Before push-up bras, camisoles and corsets there were “breastbags” but until recently not one of the medieval garments have even been recovered. This month, archaeologists have found what they believe to be the world’s oldest bra hidden under the floorboards Austria’s Lengberg Castle. Radiocarbon analysis shows the undergarment — made of linen decorated with lace […]

She’s been sick in bed for weeks but it seems even the Duchess of Cambridge can’t get out of Christmas lunch with the in-laws. Pregnant Kate took a two-hour break from her doctor-ordered bed rest yesterday to attend the Queen’s annual pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace. Related: Surprise! William and Kate attend office Christmas party […]

The Duchess of Cambridge has been too ill to attend most of her appointments in the past two weeks, but she made a special exception for her office Christmas party yesterday. Kate and William surprised members of their household staff by attending their annual Christmas lunch at the Notting Hill branch of London restaurant chain […]

Hugh Jackman has opened up for the first time about his painful road to parenthood, revealing his wife Deborra-Lee Furness' struggle to conceive via IVF, and the multiple miscarriages she suffered through.

Aesha Mohammadzai was just a teenager when her Taliban husband sliced off her nose and ears after she tried to escape their abusive marriage. Now, three years later, she is half-way through a life-changing procedure to rebuild her face. Aesha, now 22, is living in the US and is six months into facial reconstruction surgery. […]

He's only 10 years old, but Romeo Beckham is already the face of a major fashion label.

It’s happened to the best of us — you go in for the handshake only to be completely ignored and forced to pretend you were just adjusting your hair. On Tuesday night, the Duchess of Cambridge proved that even royalty is not immune to this awkward social faux pas. Kate was presenting British Olympian Jessica […]

A woman born in the Edwardian era could be forgiven for defining herself solely as a wife and mother, but there was much more to Dame Elisabeth Murdoch than the history-making men in her life. Although her fateful union with legendary newspaperman Sir Keith Murdoch spawned the world’s most powerful media magnate, their son, Rupert, […]

Thousands of strangers joined the family and friends of Jacintha Saldanha today, bidding farewell to the nurse who was found dead days after answering a prank call from Australian radio station 2day FM. Standing in the church where he wed Jacintha Saldanha 19 years ago, widower Benedict Barboza said his final goodbyes. ‘We expected to […]

The world’s first ‘gay bible’ has been published in the US, with all references to homosexuality being a sin removed. Dubbed the Queen James Bible — a play on the King James bible, the most popular English translation of the holy book — the religious text has been translated to “prevent homophobic misinterpretation of God’s […]