Princess Diana’s naughty letters sold at auction – it reveals a side of her we haven’t seen before

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Princess Diana truly was a very special person who touched the hearts of many with her spontaneous behavior and the love she had for everyone around her, rich or poor, young and old. At the time of her death, her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, were still very young and the news of the tragic car accident in which their loving mother was killed shook their world.

The moment Princess Diana and Prince Charles got engaged back in 1981, they instantly became one of the most famous and most powerful couples. Many women wanted to be in Diana’s place, not knowing that the relationship and the marriage were doomed from the start, and the future King was to be blamed for that.

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People close to the late Princess, among which Diana’s astrologer, Penny Thornton, claim that the problems between Diana and Charles didn’t start when she learned he was having an affair with Camilla, who later became his wife, but way before that.

Shortly after they announced their engagement, Charles and Diana sat in front of the cameras. Charles said he was “delighted and frankly amazed” that Diana wanted a royal life with him and the then-soon-to-be princess noted that Charles was “pretty amazing.” But then, a question followed, and Charles’ answer to it traumatized young Diana. When the reported asked them in they were in love, Diana said yes, and Charles answered, “Whatever ‘in love’ means.”

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“We had this ghastly interview the day we announced our engagement,” Princess Diana said, as quoted in her authorized biography, Diana: In Her Own Words.

“And this ridiculous [reporter] said, ‘Are you in love?’ I thought, what a thick question. So I said, ‘Yes, of course, we are,’ and Charles turned round and said, ‘Whatever love means.’ And that threw me completely. I thought, what a strange answer. It traumatized me.”

While still married to Diana, Charles started an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, his current wife and Queen Consort. The two fell in love even before he met Diana but after leaving to serve in the Navy, Camilla got engaged to another man.

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When Diana learned of the affair, she confronted Camilla. And then, in 1995, Diana stepped into the spotlight with the infamous BBC interview. “There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded,” Diana told interviewer, Martin Bashir, before admitting to having had her own affair.

“It was shocking because this was Diana in her own words and what she was saying was incredibly explosive,” royal expert and author of The New Royals Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the future of The Crown, Katie Nicholl, told History.

“It was Diana taking control of the narrative in front of the camera for the very first time.”

What was dubbed “the wedding of the century” ended in a painful separation which eventually led to divorce, after Queen Elizabeth urged her son and her daughter-in-law to officially call their relation quits.

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When she announced the separation back in 1992, Diana, who held the tiles Her Royal Highness and Princess of Wells, continued to perform her royal duties. However, the divorce wasn’t finalized until 1996, one year prior to Diana’s death, because they couldn’t reach an agreement regarding her titles. She wanted to keep HRH because losing it would mean having to follow strict royal protocols when around her sons, including curtseying to them.

Sadly, in 1997, Diana lost her life after she and her partner Dodi Fayed, the son of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed, her driver Henri Paul, and her bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones crashed the Mercedes in the Pont de I’Alma tunnel in Paris while trying to escape the paparazzi.

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Now, years after her passing, new letters showing the true devastation Diana experienced because of the divorce emerged.

As per The Mirror, 32 letter written by Diana to her friends, Susie and Tarek Kasseem reveal her true feelings.

In one of the letters written on April 28, 1996, she explains that she was forced to cancel a trip to Italy and apologize to her friends because of her mental state.

“I am having a very difficult time, and pressure is serious and coming from all sides. It’s too difficult sometimes to keep one’s head up, and today I am on my knees and just longing for this divorce to go through as the possible cost is tremendous,” Diana wrote.

In another letter written a week later, the late Princess wrote, “As I don’t have a mobile, it is difficult to discuss personal issues as my lines here are constantly recorded and passed on.”

“If I’d known a year ago what I’d experience going through this divorce I never would have consented. It’s desperate and ugly.”

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Diana also thanked the couple for letting her spend Christmas with them in 1995, while Harry and William stayed with Charles at Sandringham.

Mimi Connell-Lay, of Lay’s Auctioneers, said that the letters are “frankly astonishing.”

“Susie met Diana at the Royal Brompton Hospital, and it is obvious that they clicked straight away, Diana says as much in one of her letters,” she told the Mirror.

“They had a very strong connection, and what is clear is how much Diana valued their friendship and support and advice at a time of great emotional turmoil for her.

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Connell-Lay added, “She wrote a lot about what was going on in her life at the time, especially her divorce, and repeatedly referred to not having the support from the Royal family.”

The letters have now been sold at auction for $169,663.

We are so sorry for everything Princess Diana was forced to go through during her life.

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Meghan Markle gets the harshest blow by her sister

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During the infamous all-tell interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, revealed among the rest that she grew up as an only child.

“I grew up as an only child, which everyone who grew up around me knows, and I wished I had siblings. I would have loved to have had siblings,” Meghan said in March 2021, adding that she had not seen her half-sister in “at least 18, 19 years.”

Apparently, these words angered Meghan’s half-sister Samantha who accused the Duchess of making up stories about growing up in “virtual poverty.”

Further, when asked why Samantha changed her last name, Meghan said, “[She] changed her last name back to Markle in her early 50s … only when I started dating Harry. So, I think that says enough.”

Samantha then sued Meghan for alleged defamation and “injurious falsehood” seeking $75,000 (£62,000) in damages.

Florida judge, however, dismissed the case, claiming that Meghan was expressing an opinion, and opinions cannot be proved false. “Thus, the court finds that defendant’s statement is not objectively verifiable or subject to empirical proof…. plaintiff cannot plausibly disprove defendant’s opinion of her own childhood,” the judge said.

Samantha Markle brought the defamation case against Meghan in March 2022, alleging the duchess had defamed her by giving “false information” to an unauthorized biography called Finding Freedom: Harry, Meghan, and the Making of a Modern Royal Family.

Jason Knauf, Markle’s former communications assistant, said he had forgotten to bring up letters during the court case in which Meghan encourages him to contact the writers with details about Samantha and her brother Thomas Markle Jr.

However, Meghan was found not liable for the content of the book since she didn’t write it or publish it.

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It was as little as a nail when she discovered it on the ground while walking through the forest

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A woman walking through the forest stumbled upon a tiny creature she believed was lost. As she had no idea what it could be, she decided to take it with her because she knew it wouldn’t survive on its own due to its size.

Little did she know was that the tiny creature was in fact a feathertail glider. As she didn’t know what to do, she took it to a sanctuary where it grew into a true cutie pie. The baby was named Boop and it was provided with a lot of love and care before it was resealed into the wild.

The feathertail glider is the smallest gliding marsupial in the world, named for its long feather-shaped tail.

According to Wildlife Queensland, these creatures have a mouse-sized body with grey-brown fur on the back and a white underside. The distinctive tail is quill-like and hairless except for a fringe of long stiff hairs down either side that resemble a feather. Between the front and back legs they have folds of skin which stretch out when they glide, and they typically glide for 14 meters. 

Their tiny feet resemble those of a frog, with the difference that they have fur instead of scales, and the huge pads on the toes, which have serrated groves underneath, enable them to climb almost anything. 

Feathertail gliders are omnivores that feed on pollen, seeds, honeydew, nectar, seeds and insects. Their tongue is long and brush-like to help grab their food. Pollen gets stuck on their fur and they eat it later, once they finish eating the rest of the food they find.

The native home of these cute-looking animals is Australia. They are mostly found along the east coast in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

Feathertail gliders usually make their home in forests, rainforests, and woodlands, but it’s not unusual for them to live in parks and even people’s gardens. In the case of the latter, they usually settle inside phone boxes or the roofs of houses.

One thing is sure, these animals are truly unique.

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Kid walking through forest finds an abandoned old car, notices an old box with an envelope inside

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The Jones family have been going hiking for as long as they remember. The kids enjoy the peace and the feeling of relaxation nature brings, so they are frequent visitors of the forests surrounding them.

One day, they took a trip to a place over a hundred miles away from their city. The day was about to be a good one, but what they didn’t know was that a sudden discovery would make it the best they had in years.

Namely, as the family set the makeshift camp, young Justin decided to do some walking and look for mushrooms. All of a sudden, he spotted an abandoned vehicle in the middle of the forest. He started shouting “Mom! Dad!” but they couldn’t hear him.

As it was getting dark, Justin decided to enter the abandoned car and spend the night there, but at that moment he heard his father calling his name. Justin was relieved and happy to show his dad the old car.

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Once they inspected the vehicle, they spotted a box inside with carved instructions on it. “If you find this box, please take it to the address below. – 5/7/1995. Vincent Davis.”

Curious to learn what was inside, they took a quick peek and the discovery stunned them. Inside the box there were war medals, some jewels, and gold bars.

The father and his son realized that the address carved on the box was not far from where they were at the moment.

First, they took the box out and took it to where the rest of the family was. After some time, Justin’s mom and dad asked him what he wanted to do with the box. Without hesitating even for a second, Justin said he wanted to take it to the person whose address was on it. “Good job. We’re proud of you for choosing the right thing to do,” his mom said.

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The following day, Justin and his dad drove to the given address and knocked on the door. An elderly lady opened the door and asked if she could help them somehow. That is when the two showed her the box.

“Oh, dear…” she said, tears filling her eyes. “My husband found out that his grandfather had left him an inheritance about 25 years ago. His grandfather buried it in the forest so that my husband’s father wouldn’t steal it away from him,” she started to explain.

“My husband went to find it, but he never came back. We found his body near the highway, frozen. We tried searching for the car, but no one has ever found it in nearby forests. It’s a miracle you found it,” Linda said, wiping her tears. “The authorities said it’s likely his car broke down and he went to find help. He never found help and died on the way. He likely got lost.”

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Looking at the old photos, the only thought that kept crossing the woman’s mind was: “Jack, I miss you so much.”

Once she was done going through the stuff, the woman said: “We never had any children, and I don’t have anything to spend on. I don’t need the gold, please keep it. I would just like his medals, the photographs, and the jewelry because this is my husband’s family heirloom.” 

The Jones’ said they couldn’t possibly accept the gold, but as the lady insisted they eventually agreed.

However, once they said goodbye, Justin said to his dad, “Dad, Linda’s house looked very old, it almost looked abandoned. Can we fix it?”

The dad agreed and they both decided to spend the money on renovating Linda’s house and then give the rest to different charities.

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On that day, Linda got herself a new family as the Jones’ started visiting her and inviting her over.

The moral of this story is that no matter how tempted we are, we should always do the right thing because the kindness we offer and the good deeds we do always go a long way.

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Treat Williams’ tragic final post

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Treat Williams, the star of White Collar, died in a motorcycle accident, his family confirmed Monday evening. He was 71.

“It is with great sadness that we report that our beloved Treat Williams has passed away tonight in Dorset, Vermont after a fatal motorcycle accident,” his family said in a statement. “As you can imagine, we are shocked and greatly bereaved at this time.”

According to the police, Williams had been riding his motorbike in Dorset, Vermont, when a a Honda SUV turned left into a car park and collided with him, allegedly not seeing him. “Williams was unable to avoid a collision and was thrown from his motorcycle,” a Vermont State Police spokesperson said. “He suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to Albany Medical Centre in Albany, New York, where he was pronounced dead.”

The person behind the wheel of the SUV only suffered minor injuries. At the moment, an investigation is still ongoing.

Williams was ‘an actor’s actor’ with over 120 on-screen credits under his belt. Among the rest, he played in Once Upon A Time In America and 127 Hours, as well as in the TV shows Blue Bloods, Chicago Fire, Everwood and Chesapeake Shores.

He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance in a TV adaptation of the play A Streetcar Named Desire in 1984.

Among the first celebrities who paid their tributes were Tom Selleck and Bridget Moynahan.

Matt Bomer, 45, who played Treat’s son in White Collar also posted a heartfelt tribute to Williams. “This is a tough one, and I don’t like doing this on social media, but I want to share what an absolute treasure Treat Williams was – both as an actor and a person.”

Matt added Treat was “one of the few actors I’ve worked with who always checked in on me – even years after we worked together”, saying: “Treat – you were an amazing actor and an even better person and I will miss you. I count myself so blessed to have known you. My heart goes out to your wife and children. Rest in Peace my friend.”

Actor James Woods, 76, tweeted: “Treat and I spent months in Rome filming ‘Once Upon a Time in America’.

“It can be pretty lonely on the road during a long shoot, but his resilient good cheer and sense of humour was a Godsend. I really loved him and am devastated that he’s gone.”

Mere hours before his tragic passing, Williams shared two posts on his social media, and now that he’s gone, they are breaking his fans’ hearts.

In one of them, the actor shared a video of himself mowing the lawn and showing followers the farmland, thus offering up a look into his quiet life in the countryside. The second one was a photo of him sitting on the lawnmower with the caption: “There is no better smell than new mown hay.”

Williams was all about enjoying the simple pleasures in life, and his property in Vermont was one of them.

His passing left a void in the entertainment industry and in the hearts of his fans and those who loved him.

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Tom Selleck and Bridget Moynahan said of Treat Williams’ death, ‘We lost a good one’

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Actor Treat Williams, who portrayed the recurring role of Lenny Ross on Blue Bloods, died in a tragic motorcycle crash which took place on June 12.

According to the police, he was taken by helicopter to the Albany Medical Center in New York, but later passed away. The accident took place after a 2008 Honda SUV crashed into the actor, reportedly because the driver of the vehicle didn’t see Williams as he was turning left into a parking lot.

“He was killed this afternoon. He was making a left or a right [and] a car cut him off,” Barry McPherson, Williams’ agent of 15 years, said in a statement to People. “I’m just devastated. He was the nicest guy. He was so talented.”

McPherson continued: “He was an actor’s actor. Filmmakers loved him. He’s been the heart of Hollywood since the late 1970s. He was really proud of his performance this year. He’s been so happy with the work that I got him. He’s had a balanced career.”

His co-workers paid their tribute and expressed their sadness over Williams’ sudden passing.

Williams appeared in a total of six episodes of Blue Bloods throughout the years where he played alongside Tom Selleck, who was his very close friend in real life, and Bridget Moynahan.

“It has been said that we are all just passing time and occupy our chair very briefly,” Selleck shared. “My friend Treat was aptly named and occupied his chair so well. I will miss him, but I will not forget him. Well done, my friend.”

Moynahan described her late colleague as an “absolute pleasure” and a “role model off screen. His love and devotion to his family was one for all to admire. We lost a good one, folks. RIP Treat.”

Throughout the years, Williams played in a number of films and series, including the cinematic adaptation of the Broadway hit Hair, Prince of the City, Smooth Talk, Mulholland Falls, and 127 Hours. He also appeared White Collar and Chicago Fire.

May he rest in peace.

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The famous actress who literally changed the face of television in the 1980s

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Geri Jewell has paved the way for people with disabilities who dreamed of pursuing careers in Hollywood when she landed the role of Geri Tyler in The Facts of Life. She played a recurring side role of someone who had cerebral palsy, just like Jewell had in real life.

When her mother was still pregnant with Jewell, she was involved in a car accident which resulted with Jewell being born three months prematurely. Shortly after, she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. However, despite the diagnosis and the struggles, this woman never let anything stand on her way of achieving her dream.

Even as a young child, she was encouraged to do everything on her own. Her parents would tape a spoon on her hand in order to teach her how to eat by herself, and they would sandbag her arm to help with the shaking.

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In the sole interview her mother Olga gave during her daughter’s acting career, she said, ”It was very devastating. I knew a lot about cerebral palsy, so I knew what I was in for.” But she never stopped finding ways to ease her daughter’s life as much as she could.

Speaking of her parents, Jewell said in 1984, ”They thought if I didn’t learn to fight when I was young I wouldn’t when I was older.”

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In her autobiography, she talked about her fight and what it was all about.

”Your mind knows what your body is supposed to be doing, but the brain’s message aren’t getting through…. By learning the way your muscles would work if half your brains weren’t on vacation, we can minimize the visible aspects of our disability.”

Jewell, who was doing stand-up comedy, got her role in The Facts of Life when she was approached by showrunner Norman Lear before the show was on television. “I got a standing ovation, and I ran into Norman in the elevator. He said, ‘You’ll be hearing from me really soon, kid.’ Three months later, he called me with the ‘Cousin Geri’ episode [in season two],” Jewell explained.

After appearing in twelve episodes over four years, she got fired in 1984.

”I was broke. My manager got arrested for embezzlement and securities fraud. My life was in shambles, and I had to go on every major talk show, promoting a book that had little to do with what my life was really about. It was perpetuating the myth that I had succeeded, overcome cerebral palsy and blah blah blah. It was a hypocrisy to the truth of my life as I lived it,” she told Ability Magazine.

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Following the show, she landed other roles, including 21 Jump Street and The Young and the Restless. In the series Deadwood, she played a role of a woman with cerebral palsy.

Today, Jewell is a motivational speaker and an advocate for people with disabilities.

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”What’s different today is that I’m centered, not emotionally all over the place, and that allows me to relax more. But in the’80s, when I was struggling with my sexuality, had a crooked manager who stole all my money, a show that didn’t renew my contract and a book out that I hated, I couldn’t handle it. It amazes me that I even lived through those years. I’m lucky I’m still alive,” she says.

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Inside the secret life of Silvana Pampanini: She was once dubbed ‘The Italian Marilyn Monroe’

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Born in Rome, Italy, on September 25, 1925, actress Silvana Pampanini conquered the world. However, despite the infatuation every big American studio had for her, she declined every offer which came from the States.

Even as a child, Pampanini, who was the niece of famed soprano Rosetta Pampanini, showed immense talent in acting and singing. At the time, she was encouraged by her aunt to pursue a career as an opera singer,

she went on to study at the famous and historical music high school Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia which dates back to the 16th century.

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“I am very attached to the memory of my parents. An amazing dad and a beautiful mom, I’ve never been as beautiful as my mom; dad had green eyes, and mom blue eyes like a piece of sky,” Pampanini recalled.

“My parents would have liked me to continue my opera career, especially my aunt Rosetta Pampanini, a very famous opera singer at the time, who was actually a cousin of my father’s.”

She added: “I had four octaves and could go from Carmen to the “Caro nome” of Rigoletto with the high E-flat. I also studied dance at the Rome Opera, I danced en pointe.” 

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Pampanini first came to international recognition after winning the contest Miss Italia. She was signed to compete by one of her teachers without her knowledge. She came second, but the public was so outraged at the organizers that they crowned both Pampanini and the other girl Miss Italia.

It wasn’t long before Pampanini appeared in a number of magazines that dubbed her an Italian sex symbol. Her physical appearance enchanted many. Her large bright eyes, jet-black hair, long legs, and charisma made many fall for her.

She herself was aware of her beauty and she once said, “I believe I am a rare beauty; there are no other brunettes like me except for Ava Gardner.” This wasn’t away from the truth.

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At the start of her acting career, this diva grew to prominence almost overnight, working with directors such as Luigi Comencini and Giuseppe De Santis. She soon became the highest-paid actress in Italy and appeared in several Hollywood movies. In 1954, the New York Mirror wrote of her as of the Italian Marilyn Monroe.

Her Hollywood career could be one of the most successful there are, but there was something that stood on her way, her poor English. Pampanini was ashamed of the way she spoke English. “My English, eet is terrible. Poor me,” she once said. As a result, she decided to return to her homeland where she continued acting and became a famous presenter.

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Over the years, there were plenty of rumors surrounding the men she dated, although she never married and didn’t have any children. Reportedly, she flirted with William Holden and Orson Welles, and some sources claim she even had a romantic connection to Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Egypt’s King Farouk I.

During the 1950s, she was romantically involved with Greek movie producer Ergas Morris who allegedly bought her very expensive presents, among which a $50,000 diamond necklace. When they called it quits, he sued her in an attempt to get the money he spent on presents back. She on the other hand claimed he only gifted her normal presents, nothing out of the ordinary. “I could call it blackmail,” she said of his claims. “There are the unpleasantries which, I think, sooner or later, happen to almost all people who have achieved a certain popularity.”

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Silvana Pampanini, the great diva, died in 2016 after spending her final months in a hospital following a complex abdominal operation she was trying to recover from.

“[I’m most proud of] my entire career,” she once said. “Because alone, without producer husbands and screenwriter or director lovers, I conquered the world, shooting in France, America, Spain, Mexico. Well, this is my greatest pride: I don’t have to thank anyone.”

Two months prior to her passing, all of her belongings, including her precious dresses, were auctioned.

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Her private life was a mysterious one, and she will always be considered an icon.

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