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Kate and William celebrate their 12th wedding anniversary

<p>Prince William and Kate Middleton have celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary with a loved up photo, to the delight of royal fans. </p> <p>The Prince and Princess of Wales shared the photo of them riding bikes together in Norfolk last year to their social media accounts, prompting a wave of well wishes. </p> <p>The beaming couple have their arms around each other, sharing the photo with the simple caption "12 years", with a heart emoji. </p> <p>Many royal fans were quick to flock to the comments to wish the couple a happy anniversary, and recall where they were when the royals tied the knot.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CrnSoWVNaAn/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CrnSoWVNaAn/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by The Prince and Princess of Wales (@princeandprincessofwales)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>One royal super fan wrote, "Thank you for your service and sacrifice. What a gloomy world it would be without the makings of fairy tales. How dull would childhood be without stories of Princesses and their Prince Charmings who are pulled in carriages and live in grand castles."</p> <p>Another said, "A hearty congratulations. I just love you two... Keep doing exactly what you’re doing."</p> <p>One royal fanatic recalled their big day, writing, "Your wedding day was the only day in my life that my friends and I skipped school so we could watch the ceremony and all the TV specials from the event; it was a wonderful wedding. Congratulations."</p> <p>After an eight-year relationship, the former university flatmates tied the knot at Westminster Abbey on April 29th 2011. </p> <p>The Prince and Princess of Wales' wedding was the royal event of 2011, with 2,000 guests in attendance at the fairytale ceremony.</p> <p>Almost 25 million people watched the live televised ceremony, with an estimated worldwide television audience of two billion.</p> <p>Their royal nuptials made global headlines, as they sealed their new marriage with a kiss on the famous balcony of Buckingham Palace. </p> <p><em>Image credits: Twitter</em></p>

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Quaden Bayles celebrates 12th birthday!

<p dir="ltr">Bullied child turned Hollywood superstar Quaden Bayles has celebrated his birthday in style.</p> <p dir="ltr">Quaden’s mother Yarraka Bayles shared multiple selfies with her 12-year-old son smiling widely as he celebrates his birthday. </p> <p dir="ltr">“Can’t believe my baby boy is 12y.o and off to high school next month,” she wrote. </p> <p dir="ltr">Quaden first took the world by storm after his mum shared a video of him crying and wanting to die because of vicious bullies.</p> <p dir="ltr">The video, which was viewed more than three million times, shows Quaden saying: “I just want to stab myself in the heart... I want someone to kill me.”</p> <p dir="ltr">The heartbreaking video went viral and soon enough Quaden was receiving support from all over the world.</p> <p dir="ltr">US comedian Brad Williams, who also has dwarfism, set up an online fundraiser to “send a wonderful kid to Disneyland”.</p> <p dir="ltr">However, the family rejected the offer and instead said they wanted to donate the money to charities to help tackle bullying and suicide. </p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CmHAcrXpZ4x/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CmHAcrXpZ4x/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by #TeamQuaden Est 2010 🖤💛❤️ (@yarraka_bayles)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">Quaden then once again came under the spotlight with many accusing him of lying about his age, saying he was in fact an 18-year-old. </p> <p dir="ltr">The accusation was squashed immediately by his mum who called on people to be educated before making mean comments. </p> <p dir="ltr">“Can you please educate your children, your families, your friends because all it takes is one more instance... and you wonder why kids are killing themselves,” she said.</p> <p dir="ltr">Quaden is now living a dream life, and is set to appear in the latest instalment of The Mad Max franchise, <em>Furiosa</em>.</p> <p dir="ltr">He also took over the red carpet for Three Thousand Years of Longing wearing a smart navy-blue Calvin Klein suit and white sneakers. </p> <p dir="ltr">He now has an agent and is listed on Chic Talent's website as an actor.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: Instagram</em></p>

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Lleyton & Bec Hewitt share new photos of eldest daughter’s 12th birthday

<p>Lleyton and Bec Hewitt’s eldest daughter Mia has turned 12 years old.</p> <p>The proud parents took to Instagram to wish their darling girl a very happy birthday.</p> <p>Dad Lleyton kicked off the tributes, posting a photo of Mia looking every bit the model she aspires to be.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5/p8/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BcEHyh7A887/" target="_blank">Happy 12th B’day to our gorgeous princess #Mia You have the kindest ❤️ and are so special. Mum &amp; Dad are very very proud! Xxx 😘</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by Lleyton Hewitt (@lleytonhewitt89) on Nov 28, 2017 at 7:40pm PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>He captioned the image:  "Happy 12th B’day to our gorgeous princess #Mia. You have the kindest heart and are so special. Mum &amp; Dad are very very proud! Xxx "</p> <p>Mum Bec echoed that sweet sentiment, posting a black and white image of her daughter, writing alongside the photo: "Happy Birthday to this beautiful soul! One of the kindest human beings I know! You inspire me everyday!"</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5/p8/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BcEbMzll714/" target="_blank">Happy Birthday to this beautiful soul! One of the kindest human beings I know! You inspire me everyday! #12thbirthday #happybirthdaymia</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by Bec Hewitt (@bechewitt23) on Nov 28, 2017 at 10:29pm PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Only on the cusp of teenagehood, Mia has already made a splash in modelling world, working with various children’s labels.</p> <p>Lleyton also revealed during an interview on The Project that Mia wants to be an actress just like her mum.</p> <p>The 36-year-old tennis ace said, "My daughter is already following in my wife’s footsteps."</p> <p>"She’s the actress and entertainer. She wants to be in all the drama programs already."</p> <p>The Hewitts recently celebrated their <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/family-pets/2017/10/bec-lleyton-hewitt-share-photos-of-ava-for-7th-birthday/">youngest daughter Ava’s seventh birthday</a></strong></span>, sharing some beautiful new photos of their daughter.</p>

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Princess Mary turns photographer for son’s 12th birthday

<p>Princess Mary isn’t letting her duties as a Danish royal stop her from becoming her family’s personal photographer.</p> <p>The Danish royal family celebrated Princess Mary’s son, Prince Christian’s, 12th birthday – which he celebrated on October 15, by releasing a photo of him taken by Mary herself.</p> <p>The photo shows Prince Christian smiling on a deck chair aboard a yacht while looking directly into the camera.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img width="498" height="500" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/44363/in-text-1_498x500.jpg" alt="In Text 1"/></p> <p>Crown Prince Christian is the eldest of Princess Mary’s and Crown Prince Fredrik’s four children.</p> <p>The royals also have 10-year-old Princess Isabella and twins, six-year-old Princess Josephine and Prince Vincent.</p> <p>It’s not the first time Princess Mary’s passion for photographing her children has been revealed.</p> <p>In February, the family went on a skiing trip to Verbier in Switzerland where the young royals were snapped by their mum enjoying the snow.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img width="380" height="674" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/44365/in-text.png" alt="In Text (1)"/></p> <p>Duchess Kate is another royal who has also showcased her photography skills through the release of official portraits of her young family.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img width="496" height="285" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/44364/in-text-2_496x285.jpg" alt="In Text 2"/></p> <p>Kensington Palace released an adorable photo of Princess Charlotte for her second birthday which was taken by Kate.</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery above to see the previous official portraits of Prince Christian. </p>

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