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ELLIE LEACH on stepping away from Coronation
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STYLISH SISTERS WHO DRESS QUEEN LETIZIA OF SPAIN

INES AND LUCIA MARTIN ALCALDE

INES’S DRESS: VALERIA COTONER. LUCIA’S DRESS: INES MARTIN ALCALDE

THE FASHION DESIGNERS AT THEIR FAMILY FARMHOUSE
IN MAJORCA — BOTH WITH A BABY ON THE WAY

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Left: Inés (on the left)
and Lucía at the
farmhouse in Majorca,
bought as a summer
home by the sisters’
grandfather Roberto,
and where they spent
many happy
childhood summers

‘This place is
an explosive
mix of colours
— it’s pure
inspiration’ Inés

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LUCIA’S OUTFIT: INES MARTIN ALCALDE. INES’S KAFTAN: CORTANA

The sisters work together in Madrid, creating chic looks favoured by VIPs such as Queen Letizia of Spain (inset left in an
Inés Martín Alcalde suit earlier this year). Their island retreat is the perfect place to disconnect and unwind, they say, the
house overflowing with art (above) and the garden (right) with colour. They love to pick and arrange the flowers, something
their grandmother taught them – and both are blooming themselves, each with a baby on the way

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Martín Alcalde – in demand in Spain’s
chicest circles. Most days, Inés, known for
her bridalwear, and Lucía, whose tailoring
is worn by Queen Letizia, are to be found
working side by side in their Madrid atelier,
but they return here whenever they can.
Filled inside and out with the art

collected by their grandfather, the place is
also overflowing with cherished memories.
And this year, when both sisters are
pregnant – Inés with her fourth child and
Lucía with her first – time together in
Majorca feels especially precious, as
the sisters tell us here.

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ure inspiration. That’s how sisters
Inés and Lucía Martín Alcalde
describe the magical Majorcan
farmhouse where they spent their
childhood summers. And they should
know, since they’ve grown up to become
top designers, with their label – Inés

‘Nowhere could
offer more peace or
a closer connection
with nature’ Lucía

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OUTFITS: INES MARTIN ALCALDE. ESPADRILLES: CASTANER

‘I love long
dinners after
coming back
from the
beach’ Inés

Inés (left), who makes exquisite bridalwear, and Lucía (above), who works
with her sister in their atelier, relax outside. Big windows (above right) flood a
bedroom with light, which also streams into other areas of the house (right)

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What did you love most about your
summers here?
Lucía: “Waking up to the sound of
birds, picking flowers with our
grandmother and our endless strolls
through these gardens.”
I: “Long dinners after coming back
from the beach, hours playing in the
pool until it got dark… the truth is
that we had a great time.”
Do your relatives still gather together
in this house?
L : “ Ye s ; w e o f t e n h o l d

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How did your family come to acquire
the farmhouse, Inés and Lucía?
Inés: “Our grandfather Roberto bought
it as a family summer home. He
launched a chain of outdoor adventure
stores in the late 1980s, making each
one look super original by decorating
them with ethnic art and furnishings
that he brought back from his travels. It
was all very different from what was
around at the time. This house has that
same intrinsic spirit, as well as many of
our grandfather’s pieces.”

‘This is our
paradise, the
place where
we disconnect’
Lucía

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celebrations like birthdays and
weddings here.”
With your workload, are you still
able to come every summer?
L: “We always manage at least one
visit. This is our paradise, the place
where we disconnect.
“Besides, we’re both very sporty.
We’ve been practising yoga
together for the past six years and
there is nowhere better to do it
than here. Nowhere could offer
more peace or a closer connection
with nature.”
And this summer, both of you are
pregnant…
I: “It’s very exciting. Although
this is my fourth child and Lucia’s
first, my older ones are only four,
three and two, so I think the kids
will all be very close – as close as
we are. We just want to instil in
them how wonderful it is to have
each other.”
What’s the most special thing
about this place for you?
I: “It’s an explosive mix of
colours and textures – pure

(LEFT) INES’S OUTFIT: CORTANA. SHOES: CASTANER. (RIGHT)
OUTFITS: INES MARTIN ALCALDE. ESPADRILLES: CASTANER

The farmhouse has plenty of
outdoor spaces in which to enjoy
the sun and relax, giving creative
Inés the perfect place to paint
(left). The sisters usually organise
family meals on one of the terraces
(above), gathering homegrown
vegetables (right) from the garden
to make some delicious meals

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‘In this place, you enter
into an absolute communion
with nature and art’ Inés

12 Inés gets back to nature in

the shadow of palm trees,
while the estate also boasts
wide shaded paths (far right)

‘There is
nowhere
better to do
yoga than
here’ Lucía

inspiration. You disconnect from
your daily routine a hundred per
cent here, entering into an absolute
communion with nature and art.”
Did your grandfather design
everything – the house, the garden
and the collections?
L: Yes; he’s full of ideas, really
enterprising and creative. He
sometimes hosts artists here, and
they can’t believe how much
imagination he has. This house
expresses his love of travel, art and
books. It’s a mirror that reflects all
his life experiences, a personal
project that perfectly expresses his
entire story.”
Did he and his home influence you
in pursuing creative careers?
I: “Definitely. I think we have
something of our grandfather in
us and this is a magical place.”
You now work together. How

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(LEFT) INES’S KAFTAN: LAS DALIAS MARKET, IBIZA.
(RIGHT) YOGA OUTFITS: BORN LIVING YOGA

The sisters have practised yoga
together for six years and make it a
core part of their summer retreats

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did that come about and what is
it like?
L: “Inés had always dreamt of
having her own atelier, where she
could bring her designs to life,
artesan-made for each bride. Her
dream came true in 2015, and as
her label grew, people started
asking her to make dresses for the
bride’s mother and sisters as well.
That’s where I came in. We are like
kindred spirits, so close that we
can read each other’s minds.”
I: “The truth is we have a blast – we
love being together the whole day.
Our husbands always say that they
married not just one of us,
H
but both!”
Grandfather Roberto often hosts artists
on the estate, but its agricultural past is
still very much in evidence (above right).
Inés poses outdoors (below right), where
there is also a cooling pool (below left)

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PRODUCTION: LOLA DELGADO
INTERVIEW: ESTEFANIA ASENJO
FERNANDEZ
PHOTOS: VICTORIA MUNOZ
HAIR & MAKE-UP: ALEJANDRA JARNE

(LEFT): INES’S KAFTAN: VALERIA COTONER. (ABOVE) LUCIA’S OUTFIT: VALERIA COTONER. INES’S OUTFIT: INES MARTIN ALCALDE. ADDITIONAL PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

‘We have a blast working together. Our husbands say
they married not just one of us, but both’ Inés

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS

AFTER HER ‘STRICTLY’ DANCE DEBUT

ELLIE LEACH

ON STEPPING OUT ON HER
OWN AND LEAVING ‘CORRIE’
ife has changed a lot for Ellie Leach in the
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last few months. In May, after 12 years
playing Faye Windass, she said goodbye to the
cobbles of Coronation Street
eet while also going
through a relationship break-up.
So it’s little wonder that the Bury-born
22-year-old actress is seeing all the sequins,
shimmies and ballroom glamour of Strictly Come
Dancing as a welcome chance to thrive as her
own person.
“It’s been really nice to throw myself into
something new. This is all about me now – I just
want to give a hundred per cent of myself to
Strictly,”
Strictly
,” she tells hello! on our exclusive
photoshoot. “I’m really excited to enjoy myself
and hopefully get a bit of extra self-confidence.”
PERFECT PARTNER
A spark of that confidence was on display last
Saturday, when Ellie made her live dance debut
with dance partner Vito Coppola. Excitement
was at fever pitch as she and her fellow twinkletoed hopefuls showed off their newly learnt
footwork and got acquainted with judges Motsi
Mabuse, Craig Revel Horwood, Shirley Ballas
and Anton Du Beke.
Ellie is “buzzing” to be with Vito – but there

‘This is all about me now. I
want people to know me for me
rather than as a character’

final with Fleur is so amazing,” Ellie says. “I do feel
a little bit of pressure about that, but I’m just
going to make sure that we can have fun together
and hopefully we can go that far, too.”
NEW START
After spending more than half her life playing
troubled teenager Faye, starting at the age of nine,
Ellie sees Strictly as marking the beginning of a
new chapter in her life.
“People have seen me grow up on Corrie and
might still think I’m still that schoolgirl. But
hopefully people can see that I am grown up now.
I want people to know me for me rather than as
a character.”
Like many long-running soap stars, Ellie has
found herself closely linked with her on-screen

alter ego, with fans coming up to her in the street
and calling her Faye.
“I think I answer more to Faye than I do to
Ellie,” she says. “If people call me Ellie, I’m a bit
like: ‘Oh, are you talking to me?’”
Being snapped up for the nation’s favourite
dance contest so quickly after hotfooting it away
from Coronation Street
eet was “unexpected”, she says.
“I’ve always wanted to do Strictly
Strictly,, so I was over the
moon and so shocked that it came so soon after
leaving Corrie
Corrie.”
.”
She has been getting plenty of advice from her
former co-stars and Strictly alumni, including 2019
contestant Catherine Tyldesley, 2015 finalist
Georgia May Foote and last year’s Kym Marsh.
“Kym told me: ‘You’ll have the best time
and just enjoy yourself,’” she says. “A lot of

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she was partnered with the Italian star.
“My mum is obsessed with him and she was
like: ‘I hope you get Vito! I hope you get Vito!’ so
the fact that he’s my partner is amazing,” she tells
us, laughing.
Ellie learnt Vito would be guiding her through
her Strictly journey in a pub reminiscent of Corrie
Corrie’s
’s
Rovers Return, and her delight was evident – as
was the panic that engulfed her as it sunk in that
her first dance was the jive.
“Oh no! That’s really hard!” she wailed, part
laughing, part seemingly in denial.
Fortunately, she’s in capable hands as Vito
made it to the final last year with singer Fleur East,
who now co-presents the show’s spin-off show
Strictly: It Takes Two.
Two. “The fact that he got to the

(ABOVE) DRESS: ASOS DESIGN. (FAR LEFT)
TOP: ASOS DESIGN. TROUSERS: ME+EM

Ellie played Coronation
Street’s Faye Windass
for more than half her
life and is looking
forward to showing
her true self to fans on
Strictly Come Dancing

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the previous contestants have said
it’s over in the blink of an eye.”
GOING LIVE
The star might be used to being in
front of TV cameras – and her
acting skills will no doubt help
when it comes to sensual dances
such as the rumba – but Ellie feels
the pressure of dancing live in
front of the nation every week will
be a whole different ballgame.
“The live aspect does really
scare me because it’s completely
different to anything I’ve ever
done before.
“On Corrie
Corrie,, we’re told to ignore
the cameras and pretend they’re
not there, but on Strictly
Strictly,, you have
to perform for them. But I am
excited to be pushing myself out
of my comfort zone.
“I’m quite sensitive, so I hope I
won’t get too emotional at the
judges’ critique,” she adds. “I
know that they know what they’re
talking about and they’re amazing,

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS: BBC. ELLIE LEACH. REX FEATURES. (RIGHT) DRESS: CLUB L LONDON.
(ABOVE LEFT) TOP: FRANCESCA COUTURE. (LEFT) DRESS: CLUB L LONDON

Ellie with
her biggest
cheerleaders
(below) – dad
Alan, 15-year-old
sister Daisy and
mum Karen. “I just
hope I can make
them all proud”

‘I am excited to be
pushing myself but
I’m quite sensitive,
so I hope I won’t get
too emotional at the
judges’ critique’
so I just want to take their
comments on board.”
Will viewers see a competitive
side to her? “I think everyone
would like to lift the Glitterball
[trophy], but I really don’t see
myself as a competitive person and
I want to see everybody do well,”
she replies diplomatically. “I think
the competition will be with myself
and not with everybody else.”
FAMILY FAN CLUB
One thing is for sure, Ellie and
Vito have plenty of cheerleaders
supporting them every step of the
way – not least her close-knit
family: mum Karen, dad Alan and
15-year-old sister Daisy.
“My family love Strictly
Strictly,, especially
my mum and my grandparents.
They’ve always been behind me in
whatever I’ve done. I just hope I
can make them all proud.”
Former Strictly contestants have
often found themselves inundated
with opportunities and there are
rumours Ellie is being lined up to
join BBC’s Waterloo Road,
Road, although
she doesn’t give anything away.
“I don’t like to look too much
into the future,” she says with a coy
smile. “I’m a big believer that
everything happens for a reason.
“I’m going to put a hundred
per cent of myself into Strictly
H
and what will be will be.”
INTERVIEW: EMILY HORAN
PHOTOS: NICKY JOHNSTON
STYLING: LORRAINE McCULLOCH
HAIR: REBECCA SHUTTLEWORTH AT
CREATIVES AGENCY
MAKE-UP: KATE GATELY AT
CREATIVES AGENCY

Strictly Come Dancing is on BBC1 and
BBC iPlayer on Saturday and Sunday.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS

LAUNCHING AN EPIC RIDE FROM LONDON TO MONACO

LADY AMELIA WINDSOR

THE YOUNG ROYAL ON HER LOVE OF NATURE — AND HER
MISSION TO TURN THE TIDE AND HELP SAVE THE PLANET

Stunning in a recycledfabric dress by ethical
British designer Kitty
Joseph, Amelia poses
with the team of 100plus cyclists before firing
the start gun for the ride

gainst the magnificent backdrop of Somerset
A
House, excited cheers from more than 100
cyclists filled the air as Lady Amelia Windsor

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Amelia was signed by Storm model agency in
2016 while still a student at the University of
Edinburgh – and it was after her collaboration
with Scottish clothing company Brora, which
specialises in natural materials, that she was

invited, three years ago, to become an
ambassador for Blue Marine.
“It’s a great charity and is doing vital
work with tangible results all over the
world,” she told hello!
hello!..
“As well as developing sustainable models
of fishing, it has protected kelp forests and
achieved a successful ban on bottom trawling on
the Dogger Bank in the North Sea.
“Swimming in the sea is one of my favourite
things. It’s a shame you have to check a map of
the UK coastline to find out if sewage has been
pumped into it before you swim.
“I just saw a map on Instagram and it was mostly
red crosses, meaning that sewage had been
released into the sea. There were only a few green
ticks here and there, which is a travesty.”
It was swimming at night in luminescent algae
off the Costa Verde in Brazil that inspired Amelia’s
older sister Marina’s love of the ocean, and she is
now events manager of Blue Marine.
“I’m very proud of her,” Amelia said. “She’s
always full of amazing stories and tells me
excitedly about what’s going on.”
Her own passion for the sea evolved after

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proudly cut a blue ribbon to launch an epic
London to Monaco bike ride.
Taking in seven countries in just eight days, via
the soaring snowy peaks of the Swiss Alps and
sparkling Italian Lakes, the 620-mile journey was
due to end with a champagne finish and a
personal welcome at the palace of another royal –
Prince Albert of Monaco.
The annual ride, which raised over £100,000
before it had even begun, was in aid of the ocean
conservation charity Blue Marine Foundation, for
which 28-year-old model Amelia is an ambassador.
“It was fun and such an honour to be asked to
start it off,” she exclusively told hello! as we
joined her for the event. “The cyclists seemed
good to go and, in my opinion, very brave.”
Displaying her green fashion credentials for
the occasion in her favourite multicoloured
Quad dress, which was crafted in recycled fabric
by Kitty Joseph, a British designer of sustainable
and ethical fashion, she continued: “I don’t
think I’d be able to cycle that far – I’d have to

practise a bit first – but I’m sure it would be an
amazing experience.
“Although I grew up riding a bike in Cambridge,
where it’s easier to cycle, I don’t do it in London as
I’d find it terrifying. I walk everywhere instead.”
However, Amelia, who is the Duke of Kent’s
granddaughter, recalled how she went cycling on
a holiday in the Alps in August – on an e-bike.
“That made it so much easier to go uphill,” she
said. “It was magical and incredibly beautiful. We
were drinking straight from the streams, and the
water was so fresh and clear that even having a
shower in the morning felt like being in a spa.”
Water is at the heart of Amelia’s work with the
Blue Marine Foundation, which was set up in 2010
to restore the sea’s health, protect vital marine
habitats and address overfishing – one of the
world’s worst environmental problems.

‘I like to look at
the natural forms
around me. There
are so many
beautiful places in
the UK that we’re
spoilt for choice’

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The royal proudly cuts a blue
ribbon to start the race, also
posing with Blue Marine’s head
of partnerships Sara-Jane
Skinner (below left) before the
cyclists hit the road (bottom)

reading The End of the Line
Line,, a book
by Blue Marine’s co-founder
Charles Clover that reports on the
damaging impact of overfishing on
the world’s oceans.
“It’s a lawless place at the
moment, and there are communities
that rely on it so much,” Amelia said.
“This book gave me an idea of the
amazing potential of what the ocean
could be if it was protected.”
SPREADING THE WORD
The model’s love of nature is evident
on her Instagram account, where
she shares with her 103,000 followers
photos of the spectacular flora and
fauna she encounters during her
walks along seashores and beaches.

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“I adore the UK coastline,” she
told us. “There are so many beautiful
places that we’re spoilt for choice.
I like to look at the natural forms
around me and connect with nature.
Sitting on the beach, picking up
seashells and playing with little
stones is good for the mind.
“I’ve always loved being outside.
But I must be quite annoying to
walk with, because I stop to look at
everything – flowers, insects and
trees. Even in a city like London,
there is beauty in nature. It reminds
me of what we have to look after
and that we’re lucky to live on such
a beautiful planet.”
This summer, Amelia fulfilled a
childhood dream by visiting with

‘I’ve always loved
being outside.
Sitting on the
beach is good
for the mind’
her boyfriend the rural Dorset
home made famous by Hugh
Fearnley-Whittingstall in the
long-running TV show Escape to
River Cottage.
Cottage.
“I absolutely loved that
programme; all I wanted to do was
live there,” she said of the series, in
which the TV chef foraged for food
and grew his own produce in a bid
to become self-sufficient. “I grow
herbs, but my dream is to have a
house of my own with a garden and
grow my own vegetables.”
By using her platform to draw
attention to environmental causes,
Amelia, who is 43rd in the line of
succession, is following in the green
footsteps of her royal cousins.
Princess Eugenie also featured
exclusively in hello! earlier this
year in her role as ambassador for
the Blue Marine Foundation, as
she helped re-wild oysters – which
each filter 200 litres of water a day
– in the Solent Seascape Project.
And last week, ahead of his
Earthshot Prize Innovation
Summit in New York, the Prince of
Wales scattered oysters in the East
River as part of the Billion Oyster
Project to restore oyster reefs in
the city’s waterways.

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RESPONSIBLE ROLE
They are among the new generation
of royals to seize the eco-baton from
the King, a keen environmentalist
for decades, his father Prince
Philip, who was president of the
World Wildlife Fund, and mother
Queen Elizabeth II, whose living
legacy is the Queen’s Green Canopy
initiative of more than three million
freshly planted trees.
Amelia, who once described the
then Prince of Wales on Instagram
as the “best great-uncle ever” next
to a photo of them on the balcony
of Buckingham Palace at Trooping
the Colour, understands the
importance of the French
expression noblesse obligee (“with
privilege comes responsibility”),
the theme of an ethical fashion
show she took part in last year.
Having walked the runway for
Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel and
Bulgari, she combines her passion
for fashion with her ethical stance,
often sporting ensembles made
of upcycled materials. She is a
champion of vintage clothing and
enjoys mooching around
Portobello Market, but is not an
advocate of throwaway fashion.
“I have a brown wool jumper
that I’ll never let go,” she said of
a garment given to her by her
mum, Canadian historian
Dr Sylvana Tomaselli. In

Model Amelia walks
the runway at a Zeynep
Kartal x Li & Fung show –
themed “noblesse
oblige” – in London last
September (above right) and
enjoys Trooping the Colour
with her family on the
Buckingham Palace balcony
in 2017 (below far right)

July, she swapped galas, glamour and gowns to
scour the banks of the Thames in a tank top,
trousers and wellies, picking up litter and raising
awareness of the problems that non-biodegradable wet wipes cause in sewage systems.
“I could have made a whole new outfit from
the tins and jumpers I found – it was bonkers,”
said Amelia, who joined forces with Earnt,
which unites brands with good causes, and
Conserving Beauty, which has developed the
first dissolving wet wipes.
Looking to the future, she told us: “When I
see the good work being done and changes
made by teams like Blue Marine, I feel
optimistic that we can stop the damage to
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our planet together.”
INTERVIEW: SALLY MORGAN
PHOTOS: DARREN FLETCHER

For more on the Blue Marine Foundation’s work, visit
bluemarinefoundation.com.

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‘I feel
optimistic that
we can stop
the damage
to our planet
together’

ANNOUNCING HIS 15
EARTHSHOT FINALISTS

THE PRINCE
OF WALES

MAKES A SPLASH TO SAVE
THE ENVIRONMENT ON A
VISIT TO NEW YORK

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environmental work to kick off a
two-day official visit to the city.
Wearing waders, a life jacket and
a baseball cap, Prince William
stepped into the East River to help
restore and rebuild the reefs that
were once plentiful in the waters
off Manhattan.
The Prince, who was in the city to
promote his Earthshot Prize, a
£50m initiative to find solutions to
repair the planet, wasted no time in
getting his hands dirty.
He was joined by local students
t o l e a r n h o w n o t - f o r- p r o f i t
organisation the Billion Oyster
Project is aiming to restore a billion
oysters to the area.
It’s hoped the oysters, which are
housed in metal cages in the river
and can’t be eaten because of water
pollution, will form reefs to help
filter the waters, create new habitats
and protect the area from storms.
The children were using oyster

shells discarded from seafood
restaurants, which would otherwise
have gone into landfill, to help
create the reefs. Discussing their
royal helper, one student said: “He
was just super nice. I don’t know
what I was expecting, honestly, but
it was great. He was very sweet. He
was really investing in learning.”
Another added: “He just wanted
to learn everything so we taught
him how to measure the oysters,
showed him what the different
creatures were and more about
oysters and how they help
biodiversity in the harbour.”
MEETING THE CHALLENGE
William, 41, landed at Newark
airport earlier that afternoon and
told how he was looking forward to
announcing the 15 finalists of this
year’s Earthshot Prize.
The Prince launched the global
contest in 2020, taking inspiration
for its name from US President John
F Kennedy’s 1962 Moonshot speech,
in which he announced the goal of

‘It’s so good to be
back. No one does
optimism and ingenuity
like the American
people’ Prince William

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reaching the moon. Earthshot aims
to discover and develop the most
innovative solutions to protect and
restore our planet.
“It’s so good to be back in the
United States,” said the Prince,
who was last in New York in 2014.
“No one does optimism and
ingenuity like the American
people so it’s only right we unveil
this year’s Earthshot finalists in
New York City.
“Eighty years ago, the world
came together in this great city to
find a new way, through the UN, to
solve our shared challenges. I
know our generation can take the
bold action we need to make
changes towards a healthy and
sustainable world. The challenge
may feel huge, but as John F
Kennedy taught us, we rise to the
challenge not because it is easy, but
because it is hard. And vital.”
William visited the United
Nations (UN) HQ in Manhattan
himself and had a “warm and
constructive” meeting with

Firefighters at the
Ten House Station
tell Prince William
about their time
during the 11
September attacks
on the World Trade
Centre in 2001

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‘Prince William
is helping the
next generation
lead the way’

Secretary General António
Guterres, discussing their shared
goal to reduce climate change and
protect the environment.
Starting his second day in New
York style, William woke early to fit
in an incognito jog in Central Park,
revealing later: “I decided to join
the hordes of New Yorkers in their
morning routine.
“It’s wonderful waking up in New
York on a sunny morning after the
rain we had yesterday, beautiful
getting some fresh air this morning.”
After a meeting with Ecuador’s
President Guillermo Lasso
Mendoza, the Prince headed to the
Plaza Hotel for the main event of his
visit – the Earthshot Prize Innovation
Summit to announce the finalists.
Held during New York Climate
Week, the event attracted a host of
influential figures, including Prince
Albert of Monaco, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, President

Kennedy’s daughter Caroline and
former New Zealand Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern.
Addressing the summit, former
New York mayor Mike Bloomberg,
global adviser to the Earthshot
winners, said: “Prince William is
helping the next generation lead
the way by building on his father
and grandmother’s dedication to
environmental stewardship.”
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
The Prince later hailed the
“inspiration and optimism” of the
finalists, who will go to the third
annual Earthshot Prize ceremony in
Singapore in November.
The five final winners – one for
each category: protect and restore
nature; clean our air; revive our
oceans; build a waste-free world; and
fix our climate – will each receive
£1m for their project.
He added: “An important part of

the prize’s designs and development
is not just to provide the solutions,
but it’s the factor to make people
believe there is hope and there are
people out there doing incredible
things that will have a massive
impact on our futures.”
William’s final engagement was
to meet firefighters at the Ten
House Station, which is located
beside the World Trade Center and
was almost destroyed during the
2001 terror attack.
Six members of the station’s team
were killed in the atrocity and
the Prince, a former emergency
responder himself, spoke about the
need to look after their mental
health and talk so problems “don’t
build up”.
He also stopped to chat and pose
for photos with well-wishers,
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before heading home.
REPORT: TRACY SCHAVERIEN

William greets former NY
Mayor Mike Bloomberg
(above) and chats (left) to
2021 Earthshot winner Vaitea
Cowan, who received £1m
for her company Enapter.
Tech mogul Bill Gates also
speaks (below)

PHOTOS: EARTHSHOT. GETTY IMAGES

Mike Bloomberg

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The Inside Story
DOUBLE JOY AT
CHRISTENING FOR
BOTH HER BOYS

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day surrounded by loving family and
faithful friends – Binky Felstead could not
have hoped for more at the christening of her
two sons. The former Made in Chelsea star, 33,
looked happy and relaxed in photos that she
shared on Instagram capturing highlights of
the duo’s big moment.
“My boys got Christened today and what a
glorious day it was,” she wrote in the caption.
“Very special with family & godparents.
Feeling incredibly blessed.”
By her side was husband Max Fredrik
Darnton, father of two-year-old Wolfie and
Wilder, four months. Also playing a special
role and posing proudly in the joyful snap
(left) was the boys’ adorable big sister, six-yearold India.
Joining them at St Mary’s church in Barnes,
south-west London, were Binky’s brother
Oliver, sister Anna-Louise and mother Jane
(above right with Binky and Wilder), who took
the opportunity to enjoy plenty of cuddles with
the newest addition to the family.
After the service, the celebrations continued
with a lunch and treats including a beautiful
cake decorated with blue and white flowers and
the boys’ names (right), plus a bouncy castle for
younger guests.

LYDIA BRIGHT

MUM MAKES FUN IN THE MALDIVES

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or Lydia Bright, any
chance to spend quality
time with her daughter
Loretta is paradise. But
throw in the powder-soft
sands and crystal-clear
waters of the Maldives and
little wonder she called it
“a trip of a lifetime”.
Former The Only Way Is
Essex star Lydia, 32, spent
time on a family break in
the Indian Ocean, where
she happily shared the
reality of holidaying with
a three-year-old (left).
“We are here with
some of the best travel
influencers, agents and
journalists from around
the world, some have
whole teams and all
kinds of gadgets,” she
wrote alongside a clip of
her failed attempts to
show off the lavish new
Amari Raaya beach
resort. “I have mum
and dad behind the
camera and Loretta
[who] keeps interrupting the content.”
Not that she let that spoil the pair’s
fun. Joined by Lydia’s parents Debbie and
Dave, they took full advantage of the
many activities on offer – from boat trips
to pool dips, and from craft activities to
kayaking (above). “We have swung,

PRINCESS
BEATRICE
AND
EDOARDO
MAPELLI
MOZZI
HATS OFF TO
SIENNA AS
DAUGHTER
TURNS TWO

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ittle Sienna Elizabeth
Mapelli Mozzi turned two
last week, and in a photo shared by her
father, it seems she has inherited her
royal mother’s love of statement
headgear. In the shot, which was posted
on Instagram, the toddler daughter of
Princess Beatrice and her property
developer husband Edoardo models a
pretty floral dress… and a sombrero.
Taken from behind, the image (above
right) shows that the youngster also
shares the Princess’s desire to stand on
her own two feet – even with no shoes on.
The picture offered fans a rare glimpse
of Sienna, whose birth was announced on
social media via a photograph of two tiny
footprints, but whose privacy her parents
have guarded ever since.

“Happy Birthday Baby Girl,” her
proud father’s caption read. “You bring
us so much love and joy every day.”
The post came shortly after the couple
made their latest joint public appearance,
on the red carpet at the Theatre Royal
Drury Lane for the fashion-meets-theatre
one-off Vogue World: London.
Arriving with her younger sister
Princess Eugenie and looking suitably
chic in Richard Quinn florals with long
black gloves and towering stilettos,
Beatrice, 35, posed alongside Edoardo,
39, breaking into a grin as he planted a
kiss on her cheek (right). On Instagram,
he called her: “My beautiful wife,”
adding: “Bringing joy to my life.”

SARAH, DUCHESS OF YORK

RETURNS TO PUBLIC EYE WITH THE PLANET ON HER MIND

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aving vowed to “use whatever voice I have to speak up
for our planet”, Sarah, Duchess of York was both loud
and proud during a glitzy ceremony in Gothenburg, Sweden,
for the annual Perfect World Foundation Award.
In her first high-profile public engagement since revealing
her recent breast-cancer diagnosis and subsequent surgery,
Sarah, 63, was looking firmly to the future as she presented

the prestigious conservation prize to actress, producer and
philanthropist Kristin Davis (below left).
With characteristic warmth, Sarah hugged the And Just
Like That… star, who was honoured for her work with
orphaned elephant and rhino charity The Sheldrake Trust
and as a goodwill ambassador for the UN’s Refugee Agency.
“Thank you Kristin for your contribution to the
conservation of our planet’s
w i l d l i f e a n d n a t u r e ,”
Sarah (right) wrote in an
Instagram post. In return,
passionate animal-rights
advocate Kristin, 58,
thanked Sarah for “being
so kind”.
The evening was also a
chance to catch up with
Perfect World’s co-founders
Ragnhild and Lars
Jacobsson (also left), whom
Sarah has known for a
while, having been global
ambassador for the charity
since its early days.
In previous years, she
has presented the annual
award to Prince Albert of
Monaco and Sir David
Attenborough. She has
called her involvement with
the foundation “the biggest
honour, for me, ever”.

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or fans with a burning desire to know the lineup for this year’s The Great British Bake Off,
f the
wait is finally over. And with a more diverse
mixture of contenders than ever – plus a new cohost – the show’s producers are hoping they have
all the right ingredients for a ratings winner.
There will be one extra in the kitchen, however.
Contestant Tasha Stones (above right) from

Bristol, who is deaf, will be accompanied by a
British Sign Language interpreter.
In preparation, the team – Noel Fielding, Paul
Hollywood, Dame Prue Leith and newcomer
Alison Hammond (all above, from left) have
learnt basic sign language, although Prue says:
“I’m not very good, but Paul is.”
It won’t just be the contestants feeling the heat,

DAME JOAN
COLLINS

MEMOIR LAUNCH
IS BY THE BOOK

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hile her new tome is likely to be an
unmissable read, it was heads rather
than pages that were turning at the
London launch of Dame Joan Collins’s
latest memoir Behind the Shoulder Pads.
Joined by husband Percy Gibson
(below) the 90-year-old Dynasty star was as
glamorous as ever in her role as hostess at
Mayfair members’ club Apollo’s Muse.
The book gives a chapter-and-verse
account of Dame Joan’s incredible life in
and out of the spotlight. “I loved writing it,”
she said.
Guests included fellow actress Elizabeth
Hurley (left, with son Damian), who starred
alongside Dame Joan in The Royals. The two
women are old friends and relish the chance
to catch up – in August, they
had lunch together in St
Tro pez , wi t h El iza bet h
praising her “Mommy
Dearest” on Instagram.
For Damian, the evening
was the perfect chance to
spend time with his mother,
whom he calls “my partner
in crime”. Speaking in
April, the model and actor,
21, called Elizabeth “my
unequivocal hero”, adding:
“She set a perfect example
my whole life about how to
balance family, business
and pleasure.”

NICOLE SCHERZINGER

HAPPY TO BECOME A WEST END GIRL

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very night for the next
three months or so, she
will be on Sunset Boulevard,
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but for the rest of the time,
you’ll find Nicole
Scherzinger in London.
The star has officially
moved to the city in the
wake of her engagement to
Thom Evans and her latest
starring role in the West
End; to keep fans informed
about her city swap, the
former Los Angeles resident
posted photos of her
emerging from a classic red
phone box (left). “Guess

who’s moved to London,”
Nicole wrote on Instagram,
while a reel showed her in
her “UK girl era”: getting
into a black cab, drinking
tea and preparing to tuck
into a pasty from Greggs.
Professionally and
personally, Nicole, 45, has
plenty to smile about. Having
found love with former rugby
union player Thom, 38, in
2019, she announced their
engagement this June,
following his romantic beach
proposal.
Their happy news came
merely weeks after it was
announced Nicole would be
starring in the revival of
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s
classic musical (left). “What
an incredible journey with
the most amazing people,”
she wrote, posting a shot
(right) taken outside the
theatre where, a week later,
she marked her debut as
former silent film star
Norma Desmond.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS

EMBRACING A FUTURE FULL OF FUN

SOPHIE ANDERTON

ON MOTHERHOOD, MARRIAGE AND
OVERCOMING LOSS TO FIND HAPPINESS
itting beneath an oak tree by a lake, wrapped
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in her husband’s arms, Sophie Anderton is
the picture of contentment as she turns to smile

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FINDING MR RIGHT
Once numbered among the supermodels,
Sophie found fame as the face of Gossard
lingerie, walked the runway for top fashion
brands including Chanel, Valentino and Ralph
Lauren – and had earnt the nickname “Runaway
Bride” over her refusal to settle down.
“I didn’t believe marriage was right for me
until my husband came along. The thought of
tying the knot with the wrong person terrified
me more than not doing it at all,” she says.
That changed when she began dating the
businessman and Polish aristocrat Kaz after they
were reintroduced by friends in 2016, having first
met socially when she was 18.
“One night, as we kissed, we experienced

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at the man she calls her soulmate.
It has been two years since the model married
Count Kazimierz “Kaz” Balinski-Jundzill in a
romantic ceremony at their beautiful Irish
country residence, Glendalough House in Co.
Wicklow – an intimate family occasion she
describes as “the most special day of my life”.
Like many couples, they had hoped they
would welcome a child together.
But now, in this exclusive interview with
hello!,, Sophie, 46, reveals that after a traumatic
hello!
incident and plenty of soul-searching, they have
come to terms with the reality that it will never
happen – but are also embracing the alternative
and enjoying the family they already have while
living life to the full.
“It’s been the hardest decision I’ve ever had to
make to accept that we won’t have a child of our
own,” she says. “I’ve experienced a rollercoaster
of emotions over it, but Kaz has been amazing
and beyond supportive as he reconciled himself
to it, too. Once we accepted the fact that having a
baby wouldn’t happen, it was liberating, as if the
final piece of a puzzle had slotted into place.”
Sophie’s love for Kaz and the ready-made

family she inherited when she married him – his
children from his two previous marriages, who
include 26-year-old Charlie’s Angels
els actress Ella
Balinska, his daughter with TV chef Lorraine
Pascale – are the reason why.
“I feel very lucky to have my four fantastic
stepchildren, as well as 13 amazing godchildren,
an extended family and truly wonderful friends,”
she says. “Kaz is an incredible dad and his kids
are delightful. They bring so much joy to my life
and it’s incredible watching them grow up.”

‘It’s been the
hardest decision
I’ve ever had to
make to accept
that we won’t have
a child of our own’

Former “Runaway Bride”
Sophie has found contentment
with husband Count Kazimierz
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though – she exclusively tells
HELLO! – their dream for children
together won’t come true

‘The worst emotion
I experienced was
shame. I felt as if I
was damaged goods,
which was illogical’
that thunderbolt moment,” she
says. “Kaz told me marriage would
suit me and he was right – with
him, I found the happiness that
had eluded me for so long.”
The couple had been in a
committed relationship for three
years when they decided to try for
a baby.
“I had that maternal instinct,
and Kaz didn’t want me to miss
out,” Sophie says. “When I didn’t
fall pregnant naturally, we decided
to embark on IVF. We went
through all the tests, but then the
Covid-19 pandemic hit and we
entered two years of sporadic
lockdowns. I was two years older,
of course, and once we understood
how gruelling the IVF process
would be, we changed our minds
about it for the sake of my health
and mental wellbeing.”

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Look of love: Sophie and Kaz embrace (left) after their
wedding at their beautiful country residence, Glendalough
House in Co. Wicklow, Ireland – “the most special day of
my life”, she says. “I didn’t believe marriage was right for
me until my husband came along. The thought of tying
the knot with the wrong person terrified me”

HEARTBREAKING MOMENT
Then, a little more than a year
after their wedding, Sophie
discovered that, without realising,
she had fallen pregnant naturally
– only to suffer a miscarriage.
“I was in St Lucia for a friend’s
wedding and was feeling tired and
unwell. At this stage, I had no idea
I was pregnant,” she says. “One
night, in the middle of a hurricane,
I started to haemorrhage. I didn’t
understand what was happening
and it was terrifying.”
Back home, Sophie consulted a
gynaecologist, who concluded
she’d had a miscarriage. “A wave
of loss and grief engulfed me,” she
says. “But the worst emotion I
experienced was shame. I felt as if
I was damaged goods, which was
illogical because I had nothing to
feel ashamed of. I was angry, too,
but put on a brave face.
“Inside, I found it hard to cope,
but I took charge of it and rather
than allow it to define me, I
reached out for help to a network
of holistic specialists and began
the process of healing through
nutrition, yoga, alternative
therapies, Pilates and meditation.
“I’ve come out of it feeling
better than ever before.”
By sharing her story, Sophie
aims to help others and break the
taboos that surround miscarriage
and being childless.
“Turning my own traumatic
experience into a positive has
freed me from the feeling of
shame that comes with being a
woman in her 40s who doesn’t
h a v e c h i l d r e n ,” s h e s a y s .
“Miscarriage happens every day

‘We need to redefine
views on women who
don’t have children’

After coming to terms with her loss, the former cover girl is embracing her child-free life, travelling the
world and pursuing an active outdoor life with her husband. “If we had a young child, none of that would
be possible so this is our time to do the things we’ve always dreamt of,” she tells us
got around to it? It’s very selfish that
you haven’t even thought of it – and
you’re getting older.’
“Those words were so wounding
that I replied: ‘How do you even
know if I can have children?’ That
was the last time we spoke.”
SPEAKING OUT
She adds that she has endured
comments from others, too. “Four
women came over to me at an event
and bluntly asked: ‘Why haven’t you
had any kids yet?’
“I used to get so upset and angry

that there would be invisible steam
coming out of my ears. Now I deal
with it better and simply reply that I
had a miscarriage.
“So many women I know haven’t
met someone to have children
with or they’ve missed the window
of fertility. But that doesn’t make
them less of a woman. We need to
redefine views on women who
don’t have children and accept
that it’s fine to have a different life
to what society dictates.
“I’ve never been
conventional so it’s no

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and shouldn’t be treated as a
shameful secret.”
As Sophie understands only too
well, there is another hurtful aspect
that women without children often
endure – criticism and judgment.
“I find it intolerable that some
people think it’s appropriate to ask
why I haven’t had children,” she says.
“In my experience, it’s usually
women who do this.
“After someone I know had her
first baby, she sent a message saying:
‘It’s a wonderful thing being a
mother. Don’t you think it’s time you

‘Kaz and I enjoy the same things. We
kayak, sail and swim in the ocean and
take seaweed baths. I love it all’

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
And Sophie couldn’t be happier than being
married to 54-year-old Kaz.
“I used to be a city girl but wouldn’t swap my
life in the Irish countryside for anything,” she
says. “Kaz and I enjoy the same things, are totally
in love and rarely argue. There’s never a dull
moment between us and our life together is full
of laughter.
“Most of our activities are outdoors and I
adore hiking to waterfalls and mountaineering
for miles with him. We also kayak, sail and swim
in the ocean and take seaweed baths. Next up is
paddleboard yoga. I love it all.”
The active couple are also planning
adventures in Japan, Cambodia, Tibet, Liberia
and the Amazon. They are also looking forward
to a belated honeymoon to Zanzibar – their
original plans were postponed due to a
motorbike injury sustained by “petrolhead” Kaz
when he crashed while competing for Rally
Raid Ireland in a Croatia to Greece event, four
weeks after their wedding.
“If we had a young child, none of that would
be possible, so this is our time to do the things
we’ve always dreamt of,” Sophie says.
“Finally, I’ve found peace and my place in
the world as the person I was always meant
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to be.”

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the great outdoors. “There’s never
a dull moment,” says Sophie. “Our
life together is full of laughter”

INTERVIEW: SALLY MORGAN
PHOTOS: ALAN KEVILLE. ALAN ROWLETTE
STYLING: FIONA FAGAN
MAKE-UP & HAIR: BILLY ORR

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS: KRIS HAND. SOPHIE ANDERTON. CLOTHES: BROWN THOMAS

surprise to me that this is how my future with
Kaz will look. I’ve owned my situation, accepted
it, and am at peace with myself.”
This positive outlook has given Sophie the
freedom to focus on her marriage, family and
friends, as well as exciting new business ventures
in wellness, luxury fashion and the top lifestyle
concierge company 48 London.
“I’m a better wife, stepmum, daughter, friend
and businesswoman as I have so much more to
give,” she says.
“This past year has especially shown me how
strong, positive and grounded I am. I’m a proud
stepmum and godmum.
“My godchildren, aged between nine and 19,
know me as ‘naughty Auntie Sophie’. They
come to me for fun and advice. One of the
younger children used me as a drawing pad to
decorate me with flowers using indelible pens,
much to their parents’ amusement. I love my
role in their lives.”

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African republic • ___ Redmayne, actor 4 Smart, flashy
• Elderly 5 Possesses • Amazement 6 Styling product
• Malleable metal 7 English prefix • Paris underground system
8 Form of transport • Prolong (4,3) 9 Checked out • Flans

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comedian 3 Light brown colour • Seaweed 4 Chasm • Cap
5 Indian bread • Swindle 6 In the past 7 Music genre • Italian
city 8 Sliding fastener 9 Lock opener • Radiate 10 Offer
• Sports stadium 11 Bestow • Rocky peak 12 Sprightly
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS

AFTER AN EMOTIONAL TREK THROUGH THE FRENCH ALPS

GIOVANNA FLETCHER

ON POIGNANT MOMENTS FROM THE LIFE-SAVING
MISSION — AND BEING MOTIVATED BY AMY DOWDEN

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surgery before beginning treatment. This
really hammered home why it’s so
important that we do these treks.”
This time around, the 38-year-old mum of
three was joined by actress Kelsey Parker,
reality TV star Pete Wicks, baker Candice
Brown and Mother Pukka parenting portal
founder Anna Whitehouse.
Giovanna continues: “So many women
we meet have had a cancer diagnosis, and a
lot have been pregnant or in the early years
of motherhood. It’s so important that we’re
spreading the message that they have to
advocate for their own health.”
INSPIRING FIGURE
One person who motivated the star when
the going got tough was her friend, the
Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy
Dowden, who is undergoing chemotherapy
following her own breast-cancer diagnosis.
“Amy has such a beautiful way about
her,” Giovanna says. “We’ve always said

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motions were running sky high when
Giovanna Fletcher led the CoppaFeel!
trek in the French Alps to raise awareness
around breast cancer.
In this exclusive interview with hello!
hello!,,
the author and podcaster recalls the most
poignant moment of the five-day journey,
surrounded by the natural beauty of the
mountainous terrain – and it brought home
to her the reason they were there.
“When I got into my tent one night, I
had a message from a woman who met us
while we were trekking in Northumberland
earlier this year,” says Giovanna, referring to
an excursion she completed in June,
alongside celebrities including Emma and
Matt Willis and Frankie Bridge.
“She was seven months pregnant and off
the back of all that noise [around the trek],
she checked herself and found something.
She went to the doctor and was diagnosed
with breast cancer. She’s just given birth to a
little one, who’s five weeks old, and has had

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‘My children are constantly saying to me: “When can we
come on a trek? We want to do this.” They’re really
supportive of everything’

The 120 intrepid walkers pose after completing the five-day Tour du Mont Blanc (top), while
some bare their scars (above) after raising more than £537,000 for the breast-cancer charity.
Giovanna (below left) is thrilled by their success – and is delighted to be greeted at the airport
on her return (below right) by children Max, five, Buddy, seven, and nine-year-old Buzz

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FAMILY REUNITED
The Tour du Mont Blanc was Giovanna’s
eighth CoppaFeel! trek, but that didn’t
make leaving her husband, McFly star Tom
Fletcher, and their children – Buzz, nine,
Buddy, seven, and five-year-old Max – any easier.
Her children are her biggest cheerleaders, and
when she returns from a trek, they raid her bag
for supplies before dashing into the garden
with a tent to live out their own adventure.
“They’re constantly saying to me: ‘When can
we come on a trek? We want to do this,’” she
says. “I send them videos throughout the day
and put on the fridge a page for each day with
different pictures of what I was seeing. They’re
really supportive of everything.”
One of the standout moments of the trek,
which raised over £537,000 for the charity,
came after many women in the group took off
their tops to show their bodies to the world in
a powerful photo, before one woman asked
for a picture on her own.
“She looked incredible,” Giovanna says.
“She looked to the mountains, then turned
around and bared her scars. She said: ‘Sod it,
I want one this way.’ It was so out of character
for her, and was a massive ‘F you’ to cancer.
“Then she covered her mouth and it was
as if there was relief, this gorgeous quality. It
was the epitome of what these treks are
all about and will stay with me forever.” H
INTERVIEW: LILY WADDELL

To donate, visit coppatrek-mont-blanc.coppafeel.org.

PHOTOS: GIOVANNA FLETCHER. MARCO BARCELLA, THE CREATIVE. TOM FLETCHER

these treks save lives, and Amy’s going
through so much – it definitely makes you
walk and not moan about your feet.”
Amy joined Giovanna last year on a trek
that the dancer believes saved her life.
“She wasn’t even meant to be on that trek,”
Giovanna tells us. “She moved filming dates
so she could be. It was hearing those stories
that made her think: ‘I need to check.’ She
gets more than anyone why it’s so important
for us to shout about this message.”

7 DAYS

A ROUND-UP OF NEWS REPORTS

NAOMI CAMPBELL

THE KING

Reveals how trauma led to addiction
Naomi Campbell has opened
up about her struggles with
drugs and alcohol in the
1990s. The supermodel, 53,
revealed her past challenges
with substances in the new
Apple TV docuseries The
Super Models,
Models, which follows
the careers of Naomi, Cindy
Crawford, Linda Evangelista
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and Christy Turlington.
The mother of two, who battled addiction for
five years, revealed she turned to cocaine to cope
with the death of her close friend, fashion designer
Gianni Versace, as well as childhood trauma.
“I guess when I started using, that was one of
the things I tried to cover up – grief,” she said.
“You think: ‘Oh, it’s going to heal that wound.’ It
doesn’t. It can cause such huge fear and anxiety.
So I got really angry.”

PAUL HOLLYWOOD

Coronation chairs to be auctioned for charity
Chairs that were used to seat
dignitaries and royals at the
King’s coronation are to be
sold in a charity auction at
Christie’s next month.
The seats, which were
made using sustainably
sourced British oak and were
used during the ceremony at
Westminster Abbey in May,
will be sold to raise funds for four charities selected
by the King and Queen: homelessness charity
Emmaus UK, and SafeLives, which works to end
domestic abuse, as well as the Prince’s Trust and
The Prince’s Foundation.
Bidding is due to begin online on 13 October
and end on 3 November. The proceeds will be
split equally between the four causes, with
additional chairs being sold privately by Christie’s
to benefit the same charities.

KATY PERRY

Ties the knot in intimate wedding in Cyprus
The Great British Bake Off judge
Paul Hollywood has married
his partner Melissa Spalding
in Cyprus.
Paul, 57, and publican
Melissa, 39, wed in an intimate
ceremony attended by 75 of
their closest friends and
family – including Paul’s
fellow Bake Off judge Dame
Prue Leith, 83 – inside the Ayia Athanasia chapel
at the Anassa Hotel on the island.
The couple kicked off the celebrations last
Wednesday with an understated ceremony in the
chapel, followed by a lavish reception that lasted
into the early hours of the morning.
Paul, who has been with Melissa for three years
and reportedly proposed in 2022, previously
worked in Cyprus and is close friends with the
owners of the hotel.

Sells music rights in whopping $225m deal
Singer Katy Perry, 38, has
sold the rights to music she
released between 2008 and
2020 to Litmus Music for an
estimated $225m (£183m).
The deal includes the star’s
first five albums – One of the
Boys (2008), Teenage Dream
(2010), Prism (2013), Witness
(2017) and Smile (2020) –
which collectively include 16 multi-platinumselling singles.
“Katy’s songs are an essential part of the global
cultural fabric,” said Litmus’s chief executive and
co-founder Hank Forsyth. “We are so grateful to
be working again with such a trusted partner
whose integrity shines in everything she does.”
Several stars have sold the rights to their music
in recent years, including Justin Bieber, Bruce
Springsteen and Bob Dylan.

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Story of
the Week

‘I feel more accepting of myself. I’ve had so much more than I
expected. Everything that comes in is like the cherry on the cake’
Motsi Mabuse judges her own life is going pretty well

PARIS FURY
Boxer’s wife welcomes their seventh child
Tyson Fury and his wife Paris
have announced the arrival of
their seventh child – another
baby boy. Paris, 33, who
married the 35-year-old
professional boxer in 2008,
posted a photo on Instagram
of the proud parents cradling
their newest addition, who was
wrapped in a white blanket.
Coleen Rooney, Jamie Redknapp and Jodie
Kidd were among the many who sent good wishes
to the family. The baby’s name has not been
revealed, but Paris said she “can’t believe he’s
here”. The couple – whose Netflix reality series At
Home with the Furyss premiered last month – also
share Venezuela, who turns 14 this week, Prince
John James, 11, Prince Tyson II, seven, Valencia,
five, Prince Adonis Amaziah, four, and two-year-old Athena.

JOHN LEGEND & CHRISSY TEIGEN
Celebrate decade of marriage by renewing vows
John Legend and Chrissy
Teigen have celebrated ten
years of marriage by renewing
their vows in Italy.
The couple, who married
at the Villa Pizzo on Lake
Como in 2013, returned to
the region with their children
Luna, seven, Miles, five, Esti,
eight months, and threemonth-old Wren, plus close friends and family.
John, 44, and Chrissy, 37, arrived in style for the
ceremony on a boat. “It was special for them
to have all their kids be part of their wedding
anniversary and renewal,” a source said.
Chrissy also shared snaps of herself during the
weekend on Instagram, writing: “We come to this
place for magic!”
O Jack Osbourne has married Aree Gearhart, the
mother of his 14-month-old daughter Maple.

Russell Brand accused
of sex offences
ussell Brand has become the subject
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of internal BBC and Channel 4
investigations following accusations by
four women of rape, sexual assault and
emotional abuse over a seven-year period.
The comedian, 48 (above, in 2007), was
accused of sexual misconduct in a joint
investigation by the Times
Times,, the Sunday
Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches
Dispatches,, which
included claims that he had a relationship
with a 16-year-old girl when he was 31.
Russell, whose wife Laura Gallacher, 36,
is pregnant with their third child, last week
issued a video (inset above right) in which
he denied the claims. “During that time of
promiscuity, the relationships I had were
absolutely always consensual. I was always
transparent about that,” he said.
More women have since made new
allegations, with the Metropolitan Police
confirming they had received a report of an
alleged sexual assault in London in 2003.
M e a n w h i l e , Yo u Tu b e , w h e re t h e
comedian has more than 6.6 million
subscribers, has suspended his channels’
advertising revenue, saying that he had
violated its “creator responsibility policy”.
Several BBC and Channel 4 programmes
in which he appeared have been removed
from the broadcasters’ streaming services.
Channel 4’s chief executive Alex Mahon
described the allegations as “horrendous”,
while the BBC’s director-general Tim Davie
has pledged “full transparency” as the
corporation launches a review.
The comedian hosted programmes on
BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music between 2006
and 2008 and hosted two Big Brother spinoff shows from 2004 to 2007.
For the latest celebrity news,
visit hellomagazine.com

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

SHARING HER INSPIRATIONAL STORY

ELLIE GOLDSTEIN

ON STARTING A NEW CHAPTER
IN THE MODELLING WORLD

From one of her first “photoshoots”
(below, as a baby) to appearing in front
of the camera professionally (above),
Ellie has proven the doubters wrong.
The star with parents Mark and Yvonne
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leaps off the page in her memoir,
which, she says, is “full of funny,
cheeky, happy stories”.
As part of the writing process,
Ellie sat down with her mum
to look back over her life so far,
including how a doctor, on the day
of Ellie’s birth, told her parents she
would never walk or talk or be able
to go to university.
Suffice to say, she proved her
doubters wrong – and then some.
STAR STUDENT
A joyful force of energy, Ellie, who
had open-heart surgery for a
congenital defect when just six
months old, is a skilled dancer and
successful model who is now at
college studying performing arts,
having earned distinctions in
previous exams.
The first book to be published
under presenter and campaigner
Katie Piper’s literary imprint The
UnSeen, which gives previously
unheard voices a platform, Ellie’s
story is told in her own words.
There are also contributions
from Yvonne, 27-year-old sister Amy
and influential figures in her life,
such as her dance teacher Beca
Barnard and Evette, her primary
school learning support assistant.
“We wanted the readers to know
exactly what happened right from
the beginning to where she is now
and how far she’s come,” Yvonne
tells us. “It was very emotional to

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he may be only 21 years old, but
Ellie Goldstein has already
accomplished many extraordinary
things in her life.
A true trailblazer, she made
history in 2020 by becoming the
first model with Down’s syndrome
(or Down syndrome) to feature in
an advert for a high-end fashion
brand – a powerful partnership
with Gucci – and has gone on to
grace the cover of seven magazines,
including UK Vogue
Vogue.
ogue.
But one of the Essex-born star’s
favourite achievements came when
she was a few hours old.
In December 2001, a doctor
advised Ellie’s parents Yvonne and
Mark not to feed their newborn
daughter as they didn’t know if she
would be able to take a bottle.
However, when they did try it,
their baby girl latched on with no
problem at all.
It was the first of many times
that her incredible fight and
determination shone through –
and is one of the anecdotes
recounted in her inspirational new
autobiography Against All Odds.
Odds.
“My best story is me putting my
gums on my bottle and not letting
go,” she tells hello! with a smile in
this exclusive interview.
Laughing, her proud mum
Yvonne adds: “She knew what she
wanted,” to which Ellie quickly
replies: “Yeah – milk!”
The model’s effervescent spirit

‘Where next? New York! I’d love to walk on
the catwalk at New York Fashion Week’

look back. Ellie had heard what had
happened [at the beginning of her life],
but she never knew in detail like she
does now. She dealt with it really well.”
Testament to her influence in the
fashion world, this year Ellie was chosen
as the UK ambassador for the first
Barbie doll based on a person with
Down’s syndrome.
“My heart melted a bit when they
gave me the doll,” she says. “It was
amazing – the Barbie looked like me
and my face. I stared at it.”
“Ellie was lost for words – for once,”
adds Yvonne, laughing.
COVER GIRL
And after developing a passion for
clothes as a toddler, Ellie’s ultimate
dream of being on the cover of Vogue
came true in May.
“I was like: ‘What? Is this real or am I
dreaming?’” she says. “I didn’t get
nervous on the photoshoot. I just felt
wide awake and excited. I loved it.”
“Ellie went hunting in every shop
and she put her [magazine cover] right
at the front of the shelves,” Yvonne says
with a laugh.
With her biggest goal already
achieved at the age of 21, where does
Ellie go from here?
“New York,” she says, excitedly. “In
lockdown, I couldn’t go to America so
I’d love to walk on the catwalk at New
York Fashion Week.”
In Against All Odds,
Odds, Ellie shares her
advice to anyone who might identify
with her story, or feel disheartened in
the face of doubt, writing: “My dreams
have come true, and Down syndrome
has never held me back. If you have
someone in your life with Down’s or
another disability, get excited about
what they can do, not worried about
what they can’t!”
“I’m extremely proud of Ellie,” says
Yvonne. “She’s achieved everything she’s
wanted to. I hope others learn from her
and that her happiness will rub
off on people when they read
her book.
“She’s very determined
and confident,” she continues,
to which Ellie adds:
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“And sassy!”
INTERVIEW: EMILY HORAN

Against All Odds by Ellie
Goldstein, part of Katie Piper’s
The UnSeen series, is out now
(SPCK Publishing).

A HISTORIC STATE VISIT

THE KING
AND QUEEN
HELLO! JOINS THEIR MAJESTIES
ON A MEMORABLE THREE
DAYS IN FRANCE
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elegant wife – gave a masterclass in
soft diplomacy.
Over the following pages, hello!
takes you through the highlights…

DAY ONE
Arriving in warm sunshine, the
King and Queen were welcomed at
Paris-Orly airport by French Prime
Minister Elisabeth Borne, as well
as UK Foreign Secretary James
Cleverly, Britain’s ambassador to
France Dame Menna Rawlings and
her French counterpart Hélène
Tréheux-Duchêne.
The Queen looked radiant in a
dusky pink Fiona Clare coat dress
and beret-style hat by Philip Treacy,
which she held on to as gusts of
wind swept the tarmac.
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rom a ceremonial welcome at
the Arc de Triomphe to a starstudded state banquet at the Palace
of Versailles and a day trip to
Bordeaux, the King and Queen
certainly made an impression on
their triumphant state visit to France,
aimed at bolstering the Entente
Cordiale between the two countries.
hello! joined Their Majesties as
they arrived in Paris to begin their
three-day visit, which saw them
warmly welcomed by President
Emmanuel Macron, his wife
Brigitte and excited well-wishers.
His Majesty, showing he has
inherited his mother Elizabeth II’s
ability with language, addressed his
hosts in fluent French and, while
France may not have heard the cry
“ V ive le roi”
roi ” much since the
revolution, it echoed in the streets
of Paris as the monarch – and his

‘Mr President, in all of this we can rely on
our firm friendship, which is renewed and
reinvigorated with each new generation’
The King

Smiles all round (above) as the
royal couple pose with President
Macron and his wife Brigitte at the
Elysée Palace, the French leader’s
official home, where the two heads
of state held talks

The King stands shoulder to shoulder with President Emmanuel Macron before the 47
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris at the start of Their Majesties’ three-day visit to
France. The Patrouille de France and its UK counterparts, the Red Arrows, carry out a
spectacular flypast over the Arc de Triomphe during the ceremonial welcome (left)

Her Majesty makes a dazzling arrival at the Palace of Versailles
(above
and right, with the King and their hosts) in a midnight48
blue caped gown from Dior Couture, specially designed by
creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, worn with the George VI
Sapphire necklace and earrings she inherited from Elizabeth II

‘My parents’ first official visit together was to
France in 1948, shortly after their wedding.
By all accounts, they made quite a splash’
His Majesty

for distinguished visitors – before travelling with
their hosts down the Champs-Elysées, escorted by
the mounted regiment of the Republican Guard.
GROWING FRIENDSHIP
The two couples appeared to be getting on
famously as they arrived at the Elysée Palace, the
President’s official residence, where they
exchanged gifts – a complete edition of Voltaire’s
18th-century classic Lettres sur les Anglais (Letters
on the English)
English) for the French leader and a firstedition copy of Romain Gary’s novel Les Racines
du Ciel (The Roots of Heaven),
Heaven), which won France’s
highest literary award in 1956, for the King.
As the two heads of state held talks inside, the
Queen and Brigitte departed, with the First Lady
briefly holding Her Majesty’s hand as they walked
down the steps.
Meeting over, the King and the President
continued to chat as, amid tight security, they
walked the short distance down the Rue
du Faubourg Saint-Honoré to the British

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through a guard of honour, the King and Queen
where whisked away for a ceremonial welcome
from President Macron at the Arc de Triomphe.
While the French leader bowed to His Majesty,
his wife Brigitte greeted Her Majesty with a kiss
on both cheeks, showing the warmth of the
women’s blossoming friendship.
At the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under
the ceremonial arch, the two men laid a wreath
on which was a handwritten card from the King
saying: “In everlasting remembrance,” in both
English and French.
The playing of both national anthems was
followed by a spectacular flypast from the
Patrouille de France and its UK counterparts, the
Red Arrows.
It was the first time in 30 years such a ceremony
has taken place during a state visit, a marker of
how crucial relations between the two countries
are considered by France.
Their Majesties ended the ceremony signing
the Livre d’Or
’Or – the “Golden Book”, which is kept

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Adding to the glamour of the night are (above, from left) French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg,
Sir Mick Jagger and his partner Melanie Hamrick, and former Chelsea star Didier Drogba and
Gabrielle Lemaire. In their own “entente cordiale”, the Queen and Brigitte (below) complement
each other with their choice of wardrobe, the French First Lady wearing navy Louis Vuitton

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ambassador’s residence, the Hôtel de Charost.
They were greeted by cries of “Vive
“Vive le roi”
roi”
from well-wishers, while office workers leant
from windows overhead to watch. The two men
looked at each other and said: “Shall we say
hello?” before doing just that.
Sophie, from Lyons, who shook hands with
His Majesty, said: “I came here to see the King
and because I think it’s an important and
memorable moment for our two countries,
especially since Brexit. For my part, it was in some
sense also a tribute to Queen Elizabeth. People
here still have an affection for the British crown.”
ROYAL TRADITION
Once at the ambassador’s residence, the King
and his host planted an oak sapling from the
President’s Versailles estate, adding it to five
others planted by British royals, including three
by his mother.
That evening, as the sun set over the Palace
of Versailles, famous faces including Sir Mick
Jagger, actor Hugh Grant and former Arsenal
manager Arsene Wenger and player Patrick
Vieira, together with fellow Premier League star
Didier Drogba, gathered in the Hall of Mirrors.
The King and Queen – Her Majesty wearing
diamond and sapphire jewellery inherited from
Elizabeth II – posed on the red carpet with the
Macrons before enjoying a brief private tour of
the palace’s royal chapel.
There was a hushed silence as the two couples
arrived in the hall, before the President raised a
toast to their guests.
In a touching and, at times, amusing speech
in French, he paid tribute to the King’s parents

‘A toast to President and Mme Macron, and to
the French people, as well as to our Entente
Cordiale — a sustainable alliance’ The King

– Elizabeth and Prince Philip. He also touched
on the long history, dating back to Queen
Victoria, of hosting British royalty in the Hall
of Mirrors and, describing the French
“fascination” with their near neighbours, cited
the works of Shakespeare, the words of Sir
Winston Churchill and the music of The
Beatles as beloved by his countrymen.
There was laughter as he added, gesturing to
Sir Mick: “I should also say, The Rolling Stones.”

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FAMILY MEMORIES
In his own 12-minute speech, delivered in
French and English, the King spoke movingly
about his parents almost a year to the day since
Elizabeth II’s funeral, telling the President:
“Your generosity of spirit brings to mind how
my family and I were so greatly moved by the
tributes paid in France… You said that she had
touched your hearts – and it was she who held
France in the greatest affection.”
He added: “My parents’ first official visit
together was to France in 1948, shortly after
their wedding. By all accounts, they made quite
a splash, dancing till the early hours at the
glamorous Chez Carrère in the Rue Pierre
Charron, serenaded by Edith Piaf.
“I suspect it may have left an indelible
impression on me, even six months before I was
born – La Vie en Rose is one of my favourite
songs to this day.”
Highlighting the importance of unity
between the two nations, he concluded: “Mr
President, in all of this we can rely on our firm
friendship, which is renewed and reinvigorated
with each new generation.
“I would like, if you would allow me, to raise a
toast to President and Madame Macron, and to
the French people, as well as to our Entente
Cordiale – a sustainable alliance. Whatever lies
ahead, may it endure, faithful and constant,
for centuries to come.”

Guests at Versailles’ magnificent Hall of Mirrors
enjoy a sumptuous meal (above) – including blue
lobster and Bresse chicken — before His Majesty
addresses them in both English and French (right)
and toasts the French leader and people (below)

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‘In the rich tapestry of our relationship, my
mother’s golden thread will forever shine brightly’

Speaking in both French
and English, the King (above)
receives a standing ovation after
becoming the first British royal
to address the French Senate

DAY TWO
he King became the first British royal in
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history to speak in the French Senate,
receiving a nearly two-minute standing ovation
after pledging to strengthen the ties between the
UK and France throughout “the time granted to
me as King”.
He said: “As neighbours, friends, partners and
allies, there is no challenge to which we cannot
rise, as we have done so often in the past. Let us
stride forward with hope and courage – and let
us do so together.”
His Majesty spoke for more than 18 minutes,
in French and English, thanking his hosts for
their support following Elizabeth II’s death.
He said: “In the rich and complex tapestry of
the relationship between France and the United
Kingdom, my mother’s golden thread will forever
shine brightly.
“Let it inspire us all to continue to weave the

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The Queen (left),
wearing a grey-andwhite chiffon print
dress and white coat
b y F i o n a C l a re –
accessorised in
French style with
two-tone Chanel
shoes and a
diamond Cartier
brooch – launches a
new literary prize at
the Bibliothèque
Nationale de France.
Her husband looks
on amused (right) as
Camilla prepares to
play table tennis
with Brigitte at a
community centre

connections between our two countries – with
determination, hope and love.”
Meanwhile, the Queen joined Brigitte Macron
to launch The Entente Littéraire Prize – a new
Franco-British literary award for young adult
fiction – at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Camilla, wearing a dress and coat by Fiona
Clare with Chanel shoes, began her speech in
French, saying: “Ladies and gentlemen, I hope
that you will forgive my slightly rusty French, but
it is now 60 years since I was a student at the
Institut Britannique in Paris.”
COMMON GROUND
She went on: “Brigitte Macron and I share a deep
love of literature and a passion for promoting
literacy: through our respective work, we have
seen first hand the life-changing power of books
to bring us joy, comfort, companionship, laughter
and tears, opening our eyes to others’ experiences
and reminding us that we are not alone.”
Her Majesty’s warm friendship with the French
First Lady was in evidence during their next

‘Your King is
a visionary
man — a very
interesting guy.
He’s a man
of today’

engagement, when they took each other on at
table tennis at a community centre in SaintDenis, watched by the King.
The King met sports stars including former
Chelsea footballer Didier Drogba, Wales rugby
union fly-half Dan Biggar and French prop
Demba Bamba, before hearing from staff at
Objectif Emploi, which helps vulnerable young
people find work.
The Queen and First Lady talked to domestic
abuse survivors who are being helped by the
organisation La Maison Des Femmes, and at
19M, a centre dedicated to preserving couture
skills, their Majesties were introduced to
graduates of a course run jointly by Chanel and
The Prince’s Foundation.

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WEAVING A SPELL
The Queen attempted some weaving in the
Maison Lesage workshop, joking: “This could
be a terrible mistake!” Brigitte assured her:
“Your Majesty, I am with you.”
“You can help,” Camilla replied, joking: “It’s
obviously the next job for me.”
The King sat down with children to add
stickers to a good-luck charm, giggling as he was
applauded for his efforts and told “bravo”.
Hubert Barrère, creative director of Maison
Lesage, later said of the monarch: “Your King is
a visionary man… he’s not snobbish and a very
interesting guy. He’s a man of today.”
The royal couple made a touching visit to the
Queen Elizabeth II flower market, named for
the monarch after her last state visit to France in
2014, before viewing restoration work and
meeting firefighters at Notre Dame cathedral,
which was gutted by a blaze in 2019.
President Macron later paid tribute to His
Majesty’s long-standing “conviction” in relation
to the threat of climate change at a sustainability
reception at the Museum of Natural History.
The King and Queen then said a fond farewell
to the President and Brigitte at the Elysée
Palace before continuing to Bordeaux.

Their Majesties (above) explore the Queen
Elizabeth II flower market, which was renamed
in the monarch’s honour after her final state
visit to France in 2014 (right, with mayor of
Paris Anne Hidalgo and former President
François Hollande). Camilla (below) laughs as
she tries her hand at weaving at the 19M centre

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There were more cries of
‘Vive le roi’ as the
couple shook hands and
accepted flowers

The King and
Queen greet wellwishers on a
walkabout outside
Bordeaux’s Hôtel
de Ville – City Hall

Their Majesties disembark from
HMS Iron Duke before heading to
a showcase of British trade at the
Place de la Bourse (below right)

DAY THREE
or the final day of their trip,
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Their Majesties touched down
at Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport and
headed for the Hôtel de Ville,
where a crowd of French and Union
flag-waving well-wishers was waiting.
There were more cries of “Vive
“Vive le
roi”” as the couple shook hands and
roi
accepted flowers from the people.
Inside the grand city hall, mayor
Pierre Hurmic showed them an
exhibition of photographs from
His Majesty’s visit to the city in 1977,
when he was Prince of Wales, and
Elizabeth II’s visit in 1992.
As well as signing the guest book,
the royal couple planted a loquat

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leaf oak tree, which adapts well to
different climates, with the Queen
watering it.
Home to around 39,000 Britons,
Bordeaux is twinned with Bristol,
whose own mayor, Marvin Rees, was
also present for the visit.
Highlighting the defence ties
between France and the UK, the
King and Queen – wearing a
turquoise Anna Valentine coat
dress, earrings and diamond
brooch that once belonged to
Elizabeth II – headed to the river,
where they were piped aboard the
Royal Navy frigate HMS Iron Duke.
They met French and British
military officials and guests from
the fields of politics, business and
civil society and were treated to a
flypast by two French Rafale jets,

No visit to
Bordeaux would
be complete
without a taste of
the region’s wines

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with His Majesty donning
sunglasses to watch.
The frigate is well known to the
royal family – in 2008, the then
Prince William served on board
for several weeks during an
attachment with the Royal Navy.
The King and Queen swapped
the ship for an electric tram,
holding their €1.80 tickets to travel
the short distance to Bordeaux’s
main square, Place de la Bourse,
where they visited the GREAT
Campaign festival to promote
British trade and chatted to
stallholders.
Amid lively scenes, His Majesty
successfully passed a rugby ball
through a hole at the Gilbert
Rugby stand, before sampling
Cotswolds whisky made from
barley grown on his Highgrove
estate, and a glass of St Ferdinand
Source Lussac-Saint Emilion.
As he left, members of Fiji’s
rugby union team, in France for
the Rugby World Cup, serenaded
him with a hymn.
INTO THE WOODS
His time in Bordeaux continued at
the city’s experimental forest, an
environmental research project
working to counter the effects of
climate change on woodland,
where he met firefighters who had
battled wildfires in 2002, and
heard how the project is working
to improve fire prevention.
Meanwhile, the Queen was at
the charity Le Pain de l’Amitié,
which supports vulnerable people
with low-cost food and toiletries,
and donated a selection of
children’s books for families using
the hub.
No visit to Bordeaux would be
complete without a taste of the
region’s celebrated wine and
Their Majesties ended their trip at
the sustainable vineyard Château
Smith Haut Lafitte.
As well as touring the cellars
with owners Florence and Daniel
Cathiard, they met Cauda the
llama, who helps weed the fields
between the vines, and sampled a
glass of red bottled in 2005 – the
year of their wedding.
Back at the airport, the royal
couple received a last guard of
honour, accompanied by the
French and British national
anthems, before saying “au
“au revoir”
revoir
evoir”
to their hosts and flying back
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to the UK.
REPORTS: EMILY NASH,
HELLO! ROYAL EDITOR

Charles visits the University of
Bordeaux’s experimental forest
with researcher Sylvain Delzon
(above) to hear about climate
change effects while Camilla (left)
arrives at charity Le Pain de
l’Amitié with books to donate

The royal couple sample the wines at
Château Smith Haut Lafitte and the
Queen meets Cauda the llama (above
right) on a break from weeding duties

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READY FOR ACTION
IN HER NEW ROLE

THE PRINCESS
OF WALES
TELLS HOW HER
CHILDREN ENVIED
HER DAY AT AIRBASE
lying solo while her husband was in New
F
York, the Princess of Wales looked ready for
business as she embraced a new role last week.
After being appointed Commodore-in-Chief
of the Fleet Air Arm last month, Kate got
straight to work with a visit to Royal Naval Air
Station (RNAS) Yeovilton in Somerset – one of
the busiest military airfields in the UK.
During an active day, the Princess also
managed to have a few laughs with staff and crew
when an inflatable life jacket took her by surprise.

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A SURPRISING ENCOUNTER
On arrival, Kate was a picture of poise and
elegance, wearing a favourite black blazer from
Holland Cooper with a pair of black trousers
and Gianvito Rossi heels as she visited key areas
of the station, including the air traffic control
tower and a Merlin Mk4 helicopter, which is
used by the Royal Marines.
But it was a simple life jacket that seemed

‘She was so engaging and lovely
that as soon as she started talking
to me, I was really put at ease’

The Princess
can’t help
bursting into
laughter when
her life jacket 57
inflates (left) rather
more quickly than
she had expected

The Princess smiles as she sits in a helicopter (above) before taking to
the runway (right) during a packed day at RNAS Yeovilton. She told
staff that her three young children had been excited about her day out

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Kate is chic in
a black Holland
Cooper blazer
with matching
Gianvito Rossi
heels and
earrings by Kiki
McDonough

nice” that the Princess “really
engaged in what we do and in
making the kit work”, Louise added:
“I think afterwards she said it was
quite snug and she didn’t realise
how big it was going to go.”
NATURAL RAPPORT
Having been told earlier that week
that she would be meeting Kate,
Louise said it was only at the last
moment that nerves kicked in.
“It just hit me. I was thinking
about saying: ‘Good morning,
ma’am,’ but she was so engaging
and lovely that as soon as she started
talking to me, I was really put at
ease,” she said.
Earlier, during her visit to the air
traffic control tower, Kate had put

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to make the biggest impression. As
she arrived at a vast aircraft hangar,
the Princess examined a range of
survival kit including helmets,
flotation rafts and the life jacket,
which she was asked by technical
staff if she’d like to try on.
Kate gamely popped the
camouflage item over her head, but
looked a little apprehensive as she
pulled the toggle, having been
warned by Louise Evans-Hughes,
a leading survival equipment
technician, that there might be a
bit of a bang when the Velcro
ripped open. The Princess certainly
looked taken aback by the fast
inflation and burst into laughter
before she was helped to take it off.
Commenting that it was “really

Kate’s excited
children told
her: ‘I can’t
believe you’re
going there!’

on a headset to speak to the crew of
a Wildcat helicopter coming in to
land, and talked about the weather,
asking about the height of the
clouds, which were at 1,100ft.
She also told staff how much her
three children – Prince George, ten,
Princess Charlotte, eight, and fiveyear-old Prince Louis – would have

loved to have visited the airbase with
her. She said the children were
“excited” about her visit, telling her:
“I can’t believe you’re going there!”
PITCHING IN
For the last part of her visit, Kate
showed her strength by helping
engineers load an anti-ship missile

Donning a headset, Kate
speaks to the crew of a
Wildcat helicopter coming
in to land, before meeting
more military personnel
(left) on the busy airbase

onto a Wildcat Mk2 helicopter,
which hunts submarines. She also
took to the skies virtually in the same
helicopter using a simulator, which
enables aircrew to practise flying
over land or onto ships.
She may well have picked up a few
tips from relatives. Her husband the
Prince trained and served with the

RAF before taking up a role with the
East Anglian Air Ambulance. Her
father, Michael, worked as a flight
dispatcher for British Airways and
the King began his helicopter-flying
training at Yeovilton in 1974
H
when Prince of Wales.
REPORT: ROSALIND POWELL

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE

KATE

PRAISES CHARITY
THAT HELPS YOUNG
PEOPLE AT RISK

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After making a chic
arrival in Roland
Mouret (above), Kate
joins in a podcast
session (right),
chatting about mental
health, body image
and social media

where she praised the organisation’s
“precious work” as she met some of
the young women they support.
Kate learnt about the work of
Streets of Growth, which has helped
more than 5,000 vulnerable
youngsters since 2001. The charity
w o rk s w i t h t h o s e a t r i s k o f
exploitation, violence or falling
into a life of crime and offers
coaching, skills development, work
experience and opportunities for
social action.
“Young people get judged on
their external behaviour, but you
have to understand their backstory,”
said the Princess, chatting to a
group of front-line workers about
mental health. “They probably
haven’t seen trusting relationships
in their lives, so that’s so important.

“I love the fact you’re going out
into communities. Kids are so
isolated – they’re at home with
these huge struggles.”
ROYAL BOOST
Kate, chic in a camel-coloured
Roland Mouret suit, Gianvito Rossi
sh o e s a nd Ki ki M c Do nou g h
earrings, was greeted by charity
founder Darren Way, who said his
organisation was buoyed by the
visit. “When you get an organisation
like us that was founded with £10
and two chairs… to 22 years later,
Her Royal Highness recognising
our work: the sky’s the limit now –
it’s game on,” he said.
The Princess went on to chat to
some of the girls helped by the
service – and who were there with
their mothers – who showed her
shoes and jewellery they had made
in creative workshops. “Doing these

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resh from her trip to Somerset,
F
the Princess of Wales visited a
youth charity in East London,

‘Many young people don’t have access to
services like this. We need to scale it up’
The Princess of Wales

workshops has really helped. I used to be so
shy, I didn’t really talk,” one of them told her.
ALL TOGETHER NOW
Saying she was keen to “join the dots” with
her own work around early years, Kate spoke
of her admiration for communal spaces
“where everyone can come together to be
creative – it’s really precious”.
She added: “What’s so fantastic is there’s
an organisation in the community that works
with a whole family in this way. It’s tools and
skills and being able to express yourself. All
these things are what so many people like

this – and the country – need. It’s also
meeting families and young people
before they get to crisis point and there’s
a huge amount of intervention that can
be done.”
She also met the charity’s patron, actor
Eddie Marsan, telling him: “The problem
is that so many young people don’t have
access to services like this. We need to
scale it up, up and down the country.
“It is possible; it does make
H
a difference.”
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS

AS BABY REBEL COMPLETES THEIR HAPPY FAMILY, TIKTOK STARS

STUART ARMFIELD AND FRANCIS HAUGEN

ON HOW A HOLLYWOOD ACTOR INSPIRED THEIR JOURNEY
TO PARENTHOOD AND THEIR JOY AT BEING IN THE PINK
vision board.
The social-media stars felt that the How I Met
Your Mother actor, his husband David Burtka
and their twins provided the couple with muchneeded representation of happy life as a twodad family.
Now, with two children and a huge online fan
club of their own – including more than 1.1
million followers on TikTok – Stuart and Francis
are over the moon to be introducing their
newborn daughter exclusively in the pages of
hello!,, which they hope will provide the same
hello!
inspiration for other gay couples.
“Neil was the first person I saw in the public
eye who I could really relate to, and I hope
Francis and I can be similar role models for
others,” Stuart, 39, tells hello! as the couple
invite us into their Buckinghamshire home to
pose for their first family photos since the arrival
of their new addition, who is a little sister for
their 22-month-old son Rio.
They also reveal her unique name: Rebel
Armfield-Haugen.
“Like Rebel Wilson,” says Francis, 36, of his
daughter’s Australian actress namesake, adding:
“Hopefully she’s just as funny!”

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equally adoring Francis smiles at their daughter. They stroke
the bump during a catch-up with their surrogate Carley
(right), a friend who offered to carry their second baby

FEMALE REPRESENTATION
“We wanted her name to be like a maincharacter energy, a strong girl who knows her
worth,” continues Stuart, who, along with his
husband, skyrocketed to TikTok fame in 2021
by sharing videos of everything from fun dance
routines to the challenges of daily life.
And little Rebel is fitting into the clan very
well indeed. “Our Yorkshire terrier Dolly is a
girl, but we need some more girl representation
in this house,” Francis says.
The couple’s surrogate, their friend Carley
Milne-Taylor, gave birth to Rebel, who weighed
8lb 14oz, at 12.06am on 1 September.
“Carley was so strong and amazing. I can’t sing
her praises enough,” says Stuart, while Francis
adds: “To do this for us, she deserves the world.”
The couple, who married in October 2021
after meeting at a friend’s party 13 years ago,
stayed close to where Carley
and her family live in
Nottingham for a week after
the birth, having travelled there
a fortnight before the due date.
“For us, it was really important
that we didn’t just take the baby
and run. It’s a process where
we can start taking on our
responsibilities as parents, and
Carley can start letting go and see
us be parents,” Stuart says.
“Carley’s husband and boys
came over and got to meet Rebel
– it’s a team effort, having a baby
when you’re a gay couple,”
adds Francis with a smile.

(LEFT) STUART & FRANCIS’S TOPS: SANE. (RIGHT) BALLOON DECORATIONS: @BLOOMING_FABULOUS_FLOWERS. FRANCIS’S JEANS: LEVI’S.
POLO SHIRT & SHOES: SANE. STUART’S TOP & TROUSERS: RIVER ISLAND. TRAINERS: SANE. RIO & REBEL’S OUTFITS: RACHEL RILEY

few years ago, Stuart Armfield and his
A
husband Francis Haugen pinned a picture
of Hollywood star Neil Patrick Harris to their

‘Our terrier Dolly is
a girl, but we need
some more girl
representation in
this house’ Francis

Having known Stuart for six years
– they used to work together – Carley
offered to be the couple’s surrogate
last July.
“We weren’t super-close, but I
always knew Carley was a special
person. Then Francis and I started
talking about our surrogacy journey
online with Sam [Gardner, the
couple’s friend who carried Rio] and
she was like: ‘Oh my God, I’d
absolutely love to do that,’” Stuart says.
“The moment she asked us, we
had this overwhelming feeling that

this was right,” Francis says. “We’re
so blessed to have two friends who
offered. They’re both amazing.”
THE STORY OF SURROGACY
Just like their journey to welcoming
Rio, the couple wanted to
“demystify” the process of surrogacy
by sharing every step with their
followers. Their embryo transfer
with Carley took place in San Diego
last December.
Stuart and Francis used the same
egg donor as they did with Rio so

that the siblings share a genetic
link, and both men are biological
fathers, one to each child.
“We know who is biological father
to whom, but we don’t share it
online,” Francis says, adding: “I’m
interested to see which similarities
Rio and Rebel have – I’m really happy
they have a genetic connection.”
And with less than two years in age
between the siblings, there’s no
doubt they will share a close bond.
“Rio has been so gentle and kind.
It’s been so beautiful to watch him

be a big brother,” Stuart says. “When
Rio met Rebel, he was like: ‘Ahh,
baby!’ and was pointing out her eyes
and nose. It was adorable – Francis
was in bits.”
Before becoming full-time
influencers, Stuart and Francis both
worked in musical theatre. Francis
was in the original cast of Legally
Blonde,, Singing in the Rain and Dirty
Blonde
Dancing,, while Stuart starred in
Dancing
Starlight Express
ess and Aspects of Love
Love..
It was in January 2021, when
they started out on the path to

(LEFT) FRANCIS’S SHIRT: LYLE & SCOTT. STUART’S T-SHIRT: M&S. (RIGHT) STUART’S SHIRT: REISS. FRANCIS’S TOP: COS. RIO’S OUTFIT: MORI. REBEL’S OUTFIT: RACHEL RILEY

‘We want to show the world a two-dad family
having a loving, caring, joyous relationship’ Stuart

‘When Rio met
Rebel, he said:
“Ahh, baby!”
Francis was in
bits’ Stuart

Stuart and Francis (above and below, outdoors with Rio and Rebel) are thrilled with their “hundred per cent complete” family of four. As gay
men who wanted to become fathers, they felt there was a lack of role models until they saw How I Met Your Mother actor Neil Patrick Harris
sharing his experiences of building a family with two dads. Now, the social media stars praise Made in Chelsea’s Ollie and Gareth Locke-Locke
for doing the same, “because more and more people showing up makes such a difference”, Stuart says
parenthood for the first time, that
Stuart and Francis began sharing their
lives online. They documented “the
Road to Rio”, as Francis calls it, on their
joint YouTube channel, racking up
thousands of views.
“When Rio was born, one of our
friends said: ‘ You should get on
TikTok,’ so we did and we loved it,”
Francis says. Their platform grew – and
the pair reached audiences they never
predicted they would.
“I really didn’t expect to go to my
local Waitrose and for someone in their
60s to come up and say they watch our
videos. The platform transcends
generations and that’s what I love
about TikTok,” he says.
Now, they’ve built a thriving
community and their videos regularly
get over a million views.
“It felt as though we had a bigger
purpose than being normal
influencers,” Stuart says.
“We work with brands and it is a
business, but it feels so purpose-driven.
We want to show the world a two-dad
family having a loving, caring, joyous
relationship, because sometimes
when people don’t see something
represented, that’s when fear builds up.
“The fact that we’re doing this
[photoshoot] right now is such a

moment for both of us to be part of
that representation,” he continues.
“I remember reading magazines
aged 14 or 15, knowing I felt
different to others. If I’d seen this at
that age, it would have made such a
big difference to the journey I’ve
been on to become the confident
gay man I am today.”
PIONEER PARENTS
The couple are also full of praise
for Made in Chelsea stars Ollie and
Gareth Locke-Locke for sharing
their own experience of becoming
fathers. “I’m so happy that Ollie
and Gareth are showing their
family online, because more and
more people showing up makes
such a difference,” Stuart says.
And the couple are happy their
family is now just as they dreamt.
“It’s a hundred per cent complete
– two was always what we were
going for,” says Stuart, the picture
of contentment surrounded
H
by his family.
INTERVIEW: EMILY HORAN
PHOTOS: JAMES RUDLAND
STYLING: ARABELLA BOYCE
HAIR & GROOMING: SIMON BLAY
(@GLOWANDRY)

BURBERRY

A starstudded crowd
at Burberry
includes (right,
from left) Kylie
Minogue, Jodie
Comer and
66 Patsy Kensit
with her
son Lennon
Gallagher

RICHARD
QUINN

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Recycled
fabric gets a
new life at
Erdem, while
Dame Vanessa
Redgrave and
daughter Joely
68 Richardson
brave the heat
at Roksanda
(above right)

Jenna Coleman,
Suki Waterhouse and
Charli XCX attend the
JW Anderson show

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T R AV E L

OODLES OF
NOODLES
From instant to
udon, there’s a
noodle to suit every
taste bud and
budget among the
quick and easy
recipes in Pippa
Middlehurst’s new
cookbook, Simple
Noodles

“Tofu King Spicy Tofu has been a
revelation to me. Found in good
Chinese supermarkets, vacuumpacked in the fridge section, it’s
spicy and moreishly tasty. It is a
pressed firm tofu, with a texture very
similar to seitan, making it chewy
and toothsome, like meat. And the
usual suspects in the marinade –
chilli oil, garlic and sugar, among
other things – make it taste so good.
The marinade makes a perfect

Serves 4 Cooking time 10-15 minutes Suitable for vegetarians

dressing for noodles, which means
this recipe is a one-pan dish with
minimal fuss and minimal mess.”

• 2 spring onions, sliced
• 4 fried eggs (optional)

INGREDIENTS
• 4 nests soba noodles
• 200g/7oz green beans, trimmed
and halved
• 225g/8oz Tofu King Spicy Tofu
• 2 tbsp light soy sauce
• 2 tbsp Chinkiang black rice
vinegar

the boil, add the soba noodles
and green beans and cook for 4
minutes on a rolling boil.
2. Meanwhile, pierce a hole in the
tofu packet and heat in the
microwave for 45 seconds, or
stir-fry quickly for 5 minutes if you
don’t have a microwave.

1. Bring a large pan of water to

3. Once the noodles are cooked,
tip into a colander and rinse under
cool water, separating them with
your fingers to prevent them from
sticking. Add the noodles back to
the pan, along with the tofu and its
marinade (hot steam may escape
when you open the packet, so do
this carefully). Add the soy sauce,
vinegar and spring onions. Toss to
coat and serve. Top each portion
with a fried egg, if you like.
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SPICY TOFU NOODLES

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been diagnosed with a chronic illness?
ife has changed a lot for Britain’s Best
Home Cook winner Pippa Middlehurst “Winning the show exposed me to lots of new
since writing her first two cookbooks, followers and supporters, which in turn gave me
lots of new opportunities. Since then, I’ve
Dumplingss and Noodles and Bowls &
written three books, had two children and been
Broths: she’s had two children and is
diagnosed with chronic illness, which has totally
living with chronic illness and various other
changed the way I cook.
challenges, which have left her pretty pushed for
“This is reflected in my cookbooks, where the
time and, more importantly, energy.
recipes in my third book are geared towards
But although minimal fuss, minimal effort
simplicity and ease – recipes I will cook when my
and minimal washing-up might be the order of
energy is low but I want
the day, Pippa refuses to
something delicious
compromise on maximum
‘Winning the show
and fulfilling.”
flavour – and the recipes in
exposed me to lots of new
her latest cookbook are
are the inspirations
resourceful, realistic and
followers and supporters What
behind this latest collection
budget-conscious, too.
– which gave me lots of of quick recipes that don’t
Here, she talks exclusively
compromise on flavour – and
to hello! about having to
new opportunities’
how do you come up with
change the way she cooks,
new ideas?
why the air fryer is her top
“A lot of the recipes are inspired by East and
gadget, her future plans and more.
South-East Asian dishes or flavour combinations
– for example, dishes that I love eating at my
Pippa, as the winner of the first series of BBC1’s
favourite Chinese restaurants.
Britain’ss Best Home Cook in 2018 – and mum to
“Some of the recipes are ones that came
two small children – how did life change for you
together as happy mistakes, during a fridge raid
after the series, especially given you’ve since

or when I was craving a specific flavour – miso,
for example.”
What’s the one gadget you couldn’t do without?
“I actually don’t have a lot of gadgets – I don’t
have a microwave or even a toaster. My
countertop space is precious, especially for
processes that require space, such as folding
dumplings or pulling noodles. But one gadget
that’s been granted its own space on my counter
is an air fryer – I use it every day and it’s great for
cooking quickly for kids. There are so many
things you can cook in it that you probably
wouldn’t guess.”
What’s next for you?
“My new restaurant, Noodlehaus, is still very
much in the works. It has been through many
phases, buildings and concepts since I first
crowdfunded it in 2019. It’s been a challenge and
I’ve hit many hurdles, especially becoming sick.
But it’s happening: I’ve settled on a beautiful
space and I’ve got a great team working on it with
me now. But I’m refusing to let it stress me out –
my health is too important. It will happen when it
happens… fingers crossed for 2024.”

CREAMY MISO
MUSHROOM UDON
Serves 2 Cooking time 20 minutes Suitable for vegetarians
“I feel as though the possibilities are
endless when I have cream cheese
in the fridge. This combination might
not strike you as one you would use
to dress noodles, but it’s an easy
way to add flavour and body to a
sauce with minimal fuss and
ingredients. The addition of soy
sauce and miso paste adds an
umami, salty depth. It’s the kind of
recipe where once you’ve made it
once, you’ll no longer need the
recipe at all – it’s that simple.”

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‘Once you’ve made
this once, you’ll no
longer need the recipe
at all – it’s
that simple’

INGREDIENTS
• 15g/½oz dried and shredded
black fungus mushrooms
• 4 dried or fresh shiitake
mushrooms
• 2 nests fresh, dried or frozen
udon noodles
• 1 tbsp white miso
• 1 tbsp cream cheese
• 1 tbsp light soy sauce
• 1 tsp light soft brown sugar
• ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tbsp neutral oil
• 1 tbsp butter
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed or grated
• 1 portobello mushroom, wiped
and finely sliced
• 150g/5oz shimeji mushrooms
• ¼ tsp sea salt
• 2 small handfuls of bean sprouts
• 2 spring onions, whites and
greens chopped into 2cm/¾in
pieces, plus some greens finely
sliced to serve

1. Rehydrate the black fungus and

shiitake mushrooms (if using
dried) in a mug of hot water for
10-15 minutes. Strain, reserving
the soaking liquor.
2. Meanwhile, cook the noodles
according to the packet
instructions. Drain and rinse
under cool water, separating the
noodles with your fingers to
prevent them from sticking.
3. Combine the miso, cream
cheese, light soy sauce, sugar,
black pepper and mushroom
soaking liquor in a jug to make
the sauce. Set aside.
4. Heat the neutral oil in a nonstick, heavy-based frying pan or
wok over a medium-high heat.
Add the butter and garlic and stirfry for 30 seconds until fragrant.
Add the sliced portobello
mushrooms and fry on both sides
until browned. Add the shiitake,
black fungus and shimeji
mushrooms, then the salt, and
stir-fry for 2-3 minutes.
5. Add the bean sprouts and
chopped spring onion pieces and
stir-fry for 1 minute. Add the
noodles and stir-fry for a further
minute. Turn the heat to the
lowest setting. Add the sauce and
toss well to combine, heating very
gently until just warmed through.
Garnish with the sliced spring
onions, remove from the heat
and serve.

MEAL IN
MINUTES

‘Use baby tomatoes
to speed up the
process a little – if
you have an air
fryer, even better’

Simple Noodles is for novice
and experienced home cooks
alike. Most of its 60 recipes
take less than 20 minutes to
make, and along with dishes
inspired by the flavours of East
and South-Eeast Asia, Pippa
shares her expert tips on
preparation and techniques,
plus a handy shopping list.
Simple Noodles by Pippa
Middlehurst, with photography
by India Hobson and
illustrations by Han Valentine,
is out now, published by
Quadrille, priced £20.

MISO ROAST TOMATO & PORK BELLY
Y SOB
SOBA
Serves 2 Cooking time 30-45 minutes
“Slow-roasted tomatoes obviously
take some time, which is against
the grain of this book, so I suggest
using baby tomatoes to speed up
the process a little. If you have an
air fryer, even better.”

• 120g/4¼oz pork belly slice,
finely sliced
• 2 eggs
• 2 nests dried soba noodles
• 1 tbsp furikake

CO-ORDINATED BY SARAH HAMILTON-WALKER

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan
INGREDIENTS
• 2 tbsp white miso
• 3 tbsp light soy sauce
• 2 tsp toasted sesame oil
• 250g/9oz baby plum tomatoes
(mixed colours are nice, but not
essential), stems removed
• 4 large cloves garlic, peeled
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp maple syrup
• ¼ tsp ground black pepper
• 1 tbsp Chinkiang black rice
vinegar
• 1 tbsp neutral oil

160°C, gas 4.
2. Combine the miso, 1 tbsp of

the light soy sauce and the
sesame oil in a jug until the
mixture is slightly runny. In a
baking tray, toss the tomatoes
and whole garlic cloves in the
miso/soy/sesame oil, allowing
plenty of room between them.
Sprinkle with the salt and roast
in the preheated oven for 30-45
minutes or until the tomatoes
are withered and darkened
(but not brown or burnt). If

using an air fryer, dress the
tomatoes and garlic cloves and
tip them into the roasting pan of
the air fryer. Set to 200°C/400°F
and roast for 10 minutes on the
air-fry setting.
3. Meanwhile, combine the
remaining 2 tbsp light soy sauce,
maple syrup, black pepper and
black rice vinegar in a jug to
make the dressing. Set aside.
4. Heat the neutral oil in a nonstick, heavy-based frying pan
over a medium-high heat. Fry
the pork belly slices for 2-3
minutes on either side until
crispy and golden.
5. Bring a pan of water to the
boil. Drop in the eggs and set a
timer for 6 minutes 45 seconds.
After 2 minutes, add the soba

noodles (or time according
to the packet instructions).
Once the timer sounds, strain
the noodles and eggs. Pluck
the eggs out of the strainer
and allow them to cool slightly
before peeling.
6. When the tomatoes are ready,
pluck out the garlic cloves and
roughly chop them. Stir them
through the dressing.
7. Divide the noodles into 2
bowls and add the tomatoes on
top, along with the dressing.
Then stir everything together,
pressing the tomatoes slightly to
squeeze out their juices. Finally,
top with the crispy pork belly
slices and a soft-boiled egg,
halved. Garnish with a
sprinkling of furikake.

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URE

KAMILLE

CE
CENTRE
STAGE
STAGE
She’s penned hits for pop’s biggest
stars, but now
w the Londoner is
releasing her own music, inspired by
the joy of welcoming her first child

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he’s the songwriter behind some of the biggest
hits in the charts, working with Kylie Minogue,
Dua Lipa, Stormzy and Little Mix, but now
Kamille is taking centre stage as she channels
her two superpowers – making music and
motherhood – for her first solo project, K1.
“The past four months have been absolutely incredible.
It’s been the best four months of my life,” says the 35-yearold, who welcomed TJ, her son with music producer and DJ
husband Tomi Adenlé, 32, in May.
“The lack of sleep is unreal, but apart from that, it’s the
best. I’ve never experienced such joy as having him stare at
me and watching him learn
things,” the star tells hello!.
And it seems her baby boy is
already following in his musical
parents’ footsteps. “When I’m
changing his nappy and I start
singing, he loses his mind,
smiles from ear to ear and
jumps around,” Kamille says.
“Every morning we play a
different album to him; the
most recent was Prince and he
was obsessed with it. He heard
the whole of K1 being made
when he was in my belly, so he
must know the songs already.”
It was while she was pregnant
that the award-winning
songwriter decided she wanted
‘I’m in my element. to release music for herself,
an eight-track miniI’ve had a baby. I’ve producing
album featuring legend Nile
made my album Rodgers, as well as fellow singerTamera and Bellah.
myself. Everything’s songwriters
“I was bored and unwell with
aligning right now’ morning sickness when I started
this album,” Kamille says. “I
needed an outlet for all the energy I had. It’s been beautiful
for me to show women out there who feel as though their
career is over when they have a baby that your career is just
starting. I was determined to prove people wrong.”
She also received some expert advice from a close friend

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from dealing with a difficult boss to
gaining body confidence and
creating a healthy relationship with
social media. The actress and mum
of two will share her experience of
a new topic every week.

Kamille, who has written songs for Little Mix (below far left), got
some expert advice on combining music with motherhood from
the band’s star Perrie Edwards. Since welcoming baby TJ with
husband Tomi Adenlé, a DJ and music producer (together
above), in May, she has had “the best four months of my life”

and frequent collaborator, Little Mix star Perrie Edwards.
“She went on tour with her baby and I’m writing an album
with my baby. It’s about showing a new level of what it
means to be a mum,” Kamille says.
“It doesn’t mean you have to stay at home. If you want to,
that’s great – but if you want to work and follow your dreams
at the same time, it’s totally possible.”

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FORGING AHEAD

The star has much to celebrate as she prepares for her first
sold-out headline show in London next month. Although
it’s been challenging to get to where she is today, Kamille’s
optimistic nature shines through.
“I’ve been trying to do this for years, but it’s just not
worked out for me so far. So much can go against you when
you’re trying to put out your own music. But we’ve got here
now, and it’s the right time,” she says.
And she cannot contain her excitement that K1 is out –
and for her fans, known as the Kam Gang, to sing along at
her forthcoming show. “It feels so good to finally have this
moment where I can put out a body of music,” she says.
“I’m in my element. I’ve had a baby. I’ve made my album
myself. Everything’s aligning right now.”
It’s been a whirlwind few months for the artist, who
penned the title track on Kylie’s latest studio album, Tension
– “I couldn’t believe Kylie decided to call it Tension; she’s
such a lovely person,” Kamille says – and celebrated her
second wedding anniversary last month.
“My husband has been absolutely incredible. I don’t
know what I’d do without him. He’s always up with me every
night, feeding the baby. My marriage with Tomi feels like
we’re best friends and we love each other. I’ve still got a
crush on him like the day we met,” she says.
The musician, who reveals that she has already “written
enough music for K2,
K2 K3,
K3 K4”, is ready to enjoy the fruits of
her labour at last. “I cannot believe all these crazy moments
are happening to me; I’m so used to seeing it happen for
the other artists I worked with. It’s unreal, and it’s been even
better having my baby. I’ve felt even more ambitious, even
more driven. I’m happier as a person.”
INTERVIEW: KIRA RICHARDS

Kamille’s self-released debut mini-album K1 is out now.

Out now on major podcast platforms.

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fourth and final series of the Netflix
hit, which sees them adjusting to life
at a progressive new sixth form
following the closure of Moordale
Secondary. Asa Butterfield reprises
his role as teen sex therapist Otis,
alongside Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey
and Gillian Anderson.
Out now on Netf lix.

FILM THE CREATOR
When a hardened ex-special forces
agent (John David Washington,
left ) is recruited to hunt down the
Creator – an elusive architect of
advanced AI – while grieving the
disappearance of his wife, he is
shocked to discover that his
opponent’s world-ending weapon
takes the form of a young child.
Also starring Gemma Chan,
Benedict Wong and Allison Janney.
In cinemas from Friday.

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Sarah has spent her life trying to forget what
happened with her cruel mother Iris at Fane, their
crumbling family home. She seeks solace in her cello
as she builds a life as a concert performer with
husband Daniel, but cannot resist the pull of Fane
and Iris. As the secrets of her past are revealed, Sarah
must confront her childhood to find happiness.
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Review, priced £16.99.

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DREAM ESCAPES
With a growing art scene and year-round sunshine, this glittering
city in the United Arab Emirates has something for everyone

Dubai
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Shimmering on the
seahorse-shaped isle of
Jumeira Bay, Bulgari Resort
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refined luxury. Suites are
vast and outfitted in the
finest linens, elegant
travertine marble is offset by
coral-like latticework, and
the service is superb. Down
at the beach club, waiters
glide by carrying trays of icecold tipples as guests relax and
watch the rippling water. And
there’s a clutch of stellar
restaurants to sample, too.

TASTE

Model Irina
Shayk is a
regular visitor
to Dubai

Located in the financial district,
Josette’ impressive decor must
Josette’s
make it one of the most scenic
spots in the city. Head along for a
late lunch and order the escargots
de Josette with a side of fries (2
(2).
Meanwhile, the modern Japanese
menu at Zuma – roasted lobster
with shiso ponzu butter,
butter and
wasabi-spiked softshell crab with
chilli mayonnaise – never fails to
impress. The creative cocktail list
isn’t half bad either. For a midafternoon caffeine hit, don’t miss
sunshine-filled Beacon Cafe.

INDULGE

Comptoir 102 has shelves
filled with accessories,
jewellery and clean beauty
finds from the likes of Kure
Bazaar and Rahua. In the
Mall of the Emirates, That
Concept Store is another gem,
while you’ll find big-hitters such
as Bottega Veneta, Celine and
Louis Vuitton at the gargantuan
Dubai Mall. Back at Bulgari
Resort Dubai, make for the
gleaming spa (1
(1), where a bill of
transformative treatments awaits.

EXPLORE

Dubai is synonymous with glitz
and glamour, but there’s a wealth
of creativity to be found if you dig
a little deeper. Occupying
Warehouse 78 on Alserkal
Avenue, The Third Line
showcases contemporary works
by established and up-andcoming Middle Eastern
artists – keep an eye out for
the on-site shop, offering
covetable coffee-table
books and limited-edition
prints – while nearby Green
Art Gallery prides itself on
selecting pieces based on
their social commentary.
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a night (approx. £1,200); visit bulgarihotels.com.
Virgin Atlantic will fly direct from London to Dubai from
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Karren
Brady
‘LIKE MOST
WOMEN,
I WANT TO
LOOK MY BEST’

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elcome to this year’s Aesthetics Guide
Guide. We’re
delighted to have Baroness Brady as our cover star
– turn over to read my interview with Karren, who
was refreshingly frank about the treatments she has
had and which ones she really recommends.
Elsewhere in this 37-page special, we discover the latest machines,
procedures and products, from almost imperceptible micro mouth
tweakments to a brand-new “anti-lipo” body-contouring technique.
We also find out how cosmetic clinics are expanding their practices
to help and empower menopausal women.
Finally, as I write, the aesthetics industry is taking a
significant step towards much-needed regulation. Earlier this
month, the Government published a consultation
on a proposed new licensing scheme for
practitioners. Visit our online Aesthetics Hub at
hellomagazine.com to find out what the reforms
could mean for patient safety.

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and contour your face and body
AG22 TWEAKMENTS IN YOUR 60s
Alice Hart-Davis on the most age-appropriate
procedures for those 60 and over
AG25 MY BREAST REDUCTION
Writer Emma Gunavardhana on why
opting for surgery was the best decision
she’s ever made
AG27 ALL CLEAR
New treatments that can treat active
acne on melanin-rich skin
AG28 THE NEW ALL-INCLUSIVE
How the other half live… take a glimpse
inside the luxury hotels taking post-procedure
care to a whole new level
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After a series of procedures,
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sight of what you look like?
AG34 THE MENOPAUSE
MAKEOVER
How clinics are treating
more than just the physical
signs of ageing
AG36 FACE VALUE
Meet Charmaine Chow,
the woman changing the
way we shop for skincare
AG37 DIRECTORY
The clinics and practices
featured in this year’s
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machines and the best technology,” Karren
says. “She also has the most honest approach.
I know she wouldn’t recommend anything that
wasn’t right for me. What’s that Joan Rivers
saying? ‘If you tighten a prune, you don’t get a
grape, you just get a tight prune.’”
Rita says patients will see some results
straight away, further results after a few weeks
“and over time it just gets better and better”.
Indeed, when we catch up with Karren, it’s five
months since her treatment and she tells us: “I
went to a party last night and someone
commented on how tight my jaw is. I’ve
recommended it to all my friends – lots of
them have had it and none are disappointed.”

‘Like most
women, I want
to look my
best. But I still
want my best
self to look
like me’

LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD

As Karren enthuses about her skin
rejuvenation, is it safe to say that tweakments
are no longer taboo? “I don’t think they ever
were,” she says. “Look, I’m not trying to
reverse the ageing process, but there’s nothing
wrong with getting a bit of help to prop up the
things that bother you. I think when you look
good, you feel more confident.
“And when you find something that works,
whether that’s a laser or a cream, you tell all
your girlfriends about it. Generally, that’s how
you find out what really works – word of
mouth. I think it’s important to share what
you’re having done and how it works.”
Which leads us on to our next question:
what else has Karren had done? She takes out
a list: Botox in her jaw, because she grinds her
teeth. The body-contouring procedure
EMsculpt Neo: “The one that triggers lots of
muscle contractions – it’s equivalent to over
20,000 crunches. It’s fantastic.”
She has had a full course of EMface, more
needle-free facial sculpting; ULTRAcel Q+
(“again, that’s good for lifting”); and the laser
treatment ADVATx, to tackle a nasty scar on
her neck inflicted by hair tongs (“But while I
was there, I had my face done, too. It’s helped
take the redness out of my skin, especially
around my nose.”).
And once a month Karren has a HydraTite
facial. “It’s a HydraFacial with radio frequency

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n the boardroom, Baroness Brady
prides herself on getting things
done. She has a reputation for
being proactive and unapologetic,
and the same can be said for her
approach to tweakments.
“It’s not vanity – it’s about
maintaining what you’ve got, little and often,”
says the 54-year-old vice chairman of West Ham
United football club. “Like most women, I
want to look my best. But I still want my best
self to look like me. The most important thing,
I think, is a predictable result.”
Karren is married to former footballer Paul
Peschisolido and the couple have grown-up
children Sophia and Paolo. She tells hello!:
“As I got older, a few areas of my face started to
bother me. When you’re young, you have lots
of good days. But as you age, the good days are
less and less. My eyelids were drooping, my
jawline was a bit slack – jowly, for want of a
better word. And I had loose skin on my neck.
“I take pride in my appearance, so I decided
to do something about it.”
A life peer and a mentor on BBC reality
show The Apprentice,
entice Karren opted for nonsurgical skin-tightening treatment Sofwave
(visit sofwave.uk). “I didn’t want to factor in
any downtime – that was important to me. I
haven’t got five days to spend recovering from
a procedure,” she says.
But she didn’t need to take any time off, or
wait for the collagen-boosting effects to kick in.
“Instantly, I could see a difference. My eyes were
lifted, my jaw was really tight, the results on my
neck were fantastic – the sort of results you
would expect from a more invasive treatment.”
Because of the precise way Sofwave delivers
energy into the skin, it can treat a far greater
surface area, say the procedure’s practitioners.
By heating up the mid-dermal tissue at just the
right depth and temperature, it causes
collagen fibres and elastin to rebuild and
remodel. Karren was treated at Dr Rita Rakus’s
clinic in London’s Knightsbridge (visit
drritarakus.co.uk), where Sofwave treatments
start from £2,400.
“I love Rita because she has the newest

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e’re all familiar with the
importance of exercising
the body, but you might
be surprised to hear that
the muscles in your face can benefit
from a workout too. And now a
revolutionary procedure using cuttingedge technology offers facial
rejuvenation in just 20 minutes.
BTL, the market leader in noninvasive aesthetics, has unveiled
Emface: an in-clinic treatment that uses
radio frequency to stimulate collagen
and elastin, with high-intensity focused
electrical stimulation, known as
HIFES™. This process creates muscular
contractions, causing the facial elevator
muscles to lift. Tipped as the needlefree alternative to Botox, it promises to
firm and tighten the face and brow.

As the first device on the market to
utilise the simultaneous application of
radio frequency and HIFES™, Emface
treats both the skin and the facial
muscles at the same time. And with no
injectables or down-time necessary, it’s
ideal for those after a pain-free lift.
Emface elevates the facial muscles
using waves of energy to create more
visibly toned skin. One treatment takes
just 20 minutes to complete, and uses
no needles or invasive surgery
whatsoever. Each session tones the
muscles in the forehead, eyebrows,
cheeks and jawline to achieve a natural
lift, and requires no recovery time.
Prices start from £500 a session and may
vary on location. To find your nearest
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‘To be able to perform
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Miss Sherina Balaratnam, Surgeon
and Cosmetic Doctor, Medical
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Does the dreaded ‘trout pout’ put
you off lip treatments? Discover the
micro mouth tweakments that will
subtly enhance your smile

The space between the bottom of the nose and
the top lip increases gradually with age, meaning
the “pink” part of the upper lip appears thinner.
Cosmetic doctor and Dr Sebagh brand founder
Dr Jean-Louis Sebagh says a “lip flip” can be an
effective non-surgical treatment option for some
clients, depending on lip anatomy and dental
support (others may be referred for a surgical
lip lift).
“By injecting small amounts of botulinum toxin
very shallowly in specific spots along the top lip,
your upper lip muscles relax, causing a slight
upward ‘flip’,” he says.
More projection along the top lip results in a
shortened philtrum (the groove running from
the top of the lip to the nose), with more of the
“pink lip” on show. “So we’re not actually adding
volume or changing your lip’s natural structure,”
he says. “Typically, the results last for around two
to five months, but as the mouth area is such an
active part of the face, it can sometimes be less.”
From £250 at the Dr Sebagh London Clinic;
visit drsebagh.com.

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botulinum toxin into the depressor anguli oris
muscle, which runs from the corner of our lips
down to the chin, I can enhance that further.
Clients with a down-turned mouth often need
this muscle relaxed with a little bit of toxin, so
sometimes a combination of different
techniques is best.”
From £475 at Illuminate Skin Clinics; visit
drsophieshotter.com.

GET A GLOSSY SHINE
Hyaluronic acid, the skin’s natural moisturiser,
depletes with age – and this affects our lips, just
like the rest of the face. “The lips start to look
wrinkled, dry and lacking in natural pinkness,”
Sophie says. “To restore hydration, I like to use
an injectable product called Volite. It’s actually
a filler, but the volume it gives is negligible.
“I tend to use a cannula, putting the product
close to the surface of the lip, where we want
the hydration. I normally lay up to 0.2ml per
side in the upper and lower lip, in tiny threads,
as the goal isn’t volume or shape here – it’s allover hydration.”
The results should last from 12 to 18 months,
and Sophie tells us: “It’s a really effective
treatment and a popular one in my clinic.”
From £550 at Illuminate Skin Clinics.

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A FULLER POUT
A common misconception about full lips is that
volume lies throughout, when actually the
majority of volume is found in the centre of the
lips, in structures called tubercles.
LIFT A DOWN-TURNED MOUTH
“There are three tubercles on the top lip
The corners of the mouth can start to droop as and two on the bottom and they give the
mouth projection. Celebrities like Angelina
we age and lose volume in our face. “Some
Jolie and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, for
people feel this makes their resting face looks
sad, angry or tired, even when they’re not – it’s example, have very prominent tubercles,”
Sophie says.
about the message their face conveys,” says Dr
Adding fullness to this
Sophie Shotter, aesthetics
central area of the mouth
doctor and founder of
gives a far more natural
Illuminate Skin Clinics.
A misconception
look, avoiding the dreaded
“Giving the corners of the
“sausage lips”. But lip
mouth a gentle upturn can
about
full
lips
is
that
anatomy is intricate and a
make a big impact.”
volume lies throughout,
small amount of filler can
To treat this area,
make a big difference.
Sophie suggests a two-step
when actually the
“The tubercles in the
approach. First, to subtly
majority of volume is
middle of the upper and
turn up the corners of the
lower lip flatten with age and
mouth: “I tend to inject a
found in the centre
some people naturally lack
relatively small amount of
volume there.
dermal filler – about
“If we enhance them
0.05ml – into each side of
precisely, we can give lips better light reflection,
the mouth.” This isn’t about inflating the area,
making them look fuller but incredibly natural,”
though; the filler is being laid “relatively
Sophie says.
superficially, just into the corner of the
mouth”, she says.
“If I combine that with a tiny drop of
From £475 at Illuminate Skin Clinics.

ENHANCE THE CUPID’S BOW
Although it isn’t suitable for every patient,
getting a pop of definition around the Cupid’s
bow is popular.
“By using small amounts of hyaluronic acid
filler in or around the mouth, we can make the
coloured vermilion border stand out more,”
Jean-Louis Sebagh says.
This helps to create a heart shape around
the Cupid’s bow, but keeping it natural is key.
Where the volume is placed depends on the
patient’s anatomy – a skilled injector will
consider factors such as the volume ratio
between the top and bottom lips and how
pronounced the philtrum is.
From £250 at the Dr Sebagh London Clinic.

CONCEAL YOUR GUMS
Non-surgical gummy smile correction can be
incredibly effective. Cosmetic dental surgeon
and aesthetics expert Dr Nina Bal tells us: “I
like to use micro-dose injections of a
neurotoxin above the lip and on the sides of
the nose. This temporarily blocks the muscle
from lifting the top lip.” The result? The lip
doesn’t retract as much, so less gum or only
the teeth are on show when you smile.
“This treatment takes around two to three
weeks to fully kick in, but we can reduce a
large amount of the top lip’s movement,” Nina
says, although she warns that it can feel a little
strange the first time you have it done (“it’s
important to note that things like whistling or
drinking with a straw might be difficult or feel
very different”).
Much like a lip flip, the treatment will last
between two and five months, depending on the
individual and how mobile the mouth area is.
From £340 at Facial Sculpting by Dr Nina Bal; visit
facialsculpting.co.uk.

SMOOTH MOUTH LINES
Polynucleotides have grabbed a lot of headlines
as the “fish sperm treatment”, but there’s a lot
more to this injectable moisturiser than that.
“Injected around the mouth,
polynucleotides stimulate collagen and
improve hydration and texture,” says Nina, who
uses a treatment called Ameela to address the
vertical or “barcode” lines around the mouth.
Containing molecules that are made from
fragments of fish DNA but resemble human
DNA, these biostimulators kick-start the
regeneration of skin. “It’s not suitable for use
directly on the lips, but is really effective for
the surrounding area,” Nina says.
From £600 at Facial Sculpting by Dr Nina Bal.

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I had my double
chin permanently
removed in under
an hour, thanks
to a pioneering
new treatment…
Here, HELLO!
Fashion’s deputy
beauty editor
Emma North
tells her story

I

’ll try anything once, which is
how I ended up in the newly
opened Elite Body Sculpture
clinic on London’s Harley
Street, having a consultation for
Hollywood’s latest treatment, AirSculpt.
My double chin has always bothered
me. Thanks to genetics, the pocket of
fat under my jawline remains
unchanged despite fluctuations in my
weight. I’ve previously experimented
with fat-dissolving injection Kybella and
sculpting radiofrequency treatments,
but the results were not permanent.
And although I learnt to disguise it
well with clever contouring, my recent
preference for a more pared-back
make-up look meant that my double

chin was getting considerably
more airtime.
Fortuitously, an email about a brandnew body contouring technique
landed in my inbox. The brainchild of
Dr Aaron Rollins, Los Angeles-based
cosmetic surgeon and founder of
Elite Body Sculpture, AirSculpt arrived
in the UK earlier this year.
It’s a procedure that promises
permanent fat reduction and I’m a
sucker for aesthetic treatments that
sound too good to be true, so naturally
I jumped at the chance to test it.
WHAT IS AIRSCULPT?
The procedure is comparable to
liposuction in that it removes fat
permanently – but that, Aaron says, is
where the similarities end. “AirSculpt
was invented to be the ‘anti-lipo’,” he
says. “Lipo is brutal and doesn’t always
provide the results or the skintightening that patients are hoping for.”
The key, he explains, is
“understanding that this isn’t a weightloss procedure but a body-contouring
technique”. It’s ideal for areas of fat
that won’t shift and need a little
extra help.
With the intention of booking myself
in for treatment on my submental fat,

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otherwise known as the double chin, I
ask Aaron what I can expect from the
procedure. “AirSculpt is performed
through a pin-sized hole with no
needle, no scalpel and no stitches,
while you’re wide awake,” he says.
“It will permanently remove the fat
pocket under your chin and you’re
going to look slimmer, defined and
more chiselled” – precisely the look
I’m going for.
He also points out how liposuction,
in comparison, “is done using a large,
sharp, cheese-grater-on-a-stick-style
instrument. It scrapes out the fat and,
in the process, flesh like muscle and
skin tissue can be injured.”
As is the case with all aesthetic
procedures, AirSculpt doesn’t claim
to be risk-free. Rare complications
include fat embolisms, uneven
results and numbness, but these risks
are minimised thanks to its more
refined technique.
“With this procedure, fat is removed
robotically, through a 2mm hole – the
size of an average freckle,” Aaron says.
“We’re plucking one fat cell at a time,
without affecting other areas. I like
saying it’s like picking berries off a
bush, instead of using a strimmer.”
And another brilliant upshot of the
treatment? Skin-tightening. “As well as
removing fat, it also gives an incredible
skin-tightening effect in exactly the
same place. With lipo, the skin isn’t
tightened unless other treatments are
used,” he says.

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HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED
A thorough pre-assessment with the
plastic surgeon performing my
treatment, Dr Omar Tillo, and Aaron
himself concluded that I was a perfect
candidate, with the two jovially
agreeing: “Our motto is if you can
pinch it, we can take it!” With that, I
was to return three weeks later to say
goodbye to my double chin for good.
I’m not squeamish, but sitting in the
swanky clinic at 9am, marked-up and
ready to go, the nerves set in. Reassured
by my team of nurses, I was encouraged
to put on my own music for the
duration of the procedure. A few sharp
but fairly painless injections later, I was
numb across the neck.
Omar started by creating the
aforementioned 2mm holes to act as
entry points via a small skin punch
below each earlobe, and a third directly
under my chin.
Then a slim cannula was passed
under my skin from each point to
reach the pocket of fat. This probe

BEFORE
treatment

melts the fat cells and tightens the skin
before the AirSculpt device is inserted
to suck away the fat cells.
Although I could feel some tugging
and vibrations from the device, I didn’t
feel any pain as Omar moved from one
area to the next, sculpting and
chiselling my jawline.
Ten minutes in, curiosity got the
better of me and, on opening my eyes, I
could see the fat being removed from
my body and sucked into the tube –
thrilling and immensely satisfying if
you’re anything like me, though a little
stomach-churning, if not.
Once happy with his work, Omar let
me see. I was impressed. My double
chin had vanished and it was all over in
30 minutes.
Sitting upright, I was fitted with a
compression garment to minimise
bruising and swelling and, following
something to eat and drink, I was free
to go home with my chaperone and
told to rest. In total, I was in and out of
the clinic in under three hours.
THE OUTCOME
On the night of the treatment, I slept
propped up with pillows and was
encouraged to manage any pain with
ibuprofen and paracetamol, but in
general, I felt fine.
I won’t sugar-coat the reality – waking
up the next day to a bloodstained pillow
was disconcerting, although I had been
warned. Unlike traditional liposuction,
where drains are fitted to release excess
fluid from the body, AirSculpt leaves the
incision sites open and they heal to
freckle-like scars. Of course, keeping
your skin clean to prevent infection and
not picking at the areas will speed up

AFTER
2 months

‘We’re
plucking one
fat cell at
a time. It’s
like picking
berries off a
bush instead
of using a
strimmer’

the healing time, leaving you with barely
visible marks.
What took me by surprise was how
straightforward my recovery was. I
simply slept and ate well, and followed
instructions to keep my compression
garment on and not do anything to
raise my blood pressure, as well as
working from home.
Two days later, I felt perfectly fine
but was clearly still swollen. The
minimal bruising I did have subsided
by day five and I didn’t need any
painkillers from then on.
By week two, I could see my initial
results and was blown away – a defined
chin was slowly emerging.
Now, it’s three months since my
procedure and the results are clear to
see. I feel transformed. The pocket of
fat has completely gone and I don’t feel
the need to cover up with make-up. It’s
a peculiar feeling, having an insecurity
eradicated in under an hour, but it’s
also fantastically liberating. I feel like
me – just better.
Many people have said: “You didn’t
need this procedure, Emma.” But
insecurities are deeply personal.
I’ve done Botox and I’ve had fillers
and resurfacing skin treatments, but
this was a different ball game.
It’s permanent.
There’s no getting around the fact
that it’s an expensive procedure, but
for me, the minimal downtime,
reduced risks and first-class results
were worth it.
Prices for AirSculpt start from £8,000 for
the chin; areas such as waist and f lanks
start from £18,000. Visit
uk.elitebodysculpture.com.

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veryone should feel
comfortable in their own skin,
but sometimes we need a little
boost. That’s where injectables
can play a transformative role in
helping to balance features, plump the
skin, and combat signs of ageing.
The injectables industry is
expanding at a rapid rate, and is
expected to grow a further 10%
between now and 2030*. This has led to
an rise in unregulated activity within
the industry, so it’s now more important
than ever to make sure that you consult
a regulated medical professional before
undergoing any tweakments.
As a partner of the Joint Council for
Cosmetic Practitioners, sk:n is regarded
as the UK’s largest regulated clinic
group, and prides itself on providing a
bespoke and premium quality service
to all of its customers at more
affordable prices. Founded in 1990,
sk:n originally specialised in birthmark

removal, but soon became known for
its dermatological expertise, facial
aesthetics and rejuvenation treatments.
sk:n offers a range of injectables and
dermal filler options which start from
£150, ranging from lip filler to Profhilo,
tear trough fillers and thread lifts.
Every patient will have a consultation
with a highly qualified medical injector
to discuss which procedures, if any,
would be best for them. sk:n’s group
aesthetic director Dr Toni Phillips
advises that the first meeting is
“designed to give our patients time to
fully express their treatment desires,
and for practitioners to offer
therapeutic options to match”.
So, when it comes to tweakments,
place your trust in the experts.
For more information or to book a free
consultation, visit sknclinics.co.uk. Find
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Dermal fillers can restore lost volume to
parts of the face like the cheeks, chin, and
jawline, helping to contour your profile and
give you a boost of confidence. Treatments
start from £250.
O Profhilo uses hyaluronic acid to support
the hydration of the skin, whilst helping to
minimise the signs of ageing by improving
the skin’s elasticity. Starting at £325, it can
help to achieve a natural, luminous glow.
O Lip fillers, also known as lip
augmentation, can enhance the natural
shape and plumpness of your lips.
Treatments are available from £199.
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and molecules that help cells make proteins such as collagen.
Importantly, they have a cell membrane, which is what allows them to be
recognised and absorbed by the body’s cells. This makes using exosomes
a particularly efficient way of ferrying active ingredients right into our
skin cells, one of the holy-grail goals of regenerative skincare.
Once absorbed by skin cells, they switch on your skin’s fibroblasts “to
produce up to 600% more collagen and 300% more elastin”, says
Shameema, who uses ASCEplus SRLV exosomes. It’s a wrinklesoftening, pigmentation-minimising trick that skincare actives such as
retinoids and growth factors perform up to a point, but “this degree of
fibroblast activation has not been
seen before”, she says.
Exosomes have anti-inflammatory
‘Once absorbed, they
and immunity-boosting properties,
switch on skin’s
too. For skin, it means they can calm
redness and irritation, including the
fibroblasts to produce up
symptoms of hard-to-treat conditions
to 600% more collagen
such as psoriasis, eczema and rosacea.
It also makes them the perfect
and 300% more elastin’
adjunct for heat-based tweakments,
such as radiofrequency
microneedling and laser. Not only do those treatments create
micro-channels to facilitate the exosomes’ penetration of the skin, at the
same time exosomes will settle the resulting irritation fast, and
significantly speed up the healing process. With the active substances a
lot more isolated and concentrated, exosome therapy is “at least a
hundred times more potent than PRP”, says Shameema.
WHAT ARE THEY MADE FROM?
This is where things get a bit freaky. Cosmetic exosomes are lab-cultured
from stem cells. The type that is backed by all the clinical evidence and
widely used in South Korea is, in its origin, human. This isn’t necessarily
dodgy – sources are blood, bone marrow or fat cells (from surgical fat
removal) from willing donors.
“They are highly purified and engineered,” says oculoplastic surgeon
and cosmetic physician Dr Rachna Murthy (visit facerestoration.com).
With no cellular matter left, it’s
deemed there is no risk of DNA
transfer – if a reputable make is
used (she favours an exosome gel
called E-50 that contains additional
Botox and hyaluronic acid).
With lots of exosomes entering
the market, however, you have to
make sure you find a reputable
doctor before proceeding.
And there is a further snag:
human-derived ingredients are not
licensed for cosmetic use in the
EU and UK. Nonetheless, plenty of
doctors consider human-origin
exosomes so low-risk, they’re
happy to use them off-label.

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A FRESH
SKIN
FORMULA

xosomes are creating
quite a stir. Straight
out of Star Trek
ek (it
seems), these
microscopic cargo
vessels packed with
molecules are credited with
firming, smoothing, calming and
evening out skin – surpassing
WOULD YOU?
growth factors, skin boosters and
It’s a personal choice whether
even long-hyped platelet rich
Dubbed
the
new
‘vampire
facial’,
exosomes
you’re comfortable with humanplasma (PRP) – used for the
derived exosomes. If not, plantinfamous “vampire facial”.
are getting doctors very excited. But what
based exosomes are an option.
Exosomes are applied as a
exactly
will
you
be
needling
into
your
face?
These are not backed up by the
topical gel in conjunction with
same body of proof, but, according
microneedling. “I believe they will
to aesthetic doctor Dr Sophie
soon be regarded as a must for use
Shotter (visit drsophieshotter.com), who is ethically opposed to human
with medical aesthetic devices, to ensure minimal inflammation and
exosomes: “There is now convincing scientific literature to show that
maximum skin regeneration,” says regenerative aesthetic physician Dr
some plant exosomes are preferentially absorbed by human cells when
Shameema Damree (visit evocyte.co.uk), who specialises in the therapy.
compared with human-derived exosomes.” She deems her chosen
However, prices can be eye-watering. Shameema offers a £1,950
brand, Exo|E, sophisticated and well-researched enough to be confident
treatment, while others charge upwards of £450 to add exosomes to a
about getting great results.
costly Morpheus 8 or microneedling session.
It’s undeniable that exosomes hold major promise, and pretty much
every cosmetic physician is keeping an eye on their development. But
WHAT ARE EXOSOMES?
with regulation rather opaque, it’s up to you whether you want to take
Secreted by our stem cells, exosomes are microvesicles, or miniscule
the plunge right now, or perhaps wait to see where research and
bubbles. They are the body’s key cell messengers, and typically contain
regulation takes them.
and deliver growth factors, anti-inflammatory agents, ceramides, lipids

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GWYNETH PALTROW’S SKIN SMOOTHER

The price is £350 for one area,
£450 for two and £550 for three at
Dr Maryam Zamani Clinic; visit
drmaryamzamani.com.

doesn’t trigger an antibody response. “There
Gwyneth Paltrow’s infamous self-care regime
is evidence both for and against the theory
isn’t confined to Yoni eggs and bone broth.
that botulinum toxin therapy can cause
The Goop founder also uses injectables to
antibody formation.
improve her complexion.
“With antibody formation, a patient
“I was open to a little help, so I tried
no longer gets the benefits of the
Xeomin,” says Gwyneth. “It was explained to
me as a purified version [of Botox]. It was such neuromodulator. They become immune
and generally, if a patient is immune to
a nice, natural result and it made me look like
Botox, it is likely to be the same with other
I’d had a long sleep.”
neuromodulators, like Xeomin
According to Dr Maryam
or Azzalure.” It’s a rare
Zamani, an oculoplastic
The
Goop
founder
occurrence, however; Maryam
surgeon and facial aesthetics
says her Xeomin
says: “I have had less than a
doctor who offers a range of
handful of immune patients in
anti-wrinkle injections at her
injections
give
‘such
my 20-plus-year career.”
London clinic, Xeomin is
a natural result’
Xeomin isn’t as widely
similar to Botox, but varies in its
available, but some clinics offer
manufacturing process. “There
are several different preparations of botulinum it. “Botox was the first neuromodulator used
toxins that exist worldwide,” she explains. “But medically and cosmetically,” says Maryam. “It
is more recognisable as a brand because it was
Xeomin, like Botox, is a neuromodulator – a
first to market.”
drug that restricts muscle movements.”
And, while the effects of Botox last for
Injected into frown lines, crow’s feet and
three to four months on average, Maryam
the forehead, Xeomin relaxes the underlying
says this could be seen as another point of
muscle and gives the appearance of smoother
difference: “Xeomin is not thought to last
skin. Sounds familiar, so what makes it
as long as Botox, but there are conflicting
different from other brands?
studies out there. Both products can last for
“Xeomin does not contain the complexing
two to five months, depending on the dose
proteins that Botox is formulated with,”
and the placement. I like using different
says Maryam. These proteins are removed
neuromodulators in clinic, depending on what
during its production and some argue that,
I hope to achieve.”
because Xeomin is lacking these proteins, it

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VICTORIA BECKHAM’S FACIAL REJUVENATOR
removing the top layer of the skin, so
Although the fashion designer’s own
there’s normally around four to seven
skincare line is widely recognised for
days of downtime after undergoing
its glow-giving properties, Victoria
the procedure.
doesn’t shy away from aesthetic
Non-ablative lasers manage to
treatments to give her complexion
heat up the underlying skin tissue to
an extra boost.
stimulate collagen production without
In a recent Instagram video, the
damaging the surface-level skin. The
former Spice Girl is joined by Dr
term semi-ablative, on the other hand,
Ashkan Ghavami, a plastic surgeon
is a laser that’s customisable, so it can
based in Beverly Hills, to talk about
cover areas of the skin
the latest laser
at various depths.
resurfacing treatment
‘I
had
a
new
laser
Although Ashkan
she’s trying out:
“I talk a lot about
treatment and noticed doesn’t specify the
machine he uses,
skincare, but recently
such a difference
Dr Tanja Phillips,
I was in LA and had
leading laser specialist
a laser treatment
with my skin’
and Fotona laser
with the amazing
lecturer, tells us: “It’s likely the
Dr Ghavami, and I noticed such a
Fotona SP Dynamis. This laser has
difference with my skin,” she says.
unique functionality which means its
Ashkan explains that he used a
wavelength delivery can be adjusted,
combination of laser wavelengths
so some treatments can be performed
(500nm and 2000nm) to treat
with no downtime. And due to the
Victoria. “It’s the protocol I love
unique way in which the Fontana
using,” he says. “I [also] love
works on the deeper collagen fibres,
combining semi-ablative lasers with
as well as on the surface of the
light therapy to target redness,
skin to improve pigmentation, the
pigments and broken capillaries.”
appearance of pores, cell turnover
Lasers can be used to treat a range
and the skin-barrier function, the
of skin concerns, including wrinkles,
scars and discolouration, but there are effects can be felt immediately
after treatment. New collagen will
different types. Ablative lasers create
then start to form from three weeks
micro-perforations in the skin that
after treatment and continue for
stimulate the body’s natural healing
several months.”
process and kickstart collagen and
Devices that combine ablative
elastin production. They resurface by

and non-ablative lasers are only
available in specialist UK clinics.
Tanja recommends a minimum
of three sessions, before a further
single treatment is needed. And, like
Ashkan, she also advocates following
up with light therapy: “Generally it’s
delivered by a separate device and
added on as a complimentary session
after laser. It can really help with skin
healing and rejuvenation.”

The Fotona Facelift
costs £795 at Dr Tanja
Phillips Medical
Aesthetic Clinic; visit
tanjaphillips.com.
For Dr Ashkan
Ghavami, visit
ghavamiplasticsurgery.
com.

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AESTHETICS GUIDE

THE HAIR
GROWTH
FACTOR

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W

omen should expect some
hair loss in life: 50% of us
will experience it, especially
after the age of 50. But
recent surveys report that
75% of UK women are complaining of hair
thinning, and they pinpoint the start of hairloss issues before the age of 35.
Unsurprisingly, the search for a solution is
feverish – and one recent therapy is showing
more promise than the rest.
The Calecim Professional Advanced Hair
System uses stem cell technology and a derma
stamp – a professional-grade micro-needling
tool – to infuse areas of compromised hair
growth with a liquid “cell-signalling medium”.
The result, proven in a clinical test (the
company’s own) and backed up by the
observations of some of the country’s leading
cosmetic doctors, is 14% more hairs and 16%
increased hair thickness after a 12-week course
of 24 applications (two kits).
“You get not just denser coverage, but a
marked improvement in the hair’s health and
quality,” says cosmetic physician Dr Tapan Patel.

WHAT’S NEW?

Stem cell therapy for hair growth has been
around for a long time, using growth factors
extracted from the patient’s own blood
(platelet-rich plasma or PRP) to boost follicle
regeneration. But its success depends on the
quality of the patient’s plasma, which decreases
with age and as a result of lifestyle factors.
There is no such issue with PTT-6; the active
substance in the Calecim serum is derived
(ethically) from the umbilical-cord stem cells
of red deer. “PTT-6 is present in various
mammals, but the deer’s has the highest
regenerative properties,” Tapan says.

Containing more than 3,000 growth factors,
peptides, exosomes and more per application,
the substance is bound to kick-start cell
regeneration, he says.
Cosmetic physician and hair transplant
surgeon Dr Munir Somji adds that the serum
features “growth factors we know are specific
for hair growth in high concentrations – so I
know for a fact it counteracts hair loss”.

HOW DOES IT WORK?
“The Calecim system stands out for its tailored
approach to dormant follicles and the fact that
it targets specific areas of interrupted growth
with remarkable precision,” Tapan says. “Not
only can it cause a 24% increase in the growth
of hair follicle cells, it also significantly
minimises scalp inflammation, a huge cause of
follicle cell death.”
This, Munir says, makes it “a great option for
androgenetic alopecia [male and female
pattern hair loss], without the side effects of
medications such as finasteride and minoxidil”.
He also rates it “fantastic” for telogen
effluvium (hair shedding due to stress or
trauma), saying: “It was of particular use in
Covid-19-related hair loss, and we use it after
hair restoration surgery to prevent shock loss.”

IS IT FOR EVERYONE?

For the therapy to work, you need follicles that
are asleep rather than dead. Knowing for sure
requires “advanced diagnostics performed in-

‘It targets specific areas
of interrupted growth with
remarkable precision’

clinic – we examine the scalp to look for
miniaturisation, a reflection of follicle
regression”, Munir says.
Both doctors say that telltale signs of this are
hairs that have become finer as well as dry and
dull, while growth appears to have ceased.
Advanced traction alopecia, where the
follicles are damaged and eventually die off
due to chronic pulling or tension on the hair,
is an example of a condition that the Calecim
system cannot correct.
A specialist will part the hair of suitable
candidates to expose areas of thinning, which
will then be treated by several passes with a
0.4mm micro-needling tool. Half a vial of
Calecim serum is applied to the target areas
and massaged in.
You’re sent home with the rest of the vial
and five further vials for 11 more applications,
plus a derma stamp to repeat the process
twice a week for six weeks, restoring a healthy
hair cycle.
“If a pro has deemed you right for
treatment, the success rate will be high,” Munir
says, although Tapan warns that it’s also
important to adhere meticulously to the
application protocol.
“At home, it’s essential to apply consistently
and commit to the full and proper treatment
to get the long-term results,” he says. If you do,
these can be “transformational – denser and
longer hair with improved texture and vitality,
and new growth that is stronger and
noticeably healthier”.
The Calecim Professional Advanced Hair
System at-home kit is priced £315 at
calecimprofessional.com. A scalp analysis and
treatment course at Tapan’s Phi Clinic
(phiclinic.com) or Munir’s Dr Medispa Clinics
(drmedispa.com) in London and Essex is £1,800.

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LASER
FOCUS

Choose the treatment best
for you with Sciton’s menu
of time-saving options

HALO
Suitable for all skin types, Halo is a hybrid
fractional laser that uses a combination of
two wavelengths to reduce the visibility of
sunspots, fine lines and dullness. Your
practitioner applies an anaesthetic
ointment then gently rolls the Halo
handpiece across the skin, with an
integrated cooling mechanism keeping
the patient comfortable. This customisable
treatment starts at £1,200 and takes 15
minutes per session, with most patients
seeing results after a few days.

CLEARSILK
Dubbed the ideal lunchtime treatment,
ClearSilk is a gentle, non-ablative laser
that deposits heat beneath the skin’s
surface. Ideal for treating redness, signs
of rosacea and acne, each treatment
takes just 30 minutes and requires no
recovery time, making it a convenient
midday pick-me-up. Starting at £200, the
procedure can be used on the face, neck
and décolletage depending on the issues
you wish to target.

BBL HERO
Broadband light (BBL) is a powerful
laser procedure used to reduce the
visible signs of melasma, age spots,

rosacea and acne scarring with minimal
recovery time. It can also remove
unwanted hair and encourage a more
youthful complexion. After an initial
consultation, each patient receives a
customised treatment plan. Using a
handheld device with advanced cooling
technology to keep the patient
comfortable, sessions can be as short as
three minutes to target the décolletage,
and, paired with a good quality SPF and
minimal sun exposure, patients can
expect to see visible results within a few
weeks. Treatments start from £500.
Selected Sciton services are available in
clinics across the UK. To find your nearest
Sciton provider, visit sciton.uk/find-myprovider.

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I

f you’re seeking an effective way to
restore radiance and an even tone
to your complexion, a combination
of laser and light therapy could be
just the ticket.
As a leader in energy-based aesthetic
treatments, Sciton offers transformative
procedures in clinics across the country.
Combining scientific innovation with fast
and convenient application, its clever
laser therapy procedures can deliver
noticeable results in just 15 minutes.
In a recent study, 77% of people
suffering with acne saw a visible
improvement in their skin after one
course of blue light therapy*, with other
patients seeing impressive results for
reducing signs of sun damage,
pigmentation and rosacea.
Three innovative laser and light
treatments created by Sciton include:

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AESTHETICS GUIDE

‘Y

ou know, you’ll have to stop
all those tweakments when
you get to 60,” one friend
told me last year. Baffled, I
asked her why. “Because all
that stuff doesn’t work on older faces, it makes
you look weird.”
I have no idea where this myth came from,
but it’s a popular one – and totally untrue.
Thank goodness.
I turned 60 this summer and I have no
intention of giving up the procedures that
help me manage how my face looks as I age.
So, here’s what I recommend:
X

Polynucleotides to strengthen eye area

One type of injectable product that is creating
a big buzz in aesthetics is polynucleotides,
made from fragments of fish DNA (yes, really)
that work to recondition the skin. And the
great news is that they appear to perform
particularly well on older skin.
They’re also a good choice to use around
eyes that are looking a bit hollow and crepey
because they strengthen and tighten skin
without adding volume, so you won’t end up
looking lumpy.
They’re a bit like skin-boosting injections of
hyaluronic acid in that they hydrate and work
as biostimulators, prompting the skin to
generate new collagen and elastin.
“Non-surgical options for under-eye
rejuvenation are limited as the region is a
challenging area to treat due to its unique
anatomy,” says consultant oculoplastic surgeon
and aesthetics expert Dr Elizabeth Hawkes
(drelizabethhawkes.com). “Polynucleotide
treatment really helps improve the quality of
the eyelid skin. It’s particularly useful in
patients who are prone to puffiness and may
not be suitable for dermal fillers.”
Dr Nina Bal (facialsculpting.co.uk), a
cosmetic dental surgeon and specialist in facial
aesthetics, is also a big fan. “Polynucleotides
such as Ameela [from £450; you need three
treatments] are an excellent choice for mature
skin, especially for those looking for a natural
result,” she says.
“The formula triggers multiple cell
receptors and attracts stem cells to the
treatment area, which leads to skin
regeneration as well as an immediate
skin tightening, reduction of fine lines and
wrinkles, and improvement of blood
circulation and skin hydration.”

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X

Placement of injectables to smooth lips

There are plenty of tweakments for older lips
that won’t result in a trout pout. Ideally, you
want to give your lips some hydration and
shape without too much volume.
Another point to bear in mind is that our
philtrum – the bit between our nose and
upper lip – lengthens with age, so the upper
lip hangs rather than sits prettily on our top
teeth. Because my philtrum has clearly
lengthened, I’ve been advised that I’m not an

Who makes a good candidate? Anyone with
ideal candidate for lip filler as it would make
jowls or that “pulled-down”, sad-looking face
my lip project in a way I really don’t want. Is
with a bit of neck sagging, says Leah, adding
there a fix for this? Yes, but it involves a
that threads are not suitable if you have really
surgical lip lift, done by excising skin in a
heavy, bulky jowls or severe sagging in the neck
“bullhorn” shape under the nose. It needs to
– at that stage, you will do better to look at a
be expertly done and the scar will take a long
surgical neck lift.
time to heal. So… I’m thinking about it.
You may need to combine threads with
Expert nurse practitioner Alice Henshaw
other treatments such as fillers, says Dr
(harleystreetinjectables.com) advises: “With
Victoria Manning (riveraesthetics.com):
the 60-plus age group, it’s not just about
“A woman in her 60s may not have the
treating the lips; it’s about treating the area
same result as a woman in her 40s due to
around the mouth, as well as the lips –
reduced collagen
including those
production. But we
barcode lip lines
‘I have no intention
can still achieve
and marionette
impressive results
lines [which drop
of giving up the
patients with
vertically from the
procedures that help in
mild to moderate
corners of the
mouth]. I use
me manage how my sagging and goodquality skin with
products like
face looks as I age’
an adequate fatty
Restylane Kysse
layer. That’s where
[from £350], which
ALICE HART-DAVIS
threads are placed.”
is very versatile, so
even if I’m only using half a millilitre
of filler in the lips, the rest can be used around X Muscle-building
building machines
the mouth where it’s needed.”
for your pelvic floor
X

Energy devices to tighten saggy skin

Thanks to menopause and the loss of
oestrogen, our skin doesn’t produce collagen
like it used to, so collagen-stimulating energybased treatments, such as ultrasound and laser,
don’t always deliver.
Yet with patience and a canny practitioner,
you can certainly get results – look at what Dr
Judy Todd managed to achieve, first for Judy
Murray, with multiple sessions of Morpheus8
radiofrequency microneedling (from £1,000;
visit synergygiffnock.co.uk) and again with
Shirley Ballas, with NeoGen Plasma treatments
(from £800; visit cadoganclinic.com).
Another one that might be worth a look is
EMface, which uses high-intensity
electromagnetic stimulation to wake up
sagging muscles in the cheeks and forehead,
along with radiofrequency energy to improve
skin condition. This no-needle facial
contouring is expensive (£2,600 for a short
course of treatments; visit drritarakus.com),
but it looks like it gives very nice and entirely
natural-looking results.
X

Threads to lift jowls

Thread lifts don’t have the best reputation – in
the wrong, undertrained hands, they can cause
all sorts of issues. But done well, they can give
impressive results by hoicking up the sagging
tissues of the face and repositioning them
where they used to be in our younger days,
with results that last for 18 months.
“Threads are suitable for the over-60s as
they mechanically lift the face, so they don’t
rely on the individual’s ability to produce
collagen, which we know depletes postmenopause, to achieve a result,” says Dr Leah
Totton, whose work is almost exclusively thread
lifts (from £2,600; visit drleah.co.uk).

Offering plenty of practical benefits is the
EMsella chair, which uses electromagnetic
energy to make muscles contract and target
the pelvic floor. It boasts scores of relieved
testimonies from older women who’ve been
suffering silently from stress incontinence.
“Essentially, the EMsella machine is a chair
that does Kegel exercises for you,” says Dr
Munir Somji (drmedispa.com, where sessions
cost £300). “It works deep into the pelvic floor
muscles, resulting in stimulation and
restoration of neuromuscular control. It’s noninvasive and enables us to offer a non-surgical
procedure for muscle re-education of
incontinent patients, and those with decreased
intimate satisfaction.”
X

Laser for vaginal rejuvenation

Before you turn the page, appalled, I’m not
talking about the “designer vagina” stuff; these
are procedures that use internal probes with
radiofrequency or laser energy to treat vaginal
atrophy (which may affect up to 80% of postmenopausal women) so they are for wellness,
rather than aesthetics.
The treatment resurfaces and tightens the
vaginal membranes by stimulating collagen
production, which helps stress incontinence by
relieving pressure on the bladder and
improves internal hydration, making urination
– and sex – more comfortable.
Most women have no idea that treatments
like this even exist. “How do you raise the topic
with patients?” I ask Dr Gabriella Birley
(thedoctorclinic.co.uk, where FemTouch
vaginal tightening costs £2,000).
“The subject often comes up when I’m
talking with women about the effects of
menopause,” she says. “Lots of women try it
out – and then they tell their friends.”
Visit thetweakmentsguide.com.

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BEFORE
YOU FLY

G

lossy advertisements,
social media
promotions and cheap
package deals are
luring Brits abroad for
cosmetic surgery, but a recent audit
by the British Association of
Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS)
lays bare the dangers of jetting off to
go under the knife.
BAAPS, recognised for its work to
improve safety and education in
cosmetic surgery, has compiled the
UK’s first database recording the
number of corrective procedures
carried out in the UK after surgery
abroad has gone wrong, and the
figures make for grim reading.
Over the last three years, the
number of people needing
hospital treatment in the UK after

TRAVEL CHECKLIST

Travelling overseas
for cut-price
cosmetic surgery
is becoming
more popular,
but is it worth it?

getting cosmetic surgery abroad
has increased by 94%, with
procedures carried out in Turkey
accounting for more than threequarters of those in the past six
months alone.
It also reveals that a growing
number of people are returning to
the UK with complications, ranging
from wound-healing problems to
life-threatening sepsis.
“One of the many problems is
that medical advice and support for
people considering surgery abroad
is being drowned out by the
number of paid promotions and
sponsored advertisements,” says
Marc Pacifico, president of BAAPS.
“At BAAPS, we’re aiming to raise
awareness, increase safety, and
ultimately protect patients.”

‘At BAAPS,
we’re aiming to
increase safety
and ultimately
protect
patients’
Marc Pacifico,
president of BAAPS

If you are opting to travel
abroad for cosmetic surgery,
BAAPS and the Turkish
Society of Plastic
Reconstructive and Aesthetic
Surgeons (TSPRAS) have
come together to offer advice
on crucial accreditation to
look out for.
O Turkish surgeons should
be members of TSPRAS.
Check member listings
available at plastikcerrahi.
org.tr/doktor-arama.
O Your surgeon should
have Turkish board
certification and you
should be able to see their
certificate on request.
O A surgeon with European
Board of Plastic
Reconstructive and Aesthetic
Surgery membership
(EBOPRAS) is more desirable.

To see the full list of
guidelines, visit baaps.org.uk.

AESTHETICS GUIDE

My Breast Reduction
If she had known how life-changing
breast reduction surgery would be, writer
Emma Gunavardhana says she would
have gone under the knife decades earlier

PHOTOS: SARAH BRICK. STOCKSY

B

reast reduction surgery is on the
rise. It was the second most
popular surgical procedure for
women in the UK last year, up
120%. And I’m yet to meet
another woman who has had the operation
and doesn’t feel as evangelical about it as me.
I had this surgery, officially called a
mastopexy, in 2019 at the age of 41. There are
so many positives to having done it, but I still
remember how terrified I was about going
under the knife. My breasts were healthy and
it felt incredibly self-indulgent to want to
reduce them. However, I appreciate now how
self-conscious they made me feel, how
difficult they made exercising, finding clothes
that fitted, and the attention they drew even
when I tried to minimise them.
I had a consultation for a breast reduction
about five years before I actually committed.
Even though I saw an impressive catalogue of
successful before-and-after photos, felt
confident that the surgeon would deliver a
good result and assured that the risks were
minimal, I chickened out.
Then, I learnt that several of
my friends had had breast
reductions, and when I asked
‘My breasts went from
them about their results and
heavy and pendulous to
explained to them how I felt,
they all encouraged me to
neat and voluminous’
revisit the idea.
After my consultation, I
messaged one friend saying I
wanted to do it. Her reply clinched it: “Emma,
appreciated my surgeon’s response, which was
you will feel like a new person. I cannot wait to
that it was a possibility, but highly unlikely.
see your confidence.”
What you are cautioned about the most
during your consultation is the post-operative
scarring, because the incisions required to
READY FOR CHANGE
remove breast tissue and reshape the breast
Choosing a surgeon has to be taken seriously.
are not dainty – imagine anchor-shaped
In my job as a beauty editor, I’m fortunate to
incisions around the areolae, down the centre
be connected to people who know the best of
of the breast and under the creases – but I can
the best. However, you have to feel
say that it’s the thing I’ve thought about the
comfortable and confident with your surgeon
as well as convinced by their work, which is why least. The scars are visible, especially on my
olive-toned skin that’s prone to pigmentation,
a consultation is key.
but I genuinely don’t care.
The consultation process can be fairly
The surgery itself requires a general
confronting, especially if, like me, you’ve spent
anaesthetic and takes around three hours. I
decades hiding and disguising heavy,
was expecting to be incapacitated for a few
pendulous breasts with a significant amount of
days, but other than not being able to drive for
ptosis (sagging).
six weeks, lift anything heavier than a full kettle
Your surgeon will take pictures from various
for a couple of weeks and not take a full-body
angles and then will show you similar cases
shower for the first seven days, it was pretty
they’ve worked on so you can see what might
easy. I slept propped up on pillows and it felt as
be a realistic result.
if I was wearing a tight bra made of wire in
Don’t be scared to ask about the risks. I
those first few weeks, but nothing unbearable.
came straight out with: “Could I die?” and

RECLAIMING MY BODY

Opting for surgery is one of the best decisions
I have ever made. I had always struggled to
maintain a healthy weight, but the operation
changed the way I feel about my body. I went
on to lose 40lb and I have no doubt that the
surgery was an important part of that journey.
Weight loss has changed my results
somewhat in that my breasts are quite a bit
smaller than they were post-op. But I chose
Patrick Mallucci (visit mallucci-london.com),
not least because he’s famed for creating
perfect, natural-looking breasts via reduction,
augmentation and reconstruction. When I
realised surgery with him would change the
description of my breasts from “heavy and
pendulous” to “neat and voluminous” I was in.
What made me wince the most about the
procedure was the cost. You won’t get much
change from £17,000. But I come back to what
I said at the beginning of this piece: this
surgery was life-changing, and for that reason
I believe it was worth every penny.

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AESTHETICS GUIDE

Most acne treatments
come with a ‘buyer beware’
warning for black skin. But
a laser therapy being rolled
out in the UK has the perfect
wavelength setting to treat
melanin-rich skin

O

ver a third of UK adults suffer
from acne at some point in their
lives, and 3.5 million will seek
professional help. However,
energy-based machines that are
typically used to treat active acne can damage
melanin-rich skin if the wavelength used is too
penetrative. Similarly, the incorrect depth or
intensity of a chemical peel or microneedling
treatment can lead to scars and
hyperpigmentation, so it’s important to
research not only the treatment but the
experience of the practitioner.
Here, we weigh up how inclusive the new
AviClear laser really is, and speak to experts
about how best to treat scarring on black skin.

ALL

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MAKING WAVES

“Lasers and lights are not to be messed with,”
says Dr Zoya Awan, co-founder and medical
director of Secret Aesthetics. “They are
ACID TEST
powerful devices and the more melanin you
Chemical peels use exfoliating acids to treat
have, the more heat and light you absorb.”
conditions such as acne. “The depth of peel
Increased energy absorption can cause
should be chosen based on the individual’s
burns and hyper- or hypopigmentation – dark
needs and not used as a sole management
or light patches on the skin. To minimise the
plan,” says dermatologist Dr Mary Sommerlad.
risks, Zoya suggests seeing a dermatologist.
“A superficial peel using alpha hydroxy acids
While resurfacing lasers, such as Moxi and
[AHA] or beta hydroxy acids can be helpful
UltraPulse, can be used safely to improve the
for comedonal acne [whiteheads or
appearance of scarring on melanin-rich skin,
blackheads] and is generally safe for skin of
AviClear – being rolled out in the UK now –
colour, provided the concentration of certain
can treat active acne, from mild breakouts to
AHAs is not too high and the person
cystic nodules. It’s nonablative (minimally
administering the peel has experience treating
invasive) and uses a new wavelength setting,
brown and black skin tones.”
1,726 nanometres to be precise, to suppress
Don’t be tempted to book the deepest peel
oil-producing glands without causing any
available just to get a quick result, because
trauma to dark skin.
active ingredients such as “trichloroacetic acid
“This new wavelength specifically targets the [TCA] and phenol can cause unwanted effects
sebaceous glands that are
such as scarring,
the root cause,” says Zoya.
hyperpigmentation or
The laser suppresses hypopigmentation”, says Dr
So it prevents future
breakouts and subsequent
oil-producing glands Aiza Jamil, dermatologist at
scarring. In the US it’s
SK:N Clinics. Instead, look for
without causing any
offered as an alternative to
ingredients in chemical peels
Roaccutane medication.
such as salicylic acid and
trauma to dark skin
“No numbing is required
glycolic acid, which are safe to
but there is an element of
use on black skin.
discomfort, a snapping sensation over the face
Mary, who has a clinic at Self London in
– but this is minimised due to the in-built
Harley Street, adds: “Your dermatologist
cooling system.”
should give clear guidance on your postA typical course of treatment is three
procedure skincare routine and how long you
sessions over three months, with minimal
should use it for. But it’s important to avoid
downtime – although mild redness and
sun exposure.”
swelling is possible.
Peels start from £600 at Self London Clinic; visit
One AviClear session starts from £750-800 at Secret
Aesthetics in Birmingham; visit secretaesthetics.co.uk.

self london.com. Enerpeel salicylic acne peel, from
£137 for a single treatment; visit sknclinics.co.uk.

MOVE THE NEEDLE

Another in-clinic option to treat acne scarring
is microneedling, “which can be beneficial for
black skin when performed with proper care
and expertise”, says Dr Ifeoma Ejikeme,
dermatologist and owner of Adonia Medical
Clinic in West London.
“This procedure can lead to visible
improvements of acne scars. However, it is
essential to seek treatment from a trained
professional with experience treating
diverse skin types, to minimise the risk of
complications such as hyperpigmentation.”
Microneedling creates small punctures in
the skin to encourage rejuvenation. According
to Ifeoma, the selection of needle depth
depends on various factors, but with
Dermapen, “a 1.5mm to 2.5mm needle is used
and a topical numbing cream is applied to
reduce any discomfort”.
It’s a speedy treatment at 15-30 minutes per
session, and you will need around six sessions
every four to six weeks. But the dermatologist
warns against microneedling if you are prone
to keloid scarring, have severe rosacea or active
acne, or are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Downtime varies, but typically there is some
redness and mild swelling immediately after
the procedure. This subsides within a few days,
but it can take up to a week for the skin to fully
recover. Patients are advised to avoid sun
exposure and follow a gentle skincare routine
to support the skin’s recovery.
Dermapen microneedling for the face starts from
£350 at Adonia Medical Clinic; visit
adoniamedicalclinic.co.uk.

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CONVALESCE AT

Corinthia London
Be it an eye lift or a tummy tuck you’re booking
in for, you could do worse than recuperate within
Corinthia London’s lavish, marble-clad confines.
Which is why the hotel joined forces with the
London Regenerative Institute – founded by Dr
Tunç Tiryaki and Dr Steven Cohen – to deliver the
gold standard in post-operative care.
Check in to your suite and you’ll be guided
downstairs for pre-surgery checks and blood work
before being whisked over to the Cadogan Clinic
for the procedure itself. Once the surgeons have
worked their magic, it’s back to your elegantly
appointed base to rest, with a dedicated nurse on
standby in an adjoining room (yes, really).

From keeping tabs on medication and
changing dressings to eliminating all manner
of wound-related concerns, the nurse will be
at your service for the duration – and once the
initial healing period is over, there’ss a trip to the
spa to look forward to, for lymphatic drainage,
along with hyperbaric chamber sessions to keep
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It’s all rather splashy and over the top, but for
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wellness space,
Corinthia London
makes for a stellar
place to recuperate
after your procedure

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A RESTORATIVE STINT AT

RAKxa, Bangkok
Expect a
tailored
approach to
recovery in
the calming
environment
of RAKxa on
Bangkok’s
Chao Phraya
River

Occupying a palm-fringed island
in the middle of Bangkok’s Chao
Phraya River, this doctor-driven
retreat works in tandem with the
Bumrungrad International Hospital.
Perhaps it’s rhinoplasty you’re
undergoing, or a long-awaited
breast augmentation – whatever the
procedure, the hyper-personalised
approach to recovery really delivers.
When you’re not kicking back
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the rays on the terrace, you’ll be
getting acquainted with the on-site
medi spa, under the watchful eye
of the resident clinicians.
Intravenous ozone therapy –

where blood is taken, oxygenated
and reintroduced to supercharge
the body’s healing mechanisms
– might precede a circulationboosting spell in the cryo chamber,
while the diagnostics on offer
include metabolic rate and
biomechanics tests.
Put simply, although restorative
stints at RAKxa don’t come cheap,
you can rest assured that you’re in
capable hands, and the soothing
view across the water certainly
doesn’t do any harm.
Personalised programmes begin at
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nights, including accommodation,
meals, treatments and transfers; visit
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Having been artfully nipped and tucked
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the hotel and wheeled in through a private
entrance to one of the sumptuous suites, where
medically minded details abound.
Along with ultra-supportive beds topped with
hypoallergenic linen, and a pair of pneumatic
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THE
AESTHETICS
HUB

The term is new, but
aesthetic practitioners
say ‘perception drift’ has
been around for a long
time. So how can you
avoid forgetting what
your own face looks like?

THE DRIFT
INTO
DISTORTION

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M

any of us will be guilty of making
judgmental comments about a
celebrity’s appearance after a
series of cosmetic treatments; from
bulging foreheads to overfilled cheeks. “Can’t
they see what they look like?” you might think.
The answer is probably “no”.
Back in 2019, Dr Sabrina Fabi, a
dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon, coined
the term “perception drift” to sum up how a
patient’s perception of what they look like can
become skewed over time. At consultation,
most patients say they want a natural result, but
once an area of concern is treated and the
patient’s appearance changes, some will start
to fixate on previously overlooked features,
setting a new baseline. It’s possible to fall into
an endless cycle.
“Over the last decade, with the rise in
popularity of cosmetic procedures, particularly
the more accessible non-surgical treatments,
it’s become more common for patients to
chase an ideal that’s not natural or achievable,”
says consultant dermatologist Dr Alexis Granite
(dralexisgranite.com). “So although most
patients won’t experience major perception
drift, it’s helpful to have a term that
encapsulates it.”
There is some overlap with body dysmorphic
disorder (BDD), a mental health condition
where a person spends a lot of time worrying
about what they perceive as flaws in their
appearance. “We are taught to screen for BDD,
which is better understood,” says Dr Elizabeth
Hawkes, a consultant oculoplastic surgeon and
aesthetics doctor (drelizabethhawkes.com).
“But there is no specific training for

perception drift, although most of us recognise believes all aesthetic practitioners have a
responsibility to undertake similar training.
it in some of our patients.”
She cites sociocultural factors such as
When a practitioner acquires a new patient
dominant appearance ideals and social media
who has already had treatment, it signals that
filters – as well as unscrupulous clinics
they might benefit from psychological therapy
upselling treatments – as being responsible for
before having further procedures. “Other red
the rise in perception drift. “There needs to be
flags are when a patient is constantly checking
more regulation in the UK,” she says. “All
the mirror, having to shift into different
clinics should have a multidisciplinary team,
positions to show me their area of concern, or
when they say that their area of concern is only with either a psychologist on board or part of a
referral network.”
visible in photos or under better lighting,”
explains Elizabeth.
“If you think a patient’s
HOW TO PREVENT PERCEPTION DRIFT
gone too far and you need to
refuse treatment, that can be
feel comfortable with the
 “Find a qualified health care
a difficult conversation to
ageing process, and have a
professional who can assess
have. The British Association
sense of humour. Everything
your needs and develop a
of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
starts to sag eventually. If you
long-term treatment plan,”
(BAAPS) has run a helpful
can’t take a step back, that’s
says Dr Elizabeth Hawkes.
course called Psychological
“That way your practitioner can when you start drifting off.”
Skills for Surgeons, where
accurately forecast results, as
“To manage expectations,
you roleplay this scenario
multiple procedures impact
make sure your practitioner
with actors. After a thorough
one another.”
shows you in the mirror how
consultation, patients usually
they are marking up your
“Use photographs, not
come round to your way of
face,” warns the dermatologist.
filtered selfies, to help establish
thinking. But you never
“They can make it interactive
your baseline appearance,”
know what happens after
by demonstrating how adding
recommends Elizabeth.
they leave. They could go off
volume to one area will affect
“Give a trusted friend or
and see someone else.”
another area.”
family member permission to
Clinical psychologists at
flag up when they think you’ve
“Don’t chase down every
the Centre for Appearance
gone too far, or when you’re
line,” says Alexis. “You need
Research at the University of
obsessing over an area that
to treat the face holistically.
the West of England, Bristol,
you don’t need to,” says
So, for example, instead of
delivered the BAAPS course.
the surgeon.
pinpointing hollowness
Helena Lewis-Smith is an
around your eyes, address the
“Try to adopt more of a proassociate professor of
fact that you look tired – look
ageing stance,” says Dr Alexis
psychology there and
at the face as a whole.”
Granite. “Work on trying to

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s celebrities such as Davina
McCall, Gabby Logan and
Michelle Griffith Robinson
speak out about their
menopause experiences, the
conversation around this time of life has been
getting louder and many women feel more
confident to open up and seek ways to manage
any ill effects.
However, despite up to a third experiencing
symptoms so severe they affect their day-to-day
lives, less than half of women feel they have the
knowledge and tools to manage them.
But this year, hundreds of practitioners
came together in London for the first
Menopause in Aesthetics conference, to learn
how they can adapt their clinics to treat more
than just the physical signs of ageing and help
women through menopause.
“By bringing together experts from various
fields, such as women’s health, gynaecology,
functional medicine, nutrition and aesthetics,
the conference aims to build a powerful referral
network for practitioners to empower their
patients during this phase of life,” says
conference founder Charlotte Body, who is also
running November’s day-long Pause Live! event
for consumer menopause education. “Aesthetic
practitioners already cater to patients in the
peri- and menopausal age demographic so they
are well placed to support them.”
Women already having cosmetic treatments
might have an unlikely ally in their
practitioner, especially as some find accessing
the right menopause care via their GP isn’t
always possible, as Dr Raj Arora, GP and
founder of The FaceBible in Windsor
(thefacebible.com) says: “Due to pressure on
the NHS, there are limited resources available.
That is why many women turn to private care,
which highlights the inequalities in our
healthcare system.”
In the perimenopause stage, when women
start experiencing symptoms, oestrogen levels
drop and, as this hormone also aids collagen
production, this means skin becomes prone to
thinning and sagging.
It can also trigger a host of other symptoms,
such as low mood, brain fog, difficulty sleeping
and decreased libido, and even weaken bones,
all of which can be unsettling and sometimes
even life-altering.
Those aesthetic practitioners offering a
more holistic service are creating targeted
treatment plans that will help women navigate
the peri- and menopause years with as little
disruption as possible.
London-based surgeon Dr Mayoni

MENOPAUSE

MAKEOVERS
We speak to aesthetic
practitioners from across
the industry to find out how
they are adapting their
clinics to empower women
during menopause

Gooneratne, who runs aesthetics practice
The Clinic by Dr Mayoni, which focuses on
functional medicine (drmayoniskinfit.co.uk),
and founded its sister clinic Human Health
by The Clinic (drmhumanhealth.com),
noticed that the women coming into her
clinic for anti-ageing treatments were looking
for more than a quick fix.
“I think ladies that come in for aesthetic
treatments are generally open to looking into
their hormones because they want to
understand why they look or feel so tired,” she
says. “It’s a natural progression for them.”

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SKIN DEEP
So what does a holistic approach to aesthetics
during the menopause years look like?
“We see this massive drop off in collagen
during menopause, which impacts the
elasticity of skin,” says Mayoni.
“Fillers and Botox alone aren’t the solution.
Knowing what’s going on inside can really help
us be more targeted with our approach. For
example, we can help by boosting the skin
structure and matrix with skin boosters and
injectable hyaluronic acid.”
By specialising in functional medicine,
Mayoni can address things such as mindset and
body literacy, as well as prescribe bioidentical
hormone replacement therapy, where the
prescription is customised to suit the patient’s
hormone profile.
Dr Shirin Lakhani, an aesthetics physician
and intimate health specialist in Kent (eliteaesthetics.co.uk) agrees it is important to
approach menopause from the inside out:
“Let’s look after your collagen production
instead of just putting a Band-Aid over it by
injecting some neurotoxin.”
Shirin offers a wide range of treatments,
including intimate rejuvenation and
intravenous micronutrient therapy, as well as
treatments for hair and skin.
Similarly, Raj in Windsor prides herself on a
fully integrated approach, assessing her clients’
physical and psychological health factors.
“It’s an individual, 360-degree approach,” she
says. “It’s important for clients to understand
that skin ageing is affected by factors such as
nutrition, hormone levels and overall health,
as well as the natural ageing process.”
For some practitioners, a referral network is
the best way to maximise results for their
patients. Dr Sohère Roked (omniya.co.uk), a
functional medicine and hormone doctor in
London, has noticed a rise in the number of
aesthetic clinics referring patients to her.
“Hormone treatment alone may not
improve a patient’s skin and cosmetic
concerns, but a baseline of hormone treatment
can actually make aesthetic procedures more
effective,” she says.
And more so when treating women during
perimenopause and menopause, as their
hormones can fluctuate dramatically.

DO YOUR RESEARCH
With more clinics offering hormone
treatments and lifestyle programmes alongside
tweakments, it’s important to ensure your
practitioner is qualified.
“Do your homework,” says Shirin. “You want

a doctor or nurse that has had specific
menopause training. I wouldn’t see anyone
non-medical for something like this.”
As a starting point, the British Menopause
Society (thebms.org.uk) lists healthcare
professionals who hold a recognised
menopause educational qualification.
“It lists NHS and private practitioners,”
Shirin says. “It’s a good idea to look for
postgraduate qualifications in women’s health,
like a diploma from the Royal College of
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, which is a
qualification for GPs working in women’s
health. But even then, a gynaecologist might
not have adequate menopause training
because it is not mandatory to study it in the
healthcare system.”

Menopausal
women who
are already
addressing
the physical
signs of ageing
with cosmetic
treatments might
find an unlikely
ally in their
practitioner

If you’re interested in learning about how you can
better manage the symptoms of menopause and to
hear from industry experts, Pause Live! is at the
Business Design Centre in London on 25 November.
Visit meno-pauseia.co.uk, tickets from £29.99.

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What for: Hormonal skin
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multifunctioning prescription
serum that minimises the
appearance of fine lines and
wrinkles while enhancing skin
tone and hydration.”
9Treatment: MORPHEUS 8
What for: Slack skin
Where to go: The Face Bible,
Windsor (thefacebible.com)
With this radiofrequency
technology you also get the
benefits of microneedling to
lift and tighten contours.
Costs £2,750.
9Treatment: ULTRA
FEMME 360
What for: Vaginal dryness
Where to go: Elite Aesthetics,
Kent (elite-aesthetics.co.uk)
A decline in oestrogen can

cause vaginal dryness and
irritation. Ultra Femme 360
uses radiofrequency waves
to promote collagen and
help alleviate the symptoms.
Costs £1,650.
9Treatment: HALO LASER
BY SCITON
What for: Skin discolouration
Where to go: NassifMD
Medical Spa, Manchester
(nassifmedspa.co.uk)
From £1,000, this skinresurfacing treatment has
minimal downtime and targets
your pigmentation.
9Treatment: TEAR
TROUGH FILLER
What for: For brighter-looking
skin under eyes
Where to go: SK:N Clinics
nationwide (sknclinics.co.uk)
Dermal fillers, from £199,
help restore lost volume by
replenishing and plumping the
area. Tear trough fillers can

combat hollowing under the
eyes and dark circles.
9Treatment: SKIN-DEPTH
HORMONE REVIEW
What for: A pre-procedure
analysis to maximise results
Where to go: Dr Sohère
Roked, Omniya London
(omniya.co.uk)
Bring hormones into balance
and improve your skin before
opting for tweakments or
cosmetic surgery. From £995
(excluding medication).
9Treatment:
POLYNUCLEOTIDE INJECTIONS
What for: An all-over glow
Where to go: The Clinic by
Dr Mayoni, London
(drmayoniskinfit.co.uk)
Polynucleotides, from £850,
are biostimulators that injectors
are using to hydrate skin from
within and boost collagen
production, which drops
during menopause.

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AESTHETICS GUIDE
almost a decade in the finance industry. My
skin was suffering and I decided I needed to
look after myself more.
“I walked into a department store and
bought products from whoever I locked eyes
with on the sales floor. But buying from a shop
is not ideal because these salespeople are
incentivised to sell you products that you don’t
really need and they’re not really medically
qualified to assess your skin.
“I thought: ‘How can I get access to experts
without having to take time off work and
travel to Harley Street?’ I figured that if I
could make it accessible and replicate a
luxurious experience online, then it’s
probably something that would be very
helpful for me, but also for a lot of my
friends and people I know.”

Meet the woman revolutionising the way we buy skincare

I

t was Charmaine Chow’s frustration
with her own skin that made her ditch
a high-flying career in finance to
establish digital dermatology platform
GetHarley – and it’s paying off.
Since its launch in 2019, GetHarley has
gone from strength to strength, recently
securing a $52m (£41m) investment. We sat
down with Charmaine, 33, to find out what she
has planned next for the platform.
Charmaine, how would you describe
GetHarley?
“It’s a service that allows you to connect with
some of the world’s most renowned skincare
professionals for online consultations and
personalised skincare plans, which can be
delivered straight to your door.”

How does it work?
“Simply go to the website and, based on the
availability that you’ve specified, you meet your
clinician online in a virtual consultation room.
They’ll go through your medical history, your
skin concerns, what products you’re using and
curate a skincare plan that is suitable for you.
You will then have an ongoing relationship
with that clinician and any time you
experience an issue or skin changes, GetHarley
is just a few text messages away.”
What makes the platform different?
“The first thing to know is that we don’t
employ our doctors. Clinicians choose to
provide their services on our platform.
GetHarley also enables these clinicians to
make recommendations in a very brandagnostic way. So, they
aren’t tied to selling
one brand.
“We don’t
manufacture our own
products, but we give
clinicians access to
over 10,000 different
options, which allows
them to choose a
combination of
products for each
consumer.”
Where did the idea
for GetHarley come
from?
“I had been working
very long hours for

What does the massive investment you’ve
gained mean for the future of GetHarley?
“In the UK we’ve penetrated about 1,000
clinics to date and we want to go from 1,000 to
10,000. I’d like it to be available internationally
but it’s important for it to remain true to its
original mission, which is helping people
figure out how to achieve happier, healthier
skin by making experts accessible.
“Also, I can’t say too much, but the option
for facial treatments on the platform
is definitely on the cards. That’s something
patients and clinicians ask for all the time.”
Tell us about your own skincare routine…
“Right now I’m using the Revision Skincare
Gentle Cleansing Lotion (£39). It’s nonfoaming and doesn’t strip my skin causing
me to break out. Then, I use Meder Eu-Seb
Concentrate, which my skin loves, and I also
use the Skinbetter Science Alto Defence
Serum
um (£146), which is packed with
antioxidants. Then I apply SPF, the
Intradermology Synergy 6 Nx-Gen SPF50.
It’s a tinted moisturiser but it has a matt finish
so it doesn’t give you that kind of sticky, oily,
white cast.
“My evening routine stays the same but I’ll
skip SPF and add a tretinoin, either the Obagi
Tretinoin (only available with a prescription)
or Alpharet Overnight Cream. I also add a
thicker moisturiser like the Obagi Hydrate
Facial Moisturizer, which feels like melted
butter but doesn’t break me out.”
Are there any in-clinic treatments you swear by?
“I try to visit Amba Logan at 10 Harley Street
as often as I can. She does a mix of peels, LED
masks and this high-frequency wand that zaps
away any bacteria which can cause spots.
“Every nine to 12 months I get Botox in my
masseter muscles to relax them, because I
grind my teeth in my sleep. I also get Profhilo,
an injectable hyaluronic acid, which helps with
skin moisture and laxity.”
Visit getharley.com.

INTERVIEW: EMMA NORTH

FACE VALUE

Are all skincare brands available on GetHarley?
“Brands need to be endorsed by several
clinicians to be added to our platform.
Sometimes we approach brands after feedback
from our 1,000-strong clinician community.”

PARTNERSHIP

Directory
FEATURED PRACTITIONERS
DR RAJ ARORA
The Face Bible,
Fairmont Windsor Park,
Bishopsgate Road,
Englefield Green, Egham,
TW20 0YL

thefacebible.com
reception@thefacebible.
com
XFounder and medical
director of The Face
Bible, Raj is also a
highly respected NHS
GP. With an aesthetic focus on skin and antiageing, she believes in ethical and evidencebased treatments and strives to educate her clients
so they can make informed choices about their
own health and wellness. Book in for
Morpheus 8, a resurfacing treatment to transform
the look and feel of your skin, or skin boosters, for
a radiant, glowing complexion.
DR NINA BAL
Facial Sculpting, Tempus
Clinic, 11a West Halkin
Street, London, SW1X 8JL

PHOTO: STOCKSY

facialsculpting.co.uk
info@facialsculpting.co.uk
X An award-winning
cosmetic dental surgeon
specialising in advanced
facial aesthetics, this
Italian clinician has
appeared on TV shows
such as ITV’s This
Morning
ning and E4’s Body Fixers. With a “less is
more” approach, Nina encourages her clients to
adopt a medical-grade skincare regime to
maximise the benefits of her subtle facial tweaks.
She champions Alumier MD’s Everactive C&E +
Peptide serum to tone, smooth and hydrate skin.
DR ELIZABETH HAWKES
Cadogan Clinic,
120 Sloane Street,
London, SW1X 9BW
drelizabethhawkes.com
secretary@
drelizabethhawkes.com
XAn award-winning
consultant oculoplastic
surgeon and aesthetics
doctor, Elizabeth is
well known for her
bespoke techniques to
rejuvenate the eye area, including her tidy
blepharoplasty surgery for hooded eyelids and
eye bags. She specialises in a tailored
approach to achieve natural-looking results,
which often includes combining non-surgical
treatments, such as anti-wrinkle injections and
skin boosters, with surgical eyelid
blepharoplasty for a full face refresh.

Dr Raj Arora
The Face Bible,
Fairmont Windsor
Park, Bishopsgate
Road, Englefield
Green, Egham, Surrey,
TW20 0YL
thefacebible.com
Dr Zoya Awan
Secret Aesthetics,
Harvey Nichols, The
Mailbox, 65
Wharfside Street,
Birmingham, B1 1RE
secretaesthetics.co.uk
Dr Nina Bal
Facial Sculpting,
Tempus Clinic, 11a
West Halkin Street,
London, SW1X 8JL
facialsculpting.co.uk
Dr Gabriella Birley
The Doctor Clinic
Medispa, 1 Brooks
Road, Lewes, East
Sussex, BN7 2DN
thedoctorclinic.co.uk
Bumrungrad
International Hospital
33 Sukhumvit 3 (Soi
Nana Nua), Wattana,
Bangkok 10110,
Thailand
bumrungrad.com
Dr Shameema Damree
Tempus Belgravia
11a West Halkin
Street, London
SW1X 8JL
tempusbelgravia.co.uk
Dr Ifeoma Ejikeme
Adonia Medical Clinic,
474 Harrow Road,
London, W9 3RU
adoniamedicalclinic.
co.uk
Dr Ashkan Ghavami
Ghavami Plastic
Surgery, 433 North
Camden Drive, Suite
780, Beverly Hills,
CA 90210, US
ghavamiplasticsurgery.
com
Dr Mayoni Gooneratne
The Clinic by Dr
Mayoni, 43 Honor
Oak Park, London,
SE23 1DZ
drmayoniskinfit.co.uk
Dr Alexis Granite
Skinesis Medical at
Sarah Chapman, 259
Pavilion Rd, London,
SW1X 0BP
dralexisgranite.com
Dr Elizabeth Hawkes
Cadogan Clinic, 120

Sloane Street, London,
SW1X 9BW
drelizabethhawkes.com
Alice Henshaw
Harley Street
Injectables, 77 Harley
Street, London,
W1G 8QN
harleystreetinjectables.
com
Dr Aiza Jamil
Sk:n Clinics, 6 Harley
Street, London,
W1G 9PA
sknclinics.co.uk
Dr Shirin Lakhani
Elite Aesthetics,
32 Grove House,
Greenhithe, Kent,
DA9 9XN
elite-aesthetics.co.uk
Amba Logan
The House, 10 Harley
Street, London,
W1G 9PF
ambalogan.com
London Regenerative
Institute
Corinthia London,
Whitehall Place,
London, SW1A 2BD
london-regenerative.
com
Mr Patrick Mallucci
Mallucci London,
13 Crescent Place,
London, SW3 2EA
mallucci-london.com
Dr Victoria Manning
River Aesthetics, Unit 1,
The Old Sorting Office,
5 Albert Road,
Bournemouth, Dorset,
BH1 1AX
riveraesthetics.com
Moy Fincher Chipps
Beverly Hills 421 North
Rodeo Drive, 2nd

Floor, Beverly Hills,
CA 90210, US
rodeoderm.com
Dr Rachna Murthy
Face Restoration,
Lanserhof at The Arts
Club, 17-18 Dover
Street, London,
W1S 4LT
facerestoration.com
Dr Paul Nassif
NassifMD Medical Spa
UK, The Alexandra,
200-220 The Quays,
Media City UK,
Salford, M50 3SP
nassifmedspa.co.uk
Dr Dev Patel
Perfect Skin Solutions,
121 Winter Road,
Southsea, Portsmouth,
Hampshire, PO4 8DS
perfectskinsolutions.
co.uk
Dr Tapan Patel
Phi Clinic, 102 Harley
Street, London,
W1G 7JB
phiclinic.com
Dr Tanja Phillips
The Candover Clinic,
Aldermaston Road,
Basingstoke,
Hampshire,
RG24 9NA
tanjaphillips.com
Dr Rita Rakus
Dr Rita Rakus Clinic,
34 Hans Road,
London, SW3 1RW
drritarakus.com
Dr Sohère Roked
Omniya Clinic, 3a
Montpelier Street,
London, SW7 1EX
omniya.co.uk
Dr Aaron Rollins
Elite Body Sculpture,

51 Harley Street,
London, W1G 8QQ
uk.elitebodysculpture.
com
Dr Jean-Louis Sebagh
Dr Sebagh Clinic,
Chandos House, 2
Queen Anne Street,
London, W1G 9LQ
drsebagh.com
Dr Sophie Shotter
Illuminate Skin Clinics,
35 Kings Hill Avenue,
Kings Hill, Kent,
ME19 4DG
drsophieshotter.com
Dr Munir Somji
Dr Medispa, 18
Beauchamp Place,
London, SW3 1NQ
drmedispa.com
Dr Mary Sommerlad
SELF London, 14
Harley Street, London,
W1G 9PQ
selflondon.com
Dr Omar Tillo
Elite Body Sculpture,
51 Harley Street,
London, W1G 8QQ
uk.elitebodysculpture.
com
Dr Judy Todd
Synergy, 200 Fenwick
Road, Giffnock,
Glasgow, G46 6UE
drjudytodd.com
Dr Leah Totton
Dr Leah Clinics and
Skincare, 10
Glentworth Street,
London, NW1 5PG
drleah.co.uk
Dr Maryam Zamani
The Clinic, 110-112
Kings Road, London,
SW3 4TX
drmaryamzamani.com

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