Meghan Markle latest – 'Terrified Duchess copied Queen's style' in first big appearance since bombshell Oprah interview
MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry’s son is already learning how to count and “keeps saying two”, according to royal sources.
It comes after little Archie celebrated his second birthday earlier this week, with video calls to the Queen, Prince William and Kate.
A royal source said the reason for the donation drive is to teach young Archie how to be charitable.
They told US Weekly: “They want Archie to grow up understanding the importance of giving back.
“Harry and Meghan feel so blessed to have such an articulate and caring child. Archie is learning to count already and keeps saying, ‘Two!’”
Read our live blog below for the very latest updates on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry…
- Hana Carter
DUCHESS ‘NERVOUS’ IN TV VAX APPEARANCE AFTER OPRAH TELL-ALL… MORE
Body language expert Judi James also said Meghan’s speech was not her usual style.
“Meghan’s rather static delivery did lack her usual cues of passion for her causes and it did look more ‘guru’ than political leader – although she appeared to become more comfortable as the speech progressed.
“It was during the last segment that the camera moved into close-up and she performed a micro-wriggle to suggest she was settling into her more normal, persuasive style of delivery. Her smile intensified, with a puckered corner of her mouth suggesting she had begun to enjoy herself.
“Overall, there were some sign of nerves and body language tension, with a regal, careful look at the start but as she warmed to her theme the slightly more relaxed and eloquent non-verbal signals took over and her signature persuasive style returned.”
- Hana Carter
SUSSEXES SLAMMED OVER SOCIAL MEDIA ‘GOOD PUBLICITY’ BID
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry “make everything a publicity stunt” in order to make them “look good on social media,” a royal expert claims.
This comes after a spokesperson for the Sussexes recently confirmed the couple had “privately congratulated” the Cambridges on their 10 year marriage milestone.
Phil Dampier, author of Royally Suited: Harry and Meghan In Their Own Words, said: “The Queen and Prince Charles made their messages of congratulations to William and Kate on their tenth anniversary in public so why didn’t Harry and Meghan?
“Instead they relied on their spokespeople leaking out the fact they sent a message, making it look manipulated and contrived.”
- Hana Carter
WHAT DID MEGHAN SAY IN HER MOTHER'S DAY MESSAGE?
Meghan Markle made a generous Mother's Day donation to homeless mothers.
In a video message she said: "Today, we are thrilled to have the support of Archewell Foundation, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and Procter & Gamble, who are donating diapers, cleaning supplies, and other essential items to ensure that the moms and babies at Harvest Home are celebrated all throughout the year."
"As a mum, and an expectant mom, I deeply appreciate the significance of community support, safe and accessible pregnancy resources, and trusted guidance in a nurturing setting," Meghan said.
"These ingredients are essential to not just our physical health, but our mental well-being, and I commend you for leading a compassionate community that lives these values."
Meghan continued: "Thank you for all you do for the women and mothers who are turned away elsewhere, at no fault of their own."
- Hana Carter
DID DUCHESS WEAR DIANA’S WATCH DURING VAX LIVE SPEECH?
Meghan Markle fans think the duchess wore Princess Diana’s watch during her Vax Live speech.
Meghan appeared to give a nod to the princess by wearing her gold Cartier Tank Française watch while giving an address.
It is believed Prince William inherited the watch following Diana’s death in 1997, but the prince passed the watch on to his younger brother, Prince Harry, around 2009.
One social media user wrote: “It’s lovely she’s wearing Diana’s old watch.”
While another agreed, saying; ”Credit Meghan, she’s showing her appreciation to the royal family there.”
- Hana Carter
MEGHAN 'NERVOUS'
Meghan Markle looked ‘nervous’ as she made her first TV appearance since her bombshell Oprah interview, body language expert Judi James said today.
The Duchess of Sussex, 39, spoke about issues concerning the Covid pandemic at the Vax Live concert – but appeared unusually nervous and did not gesticulate as much as usual.
Judi said the Meghan who appeared on the screen looked “nervous” – and “regal” in the “style of the Queen”.
And she even said Meghan sitting on a bench could have been a nod to her soon-to-be released kids’ book The Bench.
“With the bench she was sitting on looking suspiciously like a plug for her new book, Meghan’s body language at the start looked as serene and static as the large cushion beside her, but with a small self-comfort thumb-rub gesture to suggest some inner nerves, too,” Judi said.
- Hana Carter
DUCHESS OF SUSSEX SLAMS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE ‘SURGE’
Meghan Markle has slammed the “surge in gender-based violence” and “new obstacles that “have reversed so much progress for women in the workplace”.
She claimed the world is at an “inflection point for gender equity”, and told viewers that “women, and especially women of colour, have seen a generation of economic gain wiped out”, while speaking via video message for the Vax Live concert.
The duchess added: “But if we work together to bring vaccines to every country and continent, insist that vaccines are equitably distributed and fairly priced, and ensure that governments around the world are donating their additional vaccines to countries in need, then we can begin to fully rebuild.
“Not only to restore us to where we were before, but to go further, and rapidly advance the conditions, opportunity, and mobility for women everywhere.”
- Hana Carter
BROTHERS ROWING FOR OVER A YEAR
Prince William and Harry have been arguing for the past year and a half, according to a Royal experts.
ITV News journalist Tom Bradby says the brother's relationship has taken more than a year for things to get to the fraught place they are now.
"It used to be quite a straightforward thing, right, because they weren't arguing and life was simple," Bradby explained to The Times.
"And then it just slowly descended into something that was difficult personally and publicly—really over the past year and a half."
- Hana Carter
‘FINAL STRAW’
New chapters set to be included in Meghan and Harry’s biography Finding Freedom could blow any chance of the royal pair reconciling with family, an expert has claimed.
Duncan Larcombe, author of Prince Harry: The Inside Story, warned any new scandal could break all trust between the couple and the Queen.
He said the book’s new content will be “extremely telling” about how deep the apparent rift between the Duke of Sussex and his family really is.
An updated version of the book by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand is set to be released this summer.
- Hana Carter
ALAN CARR VIEWERS COMPLAIN OVER HIS JOKE
"Alan Carr is a funny man, there's no denying that. But he's gone too far with that Meghan Markle comment after all that she's come to reveal recently," fumed one viewer.
"Epic Gameshow, really? Making snide remarks about Meghan Markle. Are we still on this subject? That's actually annoyed me," raged another.
"For the love of God why is Alan Carr bashing Meghan Markle before 9pm?" asked another TV watcher.
Another viewer urged Alan to 'apologise' saying "she is human too."
- Hana Carter
ALAN CARR MAKES DIG AT MEGHAN
Alan Carr shocked viewers on his new series ITV Epic Gameshow after he made a joke about Meghan.
Each week contestants take on a different classic gameshow, with the latest show seeing participants playing Bullseye.
When profession darts player Fallon Sherrock was asked to provide a nickname to play under she replied: "The Queen of the Palace."
Carr fired back: “I think that’s the nickname Meghan had her heart set on – and look how that turned out.”
- Hana Carter
COPYRIGHT OF MEGHAN’S LETTER TO DAD ‘DOESN’T BELONG TO THE CROWN’
Meghan Markle, 39, sued Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), which is also the publisher of MailOnline, over a series of articles which reproduced parts of a “personal and private” letter to her dad, Thomas Markle, 76.
She claimed the five articles, published in print and online in February 2019, misused her private information, infringed her copyright and breached the Data Protection Act.
In February, the High Court granted Meghan summary judgement, meaning she won that part of the case without having to go to trial, as well as most of her copyright claim.
This week, Lord Justice Warby also granted summary judgement in relation to the remaining parts of the duchess’s copyright claim. ANL previously said it believed Mr Knauf was a co-author of the letter and the publisher argued that meant that the letter belonged to the Crown.
But lawyers acting on behalf of the Queen said any copyright in the letter does not belong to the Crown, the High Court heard.
- Claudia Aoraha
HARRY AND MEGHAN ‘TROLLING THE WORLD’
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle shared a new picture of Archie holding balloons to mark his 2nd birthday.
But it was blurry with a filter over it – so you could barely see the youngster.
Now Omid Scobie, author of Finding Freedom, says it is entirely deliberate – and the pair are “trolling” the public.
“This was, as I think we’ve come to experience from the Sussexes, a photo of Archie but not too clear,” he said on his On Heir podcast.
“I think this is their way of trolling the world.”
- Claudia Aoraha
COPYRIGHT OF MEGHAN’S LETTER TO DAD ‘DOESN’T BELONG TO THE CROWN’
Meghan Markle, 39, sued Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), which is also the publisher of MailOnline, over a series of articles which reproduced parts of a “personal and private” letter to her dad, Thomas Markle, 76.
She claimed the five articles, published in print and online in February 2019, misused her private information, infringed her copyright and breached the Data Protection Act.
In February, the High Court granted Meghan summary judgement, meaning she won that part of the case without having to go to trial, as well as most of her copyright claim.
This week, Lord Justice Warby also granted summary judgement in relation to the remaining parts of the duchess’s copyright claim. ANL previously said it believed Mr Knauf was a co-author of the letter and the publisher argued that meant that the letter belonged to the Crown.
But lawyers acting on behalf of the Queen said any copyright in the letter does not belong to the Crown, the High Court heard.
- Claudia Aoraha
SUSSEXES SLAMMED OVER SOCIAL MEDIA ‘GOOD PUBLICITY’ BID
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry “make everything a publicity stunt” in order to make them “look good on social media,” a royal expert claims.
This comes after a spokesperson for the Sussexes recently confirmed the couple had “privately congratulated” the Cambridges on their 10 year marriage milestone.
Phil Dampier, author of Royally Suited: Harry and Meghan In Their Own Words, said: “The Queen and Prince Charles made their messages of congratulations to William and Kate on their tenth anniversary in public so why didn’t Harry and Meghan?
“Instead they relied on their spokespeople leaking out the fact they sent a message, making it look manipulated and contrived.”
- Claudia Aoraha
DUCHESS OF SUSSEX SLAMS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE ‘SURGE’
Meghan Markle has slammed the “surge in gender-based violence” and “new obstacles that “have reversed so much progress for women in the workplace”.
She claimed the world is at an “inflection point for gender equity”, and told viewers that “women, and especially women of colour, have seen a generation of economic gain wiped out”, while speaking via video message for the Vax Live concert.
The duchess added: “But if we work together to bring vaccines to every country and continent, insist that vaccines are equitably distributed and fairly priced, and ensure that governments around the world are donating their additional vaccines to countries in need, then we can begin to fully rebuild.
“Not only to restore us to where we were before, but to go further, and rapidly advance the conditions, opportunity, and mobility for women everywhere.”
- Claudia Aoraha
RIFT CONTINUES BETWEEN BROTHERS HARRY AND WILLIAM
Princes Harry and William will give separate speeches when their mum’s statue is unveiled — highlighting their ongoing rift.
Harry, 36, will stand with his brother, 39, when the Diana memorial is revealed in July at Kensington Palace, London.
But in a sign their feud has yet to heal, there will be no joint address.
A source said: “They will both move heaven and earth to be there. They commissioned the statue together. It is very important for them.
“There is, of course, hope the memory of Diana can repair their relationship but that seems a long way off right now.”
- Jon Rogers
MEGHAN MARKLE DONATES NAPPIES TO HOMELESS PREGNANT WOMEN
Meghan Markle have marked Mother's Day in the US by donating nappies and supplies to an organisation that supports homeless pregnant women.
Harvest Home, shared news of the donation on their Instagram page Sunday afternoon.
"Today, we are thrilled to have the support of Archewell Foundation, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and Procter & Gamble, who are donating diapers, cleaning supplies, and other essential items to ensure that the moms and babies at Harvest Home are celebrated all throughout the year," the caption said.
- Jon Rogers
COPYRIGHT OF MEGHAN’S LETTER TO DAD ‘DOESN’T BELONG TO THE CROWN’
Meghan Markle, 39, sued Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), which is also the publisher of MailOnline, over a series of articles which reproduced parts of a “personal and private” letter to her dad, Thomas Markle, 76.
She claimed the five articles, published in print and online in February 2019, misused her private information, infringed her copyright and breached the Data Protection Act.
In February, the High Court granted Meghan summary judgement, meaning she won that part of the case without having to go to trial, as well as most of her copyright claim.
This week, Lord Justice Warby also granted summary judgement in relation to the remaining parts of the duchess’s copyright claim. ANL previously said it believed Mr Knauf was a co-author of the letter and the publisher argued that meant that the letter belonged to the Crown.
But lawyers acting on behalf of the Queen said any copyright in the letter does not belong to the Crown, the High Court heard.
- Jon Rogers
MEGHAN’S NEW BOOK FULL OF ‘WARMTH, JOY & COMFORT’
Meghan Markle has described her new children’s book, The Bench, as full of “warmth, joy and comfort”.
It’s believed she received between £250,000 to £500,000 for her literary debut.
In the Telegraph, Camilla Tominey asks: “Yet is it likely to resonate with either Prince Charles or [Thomas] Markle, who is still estranged from his daughter?”
She quotes Laverne Antrobus, consultant child and education psychologist, as saying that becoming a parent, “really does bring losses into quite sharp focus.
“The moment you have your own child, you have that relationship that speaks to the unspoken bits and creates a narrative in your mind that you really have to work hard to understand.”
- Jon Rogers
ARCHIE IS LEARNING TO COUNT
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s son is already learning how to count and “keeps saying two”, according to royal sources.
It comes after little Archie celebrated his second birthday earlier this week, with video calls to the Queen, Prince William and Kate.
A royal source said the reason for the donation drive is to teach young Archie how to be charitable.
They told US Weekly: “They want Archie to grow up understanding the importance of giving back.
“Harry and Meghan feel so blessed to have such an articulate and caring child. Archie is learning to count already and keeps saying, ‘Two!'”
- Jon Rogers
DETAILS OF DIANA'S WATCH
Meghan, who donned a £1,200 Carolina Herrera dress for her speech, was seen wearing the Cartier watch that belonged to Harry's late mother Princess Diana.
The £17,8000 gold Cartier Tank watch was a present to her from Harry and was loved by Diana, who was seen wearing the watch to visit London's Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu Temple in 1997.
Diana had also worn the watch, which is now thought to be worth much more than its original price tag, at a British Lung Foundation event the same year.
It was given to her by her father, John Spencer, on her 21st birthday.
- Jon Rogers
MEGHAN CELEBRATES MOTHER'S DAY WITH HARRY AND ARCHIE
Meghan Markle celebrated Mother's Day privately with Prince Harry and Archie, according to reports.
Over in the US, the day is marked on May 9 and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are said to have celebrated at home.
According to a Hello! report, the family were in their California home in Montecito.
- Jon Rogers
DUCHESS ‘NERVOUS’ IN TV VAX APPEARANCE AFTER OPRAH TELL-ALL… MORE
Body language expert Judi James also said Meghan’s speech was not her usual style.
“Meghan’s rather static delivery did lack her usual cues of passion for her causes and it did look more ‘guru’ than political leader – although she appeared to become more comfortable as the speech progressed.
“It was during the last segment that the camera moved into close-up and she performed a micro-wriggle to suggest she was settling into her more normal, persuasive style of delivery. Her smile intensified, with a puckered corner of her mouth suggesting she had begun to enjoy herself.
“Overall, there were some sign of nerves and body language tension, with a regal, careful look at the start but as she warmed to her theme the slightly more relaxed and eloquent non-verbal signals took over and her signature persuasive style returned.”
- Jon Rogers
DID DUCHESS WEAR DIANA'S WATCH DURING VAX LIVE SPEECH?
Meghan Markle fans think the duchess wore Princess Diana's watch during her Vax Live speech.
Meghan appeared to give a nod to the princess by wearing her gold Cartier Tank Française watch while giving an address.
It is believed Prince William inherited the watch following Diana’s death in 1997, but the prince passed the watch on to his younger brother, Prince Harry, around 2009.
One social media user wrote: "It's lovely she's wearing Diana's old watch.”
While another agreed, saying; ”Credit Meghan, she's showing her appreciation to the royal family there.”
Some fans think Meghan was wearing Diana's watch in her Vax Live address - Debbie White
DUCHESS OF SUSSEX SLAMS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 'SURGE'
Meghan Markle has slammed the "surge in gender-based violence” and "new obstacles that "have reversed so much progress for women in the workplace”.
She claimed the world is at an "inflection point for gender equity", and told viewers that “women, and especially women of colour, have seen a generation of economic gain wiped out”, while speaking via video message for the Vax Live concert.
The duchess added: "But if we work together to bring vaccines to every country and continent, insist that vaccines are equitably distributed and fairly priced, and ensure that governments around the world are donating their additional vaccines to countries in need, then we can begin to fully rebuild.
"Not only to restore us to where we were before, but to go further, and rapidly advance the conditions, opportunity, and mobility for women everywhere.”
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