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Epstein victim says she had dinner with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and was at Princess Beatrice’s 18th birthday party

Epstein victim says she had dinner with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and was at Princess Beatrice’s 18th birthday party

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A woman abused for more than a decade by Jeffrey Epstein has said she had dinner with the former Prince Andrew and attended Princess Beatrice’s 18th birthday party in Windsor. Sarah Kellen told the US House Oversight Committee, which is conducting a congressional investigation into Epstein, that she also had dinner with the paedophile financier at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s private apartments in Buckingham Palace. Her testimony marked the first time a woman sexually abused by Epstein has publicly spoken about attending royal residences. She spoke about the “horrific abuse she endured for years” involving Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell while she was working for the pair, the committee’s Republican chair, James Comer, said. In the newly released transcripts from the testimony, Ms Kellen told the committee: “I was at Princess Beatrice’s 18th birthday party at Windsor Castle and at the desert home of Sheikh Mohammed …

Tony Awards 2026: Full list of winners (updating live)

Tony Awards 2026: Full list of winners (updating live)

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The 2026 Tony Awards are upon us, celebrating the best of Broadway plays and musicals from the last year. This year’s ceremony returns to New York City’s Radio City Music Hall where a host of nominees and famous faces have assembled to celebrate the 2025-2026 season. The first part of the ceremony, The Tony Awards: Act One, began streaming exclusively on Pluto TV at 6:35 p.m. Then, the national broadcast will be live on CBS with streaming on Paramount+ starting at 8 p.m. ET, with Grammy-winning singer Pink hosting for the first time. Jointly leading the pack with 12 nominations each are the new musicals The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! The Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf-led revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman garnered the most nominations of any play this season with 11. The national broadcast is expected to …

Popular over-the-counter gas medication sold in US recalled for possible contamination

Popular over-the-counter gas medication sold in US recalled for possible contamination

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more An over-the-counter medication for relieving gas and bloating has been recalled due to potential chemical contamination. According to a Thursday notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, manufacturing company Haleon has voluntarily recalled four lots of Gas-X Extra Strength Softgels, which were distributed to different retailers nationwide. “The lots are being recalled due to potential contamination with a diluted propylene glycol-based coolant from a machine leakage during the packaging process,” the company said in an announcement shared by the FDA. “There is a potential that ingestion of the Softgels contaminated with the diluted propylene glycol-based coolant may result in adverse events such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea.” Affected Gas-X Extra Strength Softgels — made to quickly break up gas bubbles in …

Would you suit a fringe? Here’s how to tell

Would you suit a fringe? Here’s how to tell

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Tempted to try a fringe? You’re not the only one. But with so many options—curtain, box, or even micro—choosing the right style can feel overwhelming. To help you navigate this hairy situation, we’ve asked expert and celebrity hairstylists for their advice on finding the perfect fringe for you. What to consider before getting a fringe  While you may think it’s all down to face shape, there are actually a number of things to consider before getting the cut. “The number one thing to consider really is hair type,” says Davina McCall’s stylist and hair expert, Michael Douglas. Michael Douglas, Davina McCall’s hairstylist, gives an expert guide on getting a fringe (Alamy/PA) “The whole point of a fringe is that it makes your life easier …

ABC swipes at FCC over ‘First Amendment threat’ brought on by early broadcast license renewal

ABC swipes at FCC over ‘First Amendment threat’ brought on by early broadcast license renewal

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter ABC has formally submitted license renewal applications for its eight local TV stations as the FCC previously requested. The request for ABC to renew its licenses came soon after the FCC received a complaint against late night host Jimmy Kimmel following his joke suggesting that First Lady Melania Trump had the glow of an “expectant widow.” Days after the sketch aired, a gunman attempted to storm the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. However, along with the filing, the Walt Disney Company-owned network also stated that it believes their being asked to renew the licenses early is a clear “threat to the First Amendment.” As Deadline reported, the filing read: “It is an extraordinary demonstration of power and coercion directed at disfavored editorial voices which sends a clear warning to every broadcaster in America.” The statement continues: “This is a threat to the …

Harper Beckham has entered the mum-daughter danger zone

Harper Beckham has entered the mum-daughter danger zone

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more It’s a rite of passage for any teen daughter: Raid your mum’s wardrobe and pinch anything remotely vintage or designer, then lose it or wreck it with red wine stains. And Harper Beckham, 14, has been on a borrow mum’s dresses spree lately while on holiday in Ibiza. She was spotted with Victoria, 52, her brother Romeo, 23, his girlfriend Kim Turnbull, 24, and friends heading to lunch on Tuesday on the sunny Balearic island, wearing the exact same long, brown and floral figure-hugging chiffon dress that her mum wore only days earlier. And on Wednesday, she stole her mum’s style again by wearing a pink satin dress from Victoria’s upcoming collection, as the family headed off for a meal in the idyllic haven …

The View’s Joy Behar calls Jaxson Dart’s support of Trump ‘the definition of stupidity and racist’

The View’s Joy Behar calls Jaxson Dart’s support of Trump ‘the definition of stupidity and racist’

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Joy Behar is not holding back on her criticism of New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart for backing Donald Trump. The co-host of The View condemned Dart, 23, during Tuesday’s episode while discussing how the NFL newbie showed his support for the president by introducing him on stage Friday at a New York rally. “For somebody to back a guy like Trump whose history, and discrimination, and racism goes back to housing discrimination in the seventies and DEI attacks and posting pictures of the Obamas as apes,” Behar, 83, said. She then pointed out that more than half of the football player’s colleagues in the NFL are Black, saying, “That is just the definition of stupidity and racist in my opinion.” She later added: “Maybe he needs a little extra padding.” While Behar laid out her issues with Dart supporting Trump, …

Emma Thompson calls for change after study finds more hit films star a man called Chris than a woman over 60

Emma Thompson calls for change after study finds more hit films star a man called Chris than a woman over 60

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Emma Thompson has called out filmmakers following a damning study on the industry’s portrayal of women over the age of 60. A campaign by The Age Without Limits has found that just five of the 100 highest-grossing films of the past three years have starred a woman older than 60. In comparison, there were five led by an actor named Chris: Chris Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 (2023), The Super Mario Bros Movie (2026) and The Garfield Movie (2024); Chris Pine in Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023) and Chris Hemsworth in Transformers One (2024). Films were also four times more likely to feature a talking animal as its lead than an older woman. The female-led films that did feature in the research were Allelujah (Jennifer Saunders), My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (Nia Vardalos), Book Club: …

I’ve never used ChatGPT – am I going to get left behind in the AI revolution?

I’ve never used ChatGPT – am I going to get left behind in the AI revolution?

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Hello. My name’s Helen, and I’m a virgin. A ChatGPT virgin, I should say. Though, in the midst of our ongoing AI apocalypse, the latter is quite possibly the more shocking admission at this point. It’s not just Chat. I’ve never fooled around with Claude, Gemini, Llama or any of the other generative AI platforms that have swiftly become all the rage. And when I say virgin, I mean virgin. I’ve not so much as opened one of these tools, let alone asked them anything. I’m not even 100 per cent where they live. Presumably on the internet. Are they in the cloud? Does one download an app? This ignorance wasn’t intentional – at least, not at first. The whole thing somehow passed me …

Rebekah Vardy addresses Wagatha Christie scanda: ‘Hell will freeze over before I apologise to Coleen Rooney’

Rebekah Vardy addresses Wagatha Christie scanda: ‘Hell will freeze over before I apologise to Coleen Rooney’

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Rebekah Vardy has claimed that she’s finally “over” the “Wagatha Christie” drama, seven years after Coleen Rooney accused her of selling stories about her to the tabloids – although “hell will freeze over” before the 44-year-old apologises. In July 2022, Vardy lost her libel case against Rooney after a judge found that the wife of footballer Wayne Rooney had proven that her claims about Vardy were “substantially true”. Years later, Rebekah Vardy and her husband Jamie are returning to the spotlight for a new reality show – with Vardy saying that she’s “so f***ing bored” of addressing the libel drama. Rebekah Vardy with husband Jamie (Getty) “I’m never, ever, going to apologise for something I didn’t do… Hell will freeze over before I do that,” she said, according to The Telegraph. “It’s over, it’s done, I’m not going to carry on …