Hello! Canada December 16, 2024

Have you crossed everyone off your gift list yet? I haven’t, which is why I’m especially grateful for the 10 pages of inspiration in our holiday gift guide! With multiple family members to buy for, including three children at very different life stages – a teen, a young adult and a brand new mom – I need all the help I can get at Christmastime, and I’m sure you’ll appreciate it, too! If, however, you’ve bought and wrapped all your presents (in which case, you have my deepest respect), you can put your feet up and enjoy this issue, which is the gift that keeps on giving. Not only do we have the inside track on the Royal Family’s Christmas plans, a chat with actress Sophie Winkleman (otherwise known as…

‘I talk to every homeless person I pass. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have any cash. Just communicate – even just a smile’ It’s been 15 years since Lady Frederick Windsor married into the “warm and supportive” Royal Family. And, like her relatives, she is grateful to be given a platform to champion the issues she is passionate about. “It’s such a privilege to be able to talk about something you care about and for people to listen,” she tells Hello! When we meet in a London studio for our exclusive interview and photoshoot, Lady Frederick (a.k.a. actress Sophie Winkleman) is on a day off from her latest filming project. And although she’s no stranger to the glamorous world of movie sets and royal events, you’re just as likely…

The King and Queen were joined by the Prince of Wales as they hosted a glittering white-tie reception at Buckingham Palace. Their Majesties welcomed around 900 members of the diplomatic corps to the palace’s opulent State Rooms, where Camilla wore an heirloom tiara for the first time. Camilla – who had recently recovered from a chest infection – put on a brave face despite having announced the previous day that her beloved rescue dog Beth had been put down. She wore a blue velvet evening dress by Fiona Clare with the insignia of the Order of the Garter, along with King Charles III’s Family Order – a diamond-encased miniature portrait of her husband – suspended on a pale blue silk bow on her left shoulder. Family orders are worn at…

‘The girls take the grandchildren to visit him most weekends’ Five years after the fateful BBC Newsnight interview that spelled the end of his public life, the Duke of York is taking solace in his grandchildren. Prince Andrew, who largely spends his days at Royal Lodge, his 30-bedroom home on the Windsor Estate, has been seen driving three-year-old Sienna – his daughter Princess Beatrice’s child with her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 41 – through the park and helping her take the reins as she learns to ride. It’s a tradition that royal children have followed over the decades – his mother, the late Queen, first sat on a pony at the same age. But it also gives a rare insight into how the duke, 64, is keeping himself occupied, with…

There’s a new woman in Charles Spencer’s life, and she’s “completely different” from anyone he’s ever dated. In a surprisingly candid interview with the Mail on Sunday, the recently separated 9th Earl Spencer, 60, opened up for the first time about Norwegian archeologist and author Dr. Cat Jarman, 42 – his co-host for The Rabbit Hole Detectives podcast – and their blossoming relationship. “I’m too old for hearts-and-flowers stuff, but the best way to describe it is that I can be myself with Cat,” the author and historian explained. “She knows who I am – who I really am. I don’t have to pretend to be something I am not. And she brings out the best in me.” Referencing their 18-year age gap, the father of seven confessed, “I’ve never…

Letizia is movie-star glamorous in a black strapless Balenciaga gown paired with a red satin shawl Exquisite new portraits of Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz have been unveiled, serving as a striking memento of their reign. In his solo picture, the monarch, 56 – who serves as commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed Forces and spent 28 years in the military – is majestic in the dress uniform and blue sash (the country’s top civilian honour) he wore to his 2004 wedding and 2014 coronation, adding a red sash representing the nation’s highest military rank. Former TV journalist Letizia, 52, meanwhile, is movie-star glamorous in a 1948 strapless black chiffon gown by the late Spanish designer Cristóbal Balenciaga, paired with a red satin shawl…