Royal news live: Prince Harry ‘fears bringing Meghan and children’ to UK after taxpayer-funded security cut
Harry ‘cannot guarantee family’s safety’
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The Duke of Sussex reportedly fears bringing his two young children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet to the UK amid his ongoing legal concerns.
Harry, 39, is continuing to fight for taxpayer-funding security when he does visit the UK, despite no longer being a working royal.
GB News’s royal correspondent Cameron Walker said: “He doesn’t feel his family is safe when they’re in the UK because they do not have police protection officers with the Metropolitan Police with him.
“So perhaps that is the main reason why Prince Harry isn’t bringing Meghan and Archie and Lilibet over to the UK because he can’t guarantee, he would say he can’t guarantee their safety.”
It comes as Princess Anne was forced to cancel her visit to Canada tomorrow after she sustained a concussion after being kicked by a horse on her Gloucestershire estate.
The Princess Royal, 73, was due to make the trip overseas to mark the 100th anniversary of the National War Memorial in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
However, following her concussion and minor injuries, she was hospitalised in Bristol for five nights, but has since returned home.
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Princess Anne’s nickname for King Charles
Following the news that Princess Anne remains in hospital, her affectionate nickname for King Charles has been resurfaced.
The Princess Royal, 73, is widely considered one of the hardest-working royals and a close confidant of the king.
In the 2023 documentary Charles III: The Coronation Year, she affectionately refers to her older sibling as “Old Bean”.
The Telegraph‘s royal editor Hannah Furness said: “[Princess Anne] is, personally to King Charles, a real sounding board and a right-hand woman. They have grown up together, they have spent their childhood together when the [late] Queen and Prince Philip were travelling a lot, they are very close.”
She added: “There was a lovely moment in the documentary recently where we saw her calling King Charles ‘Old Bean’.”
Meghan Markle encouraged to ‘get creative’ with new lifestyle brand
A PR expert has advised Meghan Markle to “get creative” with the launch of her new lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard.
This comes amid the Duchess of Sussex teasing various products including raspberry and strawberry jams as well as dog biscuits.
The products were revealed to the general public on social media through Meghan’s celebrity friends and influencers, who were gifted them to sample.
Publicist Sara Fruman told The Express: “There are plenty of strategies she can use to get publicity, and the most impactful would be to get creative and authentic – neither of which Meghan seems to be doing.
“It appears that Meghan is either getting poor advice or she’s not listening to the advice she is given. The latter may be more likely.”
Prince Harry feared Queen Camilla would take King Charles away from him
A resurfaced passage from Prince Harry’s 2023 memoir Spare has revealed that he feared the now Queen Camilla would take his father away from him.
The prince admitted he had “mixed feelings” about the pair’s 2005 wedding but ultimately suppressed his opinion when he “saw Pa’s smile and it was hard to argue with that.”
“I knew without question that this marriage would take Pa away from us,” he wrote.
“Not in any real sense, not in any deliberate or malicious way, but nevertheless – away. He was entering a new space, a closed space, a tightly insular space.”
Princess Anne discharged from hospital
Princess Anne has been released from the Bristol hospital where she spent five nights after being kicked by a horse.
The Princess Royal, 73, was hospitalised on Sunday night after sustaining a concussion and minor injuries while on a walk on her Gloucestershire estate.
She was forced to postpone her upcoming engagements and cancel a trip to Canada, which was due to take place tomorrow.
Prince Harry 'fears bringing Archie and Lilibet to the UK'
The Duke of Sussex reportedly fears bringing his two young children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet to the UK amid his ongoing legal concerns.
Harry, 39, is continuing to fight for taxpayer-funding security when he does visit the UK, despite no longer being a working royal.
GB News’s Royal Correspondent Cameron Walker said: “Harry’s case is he does not feel safe.
“He doesn’t feel his family is safe when they’re in the UK because they do not have police protection officers with the Metropolitan Police with him.
“So perhaps that is the main reason why Prince Harry isn’t bringing Meghan and Archie and Lilibet over to the UK because he can’t guarantee, he would say he can’t guarantee their safety.”
Wimbledon officials ‘hopeful’ of Kate Middleton appearance
Wimbledon officials have said they are “hopeful” of a potential appearance from the Princess of Wales at next month’s tournament.
Kate, 42, is the chair of the All England Club and typically presents trophies at the prestigious tennis event.
As she made her return to public life earlier this month, the princess, who is battling cancer, said she hopes to attend “a few public engagements over the summer.”
Club Chair Debbie Jevans told Telegraph Sport: “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. We don’t know what we don’t know. All we’ve said is that we’ll work with her and give her as much flexibility as possible.
“I don’t know who would present the trophies as an alternative – that’s something to consider nearer the time if necessary. We’re staying flexible. ‘When we hear we’ll then think about what’s the right thing to do.”
Princess Anne spends a fifth night in hospital
Princess Anne is thought to have spent a fifth night in hospital after being kicked by a horse last Sunday.
The incident, which left the Princess Royal, 73, with a concussion and minor injuries, took place as she walked around her Gloucestershire estate in the evening.
Her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence said that she was “recovering slowly” and would leave the Bristol hospital where she is being treated “when she is ready”.
Anne’s press office could not be immediately reached for comment this morning.
Items owned by Princess Diana sell for over £4 million
Princess Diana’s belongings and other royal artefacts have sold for over £4 million at an auction in Los Angeles.
Billed as the largest collection of items ever sold belonging to the late princess, it featured evening gowns and letters that showed that Diana was genuinely happy in the early days of her marriage to the then-Prince Charles.
The most expensive item sold at the auction was an off-the-shoulder evening dress belonging to Diana, which sold for a staggering $910,000 (£720,000).
The dress was worn by the princess in 1987 in both London and Germany and was originally expected to sell for an upper estimate of £315,000.
A portion of the money raised by the auction will be donated to the charity Muscular Dystrophy UK.
Meghan Markle considers father ‘long gone’, commentator claims
A royal commentator has claimed that Meghan Markle considers her estranged father Thomas “long gone”.
The revelation comes after Mr Markle pleaded with his daughter to let him meet his grandchildren, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, before his 80th birthday.
Royal expert Kinsey Schofield told TalkTV: “I really feel like Meghan Markle considers her father long gone. I don’t think reconciliation is even on her agenda whatsoever.”
The pair fell out around the time of the Duchess of Sussex’s 2018 wedding to Prince Harry when it emerged that her father had undertaken a staged photoshoot with the paparazzi.
Prince William places an ‘absolute ban on Harry returning'
Prince William has placed an “absolute ban on Harry returning” amid reports that he would like to fix his seemingly frosty relationship with the royal family, an insider has claimed.
The source said the heir to the throne, 42, does not want his younger brother, 39, to return “in any way, shape or form to the family fold.”
“There is a sense that William has stepped into the Prince Philip role. Philip ruled the family with a rod of iron and you saw when he died that discipline collapsed,” a source told OK! magazine.
“Now William is calling the shots when it comes to family discipline. He can be scary.”
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