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Why Iman won’t remarry after Bowie’s death

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Supermodel and entrepreneur Iman has spoken about life after the passing of her husband David Bowie, as well as their 26 years together.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I knew him as the man, David Jones, his real name,” she told </span><em><a rel="noopener" href="https://people.com/style/iman-says-shell-never-remarry-after-david-bowie-death/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">People</span></a></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in a new interview. “And not the rockstar.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The pair first met in 1990 in an unusual fashion, after Teddy Antolin, Bowie’s hairdresser and longtime friend, set them up on a blind date.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In an interview with </span><em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/david-bowie-met-wife-iman/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">WC2H smoothradio</span></a></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Antolin shared how Iman and Bowie instantly connected.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“She had a big smile, and she and David looked at each other… it was love at first sight, you could feel the electricity, something went off” Antolin </span><a href="https://honey.nine.com.au/latest/love-stories-david-bowie-and-iman-owe-their-love-story-to-a-hairdresser/896551b1-97be-42b3-8343-5ea226af5a0e"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Iman recalled that it took her a few months to feel the same way as Bowie.</span></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: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/COGEcxoFlcM/?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> <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;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COGEcxoFlcM/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by IMAN (@the_real_iman)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“David said it was love at first sight. It took me a few months but I got there,” she </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a38278397/iman-will-not-remarry-after-david-bowie-death/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After their first date, the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Starman</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> singer filled Iman’s hotel room with gardenias following her appearance on the Thierry Mugler runway in Paris, and went on to meet her at the airport when she returned to LA.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In her latest interview, Iman recalled another sweet moment: “Early on, we were walking down the street and my shoelace came undone, and he got on his knees to tie it for me and I thought </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">he’s the one</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bowie and Iman were engaged within a few months, before marrying on June 6, 1992 in Florence, Italy.</span></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: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CSmdaXwrPzn/?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> <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;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CSmdaXwrPzn/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by IMAN (@the_real_iman)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The couple welcomed their daughter, Alexandra Zahra Jones, eight years later.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite their fame, the pair were quite private and only a few close friends and colleagues knew of Bowie’s various health concerns, including his cancer diagnosis in 2014.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Two days after the release of his album, </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blackstar</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the star’s 18-month battle with cancer came to an end.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While processing the loss of her husband, Iman said she was inspired to create her first fragrance called Love Memoir. She added that the idea came after she spent time in their New York home during the pandemic, and that it was a “monument to eternal love”.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shortly after Bowie’s passing, Iman said she couldn’t face spending too much time at their home.</span></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: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CWqmyktrR-m/?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> <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;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CWqmyktrR-m/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Love Memoir by IMAN (@lovememoir)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I just got very sad and would rush back to the city,” the Iman Cosmetics founder said. “I thought I had processed [the loss] but I had not.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The fragrance combines two sweet details honouring the couple’s time together: woodsy vetiver, in a nod to Bowie’s favourite fragrance; and bergamot from Tuscany, where the couple were wed.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recalling the moment her daughter asked if she would ever remarry, Iman said: “I said, ‘No, I will not.’ I still feel married.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Someone a few years ago referred to David as my late husband and I said, ‘No, he’s not my late husband. He’s my husband.’”</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: @the_real_iman (Instagram)</span></em></p>

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The one person stopping Fergie and Prince Andrew from remarrying

<p>Although Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson split in 1996, the couple still continue to live together at Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park.</p> <p>Despite their past, the duo continue to display an amicable relationship in public and have afternoon tea together with their daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.</p> <p>Now, the Duchess of York has addressed the longstanding rumour that the only thing stopping them from remarrying is Prince Philip.</p> <p>According to W Magazine, Philip bears a "long-standing hatred" toward Fergie for the infamous photos that captured American businessman John Bryan sucking her toes.</p> <p>"We know he would oppose any remarriage, that’s why we all say it can only happen after he has gone," said a friend of the couple.</p> <p>Speaking to the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk"><strong><em style="font-weight: inherit;"><u>Daily Mail</u></em></strong></a>, Fergie responded to the age-old question – will they remarry?</p> <p>“So many people have asked me that, but we’re so happy with the way we are right now," she said.</p> <p>“We enjoy each other’s company; we allow each other to blossom. I know it sounds like a fairytale but that’s the way we are.”</p> <p>Fergie praised Prince Andrew for his work for his country.</p> <p>“My duty is to him. I am so proud of him. I stand by him and always will. The way we are is our fairytale,” she gushed.</p> <p>“Although we are not a couple, we really believe in each other. The Yorks are a united family. We’ve shown it. You saw it at the wedding.</p> <p>“We stand up for each other, fight for each other. We’re totally respectful of each other’s position and thoughts and we listen to each other. Our children listen to us, too.</p> <p>“And we sit round the table and have afternoon tea together. It’s a very important part of our lives.”</p> <p>The duo’s relationship continues to baffle royal spectators 22 years after their high-profile split.</p> <p>“We’re the happiest divorced couple in the world. We’re divorced to each other, not from each other.”</p> <p>In the interview, Fergie also opened up about the heartbreak of not having her “best friend” Princess Diana present at Eugenie’s wedding last month.</p> <p>“I thought of absent friends and family; of Diana — but she’s with me all the time,” the 59-year-old said.</p> <p>“What I miss most is her tinkling laughter.”</p> <p>Diana and Fergie grew up together, with the duo being distantly related and their parents going to school together.</p> <p>“Diana was my best friend and the funniest person I knew. She had such timing and wit.”</p> <p>“It was a total joy to be with her because we just laughed and enjoyed life so much, and I know she would have loved the wedding.”</p> <p>Eugenie married James Brooksbank on October 12 at Windsor Castle. </p>

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Why Betty White never remarried after her third husband

<p>Betty White has won over audiences worldwide with her sense of humour in shows such as <em>The Golden Girls</em> and <em>The Mary Tyler Moore Show.</em> The 95-year-old star also has a love story that is just as stunning as her on-screen performances.</p> <p>Betty was married twice before she met the love of her life, game show host Allen Ludden. In 1945, she married US army pilot Dick Barker and in 1947 she wed Hollywood agent Lane Allen, but the pair were divorced by 1949. The actress has said that neither of her first two marriages compare to her relationship with Allen.</p> <p>When Betty was 39 she met Allen, a widower and father of three, when she appeared on his game show <em>Password</em>. Betty was “going steady” with someone else at the time and didn’t see a future for herself in New York where Allen filmed his show, however, the pair quickly fell in love. Betty refused Allen’s proposal twice but he persisted and even wore the engagement ring on a chain around his neck until she agreed to marry him. They were married in 1963.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img width="500" height="649" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/38008/in-text-betty_500x649.jpg" alt="In Text Betty"/></p> <p>The pair enjoyed 18 years of wedded bliss until 1981 when Allen devastatingly passed away from stomach cancer. When asked if she would ever marry again, Betty told the<em> Daily Mail</em>, “Once you've had the best, who needs the rest?”</p> <p>"I made two mistakes before Allen, but the love of your life doesn't come along in every life, so I am very grateful that I found him."</p> <p>"I had 18 wonderful years with Allen Ludden," she told Piers Morgan. "The first two were rehearsals."</p> <p>In 2015, Betty told Oprah that her biggest regret was not accepting Allen’s first proposal.</p> <p>“I spent a whole year, wasted a whole year that Allen and I could have had together, saying, 'No, I wouldn't marry him,'" she told Oprah on <em>Where Are They Now</em>. "I wasted a whole year we could have had together, but we made it. We finally did."</p> <p>Their love story is forever immortalised with side-by-side stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.</p>

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Couple remarry 23 years after divorce

<p>A couple who split after 23 years of marriage have walked down the aisle for a second time, nearly 23 years after their divorce.</p> <p>Roz, 66, and Ian Ellis, 71, from Aberdeen, Scotland, first met in 1967. After a “whirlwind romance” they were married the following year. It "wasn't quite love at first sight, but there was definitely an attraction", says Roz.</p> <p>The couple unfortunately “drifted apart” and divorced in 1991. With three children (and eventually eight grandkids) the pair remained friends and both went on to remarry. Sadly, both their partners passed away.</p> <p>Incredibly though, the pair who reconnected at their son’s wedding in 2013 rekindled their romance and nearly 23 years later after they split, tied the knot for a second time.</p> <p>It was a surprise to them both.</p> <p>"Everyone said it was such a lovely romantic story - I never thought we'd get married again, but I'm so happy that we did,” says Roz.</p> <p><img width="545" height="340" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03546/The_Bride_and_Groo_3546114b.jpg" alt="The Bride and Groom Roz and Ian with all the family" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>Fittingly Roz, who kept her original wedding win, used it again for the second wedding.</p> <p>"I kept my original wedding ring, so I used it again this time round - Ian hadn't though, so maybe he's not quite as sentimental as me!</p> <p>"I'd just kept it in my jewellery box, and thought it would be a nice touch to have the same ring the second time round.</p> <p>"It's like we've come full circle."</p> <p><strong>Related links: </strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/relationships/2016/06/simple-secrets-to-a-great-relationship/"><em>7 simple secrets to a great relationship</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/relationships/2016/06/old-fashioned-wedding-traditions-that-have-disappeared/"><em>5 old-fashioned wedding traditions that have disappeared</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/relationships/2016/05/historic-photos-of-love-during-wartime/"><em>15 historic photos of love during wartime</em></a></strong></span></p>

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