Peter Hunt
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Former BBC correspondent and presenter. Commentator on constitutional and royal issues for outlets including @LBC , @SpecCoffeeHouse , @BBCNews and @Channel4News .
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‘Prince Harry served in the Army for ten years, rising to the rank of Captain and undertaking two tours of Afghanistan’. (Royal website)
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Prince Harry is taking legal action against the publishers of the Daily Mail and the Sun. (And also the Daily Mirror).
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Harry has pulled out the pin. The royals will have to watch how they respond given the evidence Harry may have at his disposal.
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Much of the UK media will portray this eviction as a righteous act by a strong king.
It’s anything but.
Instead of building bridges the head of state is torching them.
The banishment of his son is cruel, unnecessary and diminishes Charles.
Prince Harry and Meghan have been "requested to vacate" their UK base of Frogmore Cottage, the couple's spokesperson confirms
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A chance for palace sources to distance Queen Camilla - a campaigner against violence against women - from her friend.
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An extraordinary allegation that has received zero coverage.
Has anyone asked Kensington Palace what action - if any - was taken by Prince William?
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The terms of Harry and Meghan’s exit were cruel. The institution made a mistake and will pay a price over time. But the royals don’t see it –in part, because much of the media insist, incessantly, that the blame lies with the Sussexes and Charles and William are beyond reproach.
The second half of Harry and Meghan's Netflix docuseries aired today, and we've been taking you through the highlights
Here are some of the key moments you may have missed ⬇
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While the royals remain silent on the Jeremy Clarkson/Meghan column, a reminder that they do, sometimes, speak out:
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A pilloried prince has exposed criminality.
The media should thank Harry and many of them should reflect on their relentlessly skewed coverage of him.
The royals failed to back Harry and should reflect on whether their pursuit of positive headlines clouded their judgement.
Prince Harry was victim of phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers, judge rules
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This is a very serious error of judgement by King Charles and his advisors.
He’s abandoned his unifying role and entered the political fray, in a foolish bid to be seen as statesmanlike.
History won’t be kind. Someone’s head will roll.
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This is a stain on the royals that will endure. No amount of palace spin will erase.
#OprahMeghanHarry
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Buckingham Palace, we keep being told, is maintaining a dignified silence.
However, insiders, sources and aides have been busy.
Now we have friends.
They only speak if they’ve been given the green light by Charles or William.
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And so it begins. Slowly.
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Timing.
Harry & Meghan. A Netflix Global Event. Coming soon, only on Netflix.
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A pitch perfect speech by a prince turned king. Charles III honoured his mother; presented the monarchy as safe in his hands, with William’s help; and offered an olive branch to Harry and Meghan:
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It’s an image that conjures up a colonial past at odds with a republic bound Jamaica and in our BLM, Windrush scandal world. They’ll never do a royal tour like this again. The fact they did, is a reminder of the price the royals are still paying for purging good advisors in 2017.
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Rupert Murdoch and the next constitutional head of state.
A secret deal.
A settlement allegedly involving a very large sum of money.
Not a good look.
Prince William secretly settled phone-hacking claim against owners of The Sun newspaper, court told
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A manifesto for a bold start to the reign of King Charles:
•Apologise for his family’s role in the slave trade
•Pay inheritance tax
•Give Harry back his honorary military appointments
•Bring Harry and Meghan in ‘from the cold’
•Buy a good pen
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This is damaging for the royals.
They knew there would be intense interest in any picture they released of Kate.
Their challenge is that people will now question whether they can be trusted and believed when they next issue a health update.
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No mention of:
The Jeremy Clarkson column
Prince Harry’s legal action against the Sun
And this on the watch of
@deborahturness
who’s committed to ensuring the BBC delivers ‘the highest quality journalism’:
"We were given more positive stories about Harry and Meghan from the royal household"
Sun editor Victoria Newton says her paper helped protect Meghan's privacy during her hen party, and it's "simply not true" they favoured other royals
#BBCLauraK
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Name the royal who spoke out against this and in support of one of their own :
"There were many serious, credible threats against Meghan Markle emanating from the far-right?"
"Absolutely."
Former head of counter terrorism for the Met Police, Neil Basu, tells
@cathynewman
about the "disgusting and very real" threats Prince Harry and Meghan Markle faced.
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Prince Harry wouldn’t need to issue such a statement if Buckingham Palace had recognised his service in Afghanistan and allowed him to wear a uniform.
Their justification - non working royal - is undermined by the fact Prince Andrew will wear his uniform on one occasion.
Prince Harry moves to dispel military uniform dispute: focus on the queen. Harry's spox: His "decade of military service" is not "determined by the uniform he wears"
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Kate is looking for her 4th private secretary in five years.
No questions asked.
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Harry’s presence forces the BBC - and other broadcasters - to give this legal action greater prominence on Day One than they may have planned to.
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The royal tectonic plates have shifted.
Business as usual doesn’t cut it anymore.
The tragedy for the royals, is they don’t yet get it.
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More than 60 MPs have expressed their distaste.
According to the media regulator, the Clarkson/Meghan column is the most complained about article.
Yet the royals remain silent.
No palace support for a princess of the United Kingdom:
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Nothing happens by chance with the royals. Next stop, for Andrew, the coronation. And then...
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And throughout it all, Buckingham Palace has remained silent - not even a squeak from a source.
Jeremy Clarkson says he has emailed Harry and Meghan to apologise for his Sun newspaper column in which he said he "hated" the Duchess of Sussex
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Full text of the open letter sent to Edward and Sophie from the Antigua and Barbuda Reparations Support Commission:
“…..We know however that everyone in your family continues to live in the splendour, pomp and wealth attained through the proceeds of the crimes….”
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Quite the journey.
From ‘there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded’ to being anointed with holy oil and crowned in an abbey.
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History will also compare and contrast the Queen’s treatment of Prince Harry with that afforded to Prince Andrew. Her son’s patronages remain intact.
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Should
@BBCNews
take this page down?
The headline - and the comments of the former military people - are based on reactions to a leaked quote and not the full text.
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Does having fun on your wedding day breach royal protocol?
Harry & Meghan reminisce about their whirlwind first dance as husband and wife.
Volume I: Now Streaming
Volume II: December 15
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Aside from the reality that words can have real life consequences, the stridency of these reactions strengthen the case for Harry, Meghan and their children to have armed Metropolitan Police bodyguards - with access to the very latest intelligence - when they’re in the UK.
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Another example of royals issuing personal statements when it suits them. This one, just last month,on violence against women:
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The status quo of Prince Andrew wearing a uniform at a vigil with his siblings - and Prince Harry being denied the same opportunity - was simply untenable.
EXCL: Prince Harry will get to wear his military uniform for a special vigil for the Queen alongside her seven other grandchildren
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Meghan, in the Netflix doco on abusive tweets: “You are making people want to kill me. It’s not just a tabloid. It’s not just some story. You are making me scared”.
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My words are not dangerous. But the spin of my words are very dangerous.
Dangerous because it makes you an increased target and those around you that you love?
And that is a choice they’ve made.
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The House of Windsor have lost their two superstars. There’s none left. It’s not a good look for an ancient institution (that relies on the hereditary principle) that two of its prominent members were desperate to break free.
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Prince Philip - the son-in-law of a king, the husband of a queen and the father of a future king – had no formal role, yet he helped to sustain the British monarchy. It will be a lonelier Queen who continues to reign.
#PrincePhilip
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I look forward to the BBC independently verifying future statements from Buckingham Palace.
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Having one’s cake and eating it:
Charles and William are maintaining a ‘dignified silence’ while royal sources (a.k.a. the press office) are busier than Santa’s elves.
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‘Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace have declined to comment’
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Convicted sex trafficker comes to the aid of King’s brother.
Not a good look.
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“The previous kills we’ve had have been from the North Korean news agency or the Iranian news agency.”
The British Monarchy has now been added to that list.
AFP is one of the biggest news agencies. I asked its Global News Director, Phil Chetwynd, if AFP would consider Kensington Palace a trusted source, after the edited photo of the Princess of Wales & her children. 'Absolutely not' was the reply. Here's the exchange on
@BBCRadio4
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Latest royal affliction – infecting even the BBC:
Omid Scobie + Harry + Meghan = pile-on.
A diversionary tactic that avoids addressing the bigger picture.
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This was the Queen endorsing Andrew after he paid millions to a woman he says he has no recollection of ever meeting. Either Charles and William didn’t intervene – or they did and failed to stop the prince performing such a high profile role at his father’s memorial service.
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Got there in the end…
The final act of the ‘don’t scare the horses’ palace strategy.
The notion that a) Camilla didn’t want to be Queen or b) she’d be known as Princess Consort was always a fiction, designed to keep in step with public opinion rather than get ahead of it.
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Harry on Sandringham summit:
“It was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me and my father say things that simply weren’t true “.
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Buckingham Palace is in this mess of its own making because it’s treating non-working royals Andrew and Harry the same.
One was friends with a convicted sex offender and a convicted child sex trafficker. The other left, he says, because he had to put his mental health first.
Harry, Meghan invite to world leaders event retracted as mix-up tests truce. This may well be a genuine error during a logistically difficult time. Not greatest look, though, during a period of delicate royal unity in the Queen's honor.
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‘They’ve shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile’.
The palace will say Charles and William are maintaining a dignified silence.
Such silence won’t extend to their spokesmen who’ll continue to spin.
Harry: The Interview, an exclusive in-depth discussion with Tom Bradby.
Watch on ITV1 or stream on ITVX at 9pm on Jan 8.
@tombradby
#ITV
#ITVX
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Harry and Meghan have won - their freedom. The British Monarchy has lost - big time.
#HarryandMeghan
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Never before has the BBC been savaged like this by a senior royal. It’s also a bold move by Prince William to recast his mother’s 1995
#Panorama
interview as a “false narrative”.
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The prince and the popstar
@rihanna
, in Barbados, talking about HIV testing.
#WorldAIDSDay
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The dividing line in the House of Windsor over how to handle the British media is now a chasm.
Prince Harry is taking legal action against the Mirror, the Sun and the Mail.
The King's newest senior advisor worked for the Mail titles for two decades.
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"There is this invisible contract behind closed doors, behind the institution and UK tabloids …it's a case of if you, as a family member, are willing to wine, dine, and give full access to these reporters, then you will get better press”. Prince Harry
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Princess Charlotte. 2 tomorrow. Picture taken by Duchess of Cambridge.
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Media silence sustained.
Imagine the reaction if this allegation of payments for private information concerned any other public figure.
An extraordinary allegation that has received zero coverage.
Has anyone asked Kensington Palace what action - if any - was taken by Prince William?
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Two brothers, using Apple platforms, to talk about their mental health.
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Adopt the brace position:
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“There’s a hierarchy of the family, you know, there’s leaking, but there’s also planting of stories. It’s a dirty game”.
Harry & Meghan. A Netflix Global Event.
Volume I: 8 December
Volume II: 15 December
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A peak behind the curtain of the deals done between the media and the palace.
William and Kate, knowingly, waived their right to privacy.
The royals can be flexible, when it suits them.
“[The Prince and Princess of Wales] knew that if they went out there… they would be seen”
Sun editor Victoria Newton defends a video of the couple at a Windsor farm shop and says she was “in discussions with the palace” and they had no issues
#BBCLauraK
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-A frailer Queen
-A future king likely to be interviewed as part of a criminal investigation into an alleged cash for honours scandal
-His brother paying millions to a woman he has no recollection of ever meeting
-The royals refusing to confirm no taxpayer money used
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Prince William is acutely sensitive to any suggestion his side briefed against his brother.
It’ll be fascinating to see if Prince Harry sticks to generalities or delivers chapter and verse.
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History will judge the Queen poorly for her handling of this final act in the Harry and Meghan saga. The grandson of a Monarch – and son of a future one - has been cut loose by his family. A compromise could have been concocted. The post Diana’s death lessons haven’t been learnt.
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“She really is beautiful, innit” - a farewell tour that’s reminding the royals what they had (briefly); what they’re losing; and what they’ll struggle to replace
"OMG, that's Meghan!"
Duchess of Sussex makes surprise visit to a London school for International Women's Day, on one of her last visits as a senior royal
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There'll be a staff meeting at Buckingham Palace this morning. It's not to do with the health of either the Queen or Prince Philip.
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Seems topical.
An extraordinary allegation that has received zero coverage.
Has anyone asked Kensington Palace what action - if any - was taken by Prince William?
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Quite a feat to airbrush out your father and your son.
Prince Philip and Prince Harry were the previous incumbents and merit no mention.
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3 months on, and still no coverage in the mainstream UK media.
An extraordinary allegation that has received zero coverage.
Has anyone asked Kensington Palace what action - if any - was taken by Prince William?
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The ruthlessness of the royals on display.
Aside from family gatherings, Andrew is a redundant prince out in the cold.
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Elements of the UK broadcast media have contributed to this prism.
The sheer hatred and manufactured nastiness dished to Harry & Meghan even since Kate's video shows us how the UK press creates the prism through which the Royal Family is seen.
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The Queen’s Covid diagnosis will be focusing minds at Buckingham Palace – the current ‘back up’ plans are untenable: .
The public won’t stomach Prince Andrew stepping up for his mother and Prince Harry lives in the US.
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Still zero mainstream media coverage :
An extraordinary allegation that has received zero coverage.
Has anyone asked Kensington Palace what action - if any - was taken by Prince William?
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Look forward to the BBC asking questions about:
Prince Andrew
Michael Fawcett
Accepting charitable cash in Fortnum and Mason carrier bags
King Charles may be about to break his silence on Prince Harry as he prepares to do a landmark BBC interview.
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A crown will be placed on her head in four months time:
In his new book, Prince Harry accuses Camilla and even his father, at times, of using him or William to get better tabloid coverage for themselves. Prince Harry writes, Camilla “sacrificed me on her personal P.R. altar.”
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A Queen Margrethe guide to making a royal apology - should the Windsors ever need to make one to a family member.
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Statement 1 is extraordinary. Statement 2 even more so. The royals have entered a new decade in unchartered waters
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Just imagine the reaction if the headline read, Harry accepted….
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Empire, slavery and the royals - the clock is ticking on the action they need to take:
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This insight into a ‘very emotional’ first meeting between a grandfather and a granddaughter has come from those close to Prince Charles.
Faux outrage would be dominating column inches if Harry and Meghan had briefed on the private family get together.
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