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They might be frightfully posh with traditional, Christian monikers, but the Royal Family also loves a nickname. We know her as Her Majesty, or Ma'am, but the Queen has several quirky alternatives bestowed on her by her family. Read on for every royal nickname, including baby Archie's...

Ferne McCann has given a glimpse inside the 'surprise' floating breakfast for her daughter Sunday during their sun-soaked Maldives trip. The 31 year old First Time Mum star, who recently jetted off to the sun-soaked location with her four year old and new boyfriend Lorri Haines, revealed how she 'woke' her daughter up before surprising her with the delicious brunch. Ferne looked every inch the beach beauty as she flaunted her sun-kissed tan in a mint triangle bikini as the sun beamed on her face.

Dating show Love Is Blind is back on Netflix for season two and a whole new bunch of singletons are getting ready to find their future husband or wife – without actually meeting them face-to-face. The experimental show sees contestants go on a series of dates in self-contained pods, before choosing who they would like to get engaged to.

Jess Wright has been glowing during her pregnancy, sporting a series of incredible looks – and she stepped out in another one this week. The 36 year old, who is expecting her first child with her husband William Lee-Kemp, looked sensational as she dressed her blossoming bump in a chic black fitted midi-dress while out with mum Carol. While fans admired her chic dress, it was the cream coat gently draped over her shoulders that stole the show.

Miles Nazaire and Chloe Brockett's new romance is going from strength to strength as the Made In Chelsea favourite has revealed he wants to be "a lot more intimate" with the TOWIE star now their time on Celebs Go Dating has come to an end. After Chloe, 21, revealed to OK!she will be continuing to date with the Chelsea hunk, 26, Miles has spoken about what he hopes to happen between them when they "hang out". When we asked the star if he's looking forward to seeing Chloe without the cameras around, the reality TV star replied: "Yeah, yeah.

Liam Gallagher has hit out at Damon Albarn‘s recent comments about Taylor Swift and declared her to be “fucking cool”.The Blur and Gorillaz frontman was on the receiving end of a backlash last month when he said that Swift’s “co-writing” approach was at odds with his “traditionalist” view of songwriting.This led to Swift hitting back with the tweet: “@DamonAlbarn I was such a big fan of yours until I saw this. I write ALL my own songs.

The Stooges’ ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ while competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics this week.The 17-year-old athlete selected the rendition of the 1969 song (which was the Iggy Pop-led band’s debut single) that was recorded by John McCrea for the soundtrack to last year’s Cruella film.Trusova skated to the sounds of ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ during her free skate program at the Winter Olympics yesterday (February 17).Despite finishing top of the free skate standings, Trusova missed out on the overall gold medal after finishing fourth in Tuesday’s short program (February 15). She ended up picking up the silver medal, with Anna Shcherbakova winning the gold.Russian skater Trusova performing to Iggy & the Stooges “I Wanna Be Your Dog” pic.twitter.com/kNC3yPWaVz— Steve Kiviat (@SteveKiviat) February 18, 2022After she missed out on gold by 4.22 points, Trusova was heard to say (via Reuters): “Everyone has a gold medal, everyone, but not me. I hate skating.

gonorrhoea set to sweep across the country.With gruesome symptoms and painful implications, health experts are growing concerned as three new confirmed cases of the highly infections STI have appeared in the UK.Dr. Teodora Wi from the World Health Organisation has warned "These are extensively drug-resistant gonorrhoea with high-level resistance to the current recommended treatment for gonorrhoea."The bacterial infection is the second most common STI, and its symptoms are bad at the best of times — let alone when it becomes an unshiftable illness.Dr Sameer Sanghvi, Clinical Technology Lead at LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor, said: "Finding this strain of gonorrhoea in the UK is a stark reminder of the importance of keeping on top of your sexual health. Here's the low down on the nasty infection, with a breakdown of symptoms and advice on how to avoid it...Gonorrhoea is a bacteria spread through discharge — both male and female.

Jamie Carragher believes Manchester United should take inspiration from Sir Alex Ferguson's ruthless decisions of the past and cut ties with Cristiano Ronaldo in the summer.The former Liverpool defender has been critical of the Portuguese superstar following his sensational Red Devils return last summer, previously labelling the striker a "passenger".Despite netting 15 goals this season, Ronaldo has often drawn criticism over his inability to press and has been accused of refusing to sacrifice personal glory for the greater good of his team.The 37-year-old has reportedly grown disillusioned with the club in recent months and, amid speculation that his second Old Trafford stint could come to a swift end this summer, Carragher believes United would be better off without him.The Sky Sports pundit feels United should look to the past and the ruthless decisions of legendary former manager Ferguson as inspiration for how to solve the problems Ronaldo creates."No single player can ever be bigger than the club," Carragher wrote in his column for the Telegraph."And no-one knew that better than Sir Alex Ferguson who, in 2006, sold one of the Premier League most prolific goalscorers, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, because he felt the striker’s personal hunger for goals was inhibiting the progress of younger, emerging team-mates.Should Manchester United let Cristiano Ronaldo go in the summer? Have your say in the comment section"Who reaped the rewards? Ronaldo, who thrived after Van Nistelrooy’s exit."Just like Van Nistelrooy 16 years ago, Ronaldo’s goal sprees have the capacity to make anyone deemed critical look foolish."It does not alter the fact that the next United manager will face the same issues as Rangnick in trying to keep him

Kate Middleton decided to “cut off” her friend who organised her 21 st birthday party on the same day as hers, a royal expert has claimed. Kate’s parents, Carole and Michael pulled out all the stops to mark the occasion for their eldest daughter and in June 2003 – six months after her actual birthday – when they organised a big 1920s themed party and sit-down dinner.One of the guests was Kate’s new secret boyfriend Prince William, the Daily Mirror reports.

A Place in the Sun in early 2021 and has been a firm favourite on the show since.

OnlyFans page has claimed she’s purposefully gaining weight for her fans. Allie Rae, 37, from Australia, now makes more than £273,000 every month on the subscription site where followers pay a monthly fee to access her sexy photos. The Gold Coast resident spoke about the topic on Instagram where she answered a fan’s question about her “getting thicker”.

Dancing on Ice viewers who are angry over the vote-off results claim there has been a show 'fix'. While others have been left raging over the fact that some of the celebrity skaters have professional dancing experience such as former Strictly Come Dancing star Brendan Cole, 45.But some fans of the programme are convinced they have come up with the perfect solution to eliminate 'fix' accusations once and for all.Taking to forum Digital Spy, one viewer said they would solve the accusations by "changing the skate off decision and public vote".Explaining their solution, they shared: "What do you think about changing the public vote so that the public don't vote for their favourite's performance, but vote on which of the bottom two stays? It would eliminate all the screeches of 'FIX!!!'"The current Dancing on Ice voting system sees judges give a score from zero to ten for each couple, who comprise of a celebrity and a professional skater.The viewing public then have to vote for their favourites and who they want to skate through to another week.

Optical illusions can leave a person seriously confused. As we all know from the past is that often these illusions will appear differently depending on how you look at it.But what happens when you see something totally different to another person? One image which was shared on Twitter has left people very stumped.

Aldi has once again wowed shoppers with their SpecialBuy's range as shoppers have been hailing the latest product as "excellent value".

A man posted naked photos of his girlfriend on Snapchat with a mouse's head instead of her own.

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