'The first lady of showbiz': Tributes flood in as former Blind Date host Cilla Black dies of natural causes at her Spanish villa aged 72

Cilla Black, Blind Date host and former singer dies of natural causes aged 72

Cilla Black has died aged 72, police said today. A Spanish police spokesman said: 'I can confirm the death of British national Priscilla White, aged 72. We are still awaiting autopsy results but everything at this stage is pointing towards her death being the result of natural causes.' Most of the shutters were down at the entertainer's house near Marbella (inset) this morning and there was no answer at the door. Police sources said they thought the death had occurred overnight and they believed Black, who suffered from hearing problems and arthritis, had jetted to Spain a few days ago with one of her three sons. Pictured: Cilla as a popstar in 1960 (left), on TV show Surprise Surprise in 1997 (centre) and at a charity event in London in May (right).

'I don't think old age is fun': Healthy former nurse, 75, dies at Swiss suicide clinic after deciding she didn't want to risk becoming a burden on her family and the NHS

Gill Pharaoh died at Swiss suicide clinic because she didn’t want to be a burden

Gill Pharaoh (pictured with her husband and inset as a nurse in younger years), from north London, was not suffering from a terminal illness but decided she did not want to become frail in old age and took her own life at a suicide clinic in Switzerland. The former palliative nurse, from north London, travelled to the Dignitas-style Lifecircle clinic in Basel for her assisted suicide on July 21. She travelled there with her husband, John, and spent the evening before her death having a 'tranquil' meal on the banks of the Rhine. She explained that she had made her decision because she did not want to become a burden on the NHS or her family.

Salford's 'Mr Big' was warned by police his life was at risk just six weeks before he was gunned down in a gangland hit outside his house 

Paul Massey's devastated partner has claimed that police altered the 55-year-old father-of-five that his life was in danger just six weeks before he was shot dead in Salford, Greater Manchester.

An ocean of adventure possibilities open up for Kate as Duchess passes her advanced Scuba exams

The Duchess of Cambridge has become an advanced scuba diver

The Duchess of Cambridge is now an advanced scuba diver after having successfully gained her open water qualification in Mustique.

Former London Underground worker who was jailed for terror offences is back on the streets after serving just 11 MONTHS

Afsor Ali, 28, was caught with a stash of terror manuals on his MP3 players and owned a copy of the Al-Qaeda magazine Inspire with a guide on how to make bombs and fire an AK-47.

Would YOU date this man? Tinder user compiles lengthy quiz to determine if women are girlfriend material, including questions on appearance and even book choices

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A Reddit user shared a questionnaire she was asked to fill out by Solomon, a man she met on Tinder. Questions included how your boss would describe you and recent dating disasters.

Revealed: 'MH370 plane door' that was found on Reunion island beach is just a LADDER, say police - as locals claim seats and suitcases washed up there months ago

‘MH370 plane door' that was found on Reunion island beach is just a LADDER

Pictures of the latest discovery on the Indian Ocean island's shoreline seem to show a handle with what appears to be a set of Chinese characters (left). Police (pictured right on the beach) took the object to be analysed to find out if it could be related to the wing flap found on Reunion on Wednesday. But an official has now revealed this latest discovery was just part of a ladder.

'Top UK athlete' is revealed to be among seven Brits involved in massive doping scandal amid claims a THIRD of medals are won by cheats

The revelation comes as the athletics world was rocked after leaked blood test data appeared to show 'damning' evidence of cheating by hundreds of athletes at the biggest sporting events.

'Looking forward to the next one': Mo Farah's wife Tania shares her excitement at pregnancy

Mo Farah's wife Tania, 27, shared a picture of her baby bump on Instagram and the double Olympic gold medallist reposted the snap to his 169,000 followers.

Fears for airline passengers as an 'urgent' investigation is launched into the effects the sun's cosmic rays have on planes

The Government has ordered an investigation by Public Health England into the effect of cosmic rays from the sun during a massive solar storm on airlines passengers and crew.

Deadly asbestos blocks the size of a brick 'were accidentally dumped at Stonehenge visitor centre'

English Heritage has launched an investigation after it was claimed brick-sized lumps of asbestos were accidentally brought to Stonehenge, Wiltshire, as part of work on a new visitors centre.

Pictured: Bulgarian lorry driver is caught 'taking a £1,200 bribe to give three illegal immigrants a lift through the Channel Tunnel'

Foreign lorries 'taking £1.2k bungs to help migrants through Channel Tunnel'

Foreign lorry drivers are reportedly taking £1,200 bungs to give desperate migrants a lift through the Channel Tunnel. A Bulgarian truck driver is said to be under investigation by the police for accepting a wad of cash from a migrant in return for help across the border. British lorry drivers fear that the dodgy deals are widespread among foreign truckers in Calais, where migrants have made 5,000 attempts to make it through the Channel Tunnel in the last week. Kent Police say they have not arrested a lorry driver for helping a migrant cross the tunnel but have detained fleeing immigrants.

'We'll let them ALL through!' Calais deputy mayor warns Cameron they will tear up border control agreement as Theresa May calls for help on 'global migration crisis'

Emmanuel Agius, deputy mayor of Calais, said he would tear up the Le Touquet Treaty which means migrants crossing the Channel are checked in France, rather than on arrival in Britain.

'It's easy to get past the gendarmes, see you in England': How a migrant girl, 15, sneaked past French police to make a break for a UK-bound train in Calais

Migrants scale security fencing at Euro tunnel site Zewdi in red shirt 15 and friend Semlet

Mail on Sunday met Zewdi and friend Semlet, from Eritrea, in the French village of Frethun as they prepared to make their 12th attempt to sneak into the Eurotunnel complex and jump onto a UK-bound train.

The French ARE to blame for the chaos in Calais and we can't trust them to do any more than give a Gallic shrug, writes historian ANDREW ROBERTS 

Striking employees of the My Ferry Link company block access to the harbour with a flaming wall of tyres on Saturday

The French police have for weeks now simply been looking the other way as the migrants mount their nightly assaults on the British freight haulage industry, writes ANDREW ROBERTS.

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: A nation being wrecked by its naive kindness 

British citizens, paying their own way in well-appointed hotels, find they are sharing their accommodation with newly arrived migrants like Adam and Muhammad (pictured), writes the MAIL ON SUNDAY.

Free hotels for the Calais stowaways in soft touch Britain: Outrage as immigrants illegally entering UK get complimentary rooms, cooked meals and £35 cash a week within DAYS of arrival

Calais illegal immigrants entering UK get free hotel rooms and £35 cash a week

Hundreds of migrants who have smuggled themselves into Britain from Calais are being put up in hotels at taxpayers' expense. Stowaways who have illegally entered the country on lorries or trains through the Channel Tunnel are being transported across England and given their own hotel room, three cooked meals a day and a cash allowance of £35 a week - all within days of entering the UK. Illegal migrants like Muhammad and Adam (pictured) who made the long journey, are now being put up at a hotel in Lancashire. Speaking over tea, paid for by The Mail on Sunday, both men declined to give their surname and neither have any paperwork to enable their stories to be corroborated. Muhammad said: 'Coming to England is like being reborn. I have a new life now. The hotel is nice and comfortable. We feel safe here. The country is beautiful and food is good.'

Officials receive 25 applications a WEEK to exhume human remains as the Church criticises the trend of taking loved ones with you when people move home

According to current laws in Britain, without a licence it is illegal to remove any body or the remains of any body which have been interred in any place of burial.

MPs under fire for £1million revamp of Westminster Tea Room despite fact they could be about to move out of Commons 

Commons officials were unable to provide details of the refit beyond saying that it involved essential 'health and safety' work as part of a 'catering refurbishment project'.

'The pain is so intense and the grief is real': Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla are met with extraordinary outpouring of support after revealing multiple miscarriages

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, posted a very personal pregnancy announcement online on Friday, revealing how they had suffered several miscarriages while trying for a child.

Kids Company charity at risk of collapsing as claims emerge of staff handing out 'cash to children for drink, drugs and clothes'

Camila Batmanghelidjh was forced to quit as its £90,000-a-year chief executive last month after the Government threatened to withhold a £3 million grant unless the charity's shambolic finances were sorted out.

'Rolf Harris called me his adopted son - but I knew I was living with a monster': From gang rape jokes to leering at schoolgirls, musician who lived with star reveals depravity of 'Planet Rolf'

'Rolf Harris called me his adopted son... but I knew I was living with a monster'

Chris Brosnan (pictured left with his young son) once idolised Rolf Harris as a father figure. Now, he sees things differently. Which is why, last month, he released a letter written by Harris (top right) to The Mail on Sunday. Brosnan was Rolf's 'adopted son', the digeridoo player (bottom right) so close to the star that he spent more than a decade living in Rolf's basement at his Thames-side home. In an extraordinary interview, Brosnan, has offered a unique and often horrifying insight into life on 'Planet Rolf' including how the star once told a sick gag about gang rape and made a vile comment about two schoolgirls.

Gloomy winters could be killing us warn experts who say Britons are not getting enough Vitamin D from sunlight putting us at risk of deadly ailments 

Government health advisers are proposing a dietary intake of 10 micrograms of vitamin D per day for everyone age over one year in a bid to combat the gloomy British winters.

PETER HITCHENS: How long before the police stop investigating murder?

The police force now can't even be bothered to turn up and investigate burglaries, and its chief spokesperson openly says so, they are busy doing something else, writes PETER HITCHENS.

'It took me a long time to get a family, there is no way I am leaving them': Mother who spent 12 years and £12,000 on IVF to have kids discovers it may have given her cancer

Lindsay, 33, and Jon Hall from Chesterfield, Derbyshire spent £12,000 and 12 years on IVF to have three children. But Lindsay also battled breast cancer, which may have been caused by the IVF.

'I'm still deathly insecure about every part of me': Models reveal why they really HATE their job on confessions app... from men using them, to online bullies and strict diets

It's a dream job for many but models are now revealing the many pitfalls of the role on the Whisper confessions app. They reveal the daily hate they receive and how they are routinely called stupid.

Free after decades in captivity: Slaves are rescued from Peruvian rebel group Shining Path's jungle camps - where women were raped to make future soldiers

More slaves rescued from Peruvian rebel group's 'troop making' camp

The group is the second to be rescued by the Peruvian special forces from the depths of the jungle, where they had been held for decades by Maoist rebel group Shining Path. Anti-terrorism police chief Gen. Jose Baella said they had been abandoned by the group, which is thought to number just 200.

Police launch an inquiry after claims a serial killer pushed 24 people to their deaths under Tube trains

Police have launched an investigation into a former detective's sensational claims a serial killer may have pushed up to 24 people to their deaths on the London Underground in the 1970s.

Bobby Brown's wife is rushed to hospital after having a 'seizure' following Bobbi Kristina's chaotic funeral where she claimed that 'Whitney will haunt relatives from the grave'

Bobby Brown's wife is rushed to hospital after Bobbi Kristina's chaotic funeral: Alicia

Bobby Browns' wife Alicia Etheredge was rushed to hospital after suffering a seizure on Saturday evening. According to TMZ she was went to a medical facility in the Atlanta area. The site said she suffered the seizure at a hotel the family were staying in after Bobbi Kristina's funeral.

EXCLUSIVE - Bobby Brown breaks down: Father of Bobbi Kristina wells up as he leaves her reception after his screaming sister had to be 'escorted out of funeral' mid-service

The funeral of Bobbi Kristina Brown descended into chaotic and rancorous scenes as Leolah Brown left the service half way through to say, 'Whitney Houston will haunt Pat Houston from the grave.'

'I'll end up like Mom': Bobbi Kristina's tragic last messages reveal she feared she'd die like her mother Whitney Houston

Friend Daphne Barak tells of the tragic last Twitter message she received from the 22-year-old, pictured with her late mother Whitney Houston, and her boyfriend Nick Gordon: 'Please come get us'.

Amal Clooney's chambers in last-ditch legal bid to save life of hated son of Colonel Gaddafi who was sentenced to death in Libya last week

Saif Gaddafi and the former intelligence boss Abdullah al-Senussi were sentenced to death in a Tripoli court last week for crimes against the Libyan people. Mrs Clooney represents both.

Vladimir Putin's Deputy Prime Minister owns a secret £12million apartment just a short walk from Downing Street 

Despite current ice-cold relations between London and Moscow, Igor Shuvalov (pictured with Putin) has held the leasehold to the flat for 12 years, shielding it behind mysterious offshore firms.

PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Rugby star Ben, his Strictly lover Kristina - and the secret holiday snaps that will enrage his wife

Ben Cohen and Strictly's Kristina Rihanoff holiday after 'split' from wife Abby

Former England rugby star Ben Cohen and his Strictly Come Dancing partner Kristina Rihanoff have been pictured on a secret sunshine break with his twin daughters in Antalya, Turkey, just weeks after their tryst came to light and rocked his marriage to Abby Cohen.

British computer geek, 21, who hacked the Pentagon after fleeing to Syria is No3 on the 'kill list' of ISIS militants drawn up by US forces - just after Jihadi John and group leader al-Baghdadi

Pentagon's Number Three Junaid Hussain, 21, from Birmingham, fled the UK in July 2013. Using the alias Abu Hussain al-Britani, he is believed to be leading the 'Cyber Caliphate' - ISIS' own branch of hackers.

Britain's jihadi bride groomer: Schoolgirl radicalised in London mosque recruited her three classmates to join ISIS in Syria

Sharmeena Begum (pictured) became one of the youngest British teenagers to join ISIS when she fled from her home in East London and travelled to Syria last December aged 15.

Now US huntress taunts the world with sickening Facebook brags about killing 'an old giraffe' and warns 'haters' there's more to come

Idaho hunter Sabrina Corgatelli taunts world with animal killing Facebook brags

Sabrina Corgatelli, from Boise, Idaho, has gleefully pumped images of herself on big game hunts comparable to that taken by Walter Palmer onto social media in the midst of the controversy. Despite a tide of online criticism, she remained defiant, posting a meme (top left) implying that she has even more images to come.

Jericho is ALIVE! Relief as brother of slain Cecil the lion is found safe despite reports he too had become a victim of poachers

Jericho the lion, the brother of slain lion Cecil, is alive and well according to a researcher who is monitoring the pride. Reports that Jericho had also been shot flooded social media overnight.

RACHEL JOHNSON: Don't blame the idiot who shot Cecil - we're all guilty 

My father (an environmentalist, conservationist and one of the first jolly green giants) would always say that he'd elect to save the last pair of mountain gorillas in Congo ahead of his kids.

The lion hunter's house of horror: Dentist 'wanted to show off Cecil in special shrine, which contains than than 50 animal heads'

Walter Palmer, the despised hunter who killed Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe, has a special 'hunting shrine' where he is believed to display the heads of more than 50 animals he has killed.

Animal psychic claims Cecil the lion has spoken to her and given instructions on how to deal with his death

Karen Anderson, an American 'animal communicator', posted on Facebook that she had made contact with the lion and that he said he is 'finer than ever, grander than before'.

Pictured: The final moments of the Bin Laden family's £7m doomed jet which climbed 500 feet before going into a steep dive killing terrorist's sister and three others as experts are 'baffled' over pilot's actions

Bin Laden family's final moments in £7m plane that crashed at Blackbushe Airport

The Bin Laden private jet which crashed into the carpark of a Hampshire car auction was pushed into a steep dive after climbing rapidly less than a minute before the disaster. The Embraer Phenom 300, pictured right, seconds before the disaster, failed to land at the Blackbushe Airport and instead slammed into the neighbouring car auction site, left. Three members of Osama Bin Laden's family, including his sister, Sana Bin Laden, believed to be pictured inset, died in the crash. Flight data captured by a nearby company showed the jet flew an unusual and unstabilised approach before crashing.

'It might be the right time to move on!' Future of Noel Edmonds' Deal or No Deal looks bleak as Channel 4 bosses are yet to renew his contract

It's believed Channel 4 have not yet offered the 66-year-old host a new contract, and sources have told The Mirror that it's because they're considering replacing the slot with a fresh new show.

You're the wine that I want: After Grease legend Olivia Newton-John launches her own vintage, OLLY SMITH gives his verdict on the top celebrity tipples

Newton-John is among a select band of savvy celebs who are securing top-notch winemakers to make sure their signature wines exude star quality - and OLLY SMITH puts them to the test.

'You get drunk through your eyes in this place': Inside Britain's most bizarre bar - where the air is saturated with alcohol 

At Alcoholic Architecture in Borough Market, South-East London, cocktails come in the form of a sweet mist of fine spirits and mixer, in a 1:3 ratio, generated by humidifiers that saturate the air.

'Prince Harry is single. Let's go to London!' The Crazy Jewish Mum who won't stop giving her (long-suffering) daughter outrageous advice

Crazy Jewish Mom who won’t stop giving her daughter outrageous advice

When Kate Siegel, 26, from Brooklyn, New York, started posting her mother Kim's outrageous texts, they caused an Instagram sensation. Here Crazy Jewish Mom gives her colourful advice on dating, marriage and motherhood... much to her daughter's irritation.

BLACK DOG: David Cameron falls for an empty promise

When the state banquet with Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung opened with a toast, David Cameron raised his glass, only to find he was gulping air. The glass was empty.

Bad news, Boris! Now even Labour say the next PM will be George Osborne, who one MP has even compared to Clement Attlee 

Labour MP Frank Field said the Chancellor could emulate Margaret Thatcher, who made it to No 10 despite being unpopular at the start of her political career.

Lords reform bid to fire all peers over 80: Attempt to restore House's reputation threatens Tebbit and Lawson - but sleazy Sewel would have survived 

It would mean showing the door to some of Britain's most prominent peers, including former Tory Cabinet Ministers Norman Tebbit and Nigel Lawson (pictured) as well as Labour's Roy Hattersley.

Exposed: Jack Straw's bid for public cash to hush up his role in Jeremy Thorpe scandal

The former Foreign Secretary wanted the Government to fund a legal action against journalists who exposed his role in the Jeremy Thorpe sex scandal.

US Marine surprises his wife by coming home from duty early only to find her 'cheating with another man' - so he posts it online to shame her

Marine goes home early finds wife 'cheating' with another veteran

The unknown US Marine arrived home early to surprise his wife but caught her her on camera with another man. In the video, the Marine walks through the home and finds the woman in the bathroom with the other man. The video was posted to Facebook on July 28 and has since gone viral.

Hero Spitfire pilot in hospital after dramatic crash-landing... but aircraft's owners vow 'it will fly again'

Dan Griffith, pictured here in a Gloster Meteor, performed a 'textbook landing' after losing all engine power

A Spitfire has crashed at Biggin Hill Airport this afternoon after losing power during takeoff. The aircraft was being piloted by Dan Griffiths who was taken to hospital but is not seriously injured.

ANNE McELVOY: Corbyn's crazy, but Blair's heirs are a bunch of cowards

Swathes of moderate Labour are aghast at the 1980s throw-back. But this is not Mr Corbyn's fault. He has exploited a vacuum left by the failure of Ed Miliband, writes ANNE McELVOY.

I WAS bullied despite what my school says: Kate Winslet insists she was picked on after head teacher questions her claims

Kate Winslet insists she WAS bullied despite school teacher saying otherwise

During a gruelling reality show learning wilderness survival from Bear Grylls, Kate Winslet opened up about how she was tormented by cruel bullies at school. That, however, is not the view of one of her former teachers, who recalls a popular, bright pupil who 'got on so well with everyone' that she was made head girl. Carolyn Keston (inset) says that during Ms Winslet's time at Redroofs theatre school in Maidenhead (right) 'we never witnessed or heard of any bullying. Certainly nothing was ever relayed to us'. But speaking exclusively to The Mail on Sunday, the Oscar-winning actress said the reason she did not speak out at the time highlighted the isolation and trepidation that bullying victims often feel.

Betrayal of Camp Bastion's 'Hurt Locker' heroine: Soldier claimed that Army freed Taliban killer of bomb disposal expert

A decorated war hero has made the astonishing claim that a Government Minister signed off the release of Captain Lisa Head's (pictured) killer as part of a political deal.

Canadian girl, five, is hailed a hero for climbing barefoot up 40-ft creek to get help after car crash left her mother unconscious with broken back and baby brother with bleeding brain

Lexi Shymanski climbed up 40ft creek to get help after car crash

A five-year-old girl has been hailed a hero for hiking barefoot up a cliff to get help after her mother and baby brother were knocked out in a freak car crash that sent their SUV hurtling down a 40-foot embankment. Angela Shymanski was driving her children from Calgary to their home in Prince George, British Columbia, when she unexpectedly passed out behind the wheel and veered off the cliff road into a tree in June. Her daughter Lexi awoke with a few scratches to see her mother slumped unconscious and her brother crying. Angela had broken her back, little Peter had bleeding on the brain, and they could not be seen from the road.

Obama to unveil unprecedented climate change plans to slash fossil fuel emissions

President Barack Obama will unveil on Monday
the final version of his plan to tackle greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants as he aims to cement his legacy on climate change.

Seattle CEO who set his firm's minimum wage to $70K says he has hit hard times 

Dan Price, 31, hit headlines earlier this year by announcing he was cutting his own salary by 90 percent to set an annual minimum wage of $70,000 for all 120 workers at his firm Gravity Payments.

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To have and to hold: Stunning Italian heiress Beatrice Borromeo is given a helping hand by her royal groom Pierre Casiraghi ahead of ceremony at her parents' lakeside castle 

To have and to hold: Stunning Italian heiress Beatrice Borromeo is given a helping hand by

The aristocratic couple hosted a second lavish wedding - this time a religious ceremony - at a castle owned by the bride's hugely wealthy aristocratic family on the shores of Italy's Lake Maggiore. Hundreds of guests were seen arriving at the dream venue by boat including American chart-topper Lana Del Rey (inset) and her Italian beau Francesco Carrozzini. After the ceremony, the wedding party moved on to a reception held at Rocca di Borromeo di Angera - Borromeo Castle - a medieval fortress overlooking Lake Maggiore. The glamorous newlyweds were seen arriving at a cocktail party last night in the northern Italian town of Pallanza.

Police forced into climbdown over criminal investigation into Mail on Sunday reporter who exposed cocaine doctor 

The journalist was treated as a suspect by West Yorkshire Police after he set up hidden cameras that filmed paediatrician Dr Colin Ferrie snorting cocaine before going on duty at an NHS hospital.

Royal British legion suspends firm after investigation reveals the cynical cold-call lies of fundraisers in poppy lottery appeal 

Door-to-door fundraisers acting for the Royal British Legion, such as Dave Jones, (pictured) are lying to the public by saying they are unpaid volunteers and ignoring 'no cold callers' signs.

Chris Evans holds back tears after stunt pilot plummets to his death in horror crash at Cheshire car festival hosted by Top Gear host

Chris Evans holds back tears after Plane crashes at CarFest North in Cheshire

The pilot of a former Red Arrows jet died after his aircraft plummeted to the ground at an event organised by new Top Gear host Chris Evans. The pilot, named as Kevin Wyman, bottom right was flying a 1962 Folland Gnat when the historic aircraft nosedived into trees while performing a display at the Oulton Park Carfest North 2015, top inset left. A clearly emotional Evans, bottom left, confirmed that the pilot of the former RAF aircraft died in the tragedy. Fans looked on in shock, main photo, after the aircraft exploded and a plume of black smoke rose from the trees on the north side of the race track.

Anger after Science Museum which has been free since 2001 announces it is to start charging families to use Launchpad gallery 

Bosses say the extra revenue will allow the London venue to host more free school visits, giving access to children from all backgrounds, but there are concerns it could make it unaffordable.

All of the Royals are at risk from flight tracker app: Home Office steps in after it emerges Queen's flight can be followed

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Home Secretary Theresa May has personally stepped in to urgently tackle the security loophole exposed by The Mail on Sunday last week which allows terrorists to track Royal helicopter flights.

Police and social services investigate after five-year-old boy accused of carrying out 'sex attack' on young girl at school 

Police and the local education authority are now looking into the incident, alleged to have taken place on May 7 in Bedford, after the victim's mother made a complaint.

LIZ JONES: Want to stop the slaughter of wildlife? Then start with seagulls 

The way people treat gulls is despicable, writes LIZ JONES. I agree with the outrage over the death of Cecil the lion, but at least he had a lovely life, which is more than can be said for our animals.

Their Royal Highnesses: Photographer creates unique multiple portraits based on van Dyck's legendary Charles I painting

Royal photographer's unique multiple portraits of the Queen

The Queen, the subject of more than 100 official portraits during her reign, posed at Windsor Castle in 2013 to celebrate her sixth decade as Colonel of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. The photograph was officially unveiled today. Inspired by Anthony van Dyck's famous triple portrait of Charles I (inset), Rittson-Thomas used mirrors to capture images of the Queen (left) from the front, back and sides. The image will form part of a new exhibition called The Queen's People, which will also feature new photographs of the Duke of Cambridge (right) and the Duchess of Cornwall. The exhibition will be held at the Eleven Gallery in Victoria, Central London, from August 19 until September 19.

Fears for plane passengers' safety as TWO commercial jets come within 100 feet of a DRONE while landing at New York's JFK airport

The first plane, JetBlue Flight 1843, reported that a drone had just passed under its nose as it approached JFK Airport in New York at an altitude of around 800 to 900 feet at 2.24pm on Friday.

ASK DR ELLIE: I can't shake the pain after my flu vaccine

The aim of a flu vaccination is to prevent debilitating illnesses, but there is always a risk that preventative medicine will give you side effects, writes DR ELLIE CANNON.

'Please forgive me, I could not resist love': Heartbreaking letter hidden in Austrian bank vault for 90 years is discovered and reveals passion of one of history's greatest affairs

The love affair of Baroness Mary Vetsera and Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria captured the world's imagination when their bodies were discovered in 1889, at the prince's Vienna hunting lodge.

Scots Guards soldier who once auditioned for X Factor is charged over alleged machete attack on comrade at Army base

Colour Sergeant John Norwood, 37, is accused of wounding a Lance Sergeant from the 1st Battalion at their base in Aldershot, Hampshire.

Are YOU bold enough to be a romper cutie? Our experts give their verdicts on whether the summer's hottest trend are playsuits or nay-suits 

Short playsuit verdict from the MailOnline's experts

It's this summer's uniform of the kooky and the carefree, and further proof - if it were needed - of how women are treated like infants by the fashion industry. The short all-in-one playsuit is the latest must-have, even though the toddler-inspired design is particularly unforgiving. The trend has been led by pop princess Taylor Swift, wearing numerous permutations of the 'romper', as it's called in the States. Our panel, including Talia Michaels (left), Charlotte Griffiths (centre) and Rachel Johnson (right), give their verdict.

British exam boards are forced to 'estimate' hundreds of A-level results each year as students' papers are 'lost in the post'

The policy, which is understood to have been in place for a number of years, means students are not punished for 'administrative errors', according to one leading exam board.

'He still wakes up screaming': The little boy left with brutal physical and psychological scars after having his face ripped open by a family friend's dog

Alick Barry barely recognised her four-year-old son, Kahah Ora, when she returned to her friend's backyard in Arncliffe, in southern Sydney, on October 9 last year after he was mauled by a dog.

Fans, players and celebrities unite to support Aussie rules football star forced off pitch after weeks of racist abuse from stands

Saturday's matches were marked by people showing support for Sydney Swans player Adam Goodes, including Lewis Jetta, who performed an indigenous dance in tribute.

Frozen in time: Inside the Arctic's Soviet-era ghost town with abandoned mine (and Lenin bust) that is seeing a tourist revival

The Arctic's Soviet-era ghost town that is seeing a tourist revival

Time-warped Pyramiden has become a popular curiosity in the Arctic Circle world of mountains, fjords and glaciers. It is on a fjord on Norway's Spitzberg island in the Svalbard. This summer eight Russians were employed at Pyramiden to look after the hotel and the coal-fired water system. Pictured is Alexander Romanovskiy, the Russian guard of the abandoned settlement.

Californians rush to out each other for water-wasting activities on drought shaming sites and social media

Residents are using various sites to tattle on each other for reasons including neighbors with leaky sprinklers to waiters who serve water without asking as the state's historic drought continues.

Police send in bomb disposal robot after suspect package is found on the route of Brighton's gay pride parade 

Expert explosives officers inspected the item on Brighton seafront, part of which was closed off, but Sussex Police said the incident was being treated as a hoax.

Here's one we made pearlier: Downton's Lady Grantham wears necklace which has appeared on screen SIX times before 

Downton Abbey's Lady Grantham wears necklace with famous TV history

As the chatelaine of Downton Abbey, you wouldn't expect the Countess of Grantham to be seen wearing second-hand jewellery. But it seems the Abbey's precarious finances have taken another turn for the worse, because the aristocrat's finest necklace has already made no fewer than six screen appearances. Eagle-eyed viewers may have spotted that Lady Grantham's pearl and rhinestone necklace has also been worn by other actresses including Julia Roberts in the hit British movie Notting Hill.

What a bunch of airheads! Fury as legal high lovers hold mass inhalation of 'hippy crack' in Parliament Square in protest at crackdown 

Dozens of people sat down in front of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London, yesterday where they filled balloons with nitrous oxide and simultaneously breathed in the gas.

Hypnotist Paul McKenna fails to halt court case in which he's been branded a 'cocaine, prescription pill and alcohol addict' 

Celebrity self-help guru Paul McKenna, 51, lost his bid to have a multi-million-pound lawsuit thrown out of a Californian court on Friday. He now faces a court showdown in Los Angeles next year.

Portuguese paradise: Inside the incredible Douro Valley wine lodge that has it all... from sensational views to world class food (and the port isn't bad, either)

Quinta Nova (pictured) would be a tempting place to stay in an industrial wasteland. But it happens to be in the outstandingly beautiful Douro Valley, which makes it irresistible.

Overweight woman-turned-fitness guru drops 75lbs after being left heartbroken by a friend 

Marisa Hochberg, 27, from New York struggled with weight since she was a child, but after losing a love interest to a friend, she turned her life around, giving up processed foods and getting fit.

Can YOU tell the difference? Hyperrealistic paintings of top tourist destinations that make even locals do a double-take

Can YOU tell the difference? The hyperrealistic paintings of top tourist destinations

Realist painter Nathan Walsh, from York, has spent the past 12 years painting the intricate details of cities such as New York, Paris and Barcelona. The sense of realism is partly created by Nathan's incredible use of geometry, which involves the artist sometimes sketching and photographing more than 100 images of a location before committing to the canvas. Pictured top left is Little Russia in New York, bottom left is Times Square, top right is Barcelona and bottom right is Verona.

Handcuffed man, 48, dies in lobby of Texas jail after officer 'put knee to his throat' when he ran in saying his wife was trying to kill him

Joseph Sheldon Hutcheson, 48, reportedly lost consciousness, turned blue and died after running into a lobby at the Dallas County jail and saying that he needed help.

Boy, 4, died after inhaling cinnamon he found in kitchen cabinet at his family home

Matthew Rader was in the kitchen at his mother's apartment in Richmond, Kentucky when he found the cinnamon powder on the spice rack, ate some and began chocking before he collapsed.

Libyan woman given US asylum following claims she was raped by Colonel Gadhafi's soldiers faces 16 years in prison or deportation following string of drunken arrests

Iman al-Obeidi became the face of defiance against the tyrannical regime in 2011 when she burst into Tripoli's Rixos Hotel and told foreign journalists she had been attacked by his troops.

Woman, 35, murdered in Fulham 'stabbing' as police arrest 48-year-old female suspect

The woman was pronounced dead at the house in Stadium Street, off Lots Road, Fulham, shortly after police and paramedics were called at around 1.20am this morning.

From blood-red waters to a geothermal spa (and one that vertigo sufferers will hate): The wackiest hotel pools in the world

The world's strangest hotel pools from blood-red waters to a geothermal spa

They can be found in hotels that seemingly want their pools to be one of their top selling points, with jaw-dropping and mesmerising designs. MailOnline Travel has compiled some of the wackiest hotel pool designs around the world. Pools include geothermal spas in Iceland (top left), blood-red waters in Thailand (top right), infinity pools in incredible locations (bottom left) and even one for vertigo sufferers to avoid (bottom right).

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Mohamed Al Fayed's incredible shrinking ships: Former Harrods tycoon relaxes on his 112ft yacht that is barely half the size of his £8million 208ft love boat that Diana and Dodi sailed through the Med

Mohamed Al Fayed's relaxes on a yacht HALF of Diana and Dodi's

As Mohamed Al-Fayed sails on a vintage vessel this weekend through the Mediterranean, the former Harrods owner's choice of boat is a far cry from the super yacht he once invited Princess Diana to stay on. He is travelling on 112ft Sakara (top) a yacht built in the 1913 by an American shipbuilding firm and used by the Egyptian tycoon for holidays around Europe. But it is nothing compared to Al Fayed's former yacht Sokar, also known as Jonikal (bottom). The ship was often used by his son Dodi to woo Diana, Princess of Wales, and was where the famous shot of her taking a few quiet moments alone was photographged. Al Fayed sold the ship last year for $13million after it had been on the market for years.

Pictured: Great white shark launches a ferocious attack on seal pup in the same South African bay where Mick Fanning was attacked

The attack was captured at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, where three-time-world champion Fanning famously fought off a shark during the J-Bay Open 2015 last month.

An Inspector Calls: Head for the Scottish Borders to find a welcoming pair of family-run hotels in Melrose

The new railway opens next month, linking this pretty Borders town to Edinburgh, making it a perfect spot for those seeking a quiet weekend in spectacular surroundings.

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On-air scare! TV reporter's hilarious shock at videobomber during live report

News reporter Wendy Burch shocked by videobomb during live report

A reporter for a local news station in Los Angeles, California, screamed and jumped after realising a man was behind her 'videobombing' the report. The incident happened live on KTLA Tuesday, in the middle of Wendy Burch's report on which city might host the Summer Olympics in 2024. The man leaned into the frame, with one hand on his hip. Burch looked over her left shoulder, screamed and waved her hands. She said 'You scared the sh out of me!' Burch denied her reaction to the 'videobomber' was over his race. She wrote on Facebook: 'And for those of you who have commented that I was only scared because he was a black guy... #ShameOnYou.'

U.S. pioneer who brought IVF to America dies aged 104 - after helping to create more than 5million babies around the globe during his retirement years

Dr Howard Jones was responsible for the birth of Elizabeth Joan Carr in 1981 - America's first test-tube baby. He continued working until shortly before his death on Friday from respiratory disease.

Cats eyes! Lion undergoes surgery to have his lens replaced at US rescue centre  

A team of surgeons successfully removed the lens from a 330-pound male lion's eye in Florida. It had become luxated, or detached, which can be a regular problem for lions.

Cecil the lion and other endangered animals are projected onto Empire State Building in stunning New York light display

Empire State Building broadcasts picture of Cecil the Lion above NYC

An image of Cecil the Lion (center) was one of 160 pictures displayed on the south side of the Empire State Building Saturday night in an event meant to bring awareness to the plight of endangered animals. The images were broadcast over 33 floors of the building and ended up being more than 350 feet tall and 180 feet wide. The display was created with a set of 40 projectors on a rooftop two blocks south of the Midtown Manhattan landmark.

   

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