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The Sun
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Liz Hurley, 60, stuns in red dress as she holds hands with boyfriend Billy Ray Cyrus at The Inheritance premiere
LIZ Hurley wowed in a figure-hugging red dress as she posed alongside boyfriend Billy Ray Cyrus at The Inheritance premiere. since going public on Easter Sunday. 3 3 They looked loved up while attending the premiere for new Channel 4 show The Inheritance. Set to air over 12 episodes, the brand new competition series sees the contestants sent to a grand countryside manner. Left behind and for them to inherit is a vast fortune by the deceased who previously lived at the mansion. Liz, 60, portrays the fictitious deceased benefactor - with Rob Rinder appearing as the executor of her will. Appearing in the form of video messages for the players from beyond the grave, they must compete in a series of challenges to unlock money from the will. It comes from the same team behind smash-hit The Traitors and Squid Game: The Challenge. Speaking about the new series, Steve Handley, C4 's Head of Reality & Entertainment, said previously: 'The Inheritance isn't just a battle of strategy, alliances, and inevitable betrayals - it's a cocktail of drama, jeopardy, and outright mischief that Reality fans love. "I can't wait to see how our players handle the challenges, the twists, and a few sneaky surprises.' Earlier this year, Liz and Billy Ray went public with a loved-up picture in a field. Wearing festive bunny ears, Billy went in for a kiss on Liz's smiling mouth. The pair first met in 2022 playing the romantic leads in the movie Christmas In Paradise. We revealed they reconnected last year when Billy turned to Liz for help as his third marriage crumbled. An insider said: "Everyone is saying Billy and Liz are world's apart, but actually they are very similar. 'They have a lot in common and have the same interests. 'Billy is also very much her type - he has a real twinkle in his eye and a naughty streak that she can't resist." The new romance came 12 years after she and ex-fiance Shane split in 2013. 'He really reminds her of Shane Warne, they have a very similar energy about them," they continued. 'Liz has a really good time with Billy they share a lot of laughs and he is a real flirt, which she loves. 'Shane was the love of her life and it has taken her years to be able to move on but she finally feels like she is able to. 'Billy isn't perfect and neither was Shane but Liz truly believes they have a strong future together. 'She is nearly 60 and deep down does want to share her life with someone and settle down. 'Everyone is saying he could be the one, so don't be surprised if she marries again.'
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Elizabeth Hurley gazes adoringly at Billy Ray Cyrus as couple put on a loved-up display at The Inheritance premiere in London
gazed adoringly at her boyfriend Billy Ray Cyrus as trhey attended the premiere of her new Channel 4 show The Inheritance in London on Wednesday. The actress, 60, put on a loved-up display with the country singer, 63, as they held hands and posed together at the event. Elizabeth turned heads in a red figure-hugging midi dress with a cut out detail along the chest. The Bedazzled star added height to her frame with a pair of gold heels and complimented her look with matching earrings. Billy Ray opted for a black short-sleeved shirt along with a matching pair of trousers and black shoes. Also in attendance at the event was Rob Rinder who looked dapper in a dark brown suit and beige striped tie. The Inheritance sees twelve strangers arrive at a grand English country estate, lured by the irresistible opportunity to inherit a chunk of a vast fortune. The fortune belonged to a glamorous benefactor known only as 'The Deceased', (played by Elizabeth) who has left video messages for the players from beyond the grave. To release money from 'The Inheritance', the players must work as a team to complete a series of challenges – and in similar vein to The Traitors; the better they perform, the more money is released, and the bigger the prize pot. But The Deceased had one condition: to win the game they must persuade all others that only they should be entrusted with the money. The event comes after Billy Ray continued to enjoy his first UK summer at Elizabeth's £6m country pile on Wednesday. The pair's relationship began following his divorce from Firerose - and his third marriage. He had met Elizabeth on set of the 2022 movie Christmas In Paradise and as he was navigating through the split, he received a message from Liz. 'I felt like, "Wow, can life get any harder? Can it get any tougher?" For me, at a certain point it was like, you can't get knocked down any flatter than laying on your back when life is kicking you. And in this moment... a friend reached out.' Billy then tried to recall the contents of the message and explained she had said, 'Hey, it looks like life might be a little bit tough and just wanted you to know I'm in your corner; you've got a friend in your corner.' When he first received the text, the performer revealed that at first he didn't know who the message was from. 'So, I text back, I go, "Who is this?" And it's like, "Elizabeth Hurley." Of all the people to reach out to me in that second that maybe I needed most… this friend who made me laugh.' He later gushed that the actress is 'a great human being' and also 'impressively brilliant.' 'She reminds me a lot of Dolly Parton. She's a very smart businesswoman. If you can laugh together, you can make it through everything.' The star also reflected on how he has also gotten close to his girlfriend's son Damian as well. 'It's great that God brought them into my life when he did. It's just a good thing. It's been a long time since I've been this happy.' Miley's mum Tish Cyrus was previously married to Billy from 1993 until their divorce was finalized in 2023. Billy shares daughter Miley as well as Noah, 25, and Braison, 31, with Tish. He also became stepfather to her other two children from a previous relationship: Brandi, 38, and Trace, 36. He is also dad to son Christopher, 33, whom he welcomed with ex Kristen Luckey. Elizabeth lives in her £6million 13-bedroom estate in Herefordshire with son Damian, who she welcomed with the late Steve Bing. The sprawling Georgian estate, which is Elizabeth's main home, also boasts five bathrooms and its own lake. She has owned Donnington Hall since 2012 that she bought with her then-fiance, Shane Warne who passed away in March 2022.
Daily Mail
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Elizabeth Hurley, 60, puts on a busty display in a plunging gown while laying in a COFFIN in eerie new trailer for Traitors copycat show The Inheritance
Elizabeth Hurley put on a busty display while laying in a coffin in eerie trailer for Channel 4 's new Traitors copycat show The Inheritance. The actress, 60, stunned in a daringly plunging gold sequinned gown as she appeared deceased and dripping in diamonds. Elizabeth sported glam make-up and her brunette tresses was styled to perfection in the spooky teaser for the show which is also hosted by Rob Rinder, 47. Cash and jewels were strewn around the grave and as mourners arrived Liz's eyes suddenly shot open and she quipped: 'I'm dying to see what happens'. The series sees thirteen strangers summoned to a grand stately home and battle for part of the fortune left in the will of The Deceased, a glamorous benefactor played by Elizabeth. But winning the money won't be easy. The Deceased had a wicked sense of humour and has designed a mischievous game to ensure only the best players can get their hands on her inheritance. Overseeing the stipulations of The Deceased's will is her Executor and trusted legal counsel, Good Morning Britain regular Rob. The show's premise is similar to that of BBC hit The Traitors which sees players move int Ardoss Castle in the Scottish Highlands where an informed minority (known as the Traitors) must eliminate an uninformed majority (known as the Faithfuls). Speaking about her new show, Elizabeth said: 'It's a thrill to be part of this clever game, playing The Deceased; it all takes place on her huge estate in the English countryside and she dresses to the nines in every scene.' Rob added: 'This is a high-stakes strategy game served with a side of scheming and sabotage. 'As The Executor I enforce the rules, keep the chaos in check - more or less - and make sure our players are deserving of every glittering penny left by our dearly departed deceased.' It comes after Elizabeth showed off her incredible figure in a busty blue bikini in stunning new snaps posted to Instagram earlier this week. The brunette beauty posed up a storm for her social media after enjoying an 'early morning swim in paradise'. Elizabeth, who is currently dating Billy Ray Cyrus, ensured to her followers that she hadn't used a filter for the snaps. The series sees thirteen strangers summoned to a grand stately home and battle for part of the fortune left in the will of The Deceased, a glamorous benefactor played by Elizabeth She looked great in the halterneck top which featured gold detailing and flaunted her ample cleavage. She let her brunette tresses fall in beachy waves over her shoulders and joked she still had some of last night's mascara around her eyes. The beauty penned in the caption of her post: 'Early morning swim in paradise #nofilter - but lots of last night's @esteelauder Sumptuous Mascara.' It comes after Elizabeth made sure all eyes were on her as she shared another swimwear snap earlier this month and revealed her and her boyfriend Billy Ray 's special song. The model posed aboard a yacht in a plunging tiger-print swimsuit that showed off her sensational figure. Flashing a beaming smile with a rainbow arcing across the sky behind her, Elizabeth completed the racy shot with a pair of chic gold-framed sunglasses shielding her eyes. She captioned the post: 'Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.' Revealing the lyrics referred to 'their' song, Billy, 63, replied in the comments: 'Thank you for sharing our song in such a sweet… beautiful… and truly wholesome way!!!! You are one of a kind young lady!!! Truly an original.' Elizabeth and Billy have been going strong and the couple put on a loved-up display in Covent Garden last month. The actress and country singer jetted to London for the weekend to watch The Miley Cyrus Something Beautiful theatrical experience at the Odeon Theatre in London. The couple, who debuted their romance on Instagram in April, looked smitten as they strolled through London hand in hand. They were joined by Elizabeth's son Damian and Miley, while supermodel Naomi Campbell - who features on a single released by the Hannah Montana star - also joined the family. Elizabeth oozed glamour for the evening as as she donned a glitzy multicoloured patterned wrap mini-dress featuring a racy plunging neckline and shoulder pads. Meanwhile Billy also made a bold colour statement in a red and star print oversized shirt. Elizabeth's director son Damian sported a black ripped mesh long sleeved top and leather trousers as he joined the pair. The couple first met when they were working on 2022's Christmas in Paradise surprised their fans when they went Instagram official with their relationship in April this year.
Daily Mail
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Great Fire of London With Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman on CH5: How the Great Fire almost turned Pepys's £1k Parmesan into fondue
Rating: What would you save? We've all asked ourselves the question: if the house is on fire, and people and pets are safe, what one item would you rescue? For most people, the answer used to be an irreplaceable photo, or perhaps the jewellery box. These days, it's probably the smartphone — how else are you going to film the blaze and post it on Instagram? Diarist Samuel Pepys saved his cheese. His most prized valuable, when an all-consuming blaze swept through London in 1666, was an imported wheel of Parmigiano worth more than £1,000 at today's values. Clearly he couldn't carry it through the streets. The air was blisteringly hot. Sam's cheese would be fondue. Instead, he hurriedly dug a hole in his back garden and buried it. Whether it was edible when he retrieved it, his diary doesn't reveal. Tidbits like that are the great pleasure of history documentaries on TV. The title of The Great Fire Of London With Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman gives away the main story, even if you don't already know it: there was a fire in the capital, and it was a big one. We tune in to learn the surprising details — how King Charles II ordered houses to be torn down with giant iron billhooks, for instance, to create firebreaks. His plan might have worked, but the Lord Mayor, Thomas Bludworth, dithered too long: he was afraid he'd be personally liable for compensation to all the people whose homes he demolished. Bludworth emerged as the villain of the tale. Bloated and sozzled after a Sunday dinner of fish pie, marzipan hedgehog and pints of fine wine, he was aggrieved to be woken and told of the fire. 'A woman could p*** it out,' he scoffed, and went back to sleep. Two days later, his own mansion burned down. In Pepys's vivid description, the air was alight with 'firedrops' or wisps of burning straw and wood, and the sky was filled with 'a most horrid, malicious, bloody flame, not like the fine flame of an ordinary fire'. The film used shots of modern London with firedrops super-imposed like flakes of red-hot snow. It was rather effective. Charles, at his palace in Whitehall, didn't know the extent of the conflagration until Pepys jumped on a boat and dashed up the Thames with news. What a royal audience that must have been: 'Sire, the good news is that my cheese has been saved. 'The bad news is, things aren't looking so happy for St Paul's.' As the cathedral blazed, the heat was so intense that a localised thunderstorm formed. Superstitious Londoners must have believed God himself was angry. In the rebuilt St Paul's, we can still see scorchmarks around the base of poet John Donne's statue.
Daily Mail
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Queen Victoria and John Brown WERE lovers: Channel 4 says it has uncovered 'extraordinary' new evidence of monarch's secret affair
Queen Victoria and John Brown were lovers, according to Channel 4, which says it has uncovered 'extraordinary' new evidence of the monarch's secret affair. The British monarch of 63 years, from 1837 to 1901, was widely known to have been extremely fond of her Scottish servant. But revelations about long-held rumours they were more than just fast friends are now set to come out in a new documentary, due for release on July 31. They are based on work by cultural historian Dr Fern Riddell in her new book Victoria's Secret, set for publication on the same day as the new film. It has long been thought Victoria spent the years after her beloved husband Prince Albert's death in 1861, when they were both aged just 42, in deep mourning. But Dr Riddell has now suggested the mother-of-nine's midlife was instead deeply passionate - and marked by a full-blown intimate relationship with John. In fact, sources have said her 'staggering' new evidence proves this 'beyond all doubt', The Mirror reports. She will present the hour-long special Queen Victoria's Secret: The New Evidence alongside TV lawyer Rob Rinder, who will act as 'a sceptical eye'. But revelations about long-held rumours they were more than just fast friends are now set to come out in a new documentary, due for release on July 31. Pictured: Judi Dench and Billy Connolly as Victoria and John in 1997 film Mrs Brown Adam Luria, head of documentary at production company Impossible Factual, said: 'This story has been keep secret for over 160 years, and Fern's book will shake the very foundations of the British monarchy and rewrite the history of our country.' Born in 1819, Victoria reigned for 63 years until her death in 1901 aged 81 - making her the longest-serving British monarch at that point, before the late Queen. She married her German first cousin Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1840. Victoria first grew close to John Brown after she took over the lease to the Balmoral estate in 1848, her beloved Scottish residence, Tatler reports. Local boy John, then 21, was working as a gillie on the estate, a type of servant who attends on hunting and fishing outings. Albert also made him leader of the queen's pony, which saw him accompany her on rides - and the two soon became friends. But Albert's death from typhoid in 1861 left Victoria distraught, withdrawing to another of her favourite residences, Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Seeing her mother's distress, her second eldest daughter Princess Alice, then 18, suggested John travel to the estate with her pony to cheer her up. His arrival massively helped the widowed queen and the pair started to spend more and more time together, with John joining her everywhere she went. Described as 'large taciturn Highlander with watchful eyes and a face apparently hewn from granite' by the queen's private secretary, many said he began to saw himself as her bodyguard. He was by her side when an assassination attempt was made on her at Buckingham Palace in 1872. She referred to him as 'darling' in letters and were even said to have slept in adjoining rooms - which foreign secretary Earl of Derby called 'contrary to etiquette and even decency'. Victoria's children and servants were unhappy about their close companionship - while the press mockingly nicknamed her 'Mrs Brown'. But he sadly died from an infection in 1883, with Victoria commissioning her favourite poet Alfred Lord Tennyson to write the inscription on his tomb. Her close companion of more than 20 years was buried in Crathie Kirkyard at the Royal Family's favoured church. She wrote to former home secretary Viscount Cranbrook mourning him as 'one of the most remarkable men'. 'Perhaps never in history was there so strong and true an attachment, so warm and loving a friendship between the sovereign and servant…', she penned. After his death, she is said to have started work on a biography of him. But her advisors, fearing speculation about a romance between the pair, expressed their disapproval and it is thought the manuscript was destroyed. It has also been claimed John's diaries and a memoir by Victoria about their relationship were destroyed too. And indeed, a priest named Norman Macleod claimed, on his deathbed in 1885, to have presided over a wedding between Victoria and John at Crathie Kirk. Victoria was buried with his mother's wedding ring on her right hand and a photograph of him in her left. Also in her coffin were a lock of his hair and several of his letters. Their rumoured romance has been the subject of contention and controversy for years - and Dr Riddell's work purports to put an end to the debate once and for all. Channel 4 commissioning editor Emily Shields said: 'It's so rare to find brand new evidence relating to well-known figures in history but Dr Fern Riddell's research into the relationship between Queen Victoria and John Brown is extraordinary. 'It will be thrilling to see Rob Rinder interrogate the details and ask if it's time for the history of The Widow of Windsor to be re-written.' Steve Maher, executive producer on the new documentary, said: 'This is a project that we've been developing with Fern for some time, and we are really excited to be working with Channel 4 to explore this compelling new take on the life and loves of Queen Victoria.' Dr Riddell's other works include The Victorian Guide to Sex: Desire and Deviance in the 19th Century and Sex: Lessons From History.
