Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in ‘tense’ talks with Palace over coronation

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Harry and Meghan’s drama means two coronation times

“Tense” negotiations are underway between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to attend the coronation of King Charles in May. As reported by The suna source said ALL RIGHT! magazine: “The Palace is trying to complete the negotiations as quickly as possible because it cannot go all the way. This could lead to chaos. It could very well end in a stalemate and they won’t attend. But the Palace is doing everything in its power to prevent this from happening. The Palace organizes two schedules. One that includes the Sussexes and one that doesn’t. They want to be prepared for any eventuality.

All of William and Kate’s children will be in Coronation

Prince William and Kate Middleton’s children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will join their parents and King Charles and Queen Camilla in the procession following Charles’ coronation from Westminster Abbey to the Palace of Buckingham, the London time reported. In rehearsal plans seen by the newspaper, the children will likely be their parents in a horse-drawn carriage behind Charles and Camilla, who will be in the Gold State Coach.

It was expected that George, 9 and second in line to the throne, would be there and could even play a part in the event, but the presence of Charlotte, 8, and Louis (he turns 5 on April 23) n was unclear until now. .

Rehearsal plans show those not taking part in the procession include Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Prince Andrew and his children Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. THE Time also confirmed previous reports that Harry and Meghan’s children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet have yet to be invited to the event.

The other members of the royal family in the procession, who, on Time said, will be “much smaller and cover a shorter route than the procession after the coronation of Queen Elizabeth” – will be Princess Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke of Kent and his sister Princess Alexandra.

Royals post Mother’s Day photos

George Bernard Shaw joked that America and England were two countries separated by a common language, but we are also divided by the observance of Mother’s Day, which in the UK is today.

The Royal Family posted snaps to mark the day, with some solemnity as it’s the first without the grand matriarch, of course. Kensington Palace has released photos of Kate Middleton sitting in the branches of a tree with her three children, as well as one of her cradling 4-year-old Prince Louis. “Happy Mother’s Day from our family to yours,” the caption read.

Meanwhile, the Royal Family’s Twitter account posted a photo of baby Charles with the Queen and Camilla with her mother. A message read: “To all the mothers around the world and those who may miss their mum today, we are thinking of you and wishing you a special #Mothers’ Day.”

Harry and Meghan’s rent mystery explained

Remember all the fuss over Harry and Meghan’s eviction from Frogmore Cottage? Remember the close friend who told Omid Scobie it was outrageous because it wasn’t just a “random rental?”

Well, turns out it really wasn’t your typical rental because the couple didn’t pay rent on the cottage (at least not as most mortals understand the term, like a regular payment) for more two years.

Instead, after pompously announcing that they wanted to repay a £2.4 million ($2.9 million) bill paid by the British taxpayer to renovate the property, the cost of those renovations was considered “rent in lieu” and the Sussexes simply stopped paying. rent after five months.

The royalist isn’t a mathematician, but it looks more like a $2.9 million payback to the treasury minus the cost of rent, estimated by the Mail on Sunday to be a cool £690,000 ($820,000). We now understand why they are so annoyed to be evicted from this incredibly valuable property!

All notes to Mail on Sunday, who managed to get the palace to admit the extraordinary deal which goes against the palace’s claims that the couple would pay a commercial rate to rent the property. The newspaper also unearthed the digital tricks used to conceal the deal in the royal accounts.

Norman Baker, a former Cabinet minister and Privy Councilor who has long campaigned for greater financial transparency from the Royal Family, said: “It is outrageous that Harry and Meghan can live in a huge house on these terms when ordinary people find it difficult to put food on the table.

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Security services told Harry to give 28 days‘ notice of visits

Prince Harry was told he must give police 28 days’ notice before coming to the UK so that his security requests could be accommodated, and outlined the security arrangements made for a visit in 2021 as “patchy, disjointed and inadequate”. He said the 28-day notice requirement hindered his “ability to plan and manage his security arrangements (and) could lead to (his) actual arrangements being inadequate and compromising his ultimate security”.

The revelations were made as part of a defamation suit he is pursuing against the Mail on Sunday. Harry says the newspaper falsely alleged he misrepresented his willingness to pay for his own police protection.

THE Telegraph reports that Prince Harry’s lawyers say he is ‘seriously concerned about his safety and security on his future trips to the UK’ and feels he has no choice but to take legal action legal action “given the seriousness of what is at stake for him and his family.”

Harry’s lawyers say this is proven by the fact that his car is ‘banned by paparazzi. . . unnecessarily placing the Duke of Sussex in a dangerous position” during the 2021 visit. Harry said in the filing: “I was born into this and the threat will never diminish because of my status vis-à-vis the family.”

Oprah: Harry and Meghan should do what’s best for them

Oprah Winfrey thinks Harry and Meghan “should do what they think is best for them” when it comes to attending the coronation. Winfrey appeared earlier this week on CBS Matinees with longtime friend Gayle King. As reported by PeopleOprah replied, “I think they should do what they think is best for them and for their family. That’s what I think. That’s what matters most: what is do you think is the best thing for you?”

“They didn’t ask my opinion,” Oprah added.

Winfrey conducted the explosive interview with the couple in 2021, which laid bare their annoyance and dissatisfaction with the Royal Family, claiming that a senior royal – who remains unidentified – who questioned the color of the skin of their unborn baby. Meghan also detailed the lack of support within the Palace that she faced when, she said, she felt suicidal.

This week in royal history

Two major royal separations were announced that day sixteen years apart. On March 19, 1976, the separation was announced between Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon (alias Antony Armstrong-Jones whom she had married in 1970); while on March 19, 1992, the separation was announced between Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson – they had married in 1986.

Unanswered questions

The coronation saga continues – and who will win out – Harry and Meghan or the palace – in the power games surrounding their and their children’s attendance at the May ceremony.

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