PRINCE William and Kate Middleton must follow the same strict rules as others seated within the Royal Box at Wimbledon.
Everyone that is sat in the Royal Box at Wimbledon has been personally invited by the Chairman of the All England Club.
Those lucky enough to be invited must meet expectations not required of sports fans seated elsewhere.
And all guests – including the Royal Family – must dress in smart attire.
Wimbledon advises this means wearing a suit or jacket, plus a tie for men.
However, the main rule that Prince William and Kate Middletonmust follow is that they are not allowed to wear hats, in order to not block anyone's view.
Read our Royal Family live blog below for the latest news…
- Louis Allwood
'Category 5 meltdown'
According to a commentator, Meghan running for US President would trigger a "category five meltdown" with the royals.
Writing for news.com.au, Columnist Daniela Elser said: "This is all before we even consider the category five meltdown that a Meghan campaign would trigger at Buckingham Palace.
"But risks, like hats, are something that Meghan clearly has a fondness for."
- Louis Allwood
Kate Middleton and Prince William wave to adoring crowds at Wimbledon
Prince William and Katelooked in high spirits as they arrived at Wimbledon today.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge waved to fans as they crossed the bridge from the millennium building into Centre Court after entering at the SW19 grounds.
Looking typically chic, thrifty Kate put on an elegant display in a recycled £1,515 Alessandra Richnblue polka dot midi dress, which she first wore at a local street party to celebrate the Queen's Platinum jubilee.
Meanwhile, Prince William looked dapper in a light grey check suit which he paired with a navy tie and matching smart trousers.
- Louis Allwood
How can you get a ticket to sit in the royal box at Wimbledon?
There are no tickets on sale for the Royal Box and guests have to be invited by the All England Club.
Each year, there is an open invitation to all of the Royal Family as well as high ranking members of the government, armed forces and the church – including the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Also encouraged to attend are ambassadors, diplomats and members of foreign royal families and senior figures from the media world.
It is believed that the All England Club and the Lawn Tennis Association take suggestions on who would be suitable to ask to attend.
- Louis Allwood
What is the royal box at Wimbledon?
The royal box has the best seats at Wimbledon and is reserved for members of the royal family and invited guests of the All England Club.
It's always full of famous faces from the world of showbiz and high society.
Perched above Centre Court, the royal box is reserved for use by the Royal Family and other distinguished guests who want to watch the tennis during the Wimbledon Championships.
Each day there is space for 74 guests to take their place on the dark green Lloyd Loom wicker chairs.
Anybody who is invited to watch the tennis from the royal box must stick to a strict dress code that includes a demure dress for ladies and a jacket, tie and proper shoes for men.
- Louis Allwood
'Too little too late'
THE Royal Family's damage control over Prince Harry & Meghan Markle may be "too little too late" to stop a 2nd Oprah interview.
Harry and Meghan's infamous Oprah interview "crossed a line" – and the couple were "relegated" during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee as a result.
But Royal columnist Daniela Elser claimed the Firm may be starting to "panic" over what the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will do next after they were spotted leaving the talk show host's house last weekend.
Writing for news.com.au, Ms Elser said: "Still, it’s hard not to wonder if this damage control is too little too late.
"Feelings would seem to have been hurt badly, Harry has books to sell and the duo has a streaming giant bleeding hundreds of billions to keep sweet.
"For now, it’s a watching brief but with all of the opportunities in the near future for the Duke and Duchess to indulge in the penchant for truth-telling and journey-sharing, are a few warm words here and there really going to be enough to prevent them from coming for another prime time pasting?"
- Joseph Gamp
First change to Queen's duties in 10 years revealed
THE Queen's official duties have been edited by Buckingham Palace as she lightens her workload.
Events such as the State Opening of Parliament have been removed.
Her Maj's roles were edited for the first time in ten years in the palace's annual report.
It emphasises the support for the 96-year-old can expect from the wider Royal Family.
According to the Sovereign Grant report, her role still has two key elements Head of State and Head of Nation.
As Head of State, the new version merely states her role "encompasses a range of parliamentary and diplomatic duties".
Head of Nation is carried out "where appropriate or necessary". Palace sources said it was not a "drastic" change, but a small post-Jubilee update.
- Joseph Gamp
Harry & Meghan ‘won’t win’ if they do another Oprah interview
A royal expert believes Harry and Meghan are doomed if they decide to make another interview with the US talk show host.
Pictures emerged recently of the couple entering Oprah’s multi-million dollar mansion, fuelling reports that a second interview could be on the way.
But speaking on TalkTV’s The Morning Show recently, commentator Dylan Howard on believes the couple may not survive the Royal Family fall-out that would arise from another tell-all chat.
Commenting on whether Meghan and Harry can return on Oprah, Dylan said: “I don’t know, I think they may do.”
He then added: “I think it’s going to be damaging to the royal institution but I think one thing is certain – the Firm wins, they’re not going to win. It’s over for them.”
- Joseph Gamp
Harry 'will be bald' by the time he's 40
PRINCE Harry will be "completely bald" by the time he is 40, a top hair transplant surgeon said.
Dr Manish Mittal says a rapidly receding Duke of Sussex will need to act fast if he wants to halt or reverse hair loss.
He said Harry, 37, can either embrace his baldness like brother William, 40, and dad Charles, 73, get a transplant, or get fitted for a wig.
Dr Mittal said: "At the speed it's receding, it is likely that Harry will be completely bald in two years, certainly by the time he's 40."
He said that if Harry wanted hair surgery he would need to take hairloss stabilising medication before two ops placing around 2,000 individual hair grafts, 18 months apart. The cost for a VIP is £40,000.
- Joseph Gamp
Queen's guards 'bullets sale plot' foiled
TWO members of the Queen's elite guard were caught in a police sting plotting to sell ammo, a court has heard.
Coldstream Guards Kirtland Gill, 41, and Rajon Graham, 33, allegedly planned to sell 300 bullets to drug dealers. But their contact was an undercover cop, jurors heard.
Duncan Atkinson QC, prosecuting, said phone records showed the soldiers were in contact with each other as deals took place and cash from the ammo sales was found at Gill's home. Graham admits selling and conspiring to sell the ammo.
Quartermaster Gill, the regiment's first black Regimental Sergeant Major, denies conspiracy.
Both men are based in Windsor, Berkshire. The trial at Southwark crown court continues.
- Joseph Gamp
William and Charles should be ‘less outspoken’, expert claims
The two future kings have been warned that they will need be slightly more subtle when they ascend the throne.
The author of “The Queen: 70 Chapters in the Life of Elizabeth II”, Ian Lloyd, said: “I think [he could be more outspoken] as Prince of Wales, because he can do [that], I mean the present Prince of Wales has done that.
“As King you have to be a little more circumspect.”
- Joseph Gamp
Her Majesty to take a step back amid mobility issues
THE Queen’s job description has been rewritten by Buckingham Palace, as it scales back the number of duties she “must fulfil”.
Her Majesty’s “official” jobs were edited in the palace’s annual Sovereign Grant report this week – for the first time in at least a decade, it has been reported.
Events like the State Opening of Parliament, which were previously compulsory for the Queen, have been removed from her duties.
Instead, the new format emphasises just how important the rest of the royal family are, giving them more duties to complete as the Queen rests.
- Joseph Gamp
Qatari money controversy ‘just the latest in a string of royal scandals’, claims Republic
Much has been made over the money gifted to Charles in plastic bags by the Qatari leadership, but the Prince of Wales is not the root cause of these issues, one expert claims.
Writing for the Express, Republic CEO Graham Smith said: “Some royalist commentators have been asking whether Charles is really fit to be king, following the latest royal scandal in which the heir was found to have been accepting multi-million-euro cash donations from a Qatari politician, Sheikh Hamad.
“Yet this is just the latest in a string of royal scandals, disastrous tours and family feuds, which all point to one conclusion: the monarchy is not fit for purpose. The monarchy raises a family on a diet of sycophancy that leaves the princes emotionally immature and ill-equipped for serious responsibility.”
- Joseph Gamp
Kate want’s Harry to come back to the UK for William
The Cambridges celebrated their 40th birthdays this year.
Kate‘s 40th birthday was in January, but her planned celebrations were scrapped due to rising levels of COVID in the UK at the time.
William‘s 40th birthday way on 21 June, so the Queen is reportedly hoping to host a joint celebration for the pair.
This is reportedly the reason Kate has reached out to Harry in the hopes that he will be there to celebrate his brother’s birthday. It’s not clear whether or not Kate extended the invitation to Meghan.
- Louis Allwood
How much does Meghan’s lavish wellness routine cost?
The Duchess of Sussex has long been a supporter of wellness routines.
But this lifestyle doesn’t come cheap, with Hello claiming Meghan spends £45,000 a year on health and wellness treatments.
This includes frequent visits to Glow Bar’s infrared sauna, among other luxuries.
- henry moore
Exclusive: Inside the mystery sale of Prince Andrew’s abandoned mansion
Sunninghill Park, the half-constructed mansion once owned by Prince Andrew, remains empty, almost a decade since its sale to a Kazakh oligarch.
The sale was shrouded in mystery, and some believe some unscrupulous dealings may have taken place.
The Duke of York sold his and Sarah Ferguson‘s former six-bedroom love nest Sunninghill Park in 2007 for £15m to billionaire oligarch Timur Kulibayev, son-in-law of Kazakh dictator Nursultan Nazarbayev.
This was despite the property being on the market for £12million.
This led to questions being asked about Andrew’s close ties to the Kazakhstan regime, which was known for its brutal rule.
But now, seven years on, the property remains abandoned and incomplete, with no change in sight.
A neighbour told the Sun Online: “I don’t know who is there. It’s not been sold recently. It’s still in the development phase.
“We’ve only been here two and a half years and it’s been like that the whole time.”
Read more here
- henry moore
HR changes made at the Palace following Meghan ‘bullying’ claims
Changes have been made to the Palace’s HR protocol after staff complained that they were ‘humiliated’ by the duchess.
While these change won’t be revealed the Palace has assured Brits they are in effect.
A senior palace source reportedly said: “Because of the confidentiality of the discussions we have not communicated the detailed recommendations.
“The recommendations have been incorporated within policies and procedures wherever appropriate and policies and procedures have changed.”
- henry moore
Charles’ ‘secretive deals with Tory peer’ being investigated
The Prince reportedly took £1.7m from a Tory peer, who helped to bail one of the royal’s failed eco projects.
He appointed the Tory peer as trustee of the Prince’s Foundation, which manages Charles’ Scottish stately home Dumfries House, in 2013, The Sunday Times reports.
The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator has now confirmed it is investigating.
A spokesperson said: “We can confirm that the work of Havisham Group and property transactions relating to the Knockroon development in Ayrshire forms part of our overall investigation, work on which is ongoing.”
Lord Brownlow helped bail Charles out of a failed eco-village project that he believed would help pay off his £20million loan for the mansion, it is reported.
- henry moore
Prince Harry to be completely BALD by 40, expert claims
It looks like Prince Harry is following in the footsteps of his father and brother, with the runaway royal set lose all his hair by 40, an expert as claimed.
Dr Manish Mittal, a hair transplant surgeon, said that the Duke of Sussex will need to act fast if he wants to halt or reverse his inevitable hair loss.
Harry would not be the first royal to take the plunge and go bald, William and Charles have done so already.
Dr Mittal said: “At the speed it’s receding, it is likely that Harry will be completely bald in two years, certainly by the time he’s 40.”
A VIP hair transplant will set the royal back around £40,000.Edit
- henry moore
It is ‘too late for damage control’, claims expert as Harry & Meghan plan second Oprah interview
Royal columnist Daniela Elser believes the firm are in panic stations after reports emerged that the Sussexes are planning a SECOND tell-all interview.
Writing for news.com.au, Ms Elser said: “Still, it’s hard not to wonder if this damage control is too little too late.
“Feelings would seem to have been hurt badly, Harry has books to sell and the duo has a streaming giant bleeding hundreds of billions to keep sweet.
“For now, it’s a watching brief but with all of the opportunities in the near future for the Duke and Duchess to indulge in the penchant for truth-telling and journey-sharing, are a few warm words here and there really going to be enough to prevent them from coming for another prime time pasting?”
- henry moore
How much does Meghan’s lavish wellness routine cost?
The Duchess of Sussex has long been a supporter of wellness routines.
But this lifestyle doesn’t come cheap, with Hello claiming Meghan spends £45,000 a year on health and wellness treatments.
This includes frequent visits to Glow Bar’s infrared sauna, among other luxuries.
- henry moore
Her Majesty to take a step back amid mobility issues
THE Queen’s job description has been rewritten by Buckingham Palace, as it scales back the number of duties she “must fulfil”.
Her Majesty’s “official” jobs were edited in the palace’s annual Sovereign Grant report this week – for the first time in at least a decade, it has been reported.
Events like the State Opening of Parliament, which were previously compulsory for the Queen, have been removed from her duties.
Instead, the new format emphasises just how important the rest of the royal family are, giving them more duties to complete as the Queen rests.
- henry moore
Harry & Meghan ‘won’t win’ if they do another Oprah interview
A royal expert believes Harry and Meghan are doomed if they decide to make another interview with the US talk show host.
Pictures emerged recently of the couple entering Oprah’s multi-million dollar mansion, fuelling reports that a second interview could be on the way.
But speaking on TalkTV’s The Morning Show recently, commentator Dylan Howard on believes the couple may not survive the Royal Family fall-out that would arise from another tell-all chat.
Commenting on whether Meghan and Harry can return on Oprah, Dylan said: “I don’t know, I think they may do.”
He then added: “I think it’s going to be damaging to the royal institution but I think one thing is certain – the Firm wins, they’re not going to win. It’s over for them.”
- henry moore
Ghislaine Maxwell had ‘intimate relationship’ with Andrew which gave her ‘unrestricted access’
PRINCE Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell had an “intimate relationship” which gave the socialite “unrestricted access” to Buckingham Palace, a former Royal cop has claimed.
Maxwell and The Duke of York’s relationship is coming under intense scrutiny as she was jailed this week for 20 years for her role in grooming girls for paedophile multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
Paul Page, who served the Royal Family for six years as an armed protection officer, spoke of how he would often see Ghislaine coming and going from Andrew’s apartments.
And she had “unrestricted access” at Buckingham Palace – with cops being told to simply wave her in whenever she arrived to see the Duke.
Page – who worked at the Palace from 1998 to 2004 – said he and his colleagues were convinced Andrew was more than friends with Ghislaine.
“She was allowed to enter and exit the Palace night and day at will,” he told The Sun Online.
“Myself and my other colleagues formed the opinion they were in some sort of relationship.”
- henry moore
HR changes made at the Palace following Meghan ‘bullying’ claims
Changes have been made to the Palace’s HR protocol after staff complained that they were ‘humiliated’ by the duchess.
While these change won’t be revealed the Palace has assured Brits they are in effect.
A senior palace source reportedly said: “Because of the confidentiality of the discussions we have not communicated the detailed recommendations.
“The recommendations have been incorporated within policies and procedures wherever appropriate and policies and procedures have changed.”
- henry moore
William and Charles should be ‘less outspoken’, expert claims
The two future kings have been warned that they will need be slightly more subtle when they ascend the throne.
The author of “The Queen: 70 Chapters in the Life of Elizabeth II”, Ian Lloyd, said: “I think [he could be more outspoken] as Prince of Wales, because he can do [that], I mean the present Prince of Wales has done that.
“As King you have to be a little more circumspect.”
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