Register, Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. Prices after the introductory pricing period may be varied in accordance with the full Terms and Conditions. His book, "From the Inside", upon which the film is based, was a best-seller. 'He would run a dozen different versions in books, shows and interviews, all of them factually impossible, of how they had slain the monster of D Division'. Armed police swarm the place. Mark Chopper Read was sentenced to eight years in Hobarts Risdon Prison in 1992 for attempted murder after shooting Mr Collins, an associate, in the chest. Im not giving $8000 to his bloody wedding, I dont even know how to ride a motorbike, he told the program. READ MORE:Chopper's confessions no surprise to ex-cop. Storyteller: Chopper, pictured launching one of his many books in 2002 - this time, a fairytale named Hooky The Cripple set in the 16th century. I believe he did kill Syd Collins because of him being a backstabbing big mouth rat and in his last interview he has buried him behind a mound of dirt 50 meters away from football field but it could be anywhere from casino to tabulan. He was also married twice. Collins, a member of the Black Uhlans, was reported missing by his son on September 1, 2002. The film begins with the incidents leading up to his famous self-mutilation, in which he had his ears chopped off in order to escape retaliation from a rival. Plus there was Eric Bana's feature film, which hit the big screen in 2000. New beginnings for Anaiya after the flames, IPC hears of holiday letting pros and cons, Ian Hamilton, Pottsville Refugee Support Group, Free mental health support for Northern Rivers communities, Qantas pilots suicide crash off Byron: report, Byron Shire Mayor, staff mute over Council court loss, Local concert series organiser hit with $5,000 fine. NOt a prison hospiotal either , Infamous criminal Mark "Chopper" Read's son Charlie breaks his silence. Jackson said Read was telling "fairytales" in the . Melbourne criminal Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read was no ordinary bloke, with the life of the notorious standover man spawning books, a movie and now a television series. News_Rich_Media: Mark 'Chopper' Read talks candidly about his battle with liver cancer. Read was responsible for the death and torture of many underground figures, his acts of violence were often as spontaneous as they were disturbing. log in. Dr Sale assessed Read in an attempt by solicitor Michael Hodgman to get his client out of indefinite detention for shooting Mr Collins. Chopper was acquitted of his murder after pleading self-defence. Its alleged that Read shot Collins in his own car, before driving him to the hospital. Daniel Piotrowski for Daily Mail Australia Read spent six years in Risdon Prison for shooting Collins "in the guts" at Evandale in 1992. Just 16 days before he died, Tara Brown sat down with Mark 'Chopper' Read for his last ever interview. Picture: Mark CallejaRead told the program of his outrage that outlaw bikie Sid Collins dobbed him in to police for shooting him in 1992 - an attack which Collins survived after Read drove him to hospital. "A lot of his stories are stolen stories, you know what I mean.''. Chopper claimed he beat the man repeatedly before hanging him in his cell with his bed sheets. Female carer who bit off part of a pub landlady's ear during vicious bar brawl is jailed for 14 months. "I know that people are looking at me to see what I do and how I grow up, but we are very different people.". 01 Oct 2010. In his 60 Minutes interview, Read said he caught up with Collins and shot him dead "because he was an absolute turd". ', MYTH #1: He blowtorched people's feet and snipped toes off with boltcutters. Later, with brothers Wheels, Bull, Shadow, Snake, Wack and Chop, he joined the Sydney Gladiators motorcycle club in 1969 then became a Comancheros member in the late-70s, ultimately founding the local Bandidos chapter as sergeant-at-arms in 1983. Nicholas Tadros has been in hospital . "Four is all you're getting, that's it," he said. Police made the usual noises about following up the claims but there was no great urgency and even less evidence to chase. The career criminal spent most of his childhood moving between foster homes, orphanages and psychiatric hospitals and in his late teens he entered the criminal underworld. 3.63. Chopper: Directed by Andrew Dominik. The Real Chopper: The Man behind the legend, inside and out by Adam Shand is available now for $32.99 through Penguin Books. It was a fatal error driving half a kilometre into Mullumbimby to pick up a carton of milk. Read was found not guilty by jury on the basis of self- defence. He first felt the glow of infamy when, imprisoned in the notorious maximum security H Division wing of Pentridge Prison in the 1970s, he convinced a fellow inmate to cut his ears off in order to get him shifted out. (contributed) Police have renewed an appeal for information about the whereabouts of a Black Uhlans bikie who the late Mark 'Chopper' Read claimed to have murdered near Casino in 2002. Mark 'Chopper' Read confessed to the murder of four people during an interview recorded just days before he died. Chopper Read dead at 58. "I don't know where he got that fairy tale from.". I dont want to get married, or raise a brood of children, or lead a normal life, he said. Picture: Mark Calleja, Join the conversation, you are commenting as. The first episode of Underbelly Files: Chopper aired on Channel Nine on Sunday night. Read and Cassar remained married until Australias most notorious criminal died from terminal liver cancer in 2013. His tall tales of murder, all based on his say-so, were likely too incredible to be real. The ending seemed so perfect. Yet, contrary to popular opinion, Mark Read was no . After years of talking up his violent escapades, Read began to deny most of them one by one. I would forget. In 1982, Read expressed concerns that he would never be able to leave his violent past behind and create a new life for himself. The latter is the New Zealand-born writer-director Andrew Dominik's terrific 2000 drama, supercharged by an astonishing performance from Eric Bana. It quickly became a confessional in which he admitted . son," Chopper recalled his dad saying to . Until Sunday's confessional, "Chopper" had never been convicted, and therefore incarcerated for the act of murder. Part I: Directed by Peter Andrikidis. He wrote more auto-biographical books and toured his comedy show throughout the country. If you can spare a few dollars a week or maybe more we would appreciate all the support you are able to give to keep the voice of independent, local journalism alive. When local musician Lisa Hunt arrived for a meeting with police last Thursday she was hoping for a somewhat friendlier reception than she had received on the last occasion. Mark "Chopper" Read was an Australian convicted criminal, gang member and author. Read told 60 Minutes he committed the last of the murders after a public speaking show with Jackson in Casino, NSW, in 2002. Don't miss out on the headlines from Andrew Rule . I don't think he had a clue about it. The infamous Chopper Read was husband and father. 05:41 GMT 30 Sep 2014 Underbelly Files: Chopper is an Australian 2-part mini-series that screened on the Nine Network, premiering on 11 February 2018 and concluding the next day. ', Source: The Real Chopper: The Man Behind The Legend, Inside and Out. "He just did it to get a paid interview and give his wife some money. Mark "Chopper" Read's final interview, which aired on Sunday 20 October on 60 Minutes, displayed a callous and cold blooded murderer, with a complete and utter lack of remorse. 'I would say there's about ten per cent truth,' he said. Read died of the illness on 9 October 2013, aged 58, in Parkville, Victoria at Royal Melbourne Hospital. Hodge was private educated and worked for the ATO. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. Mark ``Chopper'' Read was jailed at Risdon for five years after shooting former bikie boss Sidney Collins at Evandale in 1992. . A few hours after the shooting, Launceston CIB detective Bob Coad nearly ran Read's taxi off Country Club Road at Prospect to arrest him. , updated When Nicole Sutorius was deported from Australia at the age of 32, she was blindsided. Chopper tells the intense story of Mark "Chopper" Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison. Chopper Read died before the interview went to air. (Only applies if home delivery is included in your package), Subscriber-only newsletters straight to your inbox, Todays Paper, a digital replica of the newspaper, SuperCoach Plus for stats, analysis, tips and more. In his books, he claimed to have been involved in the killing of 19 people and the attempted murder of 11 others. He was remorseless. Bullied at school, he grew up dreaming of revenge ("There are none so merciless as those who have been shown no mercy", as he later noted). He audaciously tried to kidnap a County Court judge in 1978. Time for drug law reform in NSW as state election looms? The notorious Australian criminal, who died of liver cancer in 2013 at the age of 58, was a violent psychopath who spent more than 20 years behind bars. For three of the four murders, the only proof was his word. After serving six years for the shooting, Read said he was approached by Collins at the 2002 Casino speaking show. After 60 Minutes went to air, I followed up with the family of Greg Cowie, the boy that paedophile Reg Isaacs had raped and murdered in 1974. Australian police scurry to confirm claims of movie subject who spent 23 years in jail for violent crimes . She had read Reads first book and arranged to meet him. Chopper was poor out of prison with no friends, desperately trying to attach himself to the bikie scene, following Syd around like a bad smell and Syd gave him hell for it. "Everyone swallowed it. After vowing to go straight, Chopper is drawn back to the underworld by his feud with Alphonse Gangitano and a violent bikie boss. The Tweed section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail opened this morning making 24km of the former rail line open to the public. But after . Woman is left 'looking like Rose West' thanks to unflattering Tory Eurosceptics could take TWO WEEKS to decide whether to back Rishi Sunak's Brexit deal for Northern Watch as shoplifter puts BACK products he's trying to steal after live CCTV hub tells him: 'You're being Is YOUR lifestyle good for your heart? Jeremy Clarkson is axed as Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? The Independent Planning Commission (IPC) held its public hearings last week over two days, with commissioners hearing from organisations and residents on the negative and positive impacts from holiday letting. <b>MARK CHOPPER READ 1954-2013</B><p>He was Australia's best-known crime figure turned author, turned legend. He went through them without emotion, almost casually. Chopper was a big mouth who was bashed in prison when he wanted to be the boss cocky. Read said his third killing was that of Siam Ozerkam, aka 'Sammy the Turk', in 1987 outside the Bowjangles nightclub in St Kilda, Melbourne. Which Married At First Sight Australia 2023 couples are still together? But when he was released in 1991, he did just that. Infamous 'Chopper' Read delivers shocking deathbed confession that he killed four men. He's a very strong boy, but I have to be twice as strong as him.". MARK Jackson has asked 60 Minutes for an apology for including his name in Chopper Read's "fairy tale" confession to four murders. Chopper Unchopped. But he had a glorious imagination, which grew out of his love of cowboy tales and gangster yarns as a child. Police believe he may have left the country for an overseas destination. Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read is Australia's most famous standover man and one of its most prolific authors. Chopper Read claimed in his final interview he killed union heavy Desmond Costello (pictured left), Sammy The Turk (centre) and bikie boss Sidney Collins (right). Either way, the death of Isaacs had spared the Cowie family another tragedy. A couple on the roof carry shotguns. Theyre the real prison stories floating around about him. I shot him the last time with his gun," he told Nine presenter Tara Brown. The notorious standover man and author is seen driving through the countryside, joking with . Now, 18 of Chopper's handwritten letters, a polaroid self-portrait, a Christmas card with a disturbing poem and his brass cigarette lighter engraved 'Mark Brandon Read 1000%' are going under . Inside are large men with hard looks, bad suits and bulging pockets. The comments below have not been moderated. The detective who arrested Mark "Chopper" Read for shooting a Tasmanian bikie was unsurprised to hear the notorious criminal admit to killing him a decade on. . He said Mark Read - devoted father of his two boys, Roy and Charlie - became imprisoned by the myth of Chopper. It was his deathbed interview, and a yellow-faced Chopper Read, Australia's most notorious underworld figure, had some bombshells to drop. He died in hospital. Charlie's mother, Chopper's first wife Mary-Ann Read, says Charlie is bullied continually for no other reason than the identity of his father. On 19 January 2003, he married long-time friend Margaret Cassar, and they . Directed by Peter Andrikidis. Former bikie leader, Sydney Michael Collins. Read agreed to a paid interview from the Nine Network's 60 Minutes program, the last one he would give. Neighbours revival cast: Who will be in the new season? ", '(Even in his books) he gives you big, juicy hints some of this wasn't all quite right. "Knowing Chopper as well as I did I would be accepting that Sid Collins is dead," he said yesterday. ``I always found him reasonably personable, quite frankly,'' said the officer, who asked to remain anonymous. But 'Uncle Chop Chop' may have played us all for a fool, as author ADAM SHAND explains in this extract from his new book, The Real Chopper. Mark Dixon and Jacko dismissed the confessions as a grab for a final payday. He had spent years behind bars for a . Read told the program he murdered missing bikie Sid Collins while on a speaking tour with 'Jacko' Jackson in Casino, NSW, in 2002. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Read moved to Tasmania and attempted to live a crime free life with his partner, Margaret Cassar. 'He would run a dozen different versions in books, shows and interviews, all of them factually impossible, of how they had slain the monster of D Division'. The 2000 film Chopper is based on his life. Really he was just giving people what they wanted. A Painter and Docker, Desmond Costello, who, in 1971, was shot in the face and his body dumped in an excavation for a freeway near Collingwood; a paedophile, Reginald Isaacs, in D Division Pentridge in 1975; Siam 'Sammy the Turk' Mehmet Ozerkam, outside Bojangles nightclub in 1987; and finally former outlaw biker Sidney Michael Collins in 2002. Dixon said Read once raised the separate Collins case after they did a public speaking show together in Weipa in 2008. 20 years later these stories are told to me by mates that are in and out of the system, we know the real truth. Read spent 23 years in jail for kidnapping and malicious . Adam Shand writes: 'He had never chopped anyone's toes off with a set of boltcutters, nor had he ever applied a blowtorch to anyone's feet. An inquest was held into the disappearance of Collins in 2010, with the coroner finding on the balance of probabilities that he was not dead but his current whereabouts could not be determined. August 5, 2016. His father was a Korean war veteran and his mother was devout Seventh Day Adventist. Chopper the dog was a character in the 1970s cartoon Yakky Doodle. Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick defended the states economic performance last year saying it still outperformed any major state when looking at overall growth since 2020. "He should have stayed at school for another year and did his mathematics,'' Jackson told The Courier-Mail yesterday. Australians have purchased more than 500,000 copies of his books, according to an ABC report. The young boy who survived the Sea World helicopter crash has had his leg amputated after his father revealed doctors had been unable to save his right foot. A former bikie who survived being shot by Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read may have met an untimely end on the New South Wales north coast. Cool fact: The same doctor operated on Syd that hed recently beat in a pilots exam. Part 1: Sunday, February 11, 2018 (8:30) 903,000 viewers (6th) Executive Producer: Rory Callaghan. "I'm proud to be his son, but it's a bit hard living with his reputation. But, like many of Chopper's stories, there was little evidence. With Vince Colosimo, Eric Bana, Rene Brack, Gregory Pitt. REVIEW: Dominic Smith's evocative descriptions in Return To Valetto will immediately pull you in, What to read in March: The Favour by Nicci French, Solito by Javier Zamora and more great reads, Flick says there's ''no hard feelings'' between her Liz and Shonee. Police have renewed an appeal for information about the whereabouts of a Black Uhlans bikie who the late Mark Chopper Read claimed to have murdered near Casino in 2002. "Who do you think comes up to me? New customers only. ``Chopper jumped out and put his arms in the air and said he wasn't armed,'' the now retired Mr Coad said. . This is the the only truth. Bullied at school and growing up dreaming of revenge, Mark "Chopper" Read determined to be the toughest in any company. All times AEST (GMT +10). Only the families of the dead would have cared. It also explains how you can access or seek correction of your personal information, how you can complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles and how we will deal with a complaint of that nature. Not one, but four cold-blooded killings. Byron Echo Print Archive (previous volume). Chopper did a break and enter into Syds friends house who was the head of the Black Uhlans and dropped a parking ticket which was identified as his girlfriend Margarets car. We deep dive, on Mamamia Out Loud. Image via Channel Nine. And wants me to sign a piece of memorabilia? Notorious underworld figure Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read died on October 9 following a long battle with liver cancer. . chopper read 6571 GIFs. As you can imagine, it made him a lot of enemies. '', To join the conversation, please When Isaacs turned up dead in his cell, a senior policeman told the family that while the coroner had ruled suicide, there was more to the story. He was a larger-than-life character who slowly became a part of the countrys identity. There was no hard evidence linking Read to these killings (except for Ozerkam) nothing more than his say-so, or he would have been arrested long ago. I do believe he murdered Syd Collins and from all my research I do believe it was a revenge attack for the Bikie boss Dobbing him in to police a criminal code that was broken. Police on the New South Wales North Coast said on Monday they are investigating Read's claim that he killed Collins in the town of Casino a decade ago. Chopper loved his criminal past! Recorded in 1999 - late at night in his car with the help of his friend, Jim Beam bourbon - Chopper talks into a tape recorder about crimes he hadn't been convicted for, how to dispose of a dead body and his run in with Alan Jones on live television. The film is aggressively self-aware in its provocations but its depiction of domestic violence has not aged well. Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read (17 November 1954 - 9 October 2013) was an Australian convicted criminal, gang member and author. A champion bareknuckle fighter, Caesar won 800+ underground bouts. Read claimed he shot Collins in a revenge attack for the former bikie boss dobbing him in to police for shooting him in the stomach in 1992. he had dealings with some of the worst bloody criminals, particularly in Victoria, because if someone did a stick-up, he wanted some of the bloody takings.''. Adam Shand writes: 'It is highly likely that Read and Hegyalji had nothing to do with Isaacs' death, yet in the years to come, Read would 'confess' hundreds of times that he and Mad Charlie had murdered Isaacs. "But at the end of the day I don't want my name mixed up with that bloke talking about that rubbish.''. He earnestly declared that he would confess to four murders, no more, no less. Nov 20, 2013 4:01pm. Post continues after audio. After years of talking up his violent ecapades, Read began to deny most of them one by one. Career criminal Mark Chopper Read has confessed murdering four people, including missing Queensland bikie boss Sidney Michael Collins, in the last interview before his own death. The people's executioner tells everybody where the bodies lie in this last picture show, as he called it. He said he shot Collins dead with his own gun in revenge and buried him near a football ground. And now . Chopper Unchopped. The film returns to Australian cinemas on 26 . 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And it was a missed opportunity to tell the truth about it all, author and journalist Adam Shand argues in a new book, The Real Chopper: The Man Behind The Legend, Australians have purchased more than 500,000 copies of his books, according to an, Earlier this month, Chopper Read posthumously won the 'Best Supporting Actor' gong at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival for a role he played in the comedy, The Real Chopper: The Man behind the legend, inside and out by Adam Shand is available now for $32.99 through, Pupils take to TikTok as they stage protest at Shenfield High School, Putin orders intelligence service to find 'scum' who oppose him, King Charles hosts von der Leyen at Windsor Castle, Putin spy plane before being 'destroyed by pro-Ukraine Belarus group', Gabor Mat: No Jewish state without oppressing local population, Amplified jet stream could lead to 'disruptive snow in places', Shocking video shows machete fight playing out in broad daylight, Cops smashes window and rescue two kids from a parked car, Moment pastor FOILS armed robbery after praying for gunmen, TikTok video shows Unity Academy Blackpool pupils protesting, Dashcam captures moment two cars collide on a roundabout, Dramatic moment police cars chase driver moments before smash. They said Chopper was 'nowhere near' Casino, NSW, at the time he was said to have killed Queensland bikie boss Sidney Collins in 2002. He craved fame, he craved acceptance,' Mr Shand said. Ive spoken to his son in recent years, even hell tell you that his Dad wasnt all there. "We were in Casino, New South Wales, doing a talk night, me and Jacko doing a talk night,'' Chopper said. "Pretty amazing interview overnight and we're looking at aspects of that interview and cross-referencing it and seeing it with our investigations into that disappearance with Sid Collins in 2002," Detective Inspector Cameron Lindsay said. Mr Shand also told Daily Mail Australia that Chopper he was only a teenager in 1971, when he was supposed to have murdered union heavyweight Desmond Costello - an unlikely proposition. In 2001, he left Tasmania and Hodge behind and moved back to Melbourne. Others accepted this was just Chopper being Chopper, providing a little colour to an otherwise boring Sunday night. Now, for the very first time, all eleven volumes of Chopper's memoirs are together in this special collector's edition. Read who was never convicted of murder, also admitted killing union heavy Desmond Costello in the '70s during the Melbourne waterfront wars. REST IN PIECE UNCLE MARK we miss you and love you still, Hey sweetheart, ( Tanya ) .. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. See www.themercury.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. Beyond the brutal killings, what made his admissions so chilling was his flippancy and utter lack of remorse. Their son, Charlie, was born in 1999. "I've got to tell you I was shell shocked my name was even mentioned. Wed, 9 October 2013 1:37AM. Chopper, however, needed to do something more dramatic. Former Launceston CIB detective Bob Coad, who arrested Read the night he shot Collins in the stomach and dumped him at the Launceston General Hospital, said he was capable of finishing the job. I see a very gentle person and I see a lot of warmth in him where others may not have been able to reach, she said. ', MYTH #2: He killed Sidney Collins, a missing Queensland bikie boss. I've had comments from schoolkids like, "Why don't you just go to jail now'. He would have made a good politician. For full details, see our Terms and Conditions www.themercury.com.au/connectedterms. There is . The notorious criminal, who has never been convicted of murder, told Channel Nine's 60 Minutes program he killed influential union member Desmond Costello, paedophile Reginald Isaacs, gangster Siam Ozerkam, known as Sammy the Turk, and bikie boss Sydney Michael Collins. Six months later, he was back . The general ramblings of a self-styled, leering psychopath would not be enough. Subscription automatically renews at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. It was impossible. Read joined the Surrey Road Gang and was soon a well known street fighter. News_Rich_Media: Notorious standover man Mark "Chopper" Read has received a final farewell at a public service. Syd Collins, who was shot in the chest by Read because he "thought too much", vanished in suspicious circumstances during a trip from his Gold Coast home to NSW to recover an underworld debt . I don't think of him as anything else, I don't think of him as being the criminal. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The Echo is made possible by the support of all of our advertisers. All eleven volumes of Chopper's original memoirs unchopped Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read is Australia's most famous standover man and one of its most prolific authors. Likewise, Mr Shand wrote that Chopper's stories of chopping of toes, torture and blowtorching people's feet weren't grounded in reality. ', MYTH #3: He killed notorious paedophile Reginald Isaacs. No surge of adrenalin. Feature image:Ella Scott Lynch plays Margaret Cassar in Underbelly Files: Chopper. and bikie boss Sydney Michael Collins. MARK "Jacko" Jackson wants an apology from 60 Minutes for including his name in Chopper Read's "fairytale" murder confession. The man who in his better moments worried about his sons was Mark Read. Hodge told the media she never knew the lovable rogue side of Read, only the violent mood swings which were further fueled by alcohol and prescription drugs. REST IN PEACE MARK .. It is part of the Underbelly franchise and continues the Underbelly Files spin-off tele-movies. Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date. There is only evidence he killed Sammy The Turk. Jackson has told The Courier-Mail he did go on a speaking tour to Casino with Chopper - but not until three years later, in 2005. I couldn't dig it up for you myself. Read was just three weeks from death but he remained in control of the script. Charades: Riddled with tattoos and scars, Chopper is pictured in a sequence from his final interview. Dixon, who was Read's bodyguard and one of his closest friends in his final years, said the stories were typical of his embellished tales. ", He added: "60 Minutes are looking into an apology. Is it the goriness? Written by Justin Monjo. Channel Nine's new . After purchase, this subscription may be managed in your Google Account Settings. One assumed that with no fear of prosecution, he would tell the truth for the first and last time. The Drill Hall Theatre Company is hosting free workshops for adult actors with or without acting experience. "We're on doing a professional show. 'That's what it's all about, the last interview, the last picture show,' he said. Read died today at the Royal Melbourne Hospital after a long battle with liver cancer, his manager Andrew Parisi said in a statement. Youre talking crap. His confessions came as little shock to the many Australians who thought of 'Uncle Chop Chop' as a badass - a murderous, but strangely familiar, character. This is an edited extract of The Real Chopper: The Man Behind the Legend, Inside and Out, available now for $32.99 through Penguin Books. Now, for the very first time, all eleven volumes of Chopper's memoirs are together in this special collector's edition. Chopper told the program he shot Collins dead with his own gun in revenge for dobbing him in to police a decade ago for shooting him. Read needed to serve up something new for his final pay check. Zara's husband announces a two-month tour with his rugby podcast 'We met a Princess'! How long does it take for my home delivery to start? 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