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Dick and Angel Strawbridge bought the château for £280,000 and have spent nearly two years renovating it - by themselves. They and their two children have embraced French life.

Charles met members of the Language Committee of Canada's national organization of the Inuit, at a reception in Dyfed, where two members gave him a throat singing performance.

Kayleigh Hughes, 28 from Grantham, Lincolnshire, managed to cut her present bill down from £1,300 to just £500 by researching bargains online and sifting through charity shops.

Frazzled mothers have been venting about their children's very naughty, not to mention hilarious, antics such as urinating in a birdcage, making a 'toilet soup' with their toys and hiding iPads in the freezer.

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Pregnant Zara Tindall chats to ex-boyfriend Richard Johnson at Ascot racecourse

Zara Tindall,35, showed that there were no hard feelings between her and ex Richard Johnson (pictured left) as they chatted at Ascot race course today. She was, however, keen to prove that she is off the market writing her husband's name on her name badge (inset). She and Mike Tindall are expecting their second child which is due next year.

A Chicago dad's post has attracted over 126,000 views and hundreds of comments in the space of just 24 hours - as he shared the story of how a stranger on his flight helped him.

Queen Letizia, 44, shielded herself from the wet weather today in a beige trench coat as she visited the  'UNICEF' Spanish Committee Foundation in Madrid.

Noel and Sue Radford, from Morecambe, Lancashire, have 19 children, whose ages range from six months to 27 years - and they'll all be joining them for a festive feast.

The youngsters were served classic dishes from the country like frog's legs, steak tartare and dessert cheese in a video made by digital content agency The Cut and asked what they thought.

Michelin-starred chef has admitted staff don't receive share of service charge at his £212-a-head restaurant. And former fans have taken to social media to express their 'disappointment' in him.

Angela Epstein, 48, from Manchester, called the photo of Hilary Duff kissing her four-year-old son on the lips 'weird' on This Morning. She said the star was sending a 'mixed message'.

These engaged and newlywed couples likely failed to realise just how comical their surnames would look in print - leading to some very unfortunate pairings.

Nice young women of past generations didn't talk dirty. It wasn't done. They talked of love and romance and handsome men (even my generation used the word 'swoony'), writes LIBBY PURVES.

Texas high school student Sydney Willoughby shared screenshots of her father Lance's messages about his wife of 27 years on Twitter. His moving words have been liked and shared thousands of times.

A hilarious video shows father and daughter Rick Harnsberger and Holly Wolff, from Ohio, breaking out all kinds of moves as they take to the dancefloor on her wedding day - leaving guests wide-eyed.

CELEBRITY STYLE WATCH...LUCY MECKLENBURGH

CELEBRITY STYLE WATCH...LUCY MECKLENBURGH

Lucy worked the trend for colourful fur this weekend while she attended The Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury Racecourse. While her Paul and Joe jacket costs an eye-watering £1552, we show you where you can bag an almost identical one for £20...

Lucy Mecklenburgh showcased her eye for good style at Newbury Racecourse Lucy Mecklenburgh showcased her eye for good style at Newbury Racecourse

Transgender girl Avery Jackson stars on the cover of National Geographic 

Avery Jackson, nine, from Kansas, was born a boy, but announced to her mother Debi that she was a girl at the age of four. She appears on National Geographic's new Gender Revolution issue dressed in a pink t-shirt and leggings and with pink streaks in her hair (seen left). Her emotional mother Debi shared her pride on Twitter and Facebook (right), and said: 'I'm shaking so much I can barely type.'

Getting your brood to pose for the perfect festive photograph is the opposite of easy especially when you throw silly outfits and family pets into the mix...as this comedy collection of Christmas snaps prove.

Oakley, a golden Labrador, was captured slipping and falling into his owner's swimming pool not once or twice, but three times.

This year's little black dress is no longer quite so little, with sleeves to slim your arms and wide skirts to trim your tummy.

Rebecca Elliott, 36, of Colchester, Essex, woke up to find she had Bell's Palsy leaving half her face paralysed but she has continued to film makeup tutorials.

Jack Brooksbank, was pictured getting very cosy with entrepreneur Maddie Chesterton last night at the launch of her company Baar &Bass;' own collection at Mark's Club in Mayfair.

Gold Coast pet owner Joanna Parkes has recently launched a puppy pram hire service for people who want to keep their pets off the ground.

The T-shirt is available for girls aged three to 16, and the words 'With the band' are emblazoned across the front in glitter. People have branded it 'sexist' and some say it 'sexualises young girls'.

The woman wrote on Mumsnet that her in-laws walk around her house in their 'dirty' shoes - while her own parents bring slippers. Some mums agreed, but others said the attitude was 'suburban'.

Google has released a list of the top 10 most searched for recipes online. Mid-week meals and tempting side dishes feature heavily while trendy foods don't rank at all.

Men and women were asked to picked out the stars with the most desirable body parts, with Hollywood hunks including George Clooney and Chris Hemsworth scoring highly.

Christmas TV advert slammed by feminists after showing Santa abducting single mother

The ad features Russia's Santa Claus, Ded Moroz, who poses as a cab driver to carry out the kidnap of the terrified woman for not spending time with her daughter. We then see them on a long and torturous journey, with Ded Moroz pulling her across grassland by a rope tied around her waist, top left, having first led her across a perilously rickety bridge, top right, and through a swamp, bottom left and right. Some saw the bank's commercial as an attack on working mothers - and they haven't held their opinions back.

British dancer and teacher Katy Hammond wed her husband Jeff in a beautiful Stafford wedding in October, where the newlyweds danced for their guests.

Errol Douglas MBE is a hair stylist to the stars and knows better than anyone the mistakes clients can make when they're trying to achieve the hairstyle of their dreams.

Tesco and Sainsbury's among supermarkets with luxury festive pet food lines, including a Taste the Difference-style range at Sainsbury's. Prices range from 35p to £5.

Jodie Duncan, 16, from Scotland, shared her drunken boyfriend Kieron's hilarious attempts at apologising on Twitter and his 'r u angry' messages and £10 gift voucher have gone viral.

For these festive enthusiasts when it comes to Christmas jumpers the busier the better as they share photos of their outlandish sweaters.

Mother-of-three Amy Kelly, 36, from Whitby, blogs about money-saving recipes for cash-strapped families and even says you can feed an entire family of six for just £18 at Christmas.

Deconstructing food is a restaurant trend where classics are reinvented, usually by taking apart the individual components. But these 17 photos prove it doesn't always make for a delicious meal.

The latest 'Where's Wally' style challenge involves finding the toy robot hidden in the workshop where the elves are hard at work on the production line - but it's a lot harder than it sounds.

In the expert hands of a cosmetic doctor, facial fillers simply replace lost volume and restore the face back to where it once was, with no other telltale evidence of treatment.

Sydney woman Casey Beros did not say 'till death do us part' in her wedding vows. Instead she wrote her own, and focused on making her relationship as good as it could be. And she's not alone.

Luke, 21, wanted his terrible tattoo covered up by the E4 Tattoo Fixers team but viewers shamed him for choosing a portrait of his wife Nikki. They were both delighted with the results.

Mark 'The Beast' Labbett was seen leaving the general knowledge based quiz show and even punching the wall en route after Michael, Trish and Terry beat the chaser and snared £60,000.

Last year MailOnline told the story of Sylvia Kalibeera, 31, from Masindi, Uganda, went blind overnight and was banned from seeing her children. She has recently been reunited with them.

'I don't have any qualifications per se': Woman swigs green juice, perfects her yoga poses

Romy Palan, 28, from Cleveland, Ohio, made the satirical video to highlight the inundation of seemingly-perfect lives we see every day on social media, and how she thinks life coaches claim to be able to help us reach that standard. In the video, Romy, a film graduate who works for a small production company, plays an elitist green smoothie drinker full of non-sequiturs and superficial trends, who has failed so hard in her own life that she decides to focus her efforts on fixing others instead.

The first episode saw a storm of angry comments on Twitter. The show, which sees ten Muslims sharing a house, was largely slammed, with many saying that those involved has 'sold out'.

Madison Cobb, from NSW, has a number of conditions including a rare blood disorder and a brain disease. The eight-year-old met Eliza Hazlewood, seven, at kindergarten three years ago.

When Jan Fursier, from Powys, Wales, discovered detailed plans her father had made during his time in a WWII Japanese prison camp, she set about bringing the drawings of the 1930s caravan to life.

Queen Mathilde, 43, wore a yellow pussybow blouse with a printed knee-length skirt and black patent heels to visit Antwerp's Royal Conservatoire, where she met with young musicians today.

Shannen Roan, 24, from Birmingham, was told her baby was dead after her bulging belly hid his heartbeat has dropped eight stone. She has since gone on to lose eight stone in six months.

Men have revealed their partners' most cringeworthy tendencies on Reddit, accusing them of everything from telling 'boring' stories to singing in public and leaving the shower curtain open.

Harry, 32, met the songstress at an event marking 50 years of the country's independence on Wednseday. He earlier visited Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown - six years after his first visit.

A handwritten letter believed to have been given to a young Prince William by the Queen is among several pieces of unique royal memorabilia set to fetch thousands of pounds at auction.

When Jasmine Overton's sister complained that she was throwing away excess breast milk, the 37-year-old, from Queensland, decided to use it in soap - and her sibling now won't use any other detergent.