By Daily Mail Reporter


You're dead: Harry jokingly aims his fingers at his future cousin-in-law Mike Tindall (far right) as the pair larked about before the Prince took to the polo pitch


He has no doubt become a dab hand at handling firearms thanks to his training in the armed forces.

So one might wonder exactly what Prince Harry was saying to Mike Tindall as he jokingly cocked his 'finger gun' and aimed it at his future cousin-in-law's head.

Was the Prince was giving the England rugby captain pointers on how to face down the enemy in a conflict situation? Or maybe the 'threatening' gesture was to do with the fact Harry's on-off girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, has not be invited to the wedding of 32-year-old Tindall to Zara Phillips.

Back orf Windsor: A friend intervenes after Harry's mock threat... and Tindall (in the black and pink t-shirt) is seen laughing


Perhaps he was cautioning the newest recruit to the Royal Family over his hedonistic antics on his booze-soaked stag-do in Florida last week.

After all, the series of outrageous photographs which surfaced of Tindall downing beer, dancing with women and - at one point - wearing a tutu, might not have impressed his future grandmother-in-law, The Queen.

But whatever the motive behind Harry's joke gesture, Tindall laughed it off in what was clearly an afternoon of horse play - on and off the polo field.

Tomfoolery: The England captain is seen tussling on the ground with the polo-playing Prince


Horse play: Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall were seen larking about at Harry's polo match, ahead of their pending nuptials


Making the most of his time before he is sent to fight in Afghanistan next year, Harry spent the afternoon joking with friends and, at one point, was seen wrestling with Tindall on the ground.

The young royals, including Tindall's bride-to-be Zara Phillips, had gathered at the Bernard Weathrill Charity Cup at Beaufort Polo Club in Gloucestershire to watch Harry once again display his athletic prowess.

The prince took to the polo field in front of a crowd including Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding, former X Factor contestant Diana Vickers and pop star George Craig, from One Night Only.

Horsing around: Harry showed off his athletic prowess during the Bernard Weatherill Charity Cup polo match

A touch of glamour: Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding (left) and former X Factor contestant Diana Vickers were among the spectators. Vickers was also spotted smooching her current squeeze George Craig

Good cause: The match helped raise money for the Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund and the Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign


Prince Harry's team lost but he was praised by England polo player Mark Tomlinson for scoring 'an amazing under-the-net goal from a hugely acute angle'.

The match helped raise funds for the Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund and the Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign - which Harry and his brother Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, are both patrons of.

Money was also raised for the Royal Marsden Hospital, of which the Duke of Cambridge is president.

What would Granny say? Mike Tindall dances with a woman on his stag do. He then put on her tutu

The Prince of polo: Harry chats with his cousin Zara, her groom Mike Tindall and friends in between play


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Putting on a show: Katie Price is lifted out of the water by Argentine boyfriend Leandro Penna at the Ocean Club in Marbella, Spain


She'd only been in Spain a matter of hours - but there was no danger of Katie Price blending into the background in Marbella yesterday.

The glamour model made sure she hogged the limelight from her Only Way Is Essex pals at the Ocean Club as she put on a public display of affection with boyfriend Leandro Penna.

Wearing a tiny aquamarine bikini, the 33-year-old made sure she garnered plenty of attention from the hundreds of revellers as she recreated the iconic lift from Dirty Dancing.


Having the time of her life: Price is hoisted into the air by Penna as they try to recreate the iconic lift from the Dirty Dancing movie


As she rushed into the pool - still wearing her striped maxi dress, her Argentine model boyfriend, 25, lifted her above his head, before she went crashing head first into the pool.

Looking on at her pool antics were long-time pal, former glamour model-turned-DJ Lauren Pope with fellow The Only Way Is Essex stars, Kirk Norcross and Page 3 pin-up Maria Fowler.

Fowler showed off her surgically-enhanced cleavage in a New Look padded sequinned bikini top and pink Leg Avenue bottoms.


Passionate: Price and Penna - who she's been dating for three months - put on a public show of affection in the pool


Her former housemate Pope, aka Popey, also opted for a pink bikini as she chilled out with her boyfriend Norcross.

It appeared Norcross might have overdone the sunbathing as his back appeared rather red.

Writing on her Twitter, Pope, 27, said: 'Sunning myself at Ocean Club in Marbs with Kirk, Micky Norcross and DJ Ricky D. Waiting for Maria Fowler to arrive!'



Glamour models united: Price enjoys some girls talk with fellow glamour models Maria Fowler (far left) and Lauren Pope (centre)


Fun in the sun: Price, Pope and Penna share a laugh in the pool


Kirk added: 'Chilling in the ocean club with my sexy girlfriend Lauren. Catching a lovely tan :).'

The rich friends hired out a 'Super VIP Square Bed' by the pool at the exclusive beach club, with costs 750 Euros (£650) a day and requires customers spend a minimum of 1,000 Euros (£867) on food and alcohol.

The gang were at a party organised by Sintillate - who were also hosting a night-time event at the Tibu club, where Pope was DJing later that night.


This is the life: Price sips on a cocktail as she lies back on her sun bed


Busy Fowler had started off the day at the Buddha Beach party - where she joined TOWIE co-stars Lydia Bright and Lucy Mecklenburgh - before moving on to Ocean Club.

Also making a brief appearance at Ocean Club was Mark Wright, who is hosting rival club nights with his Unique Parties company.


Crowded: Price, Kirk Norcross (standing on left), Penna and Pope were lounging on a Super VIP Square for 750 Euros (£650) per day


Price arrived in Marbella on Saturday morning after celebrating her son Harvey's ninth birthday on Friday.

But it appears after a day of drinking in the sun, Price was feeling a bit tired and headed back to her hotel suite with Penna for a siesta before their night out.


Body art: Penna chats to a tattooed Norcross as Price gets comfortable on the sun bed


Checking out the competition: Rival club promoter Mark Wright made a brief appearance at the Sintillate party


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By SARAH FITZMAURICE

Causing a Como-tion: Mad Men star Christina Hendricks showed off her voluptuous figure in a black swimsuit in the Villa D'Este resort in Lake Como


Her curves are adored by men the world over and she is one of the most voluptuous stars of the moment with that classic hourglass figure.

So it’s no surprise she caused a commotion when she went for a dip in a black swimsuit while on holiday in the Italian resort of Lake Como.

The Mad Men actress showed off her considerable curves in the black swimming costume which she teamed with a straw hat.


Soasking up the sunshine: The Mad Men star was seen enjoying a dip in the pool with friend Tamara Mello Lynn


The actress enjoyed a refreshing dip in the pool with her friend Tamara Mello Lynn as they soaked up the sunshine at the plush Villa D’Este resort.

As Christina emerged from the water and dried off with a towel she covered up with a black wraparound dress.


A friend in need: Christina and her friend dried off before heading for a bit to eat at a cafe on the resort


The paid enjoyed a lunch in the resort’s café and the actress was also seen walking through the picturesque grounds with a book.

It was reported this year that there had been a sharp rise in breast augmentation in the UK because British women were longing to look more like Christina.

The actress told the Mail’s You magazine: ‘I hope I’m not encouraging that. ‘If there’s anything to be learned from me it’s that I’m learning to celebrate what I was born with, even though it’s sometimes been inconvenient.’


Christina is certainly in high demand wit her upcoming films including I Don’t Know How She Does It alongside Sarah Jessica Parker and Drive with Carey Mulligan.


On screen siren: Christina has seen great success through as Joan Harris on the hit TV show Mad Men


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Copycat: Gaga appears alongside 'Zombie Boy' Rick Genest in her new music video Born This Way


It takes a pretty unusual person to make Lady Gaga look downright conservative.

But the current darling of the fashion and music world, Rick Genest, aka Zombie Boy, has done just that.

The Montreal-native burst on to the scene after Gaga's stylist Nicole Formichetti discovered the tattooed model on Facebook, where he has over 20,000 fans.


Formichetti, the new Creative Director for designer Thierry Mugler, quickly snapped Genest up as his muse.

He appears alongside Gaga in the video for her new single Born this Way, and for once, the singer is the style follower, copying his skeletal body art with make-up.

He also starred in Formichetti's debut runway show for the fashion house last week in Paris.

'Freak show': Genest says he considers himself 'a sexual performer'

Fashion world darling: The Montreal-native is muse to Gaga's stylist Nicola Formichetti after the designer discovered him on Facebook


His rise from obscurity to fame has been sudden, and he appears as surprised as anyone else.

Backstage at the Theirry Mugler show at Paris Fashion Week, he told New York fashion bible WWD, 'I’m super privileged.'

He describes himself as a 'sexual performer,' and says, not surprisingly: 'I like the whole freak-show atmosphere,' saying his antics include the usual beds of nails.

And Rick has also proved a hit with the ladies, with scores of Fashion Week attendees lining up to have their picture taken with the tattooed wonder.

Muse: Genest walked alongside Lady Gaga at Formichetti's debut catwalk show for Thierry Mugler last week


The soft-spoken model told Grazia this week: 'When I was a kid I fell in love with zombies and wanted to become one.

'The closest thing I could get to becoming a zombie was to get tattooed like one.'

He adds: 'I'm so used to them now that I don't see them anymore.'


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By Fiona Roberts


Gruesome look: Rick Genest, also known as Zombie Boy, shot to fame when he appeared in the music video for Born This Way with Lady Gaga


Covered in skeletal tattoos to make his body resemble a decomposing corpse, Lady Gaga's latest video co-star probably isn't the kind of man you'd take home to meet your parents.

The mysterious 25-year-old has shot to fame after displaying his macabre body art in Gaga's video for Born This Way.

But MailOnline can reveal the man behind the tattoos - Rick Genest, a Canadian model known as Zombie Boy - is a doting son who always texts his mum back.

Grim: Genest looks macabre - but is in fact a good son who always texts his mother back

Muse: Genest walked alongside Lady Gaga at Formichetti's debut catwalk show for Thierry Mugler last week


His mother Catheryne today described her son as a 'quiet, loving boy', who waited until he was 16 to have his first tattoo out of respect for his parents.

Genest, whose entire head and torso are covered in gory tattoos, seemed to come from nowhere - and it turns out Nicola Formichetti, Gaga's stylist, quite literally plucked him from obscurity.

Until January he was living on the streets of Montreal, where he was living as a 'bum', doing everything from window-cleaning to performing as a circus freak to pay for his next tattoo.

Now bilingual Genest is a catwalk star, modelling Thierry Mugler's latest collection for Paris Fashion Week.

Blank canvas: Rick Genest, left, is pictured here before he began transforming his face and body with tattoos to make him look like a decomposing corpse

Rotting away: Somehow Genest makes Lady Gaga look conservative


The self-described 'punk' is a well-known figure in the Quebec city, where he spent three or four years slowly inking his body, spending at least $7,000 on tattoos.

In 2006, he told Bizarre magazine his tattoos were 'about the human body as a decomposing corpse – the art of a rotting cadaver. It’s also a tribute to horror movies, which I love.'

He has 20,000 fans on his Facebook page - where Formichetti, Thierry Mugler's new creative director, first found him - and is a popular figure in the city's underground scene.

He grew up and went to school in Chateauguay, a Montreal suburb, and left home at 17 after he finished high school.

Good big brother: Genest also looks out for his younger brother and sister, his mother says

Art: Genest is using his entire body as a canvas


Despite his unconventional lifestyle, his mother said she is proud of her son - and he always replies to her text messages, even now he is leading a glamorous life on the catwalks of Europe.

His mother said: 'He's doing what he wants to do. He's always been a very artistic person and a good student - he's so artistic.

'People go their own way. Rick has lived his own way by choice.'

Mrs Genest, 47, called her son as 'unique', and said he is a 'fantastic' brother to his two younger siblings, who are 20 and 22.

They have taken more conventional routes - his brother is at university and his sister works in a hospital. Mrs Genest describes herself and her husband Roc as 'very conservative', but said they have accepted their son for who he is.

'Loving boy': His mother Catheryne said she is proud of her son Rick, who she described as a 'unique child'


She said: 'Rick will always be himself. He's very loving to his family, and faithful to his friends. His grandparents love him very much, he has been to family weddings, everybody has always accepted him as himself.'

'Within the family he is a very loving boy, he's very respectful to us.

She said: 'At stores, people will stop and look, but he's never been embarrassed by his tattoos. He's a quiet boy.'

But she says there are two sides to every story - and is quite happy for him to have a very different image outside the home.

Genest waited until he was 16 to have his first tattoo, but his mother said they were always his 'passion'.

Most of his designs were inked by Montreal tattoo artist Frank Lewis, who said Genest first came to him when he was 21.


Circus freak: Rick Genest used to lie on a bed of nails as part of an act in Montreal
They work through the designs together, then Mr Lewis traces an outline in marker and fills it in free-hand. Each session takes between two and four hours.


According to Mr Lewis, when Genest first asked him to tattoo his face, he said no - but then he went to another artist and Mr Lewis had to fix it for him.

He said Genest is entirely tattooed from the waist up. The most painful part was the black inking on his nose.

But Genest is not done yet. He wants to extend his gruesome body art down his legs, too - and in an interview in January said he had even had his tongue slit, to make him look like a reptile.

But talking to his mother, it seems whatever he does, Genest will still be welcomed home.

She said: 'He's not a bad boy at all. He is unique and we love him the way he is.'


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By Adrian Thrills


Welcome to the stage: Robbie joined the rest of his Take That bandmates after they introduced him to the crowd


As Gary Barlow reminded fans last night, Take That have made a habit of starting tours in the North East of England.

So it was in keeping with band tradition that the Stadium Of Light was the venue for the group's first show in 16 years with Robbie Williams.

And - despite the grey clouds and drizzle that swirled around the floodlit arena - the newly-restored five-piece brought a warm glow to a chilly evening as they opened their Progress Live tour with a lavishly staged spectacular in front of 54,000 devotees in Sunderland.


Progress Live isn't just the pop event of the summer. With its 29 sold-out stadium shows, it is the biggest tour to ever grace these shores.

By the time the band play the last of eight record-breaking shows at Wembley Stadium in July - one more than Michael Jackson did on his Bad tour - they will have royally entertained 1.8 million fans.

The night featured plenty of brotherly bonhomie, group hugs - and a series of spectacular visual effects that included a fully mobile, 60 foot high robotic man, tracksuits fitted with LEDs and a huge wall of water that was scaled by dancing acrobats in wetsuits.

First, though, the band engaged in a classic pop tease as Barlow and fellow group members Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald came onstage sans Robbie.

Man band: Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Howard Donald hold hands on stage as they reunite in concert

Here he comes: Robbie Williams was brought down onto the stage on a mechanical hand before jumping onto another prop to start singing


This was the line-up that made the Beautiful World and Circus albums to usher in an era of renewed success in the Noughties, when the band returned after a ten-year hiatus.

The opening numbers reflected this period. Smart in a velvet tuxedo, Barlow led the band through Rule The World, Greatest Day and the singalongs Shine and Patience.

Despite the drizzle which arrived bang on cue as the band came on, spirits were lifted by a huge blast of yellow confetti and an Alice In Wonderland-style troupe of dancing trees, roller skating bees and a large purple caterpillar.

The band's between-song banter may have been a little stilted and scripted, but the singing was peerless.

'I realise I'm using the word brilliant a lot tonight,' said Barlow, before adding: 'We've got someone else who might just come along later.'

Screaming fans: A whopping 54,000 fans filled the stadium in Sunderland for their Progress Live 2011 tour


To loud cheers, that moment came 30 minutes into a two-hour set. Robbie, clad in black, was winched onto the stage, where he ran through an electrifying salvo of his solo hits.

His return has given the group fresh impetus. Without him, they can be a bunch of cuddly nice-guys who rely heavily on Barlow's penchant for writing lush, mature piano ballads.

With Williams back in the fold, there is an air of edgy unpredictability.

There is also, of course, Robbie's tendency to be a loose canon. In what was otherwise a show fit for all the family, the end of Rock DJ was marked by some risque asides as Williams blurted: 'I've done coke and sh****d a whore - that's what a super injunction is for.' With Robbie, there is always a risk.

Musically, however, his live re-integration went well. There were emotional scenes and a few tears as the five came together onstage for the first time. And the second half of the evening was a collective triumph.

Extravagant stage show: The giant mechanical robot on stage was nicknamed Om by the band


Songs from recent album Progress came next. On comeback single The Flood, Robbie sang of 'shouting love at the world,' reiterating that Take That - like The Beatles in the Sixties - have made it their job to cheer up the nation.

By this point, the show's visual centrepiece, the robo-man, nicknamed Om by the band, had emerged from behind the stage.

By the end of the show, he was standing aloft in what would have been the stadium's centre circle.

So where does this extravaganza leave Take That? If they straddle an awkward divide between maturing 'man band' and serious musical entity, they do it with aplomb, one minute indulging in stadium rock pyrotechnics and the next enacting a choreographed dance routine to old hit Pray.

Grim beginning: Fans had to brave the rain and cold weather before entering the stadium in Sunderland for the spectacular show

Camping out: Fans queing outside the Stadium of Light in Sunderland ahead of the concert


But the whistles and bells would be nothing without a catalogue of great songs - and the combined might of Take That and Robbie is truly something to behold.

Returning for a gleefully received encore, the quintet sang a poignant No Regrets - a Robbie solo hit inspired by his 1995 departure - before launching into a high-octane cover of the disco-era classic Relight My Fire.

Robbie might have supplied some of the most electrifying, crowd-pleasing moments.

But in one of the country's newest football theatres, this was a home win for the team.

For one night at least, Take That turned it into the Stadium Of Relight.

The Take That look: Fans arriving for the concert made sure to wear their Take That T-shirts to celebrate their night with Gary, Howard, Jason, Mark and Robbie

Die hard fans: These two women even made a home made poster to show their love for Take That

Sounds good: The boys are back in business as they film the video for their new single, Love Love


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By Richard Hartley-parkinson


-Imogen claims: 'He knew it was wrong but he kept pursuing me'
-Family says they fear she may commit suicide
-The couple met for secret love trysts in hotels before big matches

What a striker: Imogen Thomas, posing in a Manchester United top, said she tried to end the affair 'a million times' but thought Ryan Giggs wanted to marry her


Reality TV star Imogen Thomas claims she tried to break up with Ryan Giggs several times throughout their six-month affair.

She even thought the footballer would leave his wife Stacey and actually wanted to marry her because he refused to let the affair end and kept coming back.

Miss Thomas, 28, met Giggs - who is now being named thanks to Lib Dem MP John Hemming using parliamentary privilege to identify him on Monday - in hotels throughout their relationship.

Ryan Giggs pictured today on his way to training. Miss Thomas claims he kept pursuing her after their first liaison in a hotel


They even met up in hotels on nights before two crucial matches.

Miss Thomas spoke recently about the pressure she is being put under, saying she has turned to 'three big glasses of wine a night' to cope with it all.

She said that she has not been sleeping well because of an injunction taken out against her and has lost a lot of weight.

Giggs gave the thumbs up to fans last night as he jogged into Old Trafford for Gary Neville's testimonial match

United we stand: Giggs recreates the 'Class of 92' photograph ahead of the game


Talking about her affair with 37-year-old Giggs she said: 'I called it off a million times but he kept coming back. He knew it was wrong as well, he said as much, but he was pursuing me.'

Her family has echoed warnings over her state of mind made by publicist Max Clifford. Her sister Alana went as far as saying that she was frightened her sister might commit suicide.

Miss Thomas, a former Big Brother star, claimed she never intended to sell her story and denies allegations that she was trying to sue Giggs for £100,000.

A friend said: 'Imogen was 100 per cent certain he would leave Stacey and the kids and move in with her. It wasn't a relationship built totally on sex. She thought it went much deeper. She was in love but now she has been left high and dry.'

Their affair began, perhaps inevitably, at a London club one night last September. According to Miss Thomas, Giggs did not initially know who she was.

'We hit it off straight away because we had so much in common,’ she told a Sunday tabloid a little over a month ago.

Miss Thomas's recollection suggests that the Manchester United footballer knew what he was doing and had a clear mind.

'He was quiet and seemed quite sober,' she said. 'Back at the hotel bar we were just chatting about life but I could tell he was interested in me.

'We kissed and I ended up staying the night with him. I knew he was married but I was caught up in the moment and I never thought it was going to go anywhere.'

She claims she tried to end the affair there and then, but he insisted that she give him her number and the following day he called to check she had arrived home safely and subsequently pursued her with a stream of flirty texts.

What followed has filled column inches and called into question the UK's privacy laws which, in the days of Facebook and Twitter, appear outdated.

Last night Giggs made his first public appearance following the revelations about his private life, playing the opening 30 minutes of a testimonial match for Gary Neville.

His wife - who 24 hours earlier was pitch-side cheering him on during family celebrations at Old Trafford - was photographed leaving the couple's £6m home near Manchester without her wedding ring.


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