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To mark ten years since their engagement, we are running a major series on the compelling rollercoaster story of how William and Kate got together. Last week, we told how, after dating for four years, they split up – with William dumping her in a phone call to her office. Here, in the final part, with new insights, we chart how they rebuilt their relationship which many believe has helped save the Monarchy...  The Royal love affair – between a future King and a coal-miner’s great-great-granddaughter – had gripped the nation, but it was over. Prince William, still troubled by his parents’ toxic divorce, had got cold feet over marrying his university sweetheart Kate Middleton. In April 2007, weighed down by the millstone of anticipation from the public and Palace officials alike for an engagement announcement, he had called time on their four-year courtship. Kate Middleton, pictured, was wearing a 1970s-style sequin dress and a huge sparkling ring on a night out in Mahiki nightclub  Duri

Libby Ruge, 19, died on Flinders Street in Wollongong on November 7 The mother of an aspiring model who was run over by a car while walking outside a club with two friends and the love of her life has revealed the last words she ever said to her teenage daughter. Libby Ruge died on Flinders Street in Wollongong, south of Sydney, at 10.30pm on November 7 when a Toyota Camry allegedly mounted the kerb and ploughed into the group, injuring her two friends Tye West and Eva Harrison. Her boyfriend Luke Day, 20, was unscathed and knew he had to call his girlfriend's mothers, Julie and Jules, to say the life was draining from the 19-year-old's broken body before she tragically passed on the scene.  In an emotional interview with Daily Mail Australia, Julie, 57, opened up about the final conversation she had with her 'quirky, funny' daughter just hours before her death, during which Libby offered not to go out that night. 'I had a nose bleed the night before, and I don'

Devastating bushfires have left holidaymakers at Fraser Island's iconic tourist destinations on high alert as Sydney prepares to swelter through another 40C plus scorcher.  Tourists have been ordered to stay away from Queensland's world heritage-listed island as conditions deteriorated on Saturday. The out of control blaze which has now been burning for a six weeks has destroyed almost half of the island's national park as waterbombers and ground crews battle the intense conditions. A total fire ban remains in place across New South Wales on Sunday with Sydney set to soar past 40C for a second consecutive day and break a 60 year record. The heatwave conditions have taken a toll on firefighters across NSW, with more than 100 fires burning from border to border in the last two days in the wake of the horror bushfire season last summer. A watch and act warning was issued for a fire burning close to homes in Whitehaven Rd at Northmead in Sydney's north-west on Sunday aftern

Sydney's wealthy cocaine users are fuelling deadly gang crime as competing groups resort to murder and kidnappings to seize control of the lucrative trade, a top cop has warned.  NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said organised crime is about money and power, warning drug users in Australia's cocaine capital are often unaware buying the overpriced substance supports underworld violence.  Sydney has a seen a rise in gang-related crimes in the last few months, with a deadly turf war said to be responsible for a spate for kidnappings and assassinations.  'The reality we know with organised crime is: you take out the head you take out the entire group, then there will always be someone willing to step up because of the power and the money that's available,' he told The Sun-Herald. 'If you think taking a line of cocaine on Saturday night in the toilet of your local pub, club or restaurant is OK, you're feeding that. And, whilst ever Sydney, particularly, has a

A Republican candidate is hanging onto a single-digit lead in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District after a recount in a race that will help determine the size of Democrats' majority in the House of Representatives. Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks had just six more votes than Democrat Rita Hart after the recount wrapped up Saturday in Clinton County, which was the last of the district's 24 counties to reports its results, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reports.  Clinton County also is where Hart lives on a Wheatland farm and served as an educator and state senator. A state canvassing board is expected to meet Monday, the legal deadline, to certify the results of the race in which more than 394,400 votes were cast. Miller-Meeks acknowledged in a statement that the race was 'extraordinarily close,' but said she was proud of the outcome and looked forward to being certified as the winner. The candidates have been vying to replace Democrat Rep. Dave Loebsack, who is retiri

South Australians have been urged to get tested after a Covid-19 positive man left quarantine to visit several shops. The man, aged in his 30s, had contracted the virus after visiting the Intensive English Language Institute at Flinders University, in Adelaide, last Sunday. The man is understood to have been waiting for his Covid-19 test result while in quarantine, but instead fled and visited several shops around the city. He went to Big W Brickworks on South Road, at Torrensville, Foodlands at The Parade, in Norwood, and Kmart on Anzac Highway, at Kurralta Park.   South Australians have been urged to get tested after a Covid-19 positive man left quarantine to visit several shops (pictured, shoppers queuing at a supermarket in Adelaide) The man, aged in his 30s, had contracted the virus after visiting the Intensive English Language Institute at Flinders University , in Adelaide, last Sunday 'Those four locations, we are considering at high risk, and we want anyone who's been t

A student at The University of Texas at San Antonio claims that she was kicked out of her sorority after posting pro-Trump content on her TikTok account. Jaycie Barton is a student at the Texas school and was formerly a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority at the school. But she landed in hot water with her sorority sisters when she posted an eight-second TikTok in August at a pro-Trump demonstration, where signs were seen saying 'All Lives Matter' and 'Trump 2020.' She claims she was reprimanded by the sorority for 'unsisterly' conduct, before being kicked out altogether, according to The Sun. Jaycie Barton was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority at The University of Texas at San Antonio, where she also served as Risk Management Chair In August, Barton posted a TikTok at a pro-Trump rally, which included signs such as 'All Lives Matter.' The sorority reprimanded Barton and accused her of being 'very unsisterly' The sorority originally dis

Pope Francis has encouraged women in Argentina to protest against a new law decriminalising abortion, comparing the procedure to 'hiring a hitman'.  Francis, who hails from Argentina and was a bishop in Buenos Aires before becoming Pope, made the remarks in a letter to the protesters earlier this week. The 83-year-old told the protesters that 'the country is proud to have women like you' and encouraged them to keep fighting against the new law.  Pope Francis has writted to anti-abortion protesters in his native Argentina, calling on them to keep demonstrating while comparing the procedure to 'hiring a hitman' Francis told the demonstrators that the country is 'proud' of them and encouraged them to keep up with their protests (file image) The women wrote to Francis on November 18, saying that they first organised their protest in 2018 when abortion legislation was being debated in parliament. The debate was then reignited last week when President Alberto