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Harry and William Make FaceTime Peace
Is peace broken at the right time?
Prince Harry and Prince William are returning to “buddy terms” after holding regular video calls to mend their broken relationship, according to a report Sunday. The Mirror report that weekly calls between the brothers had restored “some form of normalcy” and said it had William who initiated the appeals in an effort to relieve tension before they joined the Jubilee Year.
The Mirror say they were engaged in video calls by their children — but not their wives.
A source said: “The brothers need time for things to settle down. Family, including William, was disappointed in how Harry and Meghan chose to leave the royal family. But now there is a strong feeling that what happened is in the past and they have moved on… It seems the two have healed the rift and returned to their old friendship. Meghan’s distance from Kate has also helped heal the friction between the two.”
The Queen will be pleased: Daily mail A source said Saturday that she wants the Jubilee to be “an occasion where the country, including her family, come together,” with an “insider” adding: “Your Majesty. often very concerned that the Platinum Jubilee is a celebration not of herself and her own permanence, but of the institution of the monarchy and those who support and sustain it. This is also an opportunity for people to come together after a very difficult period for the country. She doesn’t want anything to overshadow it — and that includes any family issues. ”
In other words: Behave, children!
Decoding Harry and Meghan‘s Plan Jubilee
Harry and Meghan have announced that they will stick to the script during their visit to the UK to avoid overshadowing the celebrations for the queen, the Telegraph Report this week. The newspaper said it had promised not to conduct any “surprise” or unauthorized events, and would only attend official public sessions to which it had been invited.
However Telegraph adds that organizers are disappointed they have not been given more details about Harry and Meghan’s plans. However, the deep-seated nature of the distrust is illustrated graphically, with the comment of one source saying: “We’ll see”, when asked about the alleged intention to only attend events. Official Harry and Meghan.
One issue all parties need to navigate is how to mark Lilibet’s first birthday on Saturday, slamming in the middle of the celebration, in a way that Meghan and Harry don’t feel light-hearted, but the royals did not feel the jubilation going on. overshadowed.
It was a difficult question, especially since the queen had never met Lilibet, who was named after the queen, before. For example, should a congratulatory tweet be sent on a Saturday morning?
The Mirror reports that part of the solution was to throw a small birthday party at Frogmore Cottage, the UK home of Harry and Meghan they still keep. Sadly, though, William and Kate weren’t expected to be at the party (ehem, predicament).
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Queen “trying for herself” for the Platinum Jubilee
The Queen is “adjusting herself” so she can attend as many Platinum Jubilee events as possible — although this means “it is increasingly unlikely she will attend the Epsom Derby.” on this Saturday. One source talk to Sunday Times that Princess Anne and her family will represent the queen at the event.
The Queen is expected to appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace twice on Trooping the Colour, Sunday Times reported — once to “watch soldiers march back to the palace after the parade, and then again with working members of the royal family for the traditional RAF flight-in-the-air. ” She may also appear at the ceremony for a brief period, before other high-profile royals take center stage. Royal sources told Times that “there is more hope than expectation” that the queen will appear on the balcony Sunday afternoon for the finale of the Platinum competition “in carnival style”.
The paper also confirmed Harry and Meghan will be bringing Archie, 3 (last in the UK 6 months in November 2019) and Lilibet, now 6 months, to see the queen. If so, it will be the first time the queen has met her eponymous name, but it’s unknown if a Netflix camera crew will be monitoring their every move for the documentary the pair are said to be working on. present or not. And if there’s a Netflix crew watching them, does the Palace have to make laws about where they can film and where they can’t?
Meanwhile, the queen is preparing for the jubilant ceremony in her signature cold style; she seems to have remodeled her Balmoral mansion in Scotland to be psychologically ready. BBC says she went to Balmoral on Thursday, and it was her first trip there in almost a year.
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Is Meghan set to reconcile with her father?
Meghan Markle has reached out to her father to mediate, after he suffered a stroke five days ago that left him unable to speak.
The Mirror report An insider said: “Despite their estrangement, Meghan still cares. She wanted to know if there was a way to contact her father privately that no other family knew or had to be involved with.”
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That specifically refers to her half-sister Samantha, who has made no secret of her grudge against Meghan. “Meghan is unable to contact her half-siblings as she believes they have their own agendas,” the Mirror source said. “If she can contact their dad, she wants it to be completely private. It won’t have anything to do with Netflix, it won’t have anything to do with any photos, and it shouldn’t have anything to do with any tipping to the paparazzi.”
Meanwhile, Thomas Markle, Meghan Markle’s father, has left the hospital, talk to Letters: “I feel so grateful and know how lucky I am to be alive. I want to thank everyone, especially the wonderful doctors and nurses who saved my life. They are angels. I was deeply moved by the loving messages I received from all over the world. Everyone was very kind. I can’t say right now, but I’m working hard and will thank everyone properly when I can. ”
According to the report of SunMarkle told royal author Tom Bower that a few days before he suffered a stroke, “I just had a fall. Thankfully, some nice people picked me up from the sidewalk. I will go home. “
He will now not be traveling to the UK, which has been set to comment on the Queen’s Platinum Year (and is no doubt encouraged to be as rude about his estranged daughter as possible). ) by the right-wing TV channel, GB News.
Only able to speak a few words, he wrote on the board Letters: “I would like to come to pay my respects to the Queen. I wish her a happy Jubilee and many more years to come. ”
He added: “I still have a lot of hard work to do and will do. I want to get well again. I am so blessed to be so wonderfully cared for and loved. Thanks everyone.”
Rain, rain, go
Jubilee celebrations will culminate next Sunday with a procession through London telling the story of the queen’s reign known as the Miss pageant. It was chaired by producer Adrian Evans, 64, who previously famously claimed that the disastrous 2012 rainwater contest lasted more than three hours and resulted in Prince Philip being hospitalized with chills. .
Evans bravely tried to apply a positive spin to that traumatic national memory in an interview with Telegraph: “The weather that day became something of a British nature. We couldn’t have planned better because the lasting image is of those great singers, pouring rain, mascara running down their faces, singing Land of Hope and Glory. ”
It may have been a lasting impression to him, but the Royalist’s lasting memory of the day was that the Sky News broadcast tent outside collapsed under the weight of the rain that had accumulated on the roof and wet all the equipment. their equipment. The team continued to cover bravely.
Prince Albert II of Monaco and Princess Charlene of Monaco attend the qualifying round ahead of the Monaco F1 Grand Prix at Circuit de Monaco on May 28, 2022 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
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Princess Charlene attends F1 in Monte Carlo
After in-depth interview Monaco Matin This week, in which she freely admitted she is “fragile” and has walked a “painful path” over the past year, as she has spent most of her time away from her family and repeatedly hospitalized, Princess Monaco’s Charlene was with her husband Prince Albert on Saturday at the big day of racing, Formula 1 in Monte Carlo.
Pictures in Daily Letters shows that Charlene, 44, and Albert, 64, have taken part in a professional performance, but questions about the Princess’s state of health are sure to continue to circulate. Charlene this week told Monaco Matin that rumors about divorce or her move to Switzerland are huge, saying: “I still feel sorry that some media publishes such rumors about my life, my relationship… Like others, we are human and like all human beings we have emotions, weaknesses, only our family is exposed to the media and the slightest weakness be energized. ”
This week in royal history
Well, as you may have gathered so far, it’s a Platinum Jubilee, which means this week, June 2-5, the queen will mark 70 years on the throne. Of course, royal fact-checkers know that although the queen inherited the throne in February 1952 upon her father’s death, the coronation did not take place for another 16 months, eventually taking place. out on June 2, 1953. It rained, naturally.
Unanswered Question
If reports that Harry made peace with his brother are accurate, could he use the events of next weekend to mend things with Charles?
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