MEGHAN Markle's estranged father Thomas has appeared to hit out at Prince Harry AGAIN – saying he's gone from "carrot top to full carrot".
Thomas Markle’s second YouTube episode, Remarkable Friendship, takes a look at Harry dressed in orange for a new video for the Invictus Games.
Karl Larsen started the topic, saying: “I saw this image on the news of Prince Harry all dressed in orange, what was that about?”
Thomas quipped in, “well that’s the carrot story,” as he continues to state why Harry donned the outfit.
Thomas also added: “It matches his hair, so it’s pretty good”.
“A lot of people were saying he looks like a carrot top, now he looks like a total carrot”.
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- Joseph Gamp
Kate urges pupils to 'cherish your friends' in Bahamas assembly
The Duchess of Cambridge has spoken of the challenges faced by schoolchildren in the Bahamas during the pandemic.
Kate told primary school youngsters who were taught virtually for two years: "The pandemic has taken you away from your classrooms and your friends and learning from home has had its challenges.
"That is why it is so wonderful that after nearly two years away, you have recently returned to school and been reunited with your teachers and friends again."
The duchess, who addressed an assembly at the Sybil Strachan Primary School in Nassau, added: "One of the hardest things that so many of us found about the pandemic was being separated from the people we love.
"We have rediscovered how important our families are, and just how important our friends are.
"I always think it is the simple things in life that bring the most joy: playing together, chatting to your friends at school, eating meals together, listening to each other's stories.
"These are the things that bring us together and give meaning to our lives."
- Joseph Gamp
Charles & Camilla finished Ireland tour with Rock of Cashel visit
Charles said it was "particularly apt" to finish his Irish tour at the rock, and quoted his mother, who he said had "described her hope that we might live in harmony – 'close, as good neighbours should be'".
He added: "It is a thought which my wife and I have consciously tried to put into action, visiting this wonderfully atmospheric land every year since 2015, interrupted only by the pandemic."
Charles has often spoken of his hope to visit every county in his lifetime.
He and Camilla posed in front of the stone cathedral ruins at Cashel, before being given a short history of the site, enjoying a performance by Cashel Community School choir and signing the guest book.
The couple were welcomed by the sound of Welsh-Irish trumpets, similar to those used historically to celebrate the inauguration of kings in ceremonies dating back to the Bronze Age.
- Joseph Gamp
Prince of Wales speaks of 'new friendships' as he bids farewell to Ireland
The Prince of Wales spoke of "new hope, new friendships and new beginnings" as he bade farewell to Ireland to the tune of traditional music and dance.
Charles invoked the words of his mother, the Queen, whose footsteps he retraced with a visit to an ancient site in Tipperary on the final day of his tour alongside the Duchess of Cornwall.
The prince once again paid tribute to the "hauntingly beautiful country" of Ireland, after taking part in some traditional dancing on his first visit to the county.
He and Camilla made time for a meeting with the family of murdered schoolteacher Ashling Murphy, to offer their condolences.
Charles said the 23-year-old's name "will not be forgotten", as he echoed Camilla's previous comments urging men to stand up and speak out about violence against women.
Keen to stress the things the UK and Ireland have in common, the prince paid tribute to efforts to help people during the pandemic and more recently those in and fleeing Ukraine, as well as environmental strides towards a "more sustainable, healthier and more prosperous future".
He added: "You remind us that this is a time of new hope, new friendships and new beginnings, underpinning the ancient history, interests and values we share."
- Joseph Gamp
Prince William says royals 'support Bahama's decisions about its future'
Prince William Friday said the Royal Family would support Bahama's decisions about its future.
The future king made the comments during the third stop of a Caribbean tour that has been met with protests in a region increasingly weighing its future relations with the UK's monarchy.
Speaking at a reception hosted by the Governor General of The Bahamas in Nassau, Duke of Cambridge noted the upcoming 50th anniversary of the former colony's independence from Britain.
"And with Jamaica celebrating 60 years of independence this year, and Belize celebrating 40 years of independence last year, I want to say this: we support with pride and respect your decisions about your future," William said.
"Relationships evolve. Friendship endures."
- Joseph Gamp
Parts of Harry legal claim documents to remain secret
A High Court Judge ruled on Thursday afternoon that parts of some documents in Prince Harry’s claim against the Home Office will remain secret.
At a preliminary hearing last month, the High Court in London heard an application by both Prince Harry and the Home Office for some parts of the court documents in the case to be kept private.
The court was told that the Duke and Home Office agreed on what should be redacted from witness evidence.
In a judgement on Thursday, Mr Justice Swift said the bid to redact documents was allowed.
- Joseph Gamp
Meghan and Harry blasted by ex-BBC journalist
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been blasted by ex-BBC journalist John Sergeant, when he appeared on GB News.
John Sergeant, a former chief political correspondent at the BBC, slammed the Sussexes as “just awful” and went on to argue “we should never hear” from the couple again.
He said: “I think we should never hear from them again.
“I would just like to wake up and for someone to say, who do you mean there.
“It’s just awful, the pointless damage they’ve done.
“It’s one thing to say they were treated unfairly, you know they weren’t.”
However, Twitter users were divided at Mr Sergeant’s statement.
One person wrote: “Spot on John Sergeant. Oh to never hear from them again.”
A second added: “All UK media should ban any interaction with them or their PR reps the end.”
While a third disagreed with what was said, saying: “You seem to care about them an awful lot for not wanting to hear about them.”
- Milica Cosic
Philip would be ‘angry’ that Harry is skipping memorial
A royal expert has claimed that Prince Philip would be extremely angry that Prince Harry has decided to skip his memorial service.
Ingrid Seward, author of Prince Philip Revealed, A man of his Century, believes that the Queen knows her late husband would “expect” her to be of attendance.
The expert said that: “Even someone as unassuming as the Queen might have expected some better luck during the culmination of her 70-year reign.
“Instead, she has had nothing but trouble. Her once strong physique is decidedly frail after hurting her back in October 2021. This year she has had to cancel all her public appearances including the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey because in her own words, “I can’t move!”.
“She is determined to be at her late husband’s memorial on Tuesday however hard it is for her to get there.”
Seward added: “She knows he would expect it as much as she knows he would be angry and disappointed Prince Harry has chosen not to go.”
- Joseph Gamp
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- Milica Cosic
Whoopi Goldberg calls on royal family to apologise for colonial past
Whoopi Goldberg, 66, has called on the royal family to apologise for its colonial past after speaking on The View on Thursday.
Whoopi said: “Let us not forget when we talk about what needs to happen, all the folks that need to apologise.”
And her co-host, Sunny Hostin, added: “The Brits are calling this the charm offensive, and they need to call it that.
“The Brits rarely, especially the royals, rarely talk about their history of enslavement. They rarely talk about how they got their wealth off the backs of Black people.”
Adding to this, Ms Goldberg – who has been very vocal of her praise of Meghan’s place in the royal family, said: “Markle would be the very first biracial American royal in the UK.
“The hue of the royal family is about to shift, which is kind of interesting. It’s kind of wonderful.
“All you kids out there, all you little girls who say, ‘That could never happen to me,’ I’m telling you, stuff’s happening all the time.”
- Milica Cosic
Meghan’s dad calls Harry ‘a carrot’
Thomas Markle’s second YouTube episode, Remarkable Friendship, takes a look at Harry dressed in orange for a new video for the Invictus Games.
Karl Larsen started the topic, saying: “I saw this image on the news of Prince Harry all dressed in orange, what was that about?”
Thomas quipped in, “well that’s the carrot story,” as he continues to state why Harry donned the outfit.
Thomas also added, “it matches his hair, so it’s pretty good”.
“A lot of people were saying he looks like a carrot top, now he looks like a total carrot”.
- Milica Cosic
Meghan’s first podcast announced
Meghan Markle has unveiled her first Spotify podcast.
It will be about female stereotypes, and she vows to investigate “labels that try to hold women back”, where The Duchess will speak to historians, experts and women who have experienced being typecast.
The Spotify podcast will be called Archetypes and will launch this summer.
In a trailer of the Archewell Audio project, Meghan said: “This is how we talk about women: the words that raise our girls, and how the media reflects women back to us… but where do these stereotypes come from?
“And how do they keep showing up and defining our lives?”
- Milica Cosic
Judge slams Harry's legal team
The judge also slammed Harry's legal team for breaking the embargo on the ruling.
Judgments in the High Court are usually provided to lawyers in a draft form with a strict warning not to break the embargo.
But Mr Justice Swift said a copy was emailed to someone who was not a lawyer in an "entirely unacceptable" move.
- Milica Cosic
'My pal Prince Harry has DE-FRIENDED me for jokingly calling him Ginger Nuts'
JACK Whitehall says he is “banned” from seeing his old pal Prince Harry after making a cheeky gag about him.
The comedian, 33, claims a tongue-in-cheek joke at the Royal Variety Show in 2015 where he called Harry ”Ginger Nuts” is the reason he's been blacklisted.
Jack revealed the news this week at The London Palladium as part of his How To Survive The Summer Holidays tour alongside his mum Hilary, 59, and dad Michael, 81.
Mocking the ex-royal and his wife Meghan Markle, Michael teased: “Jack I read a book recently and it changed my life and I put this book down and I thought I must become a writer myself. This book is called The Bench and it’s written by Meghan Markle.”
Upon its release in June last year, the book sold just 3,212 copies with the former Suits actress claiming the book “began as a love letter to my husband and son”.
In a dig at the Prince – who insiders say is attending the Oscars in Los Angeles this weekend after being asked to present the Best Picture Award – he added of the children’s book: “She presumably wrote it for Harry.”
Putting on a mock patronising voice, Michael continued: “Yes darling just read it OK. There are only three lines per page Harry… Harry it’s all right.”
Taking yet another swipe, Michael added: “That is your friend Harry. Except you are not allowed to see him anymore. You have banned… been ostracised from the Sussexes.”
Smirking, Jack replied: “I think I have been banned because I called him 'Ginger Nuts’ at the Royal Variety”.
- Milica Cosic
Meghan's treatment still 'fresh wound' in Jamaica
Jamaicans are 'very torn up' over the treatment of Meghan Markle in the Royal Family.
Bert Samuels, Jamaican attorney and reparations advocate, said Prince William needed to apologise "for the treatment of a black woman who had to run out of the place with her husband".
Speaking to Newsweek Bert Samuels said: "Jamaicans were very torn up to hear about Harry and Meghan's issue, and Harry and Meghan's interview with Oprah Winfrey, and that has torn us. That's William's brother, that's his nephew, and for Harry to have been treated the way he was, and worse yet Meghan."
Mr Samuels said Jamaicans have a "strong wound" over the treatment which is still a "fresh wound".
- Milica Cosic
Thomas Markle makes dig at Meghan in second YouTube episode
Thomas Markle’s second YouTube episode with Karl Larsen has come out, entitled ‘Remarkable Friendship’. The pair sit behind a picture of Her Majesty and the Union Jack.
Starting off the show, Meghan Markle’s dad and Karl Larsen discuss how their YouTube has really bloomed.
However, Thomas then makes a dig at Prince Harry and Meghan’s new Spotify deal saying that, “so far Meghan and Harry have not completed anything they’ve started to do.”
“I can’t think of anything”, he added, shaking his head.
- Milica Cosic
Spotify drama
The Sussexes were given a bumper pay-out by the streaming giant back in late 2020.
But in January 2022, The Sun revealed Spotify was taking the project "into its own hands" as content from the couple failed to materialise.
Initially, a "full-scale" launch of shows was promised in 2021. However, the year came and went without any further update.
Bosses then stepped in and began recruiting in-house staff to help.
Harry and Meghan's only podcast effort had been a 35-minute 'holiday special' in December 2020, featuring celebrity pals Elton John and James Corden.
It meant they'd been paid £500,000 for each minute of content.
- Milica Cosic
Thomas Markle blasts Prince Harry
Thomas markle has blasted Prince Harry's choice not to return to the UK for Prince Philips memorial service.
In the most recent episode of Remarkable Friendship with Karl Larsen, Thomas has claimed that Harry's decision is 'the most hateful mean spirited, unforgivable thing anyone can do'.
He said: "I think it's disrespectful for a man to abandon his country.
"Do I think it's disrespectful for a man to abandon his grandmother and then refuse to attend his grandfather's memorial ceremony and to also refuse to let the Queen see her grandchildren.
"It's the most hateful, mean spirited unforgivable thing anyone can do.
"I send that right out to Harry, if you think you're doing something good, You're crazy.
"You'll never be forgiven for what you're doing."
- Milica Cosic
High Court secret
A High Court Judge has ruled that parts of some documents in Prince Harry’s claim against the Home Office will remain secret.
Prince Harry is challenging the government's decision to refuse police security during his visits from the US, saying he "does not feel safe".
At a preliminary hearing last month, the High Court in London heard an application by both Prince Harry and the Home Office for some parts of the court documents in the case to be kept private.
The court was told that the Duke and Home Office agreed on what should be redacted from witness evidence.
In a judgement today, Mr Justice Swift said the bid to redact documents was allowed.
Speaking about the decision, Mr Justice Swift said some of the information relied on in the case involved the security arrangements for Prince Harry and other public figures in the UK.
"For obvious reasons information on such matters usually remains confidential," he said.
- Milica Cosic
Whoopi Goldberg calls on royal family to apologise for colonial past
Whoopi Goldberg, 66, has called on the royal family to apologise for its colonial past after speaking on The View on Thursday.
Whoopi said: "Let us not forget when we talk about what needs to happen, all the folks that need to apologise."
And her co-host, Sunny Hostin, added: "The Brits are calling this the charm offensive, and they need to call it that.
"The Brits rarely, especially the royals, rarely talk about their history of enslavement. They rarely talk about how they got their wealth off the backs of Black people."
Adding to this, Ms Goldberg – who has been very vocal of her praise of Meghan's place in the royal family, said: "Markle would be the very first biracial American royal in the UK.
"The hue of the royal family is about to shift, which is kind of interesting. It’s kind of wonderful.
"All you kids out there, all you little girls who say, ‘That could never happen to me,’ I’m telling you, stuff’s happening all the time."
- Milica Cosic
Philip would be 'angry' that Harry is skipping memorial
A royal expert has claimed that Prince Philip would be extremely angry that Prince Harry has decided to skip his memorial service.
Ingrid Seward, author of Prince Philip Revealed, A man of his Century, believes that the Queen knows her late husband would "expect" her to be of attendance.
The expert said that: "Even someone as unassuming as the Queen might have expected some better luck during the culmination of her 70-year reign.
"Instead, she has had nothing but trouble. Her once strong physique is decidedly frail after hurting her back in October 2021. This year she has had to cancel all her public appearances including the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey because in her own words, “I can’t move!”.
"She is determined to be at her late husband’s memorial on Tuesday however hard it is for her to get there."
Seward added: "She knows he would expect it as much as she knows he would be angry and disappointed Prince Harry has chosen not to go."
- Milica Cosic
Meghan's first podcast announced
Meghan Markle has unveiled her first Spotify podcast.
It will be about female stereotypes, and she vows to investigate "labels that try to hold women back", where The Duchess will speak to historians, experts and women who have experienced being typecast.
The Spotify podcast will be called Archetypes and will launch this summer.
In a trailer of the Archewell Audio project, Meghan said: "This is how we talk about women: the words that raise our girls, and how the media reflects women back to us… but where do these stereotypes come from?
"And how do they keep showing up and defining our lives?"
- Milica Cosic
Meghan’s dad calls Harry ‘a carrot’
Thomas Markle’s second YouTube episode, Remarkable Friendship, takes a look at Harry dressed in orange for a new video for the Invictus Games.
Karl Larsen started the topic, saying: “I saw this image on the news of Prince Harry all dressed in orange, what was that about?”
Thomas quipped in, “well that’s the carrot story,” as he continues to state why Harry donned the outfit.
Thomas also added, “it matches his hair, so it’s pretty good”.
“A lot of people were saying he looks like a carrot top, now he looks like a total carrot”.
- Milica Cosic
Thomas Markle makes dig at Meghan in second YouTube episode
Thomas Markle’s second YouTube episode with Karl Larsen has come out, entitled ‘Remarkable Friendship’. The pair sit behind a picture of Her Majesty and the Union Jack.
Starting off the show, Meghan Markle’s dad and Karl Larsen discuss how their YouTube has really bloomed.
However, Thomas then makes a dig at Prince Harry and Meghan’s new Spotify deal saying that, “so far Meghan and Harry have not completed anything they’ve started to do.”
“I can’t think of anything”, he added, shaking his head.
- Louis Allwood
Judge slams Harry's legal team
The judge also slammed Harry's legal team for breaking the embargo on the ruling.
Judgments in the High Court are usually provided to lawyers in a draft form with a strict warning not to break the embargo.
But Mr Justice Swift said a copy was emailed to someone who was not a lawyer in an "entirely unacceptable" move.
- Louis Allwood
'My pal Prince Harry has DE-FRIENDED me for jokingly calling him Ginger Nuts'
JACK Whitehall says he is “banned” from seeing his old pal Prince Harry after making a cheeky gag about him.
The comedian, 33, claims a tongue-in-cheek joke at the Royal Variety Show in 2015 where he called Harry ”Ginger Nuts” is the reason he's been blacklisted.
Jack revealed the news this week at The London Palladium as part of his How To Survive The Summer Holidays tour alongside his mum Hilary, 59, and dad Michael, 81.
Mocking the ex-royal and his wife Meghan Markle, Michael teased: “Jack I read a book recently and it changed my life and I put this book down and I thought I must become a writer myself. This book is called The Bench and it’s written by Meghan Markle.”
Upon its release in June last year, the book sold just 3,212 copies with the former Suits actress claiming the book “began as a love letter to my husband and son”.
In a dig at the Prince – who insiders say is attending the Oscars in Los Angeles this weekend after being asked to present the Best Picture Award – he added of the children’s book: “She presumably wrote it for Harry.”
Putting on a mock patronising voice, Michael continued: “Yes darling just read it OK. There are only three lines per page Harry… Harry it’s all right.”
Taking yet another swipe, Michael added: “That is your friend Harry. Except you are not allowed to see him anymore. You have banned… been ostracised from the Sussexes.”
Smirking, Jack replied: “I think I have been banned because I called him 'Ginger Nuts’ at the Royal Variety”.
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