Royal news live: Princess Anne discharged from hospital five days after she was kicked by horse
The princess was hospitalised following concussion and minor injuries
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Princess Anne’s husband confirmed she has returned home from hospital after five days.
The Princess Royal, 73, was hospitalised with concussion and minor injuries on Sunday night after being kicked by a horse.
Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence said: “I would like to extend my warmest thanks to all the team at Southmead Hospital for their care, expertise and kindness during my wife’s short stay.”
This comes after Wimbledon officials said they are “hopeful” the Princess of Wales could appear to present trophies at next month’s event.
Kate, 42, made a welcome return to public life earlier this month at Trooping the Colour as she continues to battle cancer.
The princess is the patron of the All England Club and their chair Debbie Jevans said they would be more than happy to give “as much flexibility as possible” when it comes to the event.
Jevans said: “We’re hopeful that the Princess of Wales will be able to present the trophies as the Club’s patron, but her health and recovery is the priority.”
Anne leaves hospital after being treated for minor head injuries and concussion
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Harry and Meghan immortalised in new paintings – but viewers aren’t impressed
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been immortalised in new paintings by an artist who reimagined them as influential royals from the past.
Prince Harry, 39, was portrayed by artist Dan Llywelyn Hall as Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender, Charles Edward Stuart.
Meanwhile, Meghan Markle, 42, was reimagined as Dame Elizabeth Grey in a portrait called the Returning White Queen.
The paintings have not gone down well with many viewers on social media.
One wrote: “Those pics have made my day, on the floor laughing with the tears rolling down my back.”
A second said they were worse than the new, red portrait of the King, adding: “Worse than Charles portrait and that’s saying something.” [sic]
Explaining the thinking behind the portraits, the artist said: “In Harry’s case, I have entered the story before he met Meghan the young party-goer with his future very much in the balance, a bit like the Bonnie Prince I have likened him to.
“I thought putting Meghan in the role of the White Queen, who was a Queen Consort and possibly the most influential ‘outsider’ in Royal history, might have a fine irony to it and not necessarily beyond the realms of reality.”
Royal family bid goodbye to Japanese state visitors
The Royal Family have thanked the Emperor and Empress of Japan for coming to the UK for a three-day state visit.
The two couples said a fond goodbye after the successful visit, which saw them undertake several engagements including a state banquet.
🇯🇵🇬🇧The King and Queen wave farewell to The Emperor and Empress of Japan.
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) June 27, 2024
Thank you for coming!
国王陛下は、日本の天皇皇后両陛下に別れの手を振ります。
ご訪英いただき有難うございました！ pic.twitter.com/JbjiUkSU28
Costs of Harry and Meghan’s California mansion ‘piling up'
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly shelling out as much as seven figures a year to maintain their £12 million California mansion.
Eric Bramlett, a high-end real estate company owner, likened the property to “a small boutique hotel”.
“Managing a $14 million ($21 million) mansion like Harry and Meghan’s in Montecito takes a lot of work,” he told the Express.
“It’s like running a small boutique hotel with residential service.
“The costs pile up quick, but it comes with luxury living.”
Harry says Diana would have wanted him ‘to be happy'
Prince Harry opened up about his grief after losing his mother at the age of 12 and admitted that he found it difficult to let himself be happy.
Harry, now 39, made the revelation about the 1997 loss of the Princes of Wales while speaking as a global ambassador for Scotty’s Little Soldiers, which provides support to bereaved military children.
“It’s so easy as a kid to think or convince yourself…. you convince yourself that the person you’ve lost wants you, or you need to be sad for as long as possible to prove to them that they are missed.
“But then there’s this realisation of, no, they must want me to be happy,” he said.
Princess Anne spends a fifth night in hospital
Buckingham Palace has confirmed to The Independent that Princess Anne has spent a fifth night in hospital after being kicked by a horse.
The Princess Royal, 73, suffered a concussion and minor injuries after the incident on her Gloucestershire estate on Sunday evening.
Her husband Admiral Sir Tim Laurence told reporters outside the Bristol hospital where she remains that the princess is “recovering slowly”.
Taylor Swift’s boyfriend describes royal children as ‘an absolute delight'
Taylor Swift’s boyfriend was full of praise for Prince George and Princess Charlotte after they attended her Eras Tour concert at Wembley with Prince William.
The American footballer Travis Kelce posed with the youngsters and their father, Prince William, for a selfie with Swift after the concert took place.
He said: “They were an absolute delight to me, I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to bow to them or curtsy, or just be an American idiot and shake their hand.”
Kelce added that he addressed the Prince of Wales as “your highness” and joked that he had never felt so emasculated.”
Meghan Markle ‘desperate’ to reconnect with Kate Middleton
The Duchess of Sussex is reportedly “desperate” to reconnect with the Princess of Wales amid her ongoing cancer battle.
“Meghan’s desperate to come across as the bigger person and end this feud between them – appearing like some sort of royal saviour could only do her image good,” a source told OK! magazine.
“When Kate gets back into action, their hope is that it might take some of the heat off them and possibly trigger a truce with her and William, and with the king, too.”
Harry opens up on grief
The Duke of Sussex has advised a group of bereaved military children they cannot “suppress” their grief forever as it would eventually “eat away” at them.
Harry met the youngsters during his brief UK visit in May and, in a new video, discusses coping with loss with Nikki Scott, founder of Armed Forces charity Scotty’s Little Soldiers which is supporting the children.
During the 20th anniversary year of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, Harry revealed in a newspaper interview that he spent nearly 20 years “not thinking” about his mother’s death and eventually got help after two years of “total chaos”.
Speaking after he joined 50 children for a session of fun activities hosted by Scotty’s in May, the duke told the charity boss about his pep talk about coping with grief. He said to Mrs Scott: “But that’s what I was saying to (the children), if you suppress this for too long, you can’t suppress it forever, it’s not sustainable and it will eat away at you inside.”
When she highlighted the importance of a bereaved child celebrating their parent’s life, Harry replied that it was hard for a youngster whose mindset was “I don’t want to talk about it because it makes me sad”.
He added: “But realising that if I do talk about it, and I’m celebrating their life, then actually things become easier. As opposed to ‘I’m not going to talk about it and that’s the best form of coping’ – when in fact it’s not.”
King Charles wishes Hello Kitty a happy birthday
King Charles demonstrated his popular culture knowledge at the recent state banquet at Buckingham Palace.
Referencing his grandchildren’s love of Pokémon to the Japanese emperor and empress, he also took the opportunity to wish Hello Kitty a happy 50th birthday in his speech.
The Monarch noted how the UK and Japan share a lot more than just “how much we enjoy tea and talking about the weather.”
Public holiday declared for King Charles visit
A public holiday has been declared by The States of Jersey to mark King Charles’s visit on 15 July.
Chief minister Lyndon Farnham described the upcoming visit as a “rare and historic” occasion and said that it would cost the taxpayer around £700,000 in wages.
The visit next month is the first from a reigning Monarch since 2005.
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