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After a difficult year for the family, Prince George is set to celebrate his eleventh birthday with some familiar comforts today.
Alongside his siblings Charlotte, 9, and Louis, 6, the heir to the throne has seen his mother, the Princess of Wales, undergo cancer treatment this year.
However, if tradition remains, Kate would have been up until late last night to bake a cake for her firstborn son.
“I love making the cake,” she revealed to Mary Berry on a 2019 episode of A Berry Royal Christmas. “It’s become a bit of a tradition that I stay up ‘til midnight with ridiculous amounts of cake mix and icing and I make far too much. But I love it.”
The prince’s birthday comes as the chief executive of Prince Harry’s Invictus Games broke his silence on his departure.
Dominic Reid, who has been credited with helping the foundation’s growth globally, stepped down from Invictus after 10 years and six games across three continents.
Mr Reid broke his silence an interview for Forces News where he said the organisation was a “great place” but now needed a “fresh look”.
Former Invictus Games chief breaks silence on resignation
The former chief executive of Prince Harry’s Invictus Games has broken his silence on his departure.
Dominic Reid, who has been credited with helping the foundation’s growth globally, stepped down from Invictus after 10 years and six games across three continents.
Mr Reid broke his silence an interview for Forces News where he said the organisation was a “great place” but now needed a “fresh look”.
“It’s without question the community that has been built,” he said. “It’s a fantastic closed community and it’s growing 40 per cent a year, which is phenomenal, internationally it’s grown to include friends and families and that’s a vitally important part as well.
“The community is what we have achieved. It has had a healing effect.”
Prince George turns 11
Prince George, the eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales, is celebrating his 11th birthday on Monday.
The celebrations come after an eventful few weeks for George who joined his father at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, last weekend to support England in the Euro 2024 final which they lost to Spain.
The heir to the throne has had a difficult year as he saw his mother, the Princess of Wales, undergo cancer treatment this year.
However, if tradition remains, Kate would have been up until late last night to bake a cake for her firstborn son.
“I love making the cake.” She revealed to Mary Berry on a 2019 episode of A Berry Royal Christmas. “It’s become a bit of a tradition that I stay up ‘til midnight with ridiculous amounts of cake mix and icing and I make far too much. But I love it.”
Harry and Meghan’s biographer Omid Scobie unveils new show with royal spin
The author of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s biography Finding Freedom has had his first fictional TV adaptation commissioned – and it has a striking royal connection.
Omid Scobie’s fiction novel Royal Spin is now set to returned into a TV show and it has strong echoes of the strict protocol and problems with the press that Harry and Meghan cited as their reasons for stepping down as working royals back in 2020.
Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, acquired the rights to the show after an intense bidding war, PEOPLE reports.
Prince Harry ‘very upset and emotional’
Prince Harry was “very upset and emotional” when he saw the Princess of Wales’s return at last month’s Trooping the Colour, a royal insider has claimed.
Kate, 42, had remained out of the public eye since Christmas Day after being diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer.
“Harry was very upset and emotional when he saw the footage of Kate [Middleton] at Trooping the Colour,” the insider told Page Six. “While he has managed to connect with her on a few occasions, it’s not nearly as often as he’d like.
“He would have dearly loved to have been there if only to congratulate and support Kate in person on what must have been a tough day for her.”
Kate Middleton releases new statement about royal work after Wimbledon return
Kate, 42, has been largely absent from duty this year as a result of her ongoing battle against an undisclosed form of cancer.
In the new statement, which was released in honour of the Natural History Museum’s new gardens, the princess, who is its patron, spoke of the healing power of nature.
The statement read: “I am hugely supportive of the Museum’s commitment to create a special space which encourages people of all ages to reconnect with nature and learn more about how we can protect our natural world.
Samoa hotel handed £85,000 to upgrade rooms for King’s visit
A Samoa Hotel has been handed £85,000 in government funding to upgrade its room ahead of a visit from King’s Charles this year, according to reports.
His Majesty is set to stay on the island during this Commonwealth tour in October.
The hotel reportedly has a focus on sustainability in keeping with the King’s eco-friendly interests.
Reviews of the lodges are mixed, according to The Telegraph, with some recent visitors claiming while staff are friendly the facilities are a bit run down, with musty bedlinen and rattling air-con.
Meghan Markle’s former friend claims Prince Harry ‘fit plan’ for UK fame
A former friend of Meghan Markle has claimed that she pursued Prince Harry in a bid to become famous in the UK.
The friend, who said they were “ghosted” by the former Suits star, said the actress focused her sights on the UK because she was not happy about how her career in the US was going.
Lizzie Cundy told the Daily Mail that Meghan asked her: “Do you know any famous guys?” before adding “I’m single and I really love English men.”
After the now Duchess of Sussex met Prince Harry, Cundy reached out to congratulate her and was allegedly ghosted.
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Source: independent.co.uk
