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Princess Di's relative lays to rest longstanding burial myth

<p>Princess Diana's relative has corrected a longstanding myth about where the late Princess of Wales is actually buried. </p> <p>Countess Karen Spencer, who is married to Diana's brother Charles, responded to a fan on her Instagram account to address the claim. </p> <p>Since Princess Diana's death in 1997, there have been many rumours about where she was actually laid to rest. </p> <p>After a large funeral in Westminster Abbey, Diana's casket was returned to her family home for burial. </p> <p>She was buried within a mausoleum on the Oval Lake, on an island in the middle of the Althorp estate, where she grew up. </p> <p>Lady Diana spent her childhood and teenage years at Althorp House, a 90-room stately home located in Northamptonshire, prior to marrying the Prince of Wales in 1981.</p> <p>There is no public access to the island where Diana is buried, with a seperate memorial laying elsewhere on the Althorp grounds for members of the public to pay their respects.</p> <p>Since the Princess's death, she believe she is not buried at Althorp at all.</p> <p>Instead, it's claimed the late Princess of Wales was laid to rest alongside her late father John, who died in 1992, in the Spencer family vault at St Mary's Church in Great Brington.</p> <p>But the countess has now publicly denied such claims.</p> <p>Sharing an innocent photo of the Oval Lake to Instagram, one person asked the countess about the rumour. </p> <p>They said, "I saw online that she may have been buried in the family crypt with her father in a church which was used by the Spencer family".</p> <p>Karen commented below, "The law in the UK is that she would have needed to be creamated [sic] in order to go in the crypt and that was not what she wanted, so that wasn't possible."</p> <p>Another person added to the conversation, "Thank you for publicly addressing this longstanding myth. A statement from the family has been the missing piece in 26 years of speculation."</p> <p>While another comment said, "Agreed this is the first public statement from the family. A bit bizarre it's in the Instagram comments section but at least it's now been addressed!"</p> <p><em>Image credits: Getty Images</em></p>

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Bindi Irwin's daughter Grace looks just like her famous Irwin relatives

<p dir="ltr">A recent series of images of baby Grace Warrior shared by her adoring mother Bindi Irwin has set tongues wagging as to exactly who among her famous relatives she looks most like.</p> <p dir="ltr">In particular, an image shared by grandma Terri of Bindi as a baby to mark her 24th birthday caused fans to instantly make the connection that baby Grace strongly resembles her famous Wildlife Warrior mum.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">24 years ago our lives changed for the better. I remember when you were born, Steve cried happy tears, then showed everyone in the hospital his beautiful baby girl. He loved you from the moment he met you, and I know he is so very proud of you. Happy birthday my dear Bindi Sue. <a href="https://t.co/ZmTSVdzp4a">pic.twitter.com/ZmTSVdzp4a</a></p> <p>— Terri Irwin (@TerriIrwin) <a href="https://twitter.com/TerriIrwin/status/1550978133678911489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">It has also been pointed out on numerous occasions that the newest member of the Irwin clan takes a lot of her looks from grandma Terri herself.</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">One particularly touching black and white photo shared to Twitter depicts baby Grace looking into the camera, hands folded, which Terri captioned:</span></p> <p dir="ltr">"Grace Warrior Irwin Powell. A beautiful old soul resides within this perfect tiny human." </p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">It didn't take a lot to realise exactly WHICH old soul resides there! Baby Grace has clearly been blessed with Terri's downturned eyes and a hint of her smile. </span></p> <p dir="ltr">Gorgeous images shared by mother Bindi at the time she turned one also show unmistakable similarities to Steve Irwin himself – a fact that Bindi is clearly very proud of.</p> <p dir="ltr">In fact, just a week prior to Grace's first birthday party, she and father Chandler took an amazing snap of the three of them at Australia Zoo with the family pup:</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-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CgXsvtDBdz_/?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/CgXsvtDBdz_/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Bindi Irwin (@bindisueirwin)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">Unsurprisingly, the now 24-year-old has posted a vast amount of throwback pics on various platforms – and it doesn't take an Ancestry expert to see there are a multitude of traits that Bindi herself shares with Baby Grace. </p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">So what do you think? Who of all the dominant Irwin and Powell genes do you think Grace most powerfully possesses? That may in fact change as time passes – and we look forward to seeing how this beautiful young girl from a loving family grows and changes.  </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Instagram</em></p> <p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none !important;"> </p>

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International drug ring: Schapelle Corby’s relative caught up in biggest ever drug bust

<p>One of the people arrested in a $90 million drug bust is a relative of the convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby. </p> <p><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/crime-and-justice/corbys-relative-on-drug-charge-in-queenslands-biggest-ecstasy-raid/news-story/db0e51e6916fccb1938f31f28c35a176" target="_blank"><em>The Courier Mail</em><span> </span></a>reported Viliami Kisina - related to Corby through her half-brother - was one of six arrested on Monday during raids across south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales. </p> <p>There is no suggestion that Corby had any involvement in the drug operation.</p> <p>The raid uncovered a record-breaking 766 kilograms of MDMA powder which will prevent up to 12 million ecstasy tablets from getting into the hands of Australians all over the country. </p> <p>While police are refusing to reveal where or when they seized the mass amount of illicit drugs, they have revealed the powder had the highest purity ever recorded in Queensland and have a potential street value of up to $90 million. </p> <p>The drug bust is the largest of its kind in Queensland and the largest ever in Australia. </p> <p>Two British men, aged 51 and 40, have been arrested in Queensland and are to be charged with drug possession and supply. </p> <p>The supply uncovered represents approximately seven per cent of the 1.1 tonnes of ecstasy consumed annually in Australia.</p> <p>Corby spent over nine years in Bali’s Kerobokan Prison after 4.2 kg of cannibas was found in her bag in 2004. </p> <p>She was released in 2014. </p>

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10 more celebrities with surprising famous relatives

<p>Last year, <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/entertainment/movies/2017/01/actors-with-famous-relatives/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">we were stunned to learn</span></strong></a> some of the family connections among some of the most famous faces in the world, from Hillary Clinton and Angelina Jolie (ninth cousins, twice removed) to Prince Charles and Ralph Fiennes (eighth cousins).</p> <p>But the connections don’t stop there – it seems everyone from Hollywood to the White House and Buckingham Palace are all related!</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery above as we see 10 more celebrities with famous relatives.</p>

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Why you shouldn’t force children to hug or kiss relatives this Christmas

<p>The Girl Scouts of America have released a reminder to parents in the lead up to Christmas not to force children to hug or kiss relatives this holiday season.</p> <p>The organisation published a <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.girlscouts.org/en/raising-girls/happy-and-healthy/happy/what-is-consent.html" target="_blank">blog post</a></strong></span> this week arguing that forcing kids to hug relatives and family friends could muddy the waters when it comes to the notion of consent later in life.</p> <p>“Have you ever insisted, ‘Uncle just got here—go give him a big hug!’ or ‘Auntie gave you that nice toy, go give her a kiss,’ when you were worried your child might not offer affection on her own? If yes, you might want to reconsider the urge to do that in the future,” the blog post reads.</p> <p>The blog continues: “Think of it this way, telling your child that she owes someone a hug either just because she hasn’t seen this person in a while or because they gave her a gift can set the stage for her questioning whether she “owes” another person any type of physical affection when they’ve bought her dinner or done something else seemingly nice for her later in life.”</p> <p>Of course, many children will want to hug and kiss their family members, but the organisation urges parents and guardians to read their children and if they’re reticent, not to force them.</p> <p>The blog post adds: “Of course, this doesn’t give [children] license to be rude! There are many other ways to show appreciation, thankfulness, and love that don’t require physical contact.” </p>

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Famous Hollywood couple are actually relatives

<p>One of Hollywood’s most enduring couples have revealed to be related.</p> <p>Kevin Bacon and wife Kyra Sedgwick are actually distant cousins, and in her latest interview, Kyra says the few degrees of separation does not bother her.</p> <p><img width="365" height="300" src="https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/gettyimages-115251584.jpg?quality=80&amp;w=970" alt="Kyra Sedgwick Kevin Bacon Cousins" class="size-full-width wp-image-976342" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>The 51-year-old actress was asked about an episode of Finding Your Roots – in which she and 59-year-old Kevin were revealed to be related – over the weekend.</p> <p>"I figured I was going to be related to Kevin Bacon — I mean, most white people are related, ultimately," she said during the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour.</p> <p>"I wasn’t surprised, honestly," she added.</p> <p>"Frankly, I figured that was part the reason that they wanted to do both of us. I had to act surprised."</p> <p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MTaWFjV15aY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>In 2013, the couple appeared on the PBS show “Finding Your Roots”, which uses genealogical research and genetics to discover the family history of well-known Americans.</p> <p>In the episode, presenter Henry Louis Gates Jr showed Kyra a photo of her ninth cousin once removed, telling her, "And his name is Kevin Bacon".</p> <p>"See. I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! I knew it!," Kyra responded at the time.</p> <p>Kevin and Kyra wed in 1988 and have two adult children, Sosie and Travis.</p>

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