The Duke of Edinburgh was back to championing the Commonwealth sporting family on Monday afternoon, hosting a key meeting in his role as Vice Patron of Commonwealth Sport.

Prince Edward welcomed Donald Rukare, President of Commonwealth Sport, for discussions covering a packed calendar of upcoming events, including the highly anticipated Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.

The talks also addressed the Malta 2027 Commonwealth Youth Games and the historic Ahmedabad 2030 Commonwealth Games, marking the Centenary Games.

Rukare later shared on X that he had briefed His Royal Highness on the organisation’s ongoing work, thanking the Duke for his steady guidance and continued encouragement. 

The meeting also showed Edward’s longstanding commitment to the Commonwealth network, which spans 56 nations and uses sport as a vehicle for unity, development and opportunity.

The Duke had sparked concern when he missed the key event, where senior royals gathered in a powerful show of unity around King Charles. 

Just days later, Edward returned to the spotlight on February 28. 

He attended an emotional performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem at the breathtaking St George’s Chapel, set within the historic walls of Windsor Castle.

Justin Timberlake is taking legal action to prevent the release of bodycam footage from his drunk driving arrest, suing the Long Island village of Sag Harbor in an attempt to block the video from becoming public.

Court documents obtained by Page Six on Monday show the SexyBack singer has filed a petition in Suffolk County Supreme Court seeking an order to stop the footage from being released. 

The recording was captured by officers during Timberlake’s traffic stop and arrest in June 2024.

In the filing, Timberlake, 45, argues that the video depicts him “in an acutely vulnerable state during a roadside encounter with law enforcement” and that it contains “intimate details” of his “physical appearance, demeanor, speech, and conduct” during his field sobriety test, arrest, and subsequent confinement. 

Timberlake was arrested on 18th June 2024 after allegedly running a stop sign and swerving between lanes while driving his BMW following a night out with friends. 

The responding officer, reportedly so new to the job that he didn’t recognise the Grammy-winning artist, alleged that Timberlake failed his field sobriety tests and showed signs of poor balance and an inability to follow instructions. 

He ultimately pleaded guilty to the lesser, non-criminal charge of driving while ability impaired by alcohol, avoiding a full DWI conviction. 

He was ordered to complete 25 hours of community service, pay a $500 fine plus a $260 surcharge, and had his New York driver’s licence suspended for 90 days.

Jennifer Garner has opened up about one of the most challenging days of her career, returning to work on Dallas Buyers Club just weeks after giving birth to her third child.

Speaking to Hits Radio’s My Life in Movies YouTube series, the actress, 53, recalled the intensity of filming the Oscar-nominated drama, which was shot in just 21 days shortly after she welcomed son Samuel with Ben Affleck in 2012. 

The pace left almost no room to breathe, and for a feeding mother, that presented a very specific and painful problem.

“I was nursing, and we were shooting. It was the first day, and around bedtime for my baby, all of a sudden, my [body] exploded,” she said. 

On other productions there had always been a natural window, a camera turnaround, a brief pause, where she could slip away. On this one, there was nothing. “I couldn’t on that film,” she said simply.

The emotion of it all caught up with her on set. Leaving her newborn was already hard, and the physical discomfort tipped her over the edge. 

“That third kid, leaving him was so hard, and I was a disaster. And I start crying, and I can’t stop crying. I’m not supposed to be crying. And Matthew said, ‘What is going on with you?'” she recalled. 

When she explained what she needed but didn’t want to slow production down, McConaughey didn’t hesitate. 

“He said, ‘Guys, I need a minute.’ And he said, ‘Go and just do what you need to do.’ And so the rest of that film, every time I needed to pump [he would break].”

The gesture meant a great deal to Garner, particularly given what McConaughey and co-star Jared Leto were putting their own bodies through at the time, both were on extreme diets to lose weight for their respective roles.