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6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Princess Charlotte Is Glowing With Happiness as She Reaches a Surprise Milestone Moment With Dad Prince William
When Prince William traveled to Switzerland to support England's soccer team, he brought along a very special guest: his daughter Princess Charlotte! The outing was a milestone moment for the 10-year-old, as this was her first overseas soccer game, per Harper's Bazaar. She was all smiles cheering on her country to victory in the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 final between England and Spain. Princess Charlotte looked beautiful in a blue-and-white polka dot dress — the same one she wore to Wimbledon 2024 with her mom Kate Middleton! Her long blonde hair was straight down around her shoulders as she hugged her dad for a snap posted to the Prince and Princess of Wales' official Instagram account. 'Let's go, @lionesses! 🏴' it was captioned. More from SheKnows Prince William & Kate Middleton Have a New Baby in Their Lives: 'We Are Thrilled To Announce' People praised the young royal in the comments, arguing over which parent she looked more like. 'Charlotte takes after her dad so much! The genes are strong ❤️ looks like a lovely day, go lionesses!' one person wrote. Another said, 'Beautiful photo!!! Look at her! I see her mom in there in this photo. ❤️' 'Gosh she's gorgeous! I love seeing her turn into such a strong lady. You know her parents must be proud ✨' someone else commented. Prince William also shared a video from the celebration, featuring Princess Charlotte standing by her dad's side. 'An incredible night for @lionesses and @england in Basel,' it was captioned. 'Congratulations to Sarina, the team and all the support staff. Champions! 🏆' 'Charlotte looks in awe 🥹❤️,' someone noted. Another wrote, 'Such a beautiful video! I'm very happy that Princess Charlotte was there to witness this historical moment for women's football in England 😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️ congratulations again to the Lionesses 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻' She certainly does, both in these official posts and in other photos taken at the event as she smiles and chats with her dad during the game. Princess Charlotte is very into sports, just like her mother and father. In a 2023 episode of The Good, The Bad, & The Rugby podcast, Princess Kate shared that Charlotte and her siblings Prince George, 12, and Prince Louis, 7, are all 'growing and trying out different sports.' Middleton also revealed that Charlotte plays rugby and football, which 'weren't school sports when I was growing up.' She added, 'Charlotte's playing both the sports now, and it's really good to see youngsters, particularly girls, playing these types of sports now.' Back in May, Prince William shared that Princess Charlotte ran track and field. Olympic middle-distance runner Keely Hodgkinson talked to Prince William after a visit to Windsor Castle. 'The prince told me his daughter is doing the 400m at the minute and the hurdles and that she did watch me in Paris,' she told Hello! We love that Princess Charlotte is a sporty princess, and that her parents fully support her interests!Best of SheKnows Celebrity Parents Whose Kids Have Big Age Gaps Rocky77, Aquaman, & More Unique Celebrity Baby Names How to Watch These 25 Halloween Movies on Disney+ for Summerween Antics Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
When the Rugby world travelled to Windsor Castle: How the royals' appearance on Mike Tindall's podcast 'humanised' the family
As the most famous family in Britain, it's unsurprising that the royals are habitually private people. Nevertheless, there have been some rare occurrences when the firm have allowed cameras behind the scenes to paint a more candid portrait of the family. Perhaps most notorious was the 1969 Royal Family documentary which was felt to be too revealing of the family's day-to-day activities and was later banned from being broadcast again by Queen Elizabeth II. But in the modern digital age, the family have found new ways to humanise their image often by sitting down for relaxed conversations about something they are passionate about. Indeed, the late Queen did just that for an interview with David Attenborough in 2018 where they bonded over their shared love of nature. More recently, in 2023, the Princess Royal alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales sat down for a special episode of The Good, The Bad and The Rugby. As avid rugby fans, and due to presenter Mike Tindalls' royal connection through his marriage to Anne's daughter Zara, the royals were the perfect guests for the popular podcast. And today is the couple's 14th wedding anniversary. Writing in their book about the podcast, the show's hosts - Mike, Alex Payne and James Haskell - revealed details about the very royal-themed episode. When he was introduced to Prince William, James said he was briefed on how to address members of the family beforehand. James said: 'When William finally turned up, I said, "Aah, your Royal Highness. You alright boss?" 'I quickly realised that I hadn't left enough time between "Your Royal Highness" and "you alright boss", and that his private secretary, or whatever he was thought, thought I was the scum of the earth.' After his initial royal faux pas, James praised the three royals writing that they are 'great advocates for sport' adding that the Princess Royal was 'brilliant'. 'I think the podcast humanised them a little bit, and I kind of wish they'd let us put the uncut version out, because it would have blown the public away. 'They came across as down-to-earth, fully engaged and knowledgeable,' he said. James candidly added that he thought 'they'd be dull'. During the discussion at Windsor Castle, William revealed the 'only time he's ever cried when watching a sport' was when his cousin Zara Tindall triumphed in eventing. He said: 'The only time I've ever cried when watching sport was when Zara won I think it was the European championship. 'I was down in Exmoor at the time camping. We were all huddling around the phone watching it. She was there she was blubbing away the flag was going up. I was in pieces.' Kate added: 'I can remember because you came back and said I've never been so proud of anyone.' William also discussed the important lesson he hopes his children, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, eight, and Prince Louis, five, will learn while playing team sports. Talking about the skills you gain from 'those early years of playing team sport', he said: 'Learning to lose, which I think we've got to concentrate more on nowadays. 'I think people don't know how to lose well. Talking about our children particularly, I want to make sure they understand that.' It was then the turn of Kate to explain why she loved team sports, with Mike joking: 'I'm not going to say you're really competitive... [but] I've seen her play beer pong.' An animated Kate replied: 'I'm not competitive at all,' before explaining that her parents had always encouraged her to get involved in sports. She went on to say that her and William never manage to finish a game of tennis, giggling as she added it becomes a 'mental challenge between the two of us'. Princess Anne recalled the early days of her daughter's equestrian career, in which she won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics. Recalling what would happen if she tried to offer her advice, keen horse rider Anne said: 'If I made a comment I was usually told I was a dinosaur.' Elsewhere Mike, as a member of the Royal Family, lifted the curtain on the late Queen's informal behaviour. Mike said: 'Zara and I would often watch the racing with her [the Queen] on TV. 'Lunches were also relaxed, especially up in Scotland, where lunch would often be heading out into the open space of the Scottish Highlands for a picnic.' During trips to Balmoral, the Queen is known to have enjoyed mundane household chores. According to writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth, Queen Elizabeth II especially loved nothing more than donning a pair of yellow marigolds and washing the dirty dishes. In his biography 'Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait', Gyles revealed the humorous story of the time David Cameron tried to help the Queen with her favourite task during a stay at Balmoral. The former Prime Minister told Gyles: 'I'm not making this up, you sat down and Prince Philip and Her Majesty The Queen served your dinner and cleared it away and washed it up while you sat talking with the other guests. 'I remember thinking it was sort of year five, I thought: "Well, I now surely can help" and got up and got on the Marigolds and started doing the washing-up. 'And I remember Her Majesty saying: "What on earth is the Prime Minister doing?" I'd broken with the protocol and rapidly sat back down and did what I was told.' In another instance, a former royal courtier told author Harry Mount about the time Elizabeth helped tidy up after a shooting lunch. The source said: 'I was once at a shooting lunch. At the end of lunch, I heard someone say, "I'll do the washing-up". 'I turned around and there was the Queen in her yellow washing-up gloves.' According to former royal butler Paul Burrell, Elizabeth II started washing up once in front of then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher after a picnic. As a staunch monarchist, Thatcher was adamant that the monarch should not be cleaning kitchenware. But Paul claims a compromise was found when Elizabeth told Thatcher: "Well I'll wash, will you dry?"' Gyles claims that Elizabeth's love of washing up started at a young age. 'Of course those of you who have read the wartime diaries of the Queen's childhood friend, Alathea Fitzalan-Howard, will know that Lilibet was always good at domestic chores.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
James Haskell hits back at Wallabies coach's reaction to controversial flashpoint that secured the Lions a series victory against Australia: 'That is utter c**p'
James Haskell and Mike Tindall believe Joe Schmidt has no reason to feel aggrieved by the contentious last-gasp decision that has overshadowed the British and Irish Lions ' 29-26 victory against Australia on Saturday afternoon. The Australia coach lashed out at officials and World Rugby over why the Lions match-winning try from Hugo Keenan was allowed to stand after Jac Morgan appeared to clear out Carlo Tizzano, while making contact with the Australian's neck. 'In a world of player welfare… It's what they are there to enforce. A player who dives off his feet and is clearly beaten to the position over the ball, makes neck contact,' Schmidt fumed after the match. Schmidt used World Rugby's Law 9.20 to justify his point, which states that players cannot enter a ruck and make contact with a player above the shoulder line. 'You just have to read Law 9.20, then listen to the referee's description and watch the vision. A player who dives off his feet, is clearly beaten to the position over the ball, makes neck contact - it's a tough one to take,' the coach, who has previously worked as a technical advisor for World Rugby, fumed. The incident has divided the rugby community, with Tindall and Haskell both arguing on The Good, The Bad and The Rugby Podcast, that Schmidt wouldn't be making the same claim had the coin flipped in the other direction. When asked by Alex Payne if Schmidt was right to feel aggrieved, Tindall replied, 'No. The pair then jointly said: 'Absolutely not.' Haskell then proceeded to deliver an impassioned rant about the comments, with the former Wasps and England star, claiming that the real foul was Tizzano's alleged 'dive' and that if they had penalised Morgan for the clear out, they 'may as well have just disbanded the whole game'. After Morgan made contact with Tizzano, the flanker appeared to fall backwards and has been blasted for an apperent 'dive' by some members of the English media. 'The only bit of foul play nonsense in that incident was that Australian player [Carlo Tizzano] diving,' Haskell said on the podcast. 'That should have been red carded, because that is utter c**p.' He then went on to delve into the technicalities of the incident, claiming World Rugby's current laws don't allow players to remove a jackler in any other manner than how Morgan pushed Tizzano away. 'I'm telling you now, there is no physical way to clear out a player who is that low over the ball, without... the only other way that you used to be able to do it is if you put your head underneath him and go head-on-head, because when you're that low over the ball you've got a small window... You've got to get your head underneath him. 'But if you can't get any space to do that, and it would be head-on-head because you just lead with your head, you have to hit where he hit. That was a clear out I did every game, every week for 20 years...' Summarising his point, Haskell, who toured with the Lions in 2017, said the game would have serious questions to answer had Morgan been penalised over the clear out. Haskell added: 'That is the only way to do it. Because if you come in at the side at an angle, you'd end up doing a croc roll. It is utter, utter b*******. It is people clutching at straws. When a player is over the ball so low, what we used to be taught to do is I come in and I put my hand on the ground underneath him and lead up with my hands and hit him. 'All of that was just a rugby thing and the only foul was the Australian diving.' While Haskell praised the Australia coach Joe Schmidt as a 'great bloke' he fumed at how Schmidt had 'the audacity' to question the decision. Tindall replied: 'Again, if he's on the other side of the coin, it's not even a debate. He's going: 'That's what the game is'.' Haskell isn't the only person to have slammed Tizzano following the incident. Writing in his column in The Telegraph, Oliver Brown, 'Stop moaning, Australia, your player dived.' 'Tizzano clearly milked the incident, collapsing with a melodrama that could easily have persuaded some officials to chalk off Keenan's try,' he added. Andy Farrell, meanwhile, praised Morgan for securing the ball so well. 'I thought it was a brilliant clear-out, didn't you?' the Lions coach said, before admitting: 'It depends on what side of the fence you come from.' However, the refereeing decision has left one ex-Wallabies star livid. Morgan Turinui, who won 20 caps for Australia, hit out at the officials over the contentious call. 'That decision is 100 per cent completely wrong,' he said. 'The referee got it wrong,' Turinui said after the game. 'His two assistant referees got it wrong.' He then explained that the referee needed to be brought before World Rugby's Match Official Manager, Joel Jutge. 'Joel Jutge, the head of the referees, is out here on a junket. He needs to haul those referees in and ask for a please explain. But World Rugby cheif executive Alan Gilpin has claimed that they were standing by Piardi (left) and his team following the incident 'Dan Herbert, the chair of Australian rugby and if I'm Phil Waugh, the CEO, I'm sorry I'm asking for a please explain. 'He did have a good game, but the refereeing group, when it counted, got the match-defining decision completely wrong. 'It's a point of law. It's in black and white. It's not about bias. It's not about colouring. 'There's nothing there. Get away from the fact that it's a wrong call. It's a penalty sanction. It's not a yellow card. It happens. 'The try must be disallowed and we should be going one-all to Sydney.' But in a fresh turn of events, World Rugby has since made clear their stance on the matter, refuting Schmidt's claims before stating that they were throwing their support behind Piardi and his team of officials. World Rugby boss Alan Gilpin said: 'It is disappointing when the reaction is, 'this means player welfare isn't taken seriously', because everyone knows we are putting player welfare, in its broadest sense, at the top of the agenda. So, that part is challenging, in terms of the player welfare statements (by Schmidt).'
Hindustan Times
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
One for you, one for me
We learn some properties of numbers early in life, such as all products of 9 having a digital root of 9, and all single-digit multiplications with 37 leading to products with three repeating digits. Other properties may pass unnoticed for years until they are presented to us in the face, and we wonder why we hadn't noticed it all along. Representational image.(Shutterstock) The following puzzle exploits a property I had not noticed until I first read and solved the puzzle some three decades ago. Martin Gardner was particularly fond of it, and credits it to two readers who brought it to his notice separately. My version tweaks the original described by Garden. The puzzle may seem to lack enough information when you first read it, but think a bit and you will find it is as easy as it is enjoyable. #Puzzle 152.1 A publisher hands a number of copies of a school textbook to two vendors. The deal is that the book is to be sold at its cover price, with the vendors receiving a commission based on the number of copies they sell. By coincidence, the number of copies sold turns out to match the commission in rupees per book. That is to say, if the commission is x rupees per book, then they have sold exactly x copies. The publisher pays them the commission in ₹10 notes and ₹1 coins, the number of coins being less than 10. Having no other cash in their pockets, the vendors decide to share the notes and coins in the style of Blondie and Tuco in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. 'One for you, one for me,' Vendor #1 says, beginning to distribute the ₹10 notes. 'One for you, one for me…' And so on, until the last note is reached: 'One for you.' It strikes Vendor #1 that he has handed Vendor#2 the first note as well as the last. 'Hey, you got ₹10 more than I did because the number of notes was odd.' 'Never mind,' says Vendor #2, 'you keep all the ₹1 coins.' 'But that's less than 10 coins and so less than ₹10. You still end up with a higher share of our commission,' says Vendor #1. 'Never mind,' Vendor #2 repeats himself. 'Let me pay you the difference.' He opens his UPI app, and makes the transaction. 'There, we now have equal shares.' How much does Vendor #2 send Vendor #1 by UPI? #Puzzle 152.2 A pet shop manager assures a customer that the parrot he is offering will repeat every word she hears. The customer tries to check this out but the parrot is fast asleep, having been drugged by the manager. To make sure he is not cheated, the customer makes the manager put the assurance in writing: 'Guaranteed that Parrot #152.2 sold to [customer's name] in July 2025 will repeat every word she hears, failing which the payment of [amount] shall be returned to the customer.' Thus assured, the customer buys the parrot. At home, when the pet wakes up, the buyer says 'Hi!' No reply. He tries various other words, but not a word from the parrot. The buyer rushes angrily to the pet shop, but the manager refuses a refund claiming no terms have been breached. The buyer goes to the local don for arbitration. To his disappointment, the don rules in the manager's favour. Explain why the manager hadn't bluffed. MAILBOX: LAST WEEK'S SOLVERS #Puzzle 151.1 Hi Kabir, Here is how the mathematical trick with cards works. The digital roots of the numbers from 43 to 51 are: (43 = 7), (44 = 8), (45 = 9), (46 = 1), (47 = 2), (48 = 3), (49 = 4), (50 = 5), (51 = 6). We can see that the sequence of digital roots matches the sequence of cards 7-8-9-1-2-3-4-5-6. Whatever the number of cards added to the pile of 43 cards, the new digital root will match the card that is not transferred and turned face up. Also, note that the digital root of any number will remain the same even after splitting that number into two or more parts and adding the digital roots of those parts. — Shishir Gupta, Indore #Puzzle 151.2 Hi Kabir, The four cards are, from left to right, are: Queen of Spades, Ace of Hearts, Jack of Clubs, King of Diamonds. — Aditya Krishnan, NMIMS Mumbai Solved both puzzles: Shishir Gupta (Indore), Aditya Krishnan (NMIMS Mumbai), Vinod Mahajan (Delhi), Dr Sunita Gupta (Delhi), Anil Khanna (Ghaziabad), YK Munjal (Delhi),Sanjay Gupta (Delhi), Professor Anshul Kumar (Copenhagen), Ajay Ashok (Delhi), Yadvendra Somra (Sonipat) Solved Puzzle 151.2: Dr Vivek Jain (Baroda) Problematics will be back next week. Please send in your replies by Friday noon to problematics@
Wales Online
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Wales Online
Dan Biggar 'struggling' with Owen Farrell's Lions call-up as he makes honest admission
Dan Biggar 'struggling' with Owen Farrell's Lions call-up as he makes honest admission The 33-year-old was drafted into the squad after an injury to Elliot Daly this week Owen Farrell and Dan Biggar (Image: Getty Images ) Dan Biggar says he's 'struggling to get to grips' with the decision to call up Owen Farrell to the British and Irish Lions squad. The 33-year-old has been drafted into Andy Farrell's plans following an injury to Elliot Daly, who was forced off after hurting his arm in the win over the Queensland Reds on Wednesday. Scans revealed Daly had fractured his arm in Brisbane, meaning he'll play no further part in the tour Down Under. Sign up to Inside Welsh rugby on Substack for the exclusive five-week tour diary from Japan and Australia. The decision to call up Farrell, however, has seemingly divided opinion, and former Wales star Biggar, a veteran of two tours, admits he's not convinced it's the right call. "It's big news," he told Sky Sports. "But I'm struggling to get to grips with the sense of it. "No one's doubting that Owen's an amazing character and an amazing player with the career he's had. "But he hasn't played Test rugby for over two years. He hasn't played any form of rugby for the last couple of months. "The person he's replacing doesn't play in any of the same positions. So I'm just struggling to get to grips with where the sense of it is." Biggar acknowledges that the move could be more to do with Farrell's impact behind the scenes rather than his potential contributions on the pitch. But he warns there's still a risk his inclusion could upset the over balance of the squad. "Is Andy Farrell lacking some sort of leadership in the team? Does he need some strong characters? Does he think that if it comes down to a drawn series coming into that final week, does he need strong people that have been there and done it before? "It seems to me there's a lot of risk in this play and not a huge amount of reward in that you've got Marcus and Fin Smith. Where do they feel like they sit in the pecking order now? "When they close the bedroom door and go to bed and turn the light off at night. What are they thinking? Are they thinking 'is he coming in to replace me?' Get the British & Irish Lions kit Various Fanatics Buy Now on Fanatics Product Description The new British & Irish Lions kit has launched ahead of their latest tour with the range including shirts, hoodies and merch for all ages "There's lots of options in those positions and it just feels like it doesn't really make sense, and I think everybody is saying the same thing." Well, not quite everybody. Indeed, former Lions team-mate Jonathan Davies, who played with the Englishman during the series win over the Wallabies and the tied series with New Zealand believes Farrell's experience could prove invaluable. "What Owen brings in is a huge amount of experience," he told The Good, The Bad, and The Rugby podcast: "He knows how to win a series, and I don't think there's anyone else on tour that does. "When I played with him in 2017, he gave me confidence to really execute my roles and I think that's why I was able to play on that tour in 2017 my best rugby in my career. There's no grey areas with Owen. "The risk is, does it leave them open in the back three? I don't think so when you look at the amount of back three players they have. Article continues below "The midweek group needs direction and leadership, because it's very easy to get those splits in camp. The senior players that have been on tour previously in the two tours I was in, understood how important it was for the midweek team to really stay attached and to stay focused in training and not to lose them. "So if Owen isn't going to play in the Test team, it might be a case of 'Right. We want him to drive standards in and around the environment and the boys under a bit of pressure'."
