Meghan Markle shared a moment from royal life that ‘changed everything,’ while Prince Harry is set to receive millions from the late Queen Mother on his 40th birthday. The Duke of Sussex will reportedly become eligible to receive a large sum from a trust set up by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother when he was ten years old, with an estimated £19 million set aside to be shared between her grandchildren. Meanwhile, news of the birthday gift comes as Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard faced a setback after its trademark was rejected, and the King and Queen shared smiles at the Highland Games in Scotland.
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The Duke of Sussex is set to receive millions from the late Queen Mother when he celebrates his 40th birthday next week.
Prince Harry will reportedly become eligible to receive a large sum on September 15 from a trust set up by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother when he was ten years old.
An estimated £19 million was set aside by the dukes great-grandmother to be shared between her grandchildren, The Times reports.
Citing contemporary reports, the newspaper claimed William and Harry were set to receive £6 million between them when they turned 21 and a further £8 million when they turned 40.
News of the birthday gift comes as Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard has suffered a major setback after its trademark was rejected ahead of its official launch.
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rejected its trademark application as businesses cannot operate using the names of real places, The Telegraph reports.
American Riviera is often used to refer to Santa Barbara, California, where the Duchess of Sussex lives with her husband Prince Harry and their two children.
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King and Queen share smiles at Highland Games
The King and Queen smiled as they attended the annual Braemar Gathering Highland Games in Scotland, one day before his accession anniversary.
Charles was dressed in a tweed jacket and a navy, red and green kilt, and Camilla wore a navy dress with a feather pattern with a feathered hat.
The couple were seen smiling as they chatted at Saturday’s event, held a short distance from their summer residence at Balmoral in Aberdeenshire.
Before their arrival, competitors took part in traditional Highland Games including tug-of-war and the caber toss, and enjoyed performances by bagpipers, drummers and dancers.
The event, held on the first Saturday in September, has been running in its present form since 1832 and has been attended regularly by the reigning monarch and other members of the royal family since 1848.
This year’s Games was the second time the King has appeared as monarch at the event, having frequently attended while he was the Duke of Rothesay.
The royal couple shared a smile as they chatted at the annual event (Aaron Chown/PA) (PA Wire)
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Where will the new Queen Elizabeth II memorial be?
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New memorial in Sr James’s Park to be built in memory of Queen Elizabeth
Ahead of the anniversary of her death, Sir Keir Starmer has shared further details of a memorial to stand in memory of Queen Elizabeth II.
The prime minister said a new national memorial in her honour, which will stand in St James’s Park in the heart of London, will provide “everyone with a place to honour the late Queen and connect with the shared history we cherish”.
The site, approved by Charles and the Prime Minister, was chosen because of its closeness to the ceremonial route of The Mall, and Buckingham Palace, and its historical and constitutional significance, but also because of a poignant personal connection to the late Queen – the nearby statues of her beloved parents.
The view of Buckingham Palace from across the lake in St James’s Park (Johnny Green/PA) (PA Archive)
Athena Stavrou7 September 2024 15:00
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King clocks up more than 100 days of engagements in scaled-back second year
The King’s second year as monarch has been less hectic than his first, with cancer treatment understandably having an impact on his schedule, though he has still undertaken dozens of visits, meetings and events.
Charles has carried out official engagements on 132 days during the past year, compared with 161 days in the previous 12 months.
The second year of his reign can be divided roughly into three sections: a full schedule during the autumn of 2023, with trips around the UK as well as to France, Kenya and the United Arab Emirates, a period out of the public eye following his prostate operation in January 2024 and subsequent diagnosis of cancer, and a gradual return to regular activity from May onwards, including visits to Scotland and the Channel Islands.
The figures have been compiled by the PA news agency using the Court Circular, which is the official record of the royal family’s daily activities.
(Yui Mok/PA Wire)
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King’s health ‘heading in positive trajectory’ ahead of accession anniversary
The King reaches the second anniversary of his accession to the throne and the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday, with his health “heading in a very positive trajectory”, a royal source has said.
The King, who is still considered a “newbie monarch” in comparison with his mother’s record-breaking tenure, endured a bombshell second year as sovereign, being diagnosed with cancer and dealing with ongoing treatment.
But a source said Charles had coped with the past year with a “determination to be as public as he was able” to reassure the nation about how much he could still do.
The King spent around three months away from public-facing duties and returned in April with a visit to a cancer centre in London.
He had a high profile run of engagements through the next few months with D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations in Portsmouth and Normandy, Trooping the Colour, the incoming Japanese state visit, a short trip to Jersey and Guernsey, the appointment of a new Prime Minister after Labour’s landslide general election, and the State Opening of Parliament.
The King and Queen are gearing up for an important tour to Australia and Samoa in the autumn – their first major overseas trip since news of Charles’s cancer was announced.
“Health has to remain the number one priority, albeit heading in a very positive trajectory,” the source said.
(Jane Barlow/PA Wire)
Athena Stavrou7 September 2024 12:06
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Harry ‘to receive millions’ on 40th birthday from Queen Mother
The Duke of Sussex is set to receive millions from the late Queen Mother when he celebrates his 40th birthday next week.
Prince Harry will reportedly become eligible to receive a large sum on September 15 from a trust set up by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother when he was ten years old.
An estimated £19 million was set aside by the dukes great-grandmother to be shared between her grandchildren, The Times reports.
Citing contemporary reports, the newspaper claimed William and Harry were set to receive £6 million between them when they turned 21 and a further £8 million when they turned 40. It is believed Harry would receive a larger share as William would benefit from the income from the Duchy of Cornwall.
A former Palace aide told The Times: “There was a trust fund set up at the time. It was a way in which the Queen Mother could set aside money for when her great-grandchildren were older and a way of passing a slice of her estate down in a tax-efficient way. It was a way in which some of her estate could be ring-fenced for them.”
Reports name Zara and Peter Phillips, Beatrice, Eugenie, Viscount Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto as the other beneficiaries of the fund.
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Queen Camilla reunites with ex Andrew Parker Bowles for launch Of Tom Parker Bowles’s Cooking & The Crown
Queen Camilla and her former husband Andrew Parker Bowles were all smiles on Thursday night as they came together to celebrate the launch of their son’s royal cookbook.
Dressed in a monochrome polka dot maxi dress, the Queen beamed as the entire family including her daughter, Laura Lopes, 46, and sister Annabel Eliot, 75, reunited at the event in London.
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William’s stubble a reminder of row with brother
Prince William has sported a stubble on his first official engagement following his summer holiday.
The trimmed beard may symbolise more than just a change in his look however, as the heir to the throne is said to have previously argued with his now-estranged brother, Prince Harry, over facial hair in the past.
The Duke of Sussex has claimed his brother William was jealous of his beard and ordered him to shave it off before he married Meghan in 2018.
William’s stubble seems to be here to stay (Chris Jackson/PA) (PA Wire)
Harry wrote in his autobiography Spare how William became “livid” and “raised his voice” when the duke said he had already asked permission from their grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, to keep his beard for his wedding.
The duke said the argument went on for more than a week on the phone and in person, adding: “He wouldn’t let it go. At one point he actually ordered me, as the heir speaking to the spare, to shave.”
He claimed William “hated” the idea that he was allowed to keep his beard – a perk denied to William.
Prince Harry in military uniform during his wedding to Meghan Markle in 2018 (AFP via Getty Images)
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Royal pictures of the week
Queen Camilla braves the wind as she visits Northallerton RAF base (REUTERS)The Prince of Wales sports a new beard during a visit to the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea, London, to view a Homelessness exhibition (Chris Jackson/PA Wire)Queen Camilla, Patron of English National Ballet meets a member of staff in the Costume Atelier during a visit to the English National Ballet’s Mulryan Centre for Dance in east London. (Eamonn McCormack/PA Wire)
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Late Queen’s memorial to be next to Diana’s memorial path
A new memorial for the late Queen Elizabeth II will be located just a few hundred metres from the Palace, in the area of St James’s Park adjacent to The Mall at Marlborough Gate, and on the east of the pathway which leads down to the lake near the park’s Blue Bridge.
The path also acts as a small section of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walk – a seven-mile route through the capital in memory of the princess.
The aftermath of Diana’s death in a car crash in 1997 proved one of the most challenging times for the modern monarchy.
The Queen was perceived as being out of step with the feelings of mourners, with the public left wondering why the monarch, who was at Balmoral with Princes William and Harry, took so long to speak publicly about the tragedy.
But on the eve of the funeral, the Queen addressed the nation, saying everyone had been trying to cope in different ways and “What I say to you now, as your Queen and as a grandmother, I say from my heart.”
People cool off in the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park (PA)
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