Rita Ora shares tribute to mum Vera who has been working as a nurse amid the coronavirus crisis

‘So proud of you’: Rita Ora marks the 72nd birthday of the NHS with a heartfelt tribute to mum Vera who has been working as a nurse amid the coronavirus crisis By Raven Saunt For Mailonline Published: 17:39 BST, 5 July 2020 | Updated: 17:42 BST, 5 July 2020 Rita Ora has marked the 72nd … Read more

Vera Wang proves age-defying as she flaunts toned physique in a crop top ahead of 71st birthday

Vera Wang proves age-defying as she flaunts her toned physique in a crop top and leggings ahead of 71st birthday By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com Published: 04:08 BST, 28 June 2020 | Updated: 04:08 BST, 28 June 2020 Vera Wang rang in her 71st first birthday on Saturday. But ahead of the big day, the … Read more

Rita Ora’s mum Vera posts adorable makeover picture during reunion visit with daughter

Rita Ora’s mum Vera finally reunites with her daughter at singer’s rented Cotswolds house and enjoys make-up session after working on the frontline By Isabella Nikolic For Mailonline Published: 20:05 BST, 27 June 2020 | Updated: 20:07 BST, 27 June 2020 She has been isolating in a rented Cotswolds farmhouse. And on Saturday, Rita Ora spent … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Prince Philip’s pal Sheila Mathews recalls her run-in with Dame Vera Lynn 

One of Prince Philip’s favourite actresses, West End musical star Sheila Mathews — who once turned up at a Buckingham Palace garden party wearing a broad-brimmed straw picture hat to disguise the fact that her hair was in curlers — offers an unusual sidelight on Dame Vera Lynn, who died last week at the age … Read more

Singer Katherine Jenkins: What I learned from Dame Vera Lynn

Katherine Jenkins has battled for her success and is still proving to the world – and terrifying teenage muggers – that she’s hard as nails. Here she opens up about the late mentor who encouraged her to travel to war zones Last year, while walking down the busy King’s Road in London’s Chelsea, on her … Read more

Katherine Jenkins performs Vera Lynn songs to an empty Royal Albert Hall for VE Day anniversary

Katherine Jenkins will perform to an empty Royal Albert Hall tomorrow night as she performs a behind closed doors concert for the first time in the venue’s 150-year history. The 39-year-old classical singer will boost the morale of millions trapped indoors in Britain with a 30-minute performance marking the 75th anniversary of VE Day on … Read more

ROBERT HARDMAN: Spitfire to mark VE Day with flypast over WWII heroes, Vera Lynn and care homes

We will not be able to dance a conga or enjoy a street party — let alone flock to Buckingham Palace, as millions did back on May 8, 1945.  Tomorrow, 75 years on, it is going to be an unavoidably subdued anniversary of the day that the UK finally celebrated Victory in Europe.  Nonetheless, we … Read more

Spitfire to mark VE Day with flypast over WWII heroes, wartime singer Vera Lynn and care homes

We will not be able to dance a conga or enjoy a street party — let alone flock to Buckingham Palace, as millions did back on May 8, 1945.  Tomorrow, 75 years on, it is going to be an unavoidably subdued anniversary of the day that the UK finally celebrated Victory in Europe.  Nonetheless, we … Read more

Mothers and daughters: DAME VERA LYNN ‘Music reminds us that we’re not alone’ 

Above left: Dame Vera with Virginia as a baby in 1946 The Forces’ Sweetheart DAME VERA LYNN, who’s back in the charts aged 103 with her song ‘We’ll Meet Again’, reveals what her wartime hit really means to her and daughter Virginia Dame Vera’s story Singer Dame Vera Lynn was one of Britain’s most famous … Read more

Captain Tom Moore reveals Dame Vera Lynn sent him a letter after he finished his 100th lap

Captain Tom Moore reveals Dame Vera Lynn sent him a letter after he finished his 100th lap for the NHS – but admits he’s ‘rather sorry’ about knocking her off the top of the charts with his You’ll Never Walk Alone fundraising single 99-year-old received touching tribute from the sweetheart of the armed forces  Captain … Read more