Welcome to this week’s edition of , she added: “I do my own Instagram and I find it the most stressful thing in the world. Before I post, I text about five people to ask if it’s ok, am I going to get trolled? I don’t want to over post my children or family life, Im constantly finding a balance.”
Eugenie also revealed she is close to the artist Tracey Emin, and calls her “Aunty Tracey.” Eugenie said she became friends with Tracey Emin when they were both, “English women living in New York.”
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She said: “She became Aunty Tracey because we would hang out in New York not really knowing anyone. I did art history at school, and read about her…Most of the time it would be going to her apartment, having dinner, chatting about her art. We’d have brunch in New York. She’s such a lovely person…she’s such a remarkable woman.”
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Charles to tackle food waste
King Charles will mark his 75th birthday next month by launching a new anti-food waste initiative. The Sunday Times reports that he will use his birthday to launch the Coronation Food Project to which he has made a “substantial” personal donation. The five-year program aims to radically reduce waste and, The Sunday Times says: “It will be the King’s first significant project as monarch.”
Happy ever after
A delightful story has emerged from the 18th birthday celebrations of Crown Prince Christian of Denmark, after a golden slipper was found abandoned at the party the next day, in the best fairy-tale tradition.
The Times reports that the Danish royal family posted on Instagram asking: “Is it Cinderella who forgot her shoe last night? The owner is welcome to contact us to get it back.” The shoe’s owner was soon identified as 18-year-old student Anne-Sofie Tørnsø Olesen, who had been photographed entering the party wearing them.
Prince Christian gives a speech during his 18th birthday celebration at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 15, 2023.
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She said she had left the shoe behind deliberately, not such an easy task as one might imagine. The Times, citing Danish television TV2, said that when she “lost” the shoe the first time, someone returned it to her, so she dropped it a second time and, in true Cinderella style, “hurried to leave so that no one could stop me.”
She told Ekstra Bladet, a Danish newspaper: “I am single. I don’t have a boyfriend. But that’s not why I did it. It’s not that I thought I’d marry him, but I hoped that people would find it funny.”
This week in royal history
On October 24, 1537 Jane Seymour, Henry VIII’s third wife, died from childbirth complications at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond.
Unanswered questions
Are Harry and Meghan really about to team up with Kardashians? After food waste, where will Charles turn his campaigning energies next?
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