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William and Kate feel ‘intense anxiety’ at the prospect of becoming King and Queen after Charles’s cancer diagnosis, a royal expert claims.
Charles, 75, is undergoing treatment for cancer at the same time as Kate, 42, leaving William, 41, to step in for his father’s role and Kate to attend engagements when she is well enough.
Tina Brown, former Vanity Fair editor wrote: “News of Charles’s cancer has put William and Catherine in frightening proximity to ascending the throne … The prospect of it, I am told, is causing them intense anxiety.”
Elswhere, It is yet to be confirmed whether Meghan will join Harry on his trip to the UK this May for a special service to comemmorate a decade of the Invictus Games.
Charles Rae, the former royal correspondent for the Sun said: “I’m of the opinion that Megan won’t set foot in the UK ever again.
“I just don’t think she wants her to have anything to do at all with this country.”
Meanwhile, the King’s former butler has been forced to deny a fake story about Charles selling Highgrove House, the royal residence, to Volodymyr Zelensky for £20m originating from a Russian disinformation network.
Rare photo shows Princess Diana and Charles Spencer
Earl Spencer shared the touching photo dating back to September 1968 on Instagram with the release of his new memoir A Very Private School.
The siblings are pictured in matching red blazers emblazoned with the school’s logo and knee-high grey socks.
He revealed that he and Diana attended Silfield, in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, which he looks back on fondly as a “really lovely primary school.”
He wrote: “My first day of school, in September 1968: my father took this photograph of me and my sister, Diana, just before he drove us to Silfield, a really lovely primary school in King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
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Comment – As Scoop hits Netflix, it’s time to open the secret files on Prince Andrew
As the dramatisation of his infamous and disastrous interview with Emily Maitlis is broadcast, Prince Andrew will again find himself under the spotlight. But while we can pick over the details of his trip to Pizza Express, I’m banned from seeing official documents about the Duke until 2065. It’s time these absurd rules were changed, writes Andrew Lownie
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Prince Andrew breaks cover as Netflix film Scoop on car-crash Newsnight interview is released
The Duke of York was seen waving as he rode around Windsor on Friday as Netflix drama Scoop, which reenacts the story of how the BBC secured the now infamous interview, went live.
Prince Andrew was named in the legal deposition of Virginia Roberts, who claimed she was trafficked to him by Epstein for sex at the age of 17.
In the exchange, he also refuted an allegation by Virginia Giuffre he was sweaty while with her at a London nightclub by claiming he had a “peculiar medical condition” meaning he couldn’t perspire.
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Russia spreads fake news that King sold Highgrove House to Ukraine
Among the incorrect allegations being made by pro-Kremlin campaigners is the suggestion circulating on fake news sites that King Charles has sold his royal residence Highgrove House to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky for £20m.
The bizarre report was initially made in a YouTube video that featured someone who claimed to be the estate agent behind the made-up sale. However, security experts told The Times the character, named Sam Murphy, appeared to be AI-generated.
The news was then spread by a fake British outlet before it was circulated by a number of English, French, German and Italian bots on X, formerly Twitter.
A website called The London Crier published an article featuring a supposed interview with Charles’ former butler Grant Harrold. In it, Mr Harrold is claimed to have confirmed the sale of Highgrove as having been completed through Mr Zelenskyy’s wife Olena on 29 February, and that staff at the royal residence had been laid off.
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Harry could attempt to make peace with William, expert predicts
Upon his return, Harry could be hoping to make ammends with his estranged brother, who is supporting his wife Kate through her cancer treatment, says royal biographer Richard Fitzwilliams.
Fitzwillliams told the Sun: The Sussexes do spring surprises. This has happened before, and you never know what might happen in the coming weeks or months.
“But I don’t think Harry would do anything without Megan’s consent.”
Meghan ‘unlikely’ to return to UK, expert claims
“I just don’t think she wants her to have anything to do at all with this country.”
King Charles faces backlash from Kent residents over plans to build ‘ideal town’
The King’s plan to build an “ideal town” in Kent has sparked outrage amid accusations of “swallowing up historic villages into one urban mass”.
The Duchy of Cornwall has proposed to build 2,500 homes on 320 acres of agricultural land in the medieval market town of Faversham, Kent.
The plan was announced when Charles, then the Prince of Wales, managed the estate in 2018, with the aims of delivering the “most sustainable” homes possible, while simultaneously combatting a housing crisis in the area.
However, local residents have warned the development – which is set to deliver an “ideal town” similar to the Duchy’s first “urban extension” in Poundbury – is “totally at odds” with the monarch’s stance on environmental and farming issues, and could not be supported by the town’s infrastructure.
The strong opposition has been aired in a public consultation following the submission in December of an application for consent to start work on the initial 261 homes, with 120 homes set to be built per year across two decades.
Recap: Watch as Meghan reads to children in first public appearance since Kate’s diagnosis
Watch: Rufus Sewell transforms into Prince Andrew in Scoop behind-the-scenes video
Inside Amner Hall: Kate and William’s family retreat for cancer fight
In a heartfelt video message released on 22 March, Kate said it had been an “incredibly tough couple of months” for her family as she disclosed that she was in the early stages of “preventative chemotherapy” and asked for “time, space and privacy” while she completed her treatment.
The 42-year-old spoke of her “huge shock” as she explained that she underwent major abdominal surgery on 14 January for a condition that was believed to be non-cancerous, but subsequent tests identified the disease.
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Source: independent.co.uk
