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Kamis, 27 Februari 2020

Will Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie Save Prince Andrew's Legacy? - Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Prince Charles wanted a slimmed-down monarchy when he takes the throne, but it may be becoming a little too slim. Now that Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex have officially left royal duties, and with many other family members aging, there are spots to fill within the royal circle. However, the queen may have a new solution that could save the monarchy and renew Prince Andrew’s legacy.

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie to take on more royal duties

With Prince Harry and Meghan off in Canada and no longer attending royal duties, Queen Elizabeth has asked her granddaughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, to take on a more active role within the royal family. According to the Daily Mail, sources close to the Queen have confirmed her wishes for the new structure.

Currently, both Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are not considered working royals. They don’t receive money from the Sovereign Grant and hold outside jobs.

Princess Beatrice works in finance and consulting and is currently employed by the software firm, Afiniti as their Vice President of Partnership and Strategy. According to her bio with the company: “Beatrice is responsible for the management of the strategic Afiniti partnerships as well as company growth through unique initiatives and client development.”

Princess Eugenie holds an art history and English literature degree and currently works as the director of a London art gallery, Hauser & Wirth.

Since both women hold prestigious positions in the private job sector, they may not want to take on more royal duties. The crown has not announced if Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie’s new duties will require them to give up their current jobs.

There are also their partners to consider. In 2018, Princess Eugenie married Jack Brooksbank, and Princess Beatrice is engaged to marry Edoardo Mapelli this spring.

This is a relatively new announcement, so we don’t yet know how the Princesses, and their partners, feel about the request and whether they’re willing to take on this important responsibility. However, in the past, both women have always seemed eager to support and promote the monarchy.

Prince Andrew left royal duties amongst a scandal

One of the empty spots within the royal family was recently vacated by Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie’s own father, Prince Andrew. Last November, he was asked to step away from his duties by the Queen, after a scandal involving convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein has been accused of sex trafficking, including the procurement of underage girls for his circle of contacts. Prince Andrew came into the spotlight when it was revealed that he was a long-time friend of Epstein, and even called Epstein his “best friend” at one point.

There have also been accusations of assault from women about Prince Andrew himself, but nothing has ever been proven. Although the details are shakey, Prince Andrew stepped down from royal duties to protect the Crown.

Will Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie save their father’s legacy?

Princess Beatrice smiles during a garden party held at Buckingham Palace. — Princess Beatrice | Jonathan Brady – WPA Pool/Getty Images

As Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are seen more often in the public spotlight, it’s likely that their reputation among royal fans will increase. If they can shift attention to their charitable works and help the British people, then they’ll earn a place in the public’s heart, and that’s good news for Prince Andrew’s family.

Next in line for the throne, Prince Charles is also on board with this new change to the royal lineup, despite his previous comments about a slimmed-down monarchy. He believes the princesses may be able to help the crown.

However, it’s unlikely the public will ever completely forget about Prince Andrew’s scandal. Just like the Princesses’ mother, Sarah Ferguson, and her toe-sucking debacle. It’s always just under the surface of public awareness.

But Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie may be able to prove that they are not like their parents, and therefore earn the British people’s respect for the younger generation.

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2020-02-27 10:05:51Z
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Helen Mirren, Who Won an Oscar for Playing Queen Elizabeth II, Says Meghan Markle Was a ‘Fantastic Addition to the Royal Family’ - Yahoo Entertainment

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Helen Mirren, who won an Oscar for her performance as Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in “The Queen,” says Meghan Markle was “a fantastic addition to the royal family,” and she “applauds” Markle and Prince Harry’s decision to step back from royal duties, she tells Variety.

Mirren, who is the subject of an homage at the Berlin Film Festival this week and will receive the festival’s Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement on Thursday, says of the couple’s decision to withdraw from the royal family: “I think their instincts are absolutely right, and I applaud them for it. Hugely actually. Of course, it is complicated.”

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She adds: “Meghan Markle was a fantastic addition to the royal family – charming, did everything right, was gracious, was sweet natured, and seemed to be … Wow! What a lovely addition. Didn’t seem to be neurotic…

“So, I think it is a loss in a way, but at the same time I think their instincts are absolutely correct. And I think it will all, hopefully, sort itself out, and the tabloid pearl-clutchers will get over their trauma at not having someone to attack all the time. They’ll find another victim… probably me,” she says with a laugh.

Mirren says she has witnessed a huge improvement in the position of female actors over the course of her career. (She says she prefers the term “actress.” “It has a slightly fin de siècle feel about it that I like,” she says. “But thank you for being politically correct; I approve of political correctness as well, so that’s alright.”) “Oh god, there’s more work to be done, further to go, but it is great, it’s absolutely great,” she says, with gusto. “It just pisses me off that I’m not now 23, and that that world is not open to me, because it is a much better world than it was when I was 23.

“I have often been asked if I was angry, and I was profoundly angry about it as I ticked off 20 male characters to one or two female characters if you were lucky. Incidentally it hasn’t changed that much. At least now you have female-led movies, and occasionally it is mostly female (casts) – still very rare, but at least they exist.

“But I always said when I was asked that question, and I still believe it, don’t worry about women’s profiles in drama, although you should, but worry about women’s profiles in life – in politics, in particular, and in the professions – and fight for that, and to a certain extent I was right because that world changed, and as night follows day drama and culture – us looking at ourselves through drama, through art – has changed, because they are looking at a different world. So change the world and culture will change alongside that.”

Mirren describes Margaret Thatcher as her “greatest female role model,” adding “not because I believed in her politics – I absolutely did not. I don’t think she was a great person as a person.” But she says a little girl who saw Margaret Thatcher on television would say “Mummy who’s that?” and the mother would reply, “That is the Prime Minister of England.” “Then that 4-year-old’s head goes: ‘Women can be Prime Minister of England.’ That wasn’t the case when I was 4 years old,” Mirren says.

She concedes that sometimes life does imitate art. “Culture can lead the world. It can say: Look there are women scientists in the world. Drama can change the look of the world around us; it is a symbiotic relationship.”

Mirren has been to the Berlin Film Festival a few times, most recently in 2015 with “Woman in Gold,” and she regards it with a certain reverence, so her Honory Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement, and to be the subject of an homage for her work, means a great deal to her. “The Berlin film audiences are highly educated and very critical. They are not impressed by Hollywood. They are very discerning,” she says. “So you take a film to Berlin with a certain amount of trepidation. For that reason it becomes a very important festival for all filmmakers. I guess all I’m saying is to receive an award like this, particularly from the Berlin Film Festival, is to my mind quite impressive.”

Mirren has been an avid watcher of European films since her student days, but hasn’t appeared in as many European films as she would have liked to.

“I very proudly count myself as a European actress, and in my career I would have ideally liked to have been more of a European actress,” she says.

“I’m a member of the European Film Awards group and get incredible pleasure from seeing extraordinary European films every year, many of which never get to be seen outside their own country, that are incredible pieces of filmmaking.

“One or two of them will get nominated for best foreign film in the Oscars, but behind that film are many, many brilliant movies, about such an extraordinary array of subjects, and approached in such original, inspiring ways.

“When I go to the movies it is mostly to see European films. Where the American film industry succeeds it is where they have been influenced by European films, and along those lines there have been some great American movies, but I also have to say African, Antipodean, Asian, Latin American movies. I think the variety of culture, of history, the love of film coming out of Europe is so powerful.”

Mirren regards drama – theater, television and cinema – as more than just a form of entertainment, but as a serious art-form, through which we can explore how we as humans think and behave. She says most Hollywood movies she saw as a young person didn’t impress her, but when she discovered European films that changed her perspective on what could be achieved through cinema.

“It wasn’t until I saw European films that I realized that film could be a whole different thing. That it could be as expressive and as culturally important as theater was to my mind, and that revelation happened to me through seeing Antonioni’s ‘L’Avventura’ in a very seedy cinema in Brighton – a XXX type of cinema – and it was an incredible revelation for me. And thereon any European film that was showing anywhere I would go off to see,” she says.

“I was an usherette at an art film cinema called the Everyman in Hampstead (in London) when I was a student at college. So that gave me an incredible opportunity to see movies. Not just European movies. I remember seeing ‘Citizen Kane’ – like 10 times because it was so extraordinarily good. That was always my go-to film experience…to this day really. I love a nice popcorn movie and I’m much more generous in my tastes than I used to be. But still my go-to film experience is something, as you said, that retells the human story in all its variety and its complexity, and misery and its joy.

“We are constantly doing and then looking at ourselves doing, and then asking ourselves why we do, and how we do, and what we do. And that is what the history of art in human culture has always been.”

While some other actors have moved into producing or directing movies Mirren has no wish to do the same. “I think I am intrinsically too lazy. I did direct. I did a half-hour film for Showtime TV. I absolutely loved the experience. I was quite good at it. In fact Showtime asked me to do a full-length feature afterwards. But, again, I’m much too lazy. You know, honestly, I want to sit at home and watch TV.”

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2020-02-27 08:42:00Z
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Rabu, 26 Februari 2020

Queen Elizabeth Prepared Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle Quite Differently for Life in The Firm - Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle had completely different paths to the royal family, in no small part to how Queen Elizabeth treated them as they prepared to enter the royal family. Not only did they come from opposite backgrounds, but they were both reportedly advised quite differently before they married into “The Firm.” With Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, leaving the monarchy at the end of March, here is what Queen Elizabeth told her and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, when they were getting ready to become royalty.

Queen Elizabeth Meghan Markle Kate Middleton — Queen Elizabeth, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Prince William, and Kate Middleton | Neil Mockford/GC Images

Kate Middleton waits on Prince William

Middleton met Prince William when they were attending the University of St. Andrews in the early 2000s. What started out as a friendship quickly turned romantic, and by their second year in college, they were already dating.

After they went public with their relationship upon graduation, royal watchers expected William to propose at any minute. But it took Prince William a whole 5 years to introduce Middleton to Queen Elizabeth. In fact, the two experienced a few ups and downs — including a breakup in 2007 — before he popped the big question in 2010.

Because she waited so long for William to propose, the media started calling Middleton “Waity Katie.” The future Duchess of Cambridge also came under intense media scrutiny and it took her a while to adjust to her new life under the spotlight.

Although Middleton and Prince William seemed destined to be together, Queen Elizabeth reportedly had some reservations about her joining the royal family.

Queen Elizabeth wanted Middleton to have a career

Once things started to get serious between Middleton and William, Queen Elizabeth reportedly fretted over her lack of a career. Her Majesty felt as though Middleton should have a better work history before marrying William, and advised her to start some charity work.

“Privately [the Queen] had grave concerns and believed that Kate needed to have a job and an identity in her own right before an engagement was announced,” royal author Katie Nicholl wrote in The Making of Romance. “The Queen is one of the hardest-working royals, despite her age, and that a future member of the Royal Family was without a full-time job was unacceptable to her.”

Before tying the knot with William, Middleton worked for a company called Starlight, which helps children who are terminally ill. She also took a job at her parent’s company, Party Pieces.

Queen Elizabeth was reportedly quite pleased by Middleton’s work and happily welcomed her into the royal family when she wed William in 2011. Since then, Middleton has continued her charitable work with a focus on early child development and education.

Although things worked out for Middleton, the same cannot be said of Markle. This past January, the former actress and her husband, Prince Harry, formally announced that they are leaving the royal family for a quieter life in North America.

Queen Elizabeth offers Meghan Markle different advice

In stark contrast to Middleton, Markle had an established career in Hollywood when she started dating Harry. Apart from starring in the popular legal drama, Suits, Markle had already done a lot of charitable work, including being a women’s advocate for the UN.

Markle was also very outspoken about politics and social issues. In 2016, for example, she lashed out at Donald Trump for being “divisive” and “misogynistic” in his campaign for the presidency.

According to Express, Queen Elizabeth asked Markle to tone things down when it was clear she was going to marry Harry. Paul Burrell, who used to be the butler to Princess Diana, claims that Markle would have been required to “toe the party line” at the behest of Her Majesty.

“What comes with maturity is a set of beliefs and they don’t sit well with the Royal Family. She has to toe the party line,” Burrell explained.

Whereas Kate Middleton was asked to increase her workload and establish a career, Markle was pretty much advised the opposite. Although Markle did her best to satisfy the royals, things have not turned out well for her and Harry.

Inside Kate Middleton’s relationship with Meghan Markle

To make things even more complicated, Markle and Middleton never really hit it off. They first appeared in public in 2017 shortly after Harry proposed. Their first joint outing without their husbands was in 2018 when they watched a few tennis matches at Wimbledon together.

One reason Markle and Middleton were not fast friends is that they did not share a lot of things in common. They also barely got to know each other as Harry and Markle’s relationship moved very fast.

“Meghan and Kate have known one another for a relatively short period of time. Though they both clearly adore their husbands, they are hugely different people,” author Nigel Cawthorne shared.

Despite their differences, Middleton reportedly did her best to welcome Markle into the family. In fact, when she was engaged to Harry, Markle admitted that his family had been great at making her feel at home.

Queen Elizabeth has not commented on the reports about the advice she gave Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle when they were joining the royal family.

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2020-02-26 14:50:44Z
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Singer Duffy says she retreated from the spotlight after being 'raped and drugged and held captive' - CNN

The "Mercy" singer said she still wasn't sure now was the right time to share but that it felt "liberating" to do so.

"Many of you wonder what happened to me, where did I disappear to and why," she wrote. "The truth is, and please trust me I am ok and safe now, I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days."

Duffy says she survived and spent "thousands and thousands of days ... committed to wanting to feel the sunshine in my heart again."

"You wonder why I did not choose to use my voice to express my pain? I did not want to show the world the sadness in my eyes. I asked myself, how can I sing from the heart if it is broken? And slowly it unbroke."

Duffy took home the best pop vocal award at the 2009 Grammys for her breakthrough album, "Rockferry." That same year, she was also nominated for best new artist.

In 2010, she released another album, "Endlessly," after which she largely retreated from the music scene.

The Welsh artist said that in the coming weeks she'll post a spoken interview in which she will also address fan questions.

A rep for Duffy declined to comment when contacted by CNN about her post.

She closed by saying, "Please respect this is a gentle move for me to make, for myself, and I do not want any intrusion to my family. Please support me to make this a positive experience."

On social media, people commended the singer for her bravery.

"Wow, your strength is truly inspiring," one user wrote on Instagram.

"Your music is a reflection of your heart and who you are, beautiful and strong. I pray and hope for a real and long lasting healing," another fan wrote. "We are with you dear, precious @duffy you are incredible and very missed. Fight this thing, don't let it define you or determine your life."

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2020-02-26 14:35:00Z
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