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Prince Harry dragged into bombshell Diddy lawsuit as producer sues rapper for £23million over ‘$3X-trafficking parties’

PRINCE Harry has been dragged into Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ bombshell £23.7m lawsuit.

Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, who helped produce Diddy’s most recent album, claims the mogul $3Xually harassed, drugged, and threatened him as they worked together.

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Prince Harry, pictured with Kanye West, left, and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, right, after Concert for Diana at Wembley in 2007Credit: Alamy

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Diddy, seen here in 2018, has strongly denied the allegationsCredit: AFP

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It comes hours after Homeland Security agents raided mansions in LA and Florida believed to be owned by the rapperCredit: BackGrid
In court documents filed in the US last month Lil Rod claims Diddy’s “affiliation” to Prince Harry and other stars gave him and his associates “legitimacy”.

There is no suggestion Prince Harry did anything wrong, or had knowledge of wrongdoing by others. Harry was not named as a defendant.

The lawsuit states guests were drawn to Diddy’s “$3X trafficking parties” because of the rapper’s “access to celebrities such as famous athletes, political figures, artist, musicians, and international dignitaries like British Royal, Prince Harry”.

Prince Harry met P Diddy – along with Kanye West – once at an after-show party to thank those who had taken part in the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium in 2007.

Recent lawsuits against Diddy

Diddy was hit with a wave of lawsuits in late 2023 and early 2024 with shocking allegations of $3X trafficking and $3Xual assault. He has denied all claims against him.

Cassie, Diddy’s longtime girlfriend, sued him in November 2023, claiming she endured “a cycle of abuse, violence, and $3X trafficking” until their relationship ended in 2018. Diddy and Cassie settled the suit the day after it was filed.
Diddy was hit with two more lawsuits a week later. Joi Dickerson accused Diddy of drugging and raping her and filming the attack when she was a 19-year-old college student in January 1991.
A second accuser in a separate lawsuit claimed that Diddy and another man $3Xually assaulted her and a friend in 1990 or 1991 then showed up at her apartment and beat her several days later.
Diddy was sued again in December by a woman who claimed he and two men gang-r@ped her in 2003 when she was 17 years old.
In February 2024, Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones, who helped produce Diddy’s most recent album, claimed that the mogul $3Xually harassed, drugged, and threatened him from September 2022 to November 2023 as they worked together.

‘Lil Rod’, who produced nine songs on Diddy’s The Love Album: Off the Grid in 2023, claims in court docs he was ordered to recruit prostitutes and have $3X with them for the star’s pleasure at his parties.

He also claims in the lawsuit that the music mogul $3Xually assaulted him.

The producer says underage girls and $3X workers were guests at the rapper’s house parties and that he saw Diddy drug their drinks, according to court documents.

As part of the huge suit, Lil Rod has named some of the biggest names in the industry as co-defendants.

Inside Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ multimillion-dollar mansions with underwater tunnel & private dock that cops raided by boat
Diddy has denied the allegations, calling them “sickening”, while his lawyer dismissed the claims made by Jones as “pure fiction”.

Lawyer Shawn Holley told TMZ in February: “Lil Rod is nothing more than a liar who filed a $30million lawsuit shamelessly looking for an undeserved payday.”

It comes just hours after officers from the Department of Homeland Security raided Diddy’s home in Los Angeles and Florida mansion.

Diddy has since been spotted at an airport in Miami and while his private jet was tracked to Antigua he was not on board.

‘Drugged and r@ped’

Diddy has faced a slew of allegations in recent months.

After Cassie accused him of $3X trafficking, Joi Dickerson alleged in a lawsuit that Diddy drugged and r@ped her and filmed the attack when she was a 19-year-old college student in January 1991.

Another woman filed a separate lawsuit claiming that Diddy and another man $3Xually assaulted her and a friend in 1990 or 1991 then showed up at an apartment several days later and beat her.

A third woman claimed that she was gang r@ped by three men, including Diddy, in 2003.

She would have been 17 at the time, and Combs 34.

Diddy has denied all allegations against him and addressed some of the accusations in a December 6, 2023, Instagram post.

“Enough is enough. For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy,” he wrote.

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The court documents were filed in the US last month although there is no suggestion there is any wrongdoing on Prince Harry’s partCredit: Rex

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Armed Federal officers stormed a home in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, thought to be linked to DiddyCredit: BackGrid

Meghan Markle’s half-sister Samantha urges Duchess to ‘be honest’ and ‘show gratitude’

Samantha Markle has sent her half-sister Meghan a pointed message urging her to “be honest” and “sweeten her disposition” in the new year.

Meghan Markle has been issued a barbed new year’s message by her half-sister Samantha, urging her to “be honest” and “show gratitude” in 2019.

The 53-year-old, who was put on a “fixated persons” list by police officers, ruling she poses a “reputation risk” to the royal family, has made a number of digs at the Duchess and Prince Harry since she missed out on an invite to the royal wedding in May last year, reports The Sun.

Speaking to the Daily Star, she said Meghan’s New Year’s resolution should be to “pay tribute” to those who have helped her the most, “such as her dad”.

“Thank him for your college education, your career, building every stage you set foot on, but really appreciate the people that care about you,” she said.

Samantha went on to point out there are many people who don’t have anyone who cares about them, and she hopes Meghan will “count her blessings and reflect moving forward in the new year and “pay that gratitude forward to your children so that they also thank you”.

Speaking about her unborn child, she encouraged her half-sister to “carry on the family legacy”.

Samantha Markle issued a barbed New Year’s message to Meghan. Picture: Channel 5

Samantha Markle urged Meghan to ‘carry on the family legacy’ when it came to her unborn child. Picture: Channel 5
In a final dig, Samantha added that Meghan should “eat more chocolate” to “sweeten her disposition” for the new year.

Samantha’s latest remarks follow her sending a Christmas card to Meghan containing a desperate plea for her to end the rift with her “very hurt” dad Thomas.

“Life is short and you know Dad is wonderful,” she wrote.

“Please give him joy in his last years by showing that you love him. The time is NOW.”

Samantha Markle has made a number of digs at the Duchess since she missed out on an invite to the royal wedding. Picture: Yui Mok
Back in October, Samantha was turned away by guards after she turned up unannounced at Kensington Palace.

Her plan was supposedly to speak about the ongoing family feud — but it seems scores will be settled in memoirs Samantha is currently writing called The Diary Of Princess Pushy’s Sister.

Scotland Yard’s Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (FTAC), a specialist unit that identifies risks posed by “lone individuals”, has reportedly been briefed about Samantha.

Meghan Markle’s dad tells ‘arrogant’ Prince Harry to ‘man up’

Thomas Markle admitted making some mistakes but said his son-in-law Prince Harry needs to “man up and get over it” before he gets “louder”.

Meghan Markle’s dad Thomas has told “arrogant” Prince Harry to “man up” and issued a bold warning to his daughter.

The 74-year-old threatened to continue speaking out about Meghan if she and husband Harry do not speak to him soon, The Sun reports.

He admitted some mistakes but said his son-in-law needs to “man up and get over it” before he gets “louder”.

The pair haven’t spoken to the Mexico-based former Hollywood lighting director since they got married, but he continues to reach out.

The Prince had urged Thomas not to speak to the press — but he was caught co-operating with a paparazzi photographer.

Harry told him: “This is what happens when you don’t listen to what we tell you to do.”

But Thomas said: “I’ll keep talking and I’ll probably get louder. Meghan and Harry’s silence empowers all the crazy tweets and insults against me and my family.”

Thomas Markle was married to Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, in 1979 but they divorced in 1988. Picture: Instagram
Thomas admits he has made mistakes in the past, but said he is keen to make amends. He also hopes for an eventual first meeting with Harry.

But today his message to him is: “Man up and get over it.

“If I’m the first person who’s insulted you or hurt your feelings, you’ve got a long way to go.

“He’s human just like the rest of us. I feel that he feels he is above everyone else and that he has a right to talk down to people. And I cannot accept that. It feels like arrogance.”

He had hoped to join Meghan’s mum Doria Ragland at the wedding in Windsor last year but suffered a heart attack shortly before. And while recovering in hospital, he hung up on Harry, 34, during a heated row.

Thomas, also father to Tom Jr, 51, and daughter Samantha, 53, said: “I’ve been quiet long enough.

“If they ever want to speak to me, maybe I’ll quieten down a little bit. But in the meantime I’m not going to become a monk in a monastery and take a vow of silence.

“The bottom line is that I’ve done nothing to deserve this kind of treatment. I cannot cut my tongue out and never speak again. I can’t shut up because they have opened the door for a million people to criticise me and my family.”

He recently urged his daughter to repair her rumoured rift with the Duchess of Cambridge, saying: “This just isn’t like her.”

Meghan has been accused of reducing Kate to tears at a bridesmaid dress fitting before the royal wedding. And there has been talk of a rift between Harry and his brother William and their wives.

There are rumours of a royal rift between the so-called Fab Four.
Meghan has also been accused of bombarding staff with 5am emails and displaying a demanding attitude toward staff — earning her the nickname “Duchess Difficult”.

But Thomas, 74, said: “If there is any animosity between Meghan and Kate they should put their differences aside. I’m very upset by the criticism Meghan is getting.

“I don’t think she deserves it and I don’t think she is doing one third of the things she is being accused of doing.

“I’m not buying that she made Kate cry. First off, I think Kate is a stronger woman than that.

“I think Kate also knows she is in a stronger power position than Meghan is. Kate’s the hero mother. I can’t see her being that weak. No woman is who pops out a kid then walks out of hospital the same day.

“I don’t think she’s afraid of anyone. And I don’t believe that Meghan is trying to hurt her in any shape or form. But at the moment I cannot call Meghan and say ‘What is going on? How can I help you?’

“I need to know what the hell is happening and why it is happening. I need to know why she is being bashed every day.”

Thomas, speaking exclusively to The Sun from his home in Rosarito, Mexico, said the wall of silence from Meghan was piling misery on him and the rest of his family.

He said: “This whole thing should have been one of the proudest moments of my life.

“Now it’s like a dream that has turned into a nightmare. The royals and Meghan can help end this nightmare by simply giving me a call. To this day, I cannot think of anything I’ve done to deserve how I’m being treated now.

“I’ve been a good father I’ve done nothing wrong. Axe murderers kill 19 people and their daughters still come and visit them in prison.

“It’s just incomprehensible for Meghan to treat me this way.”

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visited the drought affected area of Dubbo in central west NSW last year. Picture: Toby Zerna
But despite the criticism of Meghan, 37, Thomas thinks she has settled into royal life.

And he urged her new family to let her be herself. He said: “I now see her doing things she is comfortable with. I see her reaching out to people and hugging kids — because that is who she is.

“If she’s able to continue doing that, it’s going to be fine — it takes away a little of the stuffiness.”

He also said he is proud of seeing pregnant Meghan cradling her bump — and said he would love to play a part in the child’s life.

But while Thomas remains proud of Meghan, he said he did not even get a Christmas card from her.

He added: “On Christmas Day I visited some friends and received a lot of phone calls from every relative I have — except my daughter. I was prepared for it.”

He said he feels the need to defend himself against online trolls attacking and misquoting him.

He said: “One journalist claimed he had done a nine-hour interview with me. He came to pick me up for dinner with a female companion and was very unprofessional. I made him promise nothing could be used in a story.

“The next day a story appeared. I do not want Harry and Meghan to believe I did the interview. They are the ones that told me not to believe everything you read.

“In truth, there are a few journalists I have grown to trust and I use them to speak out from time to time.

Thomas Markle has spoken out on UK TV on several occasions.
“I only speak because of the deadly silence from Meghan and the royals. No one was standing up for my family — so I had to.”

Thomas ended his interview by saying he plans to write a book “about the good years with my daughter and my fond memories of her growing up”.

But the thing he wants most is reconciliation. He said: “I miss Meghan a lot. She was a big part of my life up until she met Harry.

“But I don’t want pity. I remember my beautiful daughter from the time she was born.

“If she called me right now I would simply say ‘How have you been? I am glad to hear from you’.”

Royal staff’s nickname for Meghan Markle revealed

The Duchess of Sussex has been likened to a famous female TV character because of her “controlling” reputation.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been nicknamed ‘Monica and Chandler’ by royal staff — because of the former actress’ controlling reputation.

The Duchess has been twinned with the Friends character, played by Courteney Cox, who is famed for being OCD-level clean and bossy.

It comes amid a raft of rumours about Meghan’s behaviour and relationship with other royals.

There is increasing concern over her conducting royal affairs on her own and under the radar.

Meghan Markle has been likened to Friends character Monica. Picture: Chris Jackson
The strong-willed royal newcomer, 37, has recently watched Michelle Obama, met with academics and made a surprise appearance at the British Fashion Awards.

Plus, Harry and Meghan are plagued with speculation about a rift with Prince William and Kate.

The couple are also set to snub the traditional Christmas shoot after Meghan raised concerns about killing “defenceless animals”.

Now, below stairs staff have dubbed them Monica and Chandler in reaction to her domineering persona and his likeable, but submissive attitude, according to the Daily Mail.

The Sussexes will be with the Queen at Sandringham amid ongoing rumours of a rift between the two royal couples.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are facing a barrage of bad headlines. Picture: Chris Jackson

Courteney Cox as Monica Geller and Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing
Harry and soon-to-be-mum Meghan turned down the option of staying at Wills and Kate’s Norfolk home Anmer Hall for Christmas, where they had a “fantastic” time with the children last year.

The two brothers have reportedly fallen out while Kate was said to have been left in tears over ­Princess Charlotte’s bridesmaid dress for Meghan and Harry’s royal wedding at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle in May.

The Sun previously revealed Harry and Meghan, are moving to Windsor — more than 30 miles away from Wills and Kate, both 36, in Kensington Palace.

Terrible Prince Harry prediction comes true

The Duke of Sussex made a stunning prediction in an interview eight years ago, never imagining what surprises his future would hold.

A month before the 2016 Dean Street Townhouse drinks that would change the course of royal history, drinks involving Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex and a certain Suits actress, he granted a rare interview to the Sunday Times’ royal editor Roya Nikkhah.

During the sit down conducted at Kensington Palace, and ahead of him travelling to Florida

for the Invictus Games, Harry said: “I’m in this privileged position and I will use it for as long as I can, or until I become boring, or until George ends up becoming more interesting”.

That George reference created lots of noise – it felt hugely refreshing to hear a spare seemingly so sanguine and at peace with what lay ahead for him. (Let’s all enjoy a wry ‘hah!’ shall we?)

While George is a long way off being “more interesting” than his uncle, what Harry told Nikkhah next is spooky.

The duke said: “There’s nothing worse than going through a period in your life where you’re making a massive difference and then suddenly, for whatever reason it is – whether it’s media or the public perception of you – you drop off. You want to make a difference but nobody’s listening to you.”

Talk about accidentally manifesting something. Harry, circa 2024, is a man who has “dropped off”.

Call it irony or a cruel twist of fate or proof we really are “the stars’s tennis balls” but the one thing that Harry clearly feared back then has ended up coming true, only it was not George or his inevitable slide down the line of succession that caused it. This was his own

handiwork.

Since taking himself off the royal chessboard, he has yet to launch any large scale, meaty

projects that can equal the sort of work he was doing under the palace umbrella.

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive in Lagos, Nigeria. Picture: Andrew Esiebo/Getty Images for The Archewell Foundation
This month, Harry and wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex undertook their first post-Megxit home-brand royal tour, travelling to Nigeria in support of his extraordinary Invictus Games. It was the sort of rip-roaring success of a foreign sortie that courtiers must go to sleep fantasising about.

Harry might no longer get to have the Westminster Abbey bells rung on his birthday but for his work on Invictus, he bloody well deserves it.

But. Put the sporting event to one side – an event it should be noted that was incubated and launched under the auspices (and financial support) of William, Harry and Kate’s then shared Royal Foundation – and what exactly has Harry done that even vaguely begins to match up since then?

More broadly, in the last four years since ditching his royal platform, has Harry continued to make a “massive difference”?

Has Harry made a massive difference? Picture: Kola Sulaimon/AFP
Along with the duke’s continued, unswerving support of Invictus, his achievements since landing in the US have tended to be far less large-scale and high-profile. He and Meghan, via their Archewell Foundation, have added in causes such as combating misinformation, making online spaces safer, mental health and community good works to their mainstay issues (mental health, veterans and gender equality). Let the record show, all of this work is absolutely valuable and laudable.

The sticking point here is scale and impact.

In terms of non-Invictus work, does 2024 Harry still matter as much as 2016 Harry? Does his voice still carry the same sway and reach as far? Does the Duke of Sussex still have the same

power to change lives and to help in the way that he has in the past?

Now that he has gotten all the freedom he could ever have dreamed of, has that come at the expense of still being able to make a “massive difference”?

It’s hard to look at the 39-year-old father-of-two now and to not think that the very concern he explained to Nikkhah back in 2016 has ended up coming true.

In part, that’s down to logistics – the money, the staff and the incredible power to have people take your calls and answer your emails when it’s from a royal address are hard to beat. Lacking any official position, vast wodges of funding and a long-established office full of experienced hands, Harry is on something of a back foot.

Pictured here in April 2016, Harry was participating in a campaign called Heads Together. Picture: Nicky J Sims/Getty Images for Royal Foundation
But there is a bigger existential question here too. If the monarchy has not quite worked out what do with spares (besides letting them plunge headfirst into vats of claret or send them off to have a go on the crusades), then no one, not even Harry it seems, has quite worked out what to do with a spare who has taken himself off to go freelance in California.

2024 Harry is a man who, having emancipated himself from the pinstriped prison of royal life, has found himself struggling to find his footing and a redefined, solid public identity.

Still, that’s not to say if he had stayed in the UK things would be perfect either, because for the Duke of Sussex, there is a bit of a quality of damned-if-does, damned-if-he-doesn’t element here too.

In another photo from 2016, it makes us wonder if Harry is struggling to find his footing these days. Picture: Bruce Adams/Pool/AFP
If he and Meghan had remained in the UK and if King Charles had never had to learn what a

‘Netflix’ was then the duke would now be facing an oblique future also. If Buckingham Palace has a manila folder marked ‘ideas for what to do with spares’ tucked away in a forgotten filing cabinet somewhere, it would seem to be empty save for a couple of dead flies, a post-it note with a big question mark and an Annabel’s drinks receipt from 1984.

This puzzle, of what to do with spares, is one that Crown Inc better hurry up and find an answer to before Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis arrive in adulthood.

Prince George of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Prince William, Prince of Wales and King Charles III on the balcony of Buckingham Palace last year. Picture: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
Speaking to the Telegraph last year, he said that “though William and I have talked about it once or twice, and he has made it very clear to me that his kids are not my responsibility, I still feel a responsibility knowing that out of those three children, at least one will end up like me, the spare. And that hurts, that worries me.”

Back in 2016, the duke foretold and foresaw that a day would come when he no longer mattered in the same way and to the same degree. If only he knew how right he would accidentally turn out to be.

Daniela Elser is a writer, editor and a royal commentator with more than 15 years’ experience working with a number of Australia’s leading media titles.

Kate Middleton photo that hid gut-wrenching truth

Kate Middleton looked blissful as she made her way to church last year. What none of us knew, was that the pics hid a painful truth

Britain’s Prince William says wife Kate is ‘doing well’

Britain’s Prince William said on Friday (May 10) his wife Kate was “doing well” in a rare public comment about the Princess of Wales as she undergoes preventative chemotherapy for cancer.

The royal family has quite the flare for making waves and trouble and headlines by doing nothing but walking.

Notable outings for my forthcoming coffee table book of important royal walks will be the 2020 Westminster Abbey one for Commonwealth Day, the final turn on the royal stage for Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex: She smiled like a seasoned pro, he looked like a thunder cloud.

There will be the 2021 post-funeral walk that saw Harry make noise shaped air in the vicinity of Prince William after their grandfather’s death and with the Sussexes’ Oprah claims still ringing in the world’s ears.

And how could I miss the 2022 Abbey dash that saw Prince Andrew escort the late Queen into Prince Philip’s memorial service in a pathetic and painfully transparent attempt to rehabilitate his image?

This year, thanks to the hurly-burly, bizarre, loop-de-loops of 2024, I think we also need to add Kate, the Princess of Wales’ 2023 walk to church on Christmas Day to our list.

None of us knew that these photos of Kate Middleton’s last official engagement hid a deeply painful truth. Picture: Stephen Pond/Getty Images)

The Princess of Wales looked blissfully happy as she walked to church with husband William and their three children (along with Mia Tindall, far right). Picture: Samir Hussein/WireImage
What none of us knew at the time, and not even Kate herself, was that the photos of that outing hid a deeply painful truth.

Oh, it was textbook royalling on the actual day. Her bespoke Alexander McQueen look -flawless. The three Wales children – impeccably turned out and giving us Victorian-dolls-come-to-life vibes. William – successfully separated from the Aston Villa almanack he had found in his stocking that morning.

Really, if ever there was ever an engagement that courtiers should cut out and stick on a nice bit of cardboard for instructional purposes for future HRHs, this should be it.

However, that simple walk to church would also turn out to be the princess’ final official engagement to date.

The Kate-in-blue images represent just how fragile and how vulnerable the royal family was. Picture: Stephen Pond/Getty Images
Today, from this distance five months on, those Kate photos take on a whole new layer of meaning, especially when you consider that this coming week will mark 150 days since then.

Now, those Kate-in-blue images stand for something much darker. To me, they represent just how fragile and how vulnerable the royal family was, except we had no idea at the time.

In some ways, the Christmas church outing with the extended royal family is a deceptive visual.

Not consciously, mind you, but the meaning we were meant to draw it – of a family that had weathered years of storms and come out the other side as game as ever to visit a Welsh community centre – has now turned out to be largely illusory.

There was nothing then – nor even discernable now with a gimlet eye- to suggest what would lie ahead for the princess, no hint that barely three weeks later she would be tucked up in a hospital bed in London for planned abdominal surgery. And there was certainly no clue that lurking somewhere were malignant cancer cells, whose presence would later be found by her medical team.

After months of speculation, Kate Middleton revealed in March she had cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy in a stunning announcement. Picture: Kensington Palace/Instagram

The Princess of Wales sparked a string of ugly conspiracies after sharing a photoshopped family photo on Mother’s Day. She later apologised and admitted she had “experimented with editing”. Picture: Kensington Palace/Instagram
Not only, in late December 2023, did the Princess of Wales look as hale and as hearty as ever, but the coming year looked like it would be a big and bright one for the House of Windsor.

The Sussexes seemed to have blown themselves out and were done litigating all the ways that Crown Inc had failed them.

In 2024, there would be no more books or TV shows or podcasts of them making the not-unsuccessful case that the institution was broken and that Harry’s family were so emotionally inhibited and bound up they should get their own entry in the DSM, the psychiatrists’ handbook.

Everything, in December 2023, should have been about to come up Windsor!

This year was meant to be the first proper full one of the King’s reign, when Charles, having really gotten his feet under the throne and worked out how to pose for a nice new stamp, could really get on with showing the UK what he was made of.

The same went for the Prince and Princess of Wales. They had a couple of big, shiny international tours planned, including one to Rome where Kate could really have proven she was still a dab hand at sundress choice.

But oh no. What have we gotten this year? Madness, sadness, hand-wringing, navel-gazing, conspiracy theories so wild they should only be discussed while wearing tinfoil helmets, noxious social media goings on, sniping, and a level of toxicity not seen since someone last tested the ground water near Chernobyl.

The truth that that Kate photo from Christmas 2023 concealed was just how close to the wind Crown Inc was sailing.

Meghan Markle will take plunging popularity in the UK with ‘a pinch of salt’, and will focus on success in her ‘own country’ instead, claims expert

According to a recent survey, Meghan Markle’s popularity in the UK is on the decline – but she’s likely to take the news with a ‘pinch of salt’, claims an expert.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been named the fourth most disliked celebrities of 2024 in a new Ranker poll released at the start of the week. Ranker compiles surveys based on public opinion, reports the Mirror.

The Sussexes – who are facing fresh reports they were welcomed to Nigeria last week by a fugitive who allegedly orchestrated a $20million money laundering and bank fraud scheme – join James Corden and Amber Heard on the ‘most hated celebrities’ list.

However, according to Press Box PR spokesperson, Lynn Carratt, Meghan, 42, is likely to be unworried by the low ranking as she would rather focus on success in her native US.

She told the publication: ‘I believe Meghan will take the survey data with a pinch of salt. I’m not sure how interested she is anymore in getting the British public back on her side.

‘She is American and that is were her family life is now, so she will be more concerned in raising her popularity in her own country and focusing on building her brand American Rivera Orchard and making it a huge success’.

According to the publication, out of 31,400 Brits a whopping 65 per cent disliked the Duchess, while 45 per cent expressed negative views about her.

Conversely Meghan attracted only 4 per cent of positive votes.It appears the expert is suggesting Meghan would rather pour her efforts into growing her lifestyle cooking brand American Riviera Orchard, which is likely to keep her in good favour across the pond.

The mother-of-two launched the luxury lifestyle brand – which has so far produced a special strawberry jam – with a glitzy Instagram video back in March.

The Duchess’s project is said to have been in the works for more than a year – and will feature ‘all the things that are close to her heart’.

The flash company is set to coincide with the launch of a new cookery show featuring Meghan on Netflix – where she will be making and selling her own products. It will lead onto a book and blog to go alongside her cookery displays.

It is ununderstood that a trademark application has been made covering cutlery – knives forks spoons – cookbooks and electronic cookbooks, coffee, jams jellies and butters.

It also extends to a physical shop from which tableware, mugs, jams, tablecloths and recipe books could be sold.

In the video, Meghan is seen whisking in a stunning rustic kitchen, while a woman’s hands are seen arranging pink and white flowers.

The Duchess launched the first product from the new business a month later, sending influencers and friends a jar of strawberry jam.

Fashion designer Tracy Robbins and Argentine socialite Delfina Balquier are among those who have posted an image of the product on their Instagram Stories.

Mrs Robbins and her husband Paramount boss Brian Robbins are friends with the Sussexes and invited them to the Bob Marley film premiere in Jamaica in January.

The couple are also friends with Ms Balquier, who is married to Prince Harry’s friend Nacho Figueras – with the four together at a charity polo match in Florida in April.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are likely to brush off news that they’re disliked as they did back in 2022 when they topped the list of most annoying celebrities.

Two years ago the couple were branded celebrities people were most likely to get sick of – just weeks after the release of their splashy, multimillion-dollar Netflix special that criticized the royal family.

The couple – whose high-profile split from the royal family dominated headlines in 2020 – each snagged a spot on Ranker’s ‘Celebrities You’re Sick of in 2022′, with the Duchess of Sussex leading the list of figures readers had reportedly grown weary of.

The dubious distinctions for the duo is markedly more pronounced than where they placed earlier in the year, when Meghan was booked as low as the 20th spot, while her husband, faring slightly better, was pegged at no. 23.

Names to round out the top top ten included Oprah Winfrey – whose interview of the couple in 2021 saw Meghan claim royals had ‘concern’ over her sons’ skin color – as well as Amber Heard, James Corden, Kim Kardashian and several other polarizing personalities.

That said, in a list that, unlike the Sussexes, also included stars who saw their reputations come into question this year – such as Kanye West and Ellen DeGeneres – the Sussex squad was still featured the most prominently.

the Ranker article indicated that Meghan – an actress who starred on USA’s Suits – received a total of 24,201 votes out of the more than 416,000 votes cast. Voting is tabulated in real time.

Harry, on the other hand, received an almost stark 21,492 votes – both serving as more than five percent of the nearly half a million votes received.

Kate Middleton’s dark and lonely childhood revealed by former pals of the beloved royal

She is one of the most adored women in the world but childhood friends of Kate Middleton reveal she endured horrors as a teenager.

She is one of the most adored women in the world — graceful, charitable and glamorous, gracing newspapers and magazines around the globe on an almost daily basis.

But before she was the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton endured a dark, torturous and lonely childhood, her former friends have said.

It was an experience that has guided her community efforts since marrying Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, including anti-bullying and mental health organisations.

When she was just 13 years old, Kate’s parents Michael and Carole Middleton abruptly pulled her out of the all-girls boarding school Downe House she attended at a cost of £28,875 (AU$52,000) because she was being mercilessly bullied.

After years of nastiness, classmate Jessica Hay said in an interview with The Sun newspaper she had been left an “emotional wreck” and developed the skin condition eczema due to stress.

Despite it being much further from her family home, Kate enrolled at Marlborough College in Wiltshire. A classmate at her new prestigious school, Gemma Williamson, told the Daily Mail that Kate “had very little confidence”.

“Apparently she had been bullied very badly and she certainly looked thin and pale,” Ms Williamson said.

Kate Middleton was a shy and traumatised teenager before moving schools after being horribly bullied. Picture: AP
Her tutor there, Joan Gall, also recalled that when she first arrived, the reserved teenager was a shell of a girl — a far cry from her confident and poised self now.

“When she arrived she was very quiet. Coming into a big school like Marlborough was difficult, but she settled in quickly,” Ms Gall said.

“It was like a big, happy family. We would do things like bake cakes and watch videos.”

Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, is one of the most adored women in the world, but in her early teens she was the victim of merciless bullies and was forced to change schools. Picture: Getty
Part of the reason for Kate’s tough time is said to have been the Middleton’s ‘new money’ — they went from middle-class to multi-millionaires when their party supply business boomed.

In class-obsessed British society, it mattered greatly to her posh peers.

Ms Hay said an element of jealousy was also at play, describing a young Kate as “perfect, well-turned out and lovely”, which saw her a target of envious bullies.

Kate Middleton and Prince William on the day of their graduation ceremony at St Andrew’s University in Scotland in 2005. Picture: Supplied
A teacher at the school, Ann Patching, told the Mail: “She didn’t make a big deal about (being bullied). I can’t remember if it was her or Carole who mentioned Downe House. It was a concern, but they were determined to move on.”

And so she threw herself into life at her new school, taking up a variety of activities, including field hockey and tennis, and embracing music.

She went on to become a prefect and head of house and was regarded as a model student more than a party animal. She was voted by her peers as “most likely to be loved by all”.

When the Duchess and Duke married in April 2011, they asked guests to make a donation to the charity Beatbullying in lieu of lavish presents.

It was a nod to her dark experiences as a young victim.

Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, asked wedding guests to donate to an anti-bullying charity in lieu of gifts. Picture: AFP
Since then, she and her husband, as well as brother-in-law Prince Harry, have acted as ambassadors and spokespeople for a variety of mental health-focused charities and formed the Heads Together awareness campaign.

The trio have also spoken candidly about their own experiences with depression, including the brothers’ difficulties after the sudden death of their mother Princess Diana.

In January this year, the Duchess visited a London school to take part in a lesson about children’s mental health and wellbeing.

“I see time and time again that there is so much to be gained from talking of mental health and taking the mental health of our children as seriously as we do their physical health,” she said in a moving speech.

Kate and William, the Duchess and Duke of Cambridge, now want to send their children to Marlborough, according to media reports.
“We know that mental health is an issue for us all — children and parents, young and old, men and women — of all backgrounds and of all circumstances.

“What we have seen first-hand is that the simple act of having a conversation about mental health — that initial breaking of the silence — can make a real difference.

“But, as you here today know: starting a conversation is just that — it’s a start.”

It was reported in British press this week that the Duke and Duchess are considering sending their eldest son George to her former school, Marlborough, over the recent royal tradition of Eton College.

Meghan Markle ‘shuddering’ over fear ex bff will air ‘decades-long’ friendship

Meghan Markle has reportedly been worrying about her career going into ruins

Meghan Markle has been fortunate to not have her bff air their decades long friendship

Meghan Markle has reportedly been on edge over fears that her former best friend Jessica Mulroney would go on to spill secrets of the former actress.

Speaking to Closer magazine, sources claimed that Meghan was worried that a fallout between the two would result in Jessica releasing her own version of a tell-all, which the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry have been able to avoid in their questionable careers so far.

A source explained: “Jessica is not openly indicating that she’s ready to share details about Meghan, but the possibility is always there, and it’s a major concern for Meghan.”

According to the source, Jessica’s latest Instagram post where she shared her two cents on friendship and loyalty was what caused Meghan to worry.

In that post she wrote: “As loving as I am, my detachment game is strong too.”

Speaking about Meghan’s reaction to the post the source said: “She’s relieved she hasn’t had to deal with this yet but when Instagram posts like this surface it makes her shudder.”

“The feeling is that she and Harry have both been very fortunate until now, they haven’t had a tell-all to contend with – at least not from within their close circle of friends and former friends.”

Why does Meghan Markle hide her feet? Duchess of Sussex often wears clothes that are too long for her 5ft 6in frame during public appearances – but a celebrity stylist reveals the unusual reason for her fashion choice

Meghan Markle is known for her chic style, which has evolved significantly since she and Prince Harry stepped down as working royals and moved to California to start a new life together.

But as she and the Duke of Sussex carry out ‘quasi-royal’ duties including their tour of Nigeria and events marking the Invictus Games, a new trend appears to be emerging in Meghan’s outfits as she dons trousers, skirts and dresses that appear altogether too long for her.

Instead of tailoring her maxi outfits so they perfectly match her 5ft 6in frame, the Duchess often wears clothes that no doubt add to her chic style, but also drag along the floor as she walks.

It might seem an odd miss in the otherwise incredibly stylish Duchess’s repertoire – but a celebrity style expert has suggested Meghan’s perceived oversight may actually be a very deliberate decision on her part in order to create a particular illusion.

During Meghan and Harry’s ‘quasi-royal’ tour of Nigeria, the Duchess showcased several examples of very long clothing.

One such outfit came in the city of Abuja, where she opted for an aptly-named Windsor dress in blush silk, which retails for £1,106.

Its California-based designer, Heidi Merrick (one of the Duchess’s favourites) actually offers a slightly altered version of the frock for petite customers via its tailoring service.

However as Meghan danced the afternoon away at the Wuse Lightway Academy, she appeared not to have opted for the tailored version of the frock and instead donned a version which skimmed the floor as she bopped to Jump Up, Turn Around.

Similarly in Lagos, the former senior working royal chose to wear a Carolina Herrera Silk Overlay Column gown in ‘taxi cab’ yellow.

Meghan was all smiles as she soaked up the sun in the 30-degree weather and visited the Lagos State Governor’s Office.

And yet again, she wore a lengthy vibrant and flamboyant ensemble that dragged along the grass lawn.

Celebrity stylist Rochelle White told Femail that the Duchess likely wears long clothing that covers her feet because it gives the illusion of height.

She said: ‘Long dresses and trousers, depending on body type, can help to elongate the body and shape.

‘They can make you look taller and depending on the styles can help to define areas of the body you either want to highlight or cover up.’

When the royal couple spent a week in Frankfurt last summer to attend the Invictus Games, Meghan wore an all-brown ensemble on a day that saw them both watching events and attending a NATO meeting.

This was made up of a chocolate-coloured blouse and creased taupe trousers that trailed along the floor.

She stood next to Prince Harry – who is a whopping 6ft 2inches in height – and although she barely came up to his shoulder, Rochelle says she appears taller because of her outfit choice.

She said: ‘Looking at Meghan, I feel that these styles make her look taller and highlight her silhouette. I feel it makes her look taller.

‘I feel that she knows her body and the things or items that work for her best and is tapping into that with her looks.’

In 2018, during Meghan’s trip to Edinburgh with Harry, she proudly donned a pair of lengthy, flared black trousers which were too long for her despite wearing a pair of heels.

As the Duchess was busy greeting people who braved the unpredictable Scottish weather to see the former royals, the slacks were pulled along the wet concrete, gathering dirt on the bottom of them.

In 2018 during her visit to Sydney, the mother-of-two was pictured walking along the sand in a black and white striped maxi dress and the following year during her visit to Morocco with Harry, Meghan donned a large cobalt patterned frock.

It’s no secret that her wardrobe is different from Kate’s, with Rochelle noting that the Princess of Wales opts for more traditional pieces of clothing.

She said: ‘Meghan has more of trendy edge when it comes to her style. Kate is very classic and chic in her fits and style with traditional pieces thrown in.

‘With Meghan, I feel she is very much herself and has elements that really showcase her personality and personal style.

‘With off the shoulder tops, shorts, co-ords and racer back tops, she doesn’t hide what she likes and what works for her.’

While Kate tends to wear more fitted dresses and tailored trousers, Meghan’s style is dubbed more relaxed and personal.