Issue 38: This week in New Idea
The world is buzzing with news Kate could be expecting not one, but two, royal bubs! Source: Getty Images
ROYAL BABY JOY: IT’S TWINS!
Despite her acute morning sickness, the world was delighted to learn the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting again – but could it be double happiness for the royal couple? UK bookies are reporting a surge in wagers on Kate being pregnant with twins, sparking talk that there has been a palace leak. This week, New Idea exclusively talks with Jessica Hay – the woman who first broke the news of the pregnancy – to find out all the inside news.
EXCLUSIVE – LINDA HOGAN TELLS: ‘WHY PAUL AND I REALLY DIVORCED’
The former Mrs Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, 56, speaks exclusively to New Idea about her split from Paul and her new life in Morocco. With the divorce behind her, Linda is looking radiant and is excited about her future. Co-starring in Crocodile Dundee in 1986, she and Paul Hogan married four years later – the Aussie actor famously leaving his wife Noelene for her. But Linda says that, after 23 years of living in the shadow of her famous husband, she’s thrilled to finally get her own turn in the spotlight. See the exclusive photos in New Idea this week.
RICKI-LEE COULTER: I LOVE MY NEW BODY!
Dancing with the Stars’ Ricki-Lee Coulter has relaxed her rigorous diet and exercise rules and is flaunting a gorgeous hourglass figure in a sparkly mirrorball frock. The 28-year-old singer has previously shed a massive 30kg from her size-14 frame with a regimen of daily running and a super low-kilojoule diet – ending up a tiny size eight and sparking criticism she’d gone too far. Ricki-Lee is now settled into her gorgeous body and is happy with who she is – curves and all. ‘I come from a family of tall, curvy women,’ Ricki-Lee says.
REAL-LIFE WEIGHT-LOSS TRIUMPH: WE’VE LOST 152KG BETWEEN US!
Inspired by Bringing Sexy Back, three Aussie women – Chloe, 26, Lisa, 44, and Kate, 22 – have won their weight-loss battles, losing 152kg between them. Chloe, from Currans Hill, NSW lost an amazing 55kg in two years, Lisa, from Woodbine, NSW shed a whopping 57kg in three years, and Kate, from Coogee, dropped 40kg to weigh a slender 90kg.