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Princess of Wales ‘turns corner’ in cancer treatment and ‘is feeling a lot better’
Following reports that the Princess of Wales had been “out and about” with family in recent days as she continues her course of preventative chemotherapy, some speculation has turned to when Kate will return to official engagements.
Though some conflicting reports suggest Kate could return as early as autumn and as late as into the new year, the Palace and royal insiders have been keen to stress that no official comeback date has been planned.
However, according to Vanity Fair, the royal has recently “turned a corner” with her treatment and is feeling a lot better.
“It has been a great relief that she is tolerating the medication and is actually doing a lot better,” the publication reported. “It has, of course, been a very challenging and worrying time. Everyone has rallied around her—William, her parents, and her sister and brother.”
While Kate was understood to be the driving force behind last week’s landmark early years project, it is understood that Kate is in no hurry to return to work, and remains focused on recovering.
Meanwhile, the official website for the royal family no longer includes a 2016 statement Prince Harry released in defence of his then-girlfriend, Meghan Markle. Through his press secretary, Harry had accused the media of turning his relationship into a public spectacle.
Trooping the Colour to go ahead despite General Election
Buckingham Palace released a statement saying that all engagements “which may appear to divert attention or distract from the election campaign” will be postponed.
However, the events were being reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and it was expected that the Trooping the Colour would still go head.
Emma Guinness29 May 2024 08:56
Prince William growing closer to King Charles amid cancer battle
According to an insider, this bond has been developed while William supports Kate Middleton through her own cancer battle.
The unidentified source told People magazine that the heir to the throne is “staying positive” for his family.
The news comes after it was revealed that Kate is “out and about more” as she has treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer.
Emma Guinness29 May 2024 08:00
Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle brand could rake in seven figures in its first year
The estimate was made by PR expert Mayah Riaz ahead of the brand’s official launch, with its official website and Instagram page still displaying none of its products.
Meghan has, however, sent out 50 limited edition jars of its jam to soft launch the brand, and Riaz believes they could retail for a staggering amount of money.
“So far, the jams have been sent to only 50 people. This suggests that it will be an exclusive and limited edition item,” Riaz told the Mirror.
“It has already been reported a single jam jar could cost three figures. I believe that is entirely likely from what we have seen so far. This is not rare for a celebrity brand.”
“Therefore, my estimation is that American Riveria Orchard in under a year could make Meghan seven figures. It is entirely possible for the brand to make multi-seven figures by the end of next year.”
Emma Guinness29 May 2024 06:00
Buckingham Palace issues powerful statement about Sycamore Gap seedling
Ahead of its replanting by the Monarch in Windsor, the palace released a powerful statement about the hope it represents for the future.
Buckingham Palace said: “Part of the power of trees to move and console us lies in the continuity and hope they represent: the sense that, rooted in the past and flourishing in the present, their seeds will be carried into an as yet unimaginable future.”
The seedling made its debut at the Chelsea Flower Show last week – eight months after the tree it came from was illegally felled.
Emma Guinness29 May 2024 04:00
Prince Harry could lose £12m mansion over US visa
It is currently under review following the Duke of Sussex’s revelations about past drug taking in his 2023 memoir Spare.
Should it emerge that he lied, Donald Trump said Harry will be treated like any other civilian if he is reelected in November.
The former president said: “We’ll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied they’ll have to take appropriate action.”
Harry currently lives in a nine-bedroom Montecito, California mansion worth £12m with his wife Meghan Markle and two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
Emma Guinness29 May 2024 02:00
Royal photographer says Harry and Meghan’s wedding was ‘miserable’
Reflecting on the sixth anniversary of the event, Arthur Edwards described the 2018 Windsor wedding as one of “the worst” royal events he has ever captured on camera.
The photographer claims that the couple were deliberately uncooperative because of Harry’s dislike of the British media.
“I was there I hated the day, it was a miserable day,” he told The Sun.
“I can tell you now it was the worst royal engagement I ever did, the worst royal wedding I ever did because Harry was determined to keep the newspapers away from it as much as possible.
“Everything was done on long lenses. It was hopeless. And when they went past in the carriage, they turned away from me.
“I felt it was deliberate, with the British press, in many ways, they were badly treated.
“Harry was angry at us about things said about Meghan.
“Some of the things were pretty harsh. Some were pretty unfair.
“He was angry and I felt we were punished for that.”
Emma Guinness29 May 2024 00:00
Meghan Markle’s ‘nakedness’ critiqued by First Lady of Nigeria
The First Lady of Nigeria has seemingly taken aim at Meghan Markle’s choice of clothing on her recent trip to the country.
Senator Oluremi Tinubu made the comments during a speech to mark President Bola Tinubu’s first year in office where she discussed the “nakedness” of “film stars from America”.
She said Nigerian women “do not want to mimic and try to emulate film stars from America” with their “nakedness”.
“The message here is we have to salvage our children. We see the way they dress,” she said.
“They keep forgetting that Nigeria, we are beautiful. You can see what they showcase on the stage, I said, ‘We are fashionable, we see what is going on.’
“We are not having the Met Gala. And everyone, the nakedness, is just everywhere and the men are well-clothed.
“So we have to do something. Tell them we don’t accept nakedness in our culture. That is not beautiful. It’s not beautiful at all.”
Emma Guinness28 May 2024 22:00
Major balcony change could take place at this year’s Trooping the Colour
Traditionally, only working members of the royal family have been allowed on the balcony but less senior royals have recently supported the King and Prince William amid the family’s ongoing health troubles.
At William’s Buckingham Palace garden party, for example, he was supported by his cousins Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie as well as Zara and Mike Tindall.
The Telegraph’s royal editor Hannah Furness speculated: “The Prince of Wales would be keen to extend similar invitations again, in the spirit of including the wider family, as his grandmother once did.
“The King, too, has seemed visibly buoyed by the company of his nieces and nephews, rarely looking happier than he did clasping Zara Tindall in a hug at the Royal Windsor Horse Show this month on his way back from cancer treatment.
“He must now decide what to do for this year’s Trooping the Colour, in which the state of the Royal family will be captured in that all-important ‘balcony moment’ displaying who is in and who is out.”
Emma Guinness28 May 2024 21:00
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could be in ‘financial trouble’ next year
A royal expert has claimed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could find themselves in “financial trouble” if their Netflix contract is not renewed next year.
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams believes that the conclusion of the hit series The Crown could lead to less interest in the couple on the streaming platform.
“[Their contract] runs out next year and Netflix are no longer producing the series of The Crown, as they previously were. They might therefore have less interest in the Sussexes,” he told The Mirror.
“If they lost this contract, with Archewell, their business and charitable foundation, having so few donors, they might well be in financial trouble.”
The couple signed a five-year deal worth a reported $100 million with Netflix back in 2020.
Emma Guinness28 May 2024 19:00
Biden administration requests for Harry’s visa application to remain private
This comes after the application recently came under scrutiny following revelations about the Duke of Sussex’s prior drug use in his 2023 memoir Spare.
Lawyers for the Biden administration have said that there would be a “stigma attached” if the information entered the public domain.
The think tank group The Heritage Foundation requested that the documents be made public under a freedom of information application.
Emma Guinness28 May 2024 17:00