Prince William and Princess Kate “Are Going Through Hell,” Says a Close Friend

“I’m heartbroken at the moment,” said designer Amaia Arrieta, who has dressed the couple’s children on multiple occasions

A close friend and collaborator of Prince William and Princess Kate is giving her perspective on how the couple is navigating life following Kate’s cancer diagnosis.

Amaia Arrieta—a children’s clothing designer who has dressed Wales kids Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, on multiple occasions—recently opened up about the family in a recent interview with The Telegraph.

“I’m heartbroken at the moment. I think they are going through hell,” she told the publication. “I hope they will be back. It’s really personal.”

Arrieta has been involved in dressing the little royals since Prince George was a baby. “Dressing the royals gives me so much pride; I really do care about how they look,” she said. “The first time I realized Prince George was wearing my designs, I was in Waitrose and saw the picture of him on the cover of Hello! magazine. That was a huge moment, because they had been coming to us, but you never know if they’ll actually wear it.”

The Spanish-born designer has also crafted a number of looks the kids have worn to milestone occasions, including family christenings, Princess Eugenie’s 2018 wedding, and the annual walk to morning church service on Christmas Day, according to the outlet.

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Kate announced she had been diagnosed with a cancer in a personal video message shared to social media on March 22. While she didn’t specify what type of cancer she has or what stage the disease has progressed to, she explained that her medical team identified the cancer when she underwent an abdominal surgery in mid-January. She is now undergoing preventative chemotherapy to treat the condition.

Since then, Kensington Palace has not provided any further updates on the princess’s health. Meanwhile, Prince William—who took a brief break from work following Kate’s announcement, before officially returning to public-facing duties in April—recently offered a rare update on his family, telling a well-wisher last week, “We’re all doing well.”

 

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle blasted as ‘exploitative’ as couple have ‘lost trust’

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle “upset” the late Queen Elizabeth II and now no one trusts them, a royal commentator claimed.

Piers Morgan says royal family doesn’t ‘trust’ Harry and Meghan

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been branded “exploitative” by a royal commentator, who claimed the pair have lost everyone’s “trust”.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex allegedly hurt the feelings of the late Queen Elizabeth after they reportedly decided to name their youngest daughter Lilibet without her permission.

Lilibet was the late monarch’s nickname, which was only used by close family members.

Now royal expert Phil Dampier hit out at the couple and their “exploitative” methods and touched down on the late Queen’s refusal to have her photograph with her great-grandchild.

He told The Sun: “I don’t think she [Queen Elizabeth] was very pleased that it was presented to her as a fate of conflict that the name Lilibet was chosen in the first place, I think she was a little bit upset by that.

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He added: “Even if the Queen might have been, you know, struggling with her health, I think she was still sharp as a tack and she realised that any photograph that was taken of her with Lilibet could have been exploited.

“So yes she put her foot down and said no photographs and I must admit, I don’t blame her, but it’s sad we’ve never seen one.”

The expert went on to claim that the royals now fear that anything relating to the Sussexes will end up being published.

He explained: “The big fear that the late Queen had and that the King now has is that when [Harry and Meghan] turn up, they do tend to turn up with a sort of Netflix film crew or a photographer in tow.

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“You always get the feeling that whatever happens, whatever the discussions are, that it’s going to sooner or later end up on a programme or in some sort of podcast.

“And that’s unfortunately where the trust has gone and they just don’t trust [Harry].

It comes as Prince Harry did not meet with this father, King Charles, during his recent trip to the UK last month.

The monarch was reportedly “busy” attending other royal engagements, which prevented him from seeing his younger son.

Fergie’s subtle message to Prince Harry and King Charles amid ongoing feud

Sarah Ferguson has seemingly weighed in on the long-running feud between Prince Harry and the rest of the royal family.

Sarah ‘Fergie’ Ferguson has appeared to weigh in on the long-running feud between Prince Harry & Meghan Markle and the rest of the royal family.

The 64-year-old told of the importance of family members supporting one another while attending the 2024 amFar Gala in Cannes.

Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York has appeared to weigh in on the drama surrounding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Picture: Stefano Rellandini / AFP.

In an interview with People Magazine, she claimed that the key to maintaining a close-knit family unit is “forgiveness”.

“I think family unity is key … I think the key to life is that we all support each other,” she said. “And also forgiveness is a great thing. I think forgiveness of yourself and forgiveness of others.”

She shared the sentiment after being asked about how she has been helping to support Kate Middleton and King Charles in their cancer battles.

In response to Fergie’s remarks, royal expert Tom Quinn suggested to The Mirror that they were a “clear” reference to the ongoing rift in the family.

He went on to add: “But the Duchess has her own well-publicised family difficulties to deal with – she has never stopped trying to persuade the senior royals to rehabilitate her former husband Prince Andrew and when she talked about unity and the need for forgiveness, she no doubt also had her husband in mind.”

Prince Harry has been locked in a bitter feud with the royal family for years. Picture: Netflix

Ferguson, who is the ex-wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is mother to Princess Beatrice, 35, and Princess Eugenie, 33, as well as grandmother to Sienna, August and Ernest.

“Becoming a grandmother has really changed my outlook on life,” she recently revealed while in Melbourne at the Global Citizen Summit.

“I have always loved nature and the great outdoors, but now I find myself reflecting on what sort of world we are going to leave to our grandchildren’s generation.

“Let’s be honest, it doesn’t look great, does it? So far, my generation has failed to take the big decisions necessary to safeguard the future of the planet, to the point that scientists are telling us the changes we are seeing to our climate and biodiversity are becoming irreversible.

“I really hope we can take global, concerted action to change things. We have a responsibility to do so. That’s one of the issues I hope to be talking about at the Global Citizen NOW summit in Melbourne.”

“I want to empower girls and women around the world,” Ferguson explained. “The mother-daughter relationship is at the heart of that. In countries where women haven’t been educated, we want them to fight for their daughters to have the chances that they didn’t.

 

Prince Harry’s ’19 minutes of pain’ at Queen’s Jubilee highlights Royal family rift

Prince Harry has attended a number of family events since stepping back from Royal duties in 2020, but one ceremony in particular is said to have been particularly painful for the Duke of Sussex

Prince Harry ‘endured 19 minutes of pain’, amid a royal reunion, an expert has claimed

Prince Harry, having stepped back from Royal duties and relocated to the US, left behind almost everything familiar to him. Raised within the confines of the Royal Family, Harry had only ever known the strict hierarchies of the monarchy and his high-ranking role within it.

His celebrated career in the Armed Forces also placed him within another hierarchical institution with even stricter regulations. Yet despite stepping down from official duties, the Duke has continued to attend family events, with one significant ceremony reportedly seeing him endure “19 minutes of pain” as it became evident that his status within the family had changed irrevocably, a Royal expert claims.

The event was the National Service of Thanksgiving, part of the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022. This occasion marked the first time Meghan and Harry attended the same event as William and Kate since their departure from Royal duties and their explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey the previous year.

The service was held at St. Paul’s Cathedral, the same venue where William and Harry’s parents wed 41 years prior, reports the Mirror.

At the event, Harry’s role within the Royal Family drastically changed explained one expert (Image: Getty Images)

The couples were seated on opposite sides of the cathedral, with Kate and William in the front row alongside then-Prince Charles and Camilla. In contrast, Harry and Meghan were positioned next to their cousins Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice and their husbands Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and Jack Brooksbank.

Richard Kay, writing for the Mail, suggested that the seating arrangement highlighted the “public reality of Harry’s slide down the royal pecking order” before labelling Charles, Camilla, William and Kate as the “real stars of the show.”

“As non-working royals, they are now very much in the second division,” he commented. “And although spared the indignity of sharing the coach that brought a clutch of minor royals who similarly do not do official duties, such as Princess Michael of Kent’s son Lord Frederick Windsor, they were only just behind them.”

Kay added: “It was a painful 19 minutes before William and Kate arrived to take their seats. If the reality of his new life had escaped Prince Harry thus far, it must surely have sunk in then.”

Two years on from the incident, there appears to be little progress in mending the rift between the two brothers, which was evident during the celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s 70-year reign.

Their grandmother’s death a few months later brought them together under more somber circumstances. However, the release of Harry and Meghan’s six-part Netflix documentary, along with Harry’s revealing memoir Spare, seemed to widen the gap between the brothers.

Since Kate’s disclosure of her cancer treatment, it has been reported that Harry and Meghan have “reached out” to the Wales family in private while also publicly backing Kate’s plea for privacy during her treatment and recovery period. However, despite this gesture, the brothers did not meet during Harry’s recent trip to the UK for the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, leaving questions about whether they will reconcile.

King Charles ‘at the end of his tether with Harry after making huge effort as he changes tactics’

After years of feuding, Prince Harry and King Charles’ relationship is shattered and the monarch has reached ‘the end of his tether’ as Harry ‘refuses to give an inch’

King Charles has had enough of Prince Harry’s behaviour

King Charles is desperate to reunite with Prince Harry, but he’s now reached “the end of his tether” as Harry refuses to compromise, a royal expert claims.
The pair have been caught in the middle of a bitter feud for years. When Harry and his wife Meghan Markle left the Royal Family in 2020, they opened up about life behind palace walls and made a number of shocking accusations.

Harry his slammed his father and said he “had trouble communicating, trouble listening, trouble being intimate face-to-face” in his debut memoir Spare. Their relationship has now been left in pieces and royal author Tom Quinn has suggested the monarch has has enough.

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Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, Tom said: “Charles feels he has made huge effort to repair his relationship with his son, but that Harry refuses to give an inch. With that in mind Charles is changing his tactics.

“The new plan is to take a harder line with Harry; a move from good cop to bad cop, but palace insiders agree that Charles is at the end of his tether. He wants to be reconciled his son, but nothing he does seems to work.”
The royal expert suggested the problem lies in Harry’s childhood. He said: “One underlying problem is that Harry was never really that close to his father as a child – looked after by staff and shunted between Diana and Charles, Harry has always looked lost and forgotten and it’s too late now for his father to do anything about it.”

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Royal fans had hoped Harry and Charles would reunite when the Duke of Sussex returned to the UK earlier this month, however, the pair failed to meet. At the time, a spokesperson for Harry said the monarch was too busy to see his son.

In a statement, they said: “It unfortunately will not be possible due to His Majesty’s full programme. The Duke of course is understanding of his father’s diary of commitments and various other priorities and hopes to see him soon.”
However, it was later reported that Charles had offered to meet with his son, but Harry turned down the offer. The Sunday Times claimed the monarch agreed to let his son stay in a royal residence for the trip, but this was turned down by Harry, who instead opted to stay in a hotel.

The bizarre title Meghan Markle would take on if King removed Duchess of Sussex role

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have faced persistent demands for them to be stripped of their titles after stepping down from their institutional roles.

Meghan Markle would still hold a royal title by virtue of her marriage to a blood prince (Image: Getty)

Meghan Markle would still be entitled to use a royal style even if the King decided to remove her Duchess of Sussex title.

Since Prince Harry and Meghan stepped down from their royal duties, there have been sporadic demands to strip them of their royal titles.

Accusations of the royal household leaking stories about them, as well as their business deals with major corporations like Netflix and Spotify, have led some critics to accuse the couple of capitalising on their royal status.

Recently, the pair launched a new website featuring Meghan’s royal coat of arms, and the Duchess has also unveiled her latest business venture – American Riveria Orchard, which is branded “by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex” on its official Instagram and website.

However, even if the Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles were officially removed Meghan would still hold a royal title, albeit an unusual one, as one royal expert noted.

Harry and Meghan have repeatedly been urged to give up their titles since stepping down (Image: Getty)

As Harry is a prince by birth, if his Dukedom – bestowed upon him by the late Queen Elizabeth at his wedding to Meghan – were revoked, he would still be a prince, and Meghan would be known as Princess Henry.

This mirrors another royal, Princess Michael of Kent, who also adopts the feminine form of her husband’s title, in line with tradition, as she married into the Royal Family and Prince Michael does not hold another title.

Royal commentator Ingrid Seward weighed in on the debate surrounding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s titles, saying, “I don’t think anything will happen to the titles because, if they lose their titles, Harry is still a prince of the blood, and Meghan, instead of being the Duchess of Sussex, [would] be Princess Henry.

“That really would [confuse the Americans]. I think [it’s] probably best just to leave it because it looks unkind, it looks unnecessary.”

Seward added: “The Queen gave them the titles, let them keep them – they’re going to be ‘H and M’ anyway.

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“I think the best thing is to leave them, ignore them, and let them get on with it – which is really what the Palace and the Royal Family are doing.”

Despite Prince Harry losing the ‘His Royal Highness’ style after stepping back from royal duties, as did Meghan, he remains a prince by birth.

With Charles ascending to the throne, Archie and Lilibet are now entitled to use the titles Prince and Princess as well.

In addition to the blow removing Harry and Meghan’s titles would be to to King’s already-struggling relationship with the pair, the process would also come with a lengthy process.

Under current regulation, an Act of Parliament would need to be tabled requesting the pair be stripped of their titles.

The proposed act would have to clear the legislative process before the King was able to give assent and proceed with the removal of the titles.

The royal appointment was announced yesterday, with the thrilled former England football captain telling of his “excitement” at teaming up with the monarch.

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King Charles has appointed David Beckham as ambassador to The King’s Foundation charityCredit: PA

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Football legend Beckham visited the King’s estate and he is excited to team up with the monarchCredit: PA

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Beckham impressed the King with his knowledge and passion for the countrysideCredit: PA
A new photograph of the pair laughing helplessly together at the King’s estate — with Becks dressed like a country gent — was also released.

The move comes after The Sun on Sunday revealed last month how the pair bonded over a jar of honey during a recent ­private meeting at the monarch’s Gloucestershire residence.

Ex-Manchester United ace Becks, 49, surprised the King, 75, last year with a jar of his homemade honey then chatted about their passion for beekeeping.

Nature-lover Charles was also impressed by Beckham’s knowledge and passion for the countryside.

Now the father-of-four has been ­formally appointed as an ambassador of The King’s Foundation — the monarch’s charity founded in 1990.

A source said: “The King and David Beckham have really bonded over their similar interests.

“This is a massive thing for him and he’s delighted. He is really passionate about his new role.”

The Foundation focuses on “creating better communities where people, places and the planet can coexist in harmony”.

Charles invited Beckham to Highgrove to learn more about the charity, and the former footie star met woodworking and embroidery students.

Tours of the grounds help to fund workshops and courses in traditional skills and crafts.

A new education centre has also been built which provides training in traditional industries such as woodcarving, stonemasonry and textiles.

Beckham, who lives in the Cotswolds with his fashion designer wife Victoria and his family, said in a statement: “I’m excited to be working with The King’s Foundation and to have the opportunity to help raise awareness of the charity’s work.

“I’ve always been keen to help young people to expand their horizons and I’m particularly looking forward to supporting the Foundation’s education programmes and its efforts to ensure young people have greater access to nature.

“Having developed a love for the countryside I’m also on a personal mission to learn more about rural skills which is so central to the Foundation’s work.

“It was inspiring to hear from The King about the work of His Majesty’s Foundation during my recent visit to Highgrove Gardens — and compare beekeeping tips.”

Beckham presented the King with his honey gift last May at a British fashion awards event in central London.

And the present seemed to delight Charles, who has beehives at his estates.

We look forward to working with David over the coming months and years, to share the good work of the Foundation with a wider audience

Kristina Murrin, Chief Executive Of The King’s Foundation

Beckham turned to beekeeping during the Covid lockdowns and built a £500 hive at his country home.

In October last year The Sun revealed how he had accepted an invitation to dine with King Charles.

The meeting helped the monarch “suss” out the star and they discussed him becoming a celebrity ambassador for the charity.
Beckham had served a similar role for Prince Harry’s Invictus Games.

But he has since distanced himself from the Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan after they moved to the States and trashed the Royal Family.

What is King’s Ambassador

THE King’s Foundation ambassadors support the charity in its vision, mission and strategy.

David Beckham will help raise awareness of its work and support the education programmes.

He will also seek to ensure young people have greater access to nature.

Sources say it’s an “open secret” that the former Real Madrid midfielder wants to become “Sir” David Beckham.

He was made an OBE for services to football 20 years ago while former Spice Girl wife Victoria, 50, was given the same honour in 2017 for her work in the fashion industry.

Beckham is a renowned royalist and famously joined the massive queue to see Queen Elizabeth lying in state in ­Westminster Hall after her death in ­September 2022.

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David and Victoria Beckham both have OBEs – but David wants to become a SirCredit: Getty
Buckingham Palace is believed to be hoping that he will bring some of his global appeal and star power to the operation.

Kristina Murrin, chief executive of The King’s Foundation, said: “We are delighted to welcome David Beckham to The King’s Foundation family as an ambassador.

“We look forward to working with David over the coming months and years, to share the good work of the Foundation with a wider audience.”

‘Tears’ of Andy on work axe

By Scarlet Howes

PRINCE Andrew was left in “tears” after the King made it clear there was no way for him to return as a working royal, it has been claimed.

The conversation happened at Birkhall on the Balmoral estate, weeks before their mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died in 2022.

News of the chat comes as it is reported His Majesty is pushing for Andrew to leave Royal Lodge, according to The Times.

He has been given the option of moving to Frogmore Cottage.

But he has rejected the move, despite having to maintain the 30-room mansion as part of his 75-year lease.

The King currently pays Andrew’s private security bill, since his police protection was withdrawn after he quit public duties amid the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

He also funds a living allowance, thought to be in excess of £1million annually.

Football booted by monarch

EXCLUSIVE by Matt Wilkinson

THE King has ended more than a century of royal tradition by giving football the boot from his list of patronages.

The monarch, 75, a Burnley supporter, has relinquished around 200, including the English, Scottish and Welsh FAs.

They were among up to 1,000 vacated by the late Queen on her death in 2022.

She often visited Wembley early in her reign and presented England captain Bobby Moore with the World Cup in 1966.

His Majesty’s footie decision is viewed by some as stark, given his decision to take on other sport patronages, like the MCC.

A palace source said: “Being patron is not the only way the Royals can engage with organisations and show support — and it’s possible other members of the family may take on patronages.”

Buckingham Palace declined to comment.

Royal Dilemma: Meghan Markle Struggles to Find Footing in Hollywood Ventures, Prince Harry Refuses Another ‘Show Business Disaster’: Report

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“She wants everything all at once, and it’s backfiring on her again,” said a source.

Meghan Markle is refusing to give up on her dreams of showbiz glory, but is feeling the weight of reality after several of her recent ventures with Prince Harry haven’t gone as planned, according to a sensational new report.

Insiders said the Duchess of Sussex was bummed after a podcast network company delayed her series until 2025, RadarOnline.com has learned. The pushback is speculated to be from perceived scheduling conflicts.

Source: MEGA

Harry, meanwhile, was claimed to have been “mortified” by the blowback over their projects and is insisting “he won’t tolerate another show business disaster.”

News broke that Meghan joined forces with Lemonada Media for a fresh podcast deal in February.

It was claimed there were fears of it being eclipsed by her newly launched lifestyle brand and cooking show, royal expert Richard Eden explained.

A spokesman for Markle declined to comment in April, but sources close to the former senior royal said she had a list of “very high-profile guests” scheduled to participate in her new podcasts.

Source: MEGA

News broke that Meghan joined forces with Lemonada Media for a fresh podcast deal in February.

“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,” a statement from the media group read while announcing their collaboration.

“Our plan [is] to re-release Archetypes so that more people can now have access to it, as well as launching a dynamic new podcast are well in the works.”

Spotify previously scrapped her Archetypes podcast in June 2023 after 12 episodes dropped, following which Bill Simmons, Spotify’s head of podcast innovation and monetisation, slammed the Duke and Duchess as “f—— grifters.”

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It was claimed there were fears of the podcast being eclipsed by her newly launched lifestyle brand and cooking show, royal expert Richard Eden explained.

Markle has already started sending out samples of her new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, after she filed trademarks to sell cutlery, cookbooks and jarred foods.

“She wants everything all at once, and it’s backfiring on her again,” said a source, according to The National Enquirer.

Harry, meanwhile, was claimed to have been “mortified” by the blowback over their projects and is insisting “he won’t tolerate another show business disaster.”

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Critics have started mocking what they perceived to be cheap labels on Markle’s jams.

“Hollywood is glam and glitz on the outside, but the real stars have worked hard for their success,” noted one source in the report, who said Markle’s former royal status may be overshadowing her attempts after the couple’s Netflix series and Harry’s memoir, Spare.

According to the report, it will be essential for Markle to win over her critics.

One source reasoned, “If the public doesn’t like you, they won’t get behind you, and no amount of money you throw at the problem will make it go away.”

BOXING fans took another gut punch following the collapse of Tyson Fury’s fight with Oleksandr Usyk.

The historic title unification would have seen all four heavyweight belts at stake for the first time in history.

 

But despite terms being agreed, talks broke down at the 11th hour amid a row over financials for a potential rematch.

It proved to be a far too familiar story with yet another blockbuster bout facing the KO.

Here, SunSport runs down five infamous tales of when fights failed to materialise.

Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua

Eerily similar, Britain’s two best had everything in place to unify the belts in Saudi Arabia in August 2021.

But Fury was contracted to a trilogy bout against Deontay Wilder, which the American forced through following a lengthy court case.

AJ instead went on to fight and lose to Usyk, who kept onto the belts in their subsequent rematch.

It set him up to replace Joshua in a fight with Fury – who had beaten Wilder again – but we have all seen the sad state of recent affairs.

Although in a shock twist, AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn hopes the collapse of talks with Usyk could see Joshua instead fight Fury next.

 

Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder

The year is 2019 and it is Fury looking on from the outside with Joshua and Wilder owning the WBA, IBF, WBO and WBC titles respectively.

And sports streaming service DAZN and Hearn were ready to prise Wilder over to jump ship.

He was said to have been offered a three-bout deal – including a pair of fights with AJ – worth around £80m.

But Wilder opted to reject it and stay with PBC and Showtime, going on to twice lose to Fury in their trilogy epic following their 2018 draw.

The Bronze Bomber remains on the comeback trail with a score-settling showdown with Joshua among his current options.

Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko II

Lewis was taken to the brink of defeat by Klitschko in their 2003 classic.

But Klitschko was pulled out in round six following a horror cut, declaring Lewis the winner.

The Ukrainian was ahead of the judges scorecards and in control of the bout, causing demand for a rematch.

Klitschko went on to defeat Kirk Johnson and become mandatory for Lewis’ WBC title.

 

But the British legend would later announce his retirement in 2004, causing the rematch to fall through.

Lennox Lewis vs Riddick Bowe

The heavyweight stars looked on course for a big rematch after Lewis beat Bowe in the 1988 Olympics.

But the two could never see eye to eye in the professional ranks, meaning their super-fight went to waste.

Quite literally when Bowe held a press conference in 1992 to throw his WBC belt in the bin to avoid facing Lewis.

It meant Lewis was crowned the champion by the WBC but he never got the chance to share the ring with Bowe again.

Only last year did the two appear to squash their near-four decade long feud as Bowe approached Lewis at a fight night and shook his hand.

Mike Tyson vs George Foreman

Foreman was on a comeback trail in the 90s while Tyson struggled to keep consistency in his career.

They even shared the same card in 1990 and looked on a collision course to clash.

But Tyson would spend three years in jail for a 1992 while Foreman became the oldest heavyweight champ in history aged 45.

But by the time Tyson was released, Foreman soon lost his titles and later admitted he never really wanted to fight Iron Mike.

He told ESPN in 2019: “If he missed you with his left, then missed you with his right, he’d bite you. I didn’t want to have anything to do with that. I didn’t want him.”

Mike Tyson’s next opponent could be James Toney, with the former cruiserweight world champion dropping a hint on social media that it’s going to be him.

Former heavyweight world champion Tyson returned to the boxing ring last November, for the first time in 15 years, when he took on Roy Jones Jr in an exhibition fight.

 

‘Iron Mike’ isn’t done either and there has been multiple reports over the months about him stepping back in the ring again.

Just this week the 54-year-old revealed that his second exhibition fight would be on May 29th in Miami, though no opponent was named.

Previously a huge third fight against Evander Holyfield has been discussed but former heavyweight title challenger Toney suggested it could be him, with a post on Instagram.

Toney, who won world titles at cruiserweight, super middleweight and middleweight during his professional career mocked Tyson saying, “You better not wear a mini-skirt to our fight. No jokes. Lights Out!”

The caption related to the video of ‘the baddest man on the planet’ in a parody of the 1989 Bobby Brown hit Every Little Step.

In 2010, Tyson joined comedian Wayne Brady in a spoof of the original video and 11 years on Toney obviously wants his potential opponent to take things more seriously.

Tony did beat John Ruiz for the WBA version of the world heavyweight title in 2005, with a unanimous decision victory, however the win and title were taken away from him.

The fight was turned into a no contest when the American failed a drugs test, though he was allowed to keep hold of the IBA heavyweight title.

 

He later fought Lennox Lewis conqueror Hashim Rahman for the WBC world title but failed to become champion for a second time, with the pair fighting to a majority draw for Rahman.

Tyson recently revealed that if he could have fought any boxer from any era then it would have been the undefeated Floyd Mayweather.

Iron Mike would have surely loved to have ended Money’s undefeated run and said ‘I wish he was my weight.’

The 50-0 boxer is due to have his own latest exhibition fight when he takes on YouTuber Logan Paul at some point in the near future.