Prince Harry takes part in new TV documentary exploring his legal battles in the UK
Prince Harry is taking part in a new TV documentary exploring his legal battles in the UK.
The Duke of Sussex will feature in a documentary about phone hacking
Prince Harry is taking part in a new TV documentary exploring his legal battles in the UK.
ITV has announced that the Duke of Sussex will take part in a documentary about phone hacking, which he is currently fighting through the UK courts.
Speaking to reporter Rebecca Barry, Prince Harry, 39, explained why he is fighting to expose what the duke says are the illegal activities of Britain’s tabloid newspapers.
Actor Hugh Grant, singer Charlotte Church, and footballer Paul Gascoigne are also taking part in the TV special.
Prince Harry is taking part in a new TV documentary exploring his legal battles in the UK.
The programme, “Tabloids on Trial”, will air on ITV1 at 9pm on July 25.
The claimants in the ongoing court case, which include the Duke of Sussex, have argued that News Group Newspapers (NGN), the publisher of The Sun, concealed evidence of phone hacking.
The company has previously said The Sun does not accept liability or make any admissions to the allegations.
In April, Mr Justice Fancourt said NGN, which also published the News of the World, had a “real as opposed to fanciful chance of succeeding” in winning the court case.
Prince Harry speaking to Rebecca Barry in the upcoming programme
The two sides are due to go to a full trial on claims of phone hacking and unlawful information gathering in January 2025.
NGN hoped to win a preliminary trial by showing the claimants could have made their allegations years ago.
If successful, those cases would have been disposed of, and the others would be more likely to settle out of court.
However, Mr Justice Fancourt said it was “far from straightforward” to decide which cases should be part of the preliminary trial, and there was a “considerable risk” the additional hearings would add to the mounting legal costs.
Prince Harry has multiple ongoing court cases in the UK and the USReuters
The High Court previously ruled Prince Harry was a victim of phone hacking
PAHe also said a preliminary process would delay a full trial that the claimants have been waiting for since 2022.
The judge said: “I consider there are too few advantages at this stage to abandoning the orderly preparation of a trial of all the issues, to hold a trial of just one issue.”
Mr Justice Fancourt additionally pointed out that either side could have appealed, further delaying the legal battle.
Prince Harry has said he is excited to see ‘passion, determination, and resilience’ of the Team UK squad taking part in the first Invictus Games to include winter sports.
The Duke of Sussex, 39, said the ‘memorable experience’ will include alpine skiing, snowboarding and skeleton – a sport where the person rides a bobsled headfirst down a frozen track.
The prince hailed the wounded, injured and sick serving UK personnel and veterans who are to take part in the 64-strong squad, made up of 60 competitors and four reserves, named as Team UK for the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler in February.
Harry said he is excited ‘to see their passion, determination, and resilience on full display as they take on this new chapter’.
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Prince Harry has said he is excited to see ‘passion, determination, and resilience’ of the Team UK squad taking part in the first Invictus Games to include winter sports
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Prince Harry at the Invictus Games One Year To Go Event in February in Whistler, Canada
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The Duke of Sussex is pictured sliding down the track on a skeleton sled during an Invictus Games training camp Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, slides down the track on a skeleton sled during an Invictus Games training camp in February
The Invictus Games was established in 2014 by Harry as an international adaptive multi-sport event for wounded, injured, and sick servicemen and women, both serving and veterans to participate in as part of their recovery journey.
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Prince Harry said: ‘Congratulations to those selected for Team UK for our first-ever Winter Invictus Games in Vancouver Whistler next February.
‘Team UK will join over 500 competitors from across 20 nations in this groundbreaking event that expands the range and profile of winter adaptive sports.
‘These games present an incredible opportunity for our courageous service personnel and veterans to demonstrate their skills in new challenges like alpine skiing, snowboarding and skeleton, as well as providing a truly memorable experience for their families.
‘We’re excited to see their passion, determination, and resilience on full display as they take on this new chapter.’
The team includes people from all services and of different generations, some of whom are facing challenging physical and mental injuries sustained while serving the UK either at home or abroad.
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The Duke of Sussex , 39, said the ‘memorable experience’ will include alpine skiing, snowboarding and skeleton – a sport where the person rides a bobsled headfirst down a frozen track (pictured is Prince Harry participating in the sport)
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Wounded, injured and sick serving UK personnel and veterans are to take part in the 64-strong squad, made up of 60 competitors and four reserves, which was named as Team UK for the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler in February. Pictured is the prince and Meghan Markle
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Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex visit the Whistler Sliding Centre during the training camp for the Invictus Games
They have a range of injuries including visual impairment, amputation, traumatic brain injuries, PTSD and mental health issues – and have been selected based on the benefit that training for, and competing at the games, will contribute towards their recovery.
Team captain, Stephen ‘Hoops’ Hooper, is returning for his second Invictus Games after competing in powerlifting and sitting volleyball at Dusseldorf in 2023.
Hoops, who served in the RAF and was diagnosed with PTSD before being medically discharged in 2021, said: ‘To be selected for Team UK again was overwhelming in itself, but to be captain as well, is a privilege.
‘I gained a lot from the whole Team UK experience last time around, I’ve gone from standing in the corner of a room and not talking to anybody, to finding my voice again. And that’s what I want to do for others this time, make sure every member of Team UK comes together and takes those steps forward in their recovery.’
Juliet Bale, 54, served as a nurse in the RAF and Army before being medically discharged after sustaining a traumatic brain injury on operation in Kenya.
She said it had been been difficult to adapt to a life of being cared for due to her injury.
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The Duke of Sussex and Meghan Markle seen during the Invictus Games 2023 at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Dusseldorf
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the Invictus Games, in Toronto, Canada in 2017
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Prince Harry is seen at a volleyball match at Nigeria Unconquered, a community-based charitable organisation dedicated to aiding wounded, injured, or sick servicemembers, as part of celebrations of Invictus Games anniversary in Abuja, Nigeria in May
She said: ‘I went from being a nurse with a Master’s degree, to somebody who struggled to make a cup of tea, but being part of Team UK has already made me realise that there’s so much out there that I can do.
‘I’ve been introduced to new sports, new friends, and I have a feeling of belonging again.’
Louise Assioun, the Royal British Legion’s Team UK manager, said: ‘For the selected individuals, being part of a team again, representing their country and being around others who are all on their individual recovery pathway is what makes Team UK’s journey to the Invictus Games so unique.
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‘The Royal British Legion is proud to support them every step of the way.’
Defence Secretary John Healey also congratulated the squad, saying ‘their strength, resilience and dedication are an inspiration to us all’.
It comes just days after Prince Harry was ‘stunned’ by the backlash he faced after being nominated for an award named after an American war hero killed in Afghanistan, sources claimed.
The Duke of Sussex is due to be honoured with the Pat Tillman Award for Service for his Invictus Games work at the glitzy ESPY Awards in Los Angeles tomorrow.
Tillman, an American football star who gave up a £3million contract to enlist in the US Army after 9/11, had his life tragically cut short at the age of 27 when he was killed in friendly fire while serving in Afghanistan 20 years ago.
His mother Mary, who said she was not consulted about Prince Harry being given the award bearing her son’s name, told the Mail last week: ‘I am shocked as to why they would select such a controversial and divisive individual to receive the award.
‘There are recipients that are far more fitting. There are individuals working in the veteran community that are doing tremendous things to assist veterans.
‘These individuals do not have the money, resources, connections or privilege that Prince Harry has. I feel that those types of individuals should be recognised.’
Sunday’s episode of BBC Strictly Come Dancing saw former ITV Emmerdale star Adam Thomas kicked out the competition after going up against Angela Rippon in the dance off
Loose Women star Denise Welch led the fuming viewers slamming Strictly Come Dancing’s action-packed eviction episode on Sunday.
The ITV panel programme presenter fumed after Emmerdale star Adam Thomas was given the boot following a dance-off with Angela Rippon. He was axed alongside dance partner Luba Mushtuk after the weekend’s action-packed instalments.
Angela, 79, and her dance partner Kai Widdrington performed their Waltz to Fascination by Nat King Cole while Adam and Luba performed their Rumba to Dancing On My Own by Callum Scott in a bid to impress the judges.
Denise weighed in on Sunday’s episode of Strictly(
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Adam was axed alongside dancer partner Luba Mushtuk(
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Judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Shirley Ballas unanimously choose to save Angela and Kai. Clearly upset with the episode’s outcome, Denise took to X, formally Twitter, to air her thoughts on the matter.
“Adam should have won that dance off,” she wrote, joining dozens of other viewers who said ‘the wrong person was sent home’. One fan fumed: “Only caught the dance off of this week’s #Strictly and it was clearly the wrong decision?”
Another agreed, writing: “Sorry, wrong decision. Adam had a lot of potential to keep getting better, his scores have been consistently climbing. Angela is great, especially considering her age, but she has a lot of experience, and realistically she won’t get any better than she is now. #strictly.” A third fan wrote: “No hate to Angela at all, because I think she is getting too much negativity from people. But I do think Adam danced better in the dance off, Angela’s waltz was very lumpy. “Sorry but I think the judges made the wrong decision.”
However, some did go against Denise, with another commenting: “I felt that Adam hardly danced and that it was his partner who danced through it all.” And someone else remarked: “Not his dance this week sadly. Angela tipped him at the end.” A third fan agreed: “It was a close call but I think Angela did edge it. Adam’s dance was all Luba.”
As his fate was revealed, Adam said: “Seven incredible weeks, what a journey it’s been. I honestly thought I was leaving in week two and the fact that I’ve got this far I’m so proud of myself, I’ve had an amazing time from start to finish. I came here to learn how to dance and I’ve learned so much more about myself.
“The confidence and self-belief I now have in myself, it’s out of this world I have to thank all these guys up here. What a bunch to be on this journey with, I’m just very, very lucky! I know my kids are at home now probably crying, ‘It’s okay – Daddy’s okay’. I just wanted to teach my kids that it’s not just about winning or losing, it’s about taking part and doing your best. [To Luba] I just want to say thank you to this one and I’m sorry, I wanted to get us to Blackpool.”
Prince Harry’s decision to fly to Britain after King Charles’ cancer diagnosis gave him an opportunity to “further make amends for a lot of the pain he caused,” a PR expert told Newsweek.
The Duke of Sussex was on a plane just hours after Buckingham Palace announced Monday the king had begun treatment for cancer. Harry had already spoken to his father about his health, and the following day was with Charles at Clarence House by around 3 p.m. U.K. time.
The king delayed his departure from London to Sandringham, his Norfolk country retreat, for the meeting, believed to be about 30 minutes long. Harry was then seen back at the airport catching a return flight to Los Angeles, meaning he traveled 11,000 miles for a half-hour meeting.
While it may have been brief, the meeting has been widely perceived by commentators as a positive sign in their relationship after years of strain, amid allegations of leaks to the media and the bombshells from Harry’s Oprah Winfrey interview, memoir and Netflix show.
Eric Schiffer, chair of Reputation Management Consultants, told Newsweek: “Harry would probably rather chew glass than have to make this visit because of the past.
“At the same time, this is a beautiful moment for him to show up for his father and to further make amends for a lot of the pain he caused the family and demonstrate, through action, a greater relationship and bond between him and his dad,” he said. “It was really emotionally mature for him to show up and it probably meant a lot to his dad.
“This is a mission to be there for his father and he took action, stepped up and wants to be a son who cares and shows up for his dad, and that is honorable,” Schiffer said.
Prince Harry attends a Terrence Higgins Trust World AIDS Day charity fair in Nottingham, England, on December 1, 2017. Inset, on Tuesday King Charles is seen in public for the first time since his cancer…MAX MUMBY/INDIGO/GETTY IMAGES
Harry’s visit came as Kate Middleton was continuing her recovery from abdominal surgery in January, while Prince William on Wednesday returned to work three and a half weeks after his last public engagement. The Prince of Wales looked in good spirits as he conducted an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, in which he made Brigadier Tobias Lambert an officer of (the Order of) the British Empire (OBE).
There is, however, no indication that Harry and William will meet to patch up their differences.
Schiffer said: “That relationship will continue to be affected by a death rattle that is not going away. Harry caused such pain, and William will hold that and is not about to let it go.”
Meanwhile, questions are still being asked on British news shows about why Buckingham Place has not revealed the type of cancer Charles was diagnosed with.
“The king has been remarkably transparent and the public loves it, and that authenticity really plays with young people as well,” Schiffer said. “He doesn’t have to go through the micro-elements of the diagnosis at this point.
“Most people understand what it likely is and he will benefit from the support and love of the public, who know he’s going to be really facing a struggle,” he continued. “At the same time, he wants to also do his duty on behalf of the country.”
Prince Harry has given the public a rare update about the development of his two young children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, in a new interview.
Harry and wife, Meghan Markle, live with their children in Montecito, California, where the couple relocated from Britain in 2020 following their controversial split from the monarchy.
The duke and duchess have been conscious to keep their children mostly out of the public eye, however, provided fans with a detailed insight into their family life through home movie footage and snapshots included in their 2022 Netflix docuseries, Harry & Meghan.
Archie, 4, was born in London in 2019 and was joined by his baby sister, Lilibet, in 2021 who was born in California.
Speaking to Good Morning America‘s Will Reeve in an interview promoting Harry’s work with the Invictus Games in Canada which aired on Friday, the prince provided fans with some rare insight into his children’s development.
Prince Harry photographed in the Netherlands, April 22, 2022 and (inset) the prince with Meghan Markle, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet included in their Netflix docuseries “Harry & Meghan,” 2022. The prince has spoken about…P VAN KATWIJK/GETTY IMAGES/NETFLIX
Harry’s eagerness to be a father was a prominent theme included in his 2023 memoir, Spare, which he dedicated to his wife and children.
In the book, the prince wrote of his desire to start a family of his own, keen not to repeat the mistakes observed from his childhood. In the summer of 2016 he met Meghan while she was visiting London between filming seasons of the hit legal TV drama, Suits. They began dating and in November 2017, announced their engagement.
The couple were married at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, and set about creating their family.
Privacy is an issue that both Meghan and Harry have discussed in regards to their children and their decision to move to America.
In an interview with The Cut magazine in 2022, the duchess told writer Allison P. Davis that “she’d never be able to do school pickup and drop-off without it being a royal photo call with a press pen of 40 people snapping pictures,” had her family remained in Britain.
“Sorry, I have a problem with that,” she said. “That doesn’t make me obsessed with privacy. That makes me a strong and good parent protecting my child.”
The couple both visited Canada this month to mark the one-year waypoint to the 2025 Invictus Games that will be held in Vancouver and Whistler.
At last year’s games, Meghan revealed that the couple were excited to make the games a family event.
“We can’t wait to bring our kids also so they can experience just how awesome this is,” she said.
Over the past year, Prince Harry has faced increased scrutiny over his history with illegal drug taking after making a number of revelations about his experiences and their effects in his hit memoir Spare.
In the book—and interviews promoting it—Harry spoke in detail for the first time about his recreational use of cocaine, magic mushrooms and marijuana (illegal in Britain), as well as psychedelics such as ayahuasca as a form of therapy.
Though the prince made clear he was not wishing to encourage the use of these substances, he faced criticism for potentially doing so.
In a more serious form of backlash, a conservative think tank in the U.S., The Heritage Foundation, is seeking access to Harry’s visa paperwork to see if he disclosed his history with drugs when seeking to enter the country.
Initial attempts to access the paperwork were blocked by the U.S. government, with The Heritage Foundation currently embroiled in legal action seeking to have this blockade removed.
Compilation image showing the Duke of Sussex as photographed at Windsor Castle, April 17, 2021. Harry’s account of his past experimentation with illegal drugs has earned him criticism. VICTORIA JONES – WPA POOL/GETTY IMAGES
As this case remains ongoing, here Newsweek looks at what Harry said about his history with drugs, both in Spare and interviews given since his split from the monarchy in 2020.
‘I Was Trying To Mask Something’
In the 2021 docuseries The Me You Can’t See, developed in collaboration with Oprah Winfrey, Harry discussed how he failed to emotionally process the death of his mother Princess Diana when he was just 12 years old in 1997.
The prince revealed that he spent years trying to “mask” his emotions and in doing so looked to alcohol and drugs.
Prince Harry to Oprah Winfrey in The Me You Can’t See
“I was willing to drink, I was willing to take drugs. I was willing to do the things that made me feel less like I was feeling. But I slowly became aware that, ok, I wasn’t drinking Monday to Friday but I would probably drink a week’s worth in one day on a Friday or a Saturday night. And I would find myself drinking not because I was enjoying it but because I was trying to mask something.”
Marijuana School Days
In Spare, billed as a “raw” and “unflinching” memoir telling his life story, Harry discussed his introduction to marijuana when he was a schoolboy at the prestigious Eton College near Windsor Castle.
The prince and his school friends would smoke together in a dormitory bathroom, going on to disclose regular use of the drug throughout his life.
Prince Harry in Spare
“I don’t remember how we got the stuff. One of my mates, I expect. Or maybe several. Whenever we found ourselves in possession, we’d commandeer a tiny upstairs bathroom, wherein we’d implement a surprisingly thoughtful, orderly assembly line. Smoker straddled the loo beside the window, second boy leaned against the basin, third and fourth boys sat in the empty bath, legs dangling over, waiting their turns. You’d take a hit or two, blow the smoke out of the window, then move on to the next station, in rotation, until the spliff was gone. Then we’d all head to one of our rooms and giggle ourselves sick over an episode or two of a new show. Family Guy. I felt an inexplicable bond with Stewie, prophet without honor.”
Country Houses and Cocaine
In his book, Harry recounts an incident where a tabloid editor claimed to have photographs of the teenage prince taking cocaine in a bid to convince him to collaborate on an interview.
After calling the editor’s bluff, where no photograph was ever produced, the prince revealed that he had used cocaine at that time, though quickly decided that the effect was not worth the risk associated with it.
At this time though, he said that drugs were an escape from his mental and emotional anguish still impacting him from the death of his mother.
Prince Harry in Spare
“Of course…I had been doing cocaine around this time. At someone’s country house, during a shooting weekend, I’d been offered a line, and I’d done a few more since. It wasn’t much fun, and it didn’t make me particularly happy, as it seemed to make everyone around me, but it did make me feel different, and that was the main goal. Feel. Different. I was a deeply unhappy 17-year-old boy willing to try almost anything that would alter the status quo. That was what I told myself anyway.”
Mushrooms and Ayahuasca
In discussing a way of better connecting with his emotions and past trauma, Harry also revealed in Spare his use of psychedelics. These included magic mushrooms and ayahuasca.
Prince Harry in Spare
“Psychedelics did me some good as well. I’d experimented with them over the years, for fun, but now I’d begun to use them therapeutically, medicinally. They didn’t simply allow me to escape reality for a while, they let me redefine reality. Under the influence of these substances I was able to let go of rigid preconcepts, to see that there was another world beyond my heavily filtered senses, a world that was equally real and doubly beautiful—a world with no red mist, no reason for red mist. There was only truth. After the psychedelics wore off my memory of that world would remain: This is not all there is. All the great seers and philosophers say our daily life is an illusion. I always felt the truth in that. But how reassuring it was, after nibbling a mushroom, or ingesting ayahuasca, to experience it for myself.”
‘These Things Have a Way of Working’
After Spare was published, Harry undertook several interviews promoting it with networks in both the U.S. and U.K.
Speaking to Anderson Cooper for a 60 Minutes special, the prince was asked about his use of psychedelics, after which he made clear he would “never recommend” their recreational use, but accepted that in a controlled environment he found them to be beneficial for his mental health.
Prince Harry to Anderson Cooper, 60 Minutes
Cooper: “You write in the book about psychedelics, Ayahuasca, psilocybin, mushrooms?”
Harry: “I would never recommend people to do this recreationally. But doing it with the right people if you are suffering from a huge amount of loss, grief or trauma, then these things have a way of working as a medicine.”
Cooper: “They showed you something. What did they show you?”
Harry: “For me, they cleared the windscreen, the windshield the misery of loss. They cleared away this idea that I had in my head that—that my mother, that I needed to cry to prove to my mother that I missed her. When in fact, all she wanted was for me to be happy.”
‘Public Interest’
In another interview, this time for a British audience, the prince said that he believed it was “important to acknowledge” his past drugs use, but when questioned whether as a royal prince in line to inherit the throne the media had a right to report on it as a matter of public interest at the time (something he has been critical of), he swerved giving an answer.
Prince Harry to Tom Bradby, ITV
Bradby: “There’s a fair amount of drugs [in the book], um, marijuana, magic mushrooms, cocaine. I mean, that’s gonna surprise people.”
Harry: “But important to acknowledge.”
Bradby: “I mean, I think it’s an example of the scale of honesty. You don’t seem to hold anything back. You tell the story about cocaine through this tabloid editor, you said, came to you and said, ‘I’ve got a picture of you taking cocaine…’”
Harry: “Didn’t come to me, he came to someone else.”
Bradby: “Yeah. OK. ‘But we’re gonna release it unless you give us a tell-all interview,’ whatever it was they wanted. And you say, ‘I called their bluff,’ and you’re quite pleased with it. But I just wanna be clear, are you really saying that, third in line to the throne or whatever you were, you taking a class A drug is not a matter of public interest? Cause I think that’s a question people will have. Do you accept that is a matter of public interest for the press?”
Harry: “I think what’s a matter of public interest is, is the relationship between the institution with the tabloid media. That to me is more public interest in, anything else.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have become the focus of a new viral video as fans praised the couple’s relationship in home movie footage that has resurfaced on social media site TikTok.
Harry and Meghan have shared a number of personal insights into their relationship since going public about it in 2017, followed by their large-scale royal wedding a year later.
Since the couple’s dramatic split from the monarchy in 2020, they have presented fans with carefully curated perspectives into their personal lives, most explicitly through their media projects, such as podcasts, documentaries and memoirs.
Uploaded to TikTok by user harry.nd.meghan on February 23, footage of the couple, which was self-shot and included in their bombshell-packed 2022 docuseries for Netflix titled Harry & Meghan, has gone viral, prompting a warm response from supporters.
Composition image showing the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as photographed in London, January 18, 2018. And (inset) as seen in Netflix’s “Harry & Meghan”, 2022. Footage of the couple’s affectionate interactions have gone viral…BEN BIRCHALL – WPA POOL / GETTY IMAGES/NETFLIX
Captioned “Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are a vibe 🩵,” the video has been viewed over 1.3 million times on the social media site so far, gaining in excess of 36,000 likes and over 800 comments, many of which have praised the couple and their demonstratively affectionate relationship.
“They are just the sweetest!” wrote one TikTok user.
“They are two really super down to earth and real people. Prince Harry is very much like his mother [Princess Diana] was. She was very down to earth and real,” posted another, with a further comment reading: “Such a beautiful couple. Love them and hope they stay strong and continue to love each other. 😅🙏👍.”
Harry and Meghan will celebrate their sixth wedding anniversary in May and their public displays of affection at official appearances have increasingly found popularity on social media, most prolifically on TikTok.
In February, the couple made a three-day visit to Canada where they attended events connected with the one-year waypoint marking for the 2025 Invictus Games, which will be held in Vancouver and Whistler.
During their visit, the couple were photographed holding hands and taking part in winter sports exercises, as well as meeting members of the Invictus community and organizers.
Royal fans have highlighted a subtle tribute to Prince Harry and Princess Diana which is on display in Prince William’s London home at Kensington Palace.
Resurfaced footage from a behind-the-scenes video marking King Charles III’s coronation featuring the tribute has gone viral on social media site TikTok.
The tribute comes as fans have increased their focus on Harry and William’s relationship in recent months, after Harry published his memoir Spare, in 2023, which made several revelations about William.
Among these, the prince said that he and his brother had never been as close as the palace and media had portrayed them to the public, recounting a breakdown in relations in 2019 that led to a physical altercation over Meghan Markle’s treatment of palace staff.
Despite family tensions, social media users have highlighted that just five months after Spare‘s release, William still displayed a touching reminder of his brother at his London home.
The Prince of Wales in London, February 18, 2024. And (inset) a 1995 portrait of William, Prince Harry and Princess Diana as displayed at Buckingham Palace, July 20, 2017. The photograph was spotted by fans…JORDAN PETTITT – WPA POOL/GETTY IMAGES/TOLGA AKMEN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
The public has rarely seen inside the private apartment at the palace, with the coronation footage presenting an opportunity not only to see the interiors but the objects with which they are decorated—including family photographs.
Captioned “This photo in William’s home,” the viral footage highlights a framed photograph displayed on a piano in one of the reception rooms.
The image shows William alongside Harry and Princess Diana, shot in black and white, in a portrait that was used by the princess for her official Christmas card in 1995.
The portrait was clearly one of Diana’s favorites as she kept a framed copy on her desk, which was carefully reconstructed from her personal items for a display at Buckingham Palace in 2017, marking the 20th anniversary of her death.
The TikTok video highlighting the inclusion of Harry and Diana’s photo in William’s home has been viewed over 120,000 times on the social media site so far, gaining in excess of 6,000 likes and numerous comments.
Prince Harry’s protective gesture towards Meghan Markle during a milestone royal appearance is the focus of a new viral video after footage taken in the aftermath of Queen Elizabeth II’s death in 2022 resurfaced online.
Harry and Meghan will celebrate their sixth wedding anniversary in May. Since splitting from the monarchy in 2020, the couple has spoken in-depth about their relationship across a number of media projects. In his memoir Spare, Harry recounted events that unfolded on the day his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, died and how he had been in Britain at the time to attend charity events with Meghan.
Despite tensions between the couple and members of the royal family still being apparent to the public after being laid bare by Harry and Meghan in their interview with Oprah Winfrey a year earlier, they were reunited in the wake of the monarch’s death.
On September 10, 2022, two days after the queen had died, the couple made their first joint appearance with Prince William and Princess Kate in over two years. The in-laws stepped out together presenting a united front in grief to view floral tributes and meet members of the public outside the gates of Windsor Castle.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex in Windsor, England, on September 10, 2022. Footage of Harry’s PDA with Meghan went viral on TikTok. KIRSTY O’CONNOR – WPA POOL/GETTY IMAGES
Captioned “he will always cover her back!” the clip has been viewed over 22,000 times so far, receiving in excess of 4,800 likes and over 150 comments, many of which have praised the couple.
“What a great man you are Harry; you’re a real prince,” wrote one TikTok user.
“Lovely couple,” posted another, with a further comment reading: “[It] is so Beautiful to see.”
Harry and Meghan’s PDA during the mourning events for the late queen between her death and state funeral was not always universally well received. When the pair were spotted holding hands during the monarch’s lying-in-state ceremony at Westminster Hall on September 14 they were criticized by some social media users and commentators as being disrespectful.
This didn’t deter the couple who were reportedly once again spotted hand-in-hand during the queen’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey five days later.
Atouching public display of affection (PDA) shared between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during their visit to Canada to mark the one-year waypoint to the 2025 Invictus Games has won praise from fans on social media.
The duke and duchess embarked on a three-day visit to Whistler and Vancouver on February 14, to attend a series of events in preparation for next year’s games which will be the first to include winter sports such as adaptive skiing.
The games support and showcase the rehabilitation of wounded, sick and injured ex-armed forces veterans through sports and have formed the core working output of Prince Harry since he co-founded the initiative in 2014.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex photographed in Whistler, Canada, for events marking the one-year waypoint to the 2025 Invictus Games, on February 14, 2024. The couple were spotted holding hands during an event, which…ANDREW CHIN/GETTY IMAGES/KARWAI TANG/WIREIMAGE
Since he first started dating Meghan in 2016, Harry has included his wife in a number of appearances connected with Invictus. They made their first joint public appearance at the 2017 games in Toronto, and she has attended every major tournament in some way since then. Meghan also featured in Harry’s Heart of Invictus Netflix docuseries which aired in 2023.
On Wednesday, the couple attended the Invictus Games “One Year To Go” training camp in Whistler. Harry took part in some adaptive sports drills in the snow, supported by Meghan as they also met with organizers and participants.
“The Cutest couple,” one TikTok user wrote of the moment highlighted in a post uploaded by user harry.nd.meghan, with another adding: “Oh Canada! Where all the magic began. I love this for them.”
Meghan made a stylish appearance for the occasion wearing a chic new Calvin Klein coat styled with a black knitted beanie hat and boots by the American all-terrain brand, SOREL.
The couple’s visit to Canada marks their first joint public appearance since they attended a premiere screening of the biopic Bob Marley: One Love with movie executives in Jamaica in January.
Harry and Meghan’s entertainment industry careers as content creators producing docuseries and podcasts has become a subject of increased public interest in recent days.
On February 13, Meghan announced through the couple’s newly branded “Office of Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex” website that she has signed a new podcasting deal with the audio network, Lemonada.
“I’m proud to now be able to share that I am joining the brilliant team at Lemonada to continue my love of podcasting,” Meghan said in a statement. “Being able to support a female founded company with a roster of thought provoking and highly entertaining podcasts is a fantastic way to kick off 2024.”
The duchess will re-release her 12-episode Archetypes podcast through the network onto open platforms and will record a new show, details of which have yet to be announced.
