Grandparents in care homes could be allowed home for Christmas

Care home residents will finally be allowed to hug their loved ones again – and some may even be able to join their families for Christmas, it emerged last night. In his first major intervention on the Daily Mail’s Christmas campaign, Boris Johnson promised that rapid tests for visitors would be rolled out to all … Read more

Christmas shopping: Grandparents set to spend £104 per grandchild

Pandemic presents: Grandparents plan to splash out £104 on each grandchild this Christmas, up nearly a third on last year Grandparents have four grandchildren on average, so that could be £416 in total Half of parents think grandparents spend about the right amount But many believe they splash out too much on grandchildren  By Tanya … Read more

Patti Newton shares a heartfelt message to other grandparents struggling amid the COVID-19 pandemic 

‘We’ve been lucky!’ Patti Newton shares a heartfelt message of support to the ‘lonely’ grandparents who can’t see their loved ones due to COVID-19 lockdowns By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:54 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 06:54 BST, 20 October 2020 The COVID-19 lockdowns have been tough for many grandparents, with … Read more

What WAS occurring? Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones finds grandparents’ very steamy love letters

What WAS occurring? Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones finds grandparents’ very steamy love letters Ruth Jones’ brother found love letters in garage of family home in South Wales They appear to show grandparents consummated relationship before marriage  The Gavin & Stacey star, 54, will read letters on a BBC genealogy show next week Ms … Read more

Mick Fanning and fiancée Breeana Randall fly to LA to introduce son Xander to US grandparents

‘His first flight was a dream!’ Mick Fanning and fiancée Breeana Randall fly to Los Angeles to introduce their two-month-old son Xander to his American grandparents By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:26 BST, 11 October 2020 | Updated: 10:26 BST, 11 October 2020 Mick Fanning and his fiancée Breeana Randall welcomed their first … Read more

Heartbreaking moment groom sees grandparents who couldn’t attend his wedding because of COVID-19

A photographer has captured the heartbreaking moment a groom waves through a glass nursing home door at his elderly grandparents who weren’t allowed to attend his wedding because of COVID-19 restrictions. Brendan Samuels, from Sydney, has shared what happened behind-the-scenes at Christine and Peter’s wedding on September 26 – and the ultimate gift the bride … Read more

David Mellor: It’s time to stand up to this virus like our parents and grandparents would have done 

Last month I visited Wareham, my home town in Dorset. While there, I sat on the quay by the river Frome watching kids jumping into the water in the sunshine. If I’d done the same as them back in the 1950s, my mother would have half killed me. Polio, which was a scourge, could be … Read more

Almost HALF of all parents have argued with a child’s grandparents over how to raise the youngster

Disagreements over food, discipline and time spent using technology are among the causes of arguments between parents and a child’s grandparents, a poll revealed.  For some families, what happens at grandma’s house stays at grandma’s house, but according to a new national poll differences in parenting styles lead to arguments. Almost half of the 2,016 … Read more

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver look every inch proud grandparents as they visit Katherine

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver looked every inch the proud grandparents on Monday as they visited daughter Katherine after welcoming her first child Lyla. The Terminator star, 73, was seen puffing on a cigar as he left the home of his daughter, 30, and son-in-law Chris Pratt, 41, in Los Angeles, California. Arnold cut a typically low-key look … Read more

Beatrice poses with new husband Edoardo and her grandparents after socially distanced wedding

Smiling with pride, the Queen and Prince Philip may have been required to keep their distance from newlyweds Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi – but a Royal relationship has rarely been closer. Beatrice married on Friday wearing both a tiara and vintage dress generously lent to her by her grandmother, deeply conscious that the … Read more