Shane Warne revealed his inner perve in a crass interview about his girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley.
The former cricketer has been romancing the British model and actress for several months, and spoke about their romance on Triple M’s Rush Hour show last night.
When asked if he liked Elizabeth’s performance in Austin Powers, Shane replied: “That was pretty good I thought. Maybe next time I go over I should get her to dress up in that leather uniform.”
Elizabeth’s character in the film turns out to be a robot, with guns hidden in her breasts and when the radio presenter mentioned this, Shane replied: “Next time I’m having a look down there, I’ll see if the machine guns are still going off.”
Shane also made crass comments about Elizabeth’s figure, and penchant for wearing tight white trousers.
“She doesn’t know much sport but she came over to India and enjoyed cricket,” Shane said of the model’s recent trip to watch him play his last international match.
“She waved the flags well and she cheered well. She jumped around at the right time and I’m sure you enjoyed that too. So did I.
“They [Elizabeth’s white pants] were very tight. I think they’re size 24 or 25 or something.”
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The event was the couple’s first since they married in April. Since returning from their honeymoon, they have been seen welcoming Barack Obama and his wife Michelle to Buckingham Palace, and attending the Epsom Derby with Queen Elizabeth.
Colin Firth, Elizabeth Hurley, Holly Valance and Sophie Dahl also attended the star-studded event.
William and Catherine’s next public event will be the Trooping of the Colour ceremony to celebrate the Queen’s official birthday tomorrow. William is expected to ride a horse in the parade.
Prince Harry blushes as the Chelsea Pensioners quiz him about his love life
Prince Harry was left red-faced yesterday, when a pensioner asked him when he was planning to marry his on/off girlfriend Chelsy Davy.
The 26-year-old royal was visiting the world famous Chelsea Pensioners at London’s Royal Hospital when he was called out by 85-year-old former soldier William Titchmarsh.
The recent wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton was a popular topic of conversation as Harry shook hands with the war veterans, but Titchmarsh was more interested in Harry’s love life.
“So when are you getting married then?” he asked, causing Harry to flush bright red.
The prince quickly recovered from his obvious embarrassment, replying: “Not for a long time. Who put you up to do that to me?!”
“Oh dear, they’ll shoot me in the morning,” Titchmarsh quipped.
“Yes, put him on a charge Sergeant Major,” another veteran said.
The Chelsea Pensioners are full-time residents of the Royal Hospital, a nursing home for former members of the British Army. Veterans have been living in the facility since 1682, and are famous for their scarlet uniforms.
Harry, who is a Junior Captain in the Army Air Corps, was at the hospital to attend the annual Founder’s Day parade. After meeting the pensioners, he gave a rousing speech, discussing how proud he was to be a member of the armed forces.
The pensioners then marched past Harry, leading him to poke fun at his brother William, who is an RAF Search and Rescue pilot.
“I find it terrifying that your drill is so much better than my brother’s, but it doesn’t surprise me,” Harry said.
Harry has been dating Zimbabwean-born trainee lawyer Chelsy for more than five years. They have split up and reunited several times and although they attended William and Kate’s wedding together, they are currently believed to be more ‘off’ than ‘on’.
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Perhaps it’s just me but is anyone else losing faith in men? Is your confidence that your relationship will endure, unmarred by infidelity, for the rest of your life, rapidly diminishing? Anyone else starting to think that maybe it’s only a matter of time until it happens to you?
Amid the latest reports of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s love child, debauchery seems to be the flavour of our current new stories with male politicians, business leaders, sporting stars, celebrities and members of the armed forces at the centre of the storm.
Tiger Woods reportedly had at least nine mistresses, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his cabinet have allegedly treated their country’s political system as one big bachelor party, Ricky Nixon (the most recent football personality to grace our media) still has a lot of explaining to do and countless other public figures have had their reputations tarnished by some form of sexual indiscretion.
Where should our faith in men come from when the media is choked with mistresses, love children, misconduct and lewd photos?
Men are absolutely capable of forming meaningful relationships but time and time again we’re told tales of seemingly uncontrolled sexual behaviour with other women. We see public apologies to wives, children, fans and, well, anyone else who might find adultery offensive. And it seems that lately, these remorseful speeches have been more common than ever.
I’m no prude. I understand we’re sexual beings and it’s natural (and often good fun) to express that in a number of ways. But these married men who have sworn to be faithful (probably because they genuinely wanted to be with just one person) then caved after a few years make me question whether I should even bother trying to extract those sorts of promises from my partner in the first place. Maybe monogamy really is acutely unnatural for humans.
Should I righteously believe that monogamy is absolutely possible — that these men just weren’t trying hard enough — or should I understand that temptation is a very normal thing so maybe infidelity, by extension, is too?
I’m similarly confused by arguments that this sort of behaviour is a trait of ‘alpha males’. Is it that all alpha males lose touch with their marital vows while busily chest-beating and power-mongering? Surely relegating infidelity to just one social group is a bit too reductionist. Nice guys must suffer temptation too. I didn’t think that being nice and being sexual were mutually exclusive.
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A new hair colour is a great way to instantly transform your look. Updating your colour at home can be an easy-on-the-pocket option, but can also be a risky colour change. Here are a few tips and tricks to changing shades.
A hairdresser will charge between $100 and $200 for colouring, so with the ever-increasing costs of living, colouring your hair at home with a colour kit for just under $20 is much more friendly on the budget.
Be sure to follow the instructions carefully. Leave enough time for development, always wear gloves when colouring and have old towels on hand to clean up any mess.
If you’re aspiring to achieve a particular celebrity’s colour, don’t be shocked with disappointment if you don’t get it. Even if you do visit an expensive salon to get an A-lister’s colour, you might not walk out with the exact same hue.
Sarah Ferguson has released excerpts from her new reality TV show which show her sobbing uncontrollably and claiming she will “die” if she fails to “find herself”.
The Duchess of York, 51, showed clips from her new six-part series Finding Sarah on US talk show The View earlier this week.
The show, which will air on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network next week, sees the troubled duchess working with TV psychiatrist Dr Phil McGraw and a financial advisor to try to overcome her psychological and money problems.
In one excerpt, Sarah bursts into tears when she recalls how the British media have treated her.
“The press turned on me,” she says. “That’s when they said I was a bad mother. ‘Bad Fergie’ sold papers. It’s never stopped since then.
“Then they started calling me ‘Duchess of Pork’ and ‘Fat, frumpy Fergie’. Stupidly, I believed it, so the self-sabotage kicked in.”
“After 25 years in the public life, I’ve lost who I really am and this torments me. I hope that I’m going to start to live, to see if I really will find Sarah. I’ve got to do this, otherwise I will die.”
Sarah has also promoted her new show on Good Morning America and The Today Show. In both appearances she says her ex-husband Prince Andrew and their daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are extremely proud of her new show and her efforts to improve herself.
“I’m moving forward,” she told The Today Show. “My girls are proud of me, Andrew’s proud of me and I’m very proud of that.
“My girls learn from my mistakes, and look at how they are — it’s so exciting to see them confident and strong. I’m really so proud that Andrew and I are really a team together and we are completely unified, with the girls.”
Sarah has been embroiled in several scandals in the past decade, most recently being filmed attempting to sell access to Prince Andrew for a substantial sum of money.
Your say: Do you think Sarah Ferguson should stop talking about the royal family?
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Prince Charles and Diana on their honeymoon at Balmoral in 1981
Letters written by Princess Diana discussing her feelings about her new husband Prince Charles have been put up for auction in the UK.
The collection of previously unseen notes was penned by then 20-year-old Diana to Margaret Hodge, an older teacher who worked alongside her at Young England Kindergarten in London’s Pimlico district.
In the letters, which include Christmas cards, royal wedding invitations and notes Diana wrote while on her honeymoon at Balmoral, the young royal gave a unique insight into her marriage.
“It’s heavenly up here, just having the opportunity to do what you like and walk for miles,” Diana wrote of her honeymoon with Charles in Scotland. “I’ve vanished down many a hole — the husband having not realised — typical.”
In the same note, Diana revealed her nerves ahead of her first official tour of Wales with Charles.
“I expect the sooner I can get used to it the better,” she said.
The young princess also wrote about her new marital home Highgrove, telling her friend it would be the perfect place to raise a family.
“It honestly won’t look smart. Just a cosy nest for Mr and Mrs Wales to roost with bright colours of course!” Diana wrote.
Another letter written after Prince William was born revealed Diana’s love for her son. She said William had brought “such joy” to her and Charles, but admitted they were both a little bemused by him.
“We are constantly looking at this small package making strange gaga noises,” Diana wrote.
William, on the other hand, knew exactly what he wanted, which was documented in a letter about a visit to Santa when the prince was a young boy.
“He was quite undaunted, producing a list as long as your arm of presents he wanted and nothing was left out,” Diana wrote.
Hodge, who is now retired and approaching her 70th birthday, said she feels privileged to have called Diana a friend and knows she would be thrilled if she could see her sons William and Harry today.
“Diana was a lovely girl with a wonderful sense of humour,” Hodge told the UK’s Daily Mail newspaper.
“I was very privileged because my friendship with Diana continued after her wedding and we were in contact until her death in 1997.
“I know she was very much in love with Prince Charles and she just wanted to be loved in return and I know Diana would have been so proud when Prince William married Catherine and the fact he gave her his mother’s own ring when they got engaged.”
The collection of letters will go under the hammer next month. They are expected to fetch more than $30,000.
Your say: Do you think Margaret Hodge should have given her letters from Diana to Princes William and Harry instead of selling them?
She may be a new mum, but Miranda Kerr has stepped out in the latest craze sweeping the red carpet — the cut-out dress.
Showing lots of skin and with an obvious glow, Miranda shows just how to wear this trend that’s already been tried and tested by JLo, Halle Berry and Kim Kardashian.
But if you’re a bit wary about baring your midriff, take a look at Heidi Klum‘s take on the trend. She is right on track without giving too much away.
Flick through the pictures of celebrities who are embracing the cut-out dress craze.
Prince William and Kate Middleton lived together long before tying the knot
Long before their fairytale wedding, Prince William and Kate Middleton were happily part of the 2.7 million British couples living together in a de facto relationship.
In breaking with royal tradition, William and Kate embraced the practice of ‘shacking up’ from the very start of their relationship, proving themselves just like every other young couple trying to work out if marriage is the right next step for them.
Couples who exist under the same roof are actually living out their commitment to each other every day. Small gestures, like cooking a meal for your loved one, laughing in the dark just before you fall asleep, countless cups of tea or coffee in bed, toast stolen from an unwatched plate and toilet rolls passed through the bathroom door that were once reserved for the married state are now happily recognised as the commitment inherent in de facto relationships. What’s more, many young couples are approaching live-in relationships as a fantastic way to ‘try before you buy.’
The old adage, ‘You never truly know someone until you live with them’ has become somewhat of a warning message for younger couples, who have listened to mum and dad’s tales of supervised courtship and matches that were, for the most part, organised and sanctioned by their parents. Many young people have decided that the old system is just too risky when it comes to the question of spending your life with someone.
But rather than taking marriage less seriously, younger couples recognise that partnerships require a preparedness that can only be gained through living with the other person — understanding whether they’re cranky in the mornings or drink directly from the milk carton, how they argue and how they apologise.
The reality is, young couples are not willing to gamble on something as important as marriage. They need a fair idea of what they’re signing up for and, more importantly, who they’re signing up to be with.
The royal family, it seems, are no different. Gone are the days when royal brides-to-be (including Princess Diana) had to be declared ‘Intacta’ (virginal) before marriage to qualify to give birth to England’s next heir.
Both Zara and Peter Phillips lived with their partners before they wed, as did Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles. It’s also no secret that Prince Harry regularly stays at the London apartment of his on/off girlfriend, Chelsy Davy.
William and Kate’s development as a couple was clear during their engagement interview as they described their journey from “friends” to a couple who lived together for the better part of their eight-year relationship.
“Over the years I knew things were getting better and better” declared a gushing William as he candidly speaks about building a strong relationship with his future wife. “We went through a few stumbling blocks, as every relationship does, but we picked ourselves up and carried on.”
Indeed, the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, backed the couple’s ‘cohabiting lifestyle,’ in the lead up to their marriage, saying that many young couples want to “test the milk before they buy the cow.”
In Australia, 75% of couples live together prior to marriage, a figure that rose by 28% between 1996 and 2001. Yet de facto relationships are not just a trial-run for the real husband and wife show. More and more, de facto living arrangements are seen as an alternative to marriage — a choice that we will no doubt see exercised throughout the next few generations of royals.
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One day, she’s doing chores on a farm, the next, she’s walking the red carpet in Cannes. Life as an actress is all about extremes, says Rachael Blake, but the highs and lows are easier to handle with actor husband Tony Martin by her side, Susan Chenery writes.
No one was more surprised to find herself on the red carpet at Cannes than Rachael Blake. She looked dazed as hundreds of cameras flashed her image out across the world, there amid the glamour, the press of people against the barricades, the Riviera sparkling in the distance.
Only days before, she had been in jeans on her husband Tony Martin’s parents’ farm in northern NSW, where the couple lives, in her more accustomed role as an out-of-work actor.
“I only found out I was going about three days ago – it has been so last minute,” she says just before leaving Sydney. “I never in a million years thought I would be at Cannes. The work I have been doing is becoming lower and lower budget. The idea of me going there was utterly incongruous; it never occurred to me.”
Well it happened; the disturbingly erotic filmSleeping Beautyfrom first-time director, novelist Julia Leigh, opened as the most controversial film in this year’s line-up, shocking audiences with its graphic look at the life of a young prostitute. Rachael plays her madam.
Still, Rachael, who admits, “I question myself so much”, is fatalistic about all this clamouring attention. She is not expecting to do a Jacki Weaver and suddenly find herself fielding offers from Hollywood.
“I don’t have any expectations of it changing my life,” she says.
Tall, with deep green eyes and a husky voice, Rachael, 40, first became known on television inWater RatsandHome And Away. “I didn’t know what I was doing onHome And Away,” she recalls, “but I was working with Isla Fisher and she was fantastic – she sort of took me under her wing. We used to go outside and I would smoke cigarettes and she would help me feel comfortable with the camera because no one teaches you that.”
Yet it was the gritty, confronting police dramaWildsidewhere she really came into her own as the ballsy, blokey Dr Maxine Summers. She had arrived at the audition on a motorbike, smoking roll-up cigarettes. And it was here that she met Tony.
Later, she starred inLantana, the internationally successful film set in a sweltering Australian summer, and more recently as Hazel Hawke in the telemovieHawke. Yet Rachael is not sitting around looking pretty and waiting for the phone to ring. She is out there living, exploring, engaging with the world — ballsy, like so many of her characters she plays.
Last December, they returned to Australia — “we missed our community” — having based themselves in London for six years. Rachael had tried Los Angeles, but she was never going to do the decorative ingenue thing. She was looking for more depth. She may have classic blonde looks, but she is too gutsy to be entirely feminine.
“I just didn’t feel that I was LA material,” she says. “I didn’t feel that I was young enough and glamorous enough. When it becomes like that, the aesthetic, I just become a bit uncomfortable. I was really interested in longevity and was terrified if it was always about how I looked — and I have always looked older than I am.
Sleeping Beautyis released in Australia on June 23 and will also feature in the Sydney Film Festival from June 8-19.
Read more of this story in the June issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly.
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