EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Like peas in a pod - Duchess of Edinburgh and Princess Bea spotted in near identical dresses at Royal Ascot

Are the Royal Family taking 'recycling' of outfits to new heights?

I ask only because Princess Beatrice wore a dress at Royal Ascot yesterday that looked almost identical to the one worn by the Duchess of Edinburgh at the Order of the Garter ceremony at Windsor Castle two days earlier.

The Matchmaker floral midi dress is by Australian designer Zimmermann and costs £1,350.

Princess Beatrice wore the Matchmaker floral midi dress at Royal Ascot yesterday

The Duchess of Edinburgh at the Order of the Garter ceremony at Windsor Castle two days earlier

The label, founded by sisters Nicky and Simone Zimmermann, was worn by the Princess of Wales during her visit Down Under in 2014.

Previously, Royal 'recycling' has been confined to environmentally conscious women wearing the same outfit more than once.

Celine Dion was visibly moved as she explained why she was unable to attend a screening of her documentary I Am: Celine Dion at Bafta in Piccadilly. 

The singer's career has been on hold since she was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder, stiff person syndrome, in 2022. 'This is my love letter to fans,' she said in a video.

Celine Dion attends the New York special screening of her documentary I Am: Celine Dion

Grand old Duke of Kent parties on!

He looked frail on the Buckingham Palace balcony at Trooping the Colour, but the Duke of Kent is determined to keep partying at the age of 88.

The duke, a first cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth, attended a party to celebrate the opening of hotel The Peninsula London with his daughter, Lady Helen Taylor, 60.

Using a walking stick, the duke joined other members of the Royal Family including the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and his brother, Prince Michael of Kent.

The duke, a first cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth, attended a party to celebrate the opening of hotel The Peninsula London with his daughter, Lady Helen Taylor, 60

The Duke of Kent (left) on the Palace balcony during Trooping the Colour with the Duchess of Edinburgh and Lady Louise Windsor

Remarkably at his age, the duke is still one of the 'working royals', which is why he was allowed on the Palace balcony for the fly-past on Saturday, unlike his children or grandchildren.

Former Newsnight rottweiler Jeremy Paxman has lost none of his bite. 

Labour's health spokesman Wes Streeting got a mauling when he appeared on the Movers And Shakers podcast to set out plans to tackle shortfalls in treatment of Parkinson's, from which Paxo suffers.

Declaring the NHS 'broken', he was abruptly interrupted by Paxman barking: 'What are you going to do about it?'

Labour's health spokesman Wes Streeting (left) got a mauling when he appeared on the Movers And Shakers podcast. Declaring the NHS 'broken', he was abruptly interrupted by Jeremy Paxman (right) barking: 'What are you going to do about it?'

For Streeting, it was a flashback: 'When I was president of the National Union of Students, I had the terrifying experience of appearing on Newsnight with Paxo, and I didn't think it was gonna happen to me again.'

Fox's new fiancee reveals sparkler 

Laurence Fox's fondness for controversy was never likely to perturb Betty Barker, a Californian who dubs herself a 'rebel for humanity'.

But there's one convention she's ready to embrace – marriage.

He shared this snap in which Betty (right) — a model, 'body double' and stuntwoman — displays her engagement ring

'We're both thrilled,' actor-turned-activist Fox, 46, tells me at a London party hosted by Kathy Gyngell.

He shared a snap in which Betty - a model, 'body double' and stuntwoman - displays her engagement ring.

Fox, who has two sons with ex-wife Billie Piper, has little faith in London Mayor Sadiq Khan, telling me: 'It's one of the reasons [we're] leaving London for the country.'