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Letter of the month Thank you, Lucy Hone, for writing about how you dealt with your grief (A survivor’s guide to grief, AWW, April). We lost our beautiful youngest daughter in 2012. Every individual and every family is different. For our remaining family of four, after 14 years our grief has not diminished. We have just become stronger at surviving. West Pennant Hills, NSW. Queen of hearts The wonderful visit by Queen Mary of Denmark (Our homecoming Queen, AWW, April) certainly would have furthered the ties between Denmark and Australia. With her people-focused approach, this queen connects with everyone, creating a pride which Australia and Denmark appreciate. S. Yarrow, Seymour, Qld. Dance hall days Reading Saturday night fever (AWW, April) in my favourite magazine warmed my 86-year-old heart, reawakening wonderful…

Historic MOMENT Dame Archbishop Dame Sarah Mullally has become the first woman to lead the Church of England as Archbishop of Canterbury. At the ceremony to enthrone the former chief nursing officer of England – attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales – Dame Sarah pledged to do more for survivors of abuse and to lead for all. Women we love Giving Streep Meryl Streep has donated a seven-figure sum to the US National Women’s History Museum. It will help to “expand how women’s stories are told”. Vale Rhoda The late actor, writer, storyteller and indefatigable mentor Rhoda Roberts has been remembered across Australia as a powerful force for First Nations communities, for arts and for good. Celine will go on Celine Dion will return to the stage three-and-a-half…

Crimea This outdoor miniatures park in Bakhchysarai, Crimea, is a popular place for the local animals to hang out. The UK Brick-lit National Trust buildings in Northumberland, England, have become Baroque canvasses for projection-mapped art. Seaton Delaval Hall is one of six sites being illuminated in honour of their architect, Sir John Vanbrugh. Central Java Floating on air Hot-air balloons decorated with traditional motifs are launched during a festival celebrating Eid al-Fitr – which marks the end of Ramadan – at Semayu village. Nepal The Notorious PM Nepal has elected a rapper as prime minister in a landslide. Balendra Shah was known as Balen before he swapped music for politics. After he won, he released a song that received more than two million views. France The emperor has no hat…

When Lexie Brant was just six weeks old, her mother, Penny Hornsby, had the ‘c’ word enter their lives for the first time. After a routine test, Penny experienced a cervical cancer scare that turned her world upside down. “There was some surgery and some thinking that I had to do,” she says, as the pair sit down with us for an episode of The Australian Women’s Weekly Love Stories podcast. “It was isolating. I was still trying to find my ground and find my instinct, if you will, as a mother.” Fortunately, she got through it and remained on top of her regular checks in the aftermath. Yet Penny recalls that she was reluctant to get a mammogram, feeling it was invasive. After pressure from her doctor some 10…

In a stunning show of naivety, optimism and stupidity, I decided to celebrate my first Mother’s Day six months before I even brought a baby into the world. The year was 2008, and while I was to welcome my delicious, suede-headed son Leo later that same year, I was 11 weeks pregnant in May and decided that it meant I could forcefully muscle in on this reverential day. Motherhood? I was ALL over it! As soon as that blue line appeared, I downloaded a pregnancy app which allowed me to check what size my baby was at each week of his journey. Oddly, the units of measurement used were not centimetres or grams, but fruit and vegetables. At certain points of his gestation Leo was the size of a pomegranate,…

In the spring of 1926, as Britain teetered on the edge of a general strike – a divisive industrial conflict that some thought might lead to revolution – a baby girl was born in an elegant townhouse on Bruton Street in London’s Mayfair. Despite the blustery rain and the early hour, a crowd – anxious for good news – had gathered expectantly in the street. And when a nurse appeared outside at 2.40am on April 21, her face alight with a reassuring smile, the relief and joy among those gathered was palpable. The first royal princess of her generation, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born in the home of her maternal grandparents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Her birth was announced in cinemas via a silent Pathè black-and-white…

Her sister’s wedding At Princess Margaret’s nuptials in May 1960, the Queen’s crinoline blue gown and matching bolero jacket were crisp, stylish and elegant while adhering to her famous ‘colour block’ approach. A stately dress In a portrait (below) released for the Queen’s 1957 state visit to France, Her Majesty wore a court gown with a fitted bodice overlaid in diamond-lattice beading, along with an order sash. Always the bridesmaid Eight-year-old Princess Elizabeth wore a pretty Edward Molyneux bridesmaid’s dress (above) for the wedding of her uncle, Prince George, to Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark in November 1934. French fancy The Queen wore a silver lamé beaded shift dress on another state visit to France, this time in 1972 (above). The never-before-seen Sir Norman Hartnell sketch for the gown…

“We are aligned on so many levels. We are aligned in our thoughts and how we are as people.” A pair of winged cherubs offer comfort and protection above the entrance to the living area in Sarah Todd and Declan Cleary’s home. The couple spotted them while holidaying in the south of France, still in the first flush of the love that had sparked in the MasterChef Australia: Back to Win kitchen. Sarah was newly pregnant and in the grips of severe morning sickness – “Throwing up in Ubers outside the Eiffel Tower,” she laughs. “They were calling to me,” Sarah tells The Weekly now of spotting the cherubs in a village antique store. “They just kept drawing me towards them. I showed them to Declan and we were like,…