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Sarah Ferguson faces fresh identity crisis after Duchess title stripped
Sarah Ferguson may be no stranger to reinvention, but losing the Duchess of York title has reportedly hit hard.
A source told Gb News that the former royal is “in a very bad way” following the removal of the York titles, describing the moment as emotionally bruising even for someone long accustomed to life outside the Firm.
Still, those close to Ferguson insist resilience remains her trademark.
“She’ll dust herself down and attempt to reinvent herself again somehow,” the insider said suggesting the familiar Fergie comeback may already be in motion.
The comments came as Sarah and her ex-husband, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, stepped back into the public eye for the first time since the title change.
The pair were seen attending the christening of their granddaughter, Athena, on Thursday morning.
This intimate baptism was held at the Chapel Royal in St James’s Palace, with Princess Beatrice and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, hosting close family and friends to celebrate the arrival of their second daughter.
The ceremony marked the former Duke and Duchess of York’s first outing at a royal function since they lost their York titles in October, following renewed scrutiny over their past links to Jeffrey Epstein.
While the occasion was intimate by design, their presence was widely seen as a carefully measured return to public view.
Princess Beatrice and her husband, property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, welcomed baby Athena earlier this year after she arrived several weeks ahead of schedule in January.
The christening, held months later than expected, was reportedly postponed amid the fallout surrounding Athena’s grandparents.
Sources say Beatrice has remained particularly close to her mother throughout the turbulence, leaning on Sarah Ferguson as headlines swirled.
Her relationship with her father, however, is understood to have grown more strained, reflecting the wider consequences of the scandal on family dynamics.
True to form, Andrew kept firmly out of the spotlight on the day, avoiding photographers and steering clear of any official images taken at the event.
Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey appeared to be heading toward another shared musical chapter, sparking fresh excitement among fans.
After working together on Wicked, the two stars are now said to be appearing in a new live theatre project.
According to Deadline, Grande and Bailey are in early talks to work in the stage musical Sunday in the Park With George.
The show is rumored to open at London’s Barbican Theatre in the summer of 2027. However, no official announcement has been made yet, as plans are still being finalised.
Sources and insiders of the project, expected to direct by Marianne Elliott, revealed everyone who are involved is hopeful that the project would move forward.
Sunday in the Park With George is a musical inspired by the famous painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by French artist Georges Seurat.
The story followed a fictional painter named George as he worked on the artwork.
In the second part of the show, the story jumped ahead one hundred years and focused on his great grandson, whose name is also George.
He is a modern artist who felt stressed, confused and disconnected from his creativity before finding inspiration through his family’s past.
Moreover, the musical first opened on Broadway in 1984 and it last appeared in the UK between 2005 and 2006.
If confirmed, this production would bring the show back to London for the first time in nearly twenty years.
James Cameron reveals his plans for the next film after Avatar: Fire and Ash.
Titanic director claimed that he plans to move on from Avatar with reboot of Terminator.
“Once the dust clears on Avatar in a couple of months, I’m going to really plunge into that,” Cameron shared. “There are a lot of narrative problems to solve. The biggest is how do I stay enough ahead of what’s really happening to make it science fiction?”
“I’m working on it,” the Alien filmmaker continued.
What came as a shock to fans of the Terminator series is that this time the movie will be made without its iconic star, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
“I can safely say he won’t be [in it],” Cameron confirmed. “It’s time for a new generation of characters.
He mentioned that 2019’s Terminator: Dark Fate was intended as a fitting conclusion to the actor’s decades-long run as the T-800.
Instead, Cameron envisions a broader reinvention of the franchise, focusing on themes of artificial intelligence, time wars, and superintelligence.
The 71-year-old emphasized that the new film will not rely on nostalgic callbacks but will push the story into uncharted territory.
The first movie from the franchise came in 1984 following which came Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) which was widely regarded as one of the greatest action films ever made.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator Salvation, Terminator Genisys, Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) followed the first two movies.
The protective shield built over Reactor 4 in Chernobyl has cracked, sparking fears that the deadly radiation might start leaking.
Following the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 1986, a $2 billion protective shield, officially known as the New Safe Confinement (NSC) was constructed over the Reactor 4 to contain the radiation.
For context, the World Nuclear Association describes the Chernobyl nuclear disaster as an accident in 1986 that was the result of a flawed reactor design, operated with inadequately trained personnel.
According to the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) revealed that a Russian drone strike, in February, severely damaged the dome, which has already lost its primary safety functions.
A safety assessment conducted earlier this month found that though the dome remains intact and its monitoring systems are working, it has lost its confinement capability.
IAEA director Rafael Mariano Grossi urged the need for a comprehensive restoration process to ensure long-term nuclear safety.
The agency has also suggested upgrades to the shield, equipping it with:
- Advanced corrosion monitoring
- A high-tech automatic system to keep the radioactive reactor under control
- Improved humidity control
The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has put the facility under high risk.
Grossi said that the IAEA will do everything in its power to support and restore the nuclear safety and security of the Chernobyl nuclear site.
Additional temporary repairs at the site are scheduled to take place in 2026.
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