Celebrity Gossip & Pictures

Sarah Brown welcomes Queen Rania in Downing Street
Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, must think she is jinxed. Since acceding to the role at the heart of British diplomacy she has made a lot of effort to project the right image.  But the couple have been obliged to be photographed of [...]

Heidi Klum looks up Molly Sims skirt at the CFDA awards
The Council of Fashion Designers of America last night gave a  special tribute award to our celebrity fashion favourite, First Lady Michell Obama.  Recognising Ms Obama’s “meteoric rise as a fashion icon,” CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg praised her “unique look that balances the duality [...]

The Obamas show their new dog, Bo, at the White House
The Obamas have fulfilled their pledge to their daughter, Malia and Sasha, to bring a dog to the White House. The whole family were pictured on the White House lawns playing with their new pet and they say the dog, named Bo, has not had [...]

President Obama and Michelle with the Queen
Here is a view of the Obama visit from the other side of the pond. This extraordinary celebrity couple won over everyone they met with a disarming open friendliness. Even the most cynical commentators have been affected by President Obama’s rhetoric and by Michelle Obama’s natural charm. Prime [...]

Michelle Obama and Sarah Brown miss the style target (reuters)
Oh dear! Things went so well for Michelle Obama on the first two days of her London visit – we were all beguiled by her effortless style.  So how did she end up wearing this horrible creation today?  Maybe she went through Princess Anne’s wardrobe while [...]

Michelle Obama hugs The Queen
Only the female half of the world’s favourite celebrity couple could breach Royal protocol in this way and get away with it.  At the Buckingham Palace cocktail party, Mrs Obama put her arm round the Queen and – shock – the Queen reciprocated!
After less than two hours Mrs Obama seems to [...]

Presidential helicopter lands in London (pic – AP)
The Obamas are very lucky – they landed at Stansted airport, thirty miles north-east of the capital, and they were swiftly transferred into central London by presidential helicopter. They missed out on the two hour road journey from the airport, instead they completed the last leg of the [...]

Popular opinion in Britain is that President Obama is a success. He possesses several traits that have endeared him to the nation. First, his overt love of the country. Barack Obama had professed his admiration and respect for the Queen and he admitted to being nervous in advance of meeting the monarch who he’d only [...]

For the first meeting the Queen was wearing pearls (of course), a tailored pink dress with inverted pleats, teamed with black patent shoes and bag. Mrs Obama wore a full length black silk coat, cream camisole and black high-waisted skirt. Around her neck was a double row pearl necklace

Michelle Obama touches down in London
Finally President Obama’s first visit to London has begun.  The first couple touched down at Stansted on Tuesday night and made the 30 mile journey  to central London by helicopter.  On arrival the first couple looked fresh and relaxed: they had changed into different outfits during the flight. barack Obama [...]