This is all you need to know about Prince Harry and William’s step-sister Laura

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The British Royals are always under the spotlight. People not only from the UK but from all over the world are always eager to know what the members of the family are up to. Recently, all eyes were on The Duke and The Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and his wife, Megan Markle, after they decided to step down from their royal duties.

That didn’t really affect the relationship between Harry and his brother Prince William who seem to be as close as they have always been. Their brotherhood is strong, but not many know that they have a step-sister, the step-daughter of Prince Charles and biological daughter of Camilla Parker Bowles, Laura Lopes.

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Laura was born in 1978 in Swindon, England. Her father is the retired British Army officer Andrew Parker Bowles. The family of Laura and the British Royals have been closely connected for many years. In fact, Prince Charles was a godfather to Laura’s brother Tom long before he married Camilla.

BBC News even reported how Laura’s great-great-grandmother was the mistress of Prince Charles’ great-great-grandfather King Edward VII.

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Today, Laura is sometimes referred to as the “secret”sister as she is trying to avoid the spotlight at any cost and is trying to keep a low profile.

She grew up in Bolehyde Manor in Allington and later moved to the famous Middlewick House in Corsham. Being a devoted Catholic, just like her father whom Camilla divorced a year before her new husband and Princess Diana split, Laura attended the Catholic boarding school in Dorset and got a degree in History of Art and Marketing from the Oxford Brookes University.

 
 
 
 
 
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After her parents divorced and her mother’s love for Prince Charles which she kept secret for many years was publicly revealed, Laura was confused.

Rumors are she didn’t get along with her step-father in the beginning and was teased at school because of the marriage. She couldn’t easily accept that her parents were no longer together, although magazines were writing at the time that Laura’s father Andrew was also to be blamed for the divorce as he had numerous affairs, it was her mother’s marriage that bothered her at the time.

Katie Nicholl, royal reporter and writer of the book “William and Harry: Behind the Palace Walls”, wrote, “When Charles telephoned Camilla at the family home in Wiltshire, Laura would pick up an extension and shout down the receiver, ‘Why don’t you stop calling Mummy and leave our family alone.” She wasn’t fond of her new life close to the Royal and would often get into fights with Prince William.

“William and Laura used to have terrible fights over who was to blame for their broken homes,” Nicholl wrote. “William would blame Camilla for all the hurt she had caused his mother, which would send Laura into a rage. Laura was not having any of it. She would take a hard line and fire back at William, ‘Your father has ruined my life.'”

However, the step-siblings are said to have overcome all their quarrels and are close. Laura was invited to Harry’s wedding in 2018.

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#assuntodomomento – É verdade que o príncipe Harry e o príncipe William teriam uma meia-irmã secreta? Sim. William e Harry têm dois irmãos graças ao casamento anterior de Camilla Parker Bowles, antes de se sua vida real começar com o príncipe Charles. Os dois filhos de Camilla se chamam Laura e Tom, e geralmente se esquivam dos holofotes desde que a mãe se casou com o duque e futuro rei. Quando Kate Middleton e o príncipe William se casaram em abril de 2011, a filha de Laura, Eliza, foi dama de honra no casamento. Laura Lopes é casada, mãe de três filhos e é bastante próxima de seus meio-irmãos reais. O pai de Laura é Andrew Parker Bowles, que foi casado com Camilla antes do príncipe Charles. Embora Camilla seja bem conhecida em todo o mundo, Laura, de 40 anos, prefere levar uma vida mais privada. Ela foi educada em um colégio interno para meninas católicas em Dorset e depois estudou História da Arte e Marketing na Universidade Oxford. Ela trabalhou como correspondente de automobilismo da revista “Tatler” em 2001, e após sua passagem editorial, voltou sua atenção para o mundo da arte, gerenciando a The Space Gallery em Londres em meados dos anos 2000 e depois se tornou co-fundadora e diretora da Eleven Gallery em 2005. . .#princeharry #princewilliam #lauralopes #familiareal #godsavethequeen #camilaparkerbowles #princecharles #duquesdesussex

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In 2011, she attended Prince William’s wedding and her daughter Eliza Lopes was a bridesmaid. “It’s incredibly nerve-racking … Not for Eliza – she’s too young to really understand – but I’m terrified she will get half-way down the aisle and then go, ‘I need a poo,'” Laura told The Telegraph.

Laura is happily married to aristocrat and chartered accountant Harry Lopes. She tied the knot a year after her mom’s wedding. She has three children, daughter Eliza and twins Gus and Louis. Her step-siblings were part of her wedding. According to Hello, “William and [then-girlfriend] Kate [Middleton] flew in from their holiday in Mustique, while Harry jetted back from Cape Town where he’d been staying with then-girlfriend Chelsy Davy.”

Laura’s brother Tom said that despite their mother Camilla being married into the Royal family, he and her sister are just common children and are on the side.

Laura is a huge lover of art and is a co-founder and director of the London’s Eleven Gallery and working as an art curator.

Despite their own families being torn apart, they all seemed to learn how to embrace their new, big family and are getting along just great, as sibling, step or not, should do.

Daughter of Hulk Hogan, Brooke Hogan, is all grown up and looks stunning

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The “Hulkmania” that took over America was all about the legendary wrestler Hulk Hogan whose fame grew bigger and bigger with each passing day.

Hogan was born Terrence Gene Bollea on August 11, 1953, in Augusta, Georgia. He attended the University of South Florida because he wanted education for himself but his passion was always associated with wrestling.

So, instead of pursuing a degree, he spent his days at the gym of wrestlers Jack and Jerry Brisco. His career started when he was just 22, back in 1979, when he started wrestling at small venues in the Southeast and was noticed by the World Wrestling Federation owner Vince McMahon Sr.

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Once in the world of wrestling, Terrence needed a professional name. His distinctive looks and massive figure was soon associated with that of mighty Hulk and that’s when he became known as Hulk Hogan. He was very passionate about his profession and won his debut match against Andre the Giant in WWF.

The image of Hulk Hogan became known globally and he tried himself in movies, including No Holds Barred (1989), Mr. Nanny (1993) and Santa with Muscles (1996), so his popularity grew even bigger.

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Hogan married wife Linda in 1983 and the two have two children, daughter Brooke and son Nick. The family was part of the reality show “Hogan Knows Best” on VH-1 which was a huge hit. In fact, the idea of having cameras in the house for more than 12 hours a day wasn’t something Linda was very fond of, but as Hogan said, it was a perfect opportunity for the whole country to learn of his daughter and to promote her career as a musician. “You know, we thought, this would be a great way to give Brooke Hogan an awareness, to make people know who she was,” Hulk said in an interview with CNN in 2005, the same year the show aired.

“It started as that, and it’s shoe- stringed through the whole episodes, her music career, but it’s basically about the whole family now”.

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Brooke was born May 5, 1988 as Brooke Bollea but she soon took the name Hogan herself. She released her first music single from the album Everything to Me in 2004 and the song reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart in the US and peaked at No. 97 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2006, she released the song “About Us” together with rapper Paul Wall. It reached number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2009, she released the album Undiscovered which was a huge hit.

Although she already had a successful career in music, Brooke, who is a daddy’s girl, followed into his footsteps. In 2006, she made her debut in WWE at the Saturday Night’s Main Event XXXIII in Dallas, Texas.

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Hogan and Brooke have always been very close.

She recalls the time she would watch her dad on TV and said, “When I was little, I was terrified. We’d watch TV and I’d see my dad like my mom said, gushing blood, and I’d cry and I’d run out of the room and I’d throw a tantrum and I’d want him to come home. But my mom just sat me down one day and said Brooke, your dad’s OK. He does this for a living. He’s going to come back home fine.

She also remembers missing her daddy when he was away, especially during the time when he started New World Order (NWO) wrestling as “Hollywood Hogan” after being expelled from WWE because of drug abuse and was spending a lot of time working.

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In 2007, Linda accused Hogan of cheating her with her best friend and filed for divorce. The couple officially untied the knot two years later, in 2009. Her parents’ separation was hard for Brooke.

“I’m going through one of the hardest issues I’ve ever had to deal with in my life … please keep me and my family in your prayers,” Brooke wrote on the social media.

After the divorce, she spent more time with Hogan and didn’t have much of a relationship with her mother, but today, the two are on good terms. Back in the day, Brooke said of her mother speaking to E Online,  “We don’t talk… I feel betrayed. I look at the things she’s released and said about me and I’m like, how could I ever trust her again? How could I ever look at her and be like, ‘You kind of threw me in front of the bus in front of the whole world’… I’m just looking at how my dad’s treating me and how my mom’s treating me, and my mom has kind of backstabbed me a couple times.”

Brooke had her own show, The Fashion Hero, where regular people competed to model for four famous fashion names. She says how she loved the project because “I’ve been called everything, so I personally connected to this mission, and I just think it’s so cool that we can start changing how people define beauty.” Speaking of the times she was body-shamed for her muscles and height she added, “Because kids are literally killing themselves, or developing eating disorders, trying to fit into a box. We’re not all mannequins. There’s no possible way that we could live up to that standard. So it was like a passion project for me.”

Brooke was about to marry former Dallas Cowboys player Phil Costa, but broke off the engagement and is now dating businessman Kyle Rowe. According to her Instagram account, she’s really happy with his new love.

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She often posts photos of her dad who is obviously her idol. “Through all the ups and downs life has given us, you’ve shown me the meaning of unconditional love. You are a special soul on this earth and you have brought so much joy and light to the world even if you had it’s weight on your shoulders. You’re a warrior. I love you,” she wrote for Father’s Day.

Today, this beautiful and successful lady is 32 and looks stunning.

12-year-old autistic boy collapses and ends up in coma after older kids trick him into drinking bleach

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Monica Pop
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A horrific incident took place October 9th, after a 12-year-old autistic boy was tricked into drinking bleach by some older kids, which resulted in him ending up in coma.

It was reported by Daily Star that Ronnie Philips and his brother Jimmy, 11, sneaked out of their home in Crawley, West Sussex, UK, while their mother was fast asleep and met with the older kids. They offered Ronnie a can with what was supposed to be alcohol. But the moment Ronnie drank it, he collapsed on the ground. Jimmy got really scared as he though his brother was dead and started screaming for help.

Fortunately, a woman heard him and then saw the boys. She stayed with them until help arrived and soon after, Ronnie was taken to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the St. George Hospital where he was put in an induced coma.

The boys’ mother, Danielle Phillips, was heartbroken. She couldn’t believe someone would hurt her autistic son and leave him there to die.

“I just want to make people realize the dangers of drink, drugs, playing stupid games and running away leaving a child to die,” she said. “Kids will be kids but this sort of stuff is just ridiculous and dangerous.”

Luckily, Ronnie is now taken off life support and is expected to be fine, but what happened to him will probably stay with him forever.

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The police is investigating the case. Allegedly, the youngsters who hurt Ronnie were found wandering the streets the morning after their victim collapsed, but no further information has been released.

The family set up a GoFundMe page for Ronnie. It says, “This is my 12-year-old grandson who is autistic. On Friday night some older children tricked him into drinking bleach and the result was him having to be put in a induced coma! He is now awake but can’t understand why no one likes him and would do this to him when he thought they was his friends! I want to show him that people do care and are not all nasty.”

We honestly hope Ronnie will be able to leave this terrific experience behind and will learn how to trust people again.

Officers spots kids waving goodbye to their Navy dad and lets them use the PA speaker

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Monica Pop
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Those children whose parents are part of the military know all too well the uneasy and heartbreaking feeling of saying goodbye. Being away from their moms or dads long months is truly sad, but at the end of the day, those children have someone to be proud of.

Petty Officer 1st Class Josh Buetow was leaving for deployment on the USS Carl Vinson for about six months and his kids, four year old daughter, Riley, and two year old son, Austin, went to the shore at Shelter Island with their mom Bretteny to say goodbye as the ship was departing.

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The kids were yelling and jumping in excitement, believing their dad could hear them. The sight was truly emotional.

And as the kids were waving and saying goodbye, officer James Weaver spotted them and decided to do something amazing. “I figured there’s no way he’s going to hear their voices at least 50 yards away … I thought I’d give them a chance to be louder and give their voices a chance to be heard by their dad,” Weaver said. He then let them speak on the PA speaker. Riley was over the moon. She was now sure her dad could hear her say “bye, bye” and “we love you.”

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Officer Weaver’s dad was part of the Navy, too, and he knew how hard it was for the kids as he recalled the time he was in their place many years ago.

“It’s hard because, especially when you’re younger, you don’t realize what’s going on. All the sudden, Dad’s gone … I know what it’s like to not have your dad there. With two little kids of my own, I can see how hard it is on the other side, being the parent,” he said.

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This whole experience was also very hard for mom Bretteny as this was the first time for her husband to leave, but she was very glad and very thankful to officer Weaver who made the whole thing a bit easier for the family. “I had held it together really well until they started saying goodbye, and the tears just started. He didn’t have to do that. It was really kind of him to pull up and try to make it special,” she said.

After the heartwarming experience took place, Bretteny posted on Facebook and thanked the kind officer publicly.

Needless to say, her post went viral and everyone praised Officer Weaver for what he did.

Take a look at the whole story in the video below.

Woman gets into a fight with a complete stranger and throws her dog on him – The poor animal ends on the ground crying

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A video posted on Twitter by a person that goes by the name @Mulaflare has gone viral these days after it showed a woman throwing a puppy on him.

The poor animal ended up on the ground and wouldn’t stop crying. The woman was acting in a strange and crazy manner and many believe she was under the influence.

Although the video starts after the confrontation which is taking place in broad daylight had already started, it’s obvious the man got attacked by the woman for no reason. He could be heard saying, “Let me get in my car,” but the woman, who is still not identified, refuses to do so and walks back and forth in a disoriented manner, speaking nonsense.

In another video of the same incident, the inner “Karen” of the woman pops up and she could be heard saying, “You’re black.” The man is in disbelief and asks her to repeat what she had just said, to what she says, “I said, you are black.” The man now gets really frustrated and says, “So what? So what if I’m f****** Black?” to what she replies, “So what if I’m f****** white?”

As he reminds her that she was the one who attacked him, he asks her whether the puppy she is holding very uncomfortably and with just one hand is hers, to which she goes completely mad and throws the poor animal at him.

The dog then rushed to the man as though she’s asking to be saved from the maniac.

The crazy woman then approaches once again and asks to take the dog back, but it’s a no, no for the man who knows the animal is definitely not safe with her. And as attacking him and yelling at him wasn’t enough, she goes on to accuse him of stealing the dog from her.

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The man took the dog with him and the sweet animal is now under his care. He even opened an Instagram account dedicated to the pup now named Movie which has over 204K followers.

A GoFundMe page was also set up and people are donating for Movie. So far, over $6,000 have been raised.

We are glad the poor animal didn’t suffer any serious injuries and is now around people who truly love her.

Passenger in first class approaches a soldier on plane and says, “Sorry ma’am, I’m in your seat”

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When we think of soldiers and military men and women, the first thing that comes to our mind is the sacrifice each and every one of them makes for the country. These people don’t have it easy as they are very often deployed overseas and spend long months away from their loved ones. The good thing is that we as Americans know how to pay these people the respect they deserve. I don’t think there is a citizen of our country who wouldn’t thank a soldier for their courage, devotion, and commitment to keep America a safe place.

Recently, we stumbled upon a story that restored our faith in humanity and melted our hearts. A woman named Jessica Titus wrote it for Love What Matters and we couldn’t help but share it with you.

She starts by saying how she was taking a flight recently when she spotted an Army soldier walking in front of her. In the next moment, as the soldier tried to take her seat in the economy class, something truly amazing happened. A man from the first class section approached the Military woman and said, “Sorry, ma’am, I’m in your seat.” The soldier got pretty confused and replied, “What? No—I’m in 31B.” The man then insisted that the place was his and let the soldier take his comfortable seat in the first class. He believed it was the least he could do for someone who was willing to put her life on the line for the well-being of the whole nation.

Titus was deeply touched by the man’s generosity that she decided to do a generous act herself. On a small piece of paper, she wrote a thank you note for the man and put a $10 bill.

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Apparently, he refused the money, but was glad to accept the note that reminded him just how much change he made for a soldier and for the rest of the passengers who witnessed his act of kindness.

People agree how everyone should treat any member of the military the same way as this man treated the soldier on his flight.

One person commented, “Respect is never wasted….lead by example….live by good deeds… love unconditionally and never be afraid to step aside to honor others. Lessons are taught through actions not just words and none of us are too old to learn.”

Teenager who was reported to be skipping lessons was hiding in the school toilet for three days to escape from bullying

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What is it that makes young children treat their classmates with disrespect and bully them? I could never understand how someone who is supposed to be innocent, as a child, feels the urge to hurt someone whom they are supposed to love. I guess those who turn to bullying are simply weak people who fail at solving their social problems and managing their emotions. But because of their personal insecurities, their victims become insecure as well, and that feeling of weakness and of lower value is sometimes present for life.

Sadly, the schools, where most of the bullying takes place, don’t always take these matters seriously and don’t do enough to protect the victims.

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The parents of a teenager from Cotham School in Bristol, UK, who wanted to stay anonymous, got a call from the school about their son who was skipping classes. According to the teachers, he didn’t show up at school for three days.

His mom and dad were surprised to hear this because their son would get ready and go to school on those days the teachers said he wasn’t present.

After speaking to him, the boy admitted how he went to school but was staying in the bathroom, hiding from his bullies. This was a huge shock for the parents.

However, the school refused to believe such thing happened, which raged the parents even further. “They don’t take the situation very seriously or the well-being of [my son], who has been in the toilet for three days,” the teen’s father said.

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After the parents made it clear they won’t be dropping the subject just like that, the school decided to launch an investigation.

“We take allegations of bullying and the well-being of our students very seriously and are working with this family to investigate,” a spokesperson of Cotham School was reported saying.

“We are, of course, saddened that one of our students felt unable to go to lessons after registering in school or to approach one of our excellent and well-trained pastoral staff for support. When we were made aware of the allegations of bullying only very recently last week, senior and pastoral staff met with the family and we immediately launched an investigation into their concerns.”

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We can’t even imagine the fear this teenager is feeling each day. We hope the school will solve the matter as soon as possible so that he wouldn’t worry for his safety any longer.

The educational institutions should be places where our children feel safe and secure, and that must never change.

Father who posted pleas to be with daughter battling COVID-19 asks for prayers after teen suffers setback

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Monica Pop
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Just as the whole world was hoping the pandemic could be coming to an end, the number of people affected by Covid-19 has increased in most of the countries. The number of cases since the start of this craziness that shook every single person on the planet is over 37.5 million, with over 1 million deaths worldwide.

The reality is that no one is spared. It can affect grown-ups, elderly, and children. Some researches even suggest that animals could get it and spread it too.

Charlee Swearingen is a 16-year-old girl who contracted the virus two weeks ago and her story went viral after her dad, Kevin Swearingen, took to Facebook to chronicle his daughter’s journey. At the beginning, Charlee, who is in a wheelchair and nonverbal because of a rare genetic neurological disorder known as Rett syndrome, was feeling okay, but soon after, her condition changed for worse as her oxygen levels dropped alarmingly. The teen was rushed to the Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston where she was placed on life support.

Charlee’s treatment consists of receiving the antibodies from Covid-19 survivors to help her fight the virus.

Initially, one parent at a time was allowed to be by her side, but that policy changed at the end of September and Kevin’s wife Jana was the only one to be able to be by their daughter’s side.

Kevin was posting pleas on Facebook every single day and was spending his days outside the hospital, right under his daughter’s room’s window. He was asking for the policy to change so that he could be able to enter Charlee’s room even if he had “to wear a NASA suit.” Eventually, the hospital allowed two caregivers per patient to be able to enter the hospital and he was reunited with his girl.

Kevin is still posting about Charlee’s condition, which sadly worsened. Doctors are now putting her back on a ventilator after they used tubes to inflate her lungs which are “still full of gunk.” He’s asking from people to pray for his daughter and says the messages they are getting from people from all over the country and beyond is what gives them the strength to endure during these hard times for the family.

Charlee, we pray for you to get well soon and go home with your mom and dad who love you unconditionally.

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