Prince Harry Duke of Sussex

9Dec

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Business

Harry and Meghan’s Netflix documentary adds to burgeoning media empire

When Prince Harry and Meghan relinquished their royal duties in 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were soon faced with an urgent question: How to earn a living. Although they were well off by ordinary standards, Forbes last year pegged their net worth at a fairly modest $10 million, including the remains of Harry's inheritance from his mother, Princess Diana, and the equity the pair have in their California mansion. They were also financially cut off from the British Crown's estimated $34 billion estate.The answer, ironically, was to cash in on public fascination with the glamorous couple who dared to flee the royal family's gilded cage, along with the incessant media scrutiny their official roles entailed. And despite the mixed critical reaction to their new Netflix documentary...

Former nanny to Princes William and Harry to get “substantial” damages from BBC over Princess Diana interview

22Jul

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Entertainment

Former nanny to Princes William and Harry to get “substantial” damages from BBC over Princess Diana interview

London — Princes William and Harry's former nanny on Thursday received substantial damages from the BBC over "false and malicious" claims about her used to obtain a 1995 interview with Princess Diana. Alexandra Pettifer, known at the time as Tiggy Legge-Bourke, was given a public apology for "fabricated" allegations that she had an affair with the princes' father, Prince Charles. The High Court in London was also told that she was falsely accused of becoming pregnant by him when she was his personal assistant and of having an abortion. Alexandra Pettifer, who used to be known as Tiggy Legge-Bourke, the former nanny of Britain's Princes William and Harry, arrives at a synagogue in St John's Wood, London, for a wedding in a January 1999 file photo. ...

Where will Prince Harry and Meghan Markle be during Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee?

3Jun

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Entertainment

Where will Prince Harry and Meghan Markle be during Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee?

London – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are in the U.K. to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years since she ascended the throne. It is their first public visit to the country since they quit as senior royals more than two years ago.Harry and Meghan stepped down as senior members of the royal family in January 2020, shortly before the coronavirus pandemic began, and they have largely remained in the United States since. Harry has visited the U.K. a few times, including for the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral last year, and Meghan has reportedly visited once.The couple observed Thursday's Trooping the Color event in London from the Major General's Office overlooking Horse Guards Parade. They did not appear on the balcony of Buckingham...

3Jun

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Entertainment

Where will Prince Harry and Meghan Markle be during Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee?

London – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are in the U.K. to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years since she ascended the throne. It is their first public visit to the country since they quit as senior royals more than two years ago.Harry and Meghan stepped down as senior members of the royal family in January 2020, shortly before the coronavirus pandemic began, and they have largely remained in the United States since. Harry has visited the U.K. a few times, including for the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral last year, and Meghan has reportedly visited once.The couple observed Thursday's Trooping the Color event in London from the Major General's Office overlooking Horse Guards Parade. They did not appear on the balcony of Buckingham...