Prince Harry warned Meghan Markle not to take a photo in front of India’s most famous landmark, the Taj Mahal, as he didn’t want people to think his wife was mimicking his mother Princess Diana.
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The royal kids mucked in at a baby bank as their mum launched the new initiative.
One user on X, formerly Twitter, even boldly claimed it to be ‘the worst photoshopped pic ever.’
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Prince Harry was back in court for his libel case against the Mail on Sunday – where he lost an attempt to get the newspaper’s defence thrown out.
Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, watch the RAF flypast on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in July 2018 (Picture: Getty)
The late Queen Elizabeth II considered it ‘imperative’ Harry and Meghan continued to have ‘effective security’ after they quit as working royals, court documents have revealed.
Her private secretary, Sir Edward Young, wrote to then-Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill in January 2020 to explain what had been agreed after the Royal Family’s Sandringham summit.
The letter outlined the expectations the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would have when attending engagements in the UK and the position of his grandmother on these and other issues.
Focusing on security, Sir Edward wrote: ‘You will understand well that ensuring that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex remain safe is of paramount importance to Her Majesty and her family.
‘Given the duke’s public profile by virtue of being born into the royal family, his military service, the duchess’s own independent profile and the well-documented history of targeting of the Sussex family by extremists, it is imperative that the family continues to be provided with effective security.’
And in an apparent nod to the death of Harry’s mother Diana, Princess of Wales, he added: ‘And, of course, the family is mindful of tragic incidents of the past.’
An extract from a letter written by the late Queens private secretary, Sir Edward Young, to then-Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill on January 31, 2020 (Picture: Courts and Tribunals Judiciary/PA)
The letter outlined the expectations the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would have when attending engagements in the UK (Picture: Getty)
The details emerged in the legal judgment given in Harry’s High Court libel case against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) on Friday.
Harry is suing ANL over a February 2022 article about his legal challenge against the Home Office following a decision to change his publicly-funded security arrangements when visiting the UK.
The judgment stated that the letter did not refer to an offer ‘personally to reimburse, or proactively to finance, the cost of state security so as not to burden the taxpayer’, which the duke claims he made during the Sandringham summit.
Sir Edward’s letter also went on to make clear the late Queen and the royal family recognised that the process for making decisions about publicly-funded security were ‘independent’ and ‘are for the UK Government, the Government of Canada and any other host Government…’
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High Court judge Mr Justice Nicklin was previously told The Mail on Sunday first reported that the duke was taking legal action against the Home Office in January 2022.
A press statement issued on Harry’s behalf at the time said he and his family were ‘unable to return to his home’ due to the lack of police protection needed in the UK.
It added: ‘The duke first offered to pay personally for UK police protection for himself and his family in January of 2020 at Sandringham.
‘That offer was dismissed. He remains willing to cover the cost of security, as not to impose on the British taxpayer.’
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The younger Royal Family attended a Westminster Abbey event celebrating the Princess of Wales’ Shaping Us campaign.
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis all posted letters through a special post box outside Westminster Abbey this evening.
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John Cleese has admitted he was left laughing till he hurt during the coronation of King Charles.
The Monty Python star compared the historic event to one of the iconic comedy troupe’s famous sketches as he confessed the regal costumes had him in hysterics back in May.
‘When I was younger, I used to laugh until it hurt,’ he explained on The Dinosaur Hour on GB News.
‘I had that recently watching the Coronation. I watched it with my wife. She always watches television in bed with lots of cats around. ‘I watched it and thought, “This is a Python sketch. People in silly costumes taking something seriously”.
‘I laughed until I hurt. I hadn’t done that for about 30 years. I’m glad I wasn’t in the cathedral.’
He made the revelation during a chat with comedian Rob Schneider, who agreed that it was a ‘very silly’ scene as he described the king’s crown as a ‘popcorn hat’.
John Cleese admitted the coronation left him howling with laughter (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
He couldn’t stop laughing at King Charles’ outfit (Picture: Aaron Chown/PA)
Cleese made the confession on The Dinosaur Hour (Picture: GB News)
Fawlty Towers star Cleese noted some people were ‘very touched’ by the once in a lifetime event following the tragic death of Queen Elizabeth in September last year.
‘Bless them,’ he said. ‘Then there are naughty people like me who think it’s funny.’
He insisted it’s the ‘sweetest laughter of all’, when you want to giggle but you’re ‘not allowed to laugh’.
The conversation was part of Cleese’s show The Dinosaur Hour, and the host – who has been criticised in some quarters for joining the controversial news channel and for taking aim at so-called ‘woke politics’ – previously admitted it was a struggle booking guests.
‘Most people are frightened of getting fired and the people who employ them are frightened of getting fired and that end of woke is not very nice,’ he suggested.
He added: ‘You’ve got to have celebrities to get people to turn on but then you can interview people who are really interesting. And a lot of celebrities aren’t interesting at all.’
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