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New York Post
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Royal bride reveals the most ‘disgusting' part about her wedding, says husband ‘still gets upset about it'
'Disgusting.' That's not a word you hear too often when it comes to the royal family unless it's some anonymous Windsor source huffing down a Bakelite phone about Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's latest home shopping network juicer side-hustle. Advertisement That or someone has left oat milk in the palace fridge again. But not today with a royal bride having come out and given a shockingly (and wonderfully) candid interview, revealing she didn't pick out her own wedding dress, knew very few people at the reception, and even admitted that there was one detail she found 'disgusting.' 6 This week, Sophie Winkleman, who is also Lady Frederick Windsor, has given a new interview and admitted some wonderfully indiscreet details about her own royal wedding. WireImage Everyone says a polite hello to Sophie Winkleman, who is also Lady Frederick Windsor, and while she might not be a household name in Australia, she is very much in the royal bosom. Advertisement Back before it was restricted to working members of the royal maily, she used to be able to be spotted the Buckingham Palace balcony, and these days you are likely to spy her having a jolly old time of it with 'dear friend' King Charles in the royal box at Ascot or doing her bit to support Kate, The Princess of Wales' annual Christmas concert. Extra points if you knew her daughter, Maud Windsor, used to be in the same London class as Prince George and was a bridesmaid at Princess Eugenie's wedding. 6 Lord Freddie Windsor poses with his bride Sophie Winkleman in the Base Court, after their wedding in the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace on September 12, 2009, in Richmond upon Thames, England. PA Images via Getty Images Specifically, Sophie is married to Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and the King's second cousin, and while Freddie is so far down the line of succession you have to squint at number 54, but still, the couple are very much in the titled thick of it. Advertisement (Lord Frederick was 17th in line when he was born.) This week, Sophie, who also happens to be a working actress, has given a new interview and admitted some wonderfully indiscreet details about her own royal wedding. The year was 2009, long before the Windsors would 'welcome' another TV gal into their midst, and with Prince William yet to pop the question to long-time squeeze Kate Middleton, what the UK needed was a royal wedding. Advertisement A guest list was assembled about the length of an abridged copy of Burke & Peerage, Hampton Court Palace was rightfully booked for the affair, and various HRHs were assembled (Princess Eugenie, the Duke and Duchess of Kent). However, now Sophie has admitted that there was a part of the day she found 'disgusting.' Speaking to the Telegraph this week, she said: 'It was such a blur because we had to move to Los Angeles the day after and I had to start a brand new job the day after that…I'd been so concentrating on the work that I hadn't thought about the wedding.' Enter unto the breach her future mother-in-law and longtime Buckingham Palace balcony stalwart Princess Michael of Kent, who 'sort of took it all over,' said Sophie. 'I actually didn't mind at all. I thought, 'Great, do everything''. The end result, based on photos, is of a frou-frou-y affair that even diehard Cinderella-stans might have considered OTT; 'fairytale' was never going to be used as an adjective. In the cold light of 2025, Sophie does not sound exactly enamoured of all that bugle-beaded 'everything'. 'My hair was so disgusting, and Freddy still gets upset about it. It was just disgusting. And my mother-in-law chose my dress, which was very sweet and puffy, but I looked barking,' she told the Telegraph. Advertisement 6 'My hair was so disgusting, and Freddy still gets upset about it. It was just disgusting. And my mother-in-law chose my dress, which was very sweet and puffy, but I looked barking,' she said. Getty Images 'I look back on it and think I should have worn a simpler dress, and I should have got my hair blow-dried by someone who'd done it before'. This is not the first time that deliciously unfiltered Sophie has pulled back the curtain on her Windsor nuptials and what goes into planning a royal hitchin.' 'I didn't know anyone at my wedding. I had my best pals there, but basically it was full of faces I'd never seen before,' she told Tatler in December last year. Advertisement During that same interview, she enthused about Princess Michael having 'brilliantly' 'taken full personal charge' of the 400-person event and said, 'I was so determined not to be a bridezilla, I didn't even work out my hairstyle and I cannot tell you how disgusting it looked.' Coming up the aisle, the first thing I said when I saw Freddie was, 'I'm so sorry about the hair.'' He said, 'Yes, what on earth have you done?'' Advertisement While the Sussexes have hardly been tight-lipped about what a rough trot Meghan had joining Crown Inc., Sophie has only ever raved about her extended in-laws. She told Tatler last year: 'Behind the camera, they're really fun, clever, kind people…I love Catherine and William, but they're so busy and don't live in London, so I don't see them much.' Meanwhile, Charles 'is a very dear friend.' 'I spend a bit of time with him,' she told the Times in 2020. Advertisement 'You see how he works all day long, has a quick supper, and then disappears until about 4 am to write letters. 6 Frederick Windsor and Sophie Winkleman arrive for the Lord Mayor's reception for the National Service of Thanksgiving at The Guildhall on June 03, 2022, in London, England. Getty Images 'He cares about so many things, and he comes up with brilliant solutions. 'I've been incredibly welcomed with open arms by all of them. I haven't had a single negative experience. 'They'd never tell me off at all if I wanted to play some [racy] role. Everyone's looked after me.' And she means that quite literally. 6 Lady Sophie Windsor, Queen Camilla, King Charles III, and Lord Frederick Windsor watch the racing from the Royal Box as they attend day 5 of Royal Ascot 2023 at Ascot Racecourse on June 24, 2023, in Ascot, England. Getty Images The late Queen and Charles both offered practical support after Sophie broke her back in a 2017 car crash, as she thought she was 'a goner.' After the accident, Charles (then the Prince of Wales) tasked his Clarence House cook to provide Freddie and Sophie's family with twice-a-day meals, 'for weeks on end . . . It was life-saving.' Then, during her recuperation, Queen Elizabeth suggested a solution to help her manage the pain of rehab. Keep up with today's most important news Stay up on the very latest with Evening Update. Thanks for signing up! Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Never miss a story. Check out more newsletters As Sophie told Tatler: 'She said, 'We can't have that. You have to go in the water.' She told us that when horses had broken backs, they swam, and so she let me use her pool at Buckingham Palace. 'That's the reason I got better. It was so typically thoughtful.' Blimey. The Palace pool. 'Disgusting' hair. Looking 'barking.' 6 Lord Frederick Windsor and Sophie Windsor, with Maud Windsor and Isabella Windsor, attend the 'Together At Christmas' Carol Service at Westminster Abbey on December 6, 2024, in London, England. Samir Hussein/WireImage It would be remiss of me here not to play a quick game of Sussex Subbing. What if all of this had come out of Meghan's mouth instead? Imagine a lit match going off in a fireworks factory built on top of an oil refinery. Kablooey. There is a lesson in all of this for any Cinderella-ish aspirants. Don't overlook the very clear benefits to being wed to No. 54 rather than anyone in the single digits, of marrying far farther down the royal rung. Just think, all the invitations to Ascot and Westminster Abbey, none of the wing-clipping self-sacrifices of senior royaldom, and the occasional chance to do a lap in the palace pool.
Economic Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Economic Times
The "disgusting" UK royal wedding scandal that forced Lady Frederick Windsor to speak out after 16 years
Getty Images Lord Freddie Windsor And Sophie Winkleman Wedding Lady Frederick Windsor, previously known as Sophie Winkleman and a British actress best known for her work on Peep Show and Two and a Half Men, is used to being in the spotlight. But in a refreshingly honest interview with The Telegraph, Lady Frederick Windsor has let on that not all royal weddings are like fairy tales—just not when it comes to hair. Winkleman, 44, wed Lord Frederick Windsor in 2009. Lord Frederick Windsor, is the son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. Prince Michael is a first cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II, making Lord Frederick a second cousin to King Charles III and is currently 54th in the line of succession to the British throne But, she recounts the rush of wedding bells and future demands didn't leave much time for pre-wedding beauty preparations. 'It was such a blur because we had to move to Los Angeles the day after [the wedding], and I had to start a brand new job the day after that,' she recalled. 'So we got married on Saturday and moved everything, our whole lives, out to America the day after. And I'd been so concentrating on the work that I hadn't thought about the wedding.'The outcome? A royal hair "don't." 'Which meant that my hair was so disgusting, and Freddie still gets upset about it,' Winkleman admitted with characteristic humor. 'It was just disgusting.' Regarding her attire, Winkleman disclosed that her in-law, Princess Michael of Kent, took charge. 'She sort of took it all over, and I actually didn't mind at all. I thought, 'Great, do everything,' she said. 'I was concentrating on this acting job and saying goodbye to my darling granny, who wasn't very well, and just doing other stuff. But now I look back on it and think I should have worn a simpler dress, and I should have got my hair blow-dried by someone who'd done it before.'In spite of the hair disaster, Winkleman speaks only praise of her royal in-laws. 'Family isn't always brilliant, but this lot are very sweet. I love all of them,' she a mother of two daughters—Maud, age 11, and Isabella, age 8—Winkleman has turned her attention to contemporary parenting issues, such as the dangers of screen time. Working alongside social psychologist Jonathan Haidt and actor Hugh Grant, she's become a vocal critic of over-use of screens in schools, going so far as to make a speech at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London. Looking back on her own royal wedding day, Winkleman's goofy crackle reminds us that even the most star-studded affairs can have their flawlessly imperfect moments. And sometimes, a bit of "disgusting" hair is just part of the story.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
The "disgusting" UK royal wedding scandal that forced Lady Frederick Windsor to speak out after 16 years
Lady Frederick Windsor, previously known as Sophie Winkleman and a British actress best known for her work on Peep Show and Two and a Half Men, is used to being in the spotlight. But in a refreshingly honest interview with The Telegraph , Lady Frederick Windsor has let on that not all royal weddings are like fairy tales—just not when it comes to hair. Winkleman, 44, wed Lord Frederick Windsor in 2009. Lord Frederick Windsor, is the son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent . Prince Michael is a first cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II, making Lord Frederick a second cousin to King Charles III and is currently 54th in the line of succession to the British throne But, she recounts the rush of wedding bells and future demands didn't leave much time for pre-wedding beauty preparations. 'It was such a blur because we had to move to Los Angeles the day after [the wedding], and I had to start a brand new job the day after that,' she recalled. 'So we got married on Saturday and moved everything, our whole lives, out to America the day after. And I'd been so concentrating on the work that I hadn't thought about the wedding.' The outcome? A royal hair "don't." 'Which meant that my hair was so disgusting, and Freddie still gets upset about it,' Winkleman admitted with characteristic humor. 'It was just disgusting.' Live Events Regarding her attire, Winkleman disclosed that her in-law, Princess Michael of Kent, took charge. 'She sort of took it all over, and I actually didn't mind at all. I thought, 'Great, do everything,' she said. 'I was concentrating on this acting job and saying goodbye to my darling granny, who wasn't very well, and just doing other stuff. But now I look back on it and think I should have worn a simpler dress, and I should have got my hair blow-dried by someone who'd done it before.' In spite of the hair disaster, Winkleman speaks only praise of her royal in-laws. 'Family isn't always brilliant, but this lot are very sweet. I love all of them,' she shared. Now a mother of two daughters—Maud, age 11, and Isabella, age 8—Winkleman has turned her attention to contemporary parenting issues, such as the dangers of screen time. Working alongside social psychologist Jonathan Haidt and actor Hugh Grant, she's become a vocal critic of over-use of screens in schools, going so far as to make a speech at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London. Looking back on her own royal wedding day, Winkleman's goofy crackle reminds us that even the most star-studded affairs can have their flawlessly imperfect moments. And sometimes, a bit of "disgusting" hair is just part of the story.
Rhyl Journal
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Rhyl Journal
‘Impossible' to make smartphones safe for children, Sophie Winkleman warns
Sophie Winkleman, styled as Lady Frederick Windsor, warned phones can have physical and emotional 'consequences'. The actress, known for playing Big Suze in Channel 4 comedy Peep Show, has previously leant to her support to a ban on under-16s from having smartphones, and was a supporter of strengthening the Online Safety Act. 'I think the impact of smartphones on children's mental and physical health is so immense and so multi-stranded that it's actually impossible to make them safe,' she said. 'They're designed by geniuses to be unputdownable,' she told an event hosted by the Policy Exchange think tank in Westminster. 'Even if a child is only watching animal videos for three hours, they're still stationary, isolated and passive. 'They're simply consuming content, open vessels for other people's garbage often for hours at a time. 'The physical consequences of this vice like addiction range from eyesight damage, spinal damage, sleep disturbance, hormone disruption, obesity and manifold neurological impairments, which include the decimation of the attention span, giving rise to various ADHD like symptoms. 'The emotional and safeguarding harms are equally multiple.' A survey of more than 15,000 schools in England by the Children's Commissioner suggests that the vast majority already have policies in place that restrict the use of mobile phones during the school day. The Netflix drama Adolescence, which examines so-called incel (involuntary celibate) culture, has fuelled a debate about smartphones in schools in recent weeks. But the Government has so far resisted calls to ban phones in schools. Also speaking at the event, independent MP Rosie Duffield, who resigned from Labour last year, said the Government should be more receptive to findings on the harm caused by smartphones in schools. 'We share evidence, research, ideas and opportunities to engage with the Government and discuss policy,' the former teaching assistant said. 'This has been surprisingly clunky and difficult given the mounting evidence of harm and the growing level of concern from individual parents and groups of parents. 'Children need us to keep up the pressure on the Government that growth from financial deals with tech firms cannot be at the expense of our children. 'More and more parents and groups are coming to talk to me about this issue.' Ms Duffield resigned the Labour whip in September 2024, accusing the Prime Minister of 'hypocrisy' and pursuing 'cruel' policies. Relations between the Canterbury MP and the party leadership had long been strained, particularly over transgender rights.
