THE Royal Family is braced for another devastating attack from Prince Harry — as he personally researches his mother’s life for a new book.
Experts also fear he may use the memoir to name the “royal racist”.
Royal insiders believe he will now be under extreme pressure to identify the family member he alleges made racist remarks about the colour of baby son Archie’s skin.
Sarah Ferguson is likely to be subpoenaed in Prince Andrew's sex case as lawyers want to grill her over his Pizza Express alibi, a reports says.
The Duke of York, 61, is battling a lawsuit filed by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, 38, which claims he sexually abused her three times when she was 17 – allegations he denies.
Read our Royal Family live blog for the latest updates…
- Louis Allwood
Queen ‘spending millions funding Andrew’s case’ – reports
The Queen, 95, is reportedly funding Andrew’s legal fight, The Telegraph understands, and is spending millions on her son’s defence.
Buckingham Palace chose not to comment when contacted by The Sun.
Her Majesty reportedly decided to pay for her son’s defence at the start of 2020 – just after his disastrous interview on Newsnight with Emily Maitlis – according to the newspaper
The money going towards Andrew’s legal costs is reportedly coming from her Duchy of Lancaster estate, which generates more than £23 million in income.
Royal courtiers expect the legal bill to run into the millions.
- Louis Allwood
Meghan Markle wants to star in superhero movie, expert claims
The Duchess of Sussex wants to return to the big screen and star in a superhero film, it has been suggested to royal biographer Angela Levin.
Suggestions were made earlier this week that Meghan, 40, may go back on her decision to retire her acting career – and star in a blockbuster film.
Sources said in early 2020 that her agent was actively looking for a superhero role for the Duchess – but plans were seemingly halted by the Covid pandemic.
Speaking about what’s next for the Duchess in the post-pandemic world, Ms Levin told the Sun Online: “I heard that Meghan had gone back on saying that she’s not going back to doing acting.
“She wants to be the star of a superhero in a film.”
- Louis Allwood
Sussexes took 21 private jets in 2 years
PRINCE Harry and Meghan Markle have been branded “completely hypocritical” after reportedly taking 21 private jets in two years while preaching about climate change.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex appeared at a gig at the weekend calling for action on climate change — and then climbed aboard a Dassault Falcon 2000 jet and flew back to their £11million mansion in Montecito, California.
The star-studded Global Citizen Live concert in New York — dubbed “Wokestock” — demanded tough new eco laws to halve US emissions by 2030.
Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, appeared on stage and pressed the “wealthiest nations” to deliver on a £70billion-a-year pledge to help developing countries go green.
But after the event, the couple flew home by private jet, with pictures showing them hugging their team after stepping off the aircraft.
- Louis Allwood
Sarah Ferguson ‘will likely be subpoenaed’ as ‘lawyers want to grill her over Pizza Express alibi’
SARAH Ferguson is likely to be subpoenaed in Prince Andrew's sex case as lawyers want to grill her over his Pizza Express alibi, a reports says.
The Duke of York, 61, is battling a lawsuit filed by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, 38, which claims he sexually abused her three times when she was 17 – allegations he denies.
In a disastrous Newsnight interview, Andrew claimed he was at a pizza restaurant in Woking on the evening of one of the alleged encounters with Virginia – a former sex slave of Jeffrey Epstein.
Courtiers believe that since the Duchess' whereabouts were a part of her ex-husband's story, she will likely be called to testify by his accuser's legal team.
The Duke's lawyers are prepared to fight the allegations against him but if the case progresses, he will have to hand over personal documents and information, reports the Sunday Telegraph.
- Louis Allwood
Prince Andrew ‘had the “time of his life” at creepy dinner party hosted by Jeffrey Epstein’
Prince Andrew appeared to have the “time of his life” at a creepy dinner party hosted by Jeffrey Epstein, it was claimed yesterday.
The Duke was a guest at his paedo pal’s Manhattan mansion in 2010, with celebs including screen star Woody Allen.
One guest compared the setting to an erotic film.
And now another has said it was billed as a chance to meet Andy before Wills and Kate’s wedding.
The guest said: “Epstein came with some girls who were tall and skinny and Russian looking.
"They were about 20-ish. They looked like teens.
“There were about eight people sitting around the dinner table and they spoke to Andrew at length about the royal wedding, American politics, international politics.
“Prince Andrew had the time of his life.”
- Louis Allwood
Camilla becomes reading charity patron (continued…)
Camilla, who has been a member of the royal family for 16 years, confided that she had adjusted her own public speaking style after Ollie told her he used to read more quickly but has changed this since becoming a Silver Reader.
The duchess said: “I used to read very, very fast. When I made a speech, I used to talk very, very fast and then you have to take a deep breath and slow down and look at the commas and full stops.”
Camilla is not the only royal to alter her public speaking techniques over the years.
In the early days of her reign, the Queen worked on her style of delivery, with the Duke of Edinburgh helping her and encouraging her to lower the high pitch of her voice.
Camilla highlighted the importance of Silver Stories in bringing joy to the older generation.
“When you are sitting by yourself you get a bit lonely, don’t you?” she said.
“It must be so cheering for them to hear your voice reading these lovely stories and I think you are doing an absolutely brilliant job.”
- Louis Allwood
Camilla becomes patron of children’s reading charity
The Duchess of Cornwall has become patron of Silver Stories, a charity which encourages children to read to the elderly to help combat loneliness.
Camilla was treated to a telephone storytime from two Silver Readers: 10-year-old Tegen and 11-year-old Ollie, who called her at Clarence House from their school in Nanpean, Cornwall.
The thrilled duchess, who is known for her love of books, chatted to the youngsters after listening to their renditions of excerpts from Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and David Walliams’ The Ice Monster, which she said were two of her favourite books.
Praising both children for their brilliant reading, Camilla told Ollie: “You should be an actor. You do all the voices so well.”
Camilla, who has been a member of the royal family for 16 years, confided that she had adjusted her own public speaking style after Ollie told her he used to read more quickly but has changed this since becoming a Silver Reader.
- Milica Cosic
Buckingham Palace left terrified
THE Royal Family is braced for another devastating attack from Prince Harry — as he personally researches his mother’s life for a new book.
Experts also fear he may use the memoir to name the “royal racist”.
Royal insiders believe he will now be under extreme pressure to identify the family member he alleges made racist remarks about the colour of baby son Archie’s skin.
Harry is understood to have been contacting Princess Diana’s old friends.
It had been thought he would leave most of the work to a ghostwriter.
Now, Palace sources are “surprised” at how involved he has become.
Harry has told how he took wife Meghan and Archie to the US to stop “history repeating itself” — and drew comparisons to Di.
There are concerns his delving into Diana’s life and divorce will paint Prince Charles and Camilla as the bad guys in his book.
Royal expert Penny Junor said: “The publishers are going to want a lot for their money, such as naming this so-called racist.
“He’s researching his mother’s life so he’s going to be talking about his parents’ marriage, the break up, the affairs. That could be incredibly damaging for his father and Camilla. Charles is going to be king and Camilla his queen. The last thing they or the country needs is another upsurge of anger based on what I believe to be false, false accusations.”
Read more here.
- Milica Cosic
Following the trend
Princess Beatrice follows Meghan Markle and Prince Harry and William and Kate with royal baby name trend
Beatrice and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have named their baby girl Sienna Elizabeth, with Beatrice revealing the sweet name on Twitter on Friday.
She wrote on her official account: “We are delighted to share that we have named our daughter Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi.”
This is Queen Elizabeth’s 12th great-grandchild and arrives just over three months after Lilibet Diana, Harry and Meghan’s second child who they also named in honour of the Queen.
Back in June, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed their daughter, Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor.
She was named after the Queen’s family nickname and also Harry’s mother Princess Diana, who died in a car crash in 1997.
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s six-year-old daughter Charlotte’s name also pays tribute to the monarch.
Her full name, including her title, is Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge.
- Milica Cosic
Explained: When is the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee?
THE QUEEN will celebrate 70 years on the British throne in 2022 – the first time any British monarch has reached the historic milestone.
Senior British royals will attend a string of spectacular events in London and other cities showcasing the Queen’s impact in June 2022 – with a long four day weekend planned for all.
Princess Elizabeth became Queen on February 6, 1952 – the day her father King George VI died.
Therefore February 6, 2022, will mark 70 years on the throne.
In November 2020, Oliver Dowden announced “a four-day Bank Holiday weekend to celebrate The Queen’s 70 year reign”.
The May Bank Holiday Weekend will be moved to Thursday, June 2, 2022.
An additional Bank Holiday will take place on Friday, June 3, 2022.
- Milica Cosic
Sussexes attempted to pull focus from Royals onto themselves
Harry, 37, was seen with a wire hanging out of his trouser pocket, leaving many suspecting there could have been other motives for his and Meghan’s NY trip.
Claims they were filming for Netflix continued after pictures emerged showing a cameraman trailing the couple for much of their trip.
Royal writer Angela Levin told The Sun: “As well as attempting to pull focus from the Royal Family onto themselves, they appeared to be filming the whole thing for a Netflix documentary.
“Harry was spotted with a microphone wire going into his back pocket and cameras were catching every moment of their chats with members of the public and the mayor of New York.
“My question is whether they have told all the people they are talking to that they will be included [in the documentary].”
- Milica Cosic
Royal courtiers ‘kept largely in dark’ on Andrew case updates – reports
Andrew’s personal finances are unclear but experts have pointed out that he has no regular source of income.
He leases his home, Royal Lodge on the Queen’s Windsor estate, and is expected to sell a Swiss ski chalet to repay a debt to its previous owner, who claims he and ex-wife Sarah Ferguson owe her £6.7 million.
The Queen’s contribution to Andrew’s defence reportedly means his UK-based legal team, led by Gary Bloxsome, are reportedly obliged to provide updates to Buckingham Palace about the case.
However, courtiers have been kept “largely in the dark”, according to The Telegraph.
- Milica Cosic
Meg & Harry slammed as ‘insufferable’ by Sky News host
Sky News host Alan Jones snapped live on air today – blasting that the “whole world is fed up” with Harry & Meghan’s “preaching”.
Incensed by the couple’s high-profile trip to New York last week, the Australian presenter slammed the pair and blasted their “do-gooder activities”.
Mr Jones argued that as the pair had chosen to quit as senior royals, they should not be arranging to meet people in power.
“These two are truly insufferable,” he fumed.
“The latest, a trip to New York for a bunch of do-gooder activities. One was to visit the United Nations to have a meeting with the United Nations deputy Secretary-General. Honestly, on what basis are these two non-working members of the royal family meeting any politician or world leader?”
Mr Jone also hit out at the couple for sharing messages and lecturing about climate change and the coronavirus pandemic.
He continued: “I mean, the whole world is fed up with these two and their preaching. I thought they wanted to live a quiet life out of the limelight. I think we wish they did.”
- Milica Cosic
Book claims William ‘bullied’ Harry into leaving
PRINCE William BULLIED Prince Harry and Meghan Markle until they left the Royal Family, a book claims.
Royal author Andrew Morton has added six chapters to his 2019 book, Meghan: A Hollywood Princess, some of which focuses of Megxit and the reasons the runaway royals eventually fled the UK.
“The Duchess of Cambridge’s coolness towards Meghan, and William’s alleged bullying contributed to a devastating Cain and Abel fallout between the brothers,” Morton says in extracts published in the Mail on Sunday.
- Milica Cosic
List: Kate & Pippa top Britain’s best-loved sisters
- 1. Kate and Pippa Middleton (23%)
- 2. Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret (17%)
- 3. Kylie and Dannii Minogue (16%)
- 4. Khloe, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, Kendall and Kylie Jenner (16%)
- 5. Venus and Serena Williams(15%)
- 6. Sam and Billie Faiers (11%)
- 7.Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen (11%)
- 8. Gigi and Bella Hadid (11%)
- 9. Joan and Jackie Collins (10%)
- 10. Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie (9%)
- Milica Cosic
rince Andrew attended creepy Jeffrey Epstein party
Prince Andrew cosied up to Jeffrey Epstein at a creepy Eyes Wide Shut style party – where the female staff “looked very young”, a book claims.
US television host Katie Couric says she was also a guest at the 2010 dinner at Epstein’s £57million townhouse in Manhattan – dubbed “paedo mansion” after he raped underage girls there.
Couric’s memoir describes the setting as “Eyes Wide Shut with a twist – creepy chandeliers and body-part art”, reports DailyMail.com.
Guests ate lasagne out of shallow bowls and Epstein “held court” in front of the fireplace with Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn, George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Rose.
On the way home, Couric’s boyfriend Brooks Perlin remarked to her how young the women who took their coats were, she recalls.
She also writes: “I couldn’t imagine what Epstein and Andrew were up to, apart from trying to cultivate friends in the media.
“Which, in retrospect, they must have figured they’d need.”
Read more here.
- Milica Cosic
‘Creating a lasting legacy to the Queen’
The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) aims to “create a lasting legacy” to the Queen by urging people to start their own tree-planting projects across the UK with the call to action: “Plant a tree for the jubilee.”
The scheme encourages planting to take place between October and March, to optimise the chance of trees surviving and flourishing.
The children presented the queen with a hand-made card to mark the end of her traditional summer break at her beloved Scottish residence.
The monarch thanked them for the “very kind” gesture after being presented with the card by Annie Hutchin, aged “six and a half”, and Skye Jones, nine.
Annie said afterwards: “She asked how we made it and said we did a lovely job.”
- Milica Cosic
Royal Family is ‘rooting’ for Kate
THE entire royal family is “rooting” for Kate Middleton who won’t “use the monarchy for her own personal gain like Meghan Markle”, insiders have said.
Sources close to the Firm told MailOnline: “It’s fair to say the whole institution has been rooting for the Duchess of Cambridge.
“There was a clear moment where an active decision was made to change her look – be more confident in her style, her approach, her projects, the events she would say yes to.
“There was a clear moment where an active decision was made to change her look – be more confident in her style, her approach, her projects, the events she would say yes to.
“This was nothing about changing stylists or staff, either. It was about Kate acknowledging the Duchess of Sussex had changed the game and it was necessary for her to compete.
“That had already been going on between the Prince of Wales and his two sons for some time, but Catherine had never felt the need to get involved. She is the ultimate team player.
“But she soon became aware of how Meghan was trying to use the monarchy for her own personal gain and it helped Catherine understand the importance of the role she could play.”
- Milica Cosic
‘Royal version of the Kardashians’
The Sun’s new columnist, Piers Morgan, says the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been a “relentless orgy of money-grabbing duplicity” since moving to the US.
But while the Kardashians, who have made their millions from life in the public eye, are “honest” about their mission to become billionaires, Meghan and Harry are not – according to Piers.
He said the former royals “have their noses permanently rammed in the regal trough” and “intend to keep them there until they’ve made themselves repulsively rich and famous”.
“In this regard, they’re the royal version of the Kardashians,” Piers writes in the Daily Mail.
He describes them as “people with no discernible talent other than for pimping themselves out to the highest bidders and a craven desire to air their dirty family linen in public for financial gain.”
- Milica Cosic
Queen ‘spending MILLIONS funding Andrew’s case’ – reports
The Queen, 95, is reportedly funding Andrew’s legal fight, The Telegraph understands, and is spending millions on her son’s defence.
Buckingham Palace chose not to comment when contacted by The Sun.
Her Majesty reportedly decided to pay for her son’s defence at the start of 2020 – just after his disastrous interview on Newsnight with Emily Maitlis – according to the newspaper
The money going towards Andrew’s legal costs is reportedly coming from her Duchy of Lancaster estate, which generates more than £23 million in income.
Royal courtiers expect the legal bill to run into the millions.
- Milica Cosic
Tiara tantrum
Prince Harry’s rage over Meghan Markle’s wedding tiara sparked their tensions with the palace – but it was the Duchess who was branded difficult, a royal expert has claimed.
In the bombshell piece, Andrew Morton, the author of Meghan: A Hollywood Princess, claimed “Harry was the ‘prime mover’ in souring relations”.
In six new chapters of the book which was first published in 2018, Mr Morton claimed the colossal rift between the Sussexes and the Firm began with Harry sticking up for his wife-to-be before they tied the knot.
In November 2018, The Times reported that Meghan had thrown a “tiara tantrum” shortly before her wedding because the tiara she wanted to wear was not available.
But now Morton has relieved that it was actually Prince Harry that had kicked off leading up to their big day.
He wrote: “Harry was the ‘prime mover’ in souring relations between the Sussexes and the Royal Family, but it was Meghan who ‘took the hit’.”
The Duke of Sussex reportedly ‘shouted’ at royal dresser Angela Kelly when the tiara Meghan had planned on wearing for the wedding could not be produced for an unscheduled hair appointment.
He says that Harry “was overwrought” when he learnt that the tiara was not available and told “anyone that would listen” that: “What Meghan wants, Meghan gets.”
- Milica Cosic
Meghan Markle wants to star in superhero movie, expert claims
The Duchess of Sussex wants to return to the big screen and star in a superhero film, it has been suggested to royal biographer Angela Levin.
Suggestions were made earlier this week that Meghan, 40, may go back on her decision to retire her acting career – and star in a blockbuster film.
Sources said in early 2020 that her agent was actively looking for a superhero role for the Duchess – but plans were seemingly halted by the Covid pandemic.
Speaking about what’s next for the Duchess in the post-pandemic world, Ms Levin told the Sun Online: “I heard that Meghan had gone back on saying that she’s not going back to doing acting.
“She wants to be the star of a superhero in a film.”
- Milica Cosic
Sussexes took 21 private jets in 2 years
PRINCE Harry and Meghan Markle have been branded “completely hypocritical” after reportedly taking 21 private jets in two years while preaching about climate change.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex appeared at a gig at the weekend calling for action on climate change — and then climbed aboard a Dassault Falcon 2000 jet and flew back to their £11million mansion in Montecito, California.
The star-studded Global Citizen Live concert in New York — dubbed “Wokestock” — demanded tough new eco laws to halve US emissions by 2030.
Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, appeared on stage and pressed the “wealthiest nations” to deliver on a £70billion-a-year pledge to help developing countries go green.
But after the event, the couple flew home by private jet, with pictures showing them hugging their team after stepping off the aircraft.
- Milica Cosic
Harry ‘hypocritical’ for lecturing on climate change
Former government minister Norman Baker, 64, told Newsweek: “It’s completely hypocritical for Prince Harry or other members of the royal family to lecture people about climate change when they’re emitting more carbon than almost everyone else on the planet.
“People using private jets are in the top one percent of carbon emitters in the world.
“Prince Harry needs to stop using private jets or if he wants to use private jets he needs to stop lecturing people on climate change. It is not particularly challenging to get a flight from New York to California – people do it all the time.”
The couple have faced repeated criticism for insisting on using private flights, despite preaching about the environment.
Baker said Harry and Meghan took 18 private jet trips in the 12 months from January 2019 to January 2020.
- Joseph Gamp
Camilla becomes reading charity patron (continued…)
Camilla, who has been a member of the royal family for 16 years, confided that she had adjusted her own public speaking style after Ollie told her he used to read more quickly but has changed this since becoming a Silver Reader.
The duchess said: "I used to read very, very fast. When I made a speech, I used to talk very, very fast and then you have to take a deep breath and slow down and look at the commas and full stops."
Camilla is not the only royal to alter her public speaking techniques over the years.
In the early days of her reign, the Queen worked on her style of delivery, with the Duke of Edinburgh helping her and encouraging her to lower the high pitch of her voice.
Camilla highlighted the importance of Silver Stories in bringing joy to the older generation.
"When you are sitting by yourself you get a bit lonely, don't you?" she said.
"It must be so cheering for them to hear your voice reading these lovely stories and I think you are doing an absolutely brilliant job."
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