MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry's £11million mansion could be engulfed by a killer mudslide.
A new flood danger map shows The Duke and Duchesses home in Montecito, Santa Barbara is at risk from the kind of storm that left 23 dead and wrecked 130 houses in 2018.
The royal couple bought this home two years after a disaster.
Wildfires have burned through much of the vegetation around the hilly land that protects the village, and so the potential for mudslides keeps rising.
A Storm Impact Consideration Map from Montecito Fire Protection District shows the home next to couple’s seven-acre estate predicted in the mudslide path.
John Frye, of the Santa Barbara Flood Control District, has warned: “It’s not if it happens again – it’s when.”
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- Milica Cosic
With you today is Milica Cosic, bringing you all the latest news and updates on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.
- Louis Allwood
Harry ‘can’t face the family’
Prince Harry ‘to miss’ Queen’s Jubilee as he ‘can’t face the family’, claims a royal expert.
According to royal biographer, Tom Bower, he says Prince Harry ‘set to miss’ Queen’s Platinum Jubilee because he ‘can’t face’ Royal Family.
Writing for Closer magazine, Mr Bower said: “I think Harry won’t come back because he knows he cannot face his family, and be pleasant with them, knowing what he’s written about them in that book.
“That book will have a lot of casualties and cause a lot of hurt. It will really deliver, as Harry knows it has to, to justify the money he’s been paid to do it.
“How can Harry come back and pretend it’s all fine? The worst of what he will say is yet to come.”
- Louis Allwood
Meghan & Harry not ‘done enough’ to deserve latest award
According to a royal expert, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry “haven’t done enough” to earn their latest award.
Last weekend, the royal couple won the NAACP President’s Award. However, royal expert, Robert Jobson said the couple were not in the same league as past recipients of the award, which include Muhammad Ali and LeBron James.
Speaking to True Royalty TV’s The Royal Beat, Jobson said: “They have raised the debate, because of who they are, and I think that’s what they are getting the award for.”
“But I think it’s a bit early.
“If you think that people like Jesse Jackson had a lifetime of work before he won it.
“Or Colin Powell’s status he reached in the military and politically, becoming the Secretary of State.
“These guys were role models, great eloquent speakers on the subject of race.
“I just don’t think they have done enough to warrant it yet.”
- Louis Allwood
Prince Harry became 'very very distant' after meeting Meghan
ROYAL photographer Arthur Edwards has revealed that Prince Harry changed after meeting Meghan Markle and became 'very very distant' whilst on tours.
Arthur has toured toured with the British royal family for more than 40 years, taking incredible snaps of the royal family.
In an interview with news.com.au’s I’ve Got News For You podcast, Arthur Edwards said: "Camilla would always say hello, Kate says hello, William, yeah, they’re all very friendly and so was Harry until he met Meghan, and then he became very very distant and he became almost, well, it was miserable.
“In fact in the end I didn’t do Harry’s tours. I didn’t do Harry’s tour of Australia, not with Meghan. I didn’t do Harry’s tour of South Africa with Meghan.
“I just find it very depressing with them. They just hated the media and it was miserable so I ducked out of them and sort of went with Charles to New Zealand and you know places like that.”
- Louis Allwood
Meghan Markle faces being quizzed under oath
Meghan Markle faces being quizzed under oath after half-sister Samantha says she'll sue over the Oprah interview.
The duchess could be forced to sit for a legal deposition by lawyers representing her sibling, it's claimed.
Samantha alleges Meghan made defamatory statements in the bombshell chat last March.
And a source close to the case says Meg's 57-year-old sibling intends to "forensically challenge" every detail of the interview, the Mirror reports.
Legal reps for the duchess say the suit is "baseless".
But if Samantha succeeds, it could mean that Meghan could be asked to name the alleged 'royal racist'.
The source told the publication: “Nothing is off-limits if the duchess is deposed."
The lawsuit focuses on claims made during the interview, including details of Meghan's childhood.
- Louis Allwood
Meghan Markle's bizarre wedding demand
MEGHAN Markle asked Prince Charles if she could meet him "halfway" when he offered to walk her down the aisle, an expert has claimed.
The Prince of Wales is said to have stepped in after it was confirmed Meghan's dad, Thomas Markle, was unable to make her and Harry's wedding.
The big day took place in St George's Chapel, Windsor, in 2018, with just Meghan's mum Doria Ragland in attendance from the bride's family.
But Charles is said to have felt for his daughter-in-law and said he would be honoured to escort her to the altar.
Writing in the Daily Mail, royal biographer Robert Hardman said: "The reply, according to one friend, was not quite what he was expecting: ‘Can we meet halfway?’
"Here was an indicator that this was no blushing bride, but a confident, independent woman determined to make a grand entrance on her own."
- Louis Allwood
Meghan and Harry's most recent award
Meghan and Harry carried out a number of royal appearances during their time as senior royals, carrying out their final public engagement being the Commonwealth Day service in March, 2019.
They have continued to work publicly beyond royal life in a personal capacity and for their charitable foundation, Archewell.
Last week, the former royals were awarded the NAACP's prestigious President's Award for special achievement and distinguished public service.
The award, which commends those who fight racism and tackle inequalities, recognised their work through the Archewell Foundation, including their support in tackling the Covid pandemic and attention brought to the Black Lives Matter movement.
- Louis Allwood
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s ‘joyless’ royal appearances
A GUEST at one of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's royal engagements is said to have described the experience as "joyless" – comparing it to a witness protection programme.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex conducted a string of engagements during their time as royals, including a royal tour of Australia.
However, it has now emerged that some were less than impressed with the events attended by the royal couple.
Just three months after their trip to Australia in 2019, Meghan and Harry were guests of honour at a gala for the Queen's Commonwealth Trust, held at the Natural History Museum.
Royal biographer Robert Hardman said well wishers paid £120 per head for the event and expected to "at least see and hear the Sussexes, if not receive a handshake".
But, writing in the Daily Mail, Mr Hardman added: "As the couple arrived, huge screens were erected in the atrium to prevent anyone obtaining a photo or even a glimpse as the couple were swiftly ushered into a side room."
One benefactor is said to have commented: "It was joyless.
"It felt more like a witness-protection programme than a royal fundraiser."
- Louis Allwood
Harry & Meghan Markle’s Megxit caused ‘damage’
Damaging implications of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal exit has been laid bare by experts.
Speaking about Megxit, Royal author Clive Irving said during his interviewed with Express UK: "I think it is greatly overblown, if you look at the effects of it on the institution itself, I think they've weathered it quite well.”
"I think it's a question of the relationship of the two brothers and they seem to be being reconciled now."
The author also went on to add, "I think that Meghan raised a very important issue about the lack of diversity in the staffing of the palace” during her time.
Especially since “The palace must reflect the world outside not the world inside, and they still haven't made that adjustment but I think the two boys are going to get together again, they're kind of natural companions."
- Louis Allwood
Photographer says Sussexes are 'miserable'
A royal Family photographer has lifted the lid on what Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's true personality is like, claiming they are "miserable."
Arthur Edwards, who is a photographer with The Sun, told news.com.au's 'I've Got News For You' podcast about his relationship with Royal Family members, having toured with them for over than 40 years.
Mr Edwards claimed spending time with the Sussexes was "depressing."
He said: "Camilla would always say hello, Kate says hello, William, yeah, they're all very friendly and so was Harry until he met Meghan, and then he became very very distant and he became almost, well, it was miserable.
"I just find it very depressing with them. They just hated the media and it was miserable so I ducked out of them and sort of went with Charles to New Zealand and you know places like that."
- Louis Allwood
Harry & Meghan 'over-extended' themselves with Spotify deal
A royal author has claimed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's failure to produce content for both Netflix and Spotify has cast a sense of "doubt" around their "abilities to produce content at the level and quality required".
Pauline Maclaren, co-author of Royal Fever: The British Monarchy in Consumer Culture claims the Duke and Duchess may have “over-extended” themselves when it came to signing the details.
She claims that as Harry and Meghan work across a number of different projects, it's “hard to see where their focus lies”.
Ms Maclaran, who is a Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research in the School of Management at Royal Holloway, told Express.co.uk: “It does seem that Harry and Meghan may have over-extended themselves in terms of the Netflix and Spotify deals, although, of course, we have to recognise that producing content does not just happen overnight and high-quality programmes will take many months/years to generate.
However, they do seem to be involved in so much at present – building a media empire with insufficient foundations – that it’s hard to see where their focus really lies.
“Certainly, there is a lot of doubt now surrounding their abilities to produce content at the level and quality required for both media outlets.”
- Louis Allwood
Charles reeling at Meghan's wedding request
A royal author has claimed that Meghan Markle made a demand at her wedding to Prince Harry, which came as an unexpected surprise to Prince Charles.
In an extract of his new book, Queen Of Our Times: The Life Of Elizabeth II, Robert Hardman wrote: “Feeling for his future daughter-in-law, the Prince of Wales offered to step in, saying he would be honoured to escort Meghan up the aisle of St George’s Chapel to the altar.
“The reply, according to one friend, was not quite what he was expecting: ‘Can we meet halfway?’
“Here was an indicator that this was no blushing bride, but a confident, independent woman determined to make a grand entrance on her own."
- Louis Allwood
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Thanks for following our live coverage of Meghan Markle.
Milica Cosic back with you from 6am.
- Louis Allwood
Prince Harry’s book to take ‘revenge’ on ‘kind’ Camilla
PRINCE Harry's bombshell book could take "revenge" on Camilla who took Meghan under her wing when she joined the Royal Family, a royal expert has said.
It is feared Harry's tell-all biography, due for release later this year, could take a swipe at the future Queen consort.
Sources have previously suggested the duke's silence "speaks volumes" about his relationship with Prince Charles' second wife.
And Royal biographer Angela Levin believes any bad-mouthing of Camilla could appear as a spiteful attack.
Angela, who spent a year with Prince Harry for an authorised biography, told Talk Radio: "Harry‘s memoir is coming out at the end of the year.
"Anyone who is anyone is saying it’s going to attack Camilla and make her responsible for [his] mental health and how she stole his father from his mother."
Asked about Harry's relationship with the Duchess of Cornwall, she continued: “When I met him he was very nice about her, said she was a wonderful woman and said he liked her very much.
"Camilla was also very helpful to Meghan when she first joined – took her out for lunch and tried to teach her some of the things she needed to know – the restrictions and the disadvantages as well as the positives."
- Louis Allwood
The Queen faces new misery over Prince Andrew’s sex abuse case
THE Queen faces new Prince Andrew sex allegations torment.
Her son’s accuser, Virginia Giuffre, has been invited to speak at the sentencing of his sex trafficker pal Ghislaine Maxwell.
The hearing in New York on June 28 threatens to cast a cloud over Platinum Jubilee celebrations that month.
Last month, Ms Giuffre and Andrew settled out of court on her civil claim that they had sex when she was 17.
Under the deal’s terms the mum of three, now 38, is said to have agreed to keep quiet until after the jubilee.
A legal source said: “Maxwell’s sentencing could be the first time we hear from Virginia since the settlement.
"It will bring the whole affair with Andrew back up again just as he hopes to move on.”
- Louis Allwood
Harry ‘can’t face the family’
Prince Harry ‘to miss’ Queen’s Jubilee as he ‘can’t face the family’, claims a royal expert.
According to royal biographer, Tom Bower, he says Prince Harry ‘set to miss’ Queen’s Platinum Jubilee because he ‘can’t face’ Royal Family.
Writing for Closer magazine, Mr Bower said: “I think Harry won’t come back because he knows he cannot face his family, and be pleasant with them, knowing what he’s written about them in that book.
“That book will have a lot of casualties and cause a lot of hurt. It will really deliver, as Harry knows it has to, to justify the money he’s been paid to do it.
“How can Harry come back and pretend it’s all fine? The worst of what he will say is yet to come.”
- Louis Allwood
Meghan & Harry not ‘done enough’ to deserve latest award
According to a royal expert, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry “haven’t done enough” to earn their latest award.
Last weekend, the royal couple won the NAACP President’s Award. However, royal expert, Robert Jobson said the couple were not in the same league as past recipients of the award, which include Muhammad Ali and LeBron James.
Speaking to True Royalty TV’s The Royal Beat, Jobson said: “They have raised the debate, because of who they are, and I think that’s what they are getting the award for.”
“But I think it’s a bit early.
“If you think that people like Jesse Jackson had a lifetime of work before he won it.
“Or Colin Powell’s status he reached in the military and politically, becoming the Secretary of State.
“These guys were role models, great eloquent speakers on the subject of race.
“I just don’t think they have done enough to warrant it yet.”
- Louis Allwood
Prince Harry became 'very very distant' after meeting Meghan
ROYAL photographer Arthur Edwards has revealed that Prince Harry changed after meeting Meghan Markle and became 'very very distant' whilst on tours.
Arthur has toured toured with the British royal family for more than 40 years, taking incredible snaps of the royal family.
In an interview with news.com.au’s I’ve Got News For You podcast, Arthur Edwards said: "Camilla would always say hello, Kate says hello, William, yeah, they’re all very friendly and so was Harry until he met Meghan, and then he became very very distant and he became almost, well, it was miserable.
“In fact in the end I didn’t do Harry’s tours. I didn’t do Harry’s tour of Australia, not with Meghan. I didn’t do Harry’s tour of South Africa with Meghan.
“I just find it very depressing with them. They just hated the media and it was miserable so I ducked out of them and sort of went with Charles to New Zealand and you know places like that.”
- Louis Allwood
Meghan Markle faces being quizzed under oath
Meghan Markle faces being quizzed under oath after half-sister Samantha says she'll sue over the Oprah interview.
The duchess could be forced to sit for a legal deposition by lawyers representing her sibling, it's claimed.
Samantha alleges Meghan made defamatory statements in the bombshell chat last March.
And a source close to the case says Meg's 57-year-old sibling intends to "forensically challenge" every detail of the interview, the Mirror reports.
Legal reps for the duchess say the suit is "baseless".
But if Samantha succeeds, it could mean that Meghan could be asked to name the alleged 'royal racist'.
The source told the publication: “Nothing is off-limits if the duchess is deposed."
The lawsuit focuses on claims made during the interview, including details of Meghan's childhood.
- Louis Allwood
Meghan Markle's bizarre wedding demand
MEGHAN Markle asked Prince Charles if she could meet him "halfway" when he offered to walk her down the aisle, an expert has claimed.
The Prince of Wales is said to have stepped in after it was confirmed Meghan's dad, Thomas Markle, was unable to make her and Harry's wedding.
The big day took place in St George's Chapel, Windsor, in 2018, with just Meghan's mum Doria Ragland in attendance from the bride's family.
But Charles is said to have felt for his daughter-in-law and said he would be honoured to escort her to the altar.
Writing in the Daily Mail, royal biographer Robert Hardman said: "The reply, according to one friend, was not quite what he was expecting: ‘Can we meet halfway?’
"Here was an indicator that this was no blushing bride, but a confident, independent woman determined to make a grand entrance on her own."
- Louis Allwood
Meghan and Harry's most recent award
Meghan and Harry carried out a number of royal appearances during their time as senior royals, carrying out their final public engagement being the Commonwealth Day service in March, 2019.
They have continued to work publicly beyond royal life in a personal capacity and for their charitable foundation, Archewell.
Last week, the former royals were awarded the NAACP's prestigious President's Award for special achievement and distinguished public service.
The award, which commends those who fight racism and tackle inequalities, recognised their work through the Archewell Foundation, including their support in tackling the Covid pandemic and attention brought to the Black Lives Matter movement.
- Louis Allwood
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s ‘joyless’ royal appearances
A GUEST at one of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's royal engagements is said to have described the experience as "joyless" – comparing it to a witness protection programme.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex conducted a string of engagements during their time as royals, including a royal tour of Australia.
However, it has now emerged that some were less than impressed with the events attended by the royal couple.
Just three months after their trip to Australia in 2019, Meghan and Harry were guests of honour at a gala for the Queen's Commonwealth Trust, held at the Natural History Museum.
Royal biographer Robert Hardman said well wishers paid £120 per head for the event and expected to "at least see and hear the Sussexes, if not receive a handshake".
But, writing in the Daily Mail, Mr Hardman added: "As the couple arrived, huge screens were erected in the atrium to prevent anyone obtaining a photo or even a glimpse as the couple were swiftly ushered into a side room."
One benefactor is said to have commented: "It was joyless.
"It felt more like a witness-protection programme than a royal fundraiser."
- Milica Cosic
I'm now hanging the Meghan blog over to my colleague Louis Allwood, who will be looking after it until 10pm tonight.
- Milica Cosic
Harry & Meghan Markle’s Megxit caused ‘damage’
Damaging implications of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal exit has been laid bare by experts.
Speaking about Megxit, Royal author Clive Irving said during his interviewed with Express UK: "I think it is greatly overblown, if you look at the effects of it on the institution itself, I think they've weathered it quite well.”
"I think it's a question of the relationship of the two brothers and they seem to be being reconciled now."
The author also went on to add, "I think that Meghan raised a very important issue about the lack of diversity in the staffing of the palace” during her time.
Especially since “The palace must reflect the world outside not the world inside, and they still haven't made that adjustment but I think the two boys are going to get together again, they're kind of natural companions."
- Milica Cosic
Photographer says Sussexes are 'miserable'
A royal Family photographer has lifted the lid on what Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's true personality is like, claiming they are "miserable."
Arthur Edwards, who is a photographer with The Sun, told news.com.au's 'I've Got News For You' podcast about his relationship with Royal Family members, having toured with them for over than 40 years.
Mr Edwards claimed spending time with the Sussexes was "depressing."
He said: "Camilla would always say hello, Kate says hello, William, yeah, they're all very friendly and so was Harry until he met Meghan, and then he became very very distant and he became almost, well, it was miserable.
"I just find it very depressing with them. They just hated the media and it was miserable so I ducked out of them and sort of went with Charles to New Zealand and you know places like that."
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