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My secret first husband

I grew up in a small town in rural Queensland. My only dream while I was growing up was to save as much money as I could to leave home and travel overseas. By the time I turned 18 I had enough money to go.

I spent months travelling through Asia and then on to Europe where I would get any job I could so I’d have enough money to travel to my next destination. After doing this for a few months I met some friends who were off to America. Having never been there before I decided to go with them. It was great! We bought a beat-up old car and went on a road trip across the States seeing all there was to see.

I eventually ran out of money in Las Vegas so I decided to stay there and get a job and enjoy being in totally different surroundings to the small town I grew up in. I got a job as a waitress in one of the big casinos and that was where I met Jeremy.

Jeremy worked on the card tables and was the most beautiful man that I had ever seen. He was tall, blonde and ridiculously handsome. He was also very clean-cut and after months of travelling and seeing men living out of backpacks this was very appealing. I used to take every opportunity to work near his table in the hopes that he would notice me. Eventually he did and we started dating.

Our relationship moved very quickly and after only six weeks we started living together. One night we were joking around about getting married and after a few drinks we decided that it would be a really funny thing to do. So we ran off to a small white chapel where ‘Elvis’ married us in true Vegas style. We were both so excited and kept laughing as we called each other ‘husband and wife’. The only downside was that I hadn’t even told my parents that I was dating Jeremy so I was not too sure how a phone call from the other side of the world telling them that I was married would go down, so I decided to tell them when the time was right.

Everything was great between Jeremy and me, I loved him and I loved the fact that he was my husband. It was after a few months that I started to notice the cracks forming in our relationship. He started hanging out with friends more, coming home late and was getting different shifts to me at work. It got to the point that between both of us working shifts we hardly ever saw each other. After being married for only three months I decided to go and surprise him at work. He was on his break so I went to the staffroom where I found him kissing some girl who was sitting on his lap. I was devastated and marched into the room demanding to know what he was doing. He was very apologetic and told me that this was the first time anything had happened and that it would never happen again. Being young and in love I believed him.

Things worked well for a few more months then he started being distant and I had a feeling that he was cheating again. My suspicions were confirmed when I spotted him with another girl one day when he was supposed to be at work. He didn’t know that I knew and by this stage I was sick of the lies.

I went and saw a lawyer about getting an annulment. He gave me the forms I needed and all I had to do was get Jeremy to sign them. I waited until Jeremy was quite drunk one night and told him that he needed to sign a tax form for work. I gave him the annulment and he signed it — he didn’t even read what he was signing. I posted it off and waited for it to clear. By the time the annulment came though I had saved enough money to go home so I packed my bags, left the annulment on the table with a note telling him that I knew about the other girl and that I was leaving. I got on the next plane home.

I have never spoken to Jeremy again and I occasionally wonder how he’s doing but I am now happily married with a baby on the way and even though my family and husband know that I was in a relationship in America they don’t know the extent of it and I have no intentions of ever telling them.

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Princess Isabella’s christening

The christening was broadcast live on Danish television from the chapel at Fredensborg palace

In accordance with Danish tradition, the princess, born on April 21, was not named until her christening

Her parents named her Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe

Princess Isabella slept through most of the ceremony

She wore a tiny lace robe made for King Christian X when he was christened in 1870

The princess is third in line to the Danish throne after her father Prince Frederik and her brother Prince Christian

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Sports bras: the lowdown

By Michaela Ryan

Did you know there’s no muscle in your breasts? Skin actually provides the main support. And there’s also some support from fine, hair-like ligaments called Cooper’s ligaments.

“The breasts are not very well supported for the amount of activity we want to do,” says Deirdre McGhee, sports physiotherapist and lecturer in functional anatomy at the University of Wollongong.

Many women experience breast discomfort if they exercise in an unsupportive bra. It’s more common for larger breasted women to experience this, however, it does happen to smaller breasted women as well.

A well-fitted sports bra significantly reduces this discomfort. That’s because a sports bra limits the amount of breast movement by 50 percent compared to bare-breasted exercise and 30 percent when compared to a lace fashion bra, according to Deirdre’s research.

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For a flu-free July…

When all around are snuffling and sneezing into tissues, you can breathe easy with this immune-building cold and flu prevention plan.

Stay well and lose weight with an eating plan full of vitamin C-rich fresh produce and live cultures from miso and natural yoghurt, aimed directly at strengthening the immune system.

Buy natural yoghurt with added live cultures and maintain the strengthening properties of miso by not allowing it to boil for longer than two minutes.

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Be a glowing new mum

If you’re looking more ragged and run-down than radiant ‘earth mother’, try these handy tricks…

Hormone fluctuations during pregnancy can wreak havoc with your complexion, and can even lead to discoloration and pigmentation. And those fluctuations continue in the months following the birth.

It’s also very normal for a mother to focus on the baby for the first few months and neglect her beauty routine. But getting back on track can be easy if you follow these five quick steps.

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Wills and Kate’s passionate reunion

Royal writer Judy Wade reveals the truth about the prince and Kate’s reconciliation — and that steamy kiss.

When Prince William was spotted locked in a hot embrace with ex-girlfriend Kate Middleton at a recent Army party, was he wooing her or making whoopee?

That’s the question royal observers have been asking since the former couple were seen kissing passionately on the dance floor during a Moulin Rouge-themed party held at William’s army barracks in Dorset.

According to fellow guests, William and Kate didn’t seem to have a care in the world as they kissed before leaving together.

“They couldn’t keep their hands off each other. William didn’t care that people were looking,” says one astonished partygoer.

For the full story, see this week’s Woman’s Day (on sale July 2).

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A taxi dragged me 150 metres

She suffered horrific injuries and lost an eye, but Jenny Franco’s amazing spirit is shining through …

Looking out from beneath a swathe of bandages, Jenny Franco seems incredibly serene. There’s a calm purpose to the 24-year-old’s words as she puts a positive spin on the horrors she’s been through — and is still enduring.

Four months ago, a laughter-filled night out with friends was almost Jenny’s last. Returning home, she had got out of a car in Miranda in Sydney’s south and was crossing the road when she was hit by a taxi. She was pinned beneath the vehicle and dragged 150 metres along the bitumen.

Doctors likened her facial injuries to having been shot at close range with a high-powered rifle. She lost an eye, her scalp was shorn off, leaving her brain exposed, she had horrific burns to her back, arms and legs, and her flesh had been savagely ripped away, leaving her bones exposed and dirt embedded in her shredded body.

Some 20 operations later, and shored up by her family’s amazing love, Jenny can only marvel she’s had the resilience to escape death.

For the full story, see this week’s Woman’s Day (on sale July 2).

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