On this day

£3.5m

69 YEARS AGO (1952)

We reported Princess Elizabeth’s proclamation as Queen and Head of the Commonwealth at St James’s Palace following the death of her father George VI from lung cancer on February 6.

38 YEARS AGO (1983)

Police began the search for race horse Shergar, taken from the Aga Khan’s stables in Ireland. The prize stallion and 1981 Derby winner was never found.

26 YEARS AGO (1995)

Lincolnshire-born Dr Michael Foale became the first Briton to walk in space when he stepped outside Space Shuttle Discovery to test a new space suit.

Today’s giggle

I got very lonely lately so I bought some shares. It’s nicer having some company.

Mia, 76

Rose, 34

Birthdays

Avengers star Tom

Hiddleston is 40. He went to Eton and Cambridge. Rosemary’s Baby star Mia Farrow is 76. She married Frank Sinatra at 21. Game of Thrones star Rose Leslie is 34. She married her co-star Kit Harrington. And many happy returns to Mirror readers Terry Breedon, from Leicester, 78 today, and Raymond Burston, of Maesteg, South Wales, who turns 84.

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Generous Beyonce treated her rapper hubby with a special wedding gift.

She is thought to have spent £3.5m on a Hublot Big Bang watch encrusted with 1,300 diamonds for his collection.

Jay-z has also been spotted with a Patek Phillipe Grandmaster Chime, costing around £1.6m, a one-of-a-kind Rolex and a £1.8m sapphire case Richard Mille.

ONLY one in 10 of us trusts adverts online on social media such as Facebook, research shows.

It is far behind the most respected sources – TV, radio and print media.

The UK has the lowest trust in ads on social media of all 17 countries in the survey by Yougov.

Jon Mew, chief executive of Internet Advertising Bureau UK, said “trust is a nuanced, complex issue”.

He added 18- to 34-yearolds trust online ads more than older groups do.

Tom, 40