Judi Love will presenter the 2023 Ethnicity Awards in London later this year, with stars like Lewis Hamilton, Rochelle Humes, Gok Wan and Trent Alexander-Arnold nominated for prizes
Judi Love will return as the host of the 2023 Ethnicity Awards later this year following her stint fronting the star-studded event last year.
The presenter, 43, follows in the footsteps of celebrity names such as Alex Scott, Marvin Humes and her Loose Women co-star Charlene White, who have all previously hosted Britain’s biggest Black, Asian and minority red carpet extravaganza. It will be the second year in a row Judi has been the face of the event.
Sir Lewis Hamilton, Rochelle Humes, Gok Wan and Trent Alexander-Arnold are among the nominees, with the event taking place in London on November 2nd. This Morning presenter Rochelle is tipped to win big as is legendary broadcaster and fashion guru Gok, who away from the media spotlight has championed causes to promote equality, partially for LGBT+ people from minority communities.
Judi spoke exclusively to the Mirror last year about some of the shocking misogynoir Black women and girls face, ahead of her Channel 4 documentary, in which the comedian examined the inequalities experienced by Black females, using humour to address the social, political and economic barriers they face compared with their white counterparts.
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This Morning presenter Rochelle Humes is tipped to win big at the star-studded event(
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“There wasn’t any [misogynoir in regards to dating discussed] in the documentary but there has been stuff mentioned from some of the young girls speaking [on the documentary] who talked about how the pressure on Black women to feel a certain way,” Judi told the Mirror in October.
“Because Western society has Eurocentric ideas about what is beautiful and and that means Black girls have to go above and beyond to feel and look pretty – the expectations would be so much higher.” She added: “But what we’ve clarified is that as a Black woman you are beautiful in your natural skin as yourself.”
As he role as the the 2023 Ethnicity Awards host was announced earlier this month, Judi said: “I am so excited to return to host the 2023 Ethnicity Awards. The event last year was amazing, and it is so inspiring to see the talent in the room and the real change people are making. The Ethnicity Awards celebrates the role models and those advancing opportunities for underrepresented people across the world. I am honoured to be part of the occasion again and can’t wait to see all the winners!”
The Ethnicity Awards is the biggest Black, Asian and minority red carpet ceremony in Britain and is held in partnership with HSBC, celebrating the leading activists, allies and celebrities in the UK and globally.
2023 ETHNICITY AWARDS NOMINEES
ONLINE INFLUENCER
Big Manny
Kike Oniwinde Agoro
Courtney Daniella Boateng
Rachel Ama
Marvyn New Harrison
Cherry Jain
Abibat
Amber Gill
Nadiya Hussain
Miah Carter
PUBLIC SERVICE OR CAMPAIGNER
Akala
Ayo Sokale
Ashna Sarkar
Waheed Alli
Valda Jackson
Dr Joan St John
Harnaam Kaur
Diane Abbott
Karen Blackett
Patrick Vernon
INSPIRATIONAL PUBLIC FIGURE
Patricia Bright
Steven Bartlett
Ali Abdaal
Daniel Kaluuya
Idris Elba
Michaela Coel
Alex Scott
Ozwald Boateng
Tim Campbell
Lewis Hamilton
Alex Scott has been nominated for one of the big honours(
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Pritt
Jim Legxcy
Cat Burns
Asim Riaz
Lil Simz
Rina Sawayama
Dave
Rita Ora
Mae Muller
Jorja Smith
BROADCAST, JOURNALIST OR HOST
Pritt
Jim Legxcy
Cat Burns
Asim Riaz
Lil Simz
Rina Sawayama
Dave
Rita Ora
Mae Muller
Jorja Smith
MEDIA IMPACT OR PROGRESS MOMENT
BBC One: Champion new series
Disney’s Little Mermaid
ITVX: Riches
School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls
Queen Charlotte
Joy Ride
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who
Dreaming Whilst Black: Adjani Salmon
Netflix : Bling Empire
SPORTS PERSONALITY
Eniola Aluko
Jessica Ennis-Hill
Lauren James
Denise Rosemarie Lewis
Lewis Hamilton
Nicola Adams
Dame Kelly Holmes
Nikkita Parris
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Alice Dearing
EXCEPTIONAL INCLUSION
Zarina Mahmud – Credit Suisse
Brucine Francis – Jacobs
Maria St Louis – Channel 4
Chanelle Gray – Savills
Sujan Sribalakrishnan – Amazon
Simone Coultress Johnson – Matthey
Kerry Griffiths – BP
Apeksha Naik – Great British Railways
Mina Prince – Macquarie
Nicole Willams – Ashurst
INSPIRATIONAL LEADER
Raghu Narula – NatWest
Rakesh Thakrar – Phoenix Group
Victoria Chan – Santander
Oli O’Donoghue – HSBC
Belton Flournoy – Protiviti
Vinay Ramkumar – Avanade
George Kwashie Awusu – KPMG
Mohammed Basid – CBRE
Jay Rohman – Lloyds Banking Group
Mandisa Gordon – Jaguar Land Rover
CHAMPION (ALLY)
Liam Cowell – DLA Piper
Louise Bucknole – Paramount
Simon Croxford – UBS
Simon Tarry – Smith + Nephew
Richard Court – Cadent Gas Ltd
Honey Kirtley – BNY Mellon
Hayley Creighton – National Grid
Emily Parker – Tesco
David Aldrich – Moody’s
Deborah Nutt – Arcadis
WORKPLACE HERO
Aderinsola Bamgbelu – Warner Brothers
Seleeta Watson – Computacenter
James Barkley – Rolls Royce
Sarita Rai – Tarmac
Lily Satterthwaite – Microsoft
Sosseh Njie – BCLP Law
Seema Bhatnagar – PwC
Zahida Zabairu – Nestle
Jannet Dosanjh – Pinsent Masons
Anoushka Lilley – Nationwide Building Society
FUTURE LEADER
Cecilia Adjei-Sarpong – Essence Media
Mike Adebiyi – Google
Marina Ebrubah – The Man Group
Tashan Dwyer – Allen Overy
Junaed Khan – UK Government
Ahmed Yusuf – OVO
Laura Rice – Motability Operations
Alexinder Riyat – Citi
Jyoti Jassi – Network Rail
Leanna Hay – Experian
NETWORK GROUP (ERG)
Airbus
BT
GSK
Sainsburys
The Co-Operative Bank
Virgin Money
Stonewater
Amazon
PwC
Legal and General
OUTSTANDING EMPLOYER
BP
BT
Lloyds Banking Group
HSBC
Jacobs
KPMG
NatWest
Macquarie
Stonewater
UBS
Loose Women’s Linda Robson – who recently responded to claims her 33-year marriage was in crisis – made a hilarious jibe about her sex life on the lunchtime show
Loose Women star Linda Robson made a hilarious jibe about her sex life – amid reports her 33-year marriage is in ‘crisis’.
The 65-year-old panellist has been married to her husband Mark Dunford for three decades and was blindsided and has previously admitted things between them ‘weren’t plain-sailing at the moment’ and that she considers herself ‘celibate.’
During the latest edition of the ITV programme, the panel discussed the idea of how quickly they would move on and remarry after splitting up with a long-term partner. Linda was asked about how she feels, after remarrying Mark following her split with ‘first love’ Tony Tyler. The pair had been together 11 years and welcomed daughter named Lauren before going their separate ways.
“It took me a long time to get over that because that was my first love,” admitted Linda. “But I feel like I don’t really need a partner to love because I’ve got my children, my grandchildren, my sisters and my friends…” In an apparent jibe at her romantic life now, Linda joked she wants “affection, not an erection.”
The audience burst out laughing while Brenda Edwards had to pick her jaw up from the floor after getting over the initial shock of her hilarious comment. Linda’s comment comes after she rubbished claims she and her husband are on the verge of splitting after many years of marriage, saying they were just going through a rough patch.
In the past, Linda explained things weren’t “plain sailing” at the moment but noted there were “hiccups in every marriage”.
The grandmother said: “We’re still living together. We both love our kids more than anything else in the world, obviously you have a few hiccups in every marriage,” Linda shared of her marriage situation at present as she discussed the rumours circulating, “We’ve been married 33 years so it’s not going to be all plain sailing, but we’re still together at the moment.”
During a separate chat on Loose Women, Linda admitted her and her husband hadn’t had sex in two years. “Can I just say I’ve been celibate for two years?” she said, “I can’t be a**** with all that [romance stuff]. I’m just happy going out with my mates and my children and my grandchildren. If I’ve got three or four days off work, I’ll just go to Mallorca. I’ll get a flight out there. Stay in a hotel hopefully full of Germans so no-one will recognise me and just have a nice relaxing time. I just love sitting on the sun bed, round the pool, on the beach, reading a book. I would like to take a cruise round the world on my own.”
Loose Women panellist Linda Robson candidly opened up about her post-pregnancy body during the show
Linda Robson left her Loose Women co-stars speechless after making an intimate admission about her post-pregnancy body. Wednesday’s show on ITV saw the ladies discussing the changes women’s bodies undergo after childbirth.
Denise Welch humorously remarked: “Let’s not forget that your fufu is never quite the same again! Let’s be honest, let’s not beat around the bush, no pun intended.” This quip sent the live audience into fits of laughter and applause.Amidst the laughter, Linda began to share her personal experience following the birth of her child. She confessed: “I remember after I had Lauren getting a mirror and having a look at down below. It looked like I’d been through a war! It was completely savaged.”
Linda made everyone laugh on Wednesday’s Loose Women(
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Linda’s frank confession triggered more laughter from the panel, with Denise struggling to contain herself. However, guest panellist Joanna Page took the opportunity to offer some advice to the women watching and those in the audience.
She advised: “I don’t think it matters which kind of birth you have. If you have a caesarean or a natural delivery, it presses down on your pelvic floor anyway. So tip for you ladies, do your pelvic floor exercises.”
Linda, who shares her eldest child Lauren with ex-partner Tony Tyler, later had two more children. The Loose Women star is also mother to Roberta and Louis Dunford.
In a shocking turn of events, it has been reported that Linda and Mark Dunford have decided to part ways. Linda made the revelation on a panel last week, asserting her independence and stating she doesn’t require a partner.
She candidly expressed: “I feel like I don’t really need a partner to love me. I’ve got my children, my grandchildren, my sisters and my friends.” Adding a touch of humour to her declaration, she quipped: “I’m looking for affection, not an erection!”
Loose Women star Coleen Nolan was secretly taken from the Celebrity Big Brother house back in 2017 and rushed to hospital as producers became increasingly worried that she was about to suffer a heart attack
Coleen Nolan has revealed that she was hospitalised during her stint on Big Brother amid concerns she might suffer a heart attack.
The Loose Women star, 58, opened up about her terrifying health scare on the panel today as the Loose ladies discussed a new statistic that shows women are 10 times more likely to die from a heart attack than men.Opening up about her own heart health scare, Coleen recalled being taken out of the Big Brother house back in 2017, when she appeared on the Channel 5 show for the second time. Coleen explained she had an almighty pain in her chest, and couldn’t sleep at night due to the heaviness she felt on her chest.
Coleen recalled being taken out of the Big Brother house back in 2017 when she appeared on the Channel 5 show(
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After complaining about the pain to producers, Coleen was immediately taken out of the Big Brother house and rushed to hospital for checks. After making it through five intense weeks in the house, Coleen’s health appeared to give in on the night before the final when she experienced ‘terrible’ pain.
“I woke up terrible, terrible chest pains the day before the final,” she told the Loose Women panel. “I thought it was heartburn but the chest pains were really bad and I was shaking. They called me into the Diary Room and they called a paramedic and they did two ECGs and they were fine.”
Coleen was taken to the Diary Room before she was checked over by medics and taken to hospital(
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Coleen then explained that due to the nature of how heart attacks present themselves in women, Celebrity Big Brother bosses called an ambulance to rush her to hospital. In the end, Coleen was given the all clear and instead blamed her pain on the stress and over-excess in the house.
Although Coleen won the show back in 2017, she has always had her sights set on appearing on another iconic reality TV show in the form of Strictly Come Dancing. Sadly, Coleen has since revealed that she won’t be appearing on the show any time soon and has revealed why.
The singer and presenter shot to fame aged just two as part of The Nolan’s with her older sisters and since then has appeared on various stages and television shows. Over the course of her career, the 58-year-old has showcased some of her dance moves on stage but she’s never had professional training.
Despite setting her sights on Strictly Come Dancing, Coleen has now revealed there’s one thing getting in her way when it comes to signing up for the show. What is that? Her previous time on ITV’s Dancing On Ice. Back in 2009, the mum-of-three was a competitor in the fourth series of the skating competition and found herself coming in fourth place.
Speaking to the Mirror about her ballroom dreams, Coleen said: “It’s because I did Dancing On Ice, I’ve never done Strictly which devastates me. Since that show started, I’ve always wanted to do Strictly and so many Loose Women have done it but they never, ever ask me. But it’s because apparently, I did Dancing On Ice, they don’t have anyone who’s done Dancing On Ice on Strictly.”
King Charles has not seen his Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet the Sussexes moved to Montecito
Prince Harry to return with Prince Archie, Princess Lilibet in UK
Prince Harry made an urgent visit to meet his father King Charles following his cancer diagnosis. However, this may be his first of many more trips to his home country.
The Duke of Sussex, emergency trip may have lasted for around 24 hours, but he is tipped to return to UK for a longer trip with his children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet in tow.
Royal and marketing expert Pauline Maclaran told Daily Express US, that Harry’s brief visit may have just been a way to assure his father was doing well and offer his support.
“I’m not surprised that Harry has only made a flying visit. I think he will have wanted to see his father face to face to offer his support,” she told the outlet, adding that he had to leave early so that the King’s health issue doesn’t more serious by staying around.
Maclaran then added that the Duke had to return to his family in the US and plan a longer visit.
“I imagine he may make a longer visit in due course to allow the King to meet his grandchildren face to face.”
While Prince Archie was born in 2019 while the Sussexes still held their senior royal positions. Meanwhile, Princess Lilibet was born in the US in 2021, and the monarch has yet to meet his granddaughter.
Maclaran suggested that Harry’s visit is a “very positive” step in the road to making the relations better after years-long feud.
As Prince Harry arrived as Heathrow to leave for California, he appeared in good spirits as he smiled for the crowd.
This may have been an indication that the meeting, despite its short time, may have gone well.
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, bought a £11-million (nearly ₹119-crore) home in California shortly after leaving the UK as they stepped down from their Royal duties. The home has nine bedrooms and 16 bathrooms. It also has a gym and a games room along with tennis courts and tea house.
There were rumours earlier in 2024 that the Sussexes could move from their mansion in Montecito. Before moving to the United States, they lived in Frogmore Cottage on the Windsor estate
The late Queen Elizabeth gifted Harry and Meghan the Frogmore Cottage as a wedding present. However, the Duke and the Duchess had to vacate it in 2023 due to infrequent visits to the UK.
Harry and Meghan originally wanted a different property after their marriage, but Harry’s late grandmother firmly denied their request and suggested Frogmore Cottage instead, reported The Times.
The Sussexes had expressed a desire to live in Windsor Castle and asked if living quarters could be arranged after their marriage. At that time, only the late Queen and Prince Philip had private apartments within the castle. Everyone else lived elsewhere on the estate.
Harry and Meghan wanted to “move in with the grandparents”, reported the publication. The “had high hopes” that the’d be able to achieve that, it added.
EXCLUSIVE: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly making arrangements for their two young children to be at a major royal event next year.
Archie and Lilibet could attend the Invictus Games in Vancouver (Image: Alexi Lubomirski/ Duke and Duchess of Sussex)
Although shielded from the public eye and rarely making appearances, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s two children could make their debut appearance at a major event held next year in Canada.
Express.co.uk reveals the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are busy planning for the logisitcs of the Invictus Games opening ceremony in Vancouver in 2025 and are considering taking Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three, to the “family focused” event.
The event is scheduled to be held on February 8, 1pm, at BC Place Vancouver and contestants taking part in the Games can also bring their families and young children along.
The source said: “Harry and Meghan are planning to take Archie and Lilibet to help promote a new ‘family-friendly’ Invictus Games.
“The Sussexes have been very involved with the organisational elements of the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler events and it was very much their idea to make this a family-friendly games so that those taking part can bring their children along.”
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Meghan and Harry are preparing to take their two children along to the Invictus Games next year (Image: Getty)
According to the source, Invictus Games organisers have scheduled a week of “family-friendly” summer and winter sporting events to encourage sports fans and wounded veterans to get the younger generation involved.
It is thought Harry’s wishes are for Prince Archie to continue the legacy of the Invictus Games and take ownership when he reaches maturity. The source revealed: “A patronage will one day be passed to Archie so the foundation can be kept within the family. Harry is adamant that the Invictus Games will remain a Sussex initiative.”
After a week of “family-friendly” fun, it is thought the closing ceremony will be an “adult only” occasion and take place at Rogers Arena at 7pm on Sunday, February 16, 2025, at the end of the nine-day competition.
Prince Harry, 39, is heavily involved with the Invictus Games and co-founded the event in 2014 while he was working with the Royal Foundation which he then shared with Prince William and Princess Kate, both 42.
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Harry and Meghan at the ‘One Year to Go’ anniversary event (Image: Getty)
In February 2024, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle visited Vancouver, Canada for the “One Year to Go” event ahead of the Winter Invictus Games and the couple met competitors at the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort.
Around 550 competitors from up to 25 nations will take part in events including sitting volleyball, swimming and wheelchair basketball in the 2025 games.
Winter sports such as alpine skiing, snowboarding and wheelchair curling will also be part of the competition for the first time.
The first edition of the games was held in London in 2014, with subsequent competitions being held in the US, Canada, and Australia.
Last year in a Netflix documentary series about the Invictus Games, Prince Harry described his emotional “unravelling” after he returned from military service in Afghanistan in 2013. The five-part documentary series, Heart of Invictus, told the story of the Prince’s sports competition for servicemen and women.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle previously decided against hiring a Norland nanny and have, instead, opted to keep childcare within the family.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle only trust one person to care for their children (Image: GETTY)
Meghan Markle’s mum, Doria Ragland is said to be the only person that Prince Harry and Meghan trust to care for their two children when they are not around.
Doria, 67, is said to have taken on the role as Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet’s nanny, with the pair preferring to take on a “more traditional” approach when it comes to childcare.
As previously reported by Express.co.uk, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to have Doria’s help has followed a series of unsuccessful partnerships with professional nannies over the past few years.
The Express earlier reported that a source said: “Harry and Meghan have used a number of nannies in the past, but now that Doria has moved in with the family, she has stepped up to help look after the children.
“There is sometimes additional help, but Doria is working closely with Meghan to ensure that the children are brought up in a close-knit and loving family environment.”
Meghan and Harry previously hired Lorren Khumalo – a paediatric nurse and consultant – to care for Archie, now aged five, shortly after his birth in 2019.
Speaking in an interview last year, Lorren said she comforted by Harry’s welcoming demeanour and described the household as very “normal”.
It was also previously reported that Meghan and Harry had dismissed a night nanny after an unsettling nighttime incident with their son – something that made the pair wary of any future hires.
This incident was included in Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durrand’s book ‘Finding Freedom’, describing how Meghan and Harry let her go on her second night working for them for being “unprofessional and irresponsible”.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pictured with her mum Doria Ragland (Image: GETTY)
The experience led the couple to feel nervous about the prospect of a future nanny, and are now said to feel “comfortable” knowing their children are in the care of Doria.
Describing Meghan and Harry as “extremely protective” when it comes to their children, the source added: “Meghan feels much more comfortable with the children under her mother’s watchful eye and Harry was very keen to keep it [childcare] in the family.
“Both Harry and Meghan are extremely protective of their children and only stop worrying about them if Doria is in charge whenever they are away.
“Doria was instrumental in looking after Archie and Lilibet when they [Harry and Meghan] were in Nigeria and she treats them like they are her own.”
Harry and Meghan welcomed Princess Lilibet in 2021 (Image: NETFLIX/Harry and Meghan)
Doria has also taken up residence in the Sussexes’ £12million-pound mansion in California – something that allows her to avoid long car journeys from her own home in View Park-Windsor Hills in Los Angeles.
The source added: “Doria spends nearly all of her time with Harry and Meghan. It’s basically a family of five,” the source said. “She [Doria] is amazingly close to the children and helps Meghan daily. She also steps in as a nanny whenever they travel abroad without the children.
“Meghan thought it very important that the children be brought up by family rather than an outsider so they feel safe and secure at all times.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s son, Prince Archie, spoke an unusual first word but it was one of his later ones which touched the Duke of Sussex the most.
Prince Archie’s first words were adorable but one of them was emotional (Image: Netflix)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have previously revealed their firstborn son, Prince Archie’s first words – and one of them was quite emotional for the duke. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son, Prince Archie Harrison of Sussex, was born on May 6, 2019, in London.
He only spent a few months in England before his parents quit their royal duties and shipped the entire family to California in the US in early 2020.
Since then, he has been residing in Montecito with his parents and his younger sister, Princess Lilibet, three, away from the public gaze.
But even though details about Archie’s life are kept to a minimum, Harry and Meghan have shared little snippets of his life in interviews and their Netflix docuseries, Harry & Meghan, including what his first words were
In February 2021, Harry proudly revealed his son’s first word was “crocodile” while speaking on James Corden’s The Late Late Show.
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He said: “My son is now over a year and a half, he is hysterical, he’s got the most amazing personality, he’s already putting two, three words together, he’s already singing songs. His first word was ‘crocodile’, three syllables.”
In March of the same year, the couple made their infamous interview with Oprah Winfrey, when they revealed bombshell claims about the Royal Family.
But they also revealed another one of Archie’s favourite words at the time – “hydrate”. During the interview, Harry was talking about his new life in California and said: “I guess, the highlight for me is sticking him on the back of the bicycle in his little baby seat and taking him on these bike rides, which is something I was never able to do when I was young.
“I can see him on the back, and he’s got his arms out. And he’s like ‘whoo’ chatting, chatting, chatting; going, ‘Palm tree, house’ and all this sort of stuff.”
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Then Oprah asked: “What’s his new favourite word now?” to which Meghan replied: “Oh, my gosh. He’s on a roll. In the past couple weeks, it has been ‘hydrate’ which is just hysterical.”
Harry added: “But, also, whenever everyone leaves the house, he’s like, ‘drive safe’.” Two months later, in May, Harry appeared on the fifth episode of his mental health documentary series with Oprah Winfrey on Apple TV, The Me You Can’t See.
He revealed that his son had learned the word “grandma” because of a picture of his mother, the late Princess Diana, in the nursery of their home and that it had made him “sad”.
The duke said: “I got a photo up in his nursery and it was one of the first words that he said, apart from ‘mama’, ‘papa’ it was then ‘grandma’ – Grandma Diana.
“It’s the sweetest thing, but at the same time it makes me really sad, because she should be here.”
Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard has yet to make a single product available for the public to buy.
Meghan Markle is struggling to understand why her output is not generating any respect and admiration amongst the general public, according to a royal expert.
Earlier this year it appeared that she was working on numerous projects, from launching her new brand American Riviera Orchard to producing two new shows for Netflix and releasing a new podcast.
However she still seems to be finding the backlash hard as she reportedly feels constantly criticised and as if she is “unfairly picked on”.
Tom Quinn claimed to the Mirror US: “There is a growing rift between Harry and Meghan caused by Meghan’s increasing concern that her life is not going in the direction she had planned – she loves media attention and hates the fact that surveys suggest she and Harry are no longer of much interest to the American public.
“Meghan was in tears when the brand launched and her new jam was widely mocked for being expensive and nothing special.
“She has reached the point now where she thinks that anything and everything she does will be unfairly criticised. Like her husband, she feels that people are unfairly picking on her – she cannot understand why people don’t admire her work.”
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Meghan Markle has had a difficult time getting her work accepted (Image: Getty)
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Inside the Australian school King Charles attended and his rude two-word nickname
During the King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament, King Charles mentioned his upcoming visit to Australia and Samoa.
The King is preparing to visit the two countries in October, an itinerary that will span 12 time zones and marks a watershed moment in his recovery from cancer and return to public duties amid his ongoing treatment.
The visit – his first as King – is set to be an important one for the monarchy not only as a test of his physical stamina but to help increase support for himself to remain Australia’s head of state.
The King has strong ties to the Commonwealth country having made 15 official visits – the most recent in 2018. But his love of Australia goes even deeper than ceremonial.
One of the lesser-known stories from the King’s youth is that he spent several months in an Australian boarding school as a teenager.
King and Queen will head to Australia in October (Image: Getty)
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Royal expert tears into Meghan Markle after she said ‘she had rotten time in UK’
Meghan Markle has been torn apart by a royal expert who countered her claims that she had a “rotten time” when she moved to the UK due to her relationship with Prince Harry.
Michael Cole told GB News that contrary to what she believes, Meghan was welcomed to the Royal Family as a “breath of fresh air”, despite the couple stepping down as working royals in 2020.
He recalled after their engagement announcement in November 2017: “Weren’t they well-received in this country? Look how welcomed they were.”
Mr Cole spoke about allegations in Omid Scobie’s 2023 book Endgame that Meghan did not enjoy her time in Britain, adding: “In the book the Duchess of Sussex says she never wants to come to Britain again, she never felt comfortable here.
“She had a terribly rotten time. Well I’m sure that’s a surprise to the people who stood 20 deep in Windsor Great Park and cheered them on their wedding day.”
Meghan Markle reportedly never wants to return to the UK (Image: Getty)
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Eagle-eyed royal fans spot one thing missing from Queen Camilla’s outfit today
For the historic occasion to mark the State Opening of Parliament, Queen Camilla favoured her go-to designer, Fiona Clare, and donned an elegant white long-sleeve gown.The dress featured slightly exaggerated shoulders and ornate embroidered detailing on the hemline.
Along with the white gown, Queen Camilla fashioned a pair of silver leather pumps courtesy of Eliot Zed, a brand the queen consort has worn in the past.
However, people noted Camilla had one thing missing from her attire – her ankle bandage had disappeared. The Queen had previously worn the bandage on her right ankle during her two-day visit to the Channel Islands.
It is understood that the bandage on her right foot was supporting her after an ankle sprain on July 15.
Queen Camilla had something missing from her outfit today (Image: Getty)
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Meghan Markle shows true colours with tragic blog post about dad Thomas Markle
Meghan Markle’s now-defunct blog The Tig gave a touching insight into her complicated relationship with her father, Thomas Markle Senior, whom she has now been estranged from for six years.
The Duchess of Sussex started her blog back in 2014, two years before she met Prince Harry, in which she gave her fans a look at her private life and her love of food and travel.
It closed in 2017, the year before Meghan and Harry’s wedding, an event which also saw the end of her having contact with her father after he staged paparazzi photos and was unable to attend the ceremony due to ill health.
One post from her blog, which was published for Father’s Day, heartbreakingly shows how close they once were as she detailed special memories from her childhood with him.
Meghan Markle is estranged from her father Thomas (Image: Getty)
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Unusual way Donald Trump ‘saved’ Prince Harry from huge ‘kick in the teeth’
Prince Harry’s backlash for the EPSPY Award acceptance was a “kick in the teeth” according to critics, but the Duke was saved from a huge amount of criticism after the assassination of Donald Trump became the most important story in the news cycle.
This is because shortly after the Duke of Sussex collected the Pat Tillman award for service to the sports community on July 11, the news cycle moved on to Donald Trump surviving an assassination attempt near Butler in Pennsylvania.
Eric Schiffer, chair of Reputation Management Consultants told Newsweek: “Harry is only slightly injured by the association or by his move to accept the award. He will absolutely survive this in part because of the media cycle. No one really paid much attention given the contrast to what happened since Trump was shot.”
Donald Trump and Prince Harry (Image: Getty)
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King Charles appears to snap at page boy as he adjusts robes at State Opening
As King Charles took his seat for the King’s Speech in Parliament, he appeared to get a little frustrated with a page boy tending to his robes in the House of Lords.
The monarch, 75, abruptly pulled back his hand when his regalia was being tended to by a page boy trying to sort out the garments properly, but the King took matters into his own hands as he smoothed out the material.
A close-up image of the King shows a scrutinising Charles eager to sort out his attire. The undoubtedly heavy material seemed to fluster the young boy, but after the interaction, the King shared a smile with Queen Camilla who was sitting by his side.
King Charles appears to address a page boy sorting out his robes (Image: Getty)
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Meghan Markle pal says Prince Harry ‘fit plans for UK fame’ after Suits
Meghan Markle’s whirlwind romance with Prince Harry may have appeared like every girl’s dream, but friends close to the Duchess said she set her sites on him for UK fame.
Prior to meeting Prince Harry and becoming friends with A-list celebs such as George Clooney and Serena Williams, Meghan was a struggling TV actress pleading for notice on red carpets.
Ex-friends told the Daily Mail that the Suits star was growing frustrated with how her career was going in Hollywood- in 2013 she thought that the UK might be the place for her to be.
Getty (Image: eghan Markle maneuvered herself into the right circles to meet Harry)
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Queen Camilla’s £800,000 Diamond Diadem and where you’ve seen it before
Queen Camilla arrived at Westminster in the Diamond Jubilee state coach wearing the famous Diamond Diadem, also called the George IV State Diadem or Circlet.
This is not the first time Queen Camilla has worn the significant headpiece, having worn it for the first time last November at King Charles’s first State Opening of Parliament. She dressed it with a diamond collet necklace and wore a dress by designer Fiona Clare.
Queen Camilla wore the famous Diamond Diadem (Image: Getty)
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Prince Harry’s heartbreaking 8-word response after King Charles evicted him from Frogmore
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were gifted Frogmore Cottage in Windsor after their marriage in 2018.
Even after they stepped down as working royals they were still entitled to use it until last year, when King Charles asked them to vacate the property.
Harry is said to have responded to his father after the bombshell with eight words: “Don’t you want to see your grandkids anymore?”
Prince Harry lost Frogmore (Image: Getty)
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People only just realising you can enjoy a coffee and cake in Buckingham Palace
For royal fans hoping to get closer to Buckingham Palace you can now enjoy a coffee and cake in its Garden Café, set in the Palace grounds on the West Terrace.
The menu boasts a variety of options, from sandwiches and bagels to fruit pots, raspberry Victoria sponge and an array of cakes, with a range of teas and coffees also on offer.
Throughout July and August the café will be open from 10am until 7pm, while takeaway is available from 7pm until 7:15pm. In September the stunning spot will be open from 10am until 6pm with takeaways from 6pm until 6:15pm.
The King is making royal life more accessible (Image: Getty)
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Bizarre rule that sees MP held hostage at Buckingham Palace during State Opening
The King and Queen were in Westminster for the State Opening of Parliament today, but there is one tradition that may have puzzled those watching on TV.
Mrs. Samantha Dixon MBE MP, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, was today “held hostage” until King Charles returned to Buckingham Palace as part of a strange tradition that dates from the 1600s.
It began following Guy Fawkes’ failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. This took place when he and his supporters planned to blow up the Palace of Westminster when King James I arrived.
An MP is traditionally held hostage when the King opens Parliament (Image: Getty)
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Queen Camilla’s title she never used which is now used by Princess Kate
Before Camilla became Queen she was known as the Duchess of Cornwall, however there was another royal title she could technically use which now belongs to Princess Kate.
Upon her marriage to King Charles, when he was still Prince of Wales, Camilla became the Princess of Wales.
But she decided not to use the title publicly, presumably out of respect to the late Princess Diana, who also famously used that title.
Camilla used to have Kate’s title (Image: Getty)
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Watch as mob of anti-monarchy protesters boo and shout ‘not my King’ as Charles goes past
King Charles and Queen Camilla were greeted by shouts of ‘Not My King’ from Republic protestors as they made their way to Westminster for the State Opening of Parliament.
The group Republic wishes to abolish the monarchy and are often spotted at events such as Trooping the Colour and the King’s Coronation.
The King spoke at the State Opening as he outlined Labour’s plans for their new government.
The royals faced an anti-monarchy protest (Image: Republic/PA)
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s ‘perfect way back’ into Royal Family exposed
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could use Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet as a way back into the Royal Family, an expert has claimed.
Speaking on GB News back in January, host Patrick Christys told royal expert Kinsey Schofield that the pair could “surely use the grandkids as a way back” into the family. To which, she agreed that this would be the “perfect” way back into the Firm.
Ms Schofield said: “If Harry did want a way back in he could use the excuse that despite his personal beef with King Charles, he wants his children to have a relationship with their grandfather, it would be the perfect way back wouldn’t it?”
Harry and Meghan are raising their children in California (Image: Getty)
Happy birthday to Queen Camilla, who is turning 77 today!
Camilla has come a long way since the early days of her relationship with King Charles, as they are due to celebrate 20 years of marriage next April.
Here Express.co.uk has selected seven of her best throwback pictures to mark the big day.
Queen Camilla has come a long way (Image: Getty)
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Princess Kate’s wish for Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis to avoid becoming ‘spares’
Princess Kate and Prince William may ensure their younger children Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis do not feel like spares by encouraging them to work outside the Royal Family.
Royal expert Jennie Bond told OK! magazine: “William and Kate must be acutely aware of the problems for a royal spare. They have already shown that they have a different and modern attitude to bringing up royal children and I’m sure they will do everything to make Charlotte and Louis feel every bit as special, loved and valued as George.
“I imagine they will encourage Louis to explore life outside the royal fold… it could be the military, but it could also be working in the charity world or whatever he finds appealing after his education is finished.”
Charlotte and Louis may not become working royals (Image: Getty)
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Princess Kate’s appearance at Wimbledon leaves country ‘relieved’ at her health progress
EXCLUSIVE: A royal commentator has given his take on how happy the country was to see Princess Kate back looking so happy at Wimbledon last Sunday.
Richard Fitzwilliams told Express.co.uk: “The country and the wider world feel relieved that she is making progress, as she told us in her statement in June.
“There is a realisation, however, as she only attended one of the finals, that she is, as she put it “not out of the woods”.
“It was however, wonderful to see her look so well and happy and also to see Charlotte as well as her sister Pippa with her.”
Princess Kate is making progress (Image: Getty)
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Lip reader on King Charles’s blunt demand as he helps struggling Camilla in harsh weather
A lip reader has given an insight into King Charles’s interactions with Queen Camilla during their royal visit to Jersey and Guernsey.
On their first day in Jersey they were plagued by wet weather, as they both held umbrellas to protect themselves while Camilla also donned a raincoat.
The Queen was caught in a struggle, trying to manage her umbrella and slide her right arm into her coat sleeve, leading to an apparently exasperated Charles stepping in to assist.
According to lip reader Jacqui Press, who spoke to the Daily Mail, Charles instructed Camilla: “‘Move your arm through the back.”
The couple had better weather in Guernsey (Image: Getty)
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Princess Kate’s sweet tribute to Diana as she makes ‘courageous’ Wimbledon comeback
Princess Kate’s choice of outfit for Wimbledon paid tribute to Princess Diana, as both women opted for purple.
On July 14 Kate made her second public appearance of the year in a stunning Safiyaa dress as she presented Carlos Alcaraz with his trophy and brought Princess Charlotte along to watch.
Back in 1991 Diana wore a patterned purple dress to take in the tournament with Prince William when he was just nine years old.
Princess Kate was perfect in purple (Image: PA)
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Queen Camilla’s very controversial birthday party that Queen Elizabeth refused to attend
King Charles helped Queen Camilla celebrate her 50th birthday in July 1997, before they were married, but the late Queen Elizabeth reportedly refused to attend.
The party was held at Highgrove, his country estate in Gloucestershire, and no members of the Royal Family attended.
On the other hand it is not known exactly who was on the 80 person guest list.
The incident was famously depicted in the last series of The Crown, although a fictionalised version.
Charles helped Camilla turn 50 (Image: Getty)
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‘Anxious’ Queen Camilla’s six-word response to meeting Prince William for first time
Queen Camilla and Prince William may get along well now, but she was apparently nervous to meet him for the first time when he was still a schoolboy.
William had been returning home from Eton to York House in London for a weekend visit.
He returned home early for their first meeting as royal author Penny Junor claims Charles approached Camilla and said “he’s here” adding “let’s just get one with it”. Camilla and William were then said to have been left alone for half an hour to get acquainted.
After the encounter, Junor claims Camilla had a seven-word response. She said: “I need a gin and tonic.”
Camilla was nervous to meet William for the first time but it went well (Image: Getty)
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King Charles and Queen Camilla will be blinged out in £4.1bn jewels at State Opening
King Charles and Queen Camilla will be attending the State Opening of Parliament later today in the Palace of Westminster.
The event is in honour of the new Labour government, with Sir Keir Starmer elected Prime Minister nearly two weeks ago.
The King will be wearing his Imperial State Crown, while Camilla will be wearing the late Queen Elizabeth’s iconic diadem.
The State Opening of Parliament will be happening today (Image: Getty)
Prince Harry to return with Prince Archie, Princess Lilibet in UK
