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Patrick Carney and Michelle Branch.Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty Images “I swear, I didn’t sleep with anyone,” shejoked in the caption. “She’s the patron saint of expectant mothers and safe childbirth and I thought it would be the perfect costume for pregnant me to waddle around in,” she continued. “I dressed up as St. Rose of Lima for her feast day in Catholic school I don’t see how dressing up as Mary for Halloween is any different....

Shay Mitchellis preparing her “birth plan.” “I’ve been thinking a lot about this birth plan and I feel like we need to be more on the same page with this,” Mitchell, 32, told Babel. “You say no epidural, I say epidural.” “Am I partial to no epidural? Yes,” replied Babel, 38. “Why? Because I’m a hypochondriac. I’m afraid of drugs. My mom didn’t use an epidural … I meet women all the time whodidn’t choose to use epidurals....

Photo: Josh Wingrove via the White House Joe Bidenis keeping his Thanksgiving Day traditions alive, even as president. While the president spends the long weekend in Nantucket — where the Biden family hastraveled for the holiday since 1975— he and the First Lady, Dr.Jill Biden, watched the 95th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and even called Al Roker during the broadcast. “After two years, we’re back, America is back, there’s nothing we’re unable to overcome,” Biden, 79, told theTodayshow co-host, who was along the parade route in New York City on Thursday and asked about the president’s message for the country....

When he returned from the U.K.’s war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands in 1982, Andrew was third in line to the throne and had the world at his feet. Now ninth in line to the throne, he was stripped in January of his military titles and royal responsibilities, a shocking downfall capping a two-year public scandal that exposed his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Prince Andrew in his Royal Navy uniform in 1981....

Prince CharlesandCamilla, Duchess of Cornwall,are in for quite the royal tour! On Tuesday, Clarence House released details of the couple’s upcoming spring tour, which consists of visits to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Cyprus and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from March 17 to March 25. For the first leg of the tour, Charles will take a solo trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he will highlight the reforms to improve the citizens’ lives and continue his enduring commitment to post-conflict resolutions in the Western Balkans....

Queen Elizabethis throwing the ultimate house party! The 96-year-old monarch opened the doors of Buckingham Palace to 22,000 guests on Saturday for a star-studded “Platinum Party” celebrating the U.K. and Commonwealth’s contributions to fashion, sports, the environment and music during her record-breaking 70-year reign. Kate Middleton, Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince William at “Party at the Palace”.Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Meghan MarkleandPrince Harryalso did not attend the festivities....

Princess Charlotte, Kate Middleton, Prince George and Prince William.Photo: Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Prince George,Princess CharlotteandPrince Louisare back to school after winter break. St. Thomas’s Battersea, the $30,000-per year private school near Kensington Palace in London where 8-year-old George and 6-year-old Charlotte are enrolled, kicked off their Lent term on Tuesday following a break for the holidays.Prince Louis, 3, currently attends Willcocks Nursery School, which also saw students return to the classroom this week....

Prince HarryandMeghan Marklewill be splitting their time between the United Kingdom and Canada as conversations regarding their decision to step down as senior royals continue. Queen Elizabethreleased agroundbreaking statementon Monday, after the royal family’s summit in Sandringham came to an end following a 90-minute discussion. “Today my family had very constructive discussions on the future of my grandson and his family,” the Queen said in a statement. “My family and I are entirely supportive of Harry and Meghan’s desire to create a new life as a young family....

Kate Middletonhad a special guest while returning to royal duty: her brother-in-law (and soon-to-be first-time father),Prince Harry! While it was previously announced that the royal mother of three, 37, would step out on Thursday to honor fallen Australian and New Zealand veterans during the annual Anzac Day Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey – the very spot where she andPrince Williamtied the knot nearly eight years ago, on April 29, 2011 – it was a surprise to see Harry join her....

Photo: Darren Staples - WPA Pool/Getty Images Prince Harryreflects on his military service in his new memoirSpare. Inthis week’s exclusive PEOPLE cover story, the Duke of Sussex, 38, addresses how he reconciles the ethical impacts of war, including the lives that are lost and taken. “I don’t know that you ever fully reconcile the painfulelements of being at war. This is something each soldier has to confront, and in the nearly two decades of working alongside service personnel and veterans, I’ve listened to their stories and have shared mine,“Prince Harrytells PEOPLE....

Meghan MarkleandPrince Harrybelieve Meghan had a miscarriage as a direct result of press intrusion into their lives. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made the claim during the second volume of their Netflix docuseriesHarry & Meghan, released Thursday. Speaking to the camera, the couple’s lawyer Jenny Afia said that she was aware of the “toll it was taking” on Meghan to pursue legal action against Associated Newspapers in 2020, after the publisher of theMail on Sundayand the MailOnline printed sections of a private letter she sent to her father, Thomas Markle, following her May 2018 wedding toPrince Harry....

Prince Harryis opening up further in a new interview forSpare, his long-awaited memoir out tomorrow. The Duke of Sussex, 38, spoke toMichael Strahanfor an ABC News special that aired Monday night. Unpacking media scrutiny of the royals and Harry in particular, theGood Morning Americacoanchor asked, “Do you think that the press de-humanized you?” “Yes, 100 percent,“Prince Harryreplied. “So many people will say, ‘Well, he’s a royal. He’s supposed to be able to handle it....

Royal flashback! Almost 30 years ago, a then 5-year-oldPrince Harryshowed off his mischievous streak when he covered the mouth of his cousin,Princess Beatrice, then almost 2 years old, during the annual celebration in 1990. On Saturday, 7-year-old Savannah, whose dad isQueen Elizabeth’s eldest grandchild, Peter Phillips, cheekily put her hand over the future king’s mouth. “Savannah pretended to conduct as the national anthem was playing, and George joined in the fun,” a royal observer tells PEOPLE....