Royal news live: Prince Harry ‘fears bringing Meghan and children’ to UK after taxpayer-funded security cut

Harry ‘cannot guarantee family’s safety’

Princess Anne recalls the moment she survived a kidnapping attempt

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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[27 June 2024 11:00 · Emma Guinness]

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 and Meghan moved to California after stepping down as working royals in 2020. (PA)

This aerial view shows the general neighborhood of the hometown of the Duke and Dutchess of Sussex Harry and Meghan, who purchased the Chateau of Riven Rock in the Montecito neighborhood of Santa Barbara. (AFP via Getty Images)

[27 June 2024 10:00 · Emma Guinness]

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.

Prince Harry opened up about pain of losing mother his mother Diana in a new interview. (Scotty’s Little Soldiers)

[27 June 2024 09:40 · Emma Guinness]

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”.

Princess Anne has been in hospital since Sunday. (AP)

[27 June 2024 09:00 · Emma Guinness]

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.”

The royals posed with Swift and Kelce on Prince William’s 42nd birthday. (@taylorswift13/X)

[27 June 2024 08:00 · Emma Guinness]

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.”

Meghan Markle is reportedly ‘desperate’ to reconnect with Kate Middleton. (Netflix)

[27 June 2024 07:09 · Emma Guinness]

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.”