Latest news with #Edward
New York Post
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh ‘relieved' she no longer has to curtsy to Meghan Markle after receiving her new title
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, is royally pleased. After Sophie was made Duchess of Edinburgh earlier this year in honor of her husband Prince Edward's 61st birthday, a new rule has been implemented. Now, the 60-year-old reportedly no longer needs to curtsy to Meghan Markle. Advertisement 9 Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, attend Royal Ascot Day 1 at Ascot Racecourse on June 19, 2018. UK Press via Getty Images 'Sophie is relieved,' her friend revealed to reporters, according to Hello Magazine. 'She no longer has to curtsey to someone in the family who has not only left royal duties but has spent the past three years criticising the institution that Sophie works so hard to support.' Before Sophie's new title, Markle, 43, was above her in the royal pecking order because of her marriage to Prince Harry, 40. Advertisement The royal family member called going from Countess of Wessex to Duchess of Edinburgh 'quite a big moment.' 9 Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh and Meghan Markle attend the annual Remembrance Sunday memorial at The Cenotaph. Samir Hussein/WireImage Both Queen Elizabeth and Queen Camilla previously held the title. The Duchess of Edinburgh first met Edward in 1987 after she moved to London to work for Capital Radio. Advertisement The two remained friends for years before sparking up a romance. In 1999, Prince Edward and Sophie tied the knot. 9 Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh. WireImage Sophie has been a staunch confidant of King Charles, 76, and a loyal member of the royal family since marrying Edward. Earlier this month, reports surfaced that Sophie allegedly skipped Princess Diana's funeral because the pair looked too much alike. Advertisement 'She had an obvious and reasonable excuse: a friend at the palace explained, 'Sophie decided it would be too upsetting for the crowd if she went,'' author Sean Smith wrote in his new biography about the Duchess, titled 'Sophie: Saving the Royal Family.' 9 Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh visits the RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival. Getty Images ''She's well aware that she looks like Princess Diana from a distance and made her decision in a caring and thoughtful way,'' he added. ''The royal family fully supported.'' Both Diana, who died at age 36 following a car accident in 1997, and Sophie had blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. Sophie addressed their similarities in the '90s. 9 Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh and Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh. via REUTERS 'I don't deny that we do look alike,' she said at the time, per Daily Express. 'But I couldn't ever compete with Diana's image.' She added, 'I'm not Diana.' Advertisement While the West Kent College alum is rising in the royal ranks, Markle and Prince Harry stepped away from their royal duties in 2020. 9 Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex seen during The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Colombia Visit on August 15, 2024. Archewell Foundation via Getty Images The couple, who tied the knot in 2018, moved to Montecito, California, with their kids Archie, 6, and Lilibet, 4. Since relocating from England to the US, Markle and Harry have remained a united front. Advertisement In April, the 'Suits' alum reflected on her romance with the royal. She reminisced on affectionately using 'M' and 'H' to talk about one another at the beginning of their relationship. 9 Meghan Markle at the 2025 TIME100 Summit. Getty Images for TIME 'Probably at the beginning of us dating, when everything was in code,' she admitted while on 'The Jamie Kern Lima Show.' 'People didn't know we were dating for, talk about memory lane, so long ago. I mean, it'll be our seven-year wedding anniversary soon. I couldn't tell anyone who I was dating, and who was keeping [the secret], so I think we were just on a letter basis.' Markle confessed, 'It stuck.' Advertisement 'I love nicknames,' she gushed. 9 Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex attends the Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Awards. Getty Images Ms. Foundation for Women 'He's just out there, just constant, like he's just going to do whatever he can to make sure that our family is safe and protected and we're uplifted and still make time for date nights,' Markle continued. 'He's also a fox. If you haven't noticed, my husband's very, very handsome. But his heart is even more beautiful.' Advertisement The pair have fiercely supported one another since stepping away from the royal family. 9 Meghan Markle at the 2024 CHLA Gala. Variety via Getty Images 'You have to imagine at the beginning, everyone has, like, butterflies. Then we immediately went into the trenches together. Yeah, right out of the gate, like six months into dating,' Markle reflected. 'So now, seven years later, when you have a little bit of breathing space, you can just enjoy each other in a new way, and that's why I feel like it's more of a honeymoon period for us now.'
Daily Mirror
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
What is Chantaines in The Assassin?
The Prime Video series has been gripping viewers The Assassin only landed last week, but the show has already shot to the top of Prime Video in the UK as audiences binge through the thriller. The six-part series follows retired hit woman Julie Green (played by Keeley Hawes), who is pulled onto one last job - but there's more to it than she could ever have imagined. Adding another layer of complexity is that Julie's estranged son Edward Green (Freddie Highmore) has come to visit her after several years. What starts out as a run-of-the-mill job turns into something much bigger with Julie and Edward going on the run as they try to uncover the truth. The series from the makers of The Tourist and The Missing has left fans with many questions and surprise after realising one cast member's iconic role - here's the answer to two of the biggest mysteries of the show. What is Chantaines in The Assassin? The big mystery of the show was the word 'Chantaines' after Kayla Cross (Shalom Brune-Franklin) asked right from episode one what it all meant. Chantaines was the name of Kayla's mother's French poodle, which was in turn was named after a marmalade that she'd become obsessed with. However, Chantaines was actually the codeword for the hit Kayla's parents ordered on a French arms dealer Jean-Luc Bertrand. Aaron Cross (Alan Dale) and his wife ordered the hit to 'erase' Jean-Luc after they borrowed money from him when their lucrative company CGM fell on hard times during its early days. Details of Chantaines were in Kayla's mother's suicide note, which Aaron had tried to keep from his children. Sadly, the guilt of the ordered murder pushed her to take her own life, while Aaron was left living with their decision. Julie confirmed she had been assigned to the French Poodle hit, which also had another shocking twist and coincidence to it. Who is Edward's dad in The Assassin? There were plenty of red herrings before Edward's father was finally revealed. Edward's father was Jean-Luc, who was killed by Julie and the same arms dealer the Cross family had ordered the hit on. Julie had believed the house was empty apart from the arms dealer and was shocked to discover Jean-Luc's family, including his wife Marie (Gina Gershon) and infant son Florent were also in the property. Marie revealed to Edward that Julie had shot her in the head after killing Jean-Luc, believing she was dead. Julie had then heard Florent crying out and had kidnapped him, hoping to provide the child with a better and less dangerous life. So, she had lied to Edward/Florent to protect him from the truth. Despite getting shot, Marie had survived and remained in a coma before eventually coming to. She had vowed to take revenge on Julie and be reunited with her surrogate son Florent. Marie also confirmed she wasn't Edard's mother and never wanted children, so Jean-Luc had used a surrogate to have a child. The show ended with Edward/Florent going off to meet his real mother with Julie accompanying him and Kayla.
Rhyl Journal
15 hours ago
- Sport
- Rhyl Journal
Davy Crockett collects on hurdling bow at Galway
The Willie Mullins-trained four-year-old is a son of dual Derby hero Camelot out of Champion Hurdle-winning mare Annie Power, making him a half-brother to dual Grade One victor Mystical Power, who landed this Galway Festival curtain-raiser two years ago. Easy winner of a Punchestown bumper on his debut in early June, the 1-2 favourite to make a successful transition to the jumping game raised brief concerns for his supporters two out, but knuckled down well for Mark Walsh in the straight to beat Mick Collins by two and a half lengths. Mullins said: 'I was very happy with how efficient his jumping was except, for the mistake at the second-last. For a horse having his first run over hurdles and just the second run of his career, I was very pleased with him. 'We'll just keep going down the novice hurdle route and hopefully he might make into a Royal Bond horse. He could go to Listowel before then.' Mullins also paid tribute to training great Edward O'Grady, who died on Sunday at the age of 75. He added: 'Edward was someone that back in the day we looked up to. He was the foremost trainer going to Cheltenham – when no one (from Ireland) was having runners or winners in Cheltenham, he was having one or two of them every year. 'People forget how difficult it was for Irish trainers to bring horses across and win and Edward had fantastic horses. He had a great Galway connection of course with Golden Cygnet, owned by Ray Rooney who was chairman here in Galway. 'He'll be sorely missed in Irish racing.' Davy Crockett is owned by JP McManus, who also paid tribute to O'Grady, with whom he had a long association. McManus said: 'No doubt he was an amazing trainer. I went to him in '78. 'I remember Jack Of Trumps won in Punchestown as a five-year-old carrying 12st in the Jameson Gold Cup which was a handicap then. 'We went on to win the Galway Plate that year in '78 (with Shining Flame). 'We had many great days with the likes of Bit Of A Skite, Mucklemeg and Time For A Run. 'Edward was always very good to his staff and very kind to everybody. 'When Edward fancied a horse you didn't need to have money, all you needed to have was credit because they nearly always delivered. His record was second to none at that time. 'He was a great judge of a horse and he will be missed.' Elsewhere, Constitution River confirmed the promise of his debut run to land the Eventus Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden with real authority. Contrary To Law attempted to keep tabs on Aidan O'Brien's runner up front, but he was shrugged off with some ease, as were the rest, as the imposing Wootton Bassett colt powered to a three-and-three-quarter-length triumph under Wayne Lordan, as odds of 1-5 suggested he would. A €400,000 purchase as a yearling, the winner – who is out of a sister to the top-class racemare Wonderful Tonight – just missed out to the Charlie Appleby-trained Distant Storm at the Newmarket July meeting, when the pair were nicely clear of the third. O'Brien's representative Chris Armstrong said: 'He had a very good run in a nice maiden in Newmarket and with normal improvement coming here you'd think he'd put up a good display. 'He was very green and Wayne said he was looking at the camera on his inside, but he went to the line with plenty still left in him. The experience around here will do him the world of good. 'He's a colt with a touch of class and is one to look forward to going into the second half of the season. I suppose he puts himself into the Futurity mix with the rest of them and the lads will divide them up and see where they go.'
North Wales Chronicle
a day ago
- Sport
- North Wales Chronicle
Davy Crockett collects on hurdling bow at Galway
The Willie Mullins-trained four-year-old is a son of dual Derby hero Camelot out of Champion Hurdle-winning mare Annie Power, making him a half-brother to dual Grade One victor Mystical Power, who landed this Galway Festival curtain-raiser two years ago. Easy winner of a Punchestown bumper on his debut in early June, the 1-2 favourite to make a successful transition to the jumping game raised brief concerns for his supporters two out, but knuckled down well for Mark Walsh in the straight to beat Mick Collins by two and a half lengths. Mullins said: 'I was very happy with how efficient his jumping was except, for the mistake at the second-last. For a horse having his first run over hurdles and just the second run of his career, I was very pleased with him. 'We'll just keep going down the novice hurdle route and hopefully he might make into a Royal Bond horse. He could go to Listowel before then.' Mullins also paid tribute to training great Edward O'Grady, who died on Sunday at the age of 75. He added: 'Edward was someone that back in the day we looked up to. He was the foremost trainer going to Cheltenham – when no one (from Ireland) was having runners or winners in Cheltenham, he was having one or two of them every year. 'People forget how difficult it was for Irish trainers to bring horses across and win and Edward had fantastic horses. He had a great Galway connection of course with Golden Cygnet, owned by Ray Rooney who was chairman here in Galway. 'He'll be sorely missed in Irish racing.' Davy Crockett is owned by JP McManus, who also paid tribute to O'Grady, with whom he had a long association. McManus said: 'No doubt he was an amazing trainer. I went to him in '78. 'I remember Jack Of Trumps won in Punchestown as a five-year-old carrying 12st in the Jameson Gold Cup which was a handicap then. 'We went on to win the Galway Plate that year in '78 (with Shining Flame). 'We had many great days with the likes of Bit Of A Skite, Mucklemeg and Time For A Run. 'Edward was always very good to his staff and very kind to everybody. 'When Edward fancied a horse you didn't need to have money, all you needed to have was credit because they nearly always delivered. His record was second to none at that time. 'He was a great judge of a horse and he will be missed.' Elsewhere, Constitution River confirmed the promise of his debut run to land the Eventus Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden with real authority. Contrary To Law attempted to keep tabs on Aidan O'Brien's runner up front, but he was shrugged off with some ease, as were the rest, as the imposing Wootton Bassett colt powered to a three-and-three-quarter-length triumph under Wayne Lordan, as odds of 1-5 suggested he would. A €400,000 purchase as a yearling, the winner – who is out of a sister to the top-class racemare Wonderful Tonight – just missed out to the Charlie Appleby-trained Distant Storm at the Newmarket July meeting, when the pair were nicely clear of the third. O'Brien's representative Chris Armstrong said: 'He had a very good run in a nice maiden in Newmarket and with normal improvement coming here you'd think he'd put up a good display. 'He was very green and Wayne said he was looking at the camera on his inside, but he went to the line with plenty still left in him. The experience around here will do him the world of good. 'He's a colt with a touch of class and is one to look forward to going into the second half of the season. I suppose he puts himself into the Futurity mix with the rest of them and the lads will divide them up and see where they go.'
South Wales Guardian
a day ago
- Sport
- South Wales Guardian
Davy Crockett collects on hurdling bow at Galway
The Willie Mullins-trained four-year-old is a son of dual Derby hero Camelot out of Champion Hurdle-winning mare Annie Power, making him a half-brother to dual Grade One victor Mystical Power, who landed this Galway Festival curtain-raiser two years ago. Easy winner of a Punchestown bumper on his debut in early June, the 1-2 favourite to make a successful transition to the jumping game raised brief concerns for his supporters two out, but knuckled down well for Mark Walsh in the straight to beat Mick Collins by two and a half lengths. Mullins said: 'I was very happy with how efficient his jumping was except, for the mistake at the second-last. For a horse having his first run over hurdles and just the second run of his career, I was very pleased with him. 'We'll just keep going down the novice hurdle route and hopefully he might make into a Royal Bond horse. He could go to Listowel before then.' Mullins also paid tribute to training great Edward O'Grady, who died on Sunday at the age of 75. He added: 'Edward was someone that back in the day we looked up to. He was the foremost trainer going to Cheltenham – when no one (from Ireland) was having runners or winners in Cheltenham, he was having one or two of them every year. 'People forget how difficult it was for Irish trainers to bring horses across and win and Edward had fantastic horses. He had a great Galway connection of course with Golden Cygnet, owned by Ray Rooney who was chairman here in Galway. 'He'll be sorely missed in Irish racing.' Davy Crockett is owned by JP McManus, who also paid tribute to O'Grady, with whom he had a long association. McManus said: 'No doubt he was an amazing trainer. I went to him in '78. 'I remember Jack Of Trumps won in Punchestown as a five-year-old carrying 12st in the Jameson Gold Cup which was a handicap then. 'We went on to win the Galway Plate that year in '78 (with Shining Flame). 'We had many great days with the likes of Bit Of A Skite, Mucklemeg and Time For A Run. 'Edward was always very good to his staff and very kind to everybody. 'When Edward fancied a horse you didn't need to have money, all you needed to have was credit because they nearly always delivered. His record was second to none at that time. 'He was a great judge of a horse and he will be missed.' Elsewhere, Constitution River confirmed the promise of his debut run to land the Eventus Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden with real authority. Contrary To Law attempted to keep tabs on Aidan O'Brien's runner up front, but he was shrugged off with some ease, as were the rest, as the imposing Wootton Bassett colt powered to a three-and-three-quarter-length triumph under Wayne Lordan, as odds of 1-5 suggested he would. A €400,000 purchase as a yearling, the winner – who is out of a sister to the top-class racemare Wonderful Tonight – just missed out to the Charlie Appleby-trained Distant Storm at the Newmarket July meeting, when the pair were nicely clear of the third. O'Brien's representative Chris Armstrong said: 'He had a very good run in a nice maiden in Newmarket and with normal improvement coming here you'd think he'd put up a good display. 'He was very green and Wayne said he was looking at the camera on his inside, but he went to the line with plenty still left in him. The experience around here will do him the world of good. 'He's a colt with a touch of class and is one to look forward to going into the second half of the season. I suppose he puts himself into the Futurity mix with the rest of them and the lads will divide them up and see where they go.'
