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HOW seemingly unrelated figures in the news are joined by a series of unexpected connections.

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SERENA WILLIAMS

…last week announced she was to ‘evolve’ away from tennis, allowing her to spend more time with her daughter. But they won’t be celebrating Olympia’s fifth birthday on September 1, as Williams is a Jehovah’s Witness who believes such parties have pagan roots and displease

God. Other celebrities who followed the religion include…

PRINCE

… who obviously took a more relaxed approach to partying. He converted in the early 2000s and would even go knocking on doors. ‘Sometimes people act surprised,’ the singer told Billboard magazine. ‘But mostly they’re really cool.’ Among his many honours, Prince is one of just three people to have their own colour in the official Pantone palette used by printers, alongside rapper Jay Z and Sherry Chris, a Canadian estate agent. Prince’s purple hue was called Love Symbol #2 (also the name of his signature squiggle symbol). Pantone also has a Minion Yellow for the animated characters and a pink for…

BARBIE

… the doll launched in 1959 and whose designer also worked on missiles for the US military. Over the years Barbie has had seven siblings – Skipper, Stacie, Chelsea, Krissy, Kelly, Tutti and

Todd. All but the first three have been ‘discontinued’ by Mattel and are no longer mentioned. Sinister! Also one of eight children, including half-siblings, is former One Direction star…

LOUIS TOMLINSON

… who doesn’t exactly indulge in rock-star excess. The only item on his ‘rider’ of backstage demands is Yorkshire Tea, a reminder of his Doncaster roots. More surprisingly, the beverage also featured on the rider of…

AMY WINEHOUSE

… alongside HP sauce and – more on-brand for the tragic singer – four litres of tequila and 100 bottles of beer. Her first musical endeavour came at the age of ten as half of rap duo Sweet ’n’ Sour, a London Jewish version of Salt-N-Pepa. Winehouse’s mum was a pharmacist, just like...

RISHI SUNAK

… though he barely likes to mention his humble roots at all(!).

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