Royal news live: Anne’s injuries could be ‘worse than concussion’ as new Harry and Meghan portraits released
Meghan has been depicted as an ‘influential outsider’
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Princess Anne’s injuries could be “worse than concussion” it has been claimed after she spent a fifth night in hospital.
The Princess Royal, 73, was hospitalised with a concussion and minor injuries on Sunday night after being kicked by a horse.
Former Royal Editor Duncan Larcombe told GB News: “It certainly suggests that perhaps whatever had happened to her, it’s worse than concussion.”
This comes as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been reimagined as famous royals from history in controversial new portraits as Princess Anne spends a fifth night in hospital.
Harry was portrayed as Bonnie Prince Charlie while Meghan was reimagined as Dame Elizabeth Grey.
Artist Dan Llywelyn Hall 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.”
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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.
Princess Diana’s dresses expected to sell for £630,000 at auction
Two gowns worn by the late Princess Diana are expected to sell for £630,000 when they go under the hammer today (27 June).
They are being sold by Julien’s Auctions in what has been billed as the largest private sale of the princess’s belongings.
The dresses were worn by the royal in the late 1980s, according to reports, and are expected to fetch £315,000 each.
Queen Camilla tells young book fans they are ‘all going to be stars'
Queen Camilla today told young readers that they are “all going to be stars” on a visit to a school in London.
The Queen Consort was given a tour of Christ Church School in Chelsea, south-west London and had the opportunity to learn about its various initiatives to encourage reading.
Gifting books to the library, she told over 200 pupils to keep reading “forever and ever”.
She said: “It is going to take you off on millions of adventures all over the world. The more you read as you grow up, it’s going to be bigger and better for all of you.
“Keep on reading, and by the time you are grown up, you are all going to be stars.”
Royal family ‘on the ropes’ with ongoing health concerns
Following Princess Anne’s hospitalisation and the various health problems being experienced by the royal family, one expert has said they are “on the ropes”.
Author Christopher Andersen told the Daily Beast: “As the senior royals get older, there will inevitably be more health challenges. But it does seem odd that we’re witnessing one medical problem after another being heaped on the new sovereign in rapid succession.
“One gets the sense that the Royal Family is on the ropes. I think we were all spoiled somewhat by the late Queen Mother, by Queen Elizabeth II, and by Prince Philip, all three of whom avoided serious illness well into their nineties.”
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