Queen Elizabeth’s passing united her grandsons, Prince William and Prince Harry, in grief.
Their relationship has been a tumultuous one over the past couple of years following Harry’s decision to step down from his royal duties together with his wife Meghan Markle.
Harry claimed that he was trying to defend Meghan from the pressure media and the paparazzi imposed on her, thus trying to prevent his mother’s history with the press to be repeated. He believes it was the media that pushed late Princess Diana into her death as she was forced to live under their watchful eye.
Ever since leaving Britain, Harry and Meghan accused The Firm of a bunch of things, including racism, as they claimed a senior royal questioned the skin of then unborn Archie. Further, Harry claimed that his brother and father have been trapped inside the system, just the way he used to be.
This made Prince William and King Charles angry, with the latter accusing Harry of dragging the family’s name in the mud.
Following the passing of Prince Philip, many were convinced that the brothers would reconciliate, but sadly, that didn’t happen. This time, however, they seem to be on a way to smooth things down between them.
The two stood shoulder to shoulder several times as they marched in processions behind their grandmother’s coffin. Both Meghan and Kate wore black dresses, and the Prince and Princess of Wales invited the Sussexes to look at the tributes and flowers left outside Windsor Castle with them. The four greeted the crowds together and spoke to some of the well-wishers.
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However, what caught the attention of many was the gesture William made as Kate and her children were about to take their seats in St. George’s Chapel for the committal service. As Kate was about to go in first to the pew, William asked her to wait and let Harry and Meghan go through first.
We truly hope William and Harry would be able to rebuild their relationship.
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Not only members of the military, but firefighters too put their lives on the line for the safety of the general public.
It does take lots of physical strength and courage to be doing such a demanding job, and that is the reason why not everyone can be a first responder.
Firefighters are real-life heroes who stand between total destruction and minor burn marks, grabbing the hoses as tight as they can, aware that the safety of either individuals or even the entire country depends on them. But what happens after they finish with the fight for the day is truly heartbreaking.
A firefighter named Pedro Bras and his crew had been fighting against a massive blaze in Portugal in 2017, one that had already killed 64 people. The flames started spreading with incredible speed and the firefighters were not only battling the fire, but they were fighting time as well.
After hours and hours of hard work, these real-life heroes needed to gather their strength, so they took some rest. Bras snapped a photo of the fellow firefighters taking a nap and lying on their coats.
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This is all the break the restless firefighters get when they leave the battleground before duty calls again.
These heroes are taking the much-needed nap with their uniforms on, and their helmets next to them just in case they need to get back and continue their heroic work while completely covered in soot.
Looking at the photo, we better understand the sacrifice all the firefighters make in order for ordinary people to be saved and their homes to be kept untouched by the burning flames.
Once the photo was shared on the social media, it went viral and received a huge number of comments from people who dubbed these people ‘heroes.’
“Portugal’s firefighters resting, this just broke my heart,” one person wrote.
“These real-life superheroes are risking their lives as we speak…90% of Portugal’s ‘bombeiros’ are volunteers,” another added.
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A mother from Ohio experienced the worst heartbreak a parent can ever go through after she found her son unresponsive in his bed when she went to his room to wake him up one morning.
Shayne Edwards Jr. was described by many as a loving young man who brought so much joy in the lives of everyone who has ever met him. He loved school and enjoyed being around friends. He was a high school student at Elyria High School and adored his classmates and his teachers.
Kristin Marie, Shayne’s mom, spoke of her son as of a vibrant boy whose company made everyone’s life a bit better. There was never a dull day around this boy with infectious smile.
Shayne was a freshman, and he was looking forward to high school, but then a tragedy struck and his life was cut short in a manner no one could have ever imagined.
In the early morning of September 12, 2022, Kristin went to Shayne’s room to wake him up, expected to be greeted with a smile, like always. Instead, she noticed her son was irresponsive and she could never guess what was going on.
In a state of shock and disbelief, the devastated mother called 911.
Medics stated that the boy was dead and police officers said the boy was killed while sound asleep by a drive-by bullet.
Police Chief William Pelkom at the Elyria Police Department revealed that there was evidence of gunshots toward the late teenager’s home. He said there were at least five people in the house at the time of the shooting, and it couldn’t be determined if the youngster was the intended target.
The news of Shayne’s passing affected the entire community. It was hard to understand that a young life was taken in such horrific manner.
“[Shayne] loved his family unconditionally. And it’s unfortunate that this happened, especially around our neighborhood. You know, we see it, sometimes [from] far away, and it doesn’t hit [us] as hard,” a friend of the family who wanted to stay anonymous said.
Marie, who is grief-stricken and has a hard time accepting the fact that her son is gone penned an emotional post on social media, where she explained that her heart is broken.
“When I wake up tomorrow, my son will only be here in the Spirit. No more hearing his laugh. No more feeling his hugs. No more ‘I love you mom,'” this devastated mother wrote.
Friends of the family started a GoFundMe page to help them with the funeral expenses. So far, around $12,000 have been raised.
“It saddens me to have to write this post, because it’s something you never imagine having to do. Our families are so appreciative of the support and outreach we have received,” a Facebook post by Shayne’s uncle David Alen Axford read.
Elyria Mayor Frank Whitfield held a press conference where he offered heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.
“This is not normal, and I think it’s important that we don’t treat is at such. This is a 14-year-old boy who was shot and killed. This is not normal, and like many of you, I’m not only grieving, but I’m angry,” Mayor Whitfield said.
The police are hoping they would be able to track down the person who fired the shot which killed this young man.
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Speaking of TV series we never get tired of even years after they first aired, Sex and the City is one of the first which comes to mind. The series followed the life of four friends from New York and presented a totally new outlook on single women in society.
Carrie Bradshaw, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, is the main heroine and the heart and the soul of the classic series. Her columns served as a guide to finding love and embracing the single life and the true friendship for many women who got hooked on each of the episodes. The fashion styles it imposed on many New Yorkers and women from all over the world is a different story. All in all, Sex and the City touched many lives and changed many perspectives.
Sarah Jessica Parker became a fashion icon. Not only for her incredible outfits, but her infatuation for great shoes too.
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Even as a young child, Parker somehow knew she would do great things in Hollywood. Her childhood was a rough one. Her parents divorced and her mother, Barbara, remarried truck driver Paul Forste who was off-work most of the time so her mother had to provide for the family.
“The problem with talking about it is that people like to put a Dickensian twist on it as if I were an orphan,” Parker told the DailyMail. “There were times when we didn’t have electricity because we didn’t pay the bill on time – we simply didn’t have the money that month – and sometimes we relied on the government for free lunches.
“But my parents were very clever and industrious; culturally, our lives were very rich, even though, in practical ways, things were kind of a mess.”
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At the age of 8, Parker asked her mom to take her to audition for a role in The Little Match Girl. As she attended ballet lessons at the time and possessed an inner talent for acting, Parker got a role. She was paid $500 and she soon became the primary breadwinner for her family.
At the age of 14, in 1979, Parker starred as the orphan in Anne, which marked her Broadway breakthrough. It was in 1982 that Parker turned to television when she landed a role in Square Pegs. Among the rest, she played in Honeymoon in Vegas alongside Nicolas Cage, and Ed Wood.
What followed was the iconic role of Carrie Bradshaw, the woman millions fell for.
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“‘Darren Star reached out to me,’” she recalled her agent telling her. “‘He’s written this pilot [“Sex and the City”] and tells me he wrote it with you in mind — you were in his head when he was writing it. I’m going to send it to you. I’ve read it. I think it’s really good. You should meet with him.’”
“I said, ‘Really? I feel like I’ve got it all right now, I can do a play, then do a movie, then do a play, then do a movie,” she added. “There’s a lot of flexibility. What could be better? Do I really want to go back to making a television series when I’m maybe held hostage signing a long-term contract?’”
“I met with Darren, and there were a couple of concerns that I had — like I really wasn’t keen on doing nudity and language issues — but [agent] Kevin continued to say to me, “This is different. You have never done anything like this before. No one’s ever done a part like this. Do this.”
Honestly, we can’t imagine anyone else playing Bradshaw. The role fitted Parker perfectly.
Becoming a celebrated style icon because of the series, Parker got herself involved in the fashion industry and worked with famous brands such as Gap. She also designed her own fashion line sold at Steve & Barry which brought her $4.6 million. What is interesting about Parker’s line is that each of the pieces she designed was sold for less than $15.
“I want to be clear about what I’m about to say. Relative to the rest of the world, I’m extremely well paid. But I know that almost everybody who works in network television works much less than I do and makes much more,” Sarah Jessica Parker told Oprah in 2004. “I own the show, so when it’s sold, there’s something in there for me. But I’ll never think I have money because I spent so many years without.
“I’ve been financially responsible for so many people for such a long time—my family—that it’s not enough to have money for myself. And it’s not about luxury. It’s about my mom’s house payments. And my father is about to be laid off on Monday,” she added.
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Parker is married to actor Matthew Broderick. The two have 3 children together, James Wilkie Broderick, and twin daughters Tabitha Hodge Broderick and Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick.
Parker is never afraid to show off her natural beauty. On the filming of the sequel series And Just Like That, she was spotted rocking her gray hair. Very often, she posts photos with no make-up on and we believe she looks extraordinarily beautiful. One can’t tell she’s 56 years old.
“I’ve never thought a lot about [my attitude to beauty], to be honest,” she told Vogue. “It’s never been that I’m without vanity – because that would be total malarkey – but I sort of think that time moves along, you buy the things you like, you learn how to put your makeup on the way you feel comfortable, and that feels most like yourself.”
Most people dream of staring a family and having kids, and those desires differ from one person to another.
A woman named Audrey Tiberius, a mother of four boys, has always dreamed of having a big family. Although her children meant the world to her, she hoped she would have more. What’s most, even when she was younger, she always saw herself as a mom of seven.
However, reaching the age of 41, this dream started feeling unreachable.
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As she and her husband tried but couldn’t conceive naturally, they turned to fertility specialists. However, after going through three unsuccessful IVF treatments, they were told the chances of getting pregnant were almost non-existent.
Audrey, however, although aware she would probably never give birth to yet another child, decided to turn to prayer.
“I prayed and prayed for five years to have more children because I always wanted a really big family, and seven was kind of my number.”
Year passed by, and when she turned 45, she was given the news she dreamed, hoped, and prayed for.
To everyone’s surprise, Audrey was pregnant. She conceived naturally and it was a miracle all by itself.
The family was over the moon, but what they weren’t aware of was that they happiness would soon triple.
During the first ultrasound, Audrey received news that left her and her husband in a state of shock. She wasn’t carrying one baby, but three. How was it possible for a woman her age to get pregnant with triplets? This mother knew her pregnancy was a miracle, but she also knew that her prayer had a lot to do with it.
“There’s no way to explain it other than a miracle. What a gift from God!” the mother exclaimed.
Having triplets at 46 is not just uncommon, but it is a phenomenon that happens once in 20 billion times.
Sky, River, and Bay joined the Tiberius family in March 2022. Audrey now has her hands full taking care of her three bundles of joy while she still has four other children to raise. She says it’s not easy but being a mom of seven has always been her dream and now she’s living it.
“It’s a little crazy sometimes when we can’t tell who’s who because they’re across the room. They just look so much alike,” she says of her little ones.
Asked if she’s done having babies, she says she would always welcome more. Hopefully, a girl this time.
We wish this beautiful family all the happiness life brings.
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Carmen Electra is one of the most beautiful women there are. It is her beauty, her talent, and her dedication that helped her raise to stardom.
Born Tara Leigh Patrick on April 20, 1972 in Sharonville, Ohio, to parents who were musicians and performers, it didn’t come as a surprise that young Carmen chose to follow into their footsteps.
Besides being part of a band, Carmen’s parents did additional jobs in order to be able to pay for her dance classes. Eventually, it all paid off when Carmen was accepted into the prestigious School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati at age 9. There, she studied ballet, modern dance, and choir. After graduating from high school, Carmen worked as a dancer at King’s Island amusement park. It wasn’t that she didn’t love her job, but she knew she was destined for greater things.
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When she turned 18, she decided to move to Los Angeles and try her luck in showbiz, especially acting, something she believed was her true passion.
“I saved up my money, and took my mom to lunch and told her that I was going to fly to [Los Angeles] with a girlfriend to try it out for a week, to see if I even liked it,” Carmen Electra recalled.
Once in L.A., Carmen met someone who would change her life forever. During a dance performance, she was approached by Robin Power, a singer who explained she was part of a band that Prince was producing. One thing led to another, and Carmen met Prince who loved her dancing and singing and brought her to the studio. Speaking of their first ever encounter, Carmen said, “That first time I met Prince, he was very quiet. I was very shy, so there was this awkward moment of us just kind of standing in front of each other. He broke the ice by asking me if I wanted to play pool.”
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It was Prince who gave her the name Carmen when he called her that one time. “I loved it, but I reminded him that my name was Tara. He told me, ‘You look like a Carmen, so, to me, you’re Carmen,’” she told Lapalme Magazine.
Carmen and Prince became close friends and he had a lot to do with her becoming a star. At the time he was working on his label Paisley Park Records, she opened for him during his European Tour.
“That was pretty huge for me at the time because I just left Cincinnati, Ohio, to pursue my dreams and try to make something happen. So meeting Prince and having that opportunity, for someone like him to believe in me was just so inspiring,” Carmen Electra told Untitled Magazine. “I got to dance and have my own band. It almost feels like it was a dream. Sometimes I think, ‘Did that really happen?!’”
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After releasing her debut studio album in 1993, Carmen decided it was the time for her to turn to acting, something she dreamed of for a very long time.
At the time she returned to L.A. once again, she struggled for a coupe of years, but she then found herself on the cover of Playboy Magazine. Speaking of that unique experience, Carmen said, “From the time I was a little girl, I would sneak into my parents’ bedroom and look through Playboy magazines.
“I always thought the sexy women in the magazine were beautiful. I’ve chosen jobs that were sexy because I wanted to do them. I wanted to be on Baywatch, and I wanted to pose for Playboy.”
That cover was a turning point in her life and her career.
“I don’t know how I got through it. But once I did, I realized that Playboy was very… They were very respectful. There weren’t people hanging around on set. The lighting was amazing,” she recalled in an interview with Fox.
“Once I saw the photos, I was … I had to pinch myself. I couldn’t believe that I was actually in the magazine and going to be a part of such an iconic time, being a part of Playboy in general,” she added. “Marilyn Monroe started off with Playboy, and those are the women that I admire and truly have been inspired by. So yeah, Playboy was a lot of fun, and I’m not shy at all anymore, by the way.”
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Shortly after, one of her biggest dreams turned into a reality. She landed the role of Lani McKenzie in the cult TV series Baywatch. Carmen played in 22 episodes and appeared in the film Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding.
Today, she’s still modeling. In April 2020, she got on the cover of Runway Magazine.
“When I joined the cast of Baywatch, it was already the number one show around the world. My life changed overnight. I was excited and nervous but really grateful to be part of a show that I also believe is a cult classic,” she shared with ShotMagazine.
In 1997, she hosted the MTV dating game show Singled Out, and made her film debut in the comedy horror American Vampire. What followed were the films Scary Movie, Date Movie, Get Over It, Starsky & Hutch, and Alone Together, among the rest.
She says she would be happy to be part of a Baywatch reboot.
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When it comes to her private life, Carmen was married twice. Her relationship and marriage with the NBA star Dennis Rodman made them one of the most famous celebrity couples. They made headlines and were a hot topic from the moment they started dating. Their marriage, however, was short-lived and only lasted for nine days.
“Well, a lot of reasons why it didn’t work out, and it would take forever to tell everything,” Carmen told Hollywood Life about her failed marriage. “We were in Vegas, and he proposed to me. It was real, true love there. People kind of thought it was a stunt, but I saw a different side of him, and I don’t know, I just sometimes can be co-dependent and really want the best in people.
“I think that maybe I can make them happier, but you can’t change anybody. You can change if you want to, but you can’t change anyone else. When we were together, I spent a lot of time in Chicago; it was awesome. Watching him play – he’s just this amazing athlete.”
In 2003, she married Dave Navarro with whom she stayed together for four years.
She tends to keep her private life out of the spotlight and not much is know about her love life nowadays.
At the age of 50, Carmen Electra is a real beauty. We hope to see more of her in the years to come.
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Queen Elizabeth II will forever be remembered as a loving monarch and a well-respected figure in history. During her reign of 70 years, the country has undergone through immense changes that she accepted and embraced with arms wide open, making sure in the meantime they never affected her people in any negative way. On the contrary, she overcame every turbulation with dignity until the very last day of her life of 96 years.
Her passing filled the hearts of Britons with grief. They are still mourning her loss, although her death wasn’t something entirely unexpected, having in mind the Queen’s fragile health during the last months of her life.
She was often advised to take time off her duties which led to a number of cancelled meetings. But in general, Her Majesty didn’t miss much of her royal duties despite her health condition, something worth all the praise and admiration.
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Her death was announced by the Buckingham Palace.
In a statement, the Palace wrote: “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”
The flag atop Buckingham Palace was lowered to half-mast at 6:30 p.m. local time, while an official notice announcing the Queen’s death was posted on the gates to the palace, as is tradition.
This sad event in the history of the country has been closely followed by millions of people from all around the world.
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As the country and her family are all united in grief, one person who has been heavily affected by the Queen’s passing is her grandson, Prince Harry.
When he and Meghan stepped down from their royal duties back in 2020 and turned their backs to Britan, the Queen was reported to have experienced heartbreak. Rumors were that she wasn’t happy with the decision, but she eventually agreed to let Harry go and wished him all the best. However, settling down in California, USA, meant he didn’t spend much time with his grandmother during the last couple of years. The truth is that he visited Britain a handful of times since moving to the States, and now that the Queen is dead, that is something that might be haunting Harry, who was reported to have had a special relationship with his grandmother.
When he heard the news of her deteriorated health, Harry, who happened to be in Britain at the time, headed towards the Balmoral Castle, the Queen’s summer home where she died peacefully.
Unfortunately, he didn’t make it on time and only arrived in Scotland after his grandma passed away.
As Harry and Meghan joined William and Kate to greet the crowd gathered to pay respect to the late Queen, Harry could be heard telling people that “It [the castle] is a lonely place up there now without her,” as per The Sun. He was then reported to have added, “Every room she was in, we felt her presence throughout.”
Harry had a very special relationship with his grandmother. Over the years, she was his rock who was always there for him, whenever he was in need of help.
“My grandmother and I have a really good relationship and an understanding. And I have a deep respect for her. She’s my Colonel-in-chief, right? She always will be,” the prince told US Weekly shortly after moving to America.
According to Harper Bazaar, the relationship between Harry and his grandma stretched as far as pranks and jokes shared between the two, no matter how unusual that sounds.
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Unlike William and King Charles, who were very mad at Harry for stepping down from his royal duties, something that affected their relationship in a negative way a great deal, the Queen told Harry to do whatever made him happy. She even assured him she would always be there for him, no matter what.
People Magazine reported in the past that Harry would often make video calls to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip so that they could see their great-grandchild, Archie.
During the ceremony for the late Queen Elizabeth’s lying in state at Westminster Hall, Harry could be seen wiping tears from his eyes as his grandmother’s coffin was placed in the hall. He stood all by himself for a while as he took time to gather himself.
He wore a suit adorned with his medals and then held his wife’s hand and walked next to his brother and the rest of the royal family.
We are sure that everyone is heartbroken over the loss of the Queen, but Harry is likely the one most affected by her passing.
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Donald Trump first visited Britain as a president back in 2018 and although it was a working visit, he didn’t receive an invitation on the behalf of the Queen to meet her.
The visit caused a stir. A huge number of Britons, around 250,000 according to reports, were against Trump coming to Britain and protested on the streets of the country.
As things got heated, then Prime Minister Theresa May decided to change the location of the meeting with Trump.
What’s most, an invitation wasn’t extended to him by The House of Commons to visit the parliament and address it. Previously, presidents Bil Clinton and Barack Obama did receive such invitations.
The most embarrassing moment for Trump was the giant balloon that depicted him as a pouting baby in a diaper holding a phone in his small hands. Reports were that the major of London was the one to allow protesters to fly the humiliating baloon.
This made Trump angry, so he addressed the major, Sadiq Khan, and referred to him as of a “stone cold loser.”
Speaking to The Sum, Trump was reported to have said, “I guess when they put out blimps to make me feel unwelcome, no reason for me to go to London. I used to love London as a city …But when they make you feel unwelcome, why would I stay there?”
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In the year that followed, Trump visited Britain once again, but this time, he got to have some tea together with the Queen. At the time of his visit, officials of the United States of America asked Trump to spend a night at the Buckingham Palace, but he was denied the wish because the place was renovating at the time.
Knowing about this entire exchange, the British ambassador in Washington warned the Home Office about how “inept” and “incompetent” the President was. When these cables were leaked to the media, Trump was upset and demanded the diplomat’s recall back to the United States. As a result, the ambassador did lose his job in Washington D.C.
The following day, Trump, alongside his family, was invited to a banquet at Buckingham Palace. In his speech, he referred to the Queen as to “a great, great woman,” as he awkwardly put his hand on her back, breaking royal protocol.
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Later in an interview, Trump told Business Insider of his banquet with the Queen, “I have such a great relationship [with the Queen], and we were laughing and having fun. And her people said she hasn’t had so much fun in 25 years. Then I got criticized for it because they said we were having too much fun… I feel I know her so well and she certainly knows me very well right now, but we have a very good relationship with the United Kingdom.”
However, no matter the so-called relationship with the Queen that Trump believed was obvious and existed, he did not receive an invitation to attend the funeral. Other former presidents such as Obama, Clinton and Bush weren’t invited either.
Instead, these men received invites from the British Government to attend a vigil in Washington DC. “We are following convention as you’d expect and have invited all former Presidents as well as President and Dr. Biden and other members of the Administration,’ a British embassy spokesperson said to the media, according to the Daily Mail.
This decision has been made because the capacity of Westminster Abbey is 2200.
The former Presidents were extended invitations to a special service of thanksgiving at Washington’s National Cathedral on Wednesday. The invite described the event as a ‘Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.’
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