MEGHAN should have stuck around as a royal for longer, as "she'd have been a natural", claims royals expert Andrew Morton.
Speaking to the Mirror, Mortan suggested that her commitment to charity, specifically ones connected to mental health, would have made her a very popular figure across the nation.
He said: "The great tragedy, I think, is that Meghan and Harry didn't give it long enough to see whether they could give it a go. They were on the out almost before the wedding music had finished."
He continued: "Meghan is a natural, I've got pictures of her when she was age 10 leading a march against the first Gulf War at her school. The local TV cameras turned up and she was there giving interviews.
"She spoke at the United Nations with Hillary Clinton. She had the great possibility of using her talent and her position to make a genuine change to the world. I don't think she's going to make such a change living in Montecito."
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- henry moore
Meghan's sister fails to get judge removed for knowing Obama
Meghan Markle's half-sister has faced another set back in her deformation case, after her appeal to get a judge removed because they were appointed by Obama was rejected.
Samantha Markle, 57, claims Judge Charlene is too close to Meghan and Harry, because all three had a relationship with former-president Barack Obama.
The deformation case emerged after Meghan's INFAMOUS interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which Samantha claims Meghan lied about her.
- henry moore
In pictures: Her Majesty stuns as she meets the Governor of New South Wales
The Queen dazzled this week as she met with the Governor of New South Wales, Margaret Beazley.
The pair met this, as the Queen showed off a brand new hair cut and a regal dress.
This comes just days after the monarch received the Canterbury Cross for her services to this country.
- henry moore
How much does the Royal Family really cost?
Ever wondered how much money the Royal Family cost the average tax payer?
The Royal Household have to be clear about their finances.
In the most recent statement published in 2021, a report outlined that the total Sovereign Grant for the year amounted to £85.9million, which is equivalent to £1.29 per person in the UK reported the Express.
- henry moore
Meghan throws support behind anti-gun campaigners
The duchess sent a heartfelt letter of support to the women-only group of gun-control activists.
In her letter she said: “Good afternoon ladies! To each of you and your fearless leader, Shannon, a huge thank you for the work you are doing to keep our kids, families, and communities safe.”
“Please know that while you may feel exhausted by your endless hours of dedication to this cause, I hope you feel energised in knowing that the work you’re doing is vital and so deeply appreciated,” she continued.
Words were not the only help Meghan offered, she also sent the activists "delicious snacks" for enjoy while they campaigned.
Meghan is famed for her charity work, only last month she partnered with Project Fearless, a group that aims to provide girls and non-binary children, between the ages of nine to 14, with life skills.
- henry moore
Queen’s special malt whisky fetches £11,000 at auction
A RARE bottle of whisky released to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012 fetched a record £11,000 at auction.
The Macallan distillery in Moray released 2,012 bottles at 52 percent ABV to mark the year of Her Majesty’s accession proclamation in 1952.
The single malt, which changed hands for only around £500 a decade ago, was described as “an instant classic”.
Grand Whisky Auctions said: “We were delighted with the final price, which is a world record for one of these bottles.”
- John
Charles met with grim horrors of Rwanda's genocide
In 1994, hundreds of thousands of members of the Tutsi community were slaughtered in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists.
The Nyamata Church Genocide Memorial, south of the Rwandan capital Kigali, contains the remains of more than 45,000 people killed in the church compound and the wider area between April 7 and May 14 in 1994.
In total 800,000 people, including three quarters of the country's minority Tutsi population, died during 100 days of slaughter in Rwanda that year.
Charles heard how the militiamen killed Tutsi men outside the church who were trying to protect their families before turning on the women and children sheltering inside.
"They threw hand grenades in and then shot and hacked many of them to death," said Rachel Murekatete, the memorial manager, who showed Charles around and pointed out hundreds of holes in the church's wooden roof caused by shrapnel from the blasts.
Downstairs in a basement the prince was shown glass cases containing the skulls and bones of victims who had been burnt after being shot or hacked to death with machetes.
- John
Royal expert brands Will and Kate the world’s ‘most glamorous’ couple
The duke and duchess of Cambridge are an iconic duo, loved by millions.
And one Royals expert believes they are the most glamorous royal couple on earth.
Richard Fitzwilliams, said: “Catherine has not only been wonderfully supportive, but has also grown in confidence, especially as a speaker.”
He added: “They are also the world’s most glamorous royal couple.”
- John
Royal updates at The Sun!
Be the first in the know with The Sun’s live blog.
Everything you need to know about the Royal family will be posted here, so stay informed.
- John
Charles & Camilla arrive in Rwanda
PRINCE Charles and Camilla arrived in Rwanda last night, the first members of the Royal Family to visit the tiny African country.
It came after Charles, 73, was said to have privately blasted government policy to fly asylum seekers there as “appalling”.
The heir apparent and Camilla, 74, will pay respects to the 800,000 massacred during the Rwandan genocide.
And they will open the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on behalf of the Queen, 96, during a four-day trip.
The European Court of Human Rights last week stopped the first asylum seeker flight to Rwanda.
- John
Life begins at 40 for Prince William
The old adage that “Life begins at 40” may be true for the Duke of Cambridge as he gears up for a more prominent role in the decade ahead.
William appears ready to embark on the next step of his life in the monarchy that will ultimately see him become king after channelling his efforts into issues like mental health, homelessness and protecting the environment.
Married to wife Kate for more than 10 years and with a young family – they will be the face of the modern monarchy for decades to come.
With the death of his grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh and his brother the Duke of Sussex stepping down as a working royal, his position as a senior royal is even more pivotal and he appears to have played a part in the “family decision” to limit the Duke of York’s role at the recent Garter Day service.
William’s early life was overshadowed by the death of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales in a Paris car crash in 1997 and he still speaks about her influence, including how as a young boy she took him to a shelter for rough sleepers and introduced him to the issue of homelessness.
He found love at university meeting fellow student Kate Middleton, who he would wed in 2011 at Westminster Abbey, and the couple went on to have three children, firstborn George – also a future king – in 2013, followed by Charlotte in 2015 and Louis in 2018.
- John
Camilla absolutely LOVES Wordle
The Duchess of Cornwall is an avid Wordle fan, she revealed in an interview to celebrate her 75th birthday.
And Camilla compares her scores on the online word-guessing game every day with her granddaughter over text messages, she added.
She told Vogue: “She’ll text me to say ‘I’ve done it in three’. And I say ‘Sorry, I’ve done it in two today.’
“It’s very satisfactory when it tells you how brilliant you are.”
Camila also told how her and husband Prince Charles try to make time for each in a tell-all chat for her birthday this month.
But she admitted balancing work with marriage can be difficult.
- John
Meghan Markle offers condolences to family of teacher shot dead
Last month, during a school shooting in Texas, a teacher was shot dead along with another teacher and 19 children.
Meghan Markle called the family of a teacher who was gunned down in a school shooting last month.
John Martinez, the nephew of a teacher killed in the Uvalde shooting in Texas described Meghan as “sweet and lovely” after she called the family to share her condolences.
He wrote on Twitter: “The way my mom just got off the phone with Meghan Markle…the Duchess, she’s so sweet and lovely, she really went out of her way to check on the family, it means so much.”
The other teacher was Eva Mireles. Her husband, Jose Antonio, died two days after his wife due to a heart attack, which the family attribute to the sudden loss of his wife of 24 years.
- John
Meghan Markle top facts!
Get to know more about the Duchess of Sussex with the following facts.
When Meghan Markle goes on holiday, reportedly she brings tea tree oil with her.
She told Allure in 2014 that it has some pretty impressive qualities.
Meghan said: “The one thing that I cannot live without when I’m traveling is a small container of tea-tree oil,” she said.
“It’s not the most glamorous thing, but if you get a cut, a mosquito bite, a small breakout, no matter what it is, it’s my little cure-all.”
At just 20 years old Meghan took an internship for the US embassy in Argentina, at the time believing she would work in politics in the future.
Before she hit the limelight as an actress, Meghan was the briefcase model girl on NBC’s Deal Or No Deal.
She did a short stint between 2006 and 2007.
- John
Charles met with grim horrors of Rwanda's genocide
In 1994, hundreds of thousands of members of the Tutsi community were slaughtered in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists.
The Nyamata Church Genocide Memorial, south of the Rwandan capital Kigali, contains the remains of more than 45,000 people killed in the church compound and the wider area between April 7 and May 14 in 1994.
In total 800,000 people, including three quarters of the country's minority Tutsi population, died during 100 days of slaughter in Rwanda that year.
Charles heard how the militiamen killed Tutsi men outside the church who were trying to protect their families before turning on the women and children sheltering inside.
"They threw hand grenades in and then shot and hacked many of them to death," said Rachel Murekatete, the memorial manager, who showed Charles around and pointed out hundreds of holes in the church's wooden roof caused by shrapnel from the blasts.
Downstairs in a basement the prince was shown glass cases containing the skulls and bones of victims who had been burnt after being shot or hacked to death with machetes.
- John
Kate and Will take the lead on the Royal Family's future
As the Queen takes a small step back from Royal duties, the Cambridges are reportedly taking the lead, as they look to shape future of the Firm.
Speaking to Access Hollywood, Daily Mail's assistant editor Charlie Lankston said: "Kate and William are really stepping up to the plate as far as leading the monarchy."
She said that William and Kate know that Prince Charles is "not a young spring chicken" alluding that William's chance to take over the throne is probably "not too far in the future".
- John
Royal expert brands Will and Kate the world’s ‘most glamorous’ couple
The duke and duchess of Cambridge are an iconic duo, loved by millions.
And one Royals expert believes they are the most glamorous royal couple on earth.
Richard Fitzwilliams, said: “Catherine has not only been wonderfully supportive, but has also grown in confidence, especially as a speaker.”
He added: “They are also the world’s most glamorous royal couple.”
- John
Royal updates at The Sun!
Be the first in the know with The Sun’s live blog.
Everything you need to know about the Royal family will be posted here, so stay informed.
- John
Charles & Camilla arrive in Rwanda
PRINCE Charles and Camilla arrived in Rwanda last night, the first members of the Royal Family to visit the tiny African country.
It came after Charles, 73, was said to have privately blasted government policy to fly asylum seekers there as “appalling”.
The heir apparent and Camilla, 74, will pay respects to the 800,000 massacred during the Rwandan genocide.
And they will open the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on behalf of the Queen, 96, during a four-day trip.
The European Court of Human Rights last week stopped the first asylum seeker flight to Rwanda.
- John
Life begins at 40 for Prince William
The old adage that “Life begins at 40” may be true for the Duke of Cambridge as he gears up for a more prominent role in the decade ahead.
William appears ready to embark on the next step of his life in the monarchy that will ultimately see him become king after channelling his efforts into issues like mental health, homelessness and protecting the environment.
Married to wife Kate for more than 10 years and with a young family – they will be the face of the modern monarchy for decades to come.
With the death of his grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh and his brother the Duke of Sussex stepping down as a working royal, his position as a senior royal is even more pivotal and he appears to have played a part in the “family decision” to limit the Duke of York’s role at the recent Garter Day service.
William’s early life was overshadowed by the death of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales in a Paris car crash in 1997 and he still speaks about her influence, including how as a young boy she took him to a shelter for rough sleepers and introduced him to the issue of homelessness.
He found love at university meeting fellow student Kate Middleton, who he would wed in 2011 at Westminster Abbey, and the couple went on to have three children, firstborn George – also a future king – in 2013, followed by Charlotte in 2015 and Louis in 2018.
- John
Camilla absolutely LOVES Wordle
The Duchess of Cornwall is an avid Wordle fan, she revealed in an interview to celebrate her 75th birthday.
And Camilla compares her scores on the online word-guessing game every day with her granddaughter over text messages, she added.
She told Vogue: “She’ll text me to say ‘I’ve done it in three’. And I say ‘Sorry, I’ve done it in two today.’
“It’s very satisfactory when it tells you how brilliant you are.”
Camila also told how her and husband Prince Charles try to make time for each in a tell-all chat for her birthday this month.
But she admitted balancing work with marriage can be difficult.
- John
Meghan Markle offers condolences to family of teacher shot dead
Last month, during a school shooting in Texas, a teacher was shot dead along with another teacher and 19 children.
Meghan Markle called the family of a teacher who was gunned down in a school shooting last month.
John Martinez, the nephew of a teacher killed in the Uvalde shooting in Texas described Meghan as “sweet and lovely” after she called the family to share her condolences.
He wrote on Twitter: “The way my mom just got off the phone with Meghan Markle…the Duchess, she’s so sweet and lovely, she really went out of her way to check on the family, it means so much.”
The other teacher was Eva Mireles. Her husband, Jose Antonio, died two days after his wife due to a heart attack, which the family attribute to the sudden loss of his wife of 24 years.
- John
Meghan Markle top facts!
Get to know more about the Duchess of Sussex with the following facts.
When Meghan Markle goes on holiday, reportedly she brings tea tree oil with her.
She told Allure in 2014 that it has some pretty impressive qualities.
Meghan said: “The one thing that I cannot live without when I’m traveling is a small container of tea-tree oil,” she said.
“It’s not the most glamorous thing, but if you get a cut, a mosquito bite, a small breakout, no matter what it is, it’s my little cure-all.”
At just 20 years old Meghan took an internship for the US embassy in Argentina, at the time believing she would work in politics in the future.
Before she hit the limelight as an actress, Meghan was the briefcase model girl on NBC’s Deal Or No Deal.
She did a short stint between 2006 and 2007.
- John
Kate and Will take the lead on the Royal Family's future
As the Queen takes a small step back from Royal duties, the Cambridges are reportedly taking the lead, as they look to shape future of the Firm.
Speaking to Access Hollywood, Daily Mail's assistant editor Charlie Lankston said: "Kate and William are really stepping up to the plate as far as leading the monarchy."
She said that William and Kate know that Prince Charles is "not a young spring chicken" alluding that William's chance to take over the throne is probably "not too far in the future".
- Joseph Gamp
Camilla to speak at Violence Against Women and Girls event in Rwanda
The Duchess of Cornwall will give a keynote speech at a Violence Against Women and Girls event being staged in Rwanda ahead of the summit of Commonwealth leaders.
Convened by the Commonwealth Secretary-General Baroness Scotland, the event will showcase the work of the Commonwealth Secretariat's partnership with the No More Foundation.
It has led to the launch of the Commonwealth Says No More initiative to prevent domestic violence and sexual abuse, specifically on addressing violence against women and girls.
Later with the First Lady of Rwanda, Jeanette Kagame, Camilla will visit a public library supported by Book Aid International, a charity which the duchess now represents as patron after succeeding the Duke of Edinburgh in the role.
During the day, the Prince of Wales will highlight the critical importance of rejuvenating land with a visit to a local wildlife sanctuary which has reclaimed surrounding wetlands and protected endangered cranes.
Charles will also attend a series of events that will focus on climate, health and the private sector, meeting business owners from across the Commonwealth, host a roundtable with his Sustainable Markets Initiative, Commonwealth leaders and global CEOs, and attend the Kigali Summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases.
The couple will end their day by attending a fashion event as part of the Kigali Fashion Week.
- Joseph Gamp
Queen’s special malt whisky fetches £11,000 at auction
A RARE bottle of whisky released to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012 fetched a record £11,000 at auction.
The Macallan distillery in Moray released 2,012 bottles at 52 percent ABV to mark the year of Her Majesty’s accession proclamation in 1952.
The single malt, which changed hands for only around £500 a decade ago, was described as “an instant classic”.
Grand Whisky Auctions said: “We were delighted with the final price, which is a world record for one of these bottles.”
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