Meghan Markle news latest – Prince Harry & Duchess pick up prestigious award as Duke acknowledges people of Ukraine
PRINCE Harry yesterday acknowledged the people of Ukraine as he picked up a prestigious award.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were yesterday awarded the NAACP award for their humanitarian work and “distinguished public service”.
Taking to the stage to receive the prestigious award, Prince Harry took a moment to acknowledge the people of Ukraine.
He said: “Before I begin, we would like to acknowledge the people of Ukraine, who urgently need our continued support as a global community.”
This is not the first time the royal couple has spoken out in support of Ukraine, as they did so earlier in the week with a statement.
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Harry launches libel action (continued...)
It follows an incident in London in the summer of 2021 when his security was compromised after his car was chased by paparazzi photographers as he left a charity event.
His wife, the Duchess of Sussex, previously brought a successful privacy claim against ANL over articles which reproduced parts of a "personal and private" handwritten letter to her estranged father, Thomas Markle.
Meghan was awarded £1 nominal damages, along with an undisclosed sum which she donated to charity, after winning her case.
ANL was also ordered to issue a front-page apology and pay the duchess's legal costs.
An appeal by ANL was dismissed by senior judges in December last year.
A spokesperson for the duke said: "I can confirm the duke has filed a complaint against Associated Newspapers Limited."
Harry launches libel action against Daily Mail publisher
The Duke of Sussex has launched a High Court libel action against the publisher of the Daily Mail.
Court filings show Harry filed a claim against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) on Wednesday afternoon.
It is understood the claim relates to an article published by The Mail On Sunday on Sunday February 20 relating to issues on his family's security, under the headline "Revealed: How Harry tried to keep his legal fight over bodyguards secret".
The duke is currently bringing privacy claims against News Group Newspapers, which publishes The Sun, and Mirror Group Newspapers, now Reach, which publishes The Mirror, over alleged phone hacking and unlawful information gathering.
Harry, 37, is also involved in litigation against the Home Office over his security arrangements when he is in the UK.
He is bringing a High Court challenge against a Home Office decision not to allow him to personally pay for police protection for himself and his family while in the UK.
Harry wants to bring his son Archie and baby daughter Lilibet to visit from the US, but his lawyers say he and his family are "unable to return to his home" because it is too dangerous.
How Harry tried to keep his legal fight a secret
The Mail on Sunday revealed that Prince Harry tried to keep the details of his legal battle a secret from the public, in which he tried to reinstate his police protection.
High Court documents show he fought for a far-reaching confidentiality order on the documents and witness statements surrounding his case against the Government.
However, the Home Office argued for transparency, saying “there must be a sufficiently good reason, in the wider public interest, to justify the departure from open justice that such an order involves”.
Both sides agreed that some papers would be made public, with the Home Office agreeing to carry out a ‘confidentiality exercise’ to determine what would be kept secret.
The revelations of this are a crushing blow to Harry as he has always implied he had always been willing to foot the bill.
Following this, royal author David McClure, tweeted: “Once more confusion about the accuracy of messages coming out of the Sussex camp. First Harry offers to pay, then when he visits the UK, he does not.”
Margot Robbie to invite Harry for dinner
Margot Robbie has revealed she backs pal Prince Harry’s decision to step back from royal duties — and plans to invite him and Meghan to dinner in Los Angeles.
The Hollywood A-lister, who met Harry four years ago, said the couple “have their reasons” for walking away from HRH titles and starting a life in Canada, saying: “It something that is taken lightly.”
Margot, 29, has said that she and her director husband cannot wait to catch with the royal couple in person, saying: “I have known Prince Harry for a while and he is a great guy.
“I know as much as anybody a big decision it is to move halfway across the world.
“I still miss London a lot had my reasons for moving they have their reasons for the decision.
‘You can’t prankcall royalty.
“It isn’t something taken lightly. If they are going spend more time in LA, would love to have dinner with them.”
Queen’s charity website promotes Harry’s firm
A leading Commonwealth charity which has the Queen as its patron is promoting the online coaching business that employs Prince Harry as its chief impact officer.
The coaching, by BetterUp, is described as “truly phenomenal” in testimony by one user on the website of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust (QCT). Prince Harry was previously president of the trust.
One branding expert said the endorsement was valuable publicity for the startup, which is now valued at $4.7bn (£3.5bn) and is described as “the largest mental health and coaching company in the world”.
Meghan had 'disastrous' secret night out with Eugenie
We've all had a night out that was set to be a great one that didn't quite go to plan...
After four months of dating in relative secret, the press crashed a night out the royal couple were having with Harry's cousin, Eugenie.
In November 2016, it was leaked that the American actress and everyone's favourite royal bad boy were dating.
Despite using Halloween to their advantage so they could enjoy themselves in disguise, Prince Harry received a call telling them they'd been outed.
He was told that the press knew of their relationship and it would be announced the following day.
and the call that changed their lives forever.
William left red faced after a surprise from Diana
Prince William recalled how he was left red-faced as a teenager when Diana gathered his favourite supermodels to say hello to him.
The duke was wracked with embarrassment, because he had pictures of Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington on his wall.
Speaking on the ITV documentary Diana, Our Mother in 2017 he said: “She organised, when I came home from school to have Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell waiting at the top of the stairs.
“I was probably a 12 or 13-year-old boy who had posters of them on his wall.
“And I went bright red and didn’t quite know what to say and sort of fumbled. I think I pretty much fell down the stairs on the way up. I was utterly sort of awestruck.
“But that was a very funny memory that’s lived with me forever about her loving and embarrassing and being, sort of, the joker.”
Meghan Markle's Oprah interview dress goes on display
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's interview with Oprah created shock waves through the country when it landed on our screens.
Now a version of the black and white silk dress which was worn by the Duchess during the interview is now on display in Bath's Fashion Museum.
The dress is featured within their 2021 'Dress of the Year' section.
Visitors to the Fashion Museum are able to view the famous dress for themselves as it is the final item in the headline exhibition 'A History of Fashion in 100 Objects'.
