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Irish Daily Star
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Star
Prince Harry's daughter Lilibet has sweet response to Meghan Markle - 'It's beautiful'
Meghan Markle's and Prince Harry 's daughter, Lilibet, had a sweet response to her mom while making jam together. The Duchess of Sussex has given a rare glimpse into her life with her three-year-old child in a new video shared on her Instagram Stories. The 43-year-old posted a series of clips showing her and Lilibet preparing some strawberries and at some point, Meghan asked, "What do we think Lili?" Lilibet, affectionately called Lili by her mom, replied, "I think it's beautiful," in an adorable American accent. The video is part of Meghan's promotion for her new line of culinary products, including $14 jars of jam, $15 flower sprinkles and $28 pots of limited edition wildflower honey, which she has been showcasing in her Netflix series. Read More Related Articles Donald Trump and Melania slammed as they're caught chatting and smiling at Pope Francis' funeral Read More Related Articles Joe Biden health fears as frail ex-president spotted clutching wife and priest at Pope's funeral In another video, Meghan shared a montage of carefully arranged carrots and flowers, captioning it "cosy family weekends." She also shared a video of her five-year-old son Archie feeding koi carp fish, with his excited voice heard in the background saying, "Mummy watch this!" to the delight of her fans, reports the Mirror . Meghan preparing strawberry jam (Image: Meghan/instagram) It comes weeks after Meghan shared another video of Lilibet enjoying some fun times with her "auntie" Serena Williams . Serena, who has been pals with Meghan for more than ten years, also appeared as a guest on Meghan's podcast series, Archetypes, last year. In the adorable video, Lilibet, who will be celebrating her fourth birthday in June, could be seen playing a game of Candyland with Serena. Meghan added a sweet note to the story, writing, "When the aunties come to play and celebrate! Love you @serenawilliams." Lilibet described the jam as 'beautiful' (Image: Meghan/instagram) For all the latest news straight to your inbox, sign up for our FREE newsletters here . Little Lili was dressed in a baby pink floral outfit and sports a half-up ponytail that shows off her auburn locks. Sitting beside Lilibet is Serena, herself a mother of two, donning a raspberry pink sweat suit. Meghan and Harry were also seen hugging their children as they cement themselves in the US after leaving the UK when they quit their role as senior members of the royal family . However, the couple are also fiercely protective of Lilibet and Archie - and have petitioned for the laws around social media and children to be tightened. The proud parents have called for better protection for children using social media platforms, declaring, "enough is not being done." Harry and Meghan embracing their children (Image: ARCHWELL) Last week, alongside their Archewell Foundation, Meghan and Harry unveiled a poignant memorial in New York City . The installation, which has been named The Lost Screen Memorial, honored children who have died due to the dangers of social media. Speaking with BBC Breakfast in New York, Harry, 40, said, "We want to make sure that things are changed so that... no more kids are lost to social media." Saying that "life is better off social media," the father-of-two went on to add he was "grateful" that his and Meghan's children are currently still too young to use the internet. He continued, "The easiest thing to say is to keep your kids away from social media. The sad reality is the kids who aren't on social media normally get bullied at school because they can't be part of the same conversation as everybody else." For the latest local news and features on Irish America, visit our homepage here .
Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Game-themed Biz Expo draws crowd to Carthage Memorial Hall
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Carthage businesses make a game out of connecting with the community. More than 30 booths filled Carthage Memorial Hall today for the annual Carthage Chamber Biz Expo. The game is business was this year's theme, filling the hall with everything from Plinko and Candyland to a giant Monopoly board. The event was free and open to the public, giving people a chance to discover businesses in their own backyard. 'There might be a lot of folks that have came out here that maybe they do need a new roofing service, or they need some electrical work, or they want to learn about a local nonprofit that's here. This is a great time for them to pick up some information and give them a call, maybe not today, but at a future date,' said Julie Reams, Carthage Chamber of Commerce President. While getting to know local businesses, visitors could collect stamps at participating booths as part of a scavenger hunt sponsored by American Media. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
North Boone High School hosts ‘Cupcake Wars' baking competition for culinary students
BELVIDERE, Ill. (WTVO) — Culinary students at North Boone High School showcased their skills in a 'Cupcake Wars' baking competition on Thursday. The competition was formatted just like the TV show, with students given a theme and then two hours to plan and bake. The theme of Round One was 'Game Night.' 'We thought of board games we played when we were kids, and Candyland came up. So, we just went all out with candy and stuff that we knew,' said Kristy Reitz, who, along with Kylee Carpenter, won the first round. 'Bunch of sweets. We made our homemade lollipops. We made really tiny ones, stuck them on top of the cupcakes,' Carpenter added. The creations were then judged by community members and a bakery owner. Other local businesses donated prizes for the winners. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
19-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
SEC, Big Ten stacking College Football Playoff deck would be so pathetic and unnecessary
As the SEC and Big Ten debate how to stack the College Football Playoff deck, their actions are as pathetic as they are unnecessary. SEC, Big Ten are home to incredible football programs. Why should they need preordained CFP bids? Aren't they good enough to earn the bids on merit? SEC, Big Ten leaders reportedly considering an expanded playoff with bids preassigned to conferences. If you've played Candyland or Go Fish with a toddler, you know they rig the rules to help them win. Maybe, they haven't learned how to lose gracefully, or they're accustomed to getting their way. Eventually, they grow up and realize nobody wants to play with a cheater, and, anyway, games are more fun if they're not rigged. The folks running the SEC and Big Ten apparently never learned that. They're acting like 4-year-olds while steering the College Football Playoff's future, debating how they can rig the bracket to reduce their chance of losing. It's weak, and it's pathetic, and, if they keep it up, they might find that the audience grew tired of their immature gamesmanship and lost interest in the product. The 12-team playoff – a postseason format forged from a mindset of fairness and created with painstaking compromise – will last for one more season. After this 2025 season, control of the College Football Playoff shifts into the hands of the SEC and Big Ten. Those two conferences will reshape the playoff as they see fit. Petulance guides their actions. Playoff expansion to 14 or 16 teams is under consideration. This would be gluttonous, considering the first team left out of the 12-team bracket last season finished with four losses, three of which came against teams with a combined 21-18 record. But, many of us already made peace with the 12-team playoff serving as a pitstop en route to something bigger. So, fine. Go ahead and expand. The more pitiful development is how the bids in this reformatted playoff would be assigned. At least half of the bids within a 14- or 16-team playoff would be reserved for the SEC and Big Ten before the season even kicks off, in one format the conferences are exploring, according to reporting by Yahoo! Sports. The idea within a 14-team format would work like this: Four automatic bids for the Big Ten, four for the SEC, two apiece for the ACC and Big 12, one for the Group of Five and one at-large bid. Call this the 4+4+2+2+1+1 format. Just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? Or, in a 16-team format, tack on an additional two at-large bids for three at-large bids total. Either format would reduce the CFP selection committee's role in selecting the most deserving teams. In other words, the SEC and Big Ten would begin the season knowing that, no matter how their teams fare, their two conferences would account for no fewer than 50% of the playoff bids. And, so what if one of these conferences experienced a down year? No problemo, thanks to the built-in security blanket of preassigned bids. What a farce. As for teams in other conferences, well, they'd be playing Candyland against immature children demanding that their pieces be placed halfway to the finish line before the first card flips. WHO'S NEXT?:The six coaches with best chance of winning first national title MONEY MATTERS:Revenue at the root of College Football Playoff expansion Stacking College Football Playoff deck unnecessary move The incredible petulance of this plan is trumped by how unnecessary this is. The SEC and Big Ten don't need to stack the deck to be fairly rewarded. They built the two best conferences, housing incredible programs, backed by enviable war chests. The product speaks for itself. If a 16-team were in place last season, the SEC would have snagged six bids, based on the final College Football Playoff committee rankings, followed by the Big Ten (four), ACC (three), Big 12 (one), Group of Five (one), plus Notre Dame. In other words, bid distribution would have looked a lot like what the SEC and Big Ten mull preordaining. The SEC and Big Ten fearing that the playoff selection committee would treat their teams unfairly without automatic bid protection bases itself in paranoia rather than reality. Historically, the committee smiles upon teams from those two leagues. The Big Ten and SEC teamed up to snag nearly 60% of the bids in the first 12-team playoff. Nothing wrong with that. They earned those spots on the field. Why are they so afraid they can't earn a lion's share of the bids in the future unless they jigger the rules? Should SEC be rewarded for its history? An SEC acolyte might argue the conference's history supports it receiving postseason protections. An SEC team won the national championship 13 times in a 17-year span from the 2006 through 2022 seasons. Then, Big Ten teams won the last two national championships, and the Big Ten supplied half of the CFP semifinalists in two of the past three years. The SEC's run of dominance, in particular, proved impressive in its longevity, but the postseason in other sports rewards present success, not the history books. The MLB playoffs don't reserve a spot for the Yankees just because they own 27 World Series titles. They used to prove its elitism with performance rather than demanding postseason representation based on conference affiliation, before the season started. Hijacking the playoff seems like a reckless way to build audience. If you're a Texas Tech, Oklahoma State or Washington State fan, why passionately engage in a sport in which power- and money-hungry leaders disrupted rivalries via conference realignment, and now the SEC and Big Ten want to manipulate the playoff, too? These two leagues successfully seized control after threatening to collect their toys and go start their own playoff, unless everyone agrees to play by their rules. What a shame for college football's playoff, because games played with a stacked deck quickly become stale, as anyone who's played Candyland with a 4-year-old knows. Blake Toppmeyer is the USA TODAY Network's national college football columnist. Email him at BToppmeyer@ and follow him on X @btoppmeyer. Subscribe to read all of his columns.
