Women's Health Australia

Seeing the light

“I have an idea…” says Hilary Duff's daughter, Banks, her finger tapping her mouth. “Can I have a treat?” The now-four-year-old child tilts her blonde head to one side as her mother looks upon her with some amusement. “Did you eat any vegetables for lunch?” Hilary asks. Banks says yes, though Hilary suspects otherwise. But who can deny a little indulgence in the face of such ingenuity?

Banks scampers out of view on Zoom and Hilary, left alone in her bright and airy bedroom, shakes her head affectionately. The 35-year-old is the mother of three children. Besides Banks, she has son Luca, 10, from her previous marriage to retired hockey player Mike Comrie, and daughter Mae, one. When Mae was born, the baby took over her office, so now Hilary's bedroom is

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