New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 1724

She’s the living embodiment of the saying “Keep calm and carry on”. Britain may have been rocked by the tragic terrorist attack in Manchester but the Queen led by example and went about her business as usual, attending a garden party at Buckingham Palace the day after the bombing that killed 22 people. Soldiers were stationed outside for the first time in more than a decade – and troops were deployed to guard London landmarks, including the palace, with the royal family feared to be potential targets. But Her Majesty showed no signs of trepidation as she mixed with hundreds of guests. A minute’s silence was held in memory of the victims who died in the suicide bomber attack at an Ariana Grande concert. The following day, the Queen (91)…

In just a few months’ time, the Weekly will officially celebrate an incredible milestone – our 85th birthday . I know I’ve been talking about it a fair bit but it is rather exciting. And it’s been a wonderful opportunity to look back in our archives at all those years’ worth of magazines. There are so many treasures – incredible interviews and news stories, as well as stories that are more curious. So rather than keeping these gems locked away, each week we’ll bring you a story fr om our past. We start this week by returning to April 27, 1970. Among advertisements for seamless pantyhose ($1.25) and a recipe for fish and apple pie, we encouraged our readers to knit his and hers Aran sweaters, plus we surprised the…

During a spectacular feature-length episode, celebrating 25 years on our tellies, Shortland Street put on quite the show, bringing back familiar faces from yesteryear. And while the tearjerker moment was watching original cast member Marj quietly slip away while sitting in the reception area she used to watch over (joined by her son Stuart, played by Martin Henderson, now of Grey’s Anatomy fame), she wasn’t the only character to die. Last week, nurse Lucy Karim could not be revived after complications arose during the dramatic arrival of her first child, who was delivered during a volcanic eruption in Ferndale. Actress Grace Palmer (21), who plays Lucy, joined the show in 2015 and says the experience has “been a gift”. “The best nearly three years of my life – and I…

It felt like the longest flight ever. Travelling from Auckland to London to meet her first-ever grandchild, Kerre McIvor was longing to set eyes on him, but also not entirely sure how she was going to feel when the moment arrived. “Everyone had told me that you’ve never known love like it,” Weekly columnist Kerre explains. “I’d got to the point where I thought, ‘What if it’s not like that? What if I’m a really bad grandparent and don’t know how to do this?’ “So I was excited but also aware that he’s a little person in his own right and what if he didn’t like me or I didn’t connect with him?” Kerre had asked daughter Kate (28) if she wanted her there in time for the baby’s birth…

“I would have liked to have had her advice. I would love her to have met Catherine and to have seen the children grow up. It makes me sad that she won’t, that they will never know her.” Speaking to British magazine GQ, and posing with his beautiful young family – including pup Lupo – in their garden, Prince William (34) has given his most candid and emotional interview ever about his grief at losing his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, and the fact his own young family will never know the extraordinary woman the world so adored. In a year that’s seen William, Prince Harry (32) and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (35) all speak about their own mental health in aid of their organisation Heads Together, William’s interview with…

‘Camilla has been absolutely constant and unflinching. She has put up with a lot’ She was brought up to “never complain and never explain”. The motto has stood Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in good stead over the years, especially in the 1990s when her relationship with Prince Charles was revealed and she was vilified. But now, more than 20 years later and for the first time, Camilla has spoken about how difficult it was being universally hated and hounded by the media simply because of whom she’d fallen in love with. “It was horrid,” she says, recalling how she ended up holed up in her home for the best part of a year because of the hostility she encountered. “It was a deeply unpleasant time. I wouldn’t want to put…