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What A Week! William, ‘I don’t want
to be King,’ plus the week’s celeb news
Cover Story Tess and Vernon: Experts
reveal why the pair are struggling
Celebrity Odd couples
Celebrity Gok Wan interview:
‘Fearne is the best dressed celeb’
Celebrity Jeff on Jade: ‘I can never
replace their mum’
Celebrity Style on trial
Talking About Is 50 the new 15?
View From The Back

WE BRING YOU THIS WEEK’S LATEST GOSSIP

William ‘I DON’T
WANT TO BE KING’

rince William may
be the perfect royal
example these days,
but he hasn’t always been
happy with having his life
mapped out for him.
Broadcaster Jeremy
Paxman has revealed that
the late Princess Diana
once told him of William,
36, and Prince Harry’s
conflicting opinions over
taking the throne.
He explained, ‘She said
William often told her that
he didn’t really want to be
King, and then Harry would

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say, “If you don’t want
the job I’ll have it.”’
This isn’t the first time

there’s been talk about
William’s feelings
about being monarch,
as royal biographer Gil
Knappett claimed he
wants to let his father
Charles reign first.
She wrote, ‘Prince
William does not wish
to take the throne
early. He has said
he has no desire to
“climb the ladder of
kingship” before his time.’

Princess Diana was very
aware of how her sons felt

CELEBRITY PET of the week
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NEW TOWIE JOB
After being axed from Britain’s Got
Talent, it’s been revealed that Lisa
Armstrong is heading to Essex to glam
up the stars of The Only Way Is Essex.
‘As well as her regular stint on
Strictly, TOWIE is another opportunity
which she has grabbed with both
hands,’ revealed a source. ‘Everyone
was delighted with how it went and
they will be using her again lots.’
Lisa, 42, could probably do with the
distraction after reports that
er ex-hubby Ant McPartlin,
3, has moved in with new
ve Anne-Marie Corbett.

Lisa is focusing
on her work

Loved-up AnneMarie and Ant

All the

LATEST
GOSSIP

SHIRLEY, ‘I NEARLY DIED!’
Strictly’s Shirley Ballas revealed
she cheated death climbing
Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief.
The head judge, 58, almost
fell off the mountain
and suffered altitude
sickness, which left
her vomiting and
hallucinating that
her dead brother
was talking
It was a tough
to her.

climb for Shirley

MAN OF THE

MOMENT!

SIMON PEGG
Where did those
abs come from?
The former geek is
becoming a hunk!

Royal quote of the week

‘LOOK MUMMY, I’M DIVING IN!’
Princess Charlotte to the Duchess of Cambridge on
a family swimming trip in Norfolk.

NEIL, ‘I FORGIVE KATYA’
Their marriage hit the
headlines when Katya
Jones was pictured
snogging Strictly partner
Seann Walsh, but Katya,
29, says that her husband
Neil, 36, comforted her
after the scandal. ‘The
hate made me very sad,’
she said. ‘I look at
everything as a massive
learning process.’ While
Neil added, ‘I can accept
people make mistakes.’

BABY WILL BE A BRIDE
After two decades together,
Emma Bunton is finally set to tie
the knot with Jade Jones. The
Spice Girl, 43, was seen dashing
into Enfield Register Office to give
notice of their intent to marry.
The wedding is rumoured to be
at London’s Old Marylebone
Town Hall this year – seven years
after they got engaged.

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Lisa’s EXCITING


TROUBLE
in paradise?
The photogenic TV couple have it all – or at
least that’s how it seems to the outside world

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ppearing together on the red
carpet, there could hardly be
a more perfect couple than
Tess Daly and Vernon Kay.

Married for 16 years, with two
daughters and a country mansion, they
have even maintained their enviable
figures despite the passing years.
But what lay behind the smiles as they
posed for the cameras at the BAFTAs?
Leading body language expert Judi
James tells us Tess and Vernon come
across as ‘rigid and lacking in what we
call “Relationship Narrative”’.
‘There are almost no tie-signs openly
visible – those little glances, grins and
touches,’ she says. ‘And though they are
smiling, their grins do look rather fixed.’
Whatever may have gone on that night,
it was a rare joint appearance for a couple
who have weathered their share of
storms since tying the knot in 2003.
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A GILDED CAGE?

On the face of it they
couldn’t ask for more from
life. Tess has one of the most
coveted presenting gigs in
television on Strictly Come
Dancing, and she shares

a picture-perfect home
with Vernon and their girls
Phoebe, 14, and Amber,
nine, in Buckinghamshire.
With their own private
swimming pool and
a menagerie of pets (they
even have two Shetland
ponies), the couple often
post images of their gilded
life on social media.
‘If it looks too good to be
true of course it isn’t quite

like that,’ a long-standing
friend tells us. ‘Tess and
Vernon have the same ups
and downs as any couple.
‘Tess is ambitious but
dedicated to her family, and
she definitely doesn’t suffer
fools gladly. But Vernon
is prone to behaving like
a fool, as he’s shown in the
most public way possible.’

Tess with one
of the family’s
Shetland ponies

Cover Story
Rhian Sugden, left,
exchanged flirty
messages with
Vernon; Tess with
Strictly pal Claudia
Winkleman, right

Tess was devastated when, back
in 2010, Vernon was caught up
in a sexting scandal. The tabloids
revealed he had been exchanging
raunchy messages with Rhian
Sugden, a busty glamour model
17 years Tess’ junior, plus three
other women.
The scandal blew up again in 2016
when it emerged Vernon was back
in touch with Rhian, but Tess forgave
all when he said the messages were
taken ‘out of context’.

According to Judi James, however,
the signs are there that they aren’t
out of the woods yet – especially
when compared to Tess’ warm
relationship with Strictly co-host and
great mate Claudia Winkleman.
‘For Tess, her body language

with Vernon is a world away from
the fun and way less formal pose
she performs with Claudia,’ says Judi.
‘Here she leans in and relaxes, with a
much more congruent-looking smile.’

DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES
For those who have known
the couple throughout
their 18-year relationship,
concerns were always
there about their very
different characters.
Tess will turn 50 in
April, and while Vernon is
understood to be organising
a big celebration, he will
celebrate his 45th birthday
just a day later, so is eager
not to be left out.
‘Those are their
mathematical ages – in
terms of mental age Tess
is at least a generation
older,’ adds the pal.
‘Tess does yoga and
meditates every day – she’s
even got the girls doing it.
And when it’s Strictly season
she is ridiculously busy, so

the mindfulness really helps
her stay grounded.

‘But Vernon is still a big
kid who sits there watching
the snooker and playing
“innuendo bingo”. It’s like
he’s still stuck in one of
those lads’ magazines
from the 1990s.
‘Back in the day Tess
used to find it funny. Now
she just rolls her eyes. Of
course she loves him but
there might be a big part
of her who just wishes he
would grow up at last.’
With Vernon deep
into planning Tess’
50th birthday
extravaganza, there is
every reason to expect
the spectacular.
Whether it will be
enough to loosen
up their ‘rigid’ body
language, however,
remains to be seen.

The couple

on their
wedding
day in 2003

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PAINFUL MEMORIES


DATING

Charles Saatchi &
Trinny Woodall

TOGETHER
6 YEARS

HayleyRoberts&
DavidHasselhoff

Just six weeks after
his divorce from TV
cook Nigella Lawson,
businessman Charles, 75,
started dating fashion
guru Trinny, 55. While the
relationship initially raised
eyebrows, the pair are still

together six years on.

Melanie Sykes &
Steve Coogan
In what is one of the
most recent and
arguably unusual
celebrity unions, fitness
enthusiast Melanie, 48,
is said to be ‘smitten’
with actor and fellow
Northerner, Steve, 53,
after she caught his
eye at a screening for
his latest movie.

MARRIED
8 MONTHS

In true fairy-tale style,
Hollywood star David fell
for ex-shop worker Hayley
Roberts when they met while
filming Britain’s Got Talent in
Cardiff in 2011. The Baywatch
actor, 66, and his wife, 38, who
wed in July 2018, refuse to let
their age gap get in the way,
with David gushing, ‘Hayley
has married me for me and

it’s a great moment.’

OPPOSITES

ATTRACT
Meet the celebrity odd couples who prove that
one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to love
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Celebrity

Kate Beckinsale &
Pete Davidson
After weeks of rumours,
Kate, 45, and comedian
Pete, 25, confirmed they
were an item. Pete, who was
once engaged to pop star
Ariana Grande, was spotted
kissing the British actress at
a New York Rangers game.
Get a room, you two!

DATING

Jerry Hall &
Rupert Murdoch

WORDS: MARIA LOIZOU. PHOTOS: GETTY, REX

MARRIED
3 YEARS

Former model Jerry is
clearly drawn to an older,
powerful man. After
a four-month romance,
Rupert, 88, proposed to
Jerry, 62, with a ring worth
a whopping £2.4 million.
They tied the knot soon
after, in what is Rupert’s
fourth marriage. Hopefully
it’s also his last.

SPLIT UP

ENGAGED

Ben Ofoedu &
Vanessa Feltz
TV personality Vanessa and
singer Ben first met in 2001,
after being introduced by
mutual friend Keith Duffy
of Boyzone. Vanessa, 57,
and Ben, 46, recently
admitted they like to keep

things ‘fresh, sexy and
mysterious’ by spending just
two nights a week together
in bed. If you say so!

Catherine Tate &
Jason Orange
Ex-Take That star Jason, 48,
and comedian Catherine, 49,
shared a fleeting romance in
2011, after meeting on Comic
Relief. But as the relationship
attracted more attention,
the couple parted ways.

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Celebrity

‘Fearne’s the

BEST-DRESSED
CELEB!’
WORDS: ROSIE GIZAUSKAS. PHOTOS: ALAMY, INSTAGRAM@THEREALGOKWAN, REX

Celebrity stylist Gok
Wan shares his top
fashion tips for spring
ok Wan has been a fashion guru
to women since he first burst
onto our screens and urged
us to love our bodies in the
classic noughties C4 makeover
show How to Look Good Naked.

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A mainstay presenting fashion
segments on This Morning, Gok, 44,
opens up to Woman about what we
should be wearing this summer – and
just how much he wants to get hitched…
Hi, Gok! What should women be
wearing this spring?

If you can find the guts, then go as loud
and as bright as possible. Pick colours
and prints that are bold – this season’s

style is landscaped and picturesque.
Play around with slogans and words
on clothes, too. Neon is big, and so are
florals, graphics and geometric prints.
It’s all about colour fun this season.
Fearne looks
so beautiful,
says Gok

Gok and TV presenter
Fearne Cotton celebrate
Chinese New Year
Which trends for 2019
aren’t you a fan of?

I really can’t stand
cycling shorts. Maybe I’m
old, but I just don’t get it.

but I prefer your more traditional
route – heading out for drinks with
someone you’ve met in real life. 

Who do you think is the best-dressed
woman in the world?

It has to be Fearne Cotton. She is killing
it – she looks really sharp. She always
looks so beautiful.
Are you dating at the moment?

I’m always auditioning. I haven’t tried
dating apps yet, but I’ve had friends tell
me that I should. I’m not against them,
Gok taught
women to love
their bodies

Would you like to get married?

I would love to – I want a massive
wedding in a castle in Scotland, with
a huge stage and DJs up there all night.
It’ll be a massive party. I’m a massive
control freak and I’d be a bit of a groomzilla.
Which celeb is your best drinking buddy?

[Actress] Sally Lindsay is amazing. We
drink the same amount and are the same
nd of drunk – loud and dancey. Actually,
he can probably drink more than me!
ou’re presenting the new series
f Say Yes To The Dress Lancashire.
an you tell us all about it?

We’re helping brides find their dream
ress and we also talk to them about
heir lives and body confidence. I’m so
roud of the show – I think that it will
make people cry as some of the women

ave such heart-wrenching stories.
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‘Jade sent me a sign

THE NIGHT
SHE DIED’

It’s been 10 years since
her death, but Jade
Goody’s sons are still
learning how to cope
eff Brazier may have only dated Jade
Goody for two years, but in that time
they welcomed sons Bobby and
Freddie, binding them together
forever. So when Jade died from
cervical cancer in 2009 at just 27, Jeff,
now 39, was left to pick up the pieces…

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Jade leaves the Big Brother
house in 2002, above, and

on the day before her
wedding in 2009, left

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Celebrity

Jade and Jeff were
together for two years

Jade married Jack Tweed
a month before she died

be all and everything
With her boys Bobby
I can for them I can
and Freddie in 2006
never replace their mum,’
said Jeff. ‘It’s a sense of
y
edd e hen they
identity that they lose
were still so young.
because you find out a lot about
Jeff said, ‘How do you explain
who you are in life through who
what terminal, or life-threatening

your mum is and who your dad is.’
– which is a better term for
that really – means to a four
Jade, who shot to fame on the third
and a five-year-old?’
series of Big Brother in 2002, was
But Jeff insists Jade sent him
diagnosed with the disease in 2008, a sign the night she died, which
and by then it was too advanced to helped him break the news
treat. Jeff previously
to their sons. He
revealed his
explained, ‘I just
thoughts on what
remember we told
stopped Jade from
them the whole time
seeking treatment
that mum was going
earlier, saying, ‘We
to be a beautiful,
were no longer
bright star in the sky,
together when she
rising up to heaven
got ill so I don’t know whether
and she was going to go and do
it was forgetfulness or fear.
a very important job.’
‘Jade was this amazing,

larger-than-life character and
she had so many wonderful
qualities, but organisation
wasn’t one of them.’
And, understandably, Jeff still
gets upset about Bobby, 15, and
14-year-old Freddie having their
mum stolen away from them by
cancer. ‘My boys have grown
up without the mother who
adored them, and they suffer
for it every single day,’ he said.
‘I try not to be bitter about it but
sometimes I do get angry.’

WORDS: JACK WHITE. PHOTOS: LOUISE HAYWOOD-SCHIEFER/CAMERA PRESS, GETTY, INSTAGRAM @JEFFBRAZIER, REX

Bitter feelings

‘SOMETIMES
I DO GET
ANGRY’

Revealing that he waited
ntil bedtime to tell them, Jeff
ontinued, ‘I thought it was
he best time of night, and
robably bought myself a little
b t time to be honest. And there
was one big brilliant bright star

out there, which kind of just made
it that bit easier… thanks Jade.
‘And I took them outside, they
saw it, they knew themselves –
“That’s Mummy, isn’t it?”’

Continued
support
They might be teenagers now and
seem all grown up, but Jeff knows
his boys still need a certain level
of support when it comes to
dealing with the loss of Jade.
‘They’ve lost that big character
that was their mum,’ he said.
‘Someone who would have
given them twice as much
unconditional love as they
receive. It’s hard on the kids.’

Breaking
the news
Of course, Jeff, with the support
of his wife Kate Dwyer, does
everything he can to help the boys
cope, but it’s not always easy. The
TV presenter was also the one
who had to break the news to

Jeff with Freddie

and Bobby

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Is 50 the

NEW 15?

As Halle Berry unveils
a full back tattoo at
the age of 52, Woman
investigates whether
more of us should be
embracing our mid-life
rebellious streak
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osing in front of the kitchen hob,
with a pan in one hand and an
egg in the other, Halle Berry looks
anything but the picture of quiet
domesticity. With nothing but a
sequin skirt on, the actress showcases
her new back tattoo of a giant vine
clambering up her naked body. ‘Who
says I’m not a mermaid?’ reads the
Instagram caption. It’s the kind of body
art you’d expect of a rebellious teen,
not a 50-something mum-of-two.

P

But she’s not the only ‘midster’
celebrity embracing her naughty streak.

Actress Halle Berry
stripped off to reveal her
latest statement tattoo

Supermodel Cindy Crawford recently
explained why, at 53, she’s not planning
on shying away from the camera any
time soon, and even posed naked in a
series of risqué shots for an upcoming
art exhibition. Then there’s actress Judi
Dench’s ‘Carpe Diem’ tattoo that she got
for her 81st birthday as a present from

her daughter and even 62-year-old
Doria Ragland’s nose piercing. It seems
when it comes to embracing our inner
teenager in later life, we should all be
taking leaf from Halle Berry’s book, as
one Woman reader reveals.


Talking About

‘IT’S A DECLARATION OF THE FACT WE KNOW WHO WE ARE’
‘You’re not leaving my house looking
like that!’ my dad bellowed. But the
more he objected, the more I delighted
in flouting his rules – even sneaking out
to punk gigs after he’d gone to bed.
I hadn’t particularly loved punk – or
pink – to be honest. My behaviour had
more to do with my urge to separate
myself from the compliant girl of my
childhood. Luckily, something valuable
came out of my teenage phase, and
I discovered a passion for singing.
After graduating university I got
a job in the film industry and I spent
much of my 20s touring London clubs
as a singer. In 1988, I met my husband
and, after getting married, Josh was
born in 1992 and Gabriel in 1994. The
demands of family life took over and

my singing fell to the
wayside, along with my
punk rock aesthetic.
As I settled into
professional, sensible
adulthood – with all
the responsibilities of
a mortgage, marriage,
and a burgeoning new career in PR –
the thought of keeping the excitement
of my 20s alive sounded exhausting.
Then, in 2001, my husband and
I divorced. And when my boys flew the
nest for university a few years later,
I recognised opportunities I'd never
even considered before. Taking early
retirement, I threw myself into new
ventures, like an exciting tech start-up,
and a social enterprise for female

‘WE’RE NOT
SELF-CONSCIOUS
TEENS’

JUDI DENCH
The 84-year-old
actress was given
a wrist tattoo that
reads ‘Carpe Diem’
for her birthday

a few years ago
by her daughter.

CINDY CRAWFORD
The model isn’t
ready to cover up
at 53 and recently
posed naked for an
art exhibition

DORIA RAGLAND
Meghan’s mother
famously wore her
nose ring to her
daughter’s wedding
to Prince Harry.

entrepreneurs. I even signed up for
singing lessons and started performing
dirty blues at a club in Camden.
A few months later, I found myself
reminiscing about my old punk rock
days, and the urge to do something
bold and daring with my look resurfaced. Only this time, I was wiser.
I experimented with semi-permanent
dye, before finally committing to an
ombré-effect look. It was infinitely
more stylish than my teenage efforts.
My parents were just as unimpressed.
‘You’re a 55-year-old woman,’ my mum

sighed. ‘Why do you feel the need to
rebel like this?’ But the truth is I didn’t
see it as a rebellion, not in the way I did
as a teenager. Mid-life rebelliousness
is far more significant. It’s an act of
self-celebration; a declaration of the
fact we know who we are, and we’ve
earned the right to do what we want.
Three years on, I’m still sporting my
pink hair. Even my sons have now
admitted it suits me. People say 50 is
the new 15, and in some ways I agree.
What makes the second wave better
is that we’re not self conscious teens
anymore. So although the piercings
and tattoos might look the same,
they’re anything but the hallmarks
of insecurity they once were.

WORDS: SARAH HOLMES AND LOUISA GREGSON. PHOTOS: INSTAGRAM @HALLEBERRY, PA IMAGES, REX

Suzanne
Noble, 58,
lives in
London, and
runs social
enterprise
Advantages
of Age
Reading my book

on the train, I couldn't
help but notice the stares of people
around me. I knew what they were
looking at – my striking pink dye job.
At 55, it wasn’t your typical, middleage hairstyle. But so what? After 30
exhausting years of raising a family and
building a career, I was done with
being sensible. Now it was my turn to
have fun – and my bubblegum locks
were just the beginning.
In 2016, I decided to
ditch my blonde bob for
something more defiant.
My sons Josh, then 24,
and Gabriel, 22, were
mortified. ‘You can’t dye
your hair pink!’ they
cried. ‘It’s bad enough you’re on
Tinder.’ But I couldn’t care less.
Growing up in the 1970s, my father
worked in banking, while my mum had
a successful career in marketing. As
such, our household was very straightlaced. My brothers and I were expected
to study hard and obey our parents. So
when I trundled downstairs at 15 with
vibrant pink hair and a Gang of Four
T-shirt, they were far from impressed.

‘IF YOU’RE UP
FOR IT – GO FOR IT!’

Woman's agony aunt
Suzie Hayman says
‘We know and expect
adolescence to be a natural
age of rebellion. But your
50s are another transition
point, when a surplus of
free time, disposable income and
hard-earned confidence become
available to you. Take the Marrakesh
Express, get that tattoo, dance naked
in the moonlight! The difference
between you and a teenager is you’re
more likely to embark on your acts
of rebellion with care – no drunken
joy-riding – and with no-one but your
unadventurous self to rebel against.
But listen to the advice you give
your own teenagers. Remember that
a tattoo is forever, a dye job lasts for
ages and naked dancing could get
you quite a reputation in the local
area. But if you’re up for it – go for it!’

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