Duchess of Cambridge: Last News

Prince William, 40, and Kate Middleton, 40, have been captured in their first official joint portrait, but not everyone is a fan of the work, painted by award-winning British portrait artist Jamie Coreth. Despite criticism over the portrait, The Apprentice’s Karren Brady, 53, has concluded that “it is stunning”.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were painted with their arms tenderly wrapped around one another while looking wistfully into the distance.Kate can be seen wearing a dazzling emerald gown, designed by The Vampire’s Wife, which royal fans will remember her debuting in Dublin in March 2020.The future king of England, meanwhile, opted to be immortalised a dapper suit with a blue tie.However, some fans have concurred that the portrait appears “odd”.Some even compared the painting to “a wax figure from Madame Tussauds”.One Twitter user, Lord Peckham, penned: “Looks like it’s been shopped onto the background, awful expressions, just altogether awful, but then their choice of photography illustrating their children is equally awful, such a shame.”Mattdeedee1 was divided over the portrait, praising Kate’s portrayal, but not William’s, as he tweeted: “splendid rendition of Kate...

Prince William, 39, last week at the Top Gun: Maverick premiere held in London’s Leicester Square.

Jeremy Clarkson, 61, has jumped to Prince William’s defence as he and Kate Middleton embarked on a Caribbean tour around the Commonwealth nations.The couple have visited the Bahamas, Jamaica and Belize in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.Although the couple did receive a warm welcome from many, the trip has been marred by criticism surrounding Britain’s role in the slave trade and protests for the countries to remove the Queen as their head of state.Responding to critics, Jeremy said he greatly “admires” the Duke for “sticking with” with his duties.He also took the opportunity to swipe at Prince Harry who he says “learned to fly the exotic Apache gunship” and then “b***ered off to California”.The Grand Tour star said: “As Prince William heads home from his trip to various sun-kissed and idyllic Caribbean islands, I’m left open-mouthed with admiration for the man.”He imagined a scenario where William would have been sat down as a child and told “he was going to spend his entire life opening disabled lavatories in civic centres” with “no private life” nor a “proper holiday”.The novice farmer then jibed at Prince Harry, saying: “If I’d been in [William’s] shoes, I’d have hitched myself to an American hotty, taken up weed and buggered off to live in California.“He didn’t, though.

Eamonn joined GB News in January following his leave from This Morning.He added, speaking on Breakfast with Eamonn and Isabel on GB News this morning, that he came in to close contact with royalty this week at Cheltenham.“Zara Phillips came running up for a chat which was lovely,” the presenter said.He also discussed the races and said that he wasn’t too happy about the results.Eamonn openly ripped up his betting slip live on TV and exclaimed that all his tips had been rubbish.The star took to his 756,000 Instagram followers yesterday with a picture of himself wearing a Peaky Blinders style cap.He captioned the photo, explaining that he had not been gifted with the “luck of the Irish.”The snap led to excited fans and friends coming to the comments to express their well wishes.Lizzie Cundy wrote: “Very dapper.”Lola_chico_2007 said: “Good luck Eamonn.

Duchess of Cambridge via a social media post after seeing her rendition of children's book The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark on CBeebies Bedtime Stories.Though we might know Matt best these days for The One Show, Countryfile and, of course, Our Farm In The Dales, he first rose to fame presenting children's TV shows.The 44-year-old TV star had a seven year stint on Blue Peter earlier in his career, before leaving in 2006.His history left him well-placed to judge the performance of the duchess when she read out the much-loved kids' story - and his response left onlookers in no doubt that he was impressed."Welcome to the Childrens BBC Presenters Club!" he wrote, punctuating his feelings with a love-heart emoji.The Duchess is yet to respond to the comment publicly.However, the official CBeebies Instagram account replied with playful laughing emojis, while other fans shared in their approval of Matt.One joked: "I used to watch you a lot when I was an aupair. I think I've learnt the most of my English from CBeebies."After reading out the story about how the courageous little owl conquered his fears, Kate added a personal message of her own."Wow, what an encouraging tale!" she praised."We can all feel scared sometimes, just like our little owl friend, Plop," she continued."But, as Mrs Barn Owl said, it’s better to find out about the things that scare us before we make up our mind."And with the help of others, we can often face things that worry us."Now it's time for bed.

Kirstie Allsopp has taken to social media to share her thoughts on wearing masks.The star called out how Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton are leading by example as they wear reusable face coverings.In a message to her Twitter account earlier today, Kirstie was angry at the number of disposable face masks being used.She shared an image of Prince William wearing a reusable face covering to illustrate her point.Kirstie penned in view of her 426,000 followers: “Whenever possible ⁦@KensingtonRoyal⁩ wear reusable masks, they both lead by example.“I SO wish more people in the public eye did this.“Sick of seeing prominent folk in disposable masks which are so environmentally toxic.”The image Kirstie used was of Prince William in the United Arab Emirates.The official Duke and Duchess of Cambridge account on Instagram had shared the update this morning.On their page, they had posted images of Prince William greeting crowds and exploring the 2020 Dubai Expo.Alongside this, he wrote: “Thank you for a wonderful day in the UAE!“From visiting the Jubail Mangroves and Jebel Ali Port to seeing our Earthshot finalists and celebrating the UK National Day @expo2020dubai.“It was great to spend time celebrating sustainability, collaboration and innovation.“And also to see this police car…!”The Duke of Cambridge was in the UAE for just one day to discuss climate change.Following Kirstie’s tweets, many of the Location, Location, Location star’s followers weighed in with their thoughts.User Cat Wood posted an image of a discarded mask, writing: “Sick of seeing these on the beach every day…”Gary Turner added: “You can talk some sense.Totally agree.”However, Claire Dunnage argued: “Aren't they wearing them to control the spread of

Kate Garraway, 54, has spoken out on the first time she has been away from her husband Derek Draper, 54, since he was hospitalised with Covid in March 2020.The Good Morning Britain presenter had time away from her family whilst filming BBC Two's Walking with Kate Garraway.In the show, to be broadcast on Wednesday, Kate will be walking through the Cotswold countryside, followed by a drone as she describes the joy and solace she finds in nature.Talking to PA News Agency, Kate revealed that while filming the show, it was the first time she had been away from her husband and family since March 2020.She said Derek's situation was "still pretty active", adding that she feels "a lot of intensity" juggling all elements of her life.Kate said: "I

Ant McPartlin, 45, made a candid admission to the Duchess of Cambridge at today's launch of the Taking Action on Addiction campaign for The Forward Trust.

Meghan Markle, 40, is one of the most famous women in the world and is known for her impeccable taste in clothes, however according to Lady Colin Campbell, she has “fallen out of favour” with some of the “top line couturiers”.The Duchess of Sussex and her husband Prince Harry, 37, stepped down as working senior members of the Royal Family back in January last year, as they vowed to become “financially independent” however their decision to leave the UK divided critics.Speaking on how fashion houses select who they wish to dress in the public eye, Lady Colin shared: “Meghan would have been somebody who the designers wanted to work with because she’s a good looking woman and she is high profile. “She is slim and an attractive woman.So of

Duchess of Cambridge in the West End play The Windsors.

 “I couldn’t believe how tall he’d got.”The actress then admitted that she was warned against going in for a kiss with the royal, as William replied to her request, “probably better not”.She continued: “I did say, ‘I suppose I better not kiss you’ and he said, ‘Probably better not’.” Emma went on to say the Duke was quick to shut down her questions about how he was doing, as the prestigious occasion was “about her”.She added: “I asked him about him and he said, ‘Will you please stop talking about me, it’s about you.’ “What a nice man,” the star gushed.It comes after Dame Emma and Emma, who plays titular villain Cruella in the Disney film, joined Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton on a Zoom call this week.William shared that he was

Duchess of Cambridge caught up with Cruella stars Emma Thompson, 62, and Emma Stone, 32, ahead of their new Disney film premiere.The Royal couple thanked the pair for allowing them to have a preview of the film for NHS workers at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.During their chat, Kate asked the actresses about filming the movie in London.Emma S went on to reveal that they shot a motorcycle scene in front of Buckingham Palace.Kate asked: “Was it a fun film to film?”“So much fun,” she replied.

Lorraine Kelly, 60, has admitted she would find Meghan Markle’s reported “overuse” of emojis to be quite “irritating” too, after it was reported the Duchess of Sussex had fallen out with a friend over her excessive use of the Whatsapp feature.

Prince William, 38, and Kate Middleton, 38, which saw him get a rare insight into the royal couple’s private life.Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk about his decision to stop smoking for 28 days as part of the Stoptober campaign, the star admitted the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were a bit “taken aback” by his line of questioning when they appeared on his BBC Radio 1 show in 2017.Scott divulged: “They’re not normal, they don’t have a normal life, but they were so… because we just asked them.“We were like, ‘We’ve got one chance here, this isn’t going to happen again.