It’s the headline Prince Charles has been dreaming of — but unfortunately for him, it refers to another long-serving European queen and her ageing heir. Dutch Queen Beatrix, who turns 75 on Thursday, announced she was abdicating the throne in favour of her 45-year-old son Prince Willem-Alexander in a TV broadcast last night. Related: Impatient […]

Joanna Lumley has sparked widespread outrage by suggesting that women who wear short skirts and get drunk put themselves at risk of being raped. The Absolutely Fabulous actress — who played the constantly drunk Patsy Stone in the TV sitcom — lashed out at “trashy” girls, reigniting the old “uncovered meat” debate about whether women […]

Media icon and former Australian Women’s Weekly editor Ita Buttrose has been named Australian of the Year. The publishing legend and Alzheimers awareness and fundraising advocate received the honour at a ceremony at Parliament, ahead of tomorrow’s Australia Day celebrations. Ita was honoured for “brilliant and groundbreaking media career” and “championing medical education and healthcare”. […]

Vivienne Westwood has been shocking the fashion world for more than 40 years, so it’s about time she got around to shocking the rest of us as well. Two larger-than-life nude portraits of the 71-year-old British designer went on display at London’s Institute of Contemporary Art yesterday, as part of a major exhibition by her […]

He was criticised for being too flippant about his time in Afghanistan, but Prince Harry has returned from his 20-week deployment a changed man after witnessing the death of a seven-year-old girl. Harry, 28, touched down at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire last night local time, and told the waiting press he had seen insurgents […]

Her super-svelte figure made her famous but as she approaches 50, Liz Hurley has abandoned her quest for slimness - and thinks other older women should too.

The children of obese mothers are far more likely to develop diabetes than those with thinner mums. An international study led by Dr Matt Sabin from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne has found that a mother’s body mass index (BMI) can be used to predict whether a child will develop type 2 diabetes. […]

Prince Harry’s police protection is being reviewed due to fears his admission he killed Taliban insurgents will put him at risk of a “revenge attack”. The 28-year-old royal confessed to killing enemy soldiers in Afghanistan in a candid interview to mark the end of his 20-week deployment in Helmand. Related: Prince Harry – ‘I have […]

People who take aspirin just once a week are more than twice as likely to develop age-related blindness, a new Australian study has found. A team from Sydney’s Westmead Millennium Institute for medical research conducted a 15-year study that found that regular users of the drug are significantly more likely to suffer from macular degeneration, […]

Prince Harry has broken his silence on his naked Las Vegas photo scandal, conceding the incident was a “classic case” of “too much army, not enough prince”. The 28-year-old royal admitted he let his family down when he allowed himself to be photographed partying naked in Sin City last August, but insisted that what he […]