MEGHAN Markle's new kids book could be a humiliating FLOP as fans may struggle to find a copy, it is feared.
Due to a publishing row between Waterstones and the Duchess' publisher Penguin Random House, a smaller number of copies of The Bench could be visible to customers upon the books release next Tuesday.
There are now fears that the lack of visibility could have an enormous impact on sales as fans find it difficult to find copies of the book – something Meghan will be desperate to avoid.
Read our Meghan and Harry live blog below for the very latest updates…
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HARRY AND MEGHAN TOO ‘ELECTRIC’ – LIKE DIANA
Meghan Markle’s initial popularity in the UK reminded Royal experts of Diana in her day, writes Vanity Fair.
“Harry and Meghan were suddenly too electric,” said Anna Pasternak, author of The Real Wallis Simpson: A New History of the American Divorcee Who Became the Duchess of Windsor.
She told the magazine: “They made the Cambridges seem dowdy, suburban, and rather dull. That does not go down well in the palace.”
Vanity Fair adds that, “for continuity’s sake, the House of Windsor prefers to train the spotlight on the monarch and her direct heirs”.
It reveals that the Cambridges are known as “Bill and Cathy”.
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PIERS MORGAN HAS VOWED REVENGE ON MEGHAN
Piers Morgan is set to bear all in an upcoming interview with 60 Minutes Australia.
He has vowed to get revenge on Meghan Markle after leaving ITV's Good Morning Britain over comments on the Duchess of Sussex.
The controversial TV personality's interview, teased in an explosive trailer released ahead of airing, will be shown in Australia on Sunday, 6 June 2021.
He will be speaking to 60 Minutes Australia presenter Karl Stefanovic.
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HARRY AND MEGHAN ROYAL ATTACKS 'VERY, VERY DAMAGING' FOR QUEEN
According to a royal expert Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's attacks on the firm have been very damaging to ther queen.
Mr Fitzwilliams told the Daily Star: “The Sussexes’ activities, when they’ve spoken out, have been very, very damaging.
"There’s no doubt about it.”
He added that the Queen would have found Harry and Meghan's actions "deplorable".
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POPPY A POPULAR PICK FOR HARRY AND MEGHAN’S SECOND BABY NAME
Poppy is the 10-1 second favourite with bookmaker Coral to be the name of Prince Harry and Meghan’s second child, having been a popular pick with punters so far.
Diana is the 5-1 favourite in the market.
Alexandria, Alice and Grace come next at 12-1, with Emma, Rose, Elizabeth and Victoria all priced at 16-1.
“Diana is the clear favourite still, however Poppy has proven to be very popular and many people are predicting that it will be the name that Harry and Meghan go for,” said Coral’s Harry Aitkenhead.
“Alexandria, Alice and Grace all come next in the betting and are likely options too,” added Aitkenhead.
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MEGHAN MARKLE USES PIC OF HARRY AND ARCHIE HOLDING HANDS INSIDE NEW BOOK
Meghan Markle gifts copy of her children’s book The Bench to Hollywood photographer pal who reveals sneak peek at illustration of Prince Harry and Archie
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PALACE ‘HAD PRACTICE OF NOT EMPLOYING MINORITIES FOR CLERICAL JOBS IN 1960S’
One of the Queen’s most senior aides revealed in the late 1960s it was not the “practice” to employ “coloured immigrants or foreigners” to clerical posts in the royal household, archive documents have shown.
Lord Tryon, the keeper of the privy purse at the time, spoke about minorities in the royal workforce in documents unearthed by the Guardian newspaper.
The paper also outlined how in the late 1960s civil servants and senior figures from Government negotiated with royal aides an exemption for the Queen and the household from legislation designed to prevent race discrimination.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman stressed the Queen and the household comply with the present Equality Act “in principle and in practice”, adding: “Claims based on a second-hand account of conversations from over 50 years ago should not be used to draw or infer conclusions about modern-day events or operations.”
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HARRY AND MEGHAN WILL LAST ACCORDING TO PRINCESS DIANA'S PSYCHIC
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s marriage “will last” as the Duchess “lays down the law”, Princess Diana’s psychic has said.
According to Sally Morgan, the Royal couple are destined to spend their lives together, in contrast to the Duke of Sussex’s parents, whose marriage ended in divorce.
Harry, 36, and 39-year-old Meghan have officially stepped down as working royals and been stripped of their royal patronages and military titles.
Sally, 69, is perhaps best known for working as Princess Diana’s spiritual adviser for four years before the 1997 car accident that took the royal’s life.
"I know lots of predictions say it won't last, but I do think their marriage will last,” she said.
"It will run its full course, and I think there's absolutely no doubt she has laid down the law and it's going to be how she wants it. There's no doubt about that.”
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GOING DUCH – CONTINUED
“I don’t think her heart was really in it.
“When you look at some of the projects she’s got involved with and they were seemingly planning a couple of years ago.
“I personally think she never intended to stay in the royal family.
“I’m afraid that blaming members of the royal family and courtiers and how they were treated is just an excuse for what they have done and to justify what they’ve done.”
More on the story here.
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GOING DUCH
Meghan Markle never intended to stay in the royal family and her recent claims are an ‘excuse to justify what she’s done’, according to a royal expert.
The Duchess of Sussex, 39, stepped down as a senior royal in March 2020 and later accused the royal family of “racism” and spreading “falsehoods”, in her Oprah Winfrey chat.
Royal author Phil Dampier, who wrote Royally Suited: Harry and Meghan in Their Own Words, told Fabulous that Meghan’s accusations are an “excuse” for them leaving.
He said: “I don’t buy this that they didn’t help to protect Meghan and I don’t buy she was driven out by racism.”
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PRINCE CHARLES HAS A ‘SECRET NICKNAME’ FOR MEGHAN
The future king is said to call his daughter-in-law Tungsten, inspired by the tough metal known for its robustness and strength.
The nickname shows exactly how the Prince feels about her experts have said.
According to the Mail on Sunday, the nickname came from Meghan’s strength and determination – said to have impressed Prince Charles.
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SNEAK PEAK ON MORE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM MEGHANS NEW BOOK
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HARRY'S PAIN REVELATIONS IN NEW DOCUMENATRY
Speaking in his new documentary The Me You Can't See, Harry opened up about the pain of the death of his mum, who died in a car crash in August 1997 when he was just 12.
In the documentary, Harry also spoke about turning to drinking and drugs in his late 20s, admitting: "I would drink a week's worth in one day."
He also discussed how Meghan resisted suicidal thoughts because she knew it would be "unfair" for Harry to lose another woman in his life.
And the duke, a soon-to-be father of two, said he wishes his mum was still alive so she could meet his wife and children.
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PRINCE HARRY BRANDED 'SELFISH & IMMATURE' BY BIOGRAPHER
Prince Harry is "selfish and immature" for resenting the outpouring of grief after his mother's death, his biographer has said.
The Duke of Sussex last month revealed he was "angry" at the British public for mourning Princess Diana because they "never even met her".
Angela Levin, author of Harry: Biography of a Prince, said she could understand him feeling like that when he was a boy, but not at his age now in 2021."
Speaking on True Royalty TV's The Royal Beat, she said: "I was very shocked when he said yet again how much he resented all the people that were surrounding him and crying [at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales], because it was his mother, and they shouldn't do that.
"It showed that he was still very immature."
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QUEEN’S DOGS FED IN ORDER
WITH a palace for a home and a monarch for an owner, the Queen’s dogs might be the most pampered pooches in the UK.
And it has emerged that bizarrely the beloved pets are fed in “order of seniority” and each has their own specially devised menu.
In the past, the Queen is said to have ensured that her golden-coloured furry friends were kept in good health using homeopathic remedies.
Animal psychologist Dr Roger Mugford revealed to Town & Country what dinner time at Buckingham Palace looked like for the precious corgis.
He said: “At feeding times, each dog had an individually designed menu, including an array of homeopathic and herbal remedies.
“Their food was served by a butler in an eclectic collection of battered silver and porcelain dishes.
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POTENTIAL JUBILEE REUNION FOR THE SUSSEXES
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Archie and their new daughter "could join the Queen on the Buckingham Palace balcony for her Platinum Jubilee," it's been said.
With celebrations set in the calendar for June 2022, many believe that Archie and his baby sister will make their first balcony debut along with the Royal Family.
Meghan and Harry revealed earlier this year that they are expecting their second child – with their daughter set to be born in the summer.
- The Sun
HARRY AND MEGHAN TOO ‘ELECTRIC’ – LIKE DIANA
Meghan Markle’s initial popularity in the UK reminded Royal experts of Diana in her day, writes Vanity Fair.
“Harry and Meghan were suddenly too electric,” said Anna Pasternak, author of The Real Wallis Simpson: A New History of the American Divorcee Who Became the Duchess of Windsor.
She told the magazine: “They made the Cambridges seem dowdy, suburban, and rather dull. That does not go down well in the palace.”
Vanity Fair adds that, “for continuity’s sake, the House of Windsor prefers to train the spotlight on the monarch and her direct heirs”.
It reveals that the Cambridges are known as “Bill and Cathy”.
- The Sun
HARRY AND MEGHAN ROYAL ATTACKS 'VERY, VERY DAMAGING' FOR QUEEN
According to a royal expert Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's attacks on the firm have been very damaging to ther queen.
Mr Fitzwilliams told the Daily Star: “The Sussexes’ activities, when they’ve spoken out, have been very, very damaging.
"There’s no doubt about it.”
He added that the Queen would have found Harry and Meghan's actions "deplorable".
- The Sun
POPPY A POPULAR PICK FOR HARRY AND MEGHAN’S SECOND BABY NAME
Poppy is the 10-1 second favourite with bookmaker Coral to be the name of Prince Harry and Meghan’s second child, having been a popular pick with punters so far.
Diana is the 5-1 favourite in the market.
Alexandria, Alice and Grace come next at 12-1, with Emma, Rose, Elizabeth and Victoria all priced at 16-1.
“Diana is the clear favourite still, however Poppy has proven to be very popular and many people are predicting that it will be the name that Harry and Meghan go for,” said Coral’s Harry Aitkenhead.
“Alexandria, Alice and Grace all come next in the betting and are likely options too,” added Aitkenhead.
- The Sun
MEGHAN MARKLE USES PIC OF HARRY AND ARCHIE HOLDING HANDS INSIDE NEW BOOK
Meghan Markle gifts copy of her children’s book The Bench to Hollywood photographer pal who reveals sneak peek at illustration of Prince Harry and Archie
- The Sun
PALACE ‘HAD PRACTICE OF NOT EMPLOYING MINORITIES FOR CLERICAL JOBS IN 1960S’
One of the Queen’s most senior aides revealed in the late 1960s it was not the “practice” to employ “coloured immigrants or foreigners” to clerical posts in the royal household, archive documents have shown.
Lord Tryon, the keeper of the privy purse at the time, spoke about minorities in the royal workforce in documents unearthed by the Guardian newspaper.
The paper also outlined how in the late 1960s civil servants and senior figures from Government negotiated with royal aides an exemption for the Queen and the household from legislation designed to prevent race discrimination.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman stressed the Queen and the household comply with the present Equality Act “in principle and in practice”, adding: “Claims based on a second-hand account of conversations from over 50 years ago should not be used to draw or infer conclusions about modern-day events or operations.”
- The Sun
PIERS MORGAN HAS VOWED REVENGE ON MEGHAN
Piers Morgan is set to bear all in an upcoming interview with 60 Minutes Australia.
He has vowed to get revenge on Meghan Markle after leaving ITV's Good Morning Britain over comments on the Duchess of Sussex.
The controversial TV personality's interview, teased in an explosive trailer released ahead of airing, will be shown in Australia on Sunday, 6 June 2021.
He will be speaking to 60 Minutes Australia presenter Karl Stefanovic.
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EXPERT SAYS HARRY HAS TURNED HIS MUM'S DEATH INTO A 'MINI INDUSTRY'
Prince Harry has turned his mum’s death into a ‘mini industry’ with ‘whinging and moaning’, claims a royal expert.
The Duke of Sussex, 36, stepped down as a senior royal in March 2020 and has recently opened up a number of times about the impact Princess Diana’s death has had on him.
Royal author Phil Dampier has said: "
With Harry, while one has to be sympathetic to his mental health problems and the fact he probably bottled a lot of his feelings and emotions for years.
“The fact Harry can’t seem to stop going about it now and has really turned it into a mini industry is something that will grate with William, and I’m sure he’d like him to stop doing it.
“William has coped with it in a completely different way, it was his mother too and he had to cope with the loss, and he isn’t whinging and moaning about it."
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MEGHAN WOULD BECOME A PRINCESS IF SHE LOSES HER TITLE
Meghan would become a princess if she loses her Duchess of Sussex title, points out a royal commentator.
Daniela Elser writes in news.com.au: “Any move to strip the Duke and Duchess of Sussex of their titles following their attacks on the royal family could have a very unexpected consequence.
“Could Her Majesty wielding her dwindling influence over the wayward couple and getting them to give up their Sussex titles actually backfire and prove to be a boon for Montecito’s most controversial rate payers?
“For one thing, it would make the 95-year-old monarch look quite petty and vindictive. The Sussexes, in turn, could bask in a sort of PR martyrdom that would strengthen their anti-Establishment, ‘speaking truth to power’ brand.
“Even if Harry and Meghan were no longer in a position to use their Sussex titles, they still have his princely status to fall back on. He will always be Prince Henry of Wales officially and she, as his wife, has every right to style herself Princess Henry of Wales, a la the Queen’s cousin Prince Michael of Kent and his wife Princess Michael of Kent.”
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QUEEN TO HOST JOE BIDEN
THE Queen will meet President Joe Biden next weekend at Windsor Castle.
Her Majesty, 95, is also due to host First Lady Jill Biden during the meeting on June 13.
Biden will already be in the UK for the G7 summit in Cornwall on his first overseas trip since becoming President.
But the timing means the Queen may have to miss England's opening Euros match against Croatia.
Buckingham Palace said in a short statement: "The Queen will meet the President of the United States of America and First Lady Jill Biden at Windsor Castle on Sunday, 13th June 2021."
Biden will be the the 13th US President to meet the Queen, who has hosted every American head of state since taking the throne in 1952.
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ROYAL AUTHOR PHIL DAMPIER CLAIMS MEGHAN NEVER INTENDED ON STAYING
The Royal expert has made claims that Meghan's allegations were an 'excuse' to justify the fact they stepped down from the firm.
The Duchess of Sussex, 39, stepped down as a senior royal in March 2020 and later accused the royal family of “racism” and spreading “falsehoods”, in her Oprah Winfrey chat.
Royal author Phil Dampier, who wrote Royally Suited: Harry and Meghan in Their Own Words, told Fabulous that Meghan’s accusations are an “excuse” for them leaving.
He said: “I don’t buy this that they didn’t help to protect Meghan and I don’t buy she was driven out by racism.
“I don’t think her heart was really in it.
“When you look at some of the projects she’s got involved with and they were seemingly planning a couple of years ago.
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