PRINCESS Charlotte and Prince Louis' involvement in the royal family and monarchy may be limited as they grow up, a royal expert has claimed.
While older brother, Prince George, is one day destined to be king, the future of the two youngsters remains unclear.
Royal author Ingrid Seward believes that because of Prince Charles's reported plan for a slimmed-down monarchy, Charlotte and Louis may have a "less royal existence" when he is king.
Ingrid told Newsweek : "When they're growing up their grandfather will be on the throne for a bit and he's talked about this slimmed-down monarchy. It is quite possible that they are not even going to be involved very much.
"I think they will have to be given more freedom. Obviously, Charles is right in the firing line with Harry. So he can see the mistakes he made with Harry.
"Harry just did what he wanted basically. So did William up to a point. But I think that Charlotte and Louis will have a very much less royal existence."
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- Milica Cosic
SUSSEXES ‘ARE SO RESENTFUL THEY WANT TO BRING QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY DOWN’, BLAST EXPERTS
Author Angela Levin blasted the couple as being “so resentful they want to bring Her Majesty and the Royal Family down”, making sure they are the “victims”.
The Duke, 36, and Duchess of Sussex, 40, are said to be less than impressed with the way the Firm dealt with their explosive allegations during their Oprah Winfrey interview.
The Palace said it would investigate claims of racism and conversations regarding the colour of son Archie’s skin within the family.
But Harry and Meghan believe the monarch, 95, did not take “full ownership” of the issues raised and “little” has been done since, according to People.
Author Angela Levin described the latest savage aim at the Queen’s “recollections may vary” comment as “absolutely outrageous”.
She told Talk Radio today: “I think it is beyond disgusting actually.”
- Milica Cosic
THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL TEAMS UP WITH MONTY DON FOR GARDENERS’ WORLD ROYAL SPECIAL
THE Duchess of Cornwall is teaming up with Monty Don for A Gardeners' World Royal special.
The Duchess, 74, will appear on this week's show as Monty, 66, shows her round Longmeadow. The pair will chat about her long standing love of gardening and what she most enjoys growing as they explore the Jewel Garden.
At one point, the Duchess discusses how important gardens and gardening can be for our wellbeing, especially over the course of the past 18 months and numerous lockdowns.
She says: "I think gardens got people through Covid, they realised how special a garden was and what they could do with it,they could become inventive, even if they hadn’t before they could start growing vegetables.
"It was a sort of spiritual experience for them, they discovered a sort of affinity with the soil – you can go into a garden and you can completely lose yourself, you don’t have to think about anything else. You’re surrounded by nature, you’ve got birds singing, you’ve got bees buzzing about – there is something very healing about gardens."
Read more here.
- Milica Cosic
PRINCE HARRY IS 'RECONNECTING WITH OLD FRIENDS'
Harry seems to have rebuilt the bridges with his much-loved friends – and reached out to the close-knit circle for advice after his comments about his father backfired.
And royal expert Phil Dampier thinks that any rows about the Prince's tell-all memoir – that saw his old party pals panicking – have been ironed out due to him donating proceeds to charity.
"The fact that he’s promised to donate a substantial sum from his book to charity is a step in the right direction," Phil said.
He said Harry had been enjoying "a fairly relaxed lifestyle over the last few months" despite reportedly slashing his five-month paternity leave short due to their "thriving" schedules.
"The fact that he was mucking around in the background of that video Meghan released on her 40th birthday, juggling balls makes it look like he was a bit bored! He’s had plenty of time on his hands so he’s probably physically fit, probably doing all the California things they do – the yogas and the healthy eating and the cutting down on the booze, so he’ll probably have a lot of pent up energy."
- Milica Cosic
THE CROWN SET TO INFURIATE ROYALS BY RETELLING STORY OF PRINCE PHILIP’S ‘CLOSE FRIENDSHIP’ WITH PENNY KNATCHBULL
This is a Sun Exclusive.
The Queen’s husband, who passed away in April aged 99, was close to aristocrat Penny Brabourne, who will be played in the Netflix show by Natascha McElhone.
ut the Duke of Edinburgh spent huge amounts of time with her during the Nineties – the decade covered by season five of the drama – despite the 32-year age gap.
A TV insider said: “This is a relationship which naturally raised a few eyebrows and sparked quite a few whispers, but Philip and Penny maintained they were just friends.
“The makers of The Crown believe it is a relationship worthy of exploring and casting a veteran actor like Natascha is a reflection of how high profile the role is.
“But the highly personal relationship is unlikely to be welcomed as a storyline by Her Majesty or the rest of the Royal Family.”
Read more here.
- Milica Cosic
MEGHAN MARKLE AND PRINCE HARRY ‘ATTACKING’ THE QUEEN IS ‘UNFORGIVABLE’ AND ’EMBARRASSING’, SAYS THOMAS
The 77-year-old, who is yet to meet grandchildren Archie and Lilibet, made the shocking statements during an interview with GB News.
He said: “For God’s sake. Attacking their 95-year-old grandmother is unforgiveable.
“None of the rest of the world deserves what they’ve been shovelling out. It’s embarrassing they are doing this.
“It’s embarrassing for them to be telling me a few years ago to ‘never talk to the press’, but then they spend three hours on a show with Oprah where Harry claims he’s reclaiming his mental illness and curing himself. It is a joke.
“You don’t go on the TV and talk for three hours and get rid of your mental illness, you talk to a psychiatrist in a room somewhere and you work out your problems.”
- Milica Cosic
THE QUEEN’S ‘STINGING’ COMMENTS TO KATE MIDDLETON FOR LUXURY LIFESTYLE & ‘SWANNING OFF ON FIVE-STAR HOLIDAYS’
The 95-year-old monarch reportedly believed that “swanning from one five-star holiday resort to another” was “not the prerequisite for a young woman possibly destined to be Queen”.
In her 2010 biography William and Harry, author Katie Nicholl claimed that, by 2008, Kate‘s “love of exotic holidays” had caught the Queen’s attention.
She wrote: “If she was not with William at Balmoral then the couple were skiing or holidaying on Mustique.
“Kate was there so often the press dubbed her ‘Queen of Mustique’, a title that had previously belonged to Princess Margaret.
“Britain was now in a recession and such frivolous displays of wealth were unpalatable to the Queen.”
- Milica Cosic
THE REAL REASON PRINCE HARRY & MEGHAN MARKLE CUT SHORT ‘5-MONTH’ PARENTAL LEAVE
Earlier this week, the couple's preferred reporter Omid Scobie – who co-authored the biography Finding Freedom – claimed they are "thriving" and "really excited" about their busy schedule.
"They're a couple who do very well in those moments of human interaction. They need to be on the ground," Scobie told PEOPLE.
Following the birth of their daughter Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor in June, it was claimed the Duke and Duchess wanted to "lead by example" by taking shared parental leave of up to 20 weeks.
However, royal expert Phil Dampier – who wrote Royally Suited : Harry and Meghan In Their Own Words – says the couple's early return from their parental leave could also be financially motivated.
The expert told Fabulous: "I thought Harry and Meghan were taking five months off but it seems they are coming back to work much earlier.
"I’m sure they will want to get out and about and meet people, make speeches to live audiences and get stuck into the causes they believe in.
"During the pandemic, like everyone else, they have been restricted to Zoom calls and it rather made their pronouncements look a bit staged and repetitive."
- Milica Cosic
HARRY'S 'LIFELONG PASSION FOR SPORTS'
Sport has been a lifelong passion of Prince Harry's, with the royal setting up the Invictus Games in 2014.
The event for wounded service personnel sees thousands of fans flock in from over 20 countries.
In an inspiring speech about Invictus athletes in 2019, Harry said: "I think, in the last five years, these guys have completely changed how we view disability, how we view mental health. This is all them.
"We merely created a platform in order for them to shine and it’s genuinely been one of the greatest honours of my life to get to know all you guys and to see you through this process.
"We’ve had some laughs, we’ve had some tears, and I can’t ever thank you enough for the impact that you have had across the world, to be able to create better understanding for those people who put the uniform on."
- Milica Cosic
PRINCE HARRY’S INVICTUS CHARITY RECEIVES £500K GRANT FROM KATE MIDDLETON & PRINCE WILLIAM WHO ARE DELIGHTED AT ‘SUCCESS’
The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge gave the grant despite Prince Harry and Meghan Markle repeatedly – and very publicly – hitting out at the family.
But the Daily Mail reported the Duke's charity had seen its best year yet thanks to the grant from the Cambridges.
A courtier told the publication that the Cambridges had "always supported Harry’s efforts to establish Invictus" and the couple are "delighted that it has been a success".
It added that "the huge transfer of £560,984 meant that Invictus could boast an income of £1.77 million last year in newly published accounts.
"That’s a huge jump on 2019 when its income was £1.06 million."
- Milica Cosic
MEGHAN MARKLE REVEALS REPEATED ‘GRATUITOUS’ REQUEST IN SUITS WHICH CAUSED HER TO PUT HER FOOT DOWN
Before she met Prince Harry, Meghan, 40, became known for her role as Rachel Zane, a sassy paralegal in the legal drama.
Talking of the show in 2014, Meghan reportedly had a word with the show's creator after scripts kept having her walking into scenes wearing nothing but a towel.
Speaking at the One Young World conference in Dublin at the time, she said: "This season, every script seemed to begin with Rachel enters wearing a towel. And I said, no, not doing it anymore.
"I called the creator and I said and I was like, it’s just gratuitous, we get it, we’ve already seen it once. So I think at a certain point you feel empowered enough to just say no."
Once a struggling actress and "hungry for work," the TV star said "you're willing to do things like that" while trying to make it as an actress.
Read more here.
- Milica Cosic
'LEAD BY EXAMPLE'
Following Lilibet’s birth it was claimed the Duke and Duchess wanted to "lead by example" by taking shared parental leave of up to 20 weeks.
Mr Dampier believes that Harry will feel well rested after taking paternity leave, as he has had “a fairly relaxed lifestyle” over the recent months.
Harry has been regularly snapped on the beach, walking the dogs, and has had “plenty of time on his hands” to keep fit.
Meghan released a glitzy video to mark her 40th birthday as she called on her Hollywood pals to join her mentorship programme.
In the outtakes at the end of the video, her husband Harry can be seen juggling outside through a window.
Mr Dampier added: “The fact that he was mucking around in the background of that video Meghan released on her 40th birthday, juggling balls makes it look like he was a bit bored!
“He’s probably doing all the California things they do – the yogas and the healthy eating and the cutting down on the booze etc so he’ll probably have a lot of pent up energy."
- Milica Cosic
MEGHAN MARKLE & PRINCE HARRY ‘CAN’T STAY OUT THE LIMELIGHT’ & ‘FEAR INFLUENCE WILL FALL IF THEY AREN’T’, SAYS EXPERT
Royal author Phil Dampier has claimed that the couple may feel as though people “could forget about them” if they were to take a step back.
He told The Sun Online: "I thought they were supposed to be lying low for five months, it was suggested they were going to take five months off to look after their young family – I don’t think it’s been anything like five months.
“They don’t seem to have been out of the headlines in the period they were supposed to be quiet so it is a bit strange.
"I think they must feel that if they are out of the limelight their influence could fall very quickly and people could forget about them.
“The Queen always says 'I need to be seen to be believed' and the same thing applies to Harry and Meghan.
“If they haven’t actually got a public profile and people aren’t seeing them they could quickly be forgotten about which clearly they don’t want. They will probably feel they need to get out there."
- Milica Cosic
PRINCE HARRY’S POLO MATCH SHOWED ‘FUN SIDE’ FROM PAST – BUT MEGHAN MARKLE’S A NOTABLE ABSENCE, BODY LANGUAGE EXPERT SAYS
The grinning Duke of Sussex was surrounded by pals including Argentine polo player and Sentebale ambassador Nacho Figueras during the match, which triggered the "fun side" from his past, according to a body language expert.
Harry has often been vocal about negative triggers in his life but this polo match "appears to trigger his relaxed and happier side as he throws himself into the sport that he has always loved" according to Judi James.
The body language expert told Fabulous: "This is Harry appearing in his own solo success story, scoring twice and helping to lift the trophy and clearly adoring the company of at least one friend from the old days."
Read the article in full here.
Prince Harry posed alongside Sentebale ambassador Nacho Figueras as they beamed with happiness - Milica Cosic
MEGHAN MARKLE AND PRINCE HARRY SLAMMED FOR NOT NAMING UK CHARITIES IN AFGHAN POST – INCLUDING HIS OWN
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were blasted for “preaching” about the “international community” before only listing support for those in the US under “mental health resources”.
Charities the couple ignored included Harry’s own Head’s Together project, which the prince launched alongside his brother William and sister-in-law Kate Middleton when he was a working royal.
They also failed to mention mental health support charity Shout, which the Sussexes and Cambridges set up together.
Royal fans were quick to blast Harry and Meghan for the omissions after yesterday’s statement saw the royal couple say the “international community” must “alleviate suffering” to prove “our humanity”.
One commentator wrote on Twitter: “Interesting that they did not include any UK or international mental health services.
“The three organisations are all US based and have a lot of resources that are only available to US residences.”
- Milica Cosic
MEGHAN MARKLE & PRINCE HARRY TAKE SAVAGE SWIPE AT QUEEN’S ‘RECOLLECTIONS MAY VARY’ COMMENT AFTER OPRAH BOMBSHELL
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are reportedly not impressed with the way the Palace dealt with their explosive allegations on Oprah.
They believe Her Majesty did not take “full ownership” of the issues raised and “little” has been done since, according to People.
Meghan, 40, and Harry, 36, reeled off a whole host of bombshell claims in the tell-all interview in March.
They said there were conversations with Harry and a “family” member about their unborn son Archie and what colour his skin would be – and “what that would mean or look like”.
- Joseph Gamp
MEGHAN AND HARRY SLAMMED FOR NOT NAMING UK CHARITIES IN AFGHAN POST – INCLUDING HIS OWN
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were blasted for “preaching” about the “international community” before only listing support for those in the US under “mental health resources”.
Charities the couple ignored included Harry’s own Head’s Together project, which the prince launched alongside his brother William and sister-in-law Kate Middleton when he was a working royal.
They also failed to mention mental health support charity Shout, which the Sussexes and Cambridges set up together.
Royal fans were quick to blast Harry and Meghan for the omissions after yesterday’s statement saw the royal couple say the “international community” must “alleviate suffering” to prove “our humanity”.
One commentator wrote on Twitter: “Interesting that they did not include any UK or international mental health services. The three organisations are all US based and have a lot of resources that are only available to US residences.”
- Joseph Gamp
MEGHAN AND HARRY WERE ‘AFRAID OF THE CONSEQUENCES’ OF SPEAKING OUT ABOUT ROYAL FAMILY
The couple dropped bombshell accusations against their family in a CBS interview with Oprah that aired to the world in March.
But in a new interview with PEOPLE magazine, a close friend of the couple revealed they were actually afraid of “challenging the system.”
Prince Harry and Meghan also felt “nerves” about sitting down with Oprah – but thought they had no other choice to air out their grievances.
As the pair enter their new “thrive” chapter, they apparently don’t have any regret over the path they chose.
“What started as a fairytale romance became a story that reinvented the genre – a self-made, independent woman playing an equal role alongside her knight,” the pal told the outlet.
In the same article, Omid Scobie revealed that the “thriving” couple are “really excited” about the busy schedule ahead following the end of their parental leave.
- Joseph Gamp
PRINCE HARRY COMPETES IN SENTEBALE POLO MATCH IN COLORADO
The Duke of Sussex competed in the Sentebale polo match in Colorado on Friday after donating £1.1million from the proceeds of his upcoming memoirs to the charity he co-founded.
And today's polo cup raised $3.5 million (£2.5million) for the charity.
It is the first time Harry has ventured out for a public appearance since Lilibet's birth on June 4, as the 36-year-old has been on paternity leave up until now.
However, the prince has remained busy – starring in his wife's 40th birthday video and revealing news of his upcoming memoir.
Harry set up Sentebale in memory of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, in Lesotho in 2006 to help vulnerable children in southern Africa affected by extreme poverty, inequality, and the HIV/Aids epidemic.
- Joseph Gamp
THE CROWN SET TO INFURIATE ROYALS BY RETELLING STORY OF PRINCE PHILIP’S ‘CLOSE FRIENDSHIP’ WITH PENNY KNATCHBULL
This is a Sun Exclusive.
The Queen’s husband, who passed away in April aged 99, was close to aristocrat Penny Brabourne, who will be played in the Netflix show by Natascha McElhone.
ut the Duke of Edinburgh spent huge amounts of time with her during the Nineties – the decade covered by season five of the drama – despite the 32-year age gap.
A TV insider said: “This is a relationship which naturally raised a few eyebrows and sparked quite a few whispers, but Philip and Penny maintained they were just friends.
“The makers of The Crown believe it is a relationship worthy of exploring and casting a veteran actor like Natascha is a reflection of how high profile the role is.
“But the highly personal relationship is unlikely to be welcomed as a storyline by Her Majesty or the rest of the Royal Family.”
Read more here.
- Joseph Gamp
PRINCE HARRY IS 'RECONNECTING WITH OLD FRIENDS'
Harry seems to have rebuilt the bridges with his much-loved friends- and reached out to the close-knit circle for advice after his comments about his father backfired.
And royal expert Phil Dampier thinks that any rows about the Prince's tell-all memoir – that saw his old party pals panicking – have been ironed out due to him donating proceeds to charity.
"The fact that he’s promised to donate a substantial sum from his book to charity is a step in the right direction," Phil said.
He said Harry had been enjoying "a fairly relaxed lifestyle over the last few months" despite reportedly slashing his five-month paternity leave short due to their "thriving" schedules.
"The fact that he was mucking around in the background of that video Meghan released on her 40th birthday, juggling balls makes it look like he was a bit bored! He’s had plenty of time on his hands so he’s probably physically fit, probably doing all the California things they do – the yogas and the healthy eating and the cutting down on the booze, so he’ll probably have a lot of pent up energy."
- Joseph Gamp
DUCHESS OF CORNWALL TO APPEAR ON GARDENER'S WORLD (CONTINUED…)
As for what she would like to do in her own garden, the Duchess spoke of the importance of attracting wildlife in.
She says: "I’ve got a little bit of a woodland garden that I’ve started and I would love to build that up more, I would love to put down swathes of bulbs, and I would also like to have a proper wildflower meadow.
"At the moment I’ve got a bit, but the grass has taken over and we’re going to have another go this year of planting more seeds, because I think, especially now, it’s ever more important to have these wild flowers – if we’re going to keep on attracting butterflies and bees – I think that’s very important.”
However, despite the fact the Royal has substantially more land and gardens to deal with than the majority of us, she still faces some of the same issues.
She reveals: "I’m very lucky I’ve got a big vegetable garden, but you get
the mice, the voles this year, all ate the asparagus roots and got into the strawberries, so you can never win, there’s always something.”
- Joseph Gamp
THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL TEAMS UP WITH MONTY DON FOR GARDENERS’ WORLD ROYAL SPECIAL
THE Duchess of Cornwall is teaming up with Monty Don for A Gardeners' World Royal special.
The Duchess, 74, will appear on this week's show as Monty, 66, shows her round Longmeadow. The pair will chat about her long standing love of gardening and what she most enjoys growing as they explore the Jewel Garden.
At one point, the Duchess discusses how important gardens and gardening can be for our wellbeing, especially over the course of the past 18 months and numerous lockdowns.
She says: "I think gardens got people through Covid, they realised how special a garden was and what they could do with it,they could become inventive, even if they hadn’t before they could start growing vegetables.
"It was a sort of spiritual experience for them, they discovered a sort of affinity with the soil – you can go into a garden and you can completely lose yourself, you don’t have to think about anything else. You’re surrounded by nature, you’ve got birds singing, you’ve got bees buzzing about – there is something very healing about gardens."
- Joseph Gamp
PRINCE HARRY TO MAKE FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE AFTER BIRTH OF LILIBET BY HOSTING POLO MATCH IN US TO ‘INCREASE VISIBILITY’
The Duke of Sussex will compete in the Sentebale polo match today in Colorado after donating £1.1million from the proceeds of his upcoming memoirs to the charity he co-founded.
Harry will be joined on the field today in Aspen by Argentine polo player and Sentebale ambassador Nacho Figueras.
It is the first time Harry has ventured out for a public appearance since Lilibet’s birth on June 4, as the 36-year-old has been on maternity leave up until now.
- Joseph Gamp
THE REAL REASON PRINCE HARRY & MEGHAN MARKLE CUT SHORT ‘5-MONTH’ PARENTAL LEAVE
Earlier this week, the couple’s preferred reporter Omid Scobie – who co-authored the biography Finding Freedom – claimed they are “thriving” and “really excited” about their busy schedule.
“They’re a couple who do very well in those moments of human interaction. They need to be on the ground,” Scobie told PEOPLE.
Following the birth of their daughter Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor in June, it was claimed the Duke and Duchess wanted to “lead by example” by taking shared parental leave of up to 20 weeks.
However, royal expert Phil Dampier – who wrote Royally Suited : Harry and Meghan In Their Own Words – says the couple’s early return from their parental leave could also be financially motivated.
The expert told Fabulous: “I thought Harry and Meghan were taking five months off but it seems they are coming back to work much earlier.
“I’m sure they will want to get out and about and meet people, make speeches to live audiences and get stuck into the causes they believe in.
“During the pandemic, like everyone else, they have been restricted to Zoom calls and it rather made their pronouncements look a bit staged and repetitive.”
- Joseph Gamp
SUSSEXES ‘ARE SO RESENTFUL THEY WANT TO BRING QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY DOWN’, BLAST EXPERTS
Author Angela Levin blasted the couple as being “so resentful they want to bring Her Majesty and the Royal Family down”, making sure they are the “victims”.
The Duke, 36, and Duchess of Sussex, 40, are said to be less than impressed with the way the Firm dealt with their explosive allegations during their Oprah Winfrey interview.
The Palace said it would investigate claims of racism and conversations regarding the colour of son Archie’s skin within the family.
But Harry and Meghan believe the monarch, 95, did not take “full ownership” of the issues raised and “little” has been done since, according to People.
Author Angela Levin described the latest savage aim at the Queen’s “recollections may vary” comment as “absolutely outrageous”.
She told Talk Radio today: “I think it is beyond disgusting actually.”
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