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Prince Harry received full publicly-funded security protection until he chose to step back from his royal duties and moved to California with Meghan Markle in March 2020

Prince Harry will likely get “sympathy” from the public amid his current predicament, it has been claimed by a royal expert.

The Duke of Sussex recently won the right to take his case to the Appeal Court against the High Court’s decision that the level of protection he and his family receive in Britain, “which is decided on a case-by-case basis”, is reasonable.

The Court of Appeal has said it will listen to his challenge following a direct application from Harry’s lawyers, who said the prince had been granted permission to appeal. Harry first began the action after the Home Office, the ministry responsible for policing, in February 2020 cut off his right to automatic personal police security while in the UK.

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Harry, in addition to other senior royals, had received full publicly-funded security protection until he chose to step back from his royal duties and moved to California with Meghan Markle in March 2020. It was after this that the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) decided in April not to allow Harry the same amount of protection as he previously had been given after he stopped being a “full-time working member of the royal family”.

Speaking exclusively to The Mirror about this situation, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams said: “His attempt to pay personally for extra police protection, has the obvious disadvantage that it would create a two-tier system and, as expected, failed in court.

“However, he is haunted by what happened to his mother and there is a threat by far-right extremists to him and his family. The granting of full taxpayer-funded protection for those who are not full-time working royals is likely to be difficult to obtain, but in his particular case, there will be some sympathy for what he sees as his predicament.”

“It may well be that it is ruled that he and his family could be included in the ‘Other VIP Category’, but the legal costs of his appeal will be substantial. Threat by far-right extremists and terrorists too,” Mr Fitzwilliams added.

Loose Women’s panellist Coleen Nolan opened up about her famous feud with Kim Woodburn – which saw the latter storm off the ITV talk show after an intense row

Coleen Nolan revealed she almost quit her entire television career following her famous feud with Kim Woodburn.

The 59-year-old presenter and singer was on Celebrity Big Brother with icon Kim in 2017. During their stint on the programme, Kim claimed Loose Women panellist Coleen had ganged up on her with seven other housemates to bully her – which Coleen vehemently denied. Kim was later invited to appear on Loose Women to put the drama behind but things quickly turned sour.

But despite her best intentions, hopes of a friendly reunion went down the drain when Kim lost her cool and called Coleen “trash” among other things, while Coleen calmly sat on the panel next to her sister Linda. Her co-star Janet Street-Porter sat in between the warring pair wearing a judge’s robes and a gavel, as the strapline ‘Can Coleen and Kim end their feud?’ ran across the bottom of the screen.

After a heated back and forth, Kim stormed off set while Linda told her: “You’re showing your true colours, Kim.” And now, Coleen has opened up about the shocking row during a Q&A session at her Naked Tour in Sunderland. The presenter said she knew the interview would turn to shambles.

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“It was exactly how I thought it was going to be and I told them that’s what she was gonna do but no one listened to me,” Coleen explained. “And then I can honestly say it was the worst time of my life. I very nearly threw the towel in and thought I couldn’t do it anymore. And then I thought…’I’m not going to let Kim Woodburn finish my career…she’s a cleaning lady!’”

While in the Big Brother house, Kim frequently bickered with her housemates who she claimed ‘bullied’ her – Coleen included, who she later described as “two-faced”. After leaving the show, Kim said in an interview: “How that woman won, when Jedward were sitting there, I have no idea. Public, I don’t know how you could let that boring fag ash Lil (win), with what I now know to be a rotten mouth. She shouldn’t have won that show. I’m a bit tired of all these people on Loose Women winning.”

When producers finally got Kim on Loose Women to discuss her feud with Coleen, all hell broke loose. As their war of words heated up, Coleen said her biggest mistake was not telling “antagonistic” Kim “how vile she was from day one” and that she “wanted to go at people all the time”.

“I was very upset in that house and I pretended I wasn’t,” Kym spat back, her voice wobbling as she fought to keep her emotions in check. I was terribly upset; they picked on me. This one [pointing to Coleen], ‘cup of tea Kim, cup of tea?’ everyday and behind my back they were slagging me off.

“I don’t want to draw a line under it…I will never forget what the likes of this one and seven others put me through…I will never forget it because it was sad, awful and it was bloody cruel!” She was quick to storm off set while Coleen remained in her sit as her colleagues defended her.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down from their royal duties in 2020, but it seems that they are getting closer to the royal cousins Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie four years on

According to a royal author, Kensington Palace has a “serious concern that Beatrice and Eugenie are becoming increasingly close to Harry and Meghan”.

Prince Andrew’s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, have long been close to their cousin Prince Harry. The two Princesses have even continued their strong bond with the Duke after his controversial exit from the Royal Family in 2020.

And now it has been claimed that there is a “serious concern” that the two Princesses are getting even closer to the Sussexes. Prince Harry believes that his two cousins can “sympathise” with him the most given his current situation and estrangement from his father and brother, according to a royal expert.

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Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, royal author and expert Tom Quinn said: “There is serious concern at Kensington Palace that Prince Andrew‘s daughters Beatrice and Eugenie are becoming increasingly close to Harry and Meghan. Beatrice and Eugenie are moving across to what one Kensington Palace official described as ‘the dark side’.”

Kensington Palace is the home of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince William and Princess Catherine. It has long been rumoured and speculated that the Sussexes are estranged from the Waleses following their departure from the Royal Family.

Not only this but when Prince Harry flew to London last month and announced he would not be meeting his father due to conflicting schedules, he completely snubbed his brother by not mentioning him in the statement.

Mr Quinn went on to add: “Still furious that their disgraced father Prince Andrew has not been rehabilitated, Beatrice and Eugenie feel like outcasts, their sense of abandonment made worse by King Charles’ refusal to allow them to be part of the inner group of working royals.”

And with Harry feeling as though the relations with his father and brother have “broken down completely”, he feels that his two cousins, the Princesses, are “sympathetic” to his position. Mr Quinn said: “With the complete breakdown of relations with his father and brother, Harry feels that Beatrice and Eugenie are among the very few members of the family who are sympathetic to the position he finds himself in. He has always been fond of his cousins, but they are now more important to him than they have ever been.”

This comes almost four years after Harry and his wife Meghan Markle moved from Windsor in England to California in America. The Sussexes upped sticks and moved across the pond in the summer of 2020 and haven’t looked back since. Their move came a few months after they announced they were stepped down from their duties as senior working royals.

Loose Women star Stacey Solomon – who is married to Joe Swash – has racked up enormous earnings

TV Star Stacey Solomon has enjoyed another bumper year as she raked in as much as £3 million – or £58,000 a week.

She is now sitting on cash and assets of £4.3m for the year to the end of June 2023 – up from £2.9m in 2022. And £1.6m of that is in ready cash. Annual accounts for her firm Key Map Entertainments Ltd filed this week show she added an £800,000 investment to package taking its value to £2.2m

She runs a firm to take in cash from her telly work, ad tie-ins and media appearances like Loose Women and interviews and in 2022 she earned around £1.5m. Records at Companies House show that her Key Map Entertainments Limited was valued at £1,373,245. In 2019, the firm was worth £888,763.

The books also reveal that she has £607,490 to pay within a year. His will represent her Corporation Tax meaning her income was around five times that figure. And she’s set to earn even more cash after setting up a cosmetics firm called Belle & Rose – named after two of her five kids.

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The outfit is very much in its infancy and documents were only lodged with Companies House to incorporate the firm last month. The fledgling firm will trade in the “retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores” according the official documents.

In her Key Map Entertainments Ltd – set up to take in cash from “performing arts”, she added another almost £1m to her investment portfolio taking the value of her production firm to £4m. In 2021, she splurged £1.2m of her wealth on her dream house, affectionately nicknamed Pickle Cottage.

After rising to fame on the X Factor in 2009, Stacey has become a national treasure and is best known for her bubbly personality and as the Instagram DIY queen.

The 34-year-old TV star has been keeping her social media followers in the loop as she has transformed Pickle Cottage into a family home. As well as her dream home, Stacey has the dream family life too with former EastEnders actor fiancé Joe Swash, and her five children.

And at Christmas she dipped into her fortune to take 20 members of her family to Jamaica. She told fans on social media: “For the first time ever we got to surprise our families for Christmas. Never felt more grateful & lucky. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever think I’d be able to do this. 20 of us, 10 hours later & we have made it to paradise. Merry Christmas Everyone. Lots of love from ALL of us.”

Husband Joe Swash recently splashed out on a mobile home, but the cost is likely to only equate to around a week of Stacey’s earnings in the last 12 months.

Brooklyn Beckham has once again come under scrutiny over his culinary skills.

The 24-year-old, who is the son of former footballer David Beckham and Spice Girl star and fashion designer Victoria Beckham,

has been pursuing his latest venture as an aspiring chef by posting cooking videos and tutorials on social media.

However, his latest recipe for spaghetti bolognese has come under fire after fans noticed a bizarre cooking technique.

As Beckham sipped on red wine while cooking the minced beef and carrots, his followers were confused after spotting the wine cork in the pot.

They were also dubious about the way the budding chef was carrying his new rescue puppy, Peanut, in a baby pappoose while cooking at the stove.

He captioned the post: “Daddy day care.”

Meanwhile, his followers seemed concerned about the puppy being in the vicinity of the pan, sparking health and safety concerns, and questioned the use of the wine cork.

“There’s a cork in your pot …. and dog hair about to join,” wrote one follower.

Another added: “I don’t think gas, red wine, and a dog will end well,” while one user joked: “The cork is the main dish.”

Debunking the wine cork-related criticism, Beckham turned to Google to justify his cooking technique, and added a screenshot to his Instagram Stories of text from the site that reads: “The addition of wine corks added to the cooking liquid ensures a more tender dish.”

In the next post, a fan had submitted the question: “Are you a chef,” to which he replied, “Nope, but food is my passion.”

This isn’t the first time Beckham has recently been subjected to criticism while publicly exploring his latest career venture.

In a previous video, which saw Beckham make a creamy truffle tagliatelle, he was criticised by social media users for being “out of touch” for using an “expensive” ingredient during a cost of living crisis.

He captioned the cooking video: “In my kitchen [there is] no such thing as too much truffle,” as he added a generous helping of the ingredient into the pasta sauce and as a topping.

It comes as Beckham recently unveiled a huge tattoo of his wife, Nicola Peltz, as he admitted to having over 20 dedicated to her.

Beckham showed off a large black-and-white portrait of the American billionnaire heiress’s face on his upper arm. He credited Mark Mahoney as the artist.

Ruth Langsford has been married to Eamonn Holmes since 2010 but while she does admit to split concerns, him swapping her for a younger model doesn’t appear to be one of them!

Ruth Langsford isn’t fussed about the thought of Eamonn Holmes dating a younger women if they were to ever split – but she couldn’t stomach him seeing someone her age.

Of course, they remain one of the strongest couples in showbiz but the TV pair often wonder what life would be like if things did take a turn for the worst. Ruth has shared her fears on Loose Women – and she doesn’t seem concerned about the idea of him swapping her for a younger model.

While some of the panellists expressed their doom at the thought of their partners cheating with someone half their age, Ruth offered a different perspective as the 64-year-old discussed their relationship. She said: “See I think, people go, ‘Oh, you’d hate it if you were dumped for a younger woman’.

“I go, ‘No, I would hate it because…’ then I could do the whole cliché thing, ‘Oh, Eamonn is such a cliche, he’s going with a 25-year-old, how sad.’ But then I think ‘No, the worst thing for me is if he went off with someone the same age’. I think that is harder than being dumped for someone younger. That’s my worst fear.”

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Her co-star Linda Robson was quick to tell her: “That’s not going to happen.” Ruth replied to the Birds of the Feather star: “Well, hopefully not,” Ruth responded, crossing her fingers. Brenda Edwards then shared her view, adding: “Well, apart from my ex-husband who was like four or five years older than me, everyone else I’ve dated has been younger, but not more than five years.”

The couple first met in 1997 when their mutual friend, TV presenter Sally Meen, introduced them in London, while Eamonn was a GMTV host. Just two years prior, Eamonn had split from his first wife, Gabrielle Holmes, who is the mother of his three eldest children, Declan, Rebecca and Niall.

In 2010, Eamonn made a rather impromptu proposal in an unusual manner after spotting some men flirting with Ruth at Cheltenham Races. “We were at the races in a box with some people and I’d had a few drinks and had won a bit on the horses and was having a lovely time,” explained Ruth on Loose Women in 2018.

“Eamonn had gone out to the loo and when he came back, there were men in the box with us flirting and chatting to me, and he said: ‘I don’t like that, them flirting with my wife.’ And then he went: ‘Actually, she’s not my wife. She should be my wife.’ We had been together 14 years by then. ‘Why is she not my wife? Why haven’t I done this?’”

Recently, David Beckham posted on his personal page a photo of him walking alone outside his 6.7 million euro apartment in the Cotswolds (UK).

This time, the former British football player chose for himself a beret, blue sweater and pants made of corduroy (a type of velvet fabric).

“Another day, another picnic and another hat,” David wrote in the description. The style of the father of four now looks completely different from his last appearance.

Many people believe that the former British football player mentioned the details of the hat because he wanted to respond to his wife Victoria’s criticism.

Late last month, the 46-year-old fashion designer commented that the hat David chose to take on a picnic looked “like it had been run over”.

But perhaps with this new look, Victoria will no longer criticize her husband.

“He looks so great”, “So handsome”, were compliments given to David by fans. Currently, this post has received nearly 2 million likes and nearly 100 thousand comments.

Except for eldest son Brooklyn, who is in the US, the remaining members of David Beckham’s family have moved to the Cotswolds during the self-isolation period. According to The Sun, the former England team is planning to build more gates and bunkers to ensure safety. This intention faced opposition from surrounding neighbors because it was “unfeasible compared to a idyllic countryside like the Cotswolds”. After all, the Becks family is still allowed by the government.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly had a secret UK home worth £2.5m, with the couple residing in this lavish farmhouse while Frogmore Cottage was renovated for them

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had a home in the United Kingdom which was worth £2.5m – but the couple had to give it up, reports suggest.

According to reports, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex signed a two-year lease on a property in the Cotswolds. Harry and Meghan are believed to have signed the lease shortly before they walked down the aisle in May 2018.

After the Sussexes got wed, the couple moved into Frogmore Cottage after renovating the property in Windsor. But while the Sussexes waited for renovations to be carried out and completed, they are said to have resided in the Oxfordshire property, which was estimated to be worth more than £2.5m in 2018.

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The Grade II-listed house comprises of three primary structures, with those being the main farmhouse, a separate two-bedroom cottage for staff and guests, and a converted barn that boasts not one but two kitchens, one on each of its two floors. Meanwhile, the main farmhouse consists of four bedrooms.

A friend of the couple previously said that the Sussexes “loved walking the dogs there and entertaining their friends in complete solitude” at the Oxfordshire home, with them reported to have entertained the likes of George and Amal Clooney while residing there.

Prince Harry and Meghan were evicted from Frogmore Cottage last summer. The pair departed their Windsor home and England as a whole in 2020 when they stepped down from their senior roles as working royals and moved across the pond to America.

Harry wrote in his memoir of Frogmore: “Once upon a time, this was going to be my forever home. Instead, it had proved to be just another brief stop.”

Following the publication of his bombshell memoir, the Sussexes were told to depart the cottage for good – meaning they would no longer have any residence in the UK. At the time, a representative confirmed: “We can confirm the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been requested to vacate their residence at Frogmore Cottage.”

Speaking exclusively to The Mirror earlier this year, royal biographer Tom Quinn said: “Harry was absolutely furious and in tears about being evicted from Frogmore he felt his father had no right to do it and that it was purely vindictive.

“Harry couldn’t see that choosing to stop being a working royal would inevitably mean being deprived of his royal residence.”

“It’s nice to meet you, my friend. Finally, it’s Antoine Griezmann,” David Beckham wrote on his Instagram social media timeline with a heart symbol, April 27.

This message excited the fans of Inter Miami Club , with many deducing the possibility that the former British player is convincing the French striker to join his team from this summer.

Antoine Griezmann is the World Cup champion with the French team in 2018, runner-up at the 2022 World Cup. He is playing for Atletico Madrid Club in La Liga (Spain) with a contract valid until June 2026.

This 33-year-old French striker has not yet decided whether to renew or not, but has expressed his intention to go to MLS ( USA) to play when his career in Europe ends.

Therefore, the unexpected meeting between Mr. David Beckham and Antoine Griezmann attracted a lot of attention from the American press.

“I wonder what “representative” David Beckham will cook this time? The president of Inter Miami Club always has a plan every time he meets star players, he once met Messi at PSG,

and then we already know what happened. David Beckham also had an intimate meeting with Neymar recently and now Antoine Griezmann. Will they go to Inter Miami in the near future to work side by side with Messi and Suarez? Inter Miami News Hub on social network X (old Twitter) expressed.

According to the American press, David Beckham is playing a huge role in the development of MLS and American football, including creating the “designated player” slot, also known as the “Beckham Rule”. Accordingly, this rule gives MLS clubs the right to recruit up to 3 designated players with salaries and transfer fees exceeding the limits imposed by the tournament.

The system was introduced in 2007, with David Beckham becoming the first designated player in MLS when he joined LA Galaxy the same year. So was called the “Beckham Rule”.

“This rule will likely be expanded further, giving MLS clubs the right to recruit more designated players such as Antoine Griezmann or Neymar, thereby increasing the strength and competition of the tournament. Here, striker Olivier Giroud joining Los Angeles FC will start this trend from this summer,” AS newspaper (Spain) said.

Now, in a bid to end rift rumours between the bride and her in-laws, Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola Peltz are hosting an Easter peace summit at her family’s £76million Palm Beach mansion.

On Thursday, parents David and Victoria were spotted soaking up the sun on their £5million family yacht ahead of the first wedding anniversary of their eldest son.

The Beckhams will be hosted by Nicola’s billionaire businessman dad Nelson Peltz and mum Claudia for a special dinner at the Florida beachside estate.

An insider said: “The couple have spent the last few days in Tokyo but wanted to gather both families in Palm Beach for a low-key Easter Sunday dinner to commemorate their first year as a married couple.

But let’s hope the family has employed caterers after wannabe chef Brooklyn recently came under fire from fans for putting a wine cork in his Bolognese sauce.

Brooklyn, who had his pet dog Peanut in a sling, was mocked on Instagram for his recipe with one follower commenting: “There’s a cork in your pot… and dog hair about to join.”

He later shared a screenshot of a cooking tip, insisting that research has suggested adding a cork can make a dish “more tender”.