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New details about the Duchess’s relationship with her father were made public in today’s pre-trial hearing. BY CAROLINE HALLEMANN APR 24, 2020 DANIEL LEAL-OLIVASGETTY IMAGES Last fall, the Sussexes confirmed that Meghan would be taking legal action against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday. In an unprecedented statement about the media, the royal couple announced that a claim had been filed over “the misuse of private information, infringement of copyright and breach of the Data Protection Act 2018.” More specifically, the lawsuit centers around the Mail on Sunday‘s 2018 publication of a private handwritten letter from Meghan to her father, Thomas Markle, shortly after he missed her wedding. Today, the first pre-trial hearing for that privacy lawsuit took place in a virtual courtroom, due to the coronavirus. This strike-out hearing was intended to allow the defendant, Associated Newspapers, to request that parts of Meghan’s claim be “struck out” or eliminated from the scope of the trial. Both Harry and Meghan were expected to listen in to the proceedings remotely. During the hearing, Meghan’s legal team notably accused Associated Newspapers of “harassing, humiliating, manipulating and exploiting” Thomas Markle, who was described as “vulnerable” to the court. Meghan and Harry on their wedding day. WPA POOLGETTY IMAGES Multiple publications, including the Telegraph and the Guardian, are also reporting that the Associated Newspapers defense team argued that Meghan has not had direct contact with her father in more than a year. According to the Telegraph, the court heard that “the last contact between the Duchess and her father by phone was a missed

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April 24, 2020 at 09:14PM BY ERIN REIMEL AND TAYLOR DAVIS SVETIKDGETTY IMAGES If you’re one of the fifty to seventy million Americans who struggles to fall (and stay) asleep, chances are you’ve heard of melatonin, the hormone that regulates your sleep and wake cycle. But melatonin has become the latest trendy skincare ingredient that claims to help repair and restore your skin while combating signs of stress and pollution. (Have we been sleeping on this restorative powerhouse all along?) To answer all our questions about melatonin, like how it helps your skin and how you should be using it, we asked Austin-based dermatologist Ted Lain, MD and New York City–based dermatologists Dendy Engelman, MD and Dennis Gross, MD to break down al the important information about the buzzy hormone. Below, everything you need to know about adding melatonin to your skincare routine and a few product recommendations to help you get started. What is melatonin? More than just a pill you pop when you can’t stop tossing and turning, the hormone melatonin is a key element of your body’s sleep and wake cycle. When it starts to get dark outside, the brain— signaled by the change in light—releases melatonin, triggering the urge to sleep. (That’s why you begin to feel tired at around the same time each day.) Melatonin has long been available as an oral supplement, but scientific evidence has revealed its antioxidant superpowers, making it the latest buzzy ingredient in topical skin care. How does it help your skin? All day long, your skin encounters damaging free radicals, thanks

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April 24, 2020 at 02:52PM BY ALYSSA BAILEY Previous VideoPauseNext Video Unmute Current Time 0:11 Loaded: 26.66% Remaining Time –3:19 Fullscreen WATCH: THE ROYAL FAMILY WAS ALL SMILES AT PRINCE LOUIS’ CHRISTENING Prince William and Kate Middleton shared the first new portraits in months of Prince Louis earlier this week in celebration of his 2nd birthday. And Kate is pretty happy about the chatter among royal fans, family, and friends that Louis looks more like Kate than William, People reports. “Everyone always comments on how Louis is the spitting image of Kate,” a friend told the outlet. “She loves it and thinks it’s very sweet; she often jokes that he’s the only one of her kids who actually looks like her!” HANDOUTGETTY IMAGES Kate Middleton at three years old. HANDOUTGETTY IMAGES ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW Kate’s daughter Princess Charlotte has been compared to Queen Elizabeth, while Prince George, Kate’s oldest, has been compared more to Prince William. Kensington Palace shared two Instagram posts full of photos of Louis, including one in which the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s team gave two pics the meme treatment. “Instagram vs Reality,” they captioned that one. “Thank you for all your lovely messages on Prince Louis’ second birthday! The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to share new photographs of Prince Louis, taken by The Duchess this April.” https://www.instagram.com/p/B_UHBjUl963 They captioned their first post, “Sharing a sneak peek of Prince Louis’ handiwork ahead of his second birthday! ? The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are pleased to share new images of

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April 22, 2020 at 07:25PM BY KATE CARRAWAY THOMAS BARWICKGETTY IMAGES I recently found myself working 40 hours in only three days while writing and editing a draft—the high-intensity interval training of life as a writer. To help maintain the pace, I made sure to sleep for eight hours, worked out every day, and paused to eat the (at least semi-healthy) meals my husband made for me. But by day four, the words on my screen were swimming and swan-diving. My bullet-train hyperconsciousness blew off its rails. I was halfway incoherent and shivery-shaky. I was so out of it I tripped down three stairs, caught myself from falling the rest of the way, and then just sat down, bleary and mystified. I knew that if I kept going, I’d get sick or just shut down. Culturally, we’ve acknowledged our fixation with “digital overwhelm” and “millennial burnout,” but we still do the same stuff, over and over. Even when I did have time away from my computer during my work cyclone to run, shower, or eat, I was also listening to podcasts or scrolling through Instagram, immersed in the usual digital cacophony. What I didn’t do was daydream, or stare blankly into space, or do any kind of nothing at all. This is what has been termed “waking rest.” In a letter to the editor of the academic journal Sleep last fall, researchers at the Occupational Sleep Medicine Group at Washington State University describe waking rest as a “fourth puzzle piece” in the existing wellness trio

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