Kate's mini-me: Nine times the Waleses won at twinning as pictures show a masterclass in mother-daughter style
As the Princess of Wales stepped out for this year's Trooping the Colour she was a vision in aquamarine with by her side, a mirror image in miniature.
Dressed in complementary outfits, the mother-daughter duo made a striking statement of unity and style.
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The food trends shaping Johannesburg's menus right now
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The 20 once-beloved baby names on the brink of extinction in the UK - so, is yours at risk of dying out?
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What happened to Kylie Minogue's toyboy fiance Joshua Sasse? Actor who Vinnie Jones called 'that English k**bhead' after he was accused of cheating on the popstar has settled down in his ex's native Australia after some surprise career moves
For two years he was Kylie Minogue 's hunky toyboy, joining her on red carpets and in her £10million London mansion. Joshua Sasse was just 27 when he fell for the pop superstar, who was 20 years his senior, after she signed up for a guest role in his musical comedy TV series Galavant. Brit hunk Joshua played dashing knight Sir Gary Galavant whilst Kylie turned from pop princess to medieval princess to take on some raunchy scenes with the handsome young actor. But their romance didn't exactly have a fairytale beginning after it was reported that Joshua was still married to his ex Francesca Cini, who he shares a son with, when he met Kylie on set in the summer of 2015. The blossoming romance was an open secret on set though, so much so that even Joshua's co-star Vinnie Jones quipped that the actor had his sights set on Kylie from the start. 'I knew about them before anyone. Joshua was moving into her hotel the night before she came — on purpose,' Vinnie told The Sun. Vinnie would later go on to call Joshua an 'English k**bhead', who shocked co-stars when he romanced the much more famous Kylie. 'All the crew and everybody were like, "Oh no, what is she doing?" She was a long way from home and needed someone with an arm round her,' Vinnie said in a 2022 interview. The actor even claimed that Kylie's sister Dannii Minogue 'thanked me from the family, because I'd told Kylie that he was a bellend.' Despite misgivings from friends and family, Kylie and Joshua's romance moved quickly with the singer gushing about their connection in press interviews for the show throughout 2015. 'I can't actually put into words how happy I am… We just completely fit together. He gets me, I get him,' she told You Magazine. The two were indeed inseparable, with Joshua becoming Kylie's plus one at industry events before moving into her £10 million West London home. In February 2016, just six months after meeting, Joshua popped the question with a besotted Kylie gushing about their wedding plans and how she would take her fiance's surname, pointing out 'Sasse is a great name. Kylie Sasse is a great name.' But a year later and the whirlwind romance came crashing down, as the couple revealed they had called off their engagement. At the time of their separation, it was reported that Kylie had suspected Joshua was cheating on her with Spanish actress Marta Milans, who he has been filming TV series No Tomorrow with in 2016. The rumours were never confirmed but Kylie was open about her heartbreak. Taking to Instagram, the devastated singer thanked her fans for their support as she recovered from the abrupt split, writing: '#lovers… Thank you for all your love and support throughout this recent chapter of my life.' 'Thank you now for your love and understanding with the news that Josh and I have decided to go our separate ways," she added . "We wish only the best for each other as we venture towards new horizons. #thesunalwaysrises.' In 2018, the songstress spoke with Red Magazine about the sudden split, telling the publication she'd had to 'rebuild herself physically and mentally' after the break-up. She even channelled her heartache into music, revealing that her 2018 country inspired album, the first record since 1997 which she co-wrote evey track on, had helped her come to terms with their broken engagement. 'The end of 2016 was not a good time for me. So when I started working on the album in 2017 it was, in many ways, a great escape,' she said at the time. 'I was quite fragile when I started work on it but being able to express myself in the studio made quick work of regaining my sense of self — writing about various aspects of my life, the highs and lows, with a real sense of knowing and of truth.' Whilst Kylie channelled the painful split into her career, Joshua largely retreated from the spotlight. He took time out from acting to pursue other passions, inspired by his poet and adventurer father Dominic Sadde, who died during a trip to Nepal. Josh has a tattoo of the number 37 — his dad's age when he died — as a reminder 'to live life every day because it might end at any moment'. During his post-Kylie hiatus from acting, Joshua worked in a vintage car garage, lived on an island in Greece where he wrote collections of poetry and started a safari company in Zambia with his cousin. When the pandemic hit in 2020, he was published as a poet and dove deeper into his love of the written word, even launching a podcast entitled The Poet's Voice. Not long after the split from Kylie, he settled in his ex's homeland of Australia, at one point opening a cafe and bar. As for his love life, Joshua, now 37, swiftly moved on from Kylie, meeting his Australian wife Louisa in the months after the split before they married in September 2018. The couple tied the knot during a low-key ceremony at Byron Bay's registry office and they now call the area home with their young children Dominic and Delilah. The British-born actor revealed he made the decision to build a property and establish roots Down Under as he prepared to work on several new Australian productions. 'I have signed with an Australian agent and I would love to do some work here,' he told the Herald Sunback in 2022. The star added even though he moved to Australia in 2017 only recently did he begin to feel like a fully fledged Aussie. 'I feel Australian now, these are my roots,' he said. Joshua has returned to acting roles in recent years, starring in Monarch as Luke Roman alongside Susan Sarandon and Anna Friel in 2022. He is also had a lead role in the 2023 Netflix film Love Is in the Air as William., appearing alongside Aussie Deltra Goodrem. Next up is the Britbox series Outrageous, based on Mary Lovell's definitive biography, The Mitford Girls, which started streaming in June. Joshua plays Oswald Mosley amongst an all star cast.
