Royal news: William and Kate announce Earthshot Prize winners as trip overshadowed by palace racism row
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s trailer for new Netflix documentary dropped early on Thursday
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Your support makes all the difference.The Prince and Princess of Wales awarded the 2022 Earthshot Prize awards at a ceremony in Boston amid a three-day trip to the US.
Prince William awarded the £1m prize to five innovators tackling the climate crisis.
Earlier, William met US president Joe Biden before touring the JFK Library with Caroline Kennedy as the Princess of Wales made a solo visit to Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child in Cambridge on Friday.
Meanwhile, sources close to Prince William and Princess Kate have apparently nicknamed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex “the Kardashians” in a sharp response to the trailer for their new Netflix documentary series.
The Times reported that “royal insiders” believe that Harry and Meghan “deliberately torpedoed” William and Kate’s visit to the US by allowing the streaming giant to release the first look of the documentary during the US visit.
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Prince William and Kate begin second day of Royal Tour after Harry and Meghan release Netflix trailer
Prince William and Kate kicked off the second day of the Royal tour on Thursday amid a Royal racism row and the drop of a headline-grabbing trailer for Prince Harry and Meghan’s new Netflix documentary.
The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Greentown Labs, the United States’ largest clean-tech incubator in Boston, Massachusetts around 11am.
Watch: Prince William condemns Lady Hussey’s ‘unacceptable’ comments
Prince William has condemned “unacceptable” comments made by his godmother, Lady Susan Hussey, towards a Black charity boss at a Buckingham Palace reception.
The late Queen’s lady-in-waiting repeatedly asked Ngozi Fulani where she was “really” from in an encounter Ms Fulani said was “an abuse.”
Lady Hussey has since resigned.
“Racism has no place in our society, these comments were unacceptable and it is right that the individual concerned has stepped down,” a spokesperson for Kensington Palace said.
Lady Hussey: Prince William condemns 'unacceptable' comment made to Ngozi Fulani
Prince William has condemned “unacceptable” comments made by his godmother, Lady Susan Hussey, towards a Black charity boss at a Buckingham Palace reception. The late Queen’s lady-in-waiting repeatedly asked Ngozi Fulani where she was “really” from in an encounter Ms Fulani said was “an abuse.” Lady Hussey has since resigned. “Racism has no place in our society, these comments were unacceptable and it is right that the individual concerned has stepped down,” a spokesperson for Kensington Palace said. Sign up for our newsletters.
Lady Hussey ‘said Harry and Meghan marriage would end in tears’
The late Queen’s lady-in-waiting, who has resigned and apologised for “unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments” made to a Black advocate for survivors of domestic abuse, once reportedly advised Meghan Markle.
Lady Susan Hussey, 83, who is a godmother to Prince William, served the late Queen for more than 60 years. During her time in the role, the palace aide was reportedly directed by Buckingham Palace to help the Duchess of Sussex settle into royal life prior to and after her wedding to Prince Harry, according to Tom Bower, author of Revenge: Meghan, Harry And The War Between The Windsors.
The book also claims she took a dim view of the marriage. Chelsea Ritschel reports.
Royal aide embroiled in race row ‘said Harry and Meghan marriage would end in tears’
Lady Susan Hussey reportedly advised Duchess of Sussex about royal life
Teaser released of ‘unprecedented and in-depth’ Netflix docuseries ‘Harry & Meghan'
The first official teaser for Harry & Meghan, the Sussexes’ behind-the-scenes Netflix docuseries, has premiered.
The one-minute trailer, which featured never before seen private photographs of the couple, was released on the second day of the Prince and Princess of Wales’s high-profile trip to the US.
Watch it here in Meredith Clark’s report.
Harry and Meghan: Everything we know about docuseries as first teaser released
The six-episode Netflix docuseries will ‘share the other side’ of the couple’s story after stepping down from the royal family
After rain delay, Caroline Kennedy greeted royal couple
Despite reporting that Caroline Kennedy, US Ambassador to Australia and daughter of President John F Kennedy, had failed to show up to greet the Prince and Princess of Wales, she did manage to make it to the Boston Celtics game to greet the royal couple.
A rainstorm had disrupted her travel plans causing an unexpected delay. Later in the trip she will give them a tour of her father’s presidential library.
The timing of Harry & Meghan’s Netflix trailer is so perfect, it almost seems deliberate
In a new comment piece, The Independent’s Louis Chilton writes:
“Netflix’s documentary has long been teased as Harry and Meghan’s defiant rebuke to the suffocating influence of The Firm. But other than a few juicy specifics, it is unlikely to tell us too much more than what she has already disclosed, and what we should already know to be true. (Reports surfaced, for instance, that Harry and Meghan had sought to soften some of the documentary’s revelations out of respect for the Queen’s death).
“What it will do is chip away at the wall of impunity that has always surrounded the royals, piece by piece.”
Read more:
The timing of Harry & Meghan’s Netflix trailer is so perfect, it seems deliberate
The first teaser for the much-hyped new documentary has dropped amid one of the biggest racism scandals the royal family has ever faced. Meghan Markle has been vindicated, writes Louis Chilton – and this time, people may have no choice but to listen to what she says
William and Kate meet Boston’s own King’s Guard
A little boy dressed as one of the King’s Guard from Buckingham Palace greeted the Prince and Princess of Wales this morning as they left their first engagement of the day.
Henry Dynov-Teixeira shook hands with the royal couple and presented Kate with a bouquet.
Charity boss says her authentic African attire led to ‘attack’ from palace aide
The Black charity boss at the centre of the latest royal racism row has said she felt her Rastafarian pride was under attack at the Buckingham Palace event that she almost didn’t attend because of the British Empire’s links to slavery.
Ngozi Fulani described her “auction block moment” — a reference to her enslaved African ancestors who were bought and sold from auction blocks by imperialists — prior to attending a Violence Against Women and Girls reception hosted by Camilla, the Queen Consort, on Tuesday.
Read Nadine White’s full report:
Charity boss says her authentic African attire led to ‘attack’ from palace aide
Exclusive: ‘I’m aware that the palace itself does not reflect us. There are pictures of people who don’t look like us on the walls,’ Ngozi Fulani says
Fans divided over timing of trailer release for ‘Harry & Meghan’ Netflix docuseries
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have divided fans with the timing of the release of the first trailer for their tell-all Netflix docuseries.
On Thursday, Netflix released a first look at the forthcoming series, Harry & Meghan. The six-episode docuseries is expected to air on 8 December and will “share the other side” of the couple’s story.
Although it’s been reported that the couple’s highly anticipated docuseries would be airing in December, the timing of the first trailer is poignant.
Chelsea Ritschel explains.
Harry and Meghan divide fans with ‘petty’ timing of Netflix docuseries trailer
The Netflix trailer coincides with a recent racism row surrounding the royal family and the Prince and Princess of Wales’ tour of Boston
ICYMI: Chants of ‘USA’ as William and Kate attend Celtics game
The Prince and Princess of Wales attended a Boston Celtics game against the Miami Heat at Boston’s TD Garden arena on Wednesday.
The royal couple were seated courtside and were spotted cheering the match. They were joined by Massachusetts governor-elect Maura Healey and Boston mayor Michelle Wu.
William and Kate met with boos and chants at Celtics game in Boston
Prince and Princess of Wales greeted with boos from crowd at Boston Celtics game
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