New Zealand Woman’s Weekly Issue 19, 2022

There was a last-minute surprise guest at the Anzac Day Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving in London last week – Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. Only her husband Prince William, 39, was expected to attend the event at Westminster Abbey, but Kate, 40, turned up shortly before proceedings began to pay tribute to New Zealanders and Australians killed in war. The duchess recycled a white Alexander McQueen coat dress she wore to daughter Princess Charlotte’s christening in 2015, and teamed it with earrings that had belonged to her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana. A poppy was attached to her lapel with a diamond brooch, which resembles a fern and may have been a nod to NZ.…

I hope you’ve been loving the longer weekends as much as I have – even though the short working weeks can make things a bit harder. My husband and I were lucky enough to visit family in Tauranga for a few days, where we enjoyed long beach walks, food and laughs. It’s so lovely to be able to see family again because it has been a tumultuous couple of years for so many, including our cover stars Candy Lane and her fiancé Ricky. Separated from Candy’s daughter and her family who live in Australia, they were unable to see each other for long periods and then last year they ended up spending more time than expected across the ditch when our borders shut mid-year. But they enjoyed it so much,…

In the wee hours of many mornings as well as Saturday nights, Bruce Russell could be found behind the microphone at Newstalk ZB, treating listeners to delicious dollops of his dry humour and vast general knowledge. The veteran radio host had fans all over the country, but on the morning of Monday April 25, he never made it to air. Instead, the beloved broadcaster died suddenly at the radio studios while preparing for his show. He was in his early 70s. As those who knew him scrambled to come to terms with Bruce’s death, they all agreed he would be sorely missed – not only by his family, friends and colleagues but also those who tuned in to his show. “Bruce was a thoroughly unique and lovable colleague with a devilish sense of…

‘We’ve really got to live for the day’ She’s been an icon of New Zealand dancing and one of the country’s favourite TV stars for years. But Candy Lane is about to make the leap across the Tasman. “If there is anything we’ve learned during lockdown, it’s that we don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, so we’ve really got to live for the day,” Candy tells the Weekly at her home in Auckland’s Mt Eden. “With my career, I haven’t spent as much time with my family as I would have liked to, so there’s no time like the present to do that.” For Candy, that means packing up her villa, complete with splashes of whimsy like her leopard-print carpet, and moving to the Gold Coast to be closer to her daughter Jaz…

Sharon’s run OUT OF AMERICA The Osbournes are the talk of the town as they pack up their old life After decades living in the United States, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne are preparing to move home to England – for Sharon’s career and Ozzy’s privacy. “I’ve lost my patience with it all,” says former X Factor judge Sharon, 69, who was sacked from US chat show The Talk last year for her outspoken views. Sharon, who also manages her heavy-metal rock star husband Ozzy, 73, says American TV producers don’t want to know her any more. “In fact,” she says, “they wouldn’t touch me. It’s as if I have leprosy.” The star has instead signed on for a new nightly current affairs show in the UK, also called The Talk, and she says Ozzy, who…

It seems that one of the saddest parts of the rift between royal siblings Prince William and Prince Harry is that brothers who were once so close now barely speak. But were they ever really that close? Royal insiders say that while their unique shared experience as sons of the heir to the throne, and the tragic death of their mother Princess Diana, created a strong bond between the pair, they were not always the best pals people assumed them to be. Now a new book has shed some light on their childhood and how their different destinies have set them on paths that have veered off in separate directions. Author Robert Jobson’s book William at 40: The Making of a Modern Monarch focuses on the older of the siblings in the…