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A young mum's inspiring journey through pregnancy and cancer

<p>In the midst of life's unpredictable twists and turns, there are moments of pure joy that shine like beacons in the night. For Dani Donne, that radiant moment arrived when she discovered she was pregnant.</p> <p>It was a dream come true, a promise of new beginnings after the heartache of a previous miscarriage. Little did she know that this joyous revelation would be swiftly followed by a daunting diagnosis that would put her strength and resilience to the ultimate test.</p> <p>Just seven days after celebrating the news of her pregnancy, Dani received the devastating news: she had breast cancer. It was a staggering blow, one that shook her to her core. Fear gripped her heart as she worried for both her unborn child and herself. How could she face such a daunting battle while nurturing new life within her?</p> <p>But Dani's spirit refused to be dimmed by the darkness of uncertainty. With unwavering determination, she embarked on a journey that would challenge her in ways she never imagined. Surrounded by the compassionate care of specialists at Mater Hospital in Brisbane, Dani found a glimmer of hope among the shadows.</p> <p>Dr Catherine Shannon guided Dani through the complexities of her treatment. Diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer, Dani faced unique challenges as she navigated the delicate balance between her own health and the well-being of her unborn child. Yet, with the expertise of her medical team, Dani underwent surgery followed by a carefully orchestrated treatment plan that prioritised the safety of her precious baby.</p> <p>Throughout the ups and downs of her cancer journey, Dani found solace in the embrace of Mater Hospital's dedicated staff. Their unwavering support and encouragement served as a pillar of strength, bolstering her resolve during moments of doubt and fear. As she cradled her newborn daughter, Parker, in her arms, Dani reflected on the incredible journey that had brought them together.</p> <p>Despite the uncertainties that loomed on the horizon, Dani's story is one of triumph and resilience. With each step of her journey, she embodied the very essence of courage, facing adversity with grace and determination. And in the end, her unwavering spirit prevailed, ushering in a new chapter filled with boundless joy and endless possibilities.</p> <p>As Dani looks to the future with hope and gratitude, she serves as a beacon of inspiration for us all. Her story reminds us that even in the darkest of times, there is always light to be found. And with love, support and unwavering determination, we can overcome even the greatest of obstacles.</p> <p><em>Images: Mater Hospital</em></p>

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Reality TV star welcomes identical twin girls

<p>Reality TV star Dani Dyer has welcomed two baby girls with her partner, footballer Jarrod Bowen. </p> <p>The <em>Love Island UK</em> winner, who won the show in 2018 with her ex-partner Jack Fincham in 2018, shared the happy news on her Instagram on Thursday. </p> <p>Dani didn't reveal the identical twin girls' names, but confirmed the date of their birth, May 22nd, in the caption. </p> <p>Dani is already mum to Santiago, two, who she shares with with ex Sammy Kimmence.</p> <p>Her <em>Love Island UK</em> co-stars were quick to send their congratulations, with season one winner Cara De La Hoyde writing, "Congratulations Dan they are beautiful ❤️."</p> <p>"Congratulations to your beautiful family ❤️," Zara McDermott added, while season four winner Molly-Mae Hague added, "Congratulations beautiful 😭😭😭."</p> <p>Dani is the daughter of English actor and presenter Danny Dyer, who's well known for his role in British soap <em>EastEnders</em>.</p> <p>Dani shared the news of her pregnancy with a sweet announcement post, showing her son Santiago holding a letter board with the ultrasound pictures of her new babies. </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-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnpWIihrD1x/?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/CnpWIihrD1x/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by ♡ Dani Dyer ♡ (@danidyerxx)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>"We have been keeping a little secret... Our little TWINS!" she wrote.</p> <p>"So excited to meet our babies and watch Santi be the best big brother.. The biggest surprise of our lives but feeling SO blessed.. our family is getting a lot bigger and we can’t wait."</p> <p>Just weeks after announcing the pregnancy, Dani confirmed the gender of their babies in another Instagram post. </p> <p>"A lot of you have been asking on the gender of our babies and we are so excited to share with you all that we are having identical twin girls. Half way our little darlings."</p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram</em></p>

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Plastic surgeon called out for “toxic” video

<p dir="ltr">A beautician has been slammed for a video she posted online outlining the cosmetic surgery she thought a star of Stranger Things would need.</p> <p dir="ltr">Miranda Wilson, who describes herself as a nurse practitioner injector, posted a video on TikTok outlining the alterations she believed would enhance the look of actress Natalia Dyer.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We’d start by treating those masseters … to help slim the face,” Ms Wilson said, referring to Dyer’s prominent bottom jawline.</p> <p dir="ltr">She then recommended adding “a bit of chin filler just to help fill out her chin and make her face more of a heart shape”.</p> <p dir="ltr">Moving onto Dyer’s lip and brow area, Wilson said she would “add just a little bit to the lips” than “do a little Botox (to) give her a nice brow lift to help open up her eyes”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“And to top if off we’d start with some Sculptra, she does seem to have more thin skin and we want to prevent that from getting thinner and create more collagen,” Wilson said.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-9149ad08-7fff-bb3b-fff3-0b07f1571f97"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">She ended the clip with a “before and after” image of Dyer, where she complimented the actress’ slimmer jaw, pointy chin, lifted brows and pouty lips.</p> <p dir="ltr"><img src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/2022/07/tiktok-beauty2.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="720" /></p> <p dir="ltr">However, her assessment drew large amounts of ire from viewers, who described the clip as “toxic” and “highly insulting”, with one commenter arguing that videos like hers were “one of the reasons girls today are so insecure”.</p> <p dir="ltr">Though she has since deleted the video, download copies have been uploaded and shared on other social media platforms, including Twitter, where the uproar continued.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Still can’t believe a plastic surgeon (sic) spoke on what she’d change about someone’s face without a) their consent, b) any indication that the person disliked those features and c) putting a disclaimer that the person is already beautiful as they are,” one Twitter user said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Like I cannot believe she ‘influencerfied’ her face completely unprovoked as if it was a free consultation.”</p> <p dir="ltr">After the backlash, Wilson posted a follow-up video saying she wanted to “clear the air”, adding that she “didn’t mean to offend anyone” in the controversial clip.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I was simply offering suggestions – not on what you have to do – just on what the possibilities are,” Wilson said.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0ddeb030-7fff-db78-228d-a6f65798aa52"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">“As an advanced injector that is what we do – we look at faces and assess and look at the possibilities.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><img src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/2022/07/tiktok-beauty-1.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="720" /></p> <p dir="ltr">She then took a photo of herself and suggested improvements, such as botox injectables, lip and cheek fillers, and a brow lift, sharing another “before and after” image and writing in the caption that “Natalia is absolutely stunning the way she is” but that her image was just an “example”.</p> <p dir="ltr">Though comments were disabled on her later video, upset viewers took to Twitter to call out her behaviour.</p> <p dir="ltr">“She posted a sorry, not sorry video where she completely missed the point of what the original complaint was,” one Twitter user said.</p> <p dir="ltr">Another questioned who Wilson’s target audience was and pondered the impact such views would have on young women.</p> <p dir="ltr">“If Natalia Dyer, a white and thin and conventional woman gets scrutinised on her appearance like this, what happens to all the young impressionable poc/mid-size/plus-size girls watching?”, they wrote.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a74d389f-7fff-ff36-d394-0b51934b7163"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: TikTok</em></p>

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Archie’s godparents finally revealed after months of rumours

<p>Little Archie’s godparents have been revealed, after many months of debate, to be two of Prince Harry close confidantes throughout his childhood.</p> <p>Tiggy Pettifer, Harry and William's former nanny, and Mark Dyer, his mentor, were asked by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to be Archie's godparents ahead of his christening last July, according to The Sun.</p> <p>Tiggy, who was considered an essential asset to the royal family for both Prince William and Harry, left the royal household and married a former Coldstream Guards Officer, Charles Pettifer.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7834027/tiggy-pettifer-plus-mark-dyer-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/92b28663b7914205a3725e6821b8401b" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Tiggy Legge-Bourke and Mark Dyer attend the Sovereign's Parade at Sandhurst Military Academy to watch Prince Harry pass-out as commissioned officer Second Lieutenant Harry Wales of the Blues and Royals on April 12, 2006</em></p> <p>She was photographed in Windsor on the day of Archie's christening, and has been spotted with both of Prince Charles’ boys while they were still teenagers.</p> <p>Mark Dyer, 53, is a former equerry to the Prince of Wales who became a mentor and friend to his sons.</p> <p>He advised them on their military careers and is believed to have remained a close friend of Prince Harry.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7834028/tiggy-pettifer-plus-mark-dyer-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/8617a9c27d294893b7063d9c672e72b9" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Tiggy Legge-Bourke and Mark Dyer attend the Sovereign's Parade at Sandhurst Military Academy to watch Prince Harry pass-out as commissioned officer Second Lieutenant Harry Wales of the Blues and Royals on April 12, 2006</em></p> <p>Harry and Meghan have been determined since their relationship was first made public to do things differently from the rest of the royal family, and this included keeping their first son, Archie, as far away from media scrutiny and the eyes of the public as possible.</p> <p>Baby Archie's christening took place at Windsor Castle on July 6.</p> <p>The godparents' names were revealed as Harry and Meghan are planning their new life away from the royal family as they split time between the UK and North America.</p> <p>A statement from The Queen said she was aware of the overwhelming scrutiny the Harry and Meghan has gone through over the last few years and that the family has found "a constructive and supportive way forward".</p> <p>"Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved members of my family," the monarch said.</p> <p><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/family-pets/the-queen-s-secret-message-to-harry-and-meghan" target="_blank">Buckingham Palace released in a statement that the Sussexes will not use their HRH titles and will be commonly known as Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.</a></p>

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Why these 2 people are suspected to be baby Archie’s godparents

<div> <div class="replay"> <div class="reply_body body linkify"> <div class="reply_body"> <div class="body_text "> <p>The next time royal fans and watchers will get to see Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor will be at his christening in July.</p> <p>A question that continues to loom is who exactly the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will choose to be their first child’s godparents?</p> <p>Royal biographer Angela Levin believes it is likely the new parents will opt for two people Prince Harry relied on during his younger years when he experienced some of the most difficult times of his life.</p> <p>Back in 1996 when his parents Prince Charles and Princess Diana divorced, and later in 1997 when his mother passed away.</p> <p>“I think there are two people who were in Harry's life who saved him when his mother died or when his parents divorced,” Levin explained to Yahoo's, <em><a rel="noopener" href="https://uk.style.yahoo.com/tagged/royal-box/?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAI-3SnxF9NQzWUesJZDAHy3OMjQn7IG4DRV12zoWkUpCQ6iJyDNPBAiGsfYeL8Y_ZTCne-Xy4OaEBIw7ZZ33i6I9s_Ib8EUk9KGpDmOsOr9LdscmCrq6B9mh_Qrj9pSR9ahUtKGJYLvyRXDuhQAQujsvj6f-7DXlJoDxxSuvvVEa" target="_blank">The Royal Box.</a></em></p> <p>“One is Tiggy and the other is Mark Dyer, who took over as a sort of male nanny – a grown-up, male nanny.”</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7828034/harry.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/037bfe404d9740ab9a226f5a1cd472fb" /><em>Mark Dyer and Prince Harry</em></p> <p>In the '90s, Mark Dyer was appointed as Prince Harry’s “equerry” or “surrogate father” and accompanied the royal to Africa following the tragic death of Princess Di.</p> <p>It is believed this safari trip is what sparked a love for Africa in the Prince, who even took Duchess Meghan to the continent when they had first started dating.</p> <p>Tiggy Legge-Bourke is another fixture in Prince Harry’s life as she joined the royal household in 1993 and served as a nanny to both the princes until 1999 and was a comfort to them while they felt the loss of their mother.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.3333333333333px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7828033/harry-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/247452ddc9f44900929dde07440846df" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Tiggy Legge-Bourke and Prince Harry</em></p> <p>Their close relationship is apparent, even going as far to make both Prince William and Prince Harry godfathers to her two sons: Fred and Tom.</p> <p>It is speculated Archie will be christened at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, where his parents were married in 2018.</p> <p>The ceremony is likely to be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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