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Harry, who turns 40 on 15 September, will travel to the Big Apple for the UN General Assembly High-level Week and Climate Week.
The events are taking place after the Duke of Sussex’s milestone birthday, with Climate Week beginning on 22 September and High-Level Week kicking off the day after.
“Advancing a number of his patronages and philanthropic initiatives,” a spokesperson for the duke said he will “participate in engagements with African Parks, The HALO Trust, The Diana Award, and Travalyst.”
He will also “be furthering the work of The Archewell Foundation, the nonprofit organisation he co-founded with his wife Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex.”
This comes amid the revelation that Meghan Markle is struggling to find a CEO for her new luxury lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard ahead of its launch.
A source told Closer magazine: “The brutal reality is Harry and Meghan are the toughest of taskmasters, they are very demanding and difficult to work for, and that puts a lot of people’s backs up.”
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Prince Harry has to ‘show his worth to the world’
A representative for the Duke of Sussex confirmed that he will be in the Big Apple next month for the UN General Assembly High-level Week and Climate Week.
Former BBC royal correspondent Michael Cole said: “If you are a member of the Royal Family, you just are relevant. If you’re a semi-detached member of the Royal Family living in California, you have to be on the move to show that you are of some worth to the world, hence the recent trips with his wife to Nigeria and Colombia.”
Emma Guinness29 August 2024 15:00
Queen Camilla’s patronage of Rifle Association ‘a huge privilege’
The queen consort will now be known as the Colonel-in-Chief of The Rifles.
The organisation helps veterans, serving soldiers and their families by providing friendship, support and help when needed.
Lieutenant General Tom Copinger-Symes, Colonel Commandant The Rifles, said: “This is a huge privilege for the regiment and highlights Her Majesty’s care, commitment and understanding for the wellbeing of our soldiers and their families.
“We are honoured that she has chosen to offer her patronage to all our Riflemen and their families.”
The queen’s patronage comes after her late father, Major Bruce Shand, served in the regiment.
Emma Guinness29 August 2024 13:31
Harry and Meghan will explain royal roots to children ‘in time’
The children will now not be featured.
A family friend told US Weekly: “William’s kids, for example, have way more safety, even though they’re recognisable. And the same doesn’t apply to Meghan and Harry’s children.
“They know the world wants to see [them, but] I would expect them to live smaller lives until that gets sorted, if it ever does.”
“They’ll have those conversations in due time,” the source added of the children’s royal ancestry.
Emma Guinness29 August 2024 12:08
Queen Camilla becomes first patron of The Rifleman’s Association
The announcement was shared on the official royal family Twitter/X account in a post that read: “The Queen has become the first Patron of The Rifleman’s Association.
“The organisation offers a forum for serving and veteran Riflemen of all ranks, along with their families, to stay connected with the regiment, providing friendship, support, and assistance.”
The Queen, has become the first Patron of The Rifleman’s Association.
🤝 The organisation offers a forum for serving and veteran Riflemen of all ranks, along with their families, to stay connected with the regiment, providing friendship, support, and assistance. @BritishArmy… pic.twitter.com/rEjN4uAcFD
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) August 29, 2024
Emma Guinness29 August 2024 11:00
Meghan Markle uses ‘global spotlight’ to sell clothes
Describing it as one of the “most powerful” things she can do, she said that her profile is a great opportunity to highlight creators who are not necessarily getting the attention they deserve.
Meghan, 43, told The New York Times: “Times where I know there is a global spotlight, and attention will be given to each detail of what I may or may not be wearing, then I support designers that I have really great friendships with, and smaller, up-and-coming brands that haven’t gotten the attention that they should be getting.
“That’s one of the most powerful things that I’m able to do, and that’s simply wearing, like, an earring.”
Emma Guinness29 August 2024 10:29
Queen Elizabeth II ‘brutally snubbed’ Harry and Meghan
Royal author Obid Scobie explained that during her Christmas broadcast, the Sussexes were notably absent from the family photographs on the monarch’s desk – a move that left them “furious”.
“One didn’t have to look further than the family photos displayed during the Queen’s Speech on Christmas Day,” the author wrote.
“In the Green Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace, where the Queen delivered her address, viewers glimpsed photos of the [Waleses] and their children, Charles and Camilla, Prince Philip, and a black-and-white image of George VI.”
Emma Guinness29 August 2024 08:00
Animal rights protestor calls on King Charles to ask for ‘plant-based food system’
An animal rights protestor who was found guilty of damaging a Buckingham Palace water fountain has called on King Charles to ask the public to adopt a plant-based diet.
Citing the monarch’s passion for the environment, Louis McKechnie, 23, who was yesterday charged with criminal damage for dying the Queen Victoria Memorial Fountain red in 2021, said: “We did this because we think the royal family still has a responsibility to this day to step up and show true leadership.
“If Charles claims to be, you know, a climate-conscious King, he’s got to show it, surely.
“He barks the right stuff, but where is his bite? I’m not seeing it. It starts with calling for a plant-based food system.
“King Charles, that’s our message to him – call for a plant-based food system if you really care about any of the things you claim to.”
Emma Guinness29 August 2024 06:00
Harry and Meghan’s struggle to find staff to work ‘under them’
A royal expert has speculated that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s issues finding and retaining staff will not be ending any time soon.
Kinsey Schofield said: “I do think that they’re going to continue to have a hard time finding people that want to work underneath them. I’m intimidated just thinking about it.
“A source also told Closer magazine that Harry and Meghan are ‘pretty tough’.”
Emma Guinness29 August 2024 03:00
Princess of Wales ‘more fun than the image that is presented’
This comes after the Duchess of Sussex said that the royals’ “formality on the outside” was also reflected on the inside.
Mr Jobson told OK! magazine: “I think that she’s a lot more fun than the image that is presented.
“The image that’s presented is a bit of an enigma, I think, but she’s a lot more fun. [She] doesn’t really like to let her guard down.”
The biographer added: “She laughs a lot and I think anybody who laughs a lot is obviously somebody who’s got that sense of humour, and someone’s one with themselves, and I think she certainly is that.”
Emma Guinness29 August 2024 00:00
