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‘We needed to blow away the toxicity around her death’Natalie Pinkham There was no place in the world that Caroline Flack would rather be than in a field with a bunch of friends, dancing herself dizzy to great music and laughing her head off at good comedy. “Nothing made her happier,” her chum Natalie Pinkham tells HELLO! fondly, the day after Flackstock, a festival of celebration held in the grounds of Berkshire’s Englefield House in memory of the much-loved, much-missed TV presenter, who took her own life on 15 February 2020. Singers including Olly Murs, Pixie Lott, Tom Grennan, Ronan Keating, Fleur East, Natalie Imbruglia and Louise Redknapp all leapt at the chance to get involved. Former Strictly Come Dancing professionals Aljaz Skorjanec and Janette Manrara gave a dance masterclass,…

Making her first appearance at the Marbella Global Gift Gala since 2019, actress and film producer Eva Longoria Bastón (right) was determined to ensure it was a night to remember – not least because it was the event’s tenth anniversary and she is honorary chair. The fundraiser, part of a network of Global Gift events held annually around the world, benefits causes including the foundation set up by Eva in 2012 to help women and girls from Latina backgrounds realise their full potential. Eva was joined on stage at the Hotel Don Pepe by Alina Peralta (above, left) and Spanish actress and philanthropist María Bravo (above, right), who together set up Global Gift Foundation USA in 2013. Setting the scene with a series of photos, the former Desperate Housewives star…

For Sheer family fun, Latitude Festival offers it all – top music, comedy and dining. And one musician has a history of helping make the Suffolk weekend Ed and shoulders above other music festivals. Ed Sheeran, one of the biggest names in pop, broke off his world tour to put in a surprise performance, joining headliners Snow Patrol on stage (below) to perform his hit Bad Habits. Ed – who still lives in Suffolk and credits Latitude with helping him find fame after first performing there in 2011 – was joined by a stellar line-up over the four-day festival. Little by name but getting bigger by reputation, Brit award winner Little Simz gave a storming set (above right) just days before she was nominated for a Mercury Prize. Example was…

Flame-haired, fiery and full of attitude, Geri Halliwell was a 22-year-old Wannabe with big dreams when she burst into the spotlight as one-fifth of what would become the most successful British girlband in history. Now, as she prepares to celebrate her 50th birthday on 6 August – the first of the Spice Girls to shimmy into her fifth decade – the artist formerly known as Ginger Spice can do so safe in the knowledge that she got all she fantasised about back then, and more. “I’ve had some amazing experiences in my life,” she told HELLO! in one of her many interviews with us. Last week it was revealed that Geri – who is married to Formula 1 racing supremo Christian Horner, by whom she has a son Monty, five,…

They shot to fame performing in pop bands, so Rochelle and Marvin Humes are used to sharing the spotlight. But it was a very special trio who joined them centre stage last week when they renewed their wedding vows: their gorgeous children Alaia, nine, Valentina, five and Blake, 21 months, who were very much at the heart of the happy occasion. A decade not only to the day, but to the hour of their wedding – which took place at 5pm on 27 July, 2012, in a star-studded extravaganza at Oxfordshire’s magnificent Blenheim Palace-–the couple celebrated ten years of wedded bliss and becoming a family of five in the beautiful Marble Garden of the luxurious Villa d’Este, on Italy’s breathtakingly romantic Lake Como. Their adorable mini-mes, who took the top…

‘I went into a really dark place. I kept thinking: “Oh my God, what’s happening to me?”’ A couple of years ago, Seema Malhotra went from being a bright, sunny, indefatigable fashion designer and reality TV personality to someone who was constantly tired and forgetful, anxious and snappy. “I went into a really dark place,” she says, speaking from her gorgeous home in Hale, near Altrincham, where she lives with husband Sandeep and their sons, Neil, 25, and Aaron, 22. “I kept thinking: ‘Oh my God, what’s happening to me?’” It wasn’t until she was diagnosed as being menopausal and treated for the symptoms that the Real Housewives of Cheshire star could feel like her old self again. SPEAKING OUT The fear and confusion she felt has motivated the 50-year-old…

Since her time on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in 2017, Georgia Toffolo has become a role model for people suffering from acne-prone skin. It has been a problem the 27-year-old star has battled since her early teens and her honesty has struck a chord with people everywhere. “My Instagram has turned into this amazing community where people who are struggling with their skin can talk about it openly,” she tells HELLO!. “It’s so freeing to be open about it and I love that young girls can see people who look like them on TV.” In her quest to help others with skin positivity, Georgia is an ambassador for collagen brand Vital Proteins and is working on her own documentary for ITV this year on acne and…

‘The Games remind us of our connection with one another, wherever we may be, as part of the family of nations’ The Queen It is the biggest sporting event to take place in the UK since London 2012 and the Commonwealth Games opened in suitably spectacular style in Birmingham. With dazzling fireworks, a set from Duran Duran, a roll call of sporting greats and a giant mechanical bull, the show put Britain’s second city firmly in the floodlights. While the Glasgow Games in 2014 were opened by the Queen, this time the Prince of Wales represented Her Majesty, reading out the message she had placed inside the Commonwealth Games baton before it departed from Buckingham Palace on its relay across the globe last October. Watched by the Duchess of Cornwall…

MOTLEY’S CREW COLOURS THE SKY For harlequin macaw Motley, the sky is truly the limit, thanks to his owner Chloë Brown from Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Determined to let him show his true colours, the zoo biology student taught Motley (left, top, flying with a macaw friend) how to free fly and return to her so he can enjoy a bird’s eye view of the nearby Peak District. He is also flying high on social media, with videos of his travels watched by tens of thousands of fans. “We started off with a harness and an elastic line, which got longer each time,” said Chloë (above with Motley and Echo, two of her six birds). “If I don’t fly him, he will bang on the window and tell me he…

‘What an actor. Oh, really though, what a wonderful actor’ Russell T Davies Tributes to veteran actor Bernard Cribbins, who appeared in The Railway Children, Doctor Who and the Carry On… films, have poured in after his death last week at the age of 93. Russell T Davies, who revived Doctor Who, paid tribute to Bernard, saying: “He loved being in Doctor Who. He said, ‘Children are calling me grandad in the street!’ His first day was on location with Kylie Minogue, but all eyes, even Kylie’s, were on Bernard. He’d turned up with a suitcase full of props, just in case, including a rubber chicken. And what an actor. Oh, really though, what a wonderful actor.” His voice was familiar to a generation as the narrator of The Wombles –…

COMEDY EUNICE OLUMIDE From cover girl to leading lady, Scottish model, activist and actress Eunice Olumide presents a hilarious exploration of modern-day politics in her first stand-up comedy set as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Visit thestand.co.uk/edinburgh/whats-on. FILM JOYRIDE Olivia Colman stars as Irish solicitor Joy, who, struggling with motherhood, has made plans to give up her newborn baby. But then she meets 12-year-old street urchin Mully (Charlie Reid, left, with Olivia) and they embark on a wild adventure that leads them to form a bond neither expects. In cinemas now. BOOK NOW SISTER ACT Beverley Knight stars as disco diva Deloris Van Cartier, who is forced to hide as a nun when relocated to witness protection. But then she turns the convent choir into a soulful success, threatening…

Hollywood couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez surprised the world when they secretly eloped to Las Vegas for a private, low-key wedding ceremony last month. Their honeymoon in Paris, however, is proving far more lavish. Taking the City of Love by storm, the newlyweds stood out during a romantic stroll near the Louvre Museum, with J-Lo rocking a fuchsia halterneck dress by Reformation and towering heels. Just visible on his ring finger, Ben was wearing the wedding band given to him by the singer as they exchanged vows, two decades since the first time they were engaged. On another outing, they enjoyed a private cruise down the River Seine and at one point Ben, 49, was photographed enjoying a snooze in the sun. Elsewhere, the couple’s joy was plain to…

HELENA CHRISTENSEN Supermodel Helena flies the flag for her native Denmark in a stunning red-and-white striped swimsuit. The 53-year-old shows off her golden tan on the island of Bornholm, near Copenhagen, where she showed Instagram followers that she swam and saw sunsets and rainbows. Fellow model Christy Turlington loved the ensemble, writing: “So dreamy.” VANESSA HUDGENS High School Musical star Vanessa sends temperatures soaring by posting this picture of herself in a red bikini outside a cave in Yucatán, Mexico (left). The actress looks chic in cat-eye mirrored sunglasses as she joins Modern Family actress Sarah Hyland for her bachelorette holiday. In a post, Sarah thanked Vanessa and her other besties for being there: “Bachelorette Trip of my dreams. I love these humans with all of my heart and feel…

‘I used to come with my grandmother every year. She would be very pleased it keeps going’The Prince of Wales As they prepared to wind down for their summer holidays, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall were on fine form last week on a visit to the annual Sandringham Flower Show, which was a riot of colour as it returned for the first time since 2019. With displays teeming with flowers, vegetables and crafts, the 139th show was a sight to behold – as was Camilla, who wore a striking tropical print dress by Bombshell for the outing. “I used to come with my grandmother [the Queen Mother] every year,” Prince Charles told one exhibitor in a display tent. “She would be so pleased it keeps going.” Chatting…

POWDER BLUSHER Brought to market as an alternative to theatrical greasepaint, French cosmetics brand Bourjois launched the lightweight powder blusher in 1879. The baked formula, worlds away from dense stage make-up, combined water, pigment and mother of pearl to give a healthy glow. Nearly 150 years after its conception, blusher remains one of the brand’s bestselling products. And after a brief hiatus, Bourjois is back in the UK. The iconic round blusher pot, with its nostalgic rose scent, is available in ten highly pigmented shades that are incredibly easy to blend. Bourjois Little Round Pot Blusher in Rose Ambre, £8.99. From Superdrug. LIPSTICK BULLET French perfume house Guerlain became the first company to manufacture a potted liquid rouge for lips and cheeks, made from grapefruit, butter and wax, in 1830.…

‘Grief and bereavement are my favourite things to write about, I think, because they’re with me all the time’ Once “the world’s worst receptionist”, YouTube star and best-selling novelist Louise Pentland has since hit a career highlight she never dreamt of: interviewing the Duchess of Cornwall. On the “best day ever”, the two women met at an event for childhood literacy with the charity Bookstart, of which Camilla is patron, before sitting down for a chat. “You could tell she was really book-smart and passionate, not just a figurehead just walking and nodding,” she tells HELLO!. “She’s an avid reader.” Since starting her blog and YouTube channel Sprinkle of Glitter in 2010, the mum of dance and Disney-mad daughters Darcey, 11, and four-year-old Pearl has become a motivational parent and…

Positano STAY A maximalist’s dream come true, hill-clinging villa Vicere on the Amalfi Coast is but a skip away from Positano’s many lures. As part of the Onefinestay collection, it offers an unmistakably Italian retreat, with knock-your socks-off views along the coast and a gem of an infinity pool for the hottest hours of the day. And just to top it all off, there’s a pizza oven, too. You’d struggle to find a more glorious spot to fritter away a week with your nearest and dearest. TASTE Begin your days with breakfast beneath the pergola on Vicere’s sea-gazing terrace (3), accompanied by the bells of the Church of Santa Maria Assunta. Il Ritrovo in the hills is a must for delicately fried courgette flowers as much as for the heavenly…