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In OC st WPI both happy couples… In 4 FACEBOOK.COM/BESTMAGAZINE Who the cwroowwde?d best this WEEK Gingham is the print BRIT NORRIE MAKES HIS MARK! of the season, so don’t go through Summer without it! 3 Sctrreaawmb earnrdie as , Davina McCall, 54, was sunny new tennis side up in Rixo, while Reese star? Check! Witherspoon, 46, looked pretty If you didn’t in pink from her own Draper know who James collection. And Kelly Cameron Norrie was Kate and Brook, 42, kept it casual bWeifmorbel tehdiosn y,e yaoru’s Woni lNlso crhrieee arte d in F&F on a recent do now. The tennis Wimbledon dog walk. star, 26 – who made a huge splash in the tournament – was the last Brit standing by the semis. And we have a feeling this isn’t the last we’ll see of him. Norrie’s dad David is Scottish and mum Helen is Welsh The family moved from South Africa to New n Zealand when he was three. Cam came to o o p Britain aged 16 and now lives in London. 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Jennifer Connelly, however, had other ideas back in 1995 for The Quick And The Dead premier in the US, but this year she dressed to impress for Top Gun: Maverick and shone in a stunning metallic Louis Vuitton gown at the 75th Cannes film festival . We’d say, the51 year old is ageing most gracefully! MANY HAPPY RETURNS, M A R CAMILLA! G A T S N Y, I 8 The hard-working Jennifer - T Duchess of Cornwall T E G celebrates a milestone flying the S: E birthday this Sunday – R U T her 75th! And Camilla is flag for C PI launching a few things to mark E P it – including her Birthday Books fashion at O C L Project, giving ‘mini libraries’ E H to 25,000 children in under- the Top Gun C A R served neighbourhoods. But NI, she said last month that the premiere! 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The proud father on Look Fantastic and fiils.co website, refill pouches (400ml) are wrote, ‘Which one’s Jack?! Then and now.’ from £8-£9.60 when you subscribe or £12 for a one-off purchase. for CELEBRITY best This Morning’s Holly Willoughby has big plans for her family home – but could they land her in deep water with the neighbours - again! Holly’s Summer of rows? T V golden girl Holly it’s believed, wanted to add Willoughby could a first-floor side and front Holly and hubby Dan well be risking extension, window and door are thrilled to have reigniting arguments alterations and a side dormer bought their impressive had the go-ahead with her neighbours – as roof extension at their mansion pad back in 2011, which it’s thought she plans to for more than a year now. has already been extended carry out some Summer But her Summer plans (the pair were previously stunning six-bed Edwardian home renovations. could cause friction. given permission to build a property with their three Reportedly the This Yes, Holly’s neighbours have basement extension) – with children Harry, 12, Belle, Morning presenter, who reportedly been complaining application setbacks and less 10 and Chester, seven – are lives in a plush £3 million over her planning applications, than delighted neighbours. bound to be delighted that Southwest London home, was arguing that it would cause Back in March, one angry they’ve finally got their wish. recently given the go-ahead disruption to the roads as well neighbour, Liliana Velez, told Let’s just hope any building K C for a house extension. as noise from building works. a paper: ‘Having the noise work that does takes place O T She and her TV producer It’s not exactly been plain all week all day for so many soon doesn’t lead to a Summer S R E husband, Dan Baldwin, had, sailing since Holly and Dan months is not the standard of rows with disgruntled T T U of living in such an neighbours. That would H S by expensive area to not a relaxing Summer make M, ugh live… I do not pay in the back garden…! RA o G will taxes to get this level Holly, who has hosted TA @holly oqfu daliistryu opft iloifne,.’ it is not TSchhiso Mfieoldrn siinngc ew 2it0h0 P9h, hilalisp b een Y, INS / T am According to known to share rare glimpses ET r G ag Richmond planning of her beautiful home and Y, st M n directorate, the garden on social media – from A I L much-desired a spacious kitchen to a stylish A S: extension has finally monochrome living room. E R got the green light. Quite frankly, we’d be quite U T C The couple – happy to move in straight away PI who share the – extension or no extension! NI O D A P S ‘Haviiinngg nnnooiiissse aalll wwweeekk Y E L L E is nottt thheee sstttaaandddardd fooor H S S: Summer in the D thisss eexxpppeennnnssivveee arrreaa’’ R garden? Time to O Holly’s W put the feet up! gorgeous pad 8 FACEBOOK.COM/BESTMAGAZINE for CELEBRITY best With reports of a move to Windsor, is the Duchess yearning for more freedom... Kate’s secret hideaway T he Duke and beyond the garden wall. The Duchess of future King and Queen consort, Cambridge’s both 40, moved into apartment reported move to 1a at Kensington Palace in Adelaide Cottage on the 2013, after a substantial sum Windsor estate – near was spent renovating the the Queen’s permanent space for the couple. residence – will offer However, reports have been them the ‘freedom’ circulating that William and Kate that their London base had been offered the use of the of Kensington Palace more discreet Adelaide Cottage cannot, according to a in Windsor by the Queen. leading Royal expert… Though the couple are Commentator Ingrid Seward expected to keep Kensington has previously explained that Palace as their official residence, William and Kate’s current it is believed that Adelaide apartment at Kensington Cottage may become their family Palace, the couple’s home base. It is not known whether since 2013, restricts their they will hang on to Anmer movements. Hall, but certainly, the Norfolk In the centre of London, bolthole on the Sandringham K it is obviously thronged with estate is very dear to their hearts. Adelaide Cottage U O. is ideal for a ‘hundreds of people every day’ This comes after it was C growing family S. once claimed by Prince E R U Harry, that the Duchess T C Charlotte’s of Cambridge was ‘almost PI X heartbreaking a prisoner’ at Kensington TRI A Palace. M question Harry also made the Y, T T move from Kensington to E G Speaking on Giovanna Fletcher’s Windsor, basing himself at S: Happy Mum, Happy Baby Frogmore Cottage before RE sphoed ecxapset rrieecnecnetsly ‘,m Kuamte g reuvilet’a, alendd making his permanent move PICTU finds it hard to leave children to California in 2020. OD George, Charlotte and Louis. It wouldn’t be hard to ‘Almost a WO ‘Anyone who doesn’t as a mother imagine the mum-of-three H T is actually lying,’ she added, yearns for more privacy. prisoner in her OU wroervdesa flrinogm t Pheri nhceea rGtberoeragkei nagn d Bcountfi wrmithaotiuotn a ans o yffietc, iwale ’ll LLE S Princess Charlotte when she have to wait and see Kate own home’ NIE can’t take them to school: DA ‘Mummy, how could you possibly and Wills’ next move. S: not be dropping us off?’ they But for now, is there ever RD ask… It’s a constant challenge.’ smoke without fire… WO FACEBOOK.COM/BESTMAGAZINE 9 ‘I don’t allow my family to watch me on TV!’ The inimitable Claudia Winkleman opens up about her new quiz show, whether she has a future in comedy (we certainly think so) and her all-time favourite snack... C laudia question correctly, for lovely idea. It came through a firm family favourite Winkleman, 50, is the chance to win £100K. as literally two sentences. in your house, then? famed for making Not bad, if you can One question, we give them Nobody in my house is us giggle with her dry answer it! It’s her first the answer, along with 19 allowed to watch me on TV. humour alongside her foray into the quiz show incorrect ones. I was in. They won’t know it’s on telly. Strictly co-host and genre since Nineties How did you find the role of Better all round, I think… pal, Tess Daly. But we show Talking Telephone ‘quiz master’, did you want Having appeared on have to wait another Numbers, alongside to help the contestants Michael McIntyre’s few months for the Philip Schofield. Here, and was it difficult not The Wheel, do you glittering joys of Strictly the raven-haired star, being allowed to? have empathy for the to return to our lives! famed for her fabulous If I had my way, everyone contestants? What’s Meanwhile, mum-of- fringe and witty one- would have won. In a pilot it like to be put on the three Claudia (she has liners, reveals her ideal they gave me the answer spot for an answer? Matilda, 16, Jake, 19, and celeb guests, and dressing and I immediately told I absolutely feel for Arthur, 10, with hubby room guilty pleasures… the contestants. This was them. It’s incredibly Kris Thykier) is busy problematic. I’m willing stressful with hosting One Question Hi, Claudia! This is your them on, but am too scared cameras on you. over on Channel 4 – the first time hosting a quiz or to lead them a certain way. The questions brand-new general game show since Talking When the contestants win, are easy when knowledge quiz in which Telephone Numbers, in it’s spectacular. you’re pairs of contestants 1997. Why this one? One Question is a simple watching must answer just one It was just such a simple, premise, is it as simple at home. for the contestants Claudia has to – do they stop herself crumble under helping the the pressure? contestants! If they work together and don’t race, they absolutely smash it. It’s a Dream team: game of slow Lorraine Chase and and patient. Elizabeth Hurley Will this show become 10 FACEBOOK.COM/BESTMAGAZINE