Innholdsfortegnelse for 7-Feb-2022 i Woman

Prince Andrew’s ex-wife is one of the few people left by his side, but there’s more to her unwavering support than simple devotion and unconditional love. One by one, the duke’s friends and family have turned their backs on the embattled royal, leaving him to face a sex assault case by himself. The Queen has all but exiled her second son from The Firm and his military ties have been severed in a bitter blow for the Falklands veteran. His posh chums and business associates stood back as the 61-year-old sold off his ski chalet to fund his legal defence. And last week even Prince William refused to say if his uncle could rely on his support. The Grand Old Duke of York is now marching down the hill at…

The Queen has become extremely close to her daughter-in-law, the Countess of Wessex, while in mourning for Prince Philip and coping with lockdown. But now it seems this commendable bond may actually have been the case long before the COVID-19 crisis. Footage from a documentary filmed in 1999 has re-emerged, revealing Prince Edward’s wife had her own room in Buckingham Palace before they were married. None of Her Majesty’s other children were afforded such a luxury for their sweethearts, so maybe they’ve been close friends all along.…

Move over Rouge Noir, for emerald green has been crowned the chicest nail colour of the season. This modern, vampy shade is set to stay top of the polish charts throughout winter, so, relinquish your traditional red, French and berry coloured manis and adorn your nails with a slick of this stylish hue. The deeper the hue, like Barry M Cosmetics Gelly Nail Paint in Huckleberry, £3.99, the better as green tones such as dark olive, turquoise and jewel tones tend to be more flattering than lighter shades of lime and pastel. The hardest part? Choosing a favourite...…

✱ EAT RIGHT: ‘Some of the things we eat are not really to nourish us, but to nourish the right organisms in the gut,’ says Professor Rook, a microbiologist at University College London. Aim to eat plenty of fresh, plant foods, as these contain microbes that we need to stay healthy. For example, probiotic foods, including sauerkraut, kefir and live yogurt, plus prebiotic foods, such as avocado, leeks, banana, onions and garlic. This contributes towards better immunity. ✱ GET INTO NATURE: ‘The microorganisms we encounter in nature play an essential role in our immune system,’ says Professor Rook. In fact, Scandinavian studies show that the microbiota in the home is beneficial only when it resembles that of the natural environment. ‘Keep your home clean, but have as much contact with…

Instead of clock-watching, try holistic health and wellbeing expert Rophin Vianney’s (chakrabalance.co.uk) box breathing exercise to reduce insomnia-related anxiety and encourage rest. The best part is, you can do it from the comfort of your bed. Here’s what to do… 1 Take a couple of slow, deep breaths. 2 Inhale through your belly, ribs and lungs, counting 1, 2, 3. 3 Hold and engage your pelvic floor, and count 1, 2, 3. 4 Slowly exhale, this time counting backwards: 3, 2, 1. 5 Hold your breath at the bottom of your exhale counting 3, 2, 1. 6 Repeat, tuning in to the sound of your breath. Imagine each inhale, hold, or exhale as a line that you draw to form the shape of a box. Rophin says you’ll eventually drop…

I will never forget the day my twin boys were born in 2016, when I was 32. I couldn’t wait to meet them and experience the exceptional rush of love that everyone was talking about. However, the first time I saw them, I didn’t feel anything special. I knew they were mine, I was glad that they were healthy. But there were no fireworks, no rush of love, no shift in priorities…no instant maternal love. ‘What is wrong with me?’ I asked myself. ‘What kind of mother am I?’ I felt like a complete failure – and every day something happened that only added to this feeling. Before the babies arrived, everyone was asking if I wanted to breastfeed, but no-one had told me it was a skill that needed…

It’s surely every parent’s worst nightmare – to hear that your child has been caught up in a violent incident involving a knife. In recent years, Britain’s knife-crime epidemic has reached crisis point, with thousands of cases being reported every year. London – the knife crime capital of Britain – recorded a huge 10,130 incidents in 2020. In Greater Manchester, there were 3,073 flashpoints, while West Yorkshire officers recorded 2,200 cases and Essex dealt with 1,589 incidents. And the most shocking part is that most incidents involve children. Some 23 children aged just 17 or younger were murdered with a knife or sharp object in the 12 months to March 2020.* Woman delves deeper and investigates the devastating effects knife crime has on families. Julie Taylor, 56, lives in…

2005 SAIRA KHAN After narrowly missing out on being hired by Lord Alan Sugar on the first-ever series, Saira, now 51, went on to become a popular TV personality and presenter. Having proven she was outspoken on the show, Saira fitted right in on Loose Women, where she was a panellist for five years. 2007 KATIE HOPKINS She made waves by walking out of the boardroom before being fired by Lord Sugar, and the now-46-year-old has made a career out of causing media storms with her controversial views. Most recently she was deported from Australia after bragging about flouting hotel quarantine rules. 2010 STELLA ENGLISH Stella, 40, is one of the few hopefuls who ended up having bad blood with Lord Sugar. Despite winning the show and landing a £100,000…

1 USING THE TOILET Close the lid when flushing and always wash your hands afterwards. Clean the toilet regularly, and once or twice a day if someone has a gastric illness. 2 HANDLING RAW FOOD Wash hands before and after preparing food. Clean all surfaces and utensils. Wash vegetables and fruit in running water. 3 EATING WITH YOUR FINGERS Keep your own portions separate and always wash hands before and afterwards. 4 CARING FOR PETS Always wash your hands after handling litter trays and food, and keep animal utensils separate. Clean pet cages regularly. Wash hands after handling animals and before eating. 5 LAUNDERING CLOTHING AND LINEN Always wash your hands after handling dirty washing. Wash clothes, towels and bed linen regularly; underwear and intimate…

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According to the NHS, if you experience any of the following symptoms for more than two weeks after giving birth, you could have postnatal depression and should speak to your GP or health visitor. Go to nhs.uk for more information. ✱ A persistent feeling of sadness and low mood. ✱ Lack of enjoyment and loss of interest in the wider world. ✱ Lack of energy and feeling tired all the time. ✱ Difficulty bonding with your baby. ✱ Withdrawing from contact with other people. ✱ Problems with concentrating and making decisions. ✱ Frightening thoughts, eg, about hurting your baby.…

Chocolate lava cakes Rich chocolate sponge with gooey molten cores. SERVES 3 PREP 15 MINS COOK 25 MINS ✱ Coconut oil, melted, for greasing ✱ 120g plain flour ✱ 110g icing sugar ✱ 30g cocoa powder, plus extra to decorate ✱ ½tbsp instant ground coffee ✱ ½tsp baking powder ✱ ½tsp bicarbonate of soda ✱ 1 small ripe banana ✱ 120ml dairy-free milk ✱ ½tbsp apple cider vinegar ✱ ½tbsp vanilla bean paste FOR THE CHOCOLATE FILLING: ✱ 120g dairy-free chocolate, broken into chunks 1 Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 6. Grease 3 individual 10 x 7.5cm ramekins with coconut oil. 2 Sift the flour, icing sugar, cocoa powder, coffee, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a medium-sized bowl and mix to combine. 3 In a separate bowl, mash…

Sheridan Smith has the holiday from hell in new four-part drama No Return. She plays Kathy, who arrives in Turkey for some fun in the sun with her family, but instead finds herself plunged into a nightmare when her son Noah (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) is arrested after returning from a seemingly innocent beach party. Here, she tells us more… Tell us about your character Kathy and her family. Kathy and her husband Martin (Michael Jibson) have been together for years. They have two kids and they are just a proper, normal family. They head off for a package holiday and they are really looking forward to it, but then it goes wrong. What happens when the police arrive at the hotel to arrest Noah? They barge in and push Kathy…

A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe (£14.99, Faber & Faber, HB) The Aberfan Disaster of 1966 was a tragedy that cost a village its children. We meet William Lavery, 19, a newly qualified embalmer, who leaves his graduation party on an October evening to drive through the night to a mining village where a slag heap has fallen on a school. We learn of the inner journey that brought William to Aberfan and how his respect for family tradition comes into conflict with his promising career as a singer. For more books information, see goodtoknow.co.uk/books Buried Lines by Jenny O’Brien (£8.99, Harper Collins, PB) The fifth book in this popular series of DI Gaby Darin books. When Hannah Thomas finds her fiancé dead and her diabetic child missing, she…

Kate Garraway has revealed the ‘remarkable’ moments she’s reminded that there’s still hope for Derek Draper, despite the fact COVID-19 has ‘devastated’ his body. The Good Morning Britain star’s husband is thought to be fighting one of the toughest battles with COVID in the country. And although there were fears he could be ‘locked in forever’, Kate recently confessed there are glimmers of hope that keep her and their two children going. Kate, 54, said, ‘He will turn to me and say, “I love you.”’ Tearing up, she added, ‘He is in there! He’s fought so hard to stay in this world and I’m not giving up on him, ever.’ But sadly, these moments are still short-lived. ‘He will have moments of clarity and it’s like he disappears again.’ It’s…

IS THE PRODIGAL PRINCE ABOUT TO RETURN? So it seems the prodigal prince and his family are poised to return home for the first time since they quit Britain for America. Sources say the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are both expected to stay at Frogmore Cottage for a ‘private’ visit, possibly as soon as April. They point to the row over security and who will guard the couple on this side of the Atlantic as a sign that plans are already well under way. While the Queen is likely to welcome the chance to meet the great-granddaughter named in her honour, it’s hard to see what else she stands to gain. Well-intended the visit may be, but the fact remains that Harry and his wife are responsible for some…

CAROL WRIGHT had a breast lift for her 60th birthday. She said, ‘I looked in the mirror and thought, “If I don’t go for this before I’m 60, I’ll never have the guts to do it.”’ In 2008, FERN BRITTON, 64, underwent a gastric-band operation, which helped reduce the amount of food she ate and took her from a size 22 to a size 12. Last year, JUDY MURRAY, now 62, said having a non-invasive facelift using micro-needling and radio-frequency treatment took 10 years off her appearance.…

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There are some good changes that happen when we get older. We hopefully get a little wiser, and it seems that happiness increases with age, but other health conditions may develop – including changes to your bones and skeleton. ‘Weight-bearing exercise can help slow down bone loss, and may even rebuild bone’ That’s because bones are not static – there is a continual cycle of them being broken down by the body and rebuilding again. Bone loss, where the bones become thinner, is a part of ageing, but soon after the menopause women undergo a period of more rapid bone loss. This is due to falling levels of oestrogen. Oestrogen helps the body to absorb calcium, which is essential to maintain bones. In the first five to seven years after…

He’s leaving me sexually unfulfilled Q My partner is being really awkward right now when it comes to our sex life. When we met I was thrilled that he could make love all night, but recently he’s found it more and more difficult to last very long, so I’m left unfulfilled. He says he’s tried to hold back but just can’t – then I get angry and we end up rowing again and again. How can I convince him that if he doesn’t sort this out soon, I’ll be out the door? SUSAN SAYS A Your partner’s issue of not being able to last during sex is almost certainly not down to him being ‘awkward’. He may have a physical problem. He may be feeling stressed. And the way you’re…

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The Chelsea Detective ACORN TV Adrian Scarborough (Gavin & Stacey) stars as DI Max Arnold. The four-parter follows Max and his colleague DC Priya Shamsie (Sonita Henry) as they solve crimes in London’s well-heeled Chelsea. The Magpie Murders BRITBOX Based on the novel by Foyle’s War creator Anthony Horowitz, this crime drama stars Lesley Manville as book editor Susan, whose life is about to change when she receives a manuscript by a vanished mystery writer……

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YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’VE GOT UNTIL IT’S GONE There have been rows over the BBC licence fee for as long as I’ve been writing about TV, which is more than 25 years. While some question why they have to spend £159 of their hard-earned cash when they barely access the BBC, others marvel at the excellent value they get for 43p per day, per household. Now culture minister Nadine Dorries has frozen the payments at the 2021 level for the next two years, saddling the corporation with a £1.5bn deficit which will spell the end for certain services – Radio 5 Live? The news channel? BBC3/4? Time will tell. As if that weren’t enough, she says she’ll scrap it altogether in 2027. Well, firstly, I admire her optimism in…