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Louis Tomlinson’s mum Johannah Deakin shares adorable photos of her son with baby Freddie

The One Direction star's mum Johannah Deakin has melted the internet by sharing some VERY adorable new pictures of her son and grandson Freddie together.
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The grandma uploaded a collage of four black and white photos to Instagram in celebration of the bubba’s three month birthday.

“Happy 3 month birthday Freddie. Miss you darling,” she penned alongside the touching images.

Louis was featured in the black and white candids in a range of heartwarming poses.

The new dad and stylist Briana Jungwirth welcomed their little one in January and the One Direction star has since moved across the pond to Los Angeles to be close to the tot.

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Kelly Clarkson shares first photos of son Remy

Kelly Clarkson couldn't be more excited to debut her darling newborn, Remington Alexander Blackstock.
Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock

The proud mama took to Twitter to share two professional photos of her 11-day-old.

“Meet Remy, our newest [addition] to the family! #charmfordays #watchoutladies,” the singer penned.

The candid snaps were taken by Koby Brown and showed the mum-of-two cradling and giving him kiss on the forehead.

Meanwhile, daddy proudly shows his son’s sweet face.

The first American Idol winner and husband Brandon Blackstock welcomed their second child together on April 12 .

The pair are already parents to 22-month-old daughter River Rose.

Kelly revealed she was expecting her second bub while performing onstage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

“This is not how I wanted to announce [that I’m pregnant]. My makeup artist is backstage hating me,” she joked while tearing up.

“I didn’t want you to think I’m on pills or something.”

She continued, “I would like to apologize to my husband. This was not planned. I’m just so hormonal. Everything is great, I haven’t vomited yet. That’s a win y’all.”

We can’t wait to see new snaps of Remy and his adorable big sis River!

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Roaylly cute: Officially introducing Crown Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil of Sweden

The Swedish royal palace released the first ever official portrait of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia's newborn.
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia

After the royal couple welcomed their son on Tuesday, the proud new dad shared the official snap of his bundle of joy.

The photo, which was taken by the Prince, shows the fifth-in-line to the throne sound asleep in a bassinet covered in blankets while dressed in a white sleeper suit.

Hello Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil, Duke of Sodermanland!

The family revealed their son’s beautiful name earlier this week.

Carl Philip’s father King Carl XVI Gustaf explained that the new parents followed Swedish royal tradition revealing his grandson’s name and title at a cabinet meeting.

Prince Alexander was born at 6:25pm at the Danderyd hospital in Stockholm and weighed about 3.5 kgs.

“The Marshal of the Realm is delighted to announce that HRH Princess Sofia gave birth to a healthy child,” a statement on the royal Facebook page said.

The new family-of-three have returned to their home at Drottningholm Palace, with the palace revealing they’re “doing well,” and are “looking forward” to spending time with their son.

Our very first look at little Prince Alexander!

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The heartbreak of ‘stuck mums’

At the heart of the 60 Minutes snatched children saga is a very real story about the anguish of losing your child. The Weekly spoke with other women fighting to be united with their children.

They call themselves “stuck mums”. Women everywhere stranded abroad and not able to return home with their children, or worse still, separated from their children altogether.

In the wake of the botched ‘retrieval’ of Sally Faulkner’s children in Lebanon (abetted by 60 Minutes and Tara Brown) The Weekly Online has spoken to women across the country fighting to be united with their children.

After all, at the heart of the 60 Minutes debacle is a domestic dispute between a mother and a father.

Like all domestic disputes, it is a difficult situation. It has been complicated further by the toing and froing of the Faulkner children between Australia and Lebanon, a country that lies outside of the Hague Convention.

The Hague Convention is a piece of legislation from the 1980’s that stipulates one parent can not take a child from its habitual residence without the permission of the other parent, and that any disputes are settled in the family court of that county.

However, the law doesn’t define what constitutes a habitual residence. This means that families who travel overseas temporarily also need to comply with it. And while it may not be an issue when all is rosy, it can be an absolute nightmare when relationships break down.

Emma Daniels* is a ‘stuck mum’.

The 38-year-old from WA relocated to the US in 2013 with her family because her husband was offered a good work opportunity.

But when her marriage broke down, she found herself living a nightmare.

Cut off financially and unable to work due to visa restrictions she decided to return to Australia with her two daughters.

But despite Emma being an Australian citizen and the primary carer of her children, the Australian family courts have sided with her ex-husband.

This means that she has no choice but to return to the states with her children, where she risks prosecution for abduction.

“The Australian government is sending me, an Australian, back to the states to live in poverty with my daughters.

“This means that the court over there will take my children from their mother, because they will look at who can provide a better quality of life for the children. In Australia I can do that, but I can’t in America,” she explains.

Kate Lawson* also shared her heart-breaking story.

“I am a British citizen, and came to Australia with my British partner (now my ex) and our daughter. None of us have Australian residency and it was never our intention to remain in Australia on a permanent basis,” she explains.

But when Kate and her ex separated, the Hague Convention meant that despite coming to Australia temporarily, she would need permission from her ex to leave the country with their daughter.

“I’m forced to stay in Australia because my ex wants to stay here,” she says.

Kate’s situation is desperate. Despite not being permitted to leave she is not entitled to Australian residency. This means that she can’t access benefits or legal aid.

“I have a long term chronic illness and unable to work and cannot support myself and my daughter financially. [My ex] refuses to pay child support. I receive court ordered spousal maintenance but the amount is minimal compared to my actual expenses and [he] is in arrears with his payments.

“The order for maintenance expires next year, at which point I will have no income at all. I have to rely on charity for additional financial support and I am at risk of losing my rented accommodation,” explains Kate.

Like other ‘stuck mums’ Kate is in a desperately hard situation. If she takes her daughter back to the UK without permission she could be prosecuted for abduction.

It sounds like an absurd situation – and it not what the Hague Convention was designed for. But due to the increase in families moving abroad for work, situations like Kate and Emma’s have become all too common.

Tara Brown and 60 Minutes crew were released from Beirut detention last week.

Global ARRK (Action on Relocation and Return with Kids) is a grassroots organisation that offers advice and support to ‘stuck mums’. They say that the problem is “widespread”.

“Being ‘stuck’ in a foreign country is tough – being a single mum is hard enough in your own country with family and friends to prop you up. But living thousands of miles from that support and possibly without income from employment can be devastating.

“Right now there are mums squatting in empty houses, living in caravans and sleeping on neighbour’s floors just because they are too poor to stay in that foreign country but can’t bear to lose their children. It’s heart-breaking.”

Kate Lawson has every sympathy with Sally Faulkner, “As a mother I can fully understand the desperate measures [Sally Faulkner] took to try to get her children back,” she says.

“But if it raises awareness of these issues then at least some good will come out of it.”

*Names have been changed for legal reasons

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It’s puppy love! Chrissy Teigen shares first video of baby Luna

Chrissy Teigen has taken to Snapchat to declare her undivided love for her new bundle of joy.
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The unequivocally cool mama decided it was time to share the perfect first video for her little Lulu!

The 30-year-old uploaded a couple of Snapchat videos of herself playing around with baby Luna on Friday, April 22.

The new mum welcomed her daughter with husband John Legend over a week ago on April 14.

Too cute!

Chrissy decided to have fun with the puppy, glitter makeup and flower crown filters while holding her sleeping bubba close to her chest.

The protective parent had fun pretending to lick her daughter’s head, while using the puppy filter.

“I don’t remember what makeup feels like,” she joked in another captioned snap that gave her a full glam makeover.

The filter fun continued when Chrissy got her mother Vilailuck Teigen to join in.

The grandmother played around with the ever-popular puking rainbow lens before using the face swap feature with her daughter.

Baby Luna made her social media debut just five days after being born.

“Hi my lulu!” the cookbook author captioned the first photo of Luna on Instagram on April 19.

The sweet pic shows a bare-faced Chrissy cradling her newborn while their beloved dog Puddy looks on.

It’s official, little Lulu is one sweet bub and we can’t wait to see more snaps of her!

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Mario Testino shares new photo of Charlotte

The Queen's birthday is the gift that keeps giving!
Duchess Catherine and Princess Charlotte

In celebration of Her Majesty’s 90th, Mario Testino has shared a never-before-seen photograph of the royal family taken on Charlotte’s christening.

The famed Peruvian photographer , who was given the honour of taking the first ever official photos of Charlotte, shared the unseen image on Instagram.

Mario celebrated the Queen’s milestone in the best way possible – by sharing a brand new image! (Pic/Mario Testino Instagram)

The new snap is of the royal family posing together following the church service in the Drawing Room at Sandringham House.

Unlike the original images, this new picture only has William’s side of the family.’

The Queen, Prince William and Catherine are seated with Prince George and Princess Charlotte, as Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Phillip stand behind them.

George famously melted our hearts at his little sister’s big day.

“Her majesty Queen Elizabeth II 90th birthday, long live the Queen! Here shooting the royal family at Sandringham House on the occasion of Princess Charlotte’s christening,” Mario captioned.

Charlotte’s christening took place at St. Mary Magdalene church on the Queen’s Sandringham Estate on 5 July 2015 when Charlotte was just two months old.

The pretty Princess was dressed in a golden replica of a Victorian christening gown made by the Queen’s dressmaker Angela Kelly.

Meanwhile cheeky George donned red shorts and an embroidered shirt by British designer Rachel Riley.

Mario admitted he was “overwhelmed and honoured” after being chosen to photograph the royal christening. The beloved celebrity photographer is a favourite of the royal family.

He snapped Prince William’s 21st birthday, William and Kate’s iconic engagement photos, and even photographed Princess Diana for Vanity Fair back in 1997.

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Woman sexually assaulted in NSW highway toilet block by two men

A woman has told police she was sexually assaulted by two men in a roadside toilet block in south-western NSW.

A woman has told police she was sexually assaulted by two men in a roadside toilet block in south-western NSW.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the woman was driving in a white utility and towing a horse float on the Hume Highway from Yass toward Sydney on the night of April 17 when she pulled over at a rest stop and went into a toilet block. 

It was there the 44-year-old female was allegedly pushed to the ground by two men who sexually assaulted her.

The woman told police the men had Australian accents and smelled of BO but she was unable to recall exactly where the assault occurred because she fled the scene.

Following the attack, the woman drove to her home on the Central Coast where she told police of what had happened and was treated for cuts and bruises.

The SMH reports detectives have combed the highway looking for anyone who might have seen something – they believe two semi-trailers were parked at the rest stop at the time of the assault.

Investigators are hoping someone will recognise the woman’s car – a dual cab white utility with Queensland number plates. 

Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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Prince’s autopsy says death was not a suicide

Autopsy seeks answers.

The coroner who performed an autopsy on singer Prince’s body has ruled out suicide, saying there were no obvious signs of trauma.

At a news conference Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson said while the full report from the 4-hour long post-mortem examination which took place on Thursday could take weeks to compile, “we have no reason to believe this was a suicide.”

Prince’s death has come as a shock to fans.

The Pop icon was confirmed dead on Thursday after police were called to Prince’s Paisley Park estate and found his body in a lift.

“It is with profound sadness that I am confirming that the legendary, iconic performer, Prince Rogers Nelson, has died,” his spokeswoman said.

“There are no further details as to the cause of death at this time.”

In a statement, Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson said his deputies responded to a medical call at about 09:43 local time (11:43 GMT) and later found an unresponsive adult male in an elevator at Paisley Park Studios.

First responders tried to revive him with CPR but he was pronounced dead at 10:07.

His death has rocked the music community and he is being remembered by fans everywhere.

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Adorable Prince George meets President Obama in his pyjamas

Get ready to collapse from a cuteness overload.

Get ready to collapse from a cuteness overload.

Prince George crashed a dinner between Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama overnight at Kensington Palace which saw the little royal shake hands with the world leader wearing his pyjamas.

According to a royal spokesperson the adorable encounter occurred because the two-year-old son of Prince William and Kate Middleton was “was allowed to stay up late” to meet the little royal, who stole the spotlight earlier in the week in a royal portrait with his father, Prince William, his grandfather Prince Charles, and his great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, was “smartly attired” for bedtime wearing a light-colored robe and pyjama pants to greet the First couple.

George, who turns 3 in July, was allowed to stay up late for the special occasion, but his 11-month-old sister sister, Princess Charlotte was tucked in bed.

“George stayed up for a few minutes when the President and the First Lady arrived, but Charlotte was in bed,” a palace source told PEOPLE.

In another picture shared on the Kensington Palace Twitter page the youngster also showed off a rocking horse that was a gift from the Obamas.

The caption read: “Prince George thanks @BarackObama for his rocking horse, given to him when he was born.”

The Obama’s were attending a private dinner with Prince William, Duchess Catherine (in an L.K. Bennett dress) and Prince Harry while in the UK on official business.

Get ready for tiny toddler robes to sell out worldwide.

RELATED VIDEO: Prince George’s stamp debut!

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Prince George meets President Obama

Prince George steals the show yet again as he greets President Barack Obama in his dressing gown!
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It’s like something out of a fairytale.

A sleepy Prince all bundled up for bed (in his bespoke robe, no less) wanders out to meet some of mummy and daddy’s guests.

Those guests just happen to be the President of the United States and The First Lady.

These are the heart-warming scenes that played out at Kensington Palace’s 1A Apartment in London on Friday as Prince William, Duchess Catherine and Prince Harry hosted Michelle and Barack Obama for dinner.

Look at me go! George showed off his rocking horse skills as Duchess Catherine proudly clapped him on. The toy was given to George from The Obamas when he was born.

Prince George, who turns three in July, made a star appearance right before his bedtime to greet the esteemed guests.

But judging by the sheepish look on his face when he shook President Obama’s hand, the youngster didn’t fully comprehend the magnitude of his encounter.

George looked utterly adorable in a white dressing gown with his name emblazoned across it, crisp blue chequered pajamas and a pair of slippers with aeroplanes on the front of them.

George looked adorable in a bespoke dressing gown with his name on it.

Meanwhile his younger sister Princess Charlotte, 11 months, was tucked up in bed.

A Kensington Palace Spokesman said of the historical meeting: “Prince George stayed up to meet The President and First Lady when they arrived at Kensington Palace.”

“He was able to show The President and First lady a rocking horse – given to George when he was born – and a stuffed toy – given to George when Princess Charlotte was born – that had been previously given to him by President and Mrs Obama.”

It was a big week for George as he made his stamp debut to help celebrate his Gan Gan’s 90th birthday. Post continues after the video!

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Clearly thrilled to be allowed to stay up past his bedtime, George happily played on his rocking horse, which was a gift from the Obamas.

Proud mum Catherine clapped him on as he showed off all his tricks while William and The President watched on.

Later in the evening, The Obamas enjoyed a casual dinner with William, Harry and Catherine.

Reunited! The group posed for a quick photo outside of Kensington Palace.

This marks a huge moment for the trio of British Royals as it’s first time they’ve hosted a world leader privately and at Kensington Palace.

It’s yet another sign of The Queen trusting the next generation to carry on her legacy and entrust them with more responsibility.

Earlier in the day The President and First Lady, who are in the UK for a four-day trip, met with The Queen for lunch at Windsor Castle before holding a press conference with British Prime Minister, David Cameron, at 10 Downing Street on the European Union.

Ahead of their meal, the royals enjoyed a catch up with The President and First Lady in the Drawing Room of Apartment 1A, Kensington Palace.

This is the first time William, Catherine and Harry have hosted a world leader privately.

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