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« Reply #2350 on: June 28, 2022, 08:19:52 pm »
Queen Elizabeth is ‘fading away before our very eyes’: royal expert
By Andrew Court   
June 24, 2022 4:50pm

A royal expert is sounding an alarm, saying new photographs of Queen Elizabeth II show the beloved monarch “fading away before our very eyes.”

Daniela Elser penned an op-ed for Australian outlet News.com.AU on Friday, saying images of the queen greeting New South Wales Governor Margaret Beazley in the UK last week were “nothing short of alarming.”

The snaps show the 96-year-old royal wearing a bright yellow dress as she smiles and shakes hands with the Australian politician inside Windsor Castle.

Elser claims the images are unremarkable until they are compared with photographs taken of the queen in a similar outfit back in June 2021, when she met former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

“The difference is truly startling,” the royal expert writes. “In the intervening 12 months, Her Majesty would appear to have become markedly more stooped, much thinner and overall appears to have shrunk.”

The Post has reached out for comment from the Queen’s communications secretary.


The monarch is pictured greeting New South Wales Premier Margaret Beazley at Windsor Castle last week.


The queen is seen greeting Scott Morrison, the then-Prime Minister of Australia, in the UK in June 2021

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IMO quite judgemental of the Queen; she's 96 for heaven's sake. I can only hope to live that long and still function as she does!

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« Reply #2351 on: June 28, 2022, 08:30:28 pm »
I don't care for the dress or the portrait...neither is flattering to Kate

We're not the only one's that aren't fans of the portrait:

 Critics Roast Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Official Portrait

The uncanny painting by artist Jamie Coreth has prompted speculations of a Dorian Gray-style bargain and drawn comparisons to Madame Tussauds’s wax figures. ............

https://hyperallergic.com/744044/critics-roast-prince-william-and-kate-middletons-official-portrait/

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« Reply #2352 on: June 28, 2022, 09:11:20 pm »
SHOCKING!

And to think she is only 19 years old!
Anyone who isn't paranoid in 2021 just isn't thinking clearly!

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« Reply #2353 on: June 28, 2022, 09:38:47 pm »
We're not the only one's that aren't fans of the portrait:

 Critics Roast Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Official Portrait

The uncanny painting by artist Jamie Coreth has prompted speculations of a Dorian Gray-style bargain and drawn comparisons to Madame Tussauds’s wax figures. ............

https://hyperallergic.com/744044/critics-roast-prince-william-and-kate-middletons-official-portrait/

LOL...well someone agrees with me...
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« Reply #2354 on: June 28, 2022, 10:43:43 pm »
LOL...well someone agrees with me...
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« Reply #2355 on: June 29, 2022, 10:13:07 am »
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Runaway Royal Meghan Demands Reprisal for Roe v. Wade Ruling that Upset ‘Feminist’ Prince Harry

Wayward British royal Meghan has demanded political reprisal for the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse Roe v. Wade, saying that the abortion ruling left her “feminist” husband Harry upset.

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« Reply #2356 on: June 29, 2022, 10:18:50 am »
We should have seen this coming...Meghan needs to make herself relevant again.


'We'll be going to DC together soon': Meghan Markle hints at presidential ambitions and urges voters to 'take action' over Roe v Wade abortion ruling - as she tells activist Gloria Steinem 'feminist' Harry is 'guttural'

    Duchess and Gloria Steinem spoke to Vogue's Jessica Yellin about reaction to Supreme Court decision
    Steinem, 88, told how she had an abortion in London and thanked the doctor for enabling her to live her life
    Ms Markle, 40, said it was time 'to channel fear into action' and urged men and women to vote in midterms
    The Sussexes have made a number of incursions into politics since they moved to the US in 2020

By Harriet Alexander and Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter

Published: 06:21 EDT, 29 June 2022 | Updated: 08:43 EDT, 29 June 2022

Meghan Markle has revealed she is willing to go to Washington DC to join protests against the Roe v Wade abortion ruling and urged people to vote in the November midterms in another big step into US politics backed by her 'feminist' husband Prince Harry.

The Duchess of Sussex is seething over the Supreme Court's decision and told activist Gloria Steinem, 88: 'Well, Gloria, it seems as though you and I will be taking a trip to DC together soon'.

In an interview with Vogue, Meghan also urged men to be 'more vocal' with their anger at the repealing of Roe v Wade and revealed that Prince Harry's response to the Supreme Court's decision last Friday was 'guttural'.

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« Reply #2357 on: June 29, 2022, 11:36:11 am »
Gutteral? Good grief. Thank goodness that soyboy nitwit will not get anywhere near taking the throne.
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« Reply #2358 on: June 29, 2022, 12:38:50 pm »
Gutteral? Good grief. Thank goodness that soyboy nitwit will not get anywhere near taking the throne.
Considering the source I'm not surprised about her reference to the gutter, it's where she got all her experience.

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« Reply #2359 on: June 30, 2022, 02:25:59 pm »
Palace probe into Meghan Markle bullying claims won’t be made public: royal aide

By Emily Crane
June 30, 2022

A Buckingham Palace probe into bullying allegations leveled against Meghan Markle has resulted in changes — but the findings won’t ever be released publicly, a senior royal aide said.

The unprecedented HR review — which was privately funded by the Queen and carried out by an independent investigator — started in March last year after two royal staffers alleged they’d been bullied by the Duchess of Sussex while working for her.

“The review has been completed and recommendations on our policies and procedures have been taken forward,” Michael Stevens, the Queen’s treasurer, said during a briefing Wednesday. “But we will not be commenting further.”

Markle, 40, vehemently denied the allegations at the time, including that she had reduced some of her assistants to tears and treated others so badly, they quit during her time as a senior royal.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/06/30/palace-wont-release-meghan-markle-bullying-probe-findings/

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« Reply #2360 on: July 03, 2022, 12:16:34 pm »
Palace puts Queen on light duties: Number of 'must-do' events including State Opening Of Parliament are quietly removed in post-Jubilee update of the 96-year-old's schedule

By WALTER FINCH FOR MAILONLINE
2 July 2022

Buckingham Palace has reduced or removed some of the duties which the Queen, 96, 'must fulfil' as Monarch in its annual review, with insiders downplaying the significance of the changes.

The Prince of Wales, 73, is primed to step up and take on some of the more demanding official duties, while events such as the State Opening of Parliament, once thought a necessary constitutional convention, have been removed.

It is the first time in at least a decade that the Palace's annual report has edited or amended the Queen's duties.

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Source:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10977073/Some-Queens-duties-removed-insiders-inside-change-not-drastic.html

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« Reply #2361 on: July 07, 2022, 08:01:46 pm »
Make it stop. Please. Make it stop.

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« Reply #2362 on: July 15, 2022, 08:43:43 pm »
Queen makes surprise visit to open new Maidenhead hospice

The Queen has made a surprise visit to a hospice with the Princess Royal to officially open its new centre.

The monarch travelled from her Windsor Castle home to Maidenhead to tour the Thames Hospice to meet staff, volunteers and a patient.

The hospice provides palliative and end-of-life care and support to people across East Berkshire and South Buckinghamshire.

Its services are free for those who need care.

More than 50% of its £13m annual running costs come from charitable support........



https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-62178215

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« Reply #2363 on: July 15, 2022, 08:46:38 pm »
She looks frail but good seeing her out.....I see her hand is still bruised...my mom's were the same way up until her death at 90...
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« Reply #2364 on: July 15, 2022, 08:59:40 pm »
She looks frail but good seeing her out.....I see her hand is still bruised...my mom's were the same way up until her death at 90...

I didn't even notice.  I agree, she is frail but it is very good to see our out and around. 

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« Reply #2365 on: July 16, 2022, 10:21:22 am »
Meghan Hit the Roof Over Her Insufficiently Serious Depiction in Vanity Fair
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Meghan Markle reacted furiously to the famous Vanity Fair issue headlined “She’s Just Wild about Harry,” in which she confirmed she and Prince Harry were a couple and hinted they would soon announce their engagement. She complained that the article minimized her role as an actor, philanthropist, and activist.

According to excerpts of a new biography of Meghan by British author Tom Bower, Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors, Meghan angrily called her publicists, Ken Sunshine and Keyleigh Thomas Morgan, telling them that Buckingham Palace were enraged by the article and that their agency, Sunshine Sachs, should have had comments she made about her and Harry being an item removed. In the interview Meghan said: “We’re a couple. We’re in love.” Shortly after it appeared in the September 2017 issue, Harry and Meghan announced their engagement.

Excerpts of the new book are being published in The London Times ahead of its publication next week. It has already made waves by alleging that the queen said, “Thank goodness Meghan is not coming,” as she prepared for her husband’s funeral. ...
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« Reply #2366 on: July 16, 2022, 10:26:45 am »
When you've been with someone as long as Elizabeth was with Phillip, when one dies the other often doesn't make it much longer.

I don't think the Queen has many days left.
The Republic is lost.

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« Reply #2367 on: July 18, 2022, 09:14:06 am »
When you've been with someone as long as Elizabeth was with Phillip, when one dies the other often doesn't make it much longer.

I don't think the Queen has many days left.

That is often the case.  I think the make-or-break point tends to be 6 months - if the surviving spouse makes it past the 6-month point, their odds of not succumbing to second-spouse-syndrome improve.

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« Reply #2368 on: July 18, 2022, 11:49:06 am »
Prince Harry wades into U.S. politics AGAIN as he slams 'the rolling back of constitutional rights' and the 'few weaponizing lies and disinformation at the expense of the many' during Nelson Mandela Day speech at empty UN

    The Duke of Sussex, 37,  is expected to lecture the UN delegates on climate change and poverty during the two-hour meeting
    Prince Harry has waded into American politics, talking about the overturning of Roe v. Wade during his speech
    He arrived at the event holding Meghan's hand, smiling at fans as they arrived at the UN General Assembly in New work
    He will be accompanied by his wife Meghan, 40, during the event in New York - which will be the first time the couple have been seen in public since the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

By Emma James For Dailymail.Com

Published: 08:02 EDT, 18 July 2022 | Updated: 11:40 EDT, 18 July 2022

Prince Harry has again waded into US politics as he blasted the 'rolling back of constitutional rights' during his keynote speech at the UN General Assembly in New York City.

The Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan Markle arrived hand in hand ahead of his speech to delegates on climate change and poverty during the two hour meeting.

The 37-year-old attacked American politics during his keynote speech at the United Nations event in New York City today.


Prince Harry and Meghan Markle held hands as they arrived at the meeting ahead of his keynote speech later on today

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« Reply #2369 on: July 18, 2022, 11:50:39 am »
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The 37-year-old attacked American politics during his keynote speech at the United Nations event in New York City today.
Get back to us when you're a U.S. citizen, Harry. Until then, you're beyond irrelevant.
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« Reply #2370 on: July 18, 2022, 11:54:23 am »
Get back to us when you're a U.S. citizen, Harry. Until then, you're beyond irrelevant.

Who wouldn't know a constitutional right if one hit him in the butt!
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« Reply #2371 on: July 18, 2022, 11:54:50 am »
Prince Harry wades into U.S. politics AGAIN as he slams 'the rolling back of constitutional rights' and the 'few weaponizing lies and disinformation at the expense of the many' during Nelson Mandela Day speech at empty UN

    The Duke of Sussex, 37,  is expected to lecture the UN delegates on climate change and poverty during the two-hour meeting
    Prince Harry has waded into American politics, talking about the overturning of Roe v. Wade during his speech
    He arrived at the event holding Meghan's hand, smiling at fans as they arrived at the UN General Assembly in New work
    He will be accompanied by his wife Meghan, 40, during the event in New York - which will be the first time the couple have been seen in public since the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

By Emma James For Dailymail.Com

Published: 08:02 EDT, 18 July 2022 | Updated: 11:40 EDT, 18 July 2022

Prince Harry has again waded into US politics as he blasted the 'rolling back of constitutional rights' during his keynote speech at the UN General Assembly in New York City.

The Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan Markle arrived hand in hand ahead of his speech to delegates on climate change and poverty during the two hour meeting.

The 37-year-old attacked American politics during his keynote speech at the United Nations event in New York City today.


Prince Harry and Meghan Markle held hands as they arrived at the meeting ahead of his keynote speech later on today

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11024503/Prince-Harry-set-lecture-General-Assembly-poverty.html


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« Reply #2372 on: July 18, 2022, 02:23:21 pm »
Prince Harry says Covid and climate change have left him feeling 'battered and helpless' after 'a painful year in a painful decade' while revealing how fatherhood has made campaigning more important to him
Daily Mail/UK, Jul 18, 2022

Prince Harry today described how Covid and climate change had left him feeling 'battered and helpless' after a 'painful year in a painful decade' - as he revealed how fatherhood had made campaigning more important to him.

During a sombre speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Nelson Mandela Day, the Duke of Sussex said Covid is 'continuing to ravage communities in every corner of the globe' and the world is facing 'an endless stream of disasters and devastation'.

Invoking Mandela's description of hope as 'like a lifebelt is to a swimmer', Harry said: 'Let's be honest, how many of us are in danger of losing  those lifebelts right now?

How many of us feel battered, helpless, in the face of a seemingly endless stream of disasters and devastation. I understand, this has been a painful year in a painful decade.'


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« Reply #2373 on: July 18, 2022, 02:26:18 pm »
Harry and Markle are just disgusting human beings.

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« Reply #2374 on: July 18, 2022, 02:27:18 pm »
Prince Harry says Covid and climate change have left him feeling 'battered and helpless' after 'a painful year in a painful decade' while revealing how fatherhood has made campaigning more important to him
Daily Mail/UK, Jul 18, 2022

Prince Harry today described how Covid and climate change had left him feeling 'battered and helpless' after a 'painful year in a painful decade' - as he revealed how fatherhood had made campaigning more important to him.

During a sombre speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Nelson Mandela Day, the Duke of Sussex said Covid is 'continuing to ravage communities in every corner of the globe' and the world is facing 'an endless stream of disasters and devastation'.

Invoking Mandela's description of hope as 'like a lifebelt is to a swimmer', Harry said: 'Let's be honest, how many of us are in danger of losing  those lifebelts right now?

How many of us feel battered, helpless, in the face of a seemingly endless stream of disasters and devastation. I understand, this has been a painful year in a painful decade.'


More:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11025187/Prince-Harry-says-Covid-climate-change-left-feeling-battered-helpless.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline


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What a spoilt, privileged little brat.  Losing the titles he did was not nearly what he deserves.  He should be stripped of all royal status, period, so that he is just another ordinary bloke in the street.  Then he can come and complain about how tired and overworked he feels.

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« Reply #2375 on: July 18, 2022, 02:27:44 pm »
Harry and Markle are just disgusting human beings.

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« Reply #2376 on: July 18, 2022, 02:35:14 pm »
To think that Harry was once a soldier with steel cajones that has been reduced to a hormonal bleeding vagina.
The Republic is lost.

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« Reply #2377 on: July 18, 2022, 02:37:11 pm »
Harry sounds just like Caroline and Chelsea!

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« Reply #2378 on: July 18, 2022, 03:27:27 pm »
Harry and Markle are just disgusting human beings.



Yes, they are. Maybe they could pack up and leave.

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« Reply #2379 on: July 18, 2022, 10:34:21 pm »
"At the United Nations, Prince Harry calls out "the rolling back of Constitutional rights in the United States" as part of "a global assault on democracy and freedom."  (Video)


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« Reply #2381 on: July 22, 2022, 05:26:46 pm »
Meghan Markle revealed for what she really is — a Kardashian

By Maureen Callahan
July 22, 2022

After a fresh humiliation by booing crowds at the Queen’s jubilee, here comes another blow to the Duke and Duchess of Woke.

“Revenge,” the much-anticipated book by British investigative reporter Tom Bower, may not offer much new information, but it shines as a deep dive into their psyches.

The folie á deux on display here is worthy of a Highsmith novel: Two very broken people stoking each other’s rage, grievances and delusions of grandeur, believing in their unstoppable rise even as they fall ever downward.

What other modern-day couple would wear their expulsion from the British royal family so dementedly, like a badge of honor, while clinging to their royal titles?

The great question is how such privileged people got this way. Bower provides some answers.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/07/22/meghan-markle-revealed-for-what-she-really-is-a-kardashian/

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« Reply #2382 on: July 30, 2022, 07:51:27 pm »
Prince Charles agreed to take £1million from the family of 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden for his charity despite objections from advisers

    Charles said to have accepted funds from two half-brothers of Osama Bin Laden
    Agreement made following private meeting between Charles and Bakr Bin Laden
    The payment came despite protestations from his advisers to return the money
    Charles reportedly warned of reputational damage if it became known to public

By Jamie Phillips For Mailonline

Published: 15:57 EDT, 30 July 2022 | Updated: 16:01 EDT, 30 July 2022

Prince Charles agreed to take £1million from the family of al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden for his charity - despite objections from his advisers.

The royal, 73, is understood to have accepted the payment for the Prince of Wales Charitable Foundation from Bakr bin Laden, head of the family, and his brother Shafiq - both half-brothers of 9/11 mastermind Osama.

The agreement was made following a private meeting between Charles and Bakr, 76, at Clarence House on October 30, 2013, two years after the terrorist was shot dead during a special operation by US forces in Pakistan, The Sunday Times reports.

It came despite protestations from advisers at Clarence House and the charity, who are said to have pleaded with him to return the money.

A member of staff at Clarence House is understood to have warned that, if the revelation was to become public knowledge, it would cause nationwide outrage.

Charles was also reportedly told that 'it would not be good for anybody' if it became known that he had accepted the payment from the family of the man behind the infamous terror attack, while another warned of huge reputational damage.

A source told The Times: 'The fact that a member of the highest level of the British establishment was choosing to broker deals with a name and a family that not only rang alarm bells, but abject horror around the world... why would you do this? What good reason is there to do this?'

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« Reply #2383 on: July 31, 2022, 10:01:05 am »
Prince Charles agreed to take £1million from the family of 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden for his charity despite objections from advisers

    Charles said to have accepted funds from two half-brothers of Osama Bin Laden
    Agreement made following private meeting between Charles and Bakr Bin Laden
    The payment came despite protestations from his advisers to return the money
    Charles reportedly warned of reputational damage if it became known to public

By Jamie Phillips For Mailonline

Published: 15:57 EDT, 30 July 2022 | Updated: 16:01 EDT, 30 July 2022

Prince Charles agreed to take £1million from the family of al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden for his charity - despite objections from his advisers.

The royal, 73, is understood to have accepted the payment for the Prince of Wales Charitable Foundation from Bakr bin Laden, head of the family, and his brother Shafiq - both half-brothers of 9/11 mastermind Osama.

The agreement was made following a private meeting between Charles and Bakr, 76, at Clarence House on October 30, 2013, two years after the terrorist was shot dead during a special operation by US forces in Pakistan, The Sunday Times reports.

It came despite protestations from advisers at Clarence House and the charity, who are said to have pleaded with him to return the money.

A member of staff at Clarence House is understood to have warned that, if the revelation was to become public knowledge, it would cause nationwide outrage.

Charles was also reportedly told that 'it would not be good for anybody' if it became known that he had accepted the payment from the family of the man behind the infamous terror attack, while another warned of huge reputational damage.

A source told The Times: 'The fact that a member of the highest level of the British establishment was choosing to broker deals with a name and a family that not only rang alarm bells, but abject horror around the world... why would you do this? What good reason is there to do this?'

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Daredevil Kate Middleton beams as she joins Sir Ben Ainslie and Great Britain crew for high speed sailing race in new video footage shared by the royals

By MARIA CHIORANDO FOR MAILONLINE
7 August 2022

The Duchess of Cambridge was filmed beaming as she joined the GB crew in a friendly race against the New Zealand team during a visit to SailGB in Plymouth last week.

A new clip, posted on the Duke and Duchess' Instagram account, shows sporty Kate Middleton, 40, donning a wet suit and jumping aboard a boat to join Sir Ben Ainslie and the GB crew in the 'friendly' competition.

And the duchess looks thrilled by to be part of the high octane action, with footage showing her smiling as the vessel speeds through the water.

The Duchess, who donned a grey cap and a GBR wetsuit for the event, joined the team in a race against the skilled New Zealand outfit helmed by Peter Burling.

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« Reply #2385 on: August 17, 2022, 10:38:45 am »
Meghan Markle ‘bitter’ about failure to ‘create woke royal family,’ expert claims

By Nika Shakhnazarova
August 17, 2022

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are “trying to create an alternative, woke royal family,” according to self-proclaimed royal expert Angela Levin.

Levin — a noted Prince Harry and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall biographer — claims the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are enveloping themselves in “grandeur and pomp that surrounds them” after the royals announced an upcoming trip to the UK.

The pair are scheduled to visit Harry’s home soil and Germany for three charity events next month, their spokesperson told Page Six earlier this week.

Harry, 37, and Markle, 41, last visited the UK in June to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations with their two kids: Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1.

However, their upcoming trip seems to have raised the eyebrows of many, in particular Levin, who noted the “odd time” of their visit.

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« Reply #2386 on: August 17, 2022, 01:37:04 pm »
Windsor Castle intruder admitted he was there ‘to kill the Queen’

By Lee Brown
August 17, 2022

The hooded and masked intruder who busted into Windsor Castle with a high-powered crossbow on Christmas Day had filmed a video bragging of his plans to “assassinate” Queen Elizabeth II, a court heard Wednesday.

Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, recorded the video just before he entered the castle grounds — while the 96-year-old monarch was inside celebrating the holiday, prosecutors told London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

“I am sorry for what I have done and what I will do. I am going to attempt to assassinate Elizabeth, queen of the royal family,” he said in the video, in which he was seen holding a crossbow and wearing a terrifying-looking face covering.

“This is revenge for those who died in the 1919 massacre,” Chail said, referring to an incident when British troops shot dead nearly 400 Sikhs in their holy city of Amritsar in northwestern India.

“It is also revenge for those who have been killed, humiliated and discriminated on because of their race,” he said in the video.

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Prince Charles makes ‘highly unusual’ daily visits to Queen at Balmoral as health fears grow

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PRINCE Charles has been making regular morning visits to the Queen at Balmoral as she continues to suffer mobility problems.

They are a sign of the Prince of Wales' concern for his mother as unplanned visits between households on the estate are highly unusual, royal experts say.

The Sun revealed yesterday how the 96-year-old monarch is not expected to travel the 1,000-mile round-trip from Balmoral to appoint a new Prime Minister next month.

She has battled for almost a year with mobility problems and closest advisors are worried about her comfort on the 48-hour trip when the incoming PM can readily travel to Scotland.



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« Reply #2388 on: August 27, 2022, 11:37:20 am »
Prince Charles makes ‘highly unusual’ daily visits to Queen at Balmoral as health fears grow


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« Reply #2389 on: August 27, 2022, 11:45:12 am »
@Gefn

When people are 96 years old,ya need to cut them a little slack.

Oh absolutely. @sneakypete

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« Reply #2390 on: August 28, 2022, 10:02:48 am »
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Prince Harry arrives in electric car to board private jet for one-day polo match
The Duke of Sussex previously defended his use of private aircrafts for security reasons
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Prince Harry was photographed arriving in an electric Audi E-Tron before boarding a private jet to attend a one-day charity event in Aspen, Colorado.

The Duke of Sussex’s departure from Santa Barbara, California, was reportedly delayed for around 30 minutes on Wednesday. The 37-year-old allegedly sent a Range Rover, a separate vehicle, back to Montecito to collect his polo equipment for the event that featured his longtime polo pal Nacho Figueras.

An airport golf cart met with the Range Rover and shuttled the British royal’s bodyguard back with his sports equipment. Harry boarded Bombardier Challenger 600 which, according to reports, is owned by Marc Ganzi, a businessman and a polo enthusiast. ...


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« Reply #2391 on: August 28, 2022, 10:04:09 am »
The would-be king of virtue-signaling.




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« Reply #2392 on: August 28, 2022, 10:06:27 am »
If you play water polo, do you get to ride sea horses?
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« Reply #2393 on: August 28, 2022, 10:10:31 am »
If you play water polo, do you get to ride sea horses?

Half way there.  He already has a bridle assembly installed around his testicles for the wench wife to haul him around.
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« Reply #2394 on: August 28, 2022, 10:14:58 am »
Half way there.  He already has a bridle assembly installed around his testicles for the wench wife to haul him around.


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« Reply #2395 on: August 28, 2022, 10:21:41 am »

@catfish1957

I could never figure out why men find that kind of woman attractive, but my grandmother said “There’s a lid for every pot”

Just my 2 cents, but Harry is the ultimate royal loser.  He knows his time in the spotlight is limited, especially as William's children become older, and the focus of UK media.  How better to extend that time, than pull a scandal, marry a gold-digging slut actress, and bronze it with advocating phony woke scam causes like Climate Change and diversity.

What the Ginger twerp doesn't realize, is outside his little hollywierd circle, the average American doesn't give a shit what he thinks, or who he is.
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« Reply #2396 on: August 29, 2022, 01:54:42 pm »
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Meghan Markle says British press called her children ‘the N-word’: ‘You tell me how that makes sense’
According to Markle, Prince Harry said 'I lost my dad' due to toxic tabloid scrutiny
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Meghan Markle wasn’t eager to share photos of her children with the British press for a reason.

During her time as an active member of the British royal family, the Duchess of Sussex was expected to release pictures of her now 3-year-old son, Archie, to the Royal Rota, which is the press pool that covers Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family.

"There’s literally a structure," the former American actress explained in The Cut cover story on Monday.

"Why would I give the very people that are calling my children the N-word a photo of my children before I can share with the people that love my children?" the 41-year-old, who is biracial, explained. "You tell me how that makes sense and then I’ll play that game."

According to the duchess, she and her husband, Prince Harry, didn’t have any control over the @KensingtonRoyal Instagram account that they initially shared with Prince William and Kate Middleton.

One month before Archie was born, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex launched their own Instagram handle, @sussexroyal, where they refused to play the "exchange game." Instead, they broke their own news and even posted photos that sometimes never made it to the Royal Rota. But after they stepped back as senior members of the royal family, they shut down the account. The outlet noted that they can no longer use "royal" in their branding.

Markle later announced that she wasn’t returning to social media due to constant bullying from trolls.

The duchess also weighed in on the "toxic" tabloid culture and how it negatively impacted two families.

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« Reply #2397 on: August 29, 2022, 01:57:16 pm »
August 29, 2022 10:44am EDT
Meghan Markle says British press called her children ‘the N-word’: ‘You tell me how that makes sense’
According to Markle, Prince Harry said 'I lost my dad' due to toxic tabloid scrutiny
By Stephanie Nolasco | Fox News

Meghan Markle wasn’t eager to share photos of her children with the British press for a reason.

During her time as an active member of the British royal family, the Duchess of Sussex was expected to release pictures of her now 3-year-old son, Archie, to the Royal Rota, which is the press pool that covers Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family.

"There’s literally a structure," the former American actress explained in The Cut cover story on Monday.

"Why would I give the very people that are calling my children the N-word a photo of my children before I can share with the people that love my children?" the 41-year-old, who is biracial, explained. "You tell me how that makes sense and then I’ll play that game."

According to the duchess, she and her husband, Prince Harry, didn’t have any control over the @KensingtonRoyal Instagram account that they initially shared with Prince William and Kate Middleton.

One month before Archie was born, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex launched their own Instagram handle, @sussexroyal, where they refused to play the "exchange game." Instead, they broke their own news and even posted photos that sometimes never made it to the Royal Rota. But after they stepped back as senior members of the royal family, they shut down the account. The outlet noted that they can no longer use "royal" in their branding.

Markle later announced that she wasn’t returning to social media due to constant bullying from trolls.

The duchess also weighed in on the "toxic" tabloid culture and how it negatively impacted two families.

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« Reply #2398 on: August 29, 2022, 03:52:32 pm »
I honestly have a hard time believing this.
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« Reply #2399 on: August 29, 2022, 03:55:59 pm »
Meghan of Montecito She’s left the Firm behind. Harry’s found a polo team in Santa Barbara. The kids are doing great. Now she’s ready for her next act.

 



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The conditions are right for confession. It is a beautiful August day in Montecito, in a beautiful sitting room, in a beautiful home. Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, a lively 3-year-old with a shock of ginger curls identical to his father’s, toddles into the room demanding “Momma” listen to his heartbeat with a wooden toy stethoscope. He stands, tummy protruding, while his mother, Meghan, convincingly performs her glee at hearing the thump-thump, thump-thump in his chest. Archie giggles and, satisfied, toddles right back out again.

Meghan, relaxing in a cozy chair, gazes over all that is climate-controlled and high-ceilinged and sun-dappled and perfectly marshmallowy, and hers. An invisible hand has lit a Soho House–branded rose-water candle (the founder, Nick Jones, is a friend from “long before I met Harry,” she says), and that scent fills the air, mingling with the gentle tones of a flamenco-inflected guitar floating from a speaker. Then, in the lull in conversation, Meghan turns to me and leans forward to ask in a conspiratorial hush, “Do you want to know a secret?”



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