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Five minutes with …  CLAIRE HOOPER

She’s a stand-up comic, regularly pops up on The Project and co-hosted The Great Australian Bake Off from 2013 to 2019. Now Claire Hooper is adding children’s book author to her résumé. In Princess Benjamina Has a Very Cheeky Bum, the comedian tells the story of a little princess whose backside has a life of its own.

“The idea of a princess whose bottom likes to shout insults came to me out

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