New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 1747

It may have been a breezy Miami day, but that didn’t stop Sharon Stone jumping into a bathing suit to frolick in Florida’s warm waters. The Basic Instinct star enjoyed some time out in the surf with friends. Wearing a figure-hugging blue swimsuit, it’s hard to believe the actress will turn 60 in March! Sharon was no doubt taking some downtime after being honoured at a glitzy event for her philanthropy, helping at-risk children with the charity Planet Hope, which she founded with her sister Kelly.…

It may have been a breezy Miami day, but that didn’t stop Sharon Stone jumping into a bathing suit to frolick in Florida’s warm waters. The Basic Instinct star enjoyed some time out in the surf with friends. Wearing a figure-hugging blue swimsuit, it’s hard to believe the actress will turn 60 in March! Sharon was no doubt taking some downtime after being honoured at a glitzy event for her philanthropy, helping at-risk children with the charity Planet Hope, which she founded with her sister Kelly.…

Lately it’s felt as though it’s impossible for a week to go by without news coming through of another Hollywood marriage falling apart. It’s got to the stage where a celebrity couple toasting 10 years of marriage suddenly sounds like a remarkable feat. So it’s with much pleasure that we celebrate a truly extraordinary love story this week – the 70th wedding anniversary of Her Majesty and Prince Philip. Theirs was an unlikely romance, but one that has weathered many a storm – challenges that seemed so unlikely to be ahead for young Elizabeth. Their bond is truly unbreakable and 70 years on, there is still so much joy in their relationship. It’s a private bond that is rarely on show in public, but our insider accounts shed some light…

Lately it’s felt as though it’s impossible for a week to go by without news coming through of another Hollywood marriage falling apart. It’s got to the stage where a celebrity couple toasting 10 years of marriage suddenly sounds like a remarkable feat. So it’s with much pleasure that we celebrate a truly extraordinary love story this week – the 70th wedding anniversary of Her Majesty and Prince Philip. Theirs was an unlikely romance, but one that has weathered many a storm – challenges that seemed so unlikely to be ahead for young Elizabeth. Their bond is truly unbreakable and 70 years on, there is still so much joy in their relationship. It’s a private bond that is rarely on show in public, but our insider accounts shed some light on its…

‘I and his whole family owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim’ It was not, on paper at least, a match made in heaven. First there was the age gap. They met when he was a strapping young man of 18 and she was a slightly gauche 13-year-old. Then there was the difference in family backgrounds. They may have both been great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria, but it was there the similarities ended. She grew up in a palace and her father was the King. His father, meanwhile, was an exiled playboy prince, his mother was committed to an asylum to be treated for schizophrenia, and he spent his childhood being shunted from one relative, and one boarding school, to another. Then there was the fact that several…

‘I and his whole family owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim’ It was not, on paper at least, a match made in heaven. First there was the age gap. They met when he was a strapping young man of 18 and she was a slightly gauche 13-year-old. Then there was the difference in family backgrounds. They may have both been great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria, but it was there the similarities ended. She grew up in a palace and her father was the King. His father, meanwhile, was an exiled playboy prince, his mother was committed to an asylum to be treated for schizophrenia, and he spent his childhood being shunted from one relative, and one boarding school, to another. Then there was the fact that several of his German…