Beyoncewhen he returned – triumphant – to his old stomping ground this week in the shadows of Waterloo’s public housing towers.
Not so long ago, around the neighbourhood he was known simply as Charlton Howard. But to millions of adoring fans, he is The Kid Laroi, a name derived as a mark of respect to his Indigenous ancestral roots within the Kamilaroi tribe in north-west NSW.At the centre of the 18-year-old’s world is the one person who has fiercely guided his career since he was a little boy: his powerhouse mother and manager, Kamilaroi womanAnd she still calls the shots.
However, she is clearly the one person “Laroi” listens to most. The disarmingly down-to-earth singer has revealed in interviews his mother doesn’t like him “spending money”, though she encourages him to “treat myself”.
John Laws has sold the spectacular and huge diamond ring his late wife Caroline once wore – one of the largest in Sydney – in New York.The diamond ring was a gift from Laws to his beloved Caroline in 2003 while holidaying in Hong Kong. In the words of Laws: “I saw it, she loved it, I bought it!” John and Caroline Laws drive away in his black Rolls Royce after their wedding in the tiny chapel in All Saints Church of England, Woollahra, in 1976.It was PS that dubbed the ring “the skating rink” given its magnificent size and sparkle, which was often a talking point around the tables at Woolloomooloo’s Otto where “the Princess” dined.Bette Midler
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