Some exciting news to share (via
@PublishersWkly
)😊
Can’t wait to share more details about this project with you all. Today’s announcement marks the start of something VERY special🙏🏻
“My children are mixed race and I’m really proud of that. When my kids grow up and they look back at this moment and they turn to me and say, ‘what did you do in this moment?’ I want to be able to give them an answer.”
—Prince Harry
For every violent, racist, misogynistic column published (and Clarkson’s is one of many), there’s a team of editorial staff who think it’s acceptable. And, as we’re seeing today, TV producers who believe this kind of hate speech is debatable. The rot is at the core of our media.
A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex has responded to Jeremy Clarkson's Instagram apology posted earlier today (and addressed his claim that he emailed the couple in December):
No delays.
@Netflix
have announced they will go ahead with
#TheCrown
’s season five release on its original scheduled date: November 9. The episodes will focus on Prince Charles’ affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, and the treatment of Princess Diana. Trailer to drop shortly.
Remember that time when all the papers universally dedicated days of outraged front pages, hysterical coverage and venomous opinion pieces about Prince Andrew?
Yeah, me neither.
"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… And you’ve created it for what? Because you’re bored or because it sells your papers or it makes you feel better about your own life?"
—Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
Meghan: “Greater than any fairytale that you’ve ever read. . . I think [Harry] saved all of us. He ultimately called it. He made a decision that saved my life and saved all of us. But you need to want to be saved.”
#OprahMeghanHarry
Prince Harry says the Royal Family cut him off financially at the start of 2020 (after announcing plans to step back from royal roles) but says he was able to afford security for his family because of the money his mother, Princess Diana, left behind.
#OprahMeghanHarry
As first reported by
@People
, a Sussex rep confirms: "I can confirm that Princess Lilibet Diana was christened on Friday, March 3 by the Archbishop of Los Angeles, the Rev John Taylor."
King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Princess Kate were invited but didn't attend.
“I would far rather get destroyed in the press than play along with this game or this business of trading [negative stories]. To see my brother’s office copy the very same thing that we promised the two of us would never ever do, that was heartbreaking.”
—Prince Harry
𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: In a dramatic u-turn, palace officials have informed Prince Harry that he CAN wear his military uniform at a final vigil. On Saturday evening, Harry will join seven other grandchildren at Westminster Hall to stand in silence for 15 minutes by the Queen’s coffin.
Baby news! “We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother,” says a spokesperson for Harry and Meghan. “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be expecting their second child.”
"Why would I give the very people that are calling my children the N-word a photo of my child before I can share it with the people that love my child? You tell me how that makes sense and then I’ll play that game.”
Duchess Meghan speaks to
@TheCut
:
For Lilibet’s first birthday, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan invited close friends and family for an "intimate backyard picnic" at Frogmore Cottage, Windsor on Saturday. Claire Ptak (who made the couple's 2018 wedding cake) baked a special order for the party.
📷
@misanharriman
Prince Harry, who is currently in the U.K. at Frogmore Cottage ahead of Saturday’s funeral, has written a tribute to grandfather Prince Philip on behalf of him and his family:
Confident, focused and at ease. As much as certain commentators want to paint Prince Harry out as lost and unhappy, it was clear in both of tonight's interviews that the man is in a good place. Brilliant analysis on the toxic relationship between the press and Royal Family, too.
“The positive coverage of the past week from these same publications exposes the double standards of this specific press pack that has vilified [Meghan] almost daily for the past nine months; they have been able to create lie after lie at her expense.”
A touching tribute announcing for the Sussexes to announce their exciting news on
#ValentinesDay
❤️ It was exactly 37 years ago that Princess Diana shared with the world that she was pregnant with Prince Harry.
Well I guess now we know why the Palace was so desperate to tell the world last week that they have a brilliant, proactive HR department.
#OprahMeghanHarry
And there you have it! Spokesperson for
@TransworldBooks
, a UK division of Penguin Random House, tells me that Prince Harry's
#Spare
has become Britain's fastest selling non-fiction title of all time. It's, so far, recorded a sales figure of 400,000 copies across all formats.
After removing her music from
@Spotify
,
@indiaarie
has doubled down on her decision alongside clips of
@joerogan
using racist language: "They take this money from music streaming and pay this guy $100million and pay us .003% of a penny [per stream]? Just take me off!"
TW: n-word
“I’ve had to make peace with the fact that we’re probably never going to get genuine accountability or a genuine apology [from my family]. My wife and I, we’re moving on. We’re focused on what’s coming next.”
—Prince Harry
When a toxic parent has a long history of causing stress, anxiety and pain through abusive behaviour and manipulative games, cutting them out is often the only answer. Meghan doesn’t owe Thomas Markle a damn thing.
My latest
@YahooNewsUK
column:
To celebrate the birth of Archie Mountbatten-Windsor,
@Disney
have created a special Winnie-the-Pooh animation as a gift for Harry and Meghan. The short was hand-painted in watercolour by Disney’s senior principal artist Kim Raymond. Really special🎨
Last night, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Doria Ragland were involved in a terrifying paparazzi car chase involving six blacked out vehicles in a chase that could have been fatal.
A spokesperson for the couple confirms:
If tomorrow is Prince William's Super Bowl, then here's your Halftime Show...
@Netflix
have released a first look at the Sussexes' docuseries: Harry & Meghan. Out December 8, six episodes will share "the other side" of their love story and the challenges they faced.
Sussex spokesperson: “[Prince Harry] will wear a morning suit throughout events honouring his grandmother. His decade of military service is not determined by the uniform he wears and we respectfully ask that focus remain on the life and legacy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.”
That would be the same Jeremy Clarkson who was at a private Christmas party with Camilla, the Queen Consort earlier this week (alongside guests including a Daily Mail editor and Piers Morgan).
flicking through The S*n while I was waiting in a caff and read this by clarkson. In what world is something so vicious and unhinged allowed to be printed? completely vindicates everything in
#HarryandMeghanNetflix
The Wales's and the Sussexes have come together to view some of the many tributes for the Queen left by the public outside Windsor Castle. A Palace spokesperson says, "The Prince of Wales invited the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to join him and the Princess of Wales earlier."
Two years on—and without a penny from the British taxpayer—Prince Harry has created the life of purpose and meaning he has long dreamed about. A life he couldn’t have achieved if he remained a working member of The Firm.
My latest
@YahooNewsUK
read:
The first half of Harry & Meghan has been
@Netflix
's biggest documentary debut of all time. A rep says it debuted with 81.55M hours viewed by over 28 million households (in four days), the highest of any doc in a premiere week. It's currently the
#2
English TV series globally.
𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex has won her High Court privacy claim against the publishers of the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online (Associated Newspapers) over their publication of a “personal and private” handwritten letter to her father, Thomas Markle.
The Duchess of Sussex expressed her concerns about unconscious bias in the Royal family in a letter to the King, The Telegraph can reveal.
It is understood that the correspondence was sent in the wake of the March 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview
Read more:
I'm anti-war, so any talk of killing is not for me. But it's wild to see how in 2013, papers called Harry "hero prince", "action man", "swashbuckling royal" when he spoke about killing Taliban insurgents. A decade on (and now the enemy) he's attacked for repeating the same claim.
“I believe my wife suffered a miscarriage because of what the Mail did... Bear in mind the stress that that caused, the lack of sleep, [how] many weeks in she was, I can say from what I saw, that miscarriage was created by what they were trying to do to her.”
—Prince Harry
“I’m comfortable knowing we did everything we did to make it work.”
Both Harry and Meghan tell Oprah they did everything they could to make their roles work, but ultimately the institution and family let them down.
#OprahMeghanHarry
During an extended walkabout alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared sympathetic words with some of the many people gathered at Windsor Castle to pay their respects.
After chatting, hugging and sharing sympathies with members of the public for over 40 minutes, the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have headed back into the Windsor Estate together. Both couples left in the same car, driven by William.
𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓 𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓: Prince Harry has been granted permission to take part of his lawsuit against the publisher of The Sun to trial.
The decision—made at London's High Court this morning—means the Duke of Sussex can proceed with his allegations of unlawful information…
Meghan: "I wasn't being thrown to the wolves, I was being FED to the wolves."
Harry: "They were happy to lie to protect my brother. They were never willing to tell the truth to protect us"
A new trailer for the dramatic second half of
@Netflix
's Harry & Meghan, out Thursday.
Executive produced by Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex,
#LiveToLead
—a
@Netflix
docuseries inspired by the legacy of Nelson Mandela—sees leaders and activists "reflect on their legacies and share messages of courage, compassion, humility [and] hope".
OUT DECEMBER 31:
I rarely add my own opinion to reporting but if there was ever a photo that illustrates what the Royal Family is about to lose — it’s this. Diversity, modernity, inclusivity and representation.
“You are already sorely missed, not just by us, but by the world over. And as it comes to first meetings, we now honour my father in his new role as King Charles III.”
—Prince Harry pays tribute to the Queen and and “my Commander-in-Chief”:
Non-apology probably prompted by his agent. Follows over 6,000 (and counting) complaints received by
@IpsoNews
.
I'm more interested in hearing from The Sun's editor-in-chief and section editor who gave final sign off on the column (which was so much more than a GOT reference).
“From our family to yours, and on behalf of our teams at The Archewell Foundation, Archewell Audio, and Archewell Productions, we wish you health, peace, and a very happy new year!,” write Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex for their paper-free 2022 Christmas card.
Meghan: “They were willing to lie to protect other members of the family but they weren’t willing to tell the truth to protect me and my husband.”
#OprahMeghanHarry
The reversal—first reported by The Mirror—follows Harry’s statement saying his “military service is not determined by the uniform he wears”, but it is understood the Palace caved to public sentiment after thousands complained about the decision to ban him and not Prince Andrew.
While I firmly believe the Princess of Wales should be allowed to recover without disturbance or prying, it's bizarre to me that the same conscience-free papers who hack, harass, who made me feel unsafe by flying drones to stalk me, have suddenly learned the meaning of privacy.
After repeatedly failing to identify any statements that could support her defamation claim in either Finding Freedom,
the Harry & Meghan Netflix series, or the Sussexes’ Oprah interview, Samantha Markle’s case against her half sister has been DISMISSED with prejudice
"The court has found that Mirror group's principal board directors, their legal department, senior executives and editors, such as Piers Morgan, clearly knew about or were involved in these illegal activities.”
Out January 10, SPARE is Prince Harry’s raw, unflinching [story]. . . Full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.”
@penguinrandom
have announced details of the Duke of Sussex’s memoir, available in 16 languages.
How is it almost 2024 and breakfast television is still shoving coins down Th*mas Markle’s throat to talk smack about his child. Surely there are more pressing news stories to cover? Wonder if outlets like these realise they’re mostly to blame for that tragic mess.
“You are the ones driving the positive and necessary change across the globe now, in this very moment,” Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex told
@OneYoungWorld
delegates from over 200 countries. “You are the future, you are the present.”
I see we have entered the predictable turn-the-victim-into-the-villain phase of the story. The gymnastics and lying some people are doing to excuse the racism of a woman they haven’t met is WILD. No wonder so many who experience racism or bigotry keep it to themselves. Shameful.
The Duchess of Sussex, Gloria Steinem and
@msfoundation
CEO Teresa Younger at the Women of Vision Awards in NYC this evening. Meghan—who arrived with Prince Harry and mother Doria—will be awarded for “her global advocacy to empower and advocate on behalf of women and girls.”
Today's the day! The 2023 Women of Vision Awards are made possible in part thanks to our Revolutionary Sponsors
@FordFoundation
and
@TheLibraFound
. We can't wait to celebrate 50 years of progress and power!
#WOV2023
Sergeant Major Michael Booley—Prince Harry's former flying instructor—says he feels "let down and betrayed" after speaking with a journalist about the flying stories shared in SPARE: "Not once did I say anything derogatory... and I certainly never said it was 'complete fantasy'".
Duchess Meghan is to be given a Women of Vision Award on May 16 by the
@MsFoundation
for Women — the oldest women's foundation in the US. She is being recognised for her "global advocacy to empower and advocate on behalf of women and girls."
DETAILS:
𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐃: Prince Harry has officially repaid the £2.4 million renovation costs spent on converting Frogmore Cottage back into a family home. A source close to the duke tells me that he recently (and voluntarily) repaid the amount in full to the Sovereign Grant.
The Sussexes have shared a video (shot by Harry) of Meghan reading the book “Duck! Rabbit!” to birthday boy Archie🎂
The moment was captured for
@SaveChildrenUK
@SavetheChildren
’s
#SaveWithStories
campaign to bring food and learning resources to children impacted by the pandemic.
Bothering my friends, family, a lifetime of colleagues, inventing fake gossip to incite hate... all within days of me giving evidence in a media case? Not a coincidence. Been down this road many times now, I know exactly who is up to what, and I'm not going anywhere.
The Sussexes arrive at
@RFKHumanRights
#RippleofHope
Awards in NYC, which honour the power of individuals and their moral courage and influence on economic, racial and social justice. Harry and Meghan are being recognised for their work in racial justice and mental health spaces.
A spokesperson for
@TransworldBooks
(a UK division of Penguin Random House) tells me that Prince Harry's
#SPARE
has now sold 750,000 copies across all formats in the UK. This makes it not only the fastest selling non-fiction book of all time but also the biggest selling memoir.
It’s fair to say that most photos released by the offices of public figures have been retouched in some way, so *if* this was an isolated incident then it would just be an unfortunate error. But with the Palace’s long history of lying, covering up, and even issuing statements on…
Many of the country’s councils can barely afford to keep libraries open, maintain public parks and cemeteries, run free school travel for special needs students, fix potholes, clean the streets, support the arts… the list goes on. A street party is the LEAST of their concerns.
"I feel I am exactly where I am meant to be and exactly where we [my family] are meant to be,” Prince Harry tells the new issue of
@People
. “I don't think I could have written this book otherwise."
An major statement from Prince Harry, who has filed aclaim against Associated Newspapers (publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday) over the misuse of private information, infringement of copyright and breach of the Data Protection Act 2018:
“So enjoyed talking to Meghan Markle for her podcast
#Archetypes
,” writes
@lisaling
, alongside a photo of the two with daughter Jett. “She is such a bright and compelling conversationalist and I hope people take the time to get to know her beyond the often insidious headlines.”
"George Floyd's life mattered and Breonna Taylor's life mattered and Philando Castile's life mattered and Tamir Rice's life mattered."
Duchess Meghan has shared a powerful video with
@IHPandas
Immaculate Heart High School’s class of 2020 for their graduation.
#BlackLivesMatter
“I feel really let down because he’s been through something similar. He knows what pain feels like. . . but at the same time I will always love him.”
Harry says his relationship with Prince Charles is still strained after he failed to properly support his son.
#OprahMeghanHarry
𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Prince Harry has applied for a judicial review of a Home Office decision not to allow him to personally pay for police protection for himself and his family when they are in the UK, a legal representative for the Sussexes confirms.
Meghan's debut podcast,
#Archetypes
, has done what many have tried (and failed) to do—snatch the top spot from The Joe Rogan Experience on
@Spotify
's US Podcast Charts.
The show is also
#1
in Australia, Canada and UK.
“I got off the phone, took it all in, then I called them back, and I go, ‘Hold on a second. Does this mean we gotta go over there and do all of that in the church with them. . . Because I don’t wanna do all of that’.”
—
@TylerPerry
after agreeing to be Lilibet’s godfather
"This is service. This is dedication. And this is the Invictus family."
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex gives a speech at the
@InvictusGamesNL
opening ceremony before introducing Prince Harry to the stage.
“Kidnapped by a cult of psychotherapy and Meghan”
An unusually tabloid-style royal front page for The Independent. Former Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday editor-in-chief Geordie Greig—a close friend of Camilla, the Queen Consort—was recently announced as the paper’s new editor.
The Royal Family “refuses to condemn” Jeremy Clarkson over ‘hateful’ Meghan Markle column, reports
@YahooNewsUK
:
“Yahoo! News understands that the palace is, however, angry at some of the media coverage of a lunch attended by both Camilla and Clarkson last week.”
Princess Eugenie: “Jack and I wanted to share the news that we had our little boy, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank on 30th May 2023 at 8.49 weighing 7.1lbs.”
She adds in an Instagram post: “He is named after his great great great Grandfather, his Grandpa George and my Grandpa…
There are dozens of pages of reporting and detailed statements to support this in my book Endgame. This not just about one poorly-managed photo release, it is years of deceit, cover-ups and lies.
The global news director of Agence France-Presse, one of the world's biggest news agencies, told the BBC that Kensington Palace is no longer a "trusted source."
US advocacy non-profit
@RFKHumanRights
have announced Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, as this year's "Ripple of Hope Award" laureates for their work on racial justice, mental health, and other social impact initiatives through their Archewell Foundation.