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News in 5: Police hunt man in Sydney woman's death; Macron's slip of the tongue; Royal wedding carriage.

With AAP.

1. Police hunt for missing man who left Australia after Brazilian woman Cecilia Haddad was found dead.


Police want to speak with a man who left Australia at the weekend when the body of Brazilian executive Cecilia Haddad was found in a Sydney river. The man is believed to have been an ex-boyfriend of the mining exec.

Kayakers found Ms Haddad’s fully-clothed body floating in the Lane Cove River at Woolwich, on Sydney’s lower north shore, on Sunday morning about six kilometres from her Ryde home.

Forensic pathologists on Wednesday conducted a post-mortem on Ms Haddad’s body. The findings have yet to be released.

Investigators on Wednesday evening confirmed they were trying to reach a man known to Ms Haddad who flew home to Brazil over the weekend. The exact nature of their relationship is unclear but Sydney media reports suggested he was a friend or former lover.

Prince Harry and his bride-to-be Meghan Markle say they're looking forward to the procession through Windsor following their wedding this month, after choosing an open-top royal carriage for the journey.

Harry and his American fiancee will ride in an Ascot Landau carriage when they take a tour through the town after the wedding ceremony at Windsor Castle, Queen Elizabeth's home to the west of London, on May 19.

"Prince Harry and Ms. Markle are very much looking forward to this short journey which they hope will allow them to express their gratitude for everyone who has gathered together in Windsor to enjoy the atmosphere of this special day," Harry's office, Kensington Palace, said in a statement.

The carriage procession will see the couple ride from the castle through Windsor before returning up the Long Walk, a famous, tree-flanked straight promenade that leads to the castle gates.

There are more than 100 carriages in the Royal Mews collection with five Ascot Landaus. Harry travelled in one of them to the wedding of his elder brother William to Kate Middleton in 2011 when he acted as best man.

Kensington Palace said the carriage would be pulled by Windsor Grey horses, which have drawn the carriages of monarchs and members of the royal family Queen Victoria in the 19th Century, and would be escorted by members of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.

 

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Salem Saberhagen 7 years ago

Well considering the last few Prime Ministerial wives, Lucy certainly is a beauty. And what I like the most is that Malcolm and Lucy clearly have a very strong and close marriage and Malcolm is not embarrassed or ashamed to be seen with his wife, and likewise Lucy is not embarrassed and ashamed to be in her husband's company unlike someone else we know. They have a real marriage, not a 'marriage' as an arrangement on paper. No private vacations in London with his Chief of Staff, no backrubs, no laying heads affectionately on your employee's shoulders, no feeding from the other's forks. No secrets, no lies, no affairs. Just traditional good old-fashioned morals and family values. Another John and Jeanette Howard.


guest 7 years ago

I'm sure Lucy will not have minded being called delicious :)