Amanda Platell Defends Sydney Sweeney but Ignores What Female Athletes Are Actually Saying

Amanda Platell wants you to believe that the women criticizing Sydney Sweeney's Novig ad are just jealous. In her Daily Mail column defending the actress, Platell paints the athletic sisterhood as bitter, snobby, and hypocritical, women who can't stand that a pretty actress is getting attention. It's a convenient narrative. It's also completely wrong. Let's address Platell's central argument: that Sweeney's critics are motivated by envy because she's successful, beautiful, and rich. This is the same tired defense trotted out every time a woman gets criticized for something genuinely worthy of criticism.

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Archie and Lilibet Changed Schools After Two Days as Meghan Faces First Security Review Since Royal Exit

Prince Harry and Meghan Sussex’s return to Britain has already produced a real-world test of the security concerns Harry has raised for years. Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet are changing schools after just two days following discussions between their parents and the family’s private security team. At almost the same time, RAVEC decided Meghan should receive her own Risk Management Board assessment, her first security review since the Sussexes left working royal life in 2020. Harry will undergo a separate reassessment based on the family’s changed circumstances in Britain. Neither development guarantees taxpayer-funded police protection.

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Maddox Jolie Becomes Latest Child to Distance Himself From Brad Pitt’s Name

Maddox Jolie has officially dropped Brad Pitt’s surname, becoming the latest of Angelina Jolie and Pitt’s six children to distance himself from his father’s name formally. A Los Angeles County judge approved the 25-year-old’s request Monday, September 14, after no objections were filed against the petition. He will now legally be known as Maddox Chivan Jolie rather than Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt. A hearing was held on Monday on Maddox's petition for a name change … and the judge signed off on the request due to no objections being made. Maddox will now be known as Maddox Jolie.

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Prince William’s Dartmoor Fund and Helicopter Use Put His Public Service Image Under Scrutiny

Prince William will travel to Princetown on Tuesday to launch a new regeneration fund for the Dartmoor village, on the same day his estranged brother Prince Harry turns 42. The Prince of Wales will unveil the Princetown Community Fund, which will offer at least £250,000 for social, economic and environmental projects. Grants will range from £500 to £40,000 and Devon Communities Together will manage the scheme. The announcement gives William another opportunity to present the Duchy of Cornwall as a force for community investment. But it also brings two uncomfortable issues back into focus: the £1.5 million annual rent the Duchy receives for an unusable prison and William’s own record of relying on helicopters while positioning himself as a leading voice on climate action.

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“Has No Problem With Uganda’s Participation” Palace Clarification Ends Kainerugaba’s Invictus Standoff

The official announcement came from Colonel Chris Magezi, Acting Director of Defence Public Information at Uganda's Ministry of Defence. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Chief of Defence Forces and Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations, had approved UPDF participation in the 2027 Invictus Games in Birmingham. The decision followed a telephone conversation with Sir Clive Alderton, Principal Private Secretary to King Charles III and Queen Camilla. According to the UPDF statement, Alderton told Kainerugaba that Charles had been "moved" by the General considering the King's opinion on the Games. Alderton made clear that the King "

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Mahershala Ali Is Done With Blade, and Marvel Has Only Itself to Blame

Mahershala Ali has reaffirmed what he previously made clear about Marvel’s long-delayed Blade: he has moved on. Speaking to Deadline, the two-time Oscar winner was blunt when the cancelled project came up again, saying, “I’m done with that.” The comment echoes what Ali had already suggested in an earlier GQ interview, but this time there was little room for interpretation. At this point, the bigger question is no longer whether Ali still wants to play Blade. It is how Marvel spent seven years attached to one of Hollywood’s most acclaimed actors and still failed to get the film made.

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Meghan Sussex Shares Sweet Family Video as the Media Turns 35 Seconds Into Global News

Meghan Sussex is giving followers a glimpse at a quieter side of family life in Britain, and the response shows just how much attention still follows her every move. On Sunday, the Duchess of Sussex shared a 35-second Instagram montage featuring Prince Harry and their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, enjoying time outdoors after the family’s return to the U.K. The video includes countryside walks, bike rides, fishing, muddy puddles and family moments set to Wham!’s “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.” Within hours, the post had been viewed millions of times and picked up by news outlets across Britain, the United States, Europe and Australia.

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The Gentlemen Ratings Drop Has a Simpler Explanation Than Meghan Sussex

Apparently, Meghan Sussex has acquired another extraordinary power. She can now make viewers stop watching television programmes she is not actually in. That is effectively the impression created by a Telegraph headline declaring that The Gentlemen had “lost half a million viewers after Meghan casting rumours.” The accompanying subheadline went further, placing the show’s 15 per cent UK decline beside reports that a possible role for Meghan in season three had been withdrawn following “backlash.”   There is a problem with this framing. Meghan does not appear in season two. She did not write it, produce it, direct it or promote herself as part of it.

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Irish Family Gives Donald Trump a Giant “FXCK TRUMP” Welcome

An Irish family placed its unmistakable message beneath Trump’s flight path as protesters challenged a presidential visit built suspiciously like a golf weekend. Donald Trump arrived in Ireland on Saturday for meetings with political leaders before travelling to the Irish Open and spending the weekend at his Doonbeg golf resort. One household near Shannon Airport prepared a less ceremonial item for the presidential itinerary. Huge painted letters covering the family’s property read “FXCK TRUMP,” creating a welcome intended to be seen from the air. A traditionalist might ask why they did not use the more distinctly Irish “FECK.” Evidently, this was not considered an occasion for restraint.

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Kate Middleton Wants Global Ambition From a Project Manager Paid £45,000

Once again, the Wales operation wants the public to admire the royal vision while somebody else is recruited to make it exist. The Royal Foundation is hiring a full-time project manager for Kate Middleton’s Centre for Early Childhood. For £45,000 a year, the successful candidate will oversee “substantive” and “complex” projects, manage international workstreams and build relationships with global experts and businesses. It is the language of a multinational consultancy attached to the salary of an ordinary charity job. The position is permanent and hybrid, with the Foundation’s office based in central London.

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How the Right Tried to Turn Charlie Kirk Into a Martyr and the Internet Turned Him Into a Meme

Content warning: This article discusses political violence. One year after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed, the internet did not mark September 10 with silence. It marked the anniversary with face swaps, fake news reports, surreal videos and AI-generated songs. Kirk’s face appeared on film characters, musicians, politicians, and almost every other piece of popular culture users could edit. Online, the anniversary became the “Kirkiversary,” while the flood of altered images became known as “Kirkification.” So why did Kirk become such an enduring meme? The answer is not that his death was funny.

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“A Very Damaged Upbringing”: Camilla’s Friend Piers Morgan Turns Diana’s Trauma Into Entertainment

Princess Diana has been dead for nearly three decades, yet commentators still treat her pain as material for royal entertainment. The latest example comes from Piers Morgan. During The Royals Uncensored, an offshoot of Piers Morgan’s Uncensored media business, Morgan described Diana as coming from a “very damaged upbringing.” The programme promoted Morgan’s remarks as a “unique insight” into Diana’s life. He was joined by Katie Nicholl, who gave evidence during Prince Harry and six other claimants’ unsuccessful case against Associated Newspapers, and former royal butler Grant Harrold, who apologised after sharing an AI-generated image…

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Ashley St. Clair Says She Turned Down $40 Million to Stay Silent About Elon Musk

Ashley St. Clair says she walked away from the kind of money most people will never see in a lifetime because the price was her silence. Speaking at the Venice Film Festival ahead of the premiere of Alex Gibney’s nearly four-hour documentary Musk, the former conservative influencer claimed she rejected a financial package worth about $40 million that would have required her to sign a sweeping non-disclosure agreement involving Elon Musk. St. Clair, who shares son Romulus with the billionaire, said the offer forced her to consider what her ability to speak freely was actually worth.  

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‘They Are Public Figures’ Harry and Meghan Push Back on King Charles’ Private Citizens Label

Prince Harry is about to spend much of September demonstrating the limits of describing him simply as a “private citizen”: appearing before cameras, addressing international audiences and representing charities whose work reaches across national borders. Less than a week after guidance issued on King Charles’s behalf described Harry and Meghan Sussex as “akin to private citizens with commercial and charitable interests,” Harry’s September diary provides an immediate reminder of why sources close to the couple are pushing back on that wording. And this is where the wording becomes more than semantics.

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Megan Thee Stallion Says She Was ‘Losing Myself’ During Relationship With Klay Thompson

Megan Thee Stallion is looking back at her relationship with Klay Thompson and making one thing clear: she will not make herself smaller for a partner. Five months after the rapper confirmed their breakup, Megan has opened up about what the relationship taught her, describing a period in which she increasingly felt she was trying to fit herself into somebody else’s life. Speaking to InStyle for its September cover story, Megan described the aftermath as “very rough” and said she felt as though she had been put through “the washing machine and the dryer with tins, shovels, and a cactus.”  

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Prince William’s Suicide Prevention Message Says “Support Someone Who’s Struggling”, But His Palace Must Answer for Its Record

Content warning: This article discusses suicidal thoughts. Prince William has launched a suicide prevention initiative that encourages people throughout British sport to recognise warning signs, begin difficult conversations and help those experiencing a crisis. The Royal Foundation unveiled its “On Your Side” toolkit on World Suicide Prevention Day. It developed the resource with the British Standards Institution and mental health charity Chasing the Stigma. The Football Association, Premier League, Team GB and British Cycling have pledged to introduce the toolkit within their organisations. A promotional film features England captain Harry Kane, Formula 1 driver George Russell and other leading athletes.

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Theo James Sounds the Alarm as Governments Weaken Refugee Protections

Theo James may always be “the late Mr Pamuk” to those of us who remember when Downton Abbey suddenly became unmissable. Since then, he has moved through Divergent, The White Lotus and The Gentlemen, earning plenty of admiration for his looks and performances. However, his latest intervention offers a far more meaningful reason to respect him. James is drawing on his own family history to warn that refugee protections cannot be taken for granted. He has supported the UN Refugee Agency since 2016, and UNHCR appointed him a global goodwill ambassador in 2024.

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King Charles’s Guidance Letter Blamed After Ugandan General Announces Invictus Exit

Prince Harry’s office has linked Uganda’s abrupt Invictus Games withdrawal to royal guidance issued about him and Meghan Sussex two days earlier. A source close to Prince Harry told ITV News that the decision appeared to result from the Lord Chamberlain’s letter, which the source said was rushed out without consultation. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba invoked King Charles’s approval while announcing Uganda’s withdrawal, two days after royal guidance was issued at Charles’s request. There is no evidence the King ordered the move, but the timing makes claims that his intervention played no part difficult to accept.

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Noel Clarke Faces Sexual Assault, Voyeurism and Exposure Charges

British actor and filmmaker Noel Clarke, best known for Doctor Who and the Kidulthood film series, is facing a new criminal case following a Metropolitan Police investigation. The development comes five years after Clarke denied allegations of sexual misconduct first reported by The Guardian. He has not yet entered a plea, and the new charges remain allegations unless proven in court. Clarke, 50, from Kensington, west London, was charged with two counts of sexual assault, three charges of voyeurism and one charge of exposure. The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2007 and 2016 and relate to five women.

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Ugandan Army Chief Claims Country Has Quit Invictus After Attacking Prince Harry and Meghan Sussex

Uganda’s military chief claims the country has withdrawn from the Invictus Games community only two months after joining. However, neither the Invictus Games Foundation nor Uganda’s defence ministry has formally confirmed the withdrawal. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of President Yoweri Museveni and head of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, announced what he presented as Uganda’s decision on X. He said the country would not participate in an organisation associated with Prince Harry without King Charles’s approval. When The Times asked what motivated his announcement, Kainerugaba dismissed the international movement for wounded, injured and sick service personnel as…

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Olandria Carthen Makes Lazy Girl Beauty Look Effortless in New MAC Campaign

Olandria Carthen is making effortless beauty look exactly that: effortless. In a new MAC Cosmetics campaign, Olandria gives fans a glimpse at her “Lazy Girl Sunday” routine, built around radiant skin, minimal effort and makeup that still looks polished. At the centre of the look is MAC’s Studio Radiance Skin Tint Stick in Rich 1, a serum-infused complexion product designed to offer buildable coverage while keeping the skin hydrated. MAC says the formula delivers up to 24 hours of hydration, making it an easy fit for the kind of low-maintenance makeup days the campaign is selling.

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Harry and Meghan Security Decision Delayed as RAVEC Meeting Moves Later This Week

On September 7, Buckingham Palace circulated guidance on King Charles’s behalf reaffirming that Prince Harry and Meghan Sussex remain non-working royals. The letter described them as “akin to private citizens with commercial and charitable interests,” directed questions involving possible use of public funds to Buckingham Palace and sent operational security matters to the relevant police authorities. The handling of that letter has now become part of the story. The Sussexes say they were surprised by its release, while royal sources dispute that account. At the same time, their security arrangements are due to return to RAVEC for consideration this week.

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King Charles Says Harry and Meghan Are ‘Akin to Private Citizens’ as Security Battle Remains Unresolved

Buckingham Palace has circulated new guidance clarifying Prince Harry and Meghan Sussex’s status following their return to Britain, largely restating arrangements that have been in place since 2020. The Lord Chamberlain issued the letter on King Charles’s behalf and sent it to senior figures across government, the military and the lord lieutenancies. The Sussexes also received a copy. The letter confirms that Harry and Meghan remain non-working royals, keep their HRH styles in abeyance and carry out their charitable work privately alongside their independent commercial interests. It also directs questions involving public funds to Buckingham Palace and operational security matters to the relevant police authorities.

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BBC Defends Harry and Meghan Coverage as Sussex Stories Rank Among Its Most Read

Prince Harry and Meghan Sussex’s return to Britain has generated so much interest that some BBC viewers apparently decided the broadcaster’s biggest problem was covering it too much. The BBC has rejected complaints from audience members who argued that its news coverage devoted excessive airtime to the Sussexes’ return with their children. The broadcaster did not reveal how many people complained, but defended its reporting as “proportionate,” pointing to the significance of the move and the questions surrounding security, family relations, the British press and what roles Harry and Meghan may take on in the UK.

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Prince William Returns to Work for King Harald’s Funeral After Another Long Summer Break

Prince William will return to a high-profile official duty this week when he represents King Charles at the funeral of Norway’s King Harald V in Oslo on September 9. Buckingham Palace confirmed that the Prince of Wales will attend the service at Oslo Cathedral, while Princess Anne will attend privately as godmother to the new King Haakon VIII. The funeral adds another engagement to a year in which William’s public workload continues to attract scrutiny. The official Court Circular records periods of concentrated activity, including overseas visits, meetings and multiple engagements packed into individual working days, alongside lengthy stretches with relatively few public appearances.

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Jamaica Takes Slavery Reparations Petition Directly to King Charles

Jamaica is taking its slavery reparations campaign directly to King Charles, asking the monarch to use his constitutional role as the country’s head of state to refer three legal questions to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The petition, led by Culture Minister Olivia Grange, asks whether the enslavement of Africans in Jamaica was lawful under English law, whether it violated international law, and whether Britain now has a legal duty to provide redress. The Jamaican government has stressed that the petition is not yet a demand for a specific payment.

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Nigel Farage Says He “Wasn’t Listening” as Reform’s Foreign Donor Scandal Deepens

Nigel Farage has spent years selling himself as the man who sees through Westminster’s tricks, understands how the system works and can be trusted to run the country differently from everyone who came before him. Apparently, however, there are limits to his powers of observation. Asked by the BBC about an undercover-recorded conversation in which foreign money and donations to Reform UK were being discussed in his presence, Farage offered an extraordinary defence: “I frankly wasn’t even listening.”   That explanation might work when someone corners you with a boring story at a dinner party.

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Octavia Spencer Won Her First Emmy. Deadline Made It About David Attenborough

Octavia Spencer finally won her first Emmy on Saturday night, taking home Outstanding Narrator for Investigation Discovery’s Lost Women of Alaska. After previous Emmy nominations in 2020 and 2024, it should have been a straightforward milestone: an Oscar-winning actress adding television’s highest honour to her career while lending her voice to a series centred on missing and murdered Indigenous women. Deadline found another way to frame it. Its original headline read: “Octavia Spencer Wins First Emmy, Stops Sir David Attenborough Becoming Oldest Emmy Winner Ever.” Deadline made Spencer’s achievement secondary to the age record Attenborough did not break.

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Meghan Sussex Hasn’t Announced a UK Charity Comeback, but the Press Already Has

Reports that Meghan Sussex is preparing to “rekindle” her ties with UK charities are already gathering momentum, even though neither she nor Prince Harry has announced any new charity programme. HELLO! helped set the story in motion on September 4 after reporting that Smart Works was “very excited to welcome the Duchess and her family back to the UK.” The following day, Roya Nikkhah, royal editor at The Sunday Times, expanded the narrative by reporting that Meghan would “rekindle” her UK charity links and that a new “media framework” would cover the Sussexes’ work in Britain.

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Antonia Roumelioti Tells Bridgerton Fans to Stop Harassing Her

Bridgerton star Luke Newton’s girlfriend, Antonia Roumelioti, has publicly called out online harassment after saying she endured three years of relentless scrutiny and false narratives about herself and those close to her. In a statement shared on Instagram, Roumelioti said strangers had reduced her identity to her relationship and used that as an excuse to spread lies about her personal life. She also criticised the wider culture of tearing women down online, warning that sustained abuse can have serious consequences for mental health. Her message was direct: being interested in a celebrity’s life does not give anyone the right to target the people around them.

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