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Sorry I haven't been up to reading much lately and actually we've started doing exercises to help with our mobility.  We're fortunate that we have a Move Hub at one of our local council run leisure centres.  I am trying to find out a good site (preferably with pictures to help) but it's worth having a look at this one for starters https://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/top-exercises-belly-fat

It's celebration day for Richie C today!   

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The secret Osbourne children: Ozzy's little-known son breaks silence on rocker's death while sister and mystery adopted child who were snubbed from the family's touching statement stay quiet

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By MELODY FLETCHER FOR MAILONLINE

Published: 10:22, 23 July 2025 | Updated: 12:46, 23 July 2025

Ozzy Osbourne is survived by his six children following his death aged 76 on Tuesday - despite only four being mentioned in the family statement.  The Black Sabbath frontman passed away 'surrounded by love', with children Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis, along with wife Sharon named in the statement.   But it remains a mystery why his two other children, Jessica and Elliot, were snubbed from the family tribute.  It is unclear if they will release their own public statements, as both remain largely out of the spotlight.  Jessica was the one who made Ozzy a grandparent for the first time, and despite never appearing in The Osbournes' TV show, she was mentioned in the episode 'Smells Like Teen Spirits,' when Ozzy learned that she had welcomed a daughter.  Jessica has two daughters, Isabelle and Kitty, and one son called Harry.  Meanwhile, not much is known about Elliot Kingsley as he tends to keep out of the spotlight with no public social media accounts.  He now lives in Wellington, New Zealand with his wife Joanne Crawford, who is originally from Scotland, where the couple lived before jetting abroad.   Louis was clearly devastated by his father's passing, as he changed his Facebook profile picture to an all-black screen.  Ozzy had three children from his first marriage, and three from his marriage to Sharon, whom he remained married to until his death.  Before tying the knot to Sharon, he married his first wife Thelma Riley in 1971 after meeting her in a Birmingham nightclub.  Together, they welcomed children Jessica and Louis, although details surrounding their birthdays are unclear.  Ozzy also adopted Thelma's five-year-old son Elliot from a previous relationship.  Louis now works as a DJ and married actress Louise Lennon in 2004.  The pair tied the knot in 2004, with Ozzy unable to attend after suffering major injuries after being injured in a quad bike accident.  In the 2011 documentary film God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, produced by his son Jack, he revealed that he could not even remember when Louis and Jessica were born.  Louis also opened up about growing up with a drunk father.  'When he was around and he wasn't [drunk], he was a great father,' he said in the documentary.  But that was kind of seldom, really. I just have a lot of memories of him being drunk, random s**t like driving cars across fields and crashing them in the middle of the night and stuff like that.  It's not good for family life, really.'

His older sister, Jessica added: 'I don't remember being put to bed or having a bath by dad or anything like that.  I wouldn't say he was there for us, no, never on sports day, school trip, parents' evening. He wasn't like that, no.'

After divorcing Thelma, Osbourne went on to marry Sharon in 1982. Their first child, daughter Aimee was born September 2, 1983.  One year later, they welcomed daughter Kelly (born October 27, 1984), and on November 8, 1985, their son, Jack was born.  Aimee who is also a singer and performs under her initials ARO was born in London and raised in California until the age of 16 but moved out of the family home as filming for The Osbournes began in the early 2000s.  Reflecting on her decision to not appear on the show she said: 'Back then, I still felt I was trying to figure out who I was in the chaos of family life, so why on earth would I want that portrayed on television?  I wanted to protect myself, my parents, my siblings, too. They were very young, very impressionable.'

She later defended her decision in 2008 and told The Independent: 'I'm not some weirdo depressed daughter that's afraid of the world and locks herself in her room all day.  I just didn't choose to do the show. I want to be a singer, and I felt if I'd stayed with the Osbournes and done the whole thing I would have been typecast right away.  [Sharon] was hurt, and we definitely had a tough time with disagreements. I'm more reserved and my private life is very important.'

Aimee also has a strained relationship with younger sister Kelly, who confirmed in an interview four years ago that they are estranged.  Appearing on the Dax Shepard podcast - Armchair Expert in 2021, Kelly revealed: 'We don't talk. We're just really different.  She doesn't understand me and I don't understand her.'

Back in 2015 Aimee admitted to The Independent that she and Kelly were not on close terms and said: 'I wouldn't say there is an ease between us, but there is an acceptance. Do we socialize? No.'

However, Aimee and brother Jack's bond is much better, with the pair both running production company Osbourne Media together.  The Osbourne family said in a statement on Tuesday: 'It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning.  He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis.'

Ozzy revealed earlier this year that he could no longer walk amid his years-long battle with Parkinson's disease.  However, he still managed to reunite with his bandmates Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward for their final gig earlier this month.  Amid his ailing health, Ozzy admitted he was unsure whether to perform standing up or sitting down following a series of spinal operations.  The singer was in strict training, which even sees his blood pressure being taken 15 times a day.  He explained: 'I have got this trainer guy who helps people get back to normal. It's hard going, but he's convinced that he can pull it off for me. I'm giving it everything I've got.  It's endurance. The first thing that goes when you're laid up is your stamina.  I am having my blood pressure taken 15 times a day.. I've got this f***ing device on my finger. It's a monitor to say how my heart rate is.'

Ozzy vowed to do the 'best he can' during his final show after his string of health concerns in recent years.  The star was a titan of music who somehow survived controversies that would end the careers of many others, and weathered health problems that would leave most of us on our backs.  The death of the man who invented headbanging ends the final chapter of a life that was marked by both dizzying success and fame but also scandal, abuse and even prison time.  The singer, who sold more than 100 million records, will forever be synonymous with the heavy metal band he formed in his home city.  With hits that included Iron Man, War Pigs and Paranoid, Black Sabbath's pushing of occult themes proved both hugely popular and controversial, with a future pope even condemning Osbourne for his 'subliminal satanic influence'.  Ozzy was born John Michael Osbourne in Birmingham in 1948, and dropped out of school at the age of 15.  After serving two months in prison for burglary, he decided to pursue his love of music and by 1970 Black Sabbath had gained a huge following in the US and UK with the release of their first album.  Ozzy quit the band in 1978 and divorced his first wife Thelma Mayfair, who he had two children with, four years later, amid his ongoing substance abuse problems.  He went on to marry second wife Sharon Osbourne, who helped him transform into a successful solo artist and the couple had three children together.  Ozzy gained a whole new audience of fans with the family's reality TV show The Osbournes in 2001.  He is survived by his wife Sharon and his five children, Jessica, Louis, Aimee, Kelly and Jack.

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Glaring signs Harry is the 'Spare' in his marriage revealed by expert: How the words he whispered in Meghan's ear during public event let slip his real role

By MARTI STELLING

Published: 15:33, 19 July 2025 | Updated: 15:33, 19 July 2025

Of all the things Prince Harry enjoyed during his trip to Colombia the food, festivals and beautiful beaches his drumming lesson likely wasn't one of them.  On the third day of the Sussexes' quasi-royal tour of the country in August 2024, they visited a lively African drumming school in a suburb of the port city of Cartagena.  They learned the importance of preserving the culture of Cartagena, specifically its Afro-Colombian roots, and had their rhythm put to the test.  Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, were seen on camera getting stuck in with the event, under strict security, playing the drums with the students and swaying along with the music.  And while all seemed well on the surface, Harry's flushed face and body language showed he was struggling with the heat as well as keeping up with the lesson.  At the time, expert lip reader Nicola Hickling told the Mirror that Harry said to Meghan: 'Ooh, this is difficult, Meg.'

In the meantime, Meghan seemed in her element, smiling and keeping up with the pace.  This is not the only time Harry has allowed his wife to take the starring role.  Speaking to MailOnline, royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams said that since moving to America five years ago, Harry hasn't yet found his own way.  He said that Harry's comfort zone is his charity work, and this is the direction in which he naturally finds himself leaning.  Meanwhile, Meghan is most at ease in the spotlight and performing on stage.  Harry grew up in the prim and proper Royal Family and crash-landed in Montecito with his Cali-cool wife.  The culture shock between the Royal Family and Meghan's American influence could not be more apparent than when Bishop Michael Curry gave a passionate sermon at the Sussexes' wedding.  At the time MailOnline reported that Meghan had launched her own 'mini-revolution' as she married Harry in a multi-cultural and US-influenced wedding the likes of which Britain's royals and the millions watching had never seen before.   Guests even suggested it was the most diverse major event in the Queen's then 66-year reign.  However, more than a few eyebrows were raised when he went over his allotted six-minute time slot and preached for fourteen and strayed from his prepared script.  His preaching was passionate and full of energy which is not the kind of sermon the British Royal Family are used to hearing.  Lacey wrote: 'Bewilderment, giggling, mouths agape, stifled laughter the full range of upper-class British embarrassment was laid bare.'

Speaking of Harry's 'awkward' body language during his drumming lesson, expert Judi James exclusively told MailOnline: 'Harry is already looking a little like the Spare here, despite the way that this looks like a very traditional style of royal visit.  It's Meghan appearing to take the lead and happily, confidently and excitedly immersing herself in the visit while Harry looks overcome by the heat or by his lack of talent on the drums.  He enters with a display of initial enthusiasm, holding Meghan's hand and bouncing his body to signal appreciation and approval for the music the students are playing.  He even seems to bite his lower lip to suggest he is thinking of getting into the music groove.  Meghan's body language is far more regal, with a very poised sense of elegance and a classic Duchess smile that she seems to retain throughout this visit.  She sits equally poised on the dais as formal introductions are made but it's here Harry begins to appear distracted, fidgeting rather than just sitting listening and reacting.  Meghan's clapping signals enthusiasm and encouragement, with her elbows lifted and her hands held high to perform a seal-clap.  Harry claps while resting on one elbow though, suggesting a lower energy.  His smiles are closed-lip, tempered smiles and he wipes the side of his nose with his thumb, suggesting the heat is getting to him.  Meghan even retains her poise and her apparent ability to stay cool as she sits at the drum.  Her back is straight and her focused smile signals enthusiasm and a positive desire to do this right.  She drums with her fingertips with her fixed eye focus while a more glum-looking Harry appears to be struggling, looking across with his hands resting on the drum edge.  When the drumming is over, he leans back with his mouth open and rounded in an expression of relief and possible exhaustion.  He looks across at Meghan as though looking to take his lead from her and she replies with a pit-bare gesture of confidence and power.  Harry's face is red and shiny and he uses auto-contact gestures, touching his eye and wiping the sides of his nose and his mouth with his hand and sucking his lips in to suggests he's either struggling with the heat and/or feeling a little out of his depth thanks to the drumming.'

Meghan has experience drumming with an old CV from her acting days suggesting that she has a range of musical talents, including playing the guitar, drums and 'finger cymbals'.  Meghan is ambidextrous, meaning that she can use both her left and right hands comfortably. Only one per cent of people in the world are able to do this.  This, perhaps, lead Harry to fall behind.  Meghan also took the lead in conversation with her ability to speak Spanish while Harry relied on an earpiece, causing him to look lost.  The drumming school director Rafael Ramos was ecstatic to see the Duchess was moved to her feet when watching a performance and said: 'I love seeing Meghan's big, big smile I can tell she's excited!'

At the time plenty of photos were released showing the Sussexes holding hands on the trip.  However despite their obvious joy, the body language expert said Harry appeared 'wary' and 'in protective mode' at times.   During one particularly tender moment between the pair, Meghan pulled Harry’s hand close to her body while placing her free hand over his wrist.  Judi said the act was a 'tie-sign of bonding, ownership and affection' from Meghan towards Harry.  Throughout the trip, Harry fell into his role as Spare, allowing Meghan to take the lead in an environment where she was more naturally at ease.  Perhaps Harry's discomfort was also due to the fact that Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal previously branded the quasi-royal tour as 'showmanship' and 'wasteful spending'.  The Sussexes' tour to Colombia was on the invitation of the country's vice-president, Francia Márquez and they received a heavy government-backed security operation throughout their trip.  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's visit cost Colombia a total of £44,725.14, which included expenditure on security and internal transport throughout the trip.  More recently Harry and Meghan's pivot back towards the royals became clear when the Duke and Duchess dramatically revamped the structure of their staff to make it more like the hierarchical system more closely associated with Buckingham Palace and one which Harry is more accustomed to.  Last week, Mail on Sunday exclusively reported that King Charles and Prince Harry's senior aides held a secret peace summit, marking the first significant move to resolving their rancorous family feud.  Sources said last week's meeting was the initial step in a 'rapprochement process' to restore the broken relationship between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the rest of the Royal Family.   Attempts to heal rifts with both the Royal Family and the British public could not come at a better time for Harry with the 2027 Invictus Games set to take place in Birmingham.  he Daily Telegraph reported last week that the Royal Family would be 'very much welcome' at the event and that Harry is expected to invite Charles and other family members to the games.  With this in mind, the meeting could be the start of a period of reconciliation between both camps after five years of bitterness between the Palace and the Sussexes.  Perhaps it is time for Harry to leave his Spare title behind, both in his relationship and with his family.  Then again, this title gave him a sense of identity and money-making and may not be so simple to shake off.