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Weeks of grueling rehearsal and painstaking preparation, two hundred and fifty musicians, twenty pipers, two hundred and forty military working horses, an extremely large dog, and almost a thousand dual role soldiers of the British Army's Household Division will deliver a magnificent spectacle for The King, the Nation, and the World in London on Saturday 15 June."
Prince Harry has reportedly become estranged from his royal family, and reportedly "wants peace" for the sake of Diana, Princess of Wales' memory. I wanted it for my family's sake, and for my own - but also for hers [Diana]," the Duke wrote in his "explosive" 2023 memoir, Spare "I knew how desperately she would want - no, did want - peace between her boys, and between us two and Pa," Harry confessed in the bestselling tome. Diana, Princess of Wales, passed away in a car crash in the late summer of 1997 while driving through a tunnel in Paris, France, with her romantic partner, Dodi Fayed, drunk driver Henri Paul, and bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones. Diana's memory is preserved by her siblings, including Charles, Earl Spencer, who reportedly "sided" recently with Harry and Meghan Markle in their ongoing rift with the royals. "The fact that the Spencers were out in force for Harry on this visit speaks volumes about where their loyalties lie," royal author Tom Quinn shared about Harry's mother's family's appearance with him at the event.
Sarah, Duchess of York, got stern with Good Morning Britain host Martin Lewis when he kept asking the ex-royal about the King Charles and Prince Andrew feud over Royal Lodge. According to the papers today, Charles is trying to evict Andrew from the Royal Lodge, where he's lived since 2004, and he's trying to get him to move into Frogmore Cottage, where Harry and Meghan previously were." At that time, the Duke of York was a senior, working royal in his mother's court, and represented the U.K. abroad as a Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, a role he was given by the Tony Blair government in 2001.
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Her Royal Highness Princess Lilibet of Sussex turned 3 on Tuesday, June 4, and the American-born, seventh in line to the British throne, reportedly received a special gift from grandad King Charles III.
"Since their [Prince Harry as well] $100 million contract with Netflix began, they have done hardly anything for it," royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told a publication.
"William's hints that his son George might follow in his footsteps and become a pilot will certainly remind Harry of everything he is missing - after all Harry was himself a helicopter pilot and would love to entertain his nephew with tales of his own time in the air," royal author Tom Quinn shared. "Harry was told about Kate's cancer the day before Kate's video was released, and they are definitely being kept up-to-date with Kate's condition - apart from anything else, ignoring the couple completely would only lead to public attacks from Harry and Meghan and how they are being kept out of the loop and treated badly as usual," Quinn observed based on palace insider reports.
"The fact that the tension with the Sussexes is now impacting celebrating their mother's legacy is beyond the pale for William, but it's not as though he can really speak about it with Charles and Camilla because there's obviously history there with Diana being estranged from the royals so he's feeling pretty alone on this."
This insight follows William, Prince of Wales' recently hosted Buckingham Palace Garden Party, which featured a slew of millennial generation royals such as Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and non-royal extended family members such as Zara and Mike Tindall. Due to less than a handful of monarchy members fulfilling engagements, royal expert Angela Levin told an outlet: "My own view is that he [the King] could have Zara, who is the daughter of Princess Anne, because she and her husband Mike, who comes also from an ordinary background but fits in beautifully with the royal family.
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Go behind the high walls, gilded gates, and palace façades and into the very heart of the most famous families alive. Here’s Your Daily Consort from The Royal Observer.