Olympian Zara Phillips shows celebrity children can turn out well

Who’d be the child of an international celebrity? OK, so there are riches beyond most of our wildest dreams, access to all the power players in the world and the unimaginable privileges that are beyond the reach of most of us. But can a celebrity child ever have the chance of growing up “normal” and achieving anything in their own right?  Well, Princess Anne and Paul McCartney had some thoughts on that…

Princess Anne appearing on Blue Peter

Poll: Who should represent the “Best of British” at the Olympics opening ceremony?

With this being the “Credit Crunch Olympics” many of us were expecting a Chas & Dave tribute band, followed by people we don’t remember from Fame Academy to open up the London 2012 Olympics.

So, some relatively big names have been secured, representing the four home nations, namely -

Duran Duran – England

Paolo Nutini – Scotland

Snow Patrol – Northern Ireland

Stereophonics – Wales