Pop icon Whitney Houston, 48, was found dead in a bath tub with her face under water at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday afternoon.

Sources told US entertainment website TMZ that Houston’s stylist, hairdresser and two bodyguards became worried about the singer, because she had been in the bathroom for more than an hour and needed to get ready for the pre-Grammy awards party.

When the hairdresser went to check on her she found her in the bathtub with her face below the water.

Houston’s bodyguards immediately pulled her out and attempted CPR, but when paramedics arrived on the scene soon after she was pronounced dead.

Initial reports suggested that Houston had drowned after falling unconscious, but police have reportedly found evidence of drug use.

Law enforcement officials have reportedly told the TMZ that Houston could have had a heart attack caused by an adverse reaction to her meds found in her room including ibuprofuen (a painkiller) and Xanax (an anti-depressant).

An autopsy has been performed, but police investigations are continuing.

Meanwhile, Houston’s 18-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown was rushed to an LA hospital on Monday, reportedly suffering anxiety while her father Bobbi Brown broke down in tears at a performance on Saturday night after hearing the news of his ex-wife’s death.

Brown shouted “I love you, Whitney!” and blew a kiss to the sky, Us Magazine reported.

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The furious actress hits LA to demand a meeting with her ex-husband over their daughter’s looming marriage to Eddie Frencher.

It should be one of the happiest times of her life, but the upcoming wedding of her eldest daughter has turned into an emotional battlefield for Nicole Kidman. Last week her ex-husband, Tom Cruise, reportedly told the Aussie actress that, because she’s not a Scientologist, she won’t be welcome at Isabella’s big day.

Now, after 11 years of watching from afar as Isabella, 19, and her brother Connor, 17, are raised as devotees of the controversial religion, Nicole has declared war, moving her family into a home just 10 minutes away from Tom’s Beverly Hills mansion as she prepares to fight tooth and nail to stop being cut out of her oldest children’s lives. Relocating her and husband Keith Urban’s two young daughters, Sunday, 3, and Faith, 1, from the rural utopia of their Nashville farm to the bright lights of LA is a decision Nicole hasn’t taken lightly, insiders say.

“Nic is heartbroken that it has come to this, but she won’t let Tom erase her from Bella’s life,” reveals one close friend. “They adopted her and Connor together, and Nicole loved her the same way she loves Sunday and Faith. “In the years since the divorce, Nicole has tried to keep that special bond with Bella by having her come down to Australia and by flying her out to Tennessee, but Tom has made it harder and harder.

“Now she is going to make damn sure that Bella isn’t being brainwashed and pressured into a marriage she isn’t ready for, just because Tom wants her to marry some Scientology protégé – even though he thinks it would be wonderful for Bella.” Alarming new details about Isabella’s boyfriend, 23-year-old Eddie Frencher, have surfaced, including claims that he is seen as a “prophet” by Tom and senior Scientologists.

Read our exclusive interview with a former Scientologist who has met both Tom and the organisation’s leader, David Miscavige, and reveals the true extent of the battle Nicole now faces in this week’s Woman’s Day on sale February 13, 2012.

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Fears for the safety of Prince William and his wife are at an all-time high as the pair’s security is labelled ‘incompetent’.

As royal security experts warn of a terrifying new threat on the lives of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, the strain is showing in the dark circles under Kate’s eyes. Stepping out with her bodyguard for a three-hour hair appointment and a spot of grocery shopping – her first public outing since her husband left for his tour of duty on February 4 – Kate’s fragile appearance makes it clear she is missing her prince.

But, more than simply being lovesick, sources close to the duchess tell Woman’s Day that Kate is terrified her beloved Wills will be killed on his dangerous six-week tour with the Royal Air Force in the distant Falkland Islands. Publicly, the 30-year-old duchess has put on a brave face, declaring, “My job is to support my husband.” But privately, we’re told she is losing sleep over the increasing tension in Argentina and the countless death threats William, 29, has received from those outraged at the prince’s presence on the islands on the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War.

“I hope your helicopter crashes and you die frozen in the sea,” is just one of the many hateful messages wishing death upon William in revenge for the 649 Argentinians killed in the war. Even the country’s president, Cristina Fernandez, has inflamed passions, describing the prince’s tour as the actions of a “coarse and decadent colonial power”.

Now, in news that is certain to shock the palace even further, experts on royal security have revealed that the protection surrounding both Kate and William is inadequate – and both their lives are in real danger. Speaking exclusively to Woman’s Day, Chris Rose, a former personal protection officer to Prince Charles, explains, “The problem is that William and Kate face all the same threats that the royal family have always endured – Irish terrorists, unstable stalkers, kidnappers, etc, but now there are terrifying new threats, like al-Qaeda and even Argentine terrorists.”

Find out more about why William and Kate are being watched over in this week’s Woman’s Day on sale February 13, 2012.

Your say: Do you think Prince William did the right thing by going to the Falklands? Tell us in the comments box below.

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