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Telegraph
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Luxury health spa worker ‘sexually assaulted guests during treatments'
A luxury health spa worker was charged on Saturday with sexually assaulting four women during treatments. Ibrahim Ali, 36, of Datchet, Berkshire, is accused of four counts of sexual assault by touching at the Nirvana Spa in Wokingham, Thames Valley Police said. Nirvana Spa has an annual membership of more than £2,200 and describes itself as 'the UK's leading pure water retreat' on its website. It has hosted famous guests including actors Dames Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, Daniel Craig and Brad Pitt. Diana, Princess of Wales also visited and it was reportedly a favourite of pop stars Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams in the 2000s. The spa's roster of celebrity guests has been cited by reviewers as part of its attraction. According to The Guardian, its website at one point quoted a review saying: 'If it's good enough for Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue, it's good enough for me.'
The Independent
01-07-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
William changing view of homelessness the way Diana did for Aids
The Prince of Wales is changing people's view of homelessness the way his mother did for Aids and landmines, former prime minister Gordon Brown has said. Heir to the throne William appeared on a discussion panel with Mr Brown and entrepreneur Steven Bartlett to mark the second anniversary of his homelessness initiative Homewards. After the event in Sheffield, Mr Brown said the prince had been 'very influenced by his mother about this (issue)'. He said William's late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, 'encouraged him to take an interest in why people were on the streets, and why people were homeless, and why people needed a better chance'. He told reporters: 'I think he's changing people's view of homelessness and what can be done about it. 'Remember, his mother changed people's views on Aids, his mother changed people's views on landmines, and I think he's changing people's view that you've got to think of a homeless person as an individual who has potential – who if given the proper chance, can actually make something of their lives, and not as someone to be discounted as a down-and-out.' Mr Brown went on to say: 'I think his focus on the causes of homelessness and then on how to prevent it, and then on building the partnerships, that's really the way forward. 'He has got this huge convening power… so I think we're going to see something quite big here. 'The whole country should feel proud of what he's doing.' The former Prime Minister said the current Government has 'inherited what I would call a generation of austerity's children' adding, 'That's children who've been brought up in the last 15 years and who haven't had the chances that they deserve, and that's why the education police but also the Child Poverty Review that is still to report, is going to do something about that. 'I do think we're seeing a change but, as the Government itself says, people need to feel that change.' The five-year campaign is a major long-term focus for William, who has told of how visiting shelters with his late mother when he was a child left a deep and lasting impression and inspired his work. During the on-stage discussion in Sheffield on Tuesday, William said part of Homewards's aim was to 'change the narrative around what homelessness is' and the fact that 'homelessness is always about housing, but it's not just about housing'. The prince said the initiative also looked at employment opportunities for people who 'have found themselves, for many reasons, not through their own making, outside of society'. William told audience members: 'You are literally excluded from society unless somebody comes along with a good-natured heart and goes 'I'll give you a chance'. 'If we wait for that to happen, it's going to take a very long time to fix the problem. 'There are a lot of good-natured people in this world, but it's hard for them to all make those connections.' William has said Homewards is now in 'delivery mode,' with more than 100 initiatives in place across six locations around the UK, and some 300 homes – a mixture of empty accommodation, private rentals and new builds – forecast to be delivered through its Innovative Housing Projects. The first residents moved into flats in Aberdeen in March after Homewards brought together a local housing association, high street retailers and others to provide and furnish the property, and the first tenants in Sheffield are moving in this week. Two years in, the project has also launched a new early intervention initiative in schools to identify young people most at risk of homelessness. The Prince shook hands with hundreds of pupils at Meadowhead School and Sixth Form, which is taking part in a project to intervene early before homelessness sets in. The school, the second-largest in Sheffield, is piloting the Upstream project, which is led by Homewards. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, whose mother Clare set up the domestic violence charity Wearside Women in Need, was on site to greet the prince and joined him for a roundtable about Upstream. William also joined an awareness workshop led by Roundabout, a local youth homelessness charity, with a class of Year 9 pupils. Throughout the school visit, William was cheered by hundreds of flag-waving pupils, many of whom looked delighted when they got to shake his hand. Afterwards, school head Kam Grewal-Joy said: 'We were not expecting that he would take so much time with the pupils. 'It was amazing, he shook hands and spent time with so many of them, it meant a lot to our school community.' The diverse school of around 2,000 pupils teaches children from around 50 different countries.
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
William changing view of homelessness the way Diana did for Aids
The Prince of Wales is changing people's view of homelessness the way his mother did for Aids and landmines, former prime minister Gordon Brown has said. Heir to the throne William appeared on a discussion panel with Mr Brown and entrepreneur Steven Bartlett to mark the second anniversary of his homelessness initiative Homewards. After the event in Sheffield, Mr Brown said the prince had been 'very influenced by his mother about this (issue)'. He said William's late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, 'encouraged him to take an interest in why people were on the streets, and why people were homeless, and why people needed a better chance'. He told reporters: 'I think he's changing people's view of homelessness and what can be done about it. 'Remember, his mother changed people's views on Aids, his mother changed people's views on landmines, and I think he's changing people's view that you've got to think of a homeless person as an individual who has potential – who if given the proper chance, can actually make something of their lives, and not as someone to be discounted as a down-and-out.' Mr Brown went on to say: 'I think his focus on the causes of homelessness and then on how to prevent it, and then on building the partnerships, that's really the way forward. 'He has got this huge convening power… so I think we're going to see something quite big here. 'The whole country should feel proud of what he's doing.' The former Prime Minister said the current Government has 'inherited what I would call a generation of austerity's children' adding, 'That's children who've been brought up in the last 15 years and who haven't had the chances that they deserve, and that's why the education police but also the Child Poverty Review that is still to report, is going to do something about that. 'I do think we're seeing a change but, as the Government itself says, people need to feel that change.' The five-year campaign is a major long-term focus for William, who has told of how visiting shelters with his late mother when he was a child left a deep and lasting impression and inspired his work. During the on-stage discussion in Sheffield on Tuesday, William said part of Homewards's aim was to 'change the narrative around what homelessness is' and the fact that 'homelessness is always about housing, but it's not just about housing'. The prince said the initiative also looked at employment opportunities for people who 'have found themselves, for many reasons, not through their own making, outside of society'. William told audience members: 'You are literally excluded from society unless somebody comes along with a good-natured heart and goes 'I'll give you a chance'. 'If we wait for that to happen, it's going to take a very long time to fix the problem. 'There are a lot of good-natured people in this world, but it's hard for them to all make those connections.' William has said Homewards is now in 'delivery mode,' with more than 100 initiatives in place across six locations around the UK, and some 300 homes – a mixture of empty accommodation, private rentals and new builds – forecast to be delivered through its Innovative Housing Projects. The first residents moved into flats in Aberdeen in March after Homewards brought together a local housing association, high street retailers and others to provide and furnish the property, and the first tenants in Sheffield are moving in this week. Two years in, the project has also launched a new early intervention initiative in schools to identify young people most at risk of homelessness. The Prince shook hands with hundreds of pupils at Meadowhead School and Sixth Form, which is taking part in a project to intervene early before homelessness sets in. The school, the second-largest in Sheffield, is piloting the Upstream project, which is led by Homewards. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, whose mother Clare set up the domestic violence charity Wearside Women in Need, was on site to greet the prince and joined him for a roundtable about Upstream. William also joined an awareness workshop led by Roundabout, a local youth homelessness charity, with a class of Year 9 pupils. Throughout the school visit, William was cheered by hundreds of flag-waving pupils, many of whom looked delighted when they got to shake his hand. Afterwards, school head Kam Grewal-Joy said: 'We were not expecting that he would take so much time with the pupils. 'It was amazing, he shook hands and spent time with so many of them, it meant a lot to our school community.' The diverse school of around 2,000 pupils teaches children from around 50 different countries.
Daily Mail
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE How Kate Middleton's beloved Royal jeweller transcended the gemstone industry with the help of Princess Diana and Queen Camilla
Kiki has been with Kate since the beginning, even before the now Princess of Wales became a member of the British Royal Family. But it was in fact the previous Princess of Wales, Diana, who was the first royal to put Kiki McDonough on the map - wearing a pair of iconic earrings, and at The White House no less! Kiki McDonough has royal clientèle in her blood; her father, Robin Axford, was a director at Harvey & Gore, an antique jeweller based in the Burlington Arcade, to whom Queen Mary, perhaps the Royal Family's most prolific purchaser of jewels, frequented. It is four decades since Kiki, having previously worked at Vogue for 18 months as a fashion assistant and in the warehouse of a leather goods company, started designing for jeweller Nigel Milne on Grafton Street. Not long after the launch of her first collection as a partner of Nigel Milne, Sarah Ferguson wore a pair of Kiki's heart earrings for an official engagement photo with Prince Andrew. A few months later as the Duchess of York, she arrived in Bordeaux wearing a pair of onyx heart and bow earrings and a pearl and onyx heart necklace - it was the summer of 1986 and the duchess was still glowing from her royal wedding only weeks earlier. Indeed Sarah Ferguson had gone to Kiki for jewellery not long after her engagement to Prince Andrew, as she was thrown into official engagements from the get-go, and was not yet able to be leant jewels from the Queen's collection. Sarah was to become the first of many British royals to wear Kiki McDonough's colourful jewels on both private and public occasions - culminating in the most regal of all - the Coronation of King Charles III. Sarah Ferguson wore Kiki earrings in the shape of hearts for her engagement announcement In her recently published biographical coffee table book, celebrating forty fabulous years as a jeweller and businesswoman, we discover that Kiki was one of the first fine jewellers to branch away from the traditional cardinal gemstones of diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires. From the beginning she ingeniously embraced amethysts and aquamarines, tanzanites and tourmalines - and for Diana, the then Princess of Wales, this may have been another step in paving her own path through the rigours of royal life. Always known for breaking the boundaries of the traditional princess protocol - with off-the-shoulder and one-shoulder dresses, hemlines above the knee; she also shook-up royal jewels by wearing Queen Mary's emerald choker as a bandeau, as well as her own Saudi sapphire choker. So it is not surprising that she found Kiki's colourful designs a breath of fresh air and in 1990 on a State Visit to the USA, she wore a pair of pearl and amethyst earrings to the White House. A photo from this engagement was on the cover of Hello magazine, amongst many other publications - and the earrings subsequently sold out! Kiki writes in her book that Kate has been a 'great help in the evolution of the brand' Indeed the story of the former Princess of Wales waiting outside the jeweller's first standalone store, on Elizabeth Street in Belgravia, is legendary: Kiki was making a cup of coffee and thought that a builder was joking when he told her that the princess was about to take the handle off the door - she seemed so keen to enter! He wasn't, joking that is! But it is Kate, the current Princess of Wales, who has been her most successful royal patron with (according to several sources) at least 20 pieces in a rainbow array of colours. As Kate Middleton - it was on her first royal engagement in February 2011 that we saw the future queen wear Kiki McDonough earrings to a lifeboat naming ceremony in Anglesey, Wales. In her book, A Life of Colour, the jeweller admits that Kate, has been "a great help in the evolution of the brand". Indeed I think she might well have a pair of earrings to match every single outfit in her wardrobe in every colourway possible! Kiki's design for Queen Camilla's Coronation is created with 18 carat white gold and set with diamonds, designed in the form of the Queen's cypher - with C (Camilla) and R (Regina) intertwined, with a crown above In recent years we have also seen Queen Camilla wearing pendant jewels from her daughter in law's favourite jeweller. Perhaps Kiki McDonough's most official royal commission however was from Buckingham Palace in early 2023: the creation of a cypher brooch for Her Majesty Queen Camilla and her Companions, to be worn at the Coronation on May 6th 2023. The jewel is created in 18 carat white gold and set with diamonds, designed in the form of the Queen's cypher - with C (Camilla) and R (Regina) intertwined, with a crown above. Of course, Kiki is more than just a jeweller to royals, my son has a pair of exquisite enamel and gold cufflinks that were given to him by his godmother. She is also a brilliant businesswoman – who inspires new generations of jewellers every day. Kiki McDonough: A Life of Colour: 40 Years of Gemstone Jewellery available on Amazon at £49.99
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Princess Diana's Nieces Stole the Show at Cannes
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The royals are here. As the Cannes Film Festival nears its close, Hollywood movie stars have been joined by royalty on the red carpet. This Thursday, Princess Diana's fashionable nieces Lady Eliza and Lady Amelia Spencer made their grand entrance at the Palais des Festivals for the premiere of La Venue De L'avenir. The twins glided down the carpet together in contrasting princess gowns—Eliza in black and Amelia in snow white—in the same sophisticated design. It featured a rounded, strapless neckline, a sharp peplum detail at the waist, a fitted mermaid skirt, and a sweeping chiffon train that trailed behind each of them as they walked up the steps of the iconic venue. The royals also both accessorized with layers of diamonds. Eliza wore dangly earrings, a choker with a teardrop diamond at the center, plus a matching bracelet and a ring. Amelia wore long earrings, a five-layer diamond necklace, a three-layer bracelet, and a chunky ring. The sisters had their blonde hair styled into neat ballerina buns, and wore glowy, blush makeup. They even coordinated in glossy, powder-pink manicures (Duchess Meghan and the late Queen Elizabeth II's go-to Essie polish, Ballet Slippers, perhaps?). Eliza and Amelia are the daughters of Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, and Victoria Lockwood. They are the nieces of the late Diana Princess of Wales. The twins also have an older sister, Kitty Spencer, who is just as chic. The 2025 Cannes Film Festival ends this Saturday, May 24—but we'll always have the glamorous memories. You Might Also Like 70 Impressive Tiny Houses That Maximize Function and Style 30+ Paint Colors That Will Instantly Transform Your Kitchen
