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  • Royal Snub: Queen Elizabeth bans Meghan and Harry from balcony appearance?

    Royal Snub: Queen Elizabeth bans Meghan and Harry from balcony appearance?

    The Queen Elizabeth on Thursday made an appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony alongside active members of the royal family, where she greeted thousands of people who gathered in London to witness the start of Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

    Platinum jubilee event times: When is it and what is taking place over the bank holiday weekend? | The Independent

    The 96-year-old Elizabeth made two appearances on the Buckingham Palace balcony, looking elegant in a light blue attire.

    In the crowds outside the palace on Thursday, it was a party. But people wondered aloud what happens to the monarchy after Elizabeth.

    The queen was joined on the palace balcony by members of the royal family, though not Prince Andrew, Prince Harry or Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex.

    Prince Andrew had tested positive for the coronavirus. Whereas the Queen announced that only senior working members of the royal family will be included in the balcony appearance hence Harry and Meghan who stepped back from royal duties in January 2020 weren’t a part of it.

    Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Duke of Kentl in the Major General's office overlooking The Trooping of the Colour on Horse Guards Parade.

    The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have since moved to Montecito, California.

    Angela Levin, during her conversation with Sky News, said that the Queen has made some tough decisions.

    Sky News host Kay Burley spoke to Ms Levin on the show.

    Ms Burley asked: “Will we see [Meghan and Harry] on the balcony?”.

    Ms Levin replied, “No, the Queen has been firm about that”.

    “The way she has done it is if you are not a working royal, you can’t be on it.

    “That’s a way of stopping Prince Andrew from going out [on the balcony]”.

    She continued: “I think there would be quite a feeling of anger amongst us all [if Andrew were to appear]”.

    The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived secretly in a private jet ahead of the event. The couple’s visit will mark the first time that the members of the royal family will meet their daughter Lilibet who turns 1 on June 4. It was previously reported that Harry and Meghan will be staying at Frogmore Cottage during their UK visit for the celebration. 

    Ahead of the big celebrations to mark the monarch’s 70 years on the throne, a new portrait of the Queen was recently released by Buckingham Palace along with a personal message from the monarch that said, “I continue to be inspired by the goodwill shown to me, and hope that the coming days will provide an opportunity to reflect on all that has been achieved during the last 70 years, as we look to the future with confidence and enthusiasm.” 

    It was reported that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not be joining the Queen on the Buckingham Palace balcony during the Trooping the Colour ceremony since they are no longer serving royals. The couple will reportedly watch the ceremony from Duke of Wellington’s former office, overlooking Horse Guards Parade.

  • Meghan Markle’s bonding with royal children steals the limelight at Platinum Jubilee

    The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stole the spotlight with their amazing first appearance at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on Thursday.

    The duo arrived in the UK on Wednesday with their children Archie and Lilibet, and joined the royal family for Trooping the Colour.

    The Sussexex, who did not appear alongside the Queen on the balcony, watched the birthday parade for Queen Elizabeth from the Major General’s Office, which overlooks the Horse Guards Parade.

    The couple enjoyed the moments with the various young royals at the Palace, including Zara Tindall’s kids Mia, 8, and Lena, 3, and Peter Phillips’ daughter Savannah, 11.

    Meghan and Harry, who was seen chatting with the Duke of Kent and at one point shushing the boisterous royal kids himself have appeared together with the royal family in more than two years.

    The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made their last appearance in March 2020 for Commonwealth Day as official working royals.

    The Duchess looked smashing as she wore an asymmetrical, wide-brimmed Stephen Jones hat with an oversized navy bow and coordinating navy dress, while donned a blue suit rather than ceremonial dress as he has in the past.

    The Queen previously announced that only senior working members of the royal family will be included in the balcony appearance. Harry and Meghan stepped back from royal duties in January 2020 and have since moved to Montecito, California.

  • Throwback: Kate Middleton stunned Prince Harry with a ‘bold’ joke present at Christmas

    Kate Middleton picked a hilarious Christmas gift for Prince Harry some years ago, according to the Mirror.

    The Duchess of Cambridge decided to buy Prince Harry a rather bold present as a joke, before Harry started dating Meghan Markle and was single, following a string of high-profile relationships.

    She gave her brother-in-law a ‘grow-your-own-girlfriend’ kit. According to the report, Prince Harry was taken by complete surprise.

    Other gifts exchanged over the years have included a leather toilet seat for Prince Charles and a shower cap for the Queen with ‘ain’t life a b****’ emblazoned across it.

    Prince Harry has moved to the United States (US) with Meghan Markle, following a family dispute.

  • Prince Harry and Meghan Markle most ‘photogenic royals’

    Prince Harry and Meghan Markle most ‘photogenic royals’

    Photography experts are claiming that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are the most photogenic royals and have captured headlines amounting to an unmatched 2.4 million Instagram hastags.

    A spokesperson for the photography company Printique has said that, “Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are a royal inspiration when it comes to romance.”

    “They constantly prove life in the spotlight is no match for their priorities of love and happiness. Also, for their commitment to a flourishing family life.”

    He added, “Meghan Markle is one of the most influential women in the world today. She and Prince Harry have a powerful and enduring online presence.

    “They have the potential to spark real change through their charity work and desire to make the world a better place,” he continued.

    “Harry and Meghan no longer have official positions within the Royal Family. However, it’s clear that they, much like Princess Diana, are royals of the heart and deeply loved around the world,” said the spokesperson.

  • Prince Charles denies making racist comment about grandson

    Prince Charles denies making racist comment about grandson

    Charles, Prince of Wales, has reportedly approached his legal team over controversial claims made in a book about the skin colour of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s child Archie.

    A book titled “Brothers And Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry and Meghan” written by Christopher Andersen claims that in the British Royal household, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, were the ones who raised concerns about Archie’s skin colour before his birth. However, Clarence House has denied the claim, reports Page Six.

    The book alleges that Charles asked Camilla over breakfast: “I wonder what the children will look like?’’ [alluding to Archie].

    There have been numerous reports that Charles, who is heir to the British throne, has discussed this issue with a team of lawyers.

    Previously, Meghan in an interview with Oprah Winfrey revealed that when she was pregnant, a member of the Royal Family had gone to Harry with “concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he was born”.

  • Palestine’s El-Kurd twins make it to Time’s top 100 list

    Palestine’s El-Kurd twins make it to Time’s top 100 list

    Palestinian rights activists Muna and Mohammed El-Kurd, whose family faces forced displacement from their home in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, have been named in Time magazine’s annual list of the 100 most-influential people in the world.

    The twins, aged 23, earlier this year became the faces of a global campaign to halt Israeli efforts to forcibly displace Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah to make way for Jewish settlers.

    Israeli forces detained and questioned the siblings for several hours over their activism in June.

    “Through online posts and media appearances, sibling activists Mohammed and Muna El-Kurd provided the world with a window into living under occupation in East Jerusalem this spring – helping to prompt an international shift in rhetoric in regard to Israel and Palestine,” the magazine wrote about the siblings.

    In a statement on Twitter on Wednesday, Mohammad El-Kurd said that although being named to the list was a “positive” development, symbolism is not enough to truly support the Palestinian cause.

    Time magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Edward Felsenthal said the top-100 list features “extraordinary leaders from around the world working to build a better future” who “in a year of crisis have leaped into the fray”.

    Also on the list is Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was recently named Afghanistan’s acting deputy prime minister after the group took control of the country.

    The United Kingdom’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, American pop star Britney Spears, and US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles are also on the list.

  • Did Meghan Markle’s friend Priyanka Chopra snub the royals at Wimbledon?

    Did Meghan Markle’s friend Priyanka Chopra snub the royals at Wimbledon?

    Meghan Markle’s friend and Indian actress Priyanka Chopra royally snubbed Kate Middleton and Prince Willian upon their entry at the Wimbledon. She didn’t even clap for them like the rest of the crowd.

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    In a newly emerged clip shared by the U.K’s DailyMail on Wednesday, the Baywatch actress appeared to ignore the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as they took their seats to a roaring applause from the crowd for the Women’s Singles Final on Saturday.

    Instead of joining in, the desi girl seemingly fiddled with her scarf. At one point, the Quantico star appeared to look away as the couple mingled with those in attendance.

    The alleged snub made its way to Twitter, where many believed the star was supporting her friend Meghan Markle Indirectly. In March, the Duchess of Sussex, 39, told Oprah Winfrey that the Duchess of Cambridge, 39, made her cry days before she married William’s younger brother Prince Harry in May 2018.

    Some pointed out that the clip is similar to the unearthed video footage from 2018 that showed William, 39, suddenly preoccupied with his own scarf while ignoring Markle, who attempted to speak with her brother-in-law. In that clip, the duke repeatedly fiddled with his attire, ignoring Markle altogether.

    “She got him!” one person tweeted about Chopra. “The revenge of a BFF.”

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  • Prince Charles gave Prince Harry and Meghan a ‘substantial sum’ of money after they bid adieu to royal life

    Prince Charles gave Prince Harry and Meghan a ‘substantial sum’ of money after they bid adieu to royal life

    During his interview with Oprah Winfrey earlier this year, Prince Harry commented that his family had “literally cut him off financially” in the first quarter of 2020 which attracted significant attention. However, now, officials working for Prince Charles have revealed to journalists on the financial arrangements surrounding the Sussex’s’ departure from royal life, saying that the Prince of Wales supported them with a “substantial sum” immediately after they stepped back.

    According to reports, the latest information came to light as the royal household published its annual accounts for the financial year ending in March 2020. In addition to the Sovereign Grant report, which is published by Buckingham Palace and covers the expenditure of public money, Prince Charles’s household also publishes an annual review which shows how he has spent his income from the Duchy of Cornwall.

    On expenditure in the last financial year relating to Harry and Meghan, a senior Clarence House spokesman said that Prince Charles allocated a “substantial sum to support them” with the transition towards becoming financially independent. The spokesman said this funding stopped in the summer of last year. A spokesperson for Harry and Meghan later clarified that Harry’s comments about being cut off in the first quarter of 2020 were referring to the first quarter of the financial year which began in April 2020. The couple officially left royal life at the end of March 2020.

  • Meghan Markle and Prince Harry welcome baby girl

    Meghan Markle and Prince Harry welcome baby girl

    The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced the arrival of their baby daughter on Sunday who the couple has named after Queen Elizabeth and late Princess Diana.

    As per reports, the baby girl, Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born on Friday at the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California.

    “On June 4th, we were blessed with the arrival of our daughter, Lili. She is more than we could have ever imagined and we remain grateful for the love and prayers we’ve felt from across the globe,” Harry and Meghan said in a statement.

    “Thank you for your continued kindness and support during this very special time for our family.”

    No pictures of the newborn or the Sussexes accompanied the announcement.

    Their press secretary said both mother and child are healthy and at home.

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    Lili is named after her great-grandmother whose family nickname is Lilibet. While her middle name, Diana honours her late grandmother,

    The couple tied the knot in May 2018 at Windsor Castle. Their son Archie was born a year later.

  • Another royal baby on the way as Princess Beatrice announces pregnancy

    Another royal baby on the way as Princess Beatrice announces pregnancy

    Princess Beatrice, the granddaughter of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth who married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi last year, is expecting a baby, Buckingham Palace has announced.

    The baby, the first for Beatrice, the eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, and her property developer husband, is due to be born this autumn.

    “The queen has been informed and both families are delighted with the news,” the Palace said in a statement.

    The princess, the ninth-in-line to the throne, and her husband wed at Windsor Castle in July in a scaled-down private ceremony that took place without the usual pomp and fanfare that royal weddings usually attract because of COVID-19 restrictions.

    The queen currently has 10 great grandchildren, with two new royal arrivals this year – Beatrice’s sister Eugenie had her first baby in February and Zara Tindall, the daughter of Princess Anne, gave birth to her third child in March.

    Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are also expecting their second child this year.

    The announcement of the pregnancy provides some good for the 95-year-old monarch whose husband of more than seven decades Prince Philip died last month.

    In a further blow to the queen, one of two Dorgi puppies she was given by Prince Andrew to cheer her up after Philip fell ill in February died over the weekend.

    “The queen is absolutely devastated,” an unnamed royal aide told the Sun newspaper. “Everyone concerned is upset as this comes so soon after she lost her husband.”