of Cornwall - and at the lunch afterwards.But his alleged bid to return to Royal duties has apparently been met with resistance from the two direct heirs to the throne, with Her Majesty supposedly telling Andrew to keep out of sight "for his own good". The Queen also missed Royal Ascot for the first time during her reign and was replaced in Saturday's Royal procession by the Duke of Kent, Andrew's eldest daughter Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.

Kate Middleton and Prince William were seen sharing a joke together while arriving for the 2022 Order of the Garter Service held at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on Monday (June 13) in Windsor, England.

The Duchess of Cambridge carried on a royal tradition.

Prince Andrew has reportedly been barred from appearing in public at today's Order of the Garter ceremony after Prince Charles and Prince William warned the Queen against his attendance.

After Prince George became a highlight of the Platinum Jubilee, another event is returning that could offer another sneak peek at the royal family.

Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid was left in hysterics by comedian Rob Beckett who began mocking politician Dominic Raab on Tuesday's show. The London funny man, 36, picked up on the deputy Prime Minister's, 48, hand gesture and suggested he looked as though he was "doing a pancake" and did a hilarious impression of him. As Rob joined Susanna and Richard Madeley on the show via video link, he began: "First of all how do you put up with those politicians every day? Oh my God they do my head in, absolute maggots." Rob then mimed a hand gesture which he attributed to the show's previous guest, Mr Raab.

Has the general malaise of disillusionment with politicians, post- Partygate, ever been more stark? Perhaps not, but in the Rochdale council ward where less than a quarter of people eligible bothered to cast their vote at the May 5 local elections, the reason for such apathy is not just down to what's been going on behind the door at 10 Downing Street.

Piers Morgan, who has met the Queen three times, assured the public today that she's not the "benign, almost mumsy" figure she might appear to be.

Carol Vorderman, 61, shared her brutal reaction after Boris Johnson, 57, and his wife Carrie, 34, were loudly booed and jeered by crowds outside St Paul’s Cathedral.The couple attended the service of thanksgiving at the London cathedral to mark Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.The hostile reception was heard as the Prime Minister walked up the steps to the entrance.BBC reporter, Jane Hill, captured the moment and said: “The Prime Minister just arriving with his wife.“There is really quite a lot of booing, actually.“A substantial amount.“That was quite a moment."We definitely haven't heard that for any other VIP guest."Former Countdown star Carol then shared the clip to her 482,000 Twitter followers.In the caption, she quipped: “Bring Your Own Boos.“The message could not be clearer Boris #PlatinumJubilee.”Plenty of Carol’s followers took to the comments to share their thoughts.Mark asked: “Depends who is doing the booing as we’ve seen already.’To which FY Eye responded: “Well it certainly won’t be the left because they were all boycotting jubilee celebrations.The Boris hate isn’t just confined to left wingers anymore it seems."Pat added: “Problem is, I doubt he realised the boos were for him.”While Tony joked: “I generally do not like booing but I will make an exception this time.”And Jack quipped: “Someone get Vorders a job as a headline writer ASAP!”Former Prime Ministers Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, and Theresa May were also in attendance for today’s service.Other politicians including Sajid Javid, Liz Truss, Priti Patel, Keir Starmer and Nicola Sturgeon also took seats at St Paul's.

A Fettes College abuse survivor who was beaten and sexually assaulted has received £400,000 in damages – the first known sum paid by the elite school.

Images from our archives look back at the Dutch style cannabis café that came to Greater Manchester before police raids shut the venue for good. The Dutch Experience, in Stockport, opened to a blaze of publicity in September, 2001. Modelled on Amsterdam's coffee shops, it inspired other copycat venues to open in other parts of the UK.