1.Twenty years after they got divorced, the Duchess of York has finally left the Windsor home she shared with her former husband, Prince Andrew, and moved to Switzerland.
The Daily Mail has photographs of a removal van outside Andrew and Sarah’s home this week.
Sarah is believed to have moved to “a luxury 13 million pound ($27 million) chalet that she and Andrew own in the exclusive ski resort of Verbier.”
“The property was bought last December as a family investment for daughters, princesses Beatrice and Eugenie,” the report says.
“It was bought jointly in the names of Sarah Ferguson and Andrew York.”
Andrew and Sarah stayed close after their divorce, despite Sarah being caught in a “cash for influence” affair that threatened to break the bond between them. They shared the same home for years.
The duchess’s spokesman said: “The duchess has a lot of international business commitments and has moved on with her life considerably.”
2.A beautiful little boy has died after being hit with a baseball bat in Kansas.
Kaiser Carlile, who was only nine years old, had spent his whole summer volunteering at as ‘bat boy’ – one of the fanatical little fans who buzz around in miniature baseball kit, helping the players with bats and balls and whatever else they may need.
With his freckles and his glasses, he’d won a place in the hearts of the Kansas Bee-Jays.
NPR reports that Kaiser was hit in the head by a bat as he ran past the batting during his team’s National Baseball Congress World Series game on Saturday in Wichita.
Wrenching photographs show a player lifting the boy from the field and holding him in a tight embrace.
“He was wearing a helmet when he was struck while retrieving a bat,” the report says.
“The boy quickly received medical attention including from both the home plate umpire, who reportedly works as a paramedic.”
But a report on the team’s Facebook page said: “With much sorrow and a very broken heart, I regretfully inform everyone that Kaiser Carlile passed away earlier this evening. Please keep his family and our team in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you all for the support during this ordeal.”
3.Osama Bin Laden’s stepmother and half-sister were “incinerated” when their $10 million private jet crashed while attempting to land in Britain last Friday.
Sky News reports that the coroner for North Hampshire, Andrew Bradley, has told an inquest: “The bodies were incinerated but I cannot tell you any more than that about how they died at this stage.”
Mr Bradley confirmed the identities of the three bin Laden family members as Raja Bashir Hashem, 75, her daughter Sana bin Laden, 53, and 56-year-old Zouheir Anuar Hashem.
The inquest was adjourned and a full hearing is unlikely to take place for at least nine months while the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) completes its investigation.
The plane, which was registered in Saudi Arabia under the name of the bin Laden family company, was flying in from Milan when it crashed last Friday. Conspiracy theorists are in full-flight.
4.James Packer and his best mate David Gyngell have kissed and made up.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the life-long friends, who ended up in a fist fight in Bondi two years ago, have declared their love for each other in separate statements overnight.
Mr Packer said: “David is my closest friend and I love him.”
The billionaire casino tycoon also admitted he should never have punched David, saying the incident was “regrettable”.
David responded: “The feeling’s mutual. He’s always been like a brother to me.’
Paparazzi footage of the fight between the pair was shown around the world.
Packer is currently spending upward of $2 billion on a new Sydney casino at Barangaroo, and $4 billion a new project in Las Vegas.
