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Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday, September 19.King Charles III is the country’s new King, with him and Prime Minister Liz Truss travelling across the UK during the national period of mourning.Every royal is coming together for this time of grief, but there are more members of the family that some realise.In fact, some have spotted Sophie Winkleman , who plays Big Suze on Peep Show, at events, shocking fans of the cult classic Channel 4 comedy series.The last thing viewers would expect is for her to be a royal, but the actress married into the family years ago.On September 12, 2009, Sophie Winkleman married Lord Frederick Windsor, making her Lady Frederick Windsor.They tied the knot at Hampton Court Palace in London.Frederick is the son of Queen Elizabeth II’s first cousin, Prince Michael of Kent, making Sophie a legitimate member of the Royal Family through marriage.He is 53rd in the line of succession for the British throne.They have two children together, six-year-old Isabella Alexandra May and nine-year-old Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina WindsorSophie’s famous family doesn’t end there either, as she is the half-sister of Strictly Come Dancing presenter Claudia Winkleman.They share the same dad, Barry Winkleman, who published the Times Atlas of World History.Sophie’s mother is author Cindy Black, while Claudia’s is tabloid journalist and editor Eve Pollard.Yes, Sophie is still acting together, continuing to use her maiden name instead of her Royal title.For UK audiences, Sophie is best known for her role as Big Suze in Peep Show, the on-again, off-again girlfriend of Jez, played by Robert Webb.American viewers may know her best from Two and a Half Men, where she played the character of Zoey from 2011 to 2015.More

season 17 premiering this Sunday following more than 10 years on TV, fans might think they know the Brown family. Kody Brown is in a «spiritual marriage» with his first wife, Meri Brown, second wife, Janelle Brown, and fourth wife, Robyn Brown.

Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld,” which comes out on Aug. 2, explains why jazz greats such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra flourished within mob empires headed by the likes of Al Capone, Meyer Lansky, John T.

Luca Bish has been a hit with viewers on this year's Love Island with his gleaming veneers and cheeky one-liners. The Fishmonger, 23, has tons of charisma and charm and has won the heart of fellow Islander, Gemma Owen. Outside of the villa, the future influencer has some rather notable celebrity ties from a legendary EastEnders actress and a former Strictly Come Dancing star, to singer Nick Cave who penned an open letter.

Community groups and third-sector organisations can apply for a new fund to support people in Renfrewshire affected by drugs and alcohol.

Love Island has seen a collection of Islanders having celebrity links recently but some contestants have connections to the Royal Family. In the past we've seen Tommy Fury, 23, whose brother is Tyson Fury, Dani Dyer, whose dad is Danny Dyer, and more recently Gemma Owen, 19, who recently name dropped her football legend dad Michael Owen. However, as well as celebrity links, some past contestants have connections to the Royal Family from working weddings, rumoured exes and one secret prince, here OK! takes a look at the surprising links...

Love Island class of 2022 are studded with various famous connections.The iconic ITV2 dating show is known for making stars, from Molly Mae Hague to Maura Higgins, who both landed various jobs after the show along with brand sponsorships. But plenty of contestants have been famous even before their villa stint, including EastEnders legend Danny Dyer’s daughter Dani.

celebrated its Season 2 premiere with a Los Angeles celebration hosted by stars Steve Martin, Selena Gomez, and Martin Short.

Love Island stars often have connections to other celebrities, though the links to the Royal Family are few and far between. However, some have entered the villa having some kind of connection to the royals through one route or another, with one famous star even confessing that she dated Prince Harry for a time.

Love Island villa with his charming good looks, cheeky one-liners and ounces of charisma.The Love Island star from Brighton currently has his sights set on football legend Michael Owen's daughter Gemma Owen, 21, as things heat up between the Gen Z's.Luca, outside of the villa and alongside degutting fish at his local fisheries, the future influencer, has had his hook in many different pools with ties to some rather notable celebrities.From an EastEnders icon to a former Strictly Come Dancing star, Daily Star takes a look at Luca's celebrity network.Luca revealed that he dated Strictly Come Dancing 2019 star Saffron Barker for a few months before entering the Love Island villa.Saffron, 21, attended the same school in Brighton as the fishmonger, and after growing close, they enjoyed a brief romance.The former couple appear to still be on good terms, with YouTube star Saffron wishing him luck as he got set to enter the villa earlier this month.A cosy Instagram snap of Saffron and Luca was recently unearthed, with the duo looking loved-up as they cuddled in bed together.Before he made his way into the Mallorcan villa, EastEnders legend Patsy Palmer, who played Bianca Butcher, took to Instagram Stories to share his official promo photo alongside a positive message.She penned: "Omg @lucabish all grown up and going on @loveisland. We cannot wait to watch you."You will smash it so beautiful, kind & funny.

Love Island singleton Tasha Ghouri is a dancer and has modelled for a number of big brands. It’s no surprise then that the beauty has a past full of A-list stars including Kate Moss and Strictly Come Dancing stars.

Tasha Ghouri has become an instant celebrity after appearing on series eight of the dating programme - but did you know that she also has a number of famous links herself?The model and dancer has already formed professional relationships with some of the biggest names in showbusiness in recent years.It was also recently revealed that she has dated one of the stars of another huge dating programme - as well as being wooed by a famous Strictly Come Dancing star.As Tasha continues to be a fan favourite in the villa, Daily Star takes a closer look at some of her other famous fans and celebrity connections away from Love Island.Eagle eyed viewers may have recently spotted musician MNEK appearing as a guest judge on Ru Paul's Drag Race UK, following a stellar year for the star, which included an appearance at the 2021 BRIT Awards.Before his Ru Paul's Drag Race appearance however, he collaborated with Sleepwalkrs on the track More Than Words, which was accompanied by a music video featuring deaf dancers.One of the dancers was none other than Tasha Ghouri, who made her music video debut on the track.Speaking about the cameo, Tasha told Capital FM ahead of her Love Island debut: "That was my first major music video. Surprisingly enough it was about him celebrating the deaf community.

Love Island 2022 kicked off on 6 June, with a new set of sexy singletons jetting off to Mallorca in the hope of finding love. One of the hopefuls who has entered the villa this year is Gemma Owen, the eldest daughter of former professional footballer Michael Owen, but the 19 year old is yet to reveal her father's identity to her fellow Islanders.

Love Island 2022 is well underway, with drama already happening and romances beginning to heat up in the iconic villa. A whole new batch of singletons have headed to Mallorca in search of long-lasting romance and while some seem to be forming connections, others haven't been so lucky.

Love Island bombshell Actress Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu has some famous celebrity connections.The 27-year-old is a Turkish actress from Essex and will enter the hit ITV show's villa alongside bombshell Afia Tonkmor, a 25-year-old Lounge Host at a Private Members Club who's from London, later today (June 8).The Sun reports that Ekin-Su, who has over 355,000 followers on Instagram, is followed by Piers Morgan's son Spencer on Instagram. The Turkish beauty's other admirers include James Locke, Pete Wicks and Wayne Lineker.A source told The Sun: "Ekin-Su is the perfect contestant to get viewers tuning in this summer.

Queen Elizabeth II is the longest reigning monarch in British history, so it is only fitting that Her Royal Highness celebrates her 70th year on the throne with a bang.As the Platinum Jubilee concert airs on BBC tonight (June 4), royal fans are expecting to see some the biggest names in Hollywood in attendance at the exclusive event.Though many of the British royal family's extended connections are well known, what many fans don’t know is that the infamous monarch is related to many of the famous faces on the big screen.As fans prepare to tune into the jubilee celebrations, Daily Star has taken a look inside Her Royal Highness’s most surprising celebrity connections.Hilary Duff rose to fame in the early noughties as the lead role of the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire which became a huge hit with viewers all over the world.After her ascent to fame, the blonde bombshell went on to appear in a slew of romantic comedy moves including Cheaper by the Dozen, A Cinderella Story and Agent Cody Banks.One thing many of her loyal legion of fans may not know is that the 34-year-old is related to several members of the British royal family.The mum-of-three is known as “America’s most royal celebrity” according to Insider following a 2012 study which revealed that the actress is the 18th cousin of Queen Elizabeth and is also related to Alexander Spotswood, the 10th great-grandson of Edward III.She’s one of the biggest names in pop history for her incredible number one hit singles such as Crazy in Love, Irreplaceable and Single Ladies. Beyonce Knowles made her impact on pop music when she formed the 90s girl group Destiny’s Child back in 1990 with her friends Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticThis year, the Cannes Film Festival kicked off with a restoration of Jean Eustache’s 1973 ménage à trois scandal “The Mother and the Whore” and concluded with a screening of controversial Palme d’Or winner “Triangle of Sadness,” creating an odd kind of symmetry for the event’s 75th anniversary edition, between which I somehow managed to screen all 21 films in competition. Made half a century apart, Eustache and Östlund’s rhyming triangles were hardly the only parallels to be found at Cannes — though anyone who’s ever binge-watched movies at a major festival knows the feeling of such connections, often just a fluke of the order in which you see movies whose images and ideas inevitably resonate with one another.

CANNES – To be frank, it’s hard to explain Olivier Assayas‘ impressive new limited series “Irma Vep” with a simple logline. It’s primarily about a modern-day movie star, Mira (Alicia Vikander), who is starring in a new limited series inspired by the classic French silent film “Les Vampires” which also inspired a 1997 film, “Irma Vep.” In the HBO series, the director (Vincent Lacoste), is remaking his own movie of “Irma Vep” into a limited series, just like Assayas is in real life.

All is fair in the Dick Wolf universe! After getting his start as a writer on Hill Street Blues in 1980s, the producer shot to superstardom when he created Law & Order in 1990.

fans might think they know the Brown family. Kody Brown is in a «spiritual marriage» with his first wife, Meri Brown, second wife, Janelle Brown, and fourth wife, Robyn Brown.

She may have won a SAG Award, been nominated for a Tony Award, and just earned her first Oscar nomination for “West Side Story,” but Ariana DeBose is driven by being a “consummate perfectionist.” That means when she watched the celebrated Steven Spielberg musical for the first time she “found a million things” she could have done better. Considering the almost universal acclaim her performance as Anita received, many viewers and her peers would politely disagree.