One of King Charles’ closest friends, Ian Farquhar, passed away after a period of declining health in the cottage he rented on the monarch’s Highgrove Estate. He was well known for his wicked sense of humor and as one of the best huntsmen in Britain.
Highly esteemed and respected within the hunting communities of Britain and the United States, Farquhar was also a well-regarded and sociable equerry to The Queen Mother during his time as a young Army officer.
At the time of his passing, he was 78 years of age.
The friendship between Farquhar and King Charles translated into a friendship between their children following their brief romance. Back in 2000, while Prince William was on a school break, he and Farquhar’s daughter, Rose, spent some lovely time together in the beautiful Gloucestershire countryside, creating cherished memories. She’s described as the Prince’s “first love.” William attended her wedding to George Gemmell in 2022.
Queen Camilla’s first husband, Andrew Parker Bowles, told Richard Eden of the Daily Mail that the famous huntsman’s passing was ‘very sad’ and that his health had been declining in recent months. Bowles described his friend as “wild as a hawk in his youth, but always great fun.”
He added that Farquhar, who never took himself too seriously, would be “judged by history as one of the great Master of Hounds.”
Farquhar’s primary distinction as a huntsman was his role as Master of the Beaufort Hunt, a renowned hunt that is the oldest and largest in the West Country.
The Beaufort Hunt paid tribute to Farquhar on their Instagram page by posting a carousel showing the great huntsman at different stages of life, along with the caption, “It is with broken hearts we send our love and condolences to the family and friends of our own Captain Ian Farquhar, who so brilliantly piloted us for 34 years and passed away peacefully this week.”
The post continued: “‘Captain’ as he was known by many was loved and cherished by the entire hunting community, as someone who was supportive, kind and always there with excellent forward thinking advice for anyone who asked him.
“He had a wicked sense of humor and anyone who was lucky enough to be in his company and listen to tales of his extremely varied and adventurous life both in the army and the hunting world will hold onto those memories forever.”
May he rest in peace.
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Following his cancer diagnosis, King Charles has taken some time to commit to the treatments which meant he was absent for some time and his schedule was cleared of any royal engagements. During that time, it was his wife, Queen Camilla who stepped up big way fulfilled a number of significant royal duties. What’s most, she became the temporary lynchpin of the Royal Family.
It is certain that it took Camilla years to get to be loved by the public, especially following the scrutiny she faced after Princess Diana’s tragic death. Today, however, Camilla is a much-loved member of the British royalty.
Speaking of her role amid King Charles’ battle with cancer, royal expert Angela Levin referred to Camilla as to the one “holding the royal family” together.
ARMAGH, NORTHERN IRELAND – MAY 25: Queen Camilla visits Armagh Robinson Library on May 25, 2023 in Armagh, Northern Ireland. King Charles III and Queen Camilla are visiting Northern Ireland for the first time since their Coronation. (Photo by Tim Rooke – Pool /Getty Images)
“I mean, to wait till you’re 73 is a long time before you can take the crown. I think obviously, at his age, it’s very difficult, but he’s very determined, and he’s only really just started to be king,” Levin said during an appearance on GB News.
“Supporting him very much, absolutely by his side, is Queen Camilla, who is going to all the engagements that they would have gone to together on her own.”
“And so that way he will feel it’s still moving, it’s still running, and they can discuss it and talk about it. And I think that’s marvelous. I mean, she is holding the Royal Family up and being strong. If you imagine 30 years ago, people were saying the whole Royal Family would absolutely disintegrate, and she would be of no use.”
Besides not being fan of being in the spotlight, Camilla did her best to fulfill the royal engagements she was assigned, being perceived as “accessible” to the public along the way.
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Royal expert and former correspondent Charles Rae was among those who praised Camilla for her work, saying she is “one of the best things to happen to the Royal Family” in a “good number of years.”
“There’s no question about it, she stepped into the breach. She’s got everything on her shoulders with what’s going on, and she’s taking on even more work,” Rae told GB News.
“Everywhere she goes, she has got a cheery smile on and a happy face. She says the right things. She has proved to be a remarkable asset to the Royal Family, given the allegations that at one time she had bread rolls thrown at her in a supermarket car park.”
The expert concluded: “I remember her when she was the most hated woman in Britain. I’ve met her several times and she’s charming, she’s witty, she’s really nice to chat to, and certainly when she’s chatting to people, she has done her homework as to who she’s chatting to.”
On Wednesday, Camilla accompanied her husband and Prince William to the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Portsmouth in which a number of WWII veterans got to speak of the war. Among them was Navy veteran Eric Bateman, who served in HMS Erebus off Utah Beach.
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During his speech, the Queen was spotted with tears in her eyes. Her emotional response wasn’t something people expected since royals do not usually express extreme emotions while on duty.
In the speech that touched Camilla to the core, Bateman said, among the rest, “I’m lucky to be here 80 years later with two of my great-grandchildren. So many men and women, including my dear friend Fred, joined up with me but unfortunately never made it. I’m proud to be here today to all of them and to make sure they will always be remembered.”
His great-granddaughters also spoke, saying: “Without them, we wouldn’t have the freedoms we enjoy today. We will never forget. Thank you.”
King Charles also gave speech during the event.
“The stories of courage, resilience and solidarity which we have heard today, and throughout our lives, cannot fail to move us, to inspire us, and to remind us of what we owe to that great wartime generation – now, tragically, dwindling to so few,” he said.
“It is our privilege to hear their testimony, but our role is not purely passive: it is our duty to ensure that we, and future generations, do not forget their service and their sacrifice in replacing tyranny with freedom.”
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Camilla wore pink outfit, which some found strange because royals usually wear black during remembrance events. Some, however, believe that her choice of color is a tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth who wore light colors.
A day after the event, the King and Queen went to France where they met with the French president Emanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron. They attended a commemorative event at the British Normandy Memorial.
What caught the attention of many was the first lady of France breaking royal protocol when she reached for Camilla’s arm. Camilla then moved away, not wanting to hold hands. Her reaction, however, caused a stir and divided people’s opinions.
“Move into the 21st century for god’s sake!” one user posted on X.
“The first lady of France is not bound by British royal protocol, just as Americans aren’t,” a second person stated. “She reached for Camilla’s hand at a meaningful ceremonial moment.”
A third person added, “Camilla should have held her hand warmly, and taken the opportunity to bring the Royal family into the 21st century,” while a fourth noted, “Brigitte Macron was reaching out as the wife of the French Head of State, in a gesture of solidarity between France and Britain.”
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Royal experts also gave their opinion regarding Camilla’s gesture with political commentator Emma Woolf stating that the queen’s move was “unworthy,” demanding that the royal protocol be more flexible.
“I like Camilla, but I thought this was unworthy of her,” she told royal expert and host Mark Dolan during an appearance on GB News. “It costs nothing to return a little hand squeeze. She has only been Queen for a year or so.
“There is nothing wrong with taking someone’s hand. If you take a look at the Princess of Wales or even Meghan Markle out and about, they are hugging, they are interacting with the public. I think this royal protocol nonsense is rubbish. Brigitte Macron is not a ‘commoner’. She is the wife of the French President. I thought it was really unnecessary.”
Dolan disagreed with Woolf and said the queen was simply following royal protocol.
“There is one person who will be looking down on what she did there with such joy and pride,” Dolan said on GB News. “And that is Queen Elizabeth II. If the late Queen was there, she would have said, ‘well done, Camilla’.”
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With the few exceptions of celebs who have stayed together for years and are still going strong, most Hollywood marriages end up in divorce eventually and the public is always eager to learn more when to A-list starts separate.
Most recently, the media has been obsessed with the relationship between Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, who tied the knot in July 2022 following a second engagement.
Amid the rumors of their split, photos of Affleck and his ex, Jennifer Garner, have gone viral, heating the speculations even further.
These outings between the Argo star and his former spouse – the two have been spotted together in Santa Monica most recently – have made some of Lopez’s fans mad so they were quick to share their opinion on the social media.
Expressing their sympathy for Lopez, one person wrote, “Garner is a dangerous, obsessed woman, using kids to control a weak man, one with addiction and depression issues.”
Another added they were happy because Affleck and Garner split because him being unhappy with her was the reason for his alcohol addiction.
Of course, there were also those who believed the exes made a great couple back in the day. “Ben and Garner are the real ‘Bennifer.’ They belong together with their kids but Ben is a fool.”
The truth is that Affleck and Garner remained friends who co-parent nicely. Before, they were spotted hugging one another. The two were dressed in casual outfits. Affleck wore blue jeans, a gray long-sleeved top, and white Air-Jordan Nikes, while Garner had gray slacks, a long-sleeved black top, and sunglasses.
In fact, Garner and Lopez seem to be getting along as well, with a person close to them describing their relationship as “very cordial and very healthy and functioning.”
Garner, who is in a new relationship following her divorce from Affleck, is happy with her new family dynamics, a person close to her said. “A great space and feels good about where things currently stand with her new family dynamics.” The source added: “[Affleck and Garner] have open communication and both are working to make this transition the best it could possibly be.”
While many believe that Affleck’s personal life is falling apart, he’s doing great in terms of work. In August, the film he co-produces and stars in, The Instigators, will be released.
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Dustin Hoffman, the Rain Man star, has undergone a battle with cancer back in 2013 and ended up a winner. However, despite this fact, he never really spoke of his journey to being healthy again.
At the time, a spokeswoman for the then-75-year-old actor-director confirmed that Hoffman is “feeling great and in good health” after undergoing cancer treatment. Publicist Jodi Gottlieb shaed with the site that Hoffman’s cancer was detected early and “surgically cured.”
It was in 1967 that Hoffman had his breakthrough role in the romantic comedy The Graduate, which earned him his first Academy Award nomination. He was 30 at the time, and the rest is history. Over the years, he has landed a huge number of roles that placed him high on the list of best male actors there are.
Among the movies he played in are All the President’s Men (1976) and 1979’s Kramer vs. Kramer.
The film Tootsie, in which he played a man who dressed as a woman in order to land a role in a soap opera, was among those that left a long-lasting impression on the actor himself.
“If I was going to be a woman, I would want to be as beautiful as possible, and they said to me, ‘That’s as good as it gets.’ Uh, that’s as beautiful as we can get you,” Hoffman recalled in an interview with ABC News. When he heard that he wasn’t dubbed very pretty, the now 86-year-old actor had an epiphany that forever changed how he treats women.
“I went home and started crying,” Hoffman recalled. “I think I’m an interesting woman, when I look at myself on-screen, and I know that if I met myself at a party I would never talk to that character because she doesn’t fulfill, physically, the demands that we’re brought up to think women have to have in order for us to ask them out.”
Reaching the second highest grossing film of that year, Hoffman said that although it made many laugh, Tootsie was never a comedy for him.
In 1988, Hoffman won his second Oscar, for Rain Main – he earned his first for Kramer vs. Kramer – and went on to receive six Golden Globes and one Primetime Emmy.
His career was at his peak and he was in demand, but then, in 2013, he somehow fell quiet.
Many of his fans wondered where and why he was hiding, but it wasn’t until a few months following his directorial debut of the British comedy Quartet (2012), and shortly after finishing production on Chef (2014) in which he co-starred with Jon Favreau and Sofia Vergara, that a representative shared the reason of his reclusive behavior.
He battled cancer and he kept that battle private, his publicist shared with People.
“It was detected early, and he has been surgically cured,” Gottlieb said. “Dustin is feeling great and is in good health.” It has been suggested that he had throat cancer.
It’s been almost 11 years since he was cured, and despite the health difficulties he had experienced, Hoffman never slowed down. Since his cancer diagnosis was revealed, he starred in a number of movies, including Sam and Kate in 2022 and the 2024 sci-fi drama Megalopolis. He has also loaned his voice to Master Shifu in two more installments of the Kung Fu Panda franchise (2008 to 2024).
Recently, he and his wife were spotted on the streets of London and looked as in love as ever. “The Hollywood legend looked years younger than 86 as he smiled and waved at the cameras. He was tanned and carefree as he strolled through the city and ducked into boutiques with his wife of 43 years, wrote Hello!”
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Recently, Oprah Winfrey’s spokesperson announced on Instagram that she would be appearing on CBS Mornings to announce her newest book club pick. Unfortunately, over the weekend, the popular host became ill with a stomach virus. Gayle King stepped in to explain why Winfrey was absent.
“Ms. Winfrey is recovering following a stomach virus and received an IV due to dehydration at the recommendation of her doctor,” a representative for Winfrey told CNN in a statement on Tuesday. “She is resting and feeling better every day.”
In a video call posted on Gayle King’s Instagram page, Winfrey told her best friend and journalist that she “couldn’t keep enough water down to keep her hydrated,” which led her to seek hospital treatment.
King told viewers that Winfrey will ultimately “be OK” following the health setback.
“[I hope] she’s not mad at me for sharing that detail,” she added.
In a joint interview for the New York Times in January, Winfrey and King enthusiastically praised each other and discussed the reasons behind their strong friendship.
“She is a blunt truth-teller. Even if you don’t want to hear it,” King said of Winfrey at the time. “[We] enjoy each other very, very much.”
Back in January, Winfrey showed that despite being 70 she’s very physically active.
The video she posted on Instagram showed the media mogul running on the beach together with her pup and another woman. In the caption, she prized health as the best gift and thanked people who sent her birthday wishes.
Many were amazed by Winfrey’s physical strength at her age and were quick to comment under the video.
She also wrote an article reflecting on turning 70 a day before her birthday, which was published on Oprah Daily.
“As I turn 70, I know how blessed I am to be here. Honestly, getting older when you have the means to take care of yourself is a gift to be treasured […] to reach this major milestone feels like grace in action.”
Winfrey chose a more laid-back celebration instead of an extravagant one, citing advice from a friend. Despite receiving numerous lavish suggestions for how to celebrate, she decided to keep it simple.
“I […] finally did what one friend, Wintley, recommended. He said, ‘You’re too blessed to stress. Savor the fragrances of your extraordinary life.'”
In another part of her article she said she strives to begin each day with joy, recognizing the blessing of being alive and the opportunity to embark on new endeavors. “At my age, you recognize the poignancy of time passing.”
She perceives aging as a gift, “And you know, people say that you’re never as young as you are right now at this moment. And while that may be true, I’m okay with that because aging brings great gifts—like being able to do more things that you want to do rather than what you have to do.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have settled down nicely in Sunny California. They don’t seem to miss their former lives as working royals much since they are now free to act as they wish without asking for permission or follow protocols and traditions.
Not only they landed multi-million dollars deals with several companies, among which Netflix, but they also have friends they spend quality time with. Overall, their life in the States blossomed, and Harry has always felt welcomed there, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that everyone is happy with him living in America. One of those people who would like to see Harry leave the States is no other than former president Donald Trump.
Last year, The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in the U.S., sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for accessing Prince Harry’s immigration records. When applying for certain U.S. visas, applicants must disclose any history of drug use, which can lead to their application being denied.
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In his memoir Spare, Harry admitted to using various drugs and psychedelics, including cocaine, marijuana, and magic mushrooms. However, it is unclear if he disclosed this on his visa application. In March, Donald Trump suggested that Harry could be deported from the U.S. if he lied about his past drug use on the visa application.
“We’ll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied they’ll have to take appropriate action,” Trump told GB News in March.
Later, Trump said that in case he wins the 2024 elections, he wouldn’t protect the prince.
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“I wouldn’t protect him. He betrayed the Queen. That’s unforgivable. He would be on his own if it was down to me,” Trump told the Express, adding that according to him the Royal Family was “too gracious” to the Duke after “what he has done.”
Back in 2019, Donald Trump visited the UK, and as part of the trip, he met with the various senior members of the British Royal Family, including then-Prince Charles – the two apparently spoke on climate change – and, of course, the late Queen Elizabeth II.
At around the same time, there were some tensions that involved Meghan Markle.
Namely, during an appearance on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, Markle spoke of Trump, who was running for a president at the time, as of “misogynistic” and “divisive.” What’s most, she shared she would give her vote to his opponent, Hillary Clinton.
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Fast forward to Donald’s UK visit, Meghan had just given birth to Archie and was on maternity leave, so she didn’t appear during the state visit. Other reports suggested that she and Trump were intentionally kept apart to avoid an embarrassing clash, especially due to comments the then-president made before arriving in the UK.
Speaking with The Sun at the Oval Office, Trump said he had never heard Meghan’s words about him.
“I didn’t know that. What can I say? I didn’t know that she was nasty,” he told the magazine.
Of course, neither Meghan nor Harry were happy with Trump calling her nasty. Later on, Harry was actually scheduled to attend a lunch at which Trump was also supposed to be present. As the Duke was expected to remain politically neutral, he was supposed to “toe the line” around the US President.
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“The Royal Family will be professional and duty-bound. But Prince Harry will be going to a private lunch with the Queen on Monday with Donald Trump and the First Lady, how incredibly awkward this is going to be for Prince Harry. He will lay on his very best charm because that is what he has been raised to do; that is what he is required to do,” royal expert Victoria Arbiter told the Express at the time.
She added: “So I think yes [the royal family] are all sort of aware of Donald Trump and how he has put his foot in it on numerous occasions. But Harry is there to support his grandmother, he will also be there to say thank you to Melania Trump because she did lead the US team to Toronto in 2017 for the Invictus Games.”
Harry and Melania met back in 2017 but it wasn’t a meeting that attracted the public’s attention. One detail on the photo the two took together, however, did make a hot topic.
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Harry, who was still a working royal at the time, spent around 30 minutes with Melania before attending the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games in Toronto.
The detail which made many scratch their heads was Harry’s position of his hand. The Duke held his hand half-tucked into his jacket, with the pinky and index fingers sticking out, which many interpreted as the devil horns.This symbol can be traced back to the Middle Ages to ward off evil spirits.
However, besides what people said, body language experts have other explanations.
According to body language Patti Wood, the public misunderstood Harry’s gesture. “This is called the horn or the devil’s horn, and what people are saying in the media about it is not correct,” Wood told Huffington Post. “It is not a sign that he’s the devil, but rather a warning off of evil spirits. It’s a protective gesture against evil or darkness and illness.”
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Wood noted that placing one hand on the stomach can be interpreted as a self-comforting gesture and explained that several world leaders have exhibited this same gesture when photographed with Donald Trump.
“I’ve seen world leaders in photo shoots with Trump and I see a lot of what are called self-comfort cues. This would be considered one of those. It looks like the devil’s horn but it is also hand to belly,” Wood concluded.
“At the very least it would be a comfort cue, and show a lot of tension and a need to protect his central core.”
Joe Navarro, another body language expert, said the position of Harry’s hand had nothing to do with the devil. “Had the photographers loitered too long? Is there something else going on?” Navarro said.
TORONTO, ON – SEPTEMBER 23: Prince Harry poses with U.S. first lady Melania Trump for the first time as she leads the USA team delegation ahead of the Invictus Games 2017 on September 23, 2017 in Toronto, Canada (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation )
“I have to wonder, was he going to unbutton his jacket and then changed his mind? Was he in prep for sitting and then they asked him to stand again to do more photos? To me, you can’t draw too many inferences from the photo. I wouldn’t personally read too much into that.
“There was some psychological discomfort. The look of his face, the look of his hand is very unusual, except for the fact that he and his brother have a tendency to cover their belly which is a self-soothing behavior to deal with a bit of tension.”
From body language expert Tonya Reiman’s point of view, the prince was simply getting comfortable.
“For me, this was more of a comfort gesture,” she said. “Covering your stomach makes you feel more relaxed, more comfortable. When he heard the cameras going off, he was just getting comfortable.”
What do you think of Harry’s gesture? Do you believe it has a hidden meaning?
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When Hank met Maya it was like his life finally felt complete. He was infatuated by her, and that infatuation turned into love. Feeling like she was his soulmate, he proposed to her and she said yes.
Their relationship seemed perfect. The two spent plenty of time preparing for their wedding, but when the big day finally arrived, Maya walked down the aisle and instead of embracing Hank she threw her bouquet at him and ran away from the church. He soon learned that her ex-boyfriend was waiting for her outside.
Left at the alter, he felt devastated and as though his world collapsed.
However, he never lost hope that love would find the way to his life and heart again, and he was right.
After some time, Hank met a new woman, Susan. The two fell in love and soon married.
Life felt perfect again. They got married and welcomed two beautiful children together.
Hank was very honest with Susan and told her everything about his past and how his ex left him on the day of their wedding. Susan did feel sorry for the pain he had gone through, but she was glad he didn’t marry Maya.
Years passed by, and Hank didn’t even think of Maya until one day Susan started calling his name asking him to come to the living room. Susan was watching a reality show when she heard the woman on TV, whose name was Maya, share a familiar story.
It was indeed Maya. She was part of some reality TV show where she spoke how she left her fiance at the altar and ran away with her ex. It could be seen from the way she spoke that she was proud of what she did. She didn’t feel even a tiny bit of remorse for her action.
“I can’t believe she’s still bragging about it,” Susan said, shaking her head. But Hank didn’t mind Maya’s words. He turned to Susan and said, “Let her have her moment of fame. We have something much better – a real, loving marriage.”
Maya broke Hank’s heart in the past, but that led to something beautiful, him meeting Susan and building the perfect life with her. His love for Susan was strong and genuine and she gave him everything Maya could never offer.
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Joanne Webber, 26 at the time, had been working with orcas for five years when an incident that left her with a broken neck took place in 1987. While she was in the tank, the 6,000-pound mammal landed on top of her, pushing her to the bottom of the pool.
The orca in question, Kandu V, had been involved in several incidents prior to the one Webber was hurt in.
John Hargrove, a former SeaWorld trainer who appeared in the 2013 documentary Blackfish, told The Sun Online that although he wasn’t working at the park at the time, he heard about the incident afterwards and said Webber was left in “excruciating pain.”
He added that the trainer was heard yelling, “I think my neck is broken” as she made several attempts to escape out of the pool and save herself.
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According to The Los Angeles Times, during the practice session Kandu V leapt into the air before landing on Webber with its full force, “fracturing her neck and thrusting her underwater to the bottom of a 40-foot-deep pool.”
Later, Webber sued SeaWorld in a case that was settled out of court for a sum unknown.
Ever since this incident, SeaWorld forbade trainers from swimming with the massive mammals. The park also added at the time that their orcas are not aggressive and receive world-class care by a number of specialist who practice “positive reinforcement.”
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As per Webber’s lawsuit filed at San Diego Superior Court in June 1988, she was told the mammals were “gentle” and “safe” thus she made the decision to be inside the pool with them. The suit further claimed that staff members worsened her condition because they delayed her medical treatment by urging her to remove her wetsuit at the park so it wouldn’t be damaged by medical personnel.
Webber alleged park workers “well knew that killer whales had a dangerous propensity for attacking, ramming, dragging and smashing persons located in the pool,” but didn’t tell her. She claimed Kandu V often exhibited “extreme characteristics of aggression when frustrated. She does occasionally bite and aggressively rake other whales.”
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This wasn’t the first reported cases of the same mammal attacking a person. Months prior, former SeaWorld trainer Jonathan Smith was also attacked by Kandu V, but this time another orca, Kenau, joined in. In the three minutes that the attack lasted, Smith suffered serious injuries, including bruised kidneys and ribs as well as a cut on his liver. He spent nine days at the hospital. Just like in Webber’s case, Smith’s lawsuit was settled out of court.
BREAKING: Orcas ATTACKED their tankmate at SeaWorld!
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Despite the two attacks, Kandu V continued performing for SeaWorld until her life ended in a horrific manner on August 21, 1989.
While Kandu V’s daughter Orkid performed a show with another female orca, Orkid, Kandu V, which was in a side back pool, started ramming into Orkid at full speed with her mouth open. At that moment, she broke her jaw, severing a major artery in her nasal passages.
To the shock of the visitors, Kandu V started spouting blood out of her blowhole and died.
According to SeaWorld, Kandu V fought for dominance and her behavior wasn’t out of the ordinary. “It’s common behavior. For the survival of any species, the stronger animal has to rule,” vet Jim McBain told the LA Times at the time. “The death was an unexpected shock, but the altercation was not a rare event at all. It was normal behavior.”
In 2016, SeaWorld promised to stop breeding orcas in captivity.
The story of the incident involving Webber emerged recently after two orcas attacked each other while performing.
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