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Today — 23 February 2025Entertainment News

Former Royal Aide Recalls Losing Princess Charlotte’s Birth Announcement

23 February 2025 at 10:30
Prince William and Kate Middletons Former Aide Recalls Hilarious Moment He Lost Princess Charlottes Birth Announcement on London Street
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Princess Charlotte’s birth announcement was lost in the streets of London for hours before the public knew she was born — but luckily, no one found it.

Jason Knauf, a former aide to Prince William and Kate Middleton, shared the story as part of a 60 Minutes interview released on Sunday, February 23. Soon after Charlotte was born on May 2, 2015, Knauf was given a piece of paper with all the details the public would want to know, such as the time of her birth and her weight.

However, Knauf lost the piece of paper.

“We were gonna announce it for another couple hours, and I had this piece of paper to get right this press release,” he explained.“I’m still out there with the hundreds of journalists trying to have a game face. And then I couldn’t find the piece of paper.”

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To complicate things, Knauf believed he had “dropped it somewhere on the street.”

Luckily, “we managed to get through without an upset,” he continued. “But somewhere on that street the entire time was a piece of paper that said there had been a little princess born, what time and how much she weighed.”

Knauf never recovered the piece of paper, which is likely in a landfill somewhere in the U.K. by now.

Knauf also worked for another famous royal pair: the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. In fact, Knauf is the aide who first lodged a bullying complaint against Markle. He later rescinded the complaint in August 2021

A spokesperson for Harry and Meghan denied the report at the time. “Let’s just call this what it is — a calculated smear campaign based on misleading and harmful misinformation,” they said in a statement to The Times. “We are disappointed to see this defamatory portrayal of The Duchess of Sussex given credibility by a media outlet.”

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The couple’s team also pointed to the timing of the report, which came out days before the Duke and Duchess sat down for a tell-all interview on CBS in March 2021.

The statement continued, “It’s no coincidence that distorted several-year-old accusations aimed at undermining The Duchess are being briefed to the British media shortly before she and The Duke are due to speak openly and honestly about their experience of recent years.”

Markle’s representative told Us Weekly at the time, “The Duchess is saddened by this latest attack on her character, particularly as someone who has been the target of bullying herself and is deeply committed to supporting those who have experienced pain and trauma.”

Bindi Irwin Remembers Late Dad Steve Irwin on His Birthday

23 February 2025 at 10:16
Bindi Irwin Remembers Late Dad Steve Irwin on His Birthday: ‘Our Family’s Guiding Light
Bindi Irwin, Steve Irwin Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images ; Michael Buckner/Getty Images

Steve Irwin’s daughter, Bindi Irwin, shared a sweet message in honor of her late father’s birthday.

“Happy Birthday, Dad,” Bindi, 26, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, February 22, on what would have been Steve’s 63rd birthday. Her post included a sweet throwback photo of Bindi with her dad when she was a child.

“To the world, you will forever be remembered as the greatest Wildlife Warrior,” Bindi’s post continued. “To me, you’ll always be the most incredible dad and now our family’s guiding light. I love you and I miss you every day.”

Steve — a wildlife conservationist and beloved television personality — died in September 2006 at age 44 after being pierced by a stingray barb. He is survived by his wife, Terri Irwin, and their two children, Bindi and her brother Robert.

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Robert also shared a tribute to his dad via Instagram on Saturday, sharing a photo of a younger Steve holding a crocodile. “Always my greatest inspiration,” Robert captioned the post.

Both Bindi and Robert were young — ages 8 and 2, respectively — at the time of Steve’s passing. Robert, for his part, celebrated his 21st birthday in December 2024, and paid tribute to his dad on social media. In his post, Robert noted that “it can be hard to celebrate the milestones when there’s someone missing.”

“Today I turn 21,” Robert wrote via Instagram at the time, alongside several throwback photos of Steve. “I was looking through the archives a few days ago and I found these pictures of my dad on his 21st. It can be hard to celebrate the milestones when there’s someone missing, but I will carry his memory and passion with me in this new chapter of life. I am one lucky guy to be surrounded by my amazing family today. Time to celebrate!”

Bindi continues to run the Australia Zoo with Robert and their mother Terri, 60, as well as Bindi’s husband Chandler Powell, with whom she shares 4-year-old daughter Grace.

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“He was the same person in real life as he was on screen, so I feel like Grace is able to grow up knowing him,” Bindi exclusively told Us Weekly in May 2024, revealing that she often plays footage from The Crocodile Hunter for Grace. “As soon as we turn Dad on, she starts doing her imitation, yelling ‘Crikey!’ through the living room.”

She added, “If I had the chance, the one thing I’d say to my dad is, ‘I love you, and I miss you. Every day that you aren’t here is hard. But we hope to be making you proud.’ I think when there’s love that is that great, it never truly goes away. He’s always with us.”

Love Is Blind’s Dave Recalls Honduras Trip With Lauren Before Ex Drama

23 February 2025 at 10:05
Love Is Blinds Dave Says Theres No One I Wouldve Rather Experienced Show With Than Lauren
Netflix

Dave Bettenburg is remembering the good times with Love Is Blind fiancée Lauren O’Brien amid ex drama.

“No one I would’ve rather shared these moments with,” Dave, 33, wrote via Instagram on Friday, February 21, before jokingly adding, “I must’ve been really mean!”

Dave also uploaded several show images with Lauren, 31, from their post-engagement vacation to Honduras and tagged her account.

Lauren shared similar images of the pair on her Instagram, writing on Friday, “Honduras! Group hangs! Friends!”

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Dave proposed to Lauren in the Love Is Blind pods during season 8, which was filmed in spring 2024 and started airing on Netflix earlier this month. They first met in person after Lauren accepted Dave’s pod proposal before jetting off on the cast’s trip to Honduras.

During the getaway, Lauren admitted that she had been casually dating another man — with whom Dave had mutual friends — shortly before joining the experiment. The drama carried over to Dave and Lauren’s post-trip life together back in Minneapolis.

“Dave was like, ‘Did you date anyone before coming on here?’ I go, ‘I was, like, talking to someone a couple of months ago, but I wouldn’t have said that I dated them,’ but Dave has mutual friends with him,” Lauren said during a confessional interview. “I was giving [Dave] names and he’s like, ‘Oh, I know him. I see him at the pool all the time.’”

Love Is Blinds Dave Says Theres No One I Wouldve Rather Experienced Show With Than Lauren
Netflix

While Dave didn’t want Lauren’s past hookup to deter their engagement, he consistently struggled to let it go.

“How do you go from seeing someone so recently to like, ‘I’m ready for marriage?’” he asked Lauren in a separate scene. “That just seems like a huge step in between. … That’s tough.”

Love Is Blind hosts Vanessa and Nick Lachey, meanwhile, defended Lauren’s past in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly.

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“I think everyone’s situation is different,” Vanessa, 44, exclusively told Us earlier this month. “It’s very important to not be seeing someone while you’re on the show — we’ve seen that play out or not play out so well. But there’s no right or wrong.”

She added, “When you meet someone for the first time, and if you found out they just got out of a relationship, then you navigate that conflict. And [we’re] seeing how Lauren and David navigated that conflict, how what was important to him might not have been that important to her, or vice versa.”

Nick, 51, further acknowledged that Dave likely “felt it was gonna be a little awkward running into people that he knew” considering his fiancée’s dating history.

“That’s part of life [and] it’s not a specific Love Is Blind issue,” Nick quipped to Us.

Whether Dave and Lauren can overcome her ex situation (and make it down the aisle) remains to be seen in the remaining episodes of Love Is Blind.

Love Is Blind is currently streaming on Netflix. New episodes drop weekly.

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