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Royal observers have noticed that plasters are often a staple in the Duchess of Cambridge's wardrobe. Small ones were spotted on her thumb at the Chelsea Flower Show this week. But it’s far from the first time Kate, 37, has been seen sporting the nude-coloured accessory. Everyone’s favourite green- fingered Duchess might be better known as Calamity Kate.

Beyoncé, 37, and Jay Z, 49, stood in front of a portrait of Meghan, 37, wearing a crown during their video acceptance speech for the BRIT Awards in February (right). The Duchess of Sussex's makeup artist Daniel Martin opened up about the moment in the CBS News special Meghan and Harry Plus One. Daniel said when he sent her a photo, she texted him 'the big eye emoji.' The exact emoji that was sent remains unclear, but it was likely the flushed face emoji, which is a yellow face with wide eyes and blushing cheeks. The oil painting, which shows Meghan donning a crown and jewels, was created by Brooklyn-based artist Tim O'Brien. He originally made the oil painting for the Summer 2018 cover of her sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma's magazine The Key (inset).

HENRY DEEDES: Parliament recently introduced a bill to outlaw the use of wild animals in circuses. Parading defenceless creatures in front of an audience to be bayed and laughed at is cruel and demeaning. No place for it in today’s civilised society. But while MPs go all gooey over pandas, horses and bunny rabbits, they have decided the Prime Minister deserves no such clemency. At 6pm last night, it looked as though the Cabinet was about to tell her it was time to go. False alarm. She would be hunkering down in No 10 for at least one more night. Pictured: Theresa May giving a statement to a separate debate today, not the Brexit debate. (Inset) Theresa May speaking in Parliament.

Andrea Leadsom (pictured right and left, outside her London home on Tuesday) resigned in protest after the Prime Minister (pictured inset bottom) committed to giving MPs a vote on a possible second Brexit referendum. In her resignation letter, Mrs Leadsom wrote: 'I no longer believe that our approach will deliver on the referendum result.' (pictured inset top) Allies last night said she had warned Mrs May at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that she could not accept her latest Brexit offer. After the PM went ahead regardless, the Commons leader yesterday telephoned Mrs May to tell her she was quitting before posting her resignation letter on social media. She is the 36th ministerial resignation since Mrs May became Prime Minister almost three years ago.

Kenny Noye (pictured left), 71, is to walk free from prison after serving less than 20 years for the 1996 'M25 road rage incident' where the former gangster knifed motorist, Stephen Cameron (pictured top right), 21, to death. Noye was also acquitted of the murder of DC Fordham (pictured centre right) who was stabbed in Noye's garden at Hollywood Cottage, Kent, where police are seen arriving in 1958 (pictured centre).

The use of emojis has taken the world of social media by storm... But navigating the new emoji-crazed world can be very confusing and as more pictures are introduced it can be hard to keep up. So test your knowledge with this tricky emoji language quiz - which will test even the most hardened texter. The categories include TV stars (top left); movies (top right); and politicians (bottom right).

The Coronation Street star - who played Audrey Roberts' (Sue Nicholls) cross-dressing lover Marc Selby in the long-running ITV soap - passed away on Monday following a short battle with an illness (pictured - left on set and top right with Sue). His management InterTalent, which has handled his career since 2014, said in a statement on Twitter: 'It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our client & friend Andrew Hall who sadly passed away on Monday after a short illness.'  Andrew began his acting career playing Russell in the BBC series Butterflies (pictured bottom right).

The musician took to Instagram on Wednesday to rebut Portman's comments earlier in the week that, contrary to what he wrote in his book, they were never romantically involved. In his autobiography, he recalled meeting her when 'she was 20' and he was '33. She said that it was not true and that they met when had just turned 18.

Carlos Reguero Perez, 49 (pictured), had been returning home to his £1million flat in Hampstead, north London at around 10.30pm on February 4, 2015 when he discovered the newly installed gates (below). Keen to put his feet up and eat dinner, but without a fob or access code to open the electronically-controlled gates, he tried to clamber over but fell heavily and suffered serious injuries. As well as two spinal fractures, Mr Perez says he suffered a brain injury which has caused his eyes to become hyper-sensitive, so he is now forced to wear shades to cope with bright light. He is demanding six-figure compensation from Savills (UK) Ltd, who acted as managing agents for the landlord of his flat. 

Quentin Tarantino delivered a fiery response to a journalist who quizzed him about his portrayal of women in his films. When asked by a journalist from The New York Times why Margot Robbie - who plays Sharon Tate in his new movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - wasn't given many lines, the director, 56, quipped back: 'I just reject your hypotheses'. Speaking at the photocall for the critically lauded flick at the press conference during Cannes Film Festival, the visionary's reaction to the question prompted Margot, 28, to note that 'a lot could be adequately done without speaking.'

Furious workers (pictured main leaving Scunthorpe plant today) and their families slammed the government, saying ministers should hang their heads in shame, for not intervening to save British Steel as the manufacturer today collapsed. The government cited EU rules that make a bailout illegal as they refused the firm a bailout loan. Up to 4,000 jobs in Scunthorpe (plant pictured bottom right), North Lincolnshire, 800 in Teesside and 20,000 in the UK supply chain are at risk. It is illegal under EU law for members to offer state aid to companies in case it distorts single market competition (inset, the decline in UK steel manufacturing over the years). But exceptions can be made in cases where more than 15,000 jobs will be lost. Communities affected by the collapse said it 'will crucify Scunthorpe' as calls for nationalisation combined with demands the UK leaves the EU immediately.

Newsreader Jane Hill, 49, has revealed that she has been treated for breast cancer. Jane, who lives in north London, returned to BBC1’s News at One for the first time since November today (pictured main). In a series of tweets she said that she has been 'overwhelmed by so many lovely back-to-work messages' (inset) and added that her pass didn't work when she tried to get into the building this morning.

C-3PO gets the VIP treatment with a matching gold umbrella, while Rey (Daisy Ridley), Finn (John Boyega) and Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) wait in the sun in a new behind-the-scenes photo from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The snap is part of Vanity Fair 's extensive preview, with behind-the-scenes photos from the set, including the first look at Keri Russell's Zorri Bliss. The iconic droid C-3PO is one again played by Anthony Daniels, the only actor to appear in all nine of the primary Skywalker saga Star Wars films, and he's clearly being treated quite well.

Elizabeth Macneal quit her consultant job in London for a more creative career. Last week, her debut novel reached number one in the The Times bestseller list. Martha Keith, 36, is married to a company director and founder of stationery firm She says it’s hard for women to hold their hands up and say ‘corporate life isn’t for me’. Clare Freeman, 35, teaches yoga to business clients. She lives with her husband Fabrice in North-West London. Rosie Cook, 30, gave up her consultancy job to found swimwear brand Deakin & Blue. She lives in East London with husband James, 30.

This is the moment a gang of schoolboys attacked each other with metal poles. The boys clashed in Small Heath, Birmingham with police later saying that a 16-year-old was attacked by several others. The violence spilled into the street as a woman attempted to break up the fight, which happened on Tuesday, May 21.

ALISON BOSHOFF: The Spice Girls' last hurrah is imminent. Mel B, Mel C, Emma Bunton and Geri Horner flew to Dublin together yesterday in advance of the opening night of their reunion tour which starts tomorrow. For the next three weeks, Spice Mania of a sort will be in full swing, culminating in three sold-out nights at Wembley stadium in June. Naturally, every last drop of money is being wrung from the mini-tour, which looks set to net them up to £10 million apiece. A Greatest Hits album is being re-released, videos have been remastered, and mountains of merchandise produced.

Game of Thrones officially ended on Sunday, but it actually wrapped up filming last year after the cast committed more than eight years to the show. Maisie, 22, (far left) became known for her role as Arya Stark with brunette hair. But she showed off fuchsia and then blonde locks after filming wrapped up. Kit, 32, (far right) then decided to cut his curly hair and shave his beard after filming. Other actors whose appearances altered from their Game of Thrones characters includes Sophie Turner (second from the left), Gwendoline Christie (second from the right) and Emilia Clarke.

Some 18 Brazilian children trooped on to a stage inside a shopping centre in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso state, on Tuesday night hoping to catch the eye of potential adopters. The local adoption agency billed the event as 'a night when suitors - people who are fit to adopt - can get to know the children who are eligible for adoption'. But the spectacle of orphans being forced to pose on the catwalk has been slammed, with some even branding the treatment of the children to that of animals or slaves.

Local residents on Cartwright Road, Hyde expressed their frustration at wily drivers exploiting a parking loophole by tucking their cars in between an incomplete double yellow line. Tameside Council promised that the parking lines would be connected in spite of different vehicles parking in the same space this week.

The landmark (center), which was first built in the 1960s, also serves as an FAA beacon which helps incoming planes navigate their landings. It sits on an 18-acre site and is visible from many points in the San Francisco Bay Area. Visitors from the public at large can see the temple, but only until June 1, when it will be rededicated. From that day forward, only devout Mormons will be permitted inside. Unlike Mormon meetinghouses where all members of the church are permitted inside, gaining entry into a temple is only for those Latter Day Saints followers who have shown 'spiritual maturity and personal worthiness.'

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: She declared that last year was 'the worst time' of her life, but a new and far happier chapter is now dawning for Lilly Becker, estranged wife of Wimbledon legend Boris Becker (together right). For just a week after she and Boris emerged from London's Central Family Court to announce that they had reached an agreement about 'future arrangements' for their nine-year-old son, it seems that the glamorous Lilly has found comfort with television executive Pierre Uebelhack (left). The couple, pictured heading for brunch on a Saturday morning in Wimbledon, are enjoying each other's company both in London and in Munich.

It might not be the kind of downsizing you had in mind. But complete with a clay tile roof, floral wallpaper and even an (imitation) Aga, this £30,000 playhouse is at least a way to keep the children happy. The little cottage, which has captured the imagination of children and adults alike at the Chelsea Flower Show, is the creation of designer Nadine Charlton. It is Mrs Charlton's second showing at Chelsea after she founded her bespoke playhouse company Wallgarden four years ago. The glorious cottage, which is 10ft tall at its peak, is designed to look like those typical of her hometown in Stockbridge, Hampshire.

High up on an old oak tree in the grounds of Sussex's Knepp Castle Estate, two birds are patiently waiting for their three eggs to hatch. And when the chicks do smash their way out of their shells, they will also break a 600-year absence of storks being born in the UK.While white storks will sometimes be glimpsed flying in the skies above Britain, the last known birth of a chick was 1416. But efforts by the Cotswold Wildlife Park and the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust - along with some private landowners - to reintroduce the bird into the country is on the verge of successfully engineering a breakthrough breeding.

The project, due to be completed before the 2024 Paris Olympics, calls for cars to be banished from around the monument while roads would be largely replaced by grass and tree-lined avenues. A continuous mile of green space will be created between the Place Joffre and the Place du Trocadero, with the Pont d'Iéna bridge completely pedestrianised. American architect Kathryn Gustafson, whose british practice designed the Princess Diana memorial fountain in London, won the bid with her design, which she says will be 'the biggest garden in Paris.'

Abandoned bear cubs have been filmed play-fighting, gnawing their paws and tucking into bowls of porridge at a Russian bear sanctuary. The 16 cubs will be released into the wild. Adorable video shows the balls of fluff rolling around in the leaflitter and trying to grab each other's paws at the centre in Bubonitsy village, which is run by the International Fund for Animal Welfare. As well as playing the cubs are also shown munching on porridge made from buckwheat, oatmeal and eggs.

Alice Smellie revealed a selection of the best foods (pictured) retailers have on offer that are made from leftovers. Her picks include crisps made from discarded salmon skins and condiments made from the water left over from cooking chickpeas for tinning. Experts estimate that up to 40 per cent of fresh produce is binned before it reaches supermarket shelves.