We knew that the gossip sheets twist the present as they pleased. What is new is that they also rewrite the past, as "Das neue Blatt" does in the series "Geheimakte Royal". This time it's about Princess Gracia, whose brother Jack Kelly allegedly fought the Mafia and paid a high price for it: "On the morning of March 2, 1985, he lay lifeless on Callowhill Street in Philadelphia. Shot."

Joerg Thomann

Editor in the "Life" section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.

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What's true about it: date of death and street. In view of this unusual fidelity to the facts for the "Neue Blatt", one may then overlook the fact that another detail is wrong and Jack Kelly died of a heart attack while jogging, according to all Internet sources. No matter, he will no longer push a counter-statement into the paper.

In the case of the British royals, there should be no more secret files, since Harry has made all private things public. So it should also be true that Meghan and he, who have to vacate their second home Frogmore Cottage according to the will of the king, are "extremely angry" according to "Woman in the Mirror". "Allegedly, the couple is already considering how to have their possessions – including an ornate Ottoman bank – delivered to their villa in Montecito." Wouldn't that work, hihi, simply by bank transfer?

Like Bonnie and Clyde

Andrea Berg is in a much better mood: "The secret of my eternal love" she promises to reveal on the "Bild" front page. "I feel wonderful," she says. "My key to happiness is from within." Keys that are stuck from the inside are rather awkward when you stand outside yourself, but apparently Berg is now sitting together with luck somewhere in a cuddly warm room, from the outside nobody comes in anymore. Although her husband apparently also squats in it, because Berg says: "From initial infatuation became a team. Companions like Bonnie and Clyde." Bonnie and Clyde, however, were granted comparatively little time together; In a twenty-year marriage like Berg and her husband, what else could the two have robbed and murdered!

Actress Emma Thompson is also married for two decades, but according to "Bunte" she said: "Romantic love is a myth. Long relationships are difficult and a lot of work. Anyone hoping for a 'happy ending' should forget that." An assessment that will not only sober Thompson's husband, but also all long-term married people: All the hard and difficult work, and in the end things don't even end well.

Mass withdrawal at Lauterbach

Especially at the beginning, the marriage of Heiner Lauterbach and his Viktoria was exhausting, who prescribed him "shortly after their meeting (2000) in his house on Lake Starnberg a cold withdrawal", as "Frau im Spiegel" writes: "No alcohol, no cigarettes, no more drugs." What others would have worked through gradually, Lauterbach does in one fell swoop. Why not no more meat, no more sugar and no more television? By the way, the BR documentary on the occasion of Lauterbach's seventieth is called "Addicted to Adventure". He probably forgot about a withdrawal.

While Lauterbach's nickname for his wife, as "Frau im Spiegel" knows, is "Schnuffi", presenter Caroline Beil calls her husband, 16 years her junior, "Burschi" and explains to the "Bild" newspaper: "That's the pet form of Bursche, because he is younger than me. I'm a fan of nicknames. That's what everyone calls Philipp now." A pretty high price for a hopefully not too hard and exhausting marriage. Does he have a certain nickname for her because she is older than him?

"Frau im Spiegel" also reports that Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz want to marry a second time. "The reason: At the first wedding in April 2022 (cost: about 3.4 million euros) too much went wrong – among other things, there was stress with the wedding planner)." Then, to avoid stress, they should invest a little more money this time to be on the safe side. The parents of the bride and groom will be touched by the plans.

"Extreme lovesickness" has, as revealed by "Bunte", advertising twin Nina Meise. "He didn't come for my birthday. I had rented a romantic chalet for us – but he didn't get on the plane," she complains and announces: "The last tiramisu hasn't been eaten yet. I will fight for our love." We wish you every success; the last tiramisu, however, since her birthday was on February 4th, should probably not be eaten anymore.

Finally, "Bild" columnist Franz Josef Wagner philosophizes about the marine protection agreement: "Our earth should not actually be called earth at all. It consists of two-thirds water. It should actually be called water." Conclusively argued, however, the human body also consists largely of water – which is why you, Wagner, should actually be called Franz Josef Wasser.