MEGHAN Markle appealed to fans to upload her birthday poem – but in 24 hours just 200 people have posted it permanently on Instagram.
The Duchess of Sussex released a glitzy comedy video to mark her 40th birthday – and in it launched a new initiative called 40×40.
Also, both Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton have been named in Vogue's Top 25 list of influential women for 2021.
In previous years, the fashion bible has only chosen to feature one member of the Royal Family in their annual list.
Read our Meghan and Harry live blog below for the very latest updates...
- Joseph Gamp
PRINCE HARRY SET TO ASK PRINCESS EUGENIE TO HELP WITH HIS EXPLOSIVE MEMOIR
PRINCE Harry is set to ask his cousin Princess Eugenie to help with his explosive memoir.
Harry, 36, is bringing out the book next year with celebrated ghostwriter JR Moehringer.
Eugenie, 31, remains an ally to Harry — who upset other family members including brother Wills and dad Charles, with Megxit and public outbursts.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Moehringer, 56, is expected to bypass formal channels and contact the duke’s inner circle via Harry.
An insider said: “I could only imagine Eugenie talking or being approached as she is someone Harry is still in regular contact with.”
- Joseph Gamp
MEGHAN MARKLE AND KATE MIDDLETON'S FEUD IS MOCKED IN CHEEKY CLIP FROM HBO'S THE PRINCE
Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton’s feud is mocked in cheeky clip from HBO’s The Prince
- Joseph Gamp
CAMBRIDGES’ INCOME SOARS FOLLOWING ‘MEGXIT’
The Royal Foundation has reported a record surge in income over the past year to £11.8m.
Since Harry and Meghan quit The Firm in January 2020 the foundation’s income has doubled from the £6.68m it recorded in 2019 – while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were still included.
One unnamed courtier told the Daily Mail: “It’s the Meghan effect”.
- Joseph Gamp
MEGHAN MARKLE AND KATE MIDDLETON BOTH NAMED IN VOGUE’S TOP 25 LIST OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
In previous years, the fashion bible has only chosen to feature one member of the Royal Family in their annual list.
But this year, both the Duchess of Sussex and the Duchess of Cambridge get a nod for their respective philanthropic efforts.
Explaining why mum-of-three Kate deserves a place on the list, the judges wrote: “With the flashier end of royal duties largely on hold during lockdown, it was her charity work rather than her fashion choices that pulled the majority of headlines.
“She used the pandemic to launch major campaigns around early-years development and continue her work trying to lift the stigma around discussing mental health, as well as supporting those living with childhood trauma.”
Read more here.
- Joseph Gamp
MEGHAN’S MENTORS TO GET WOMEN BACK TO WORK ‘COULD DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD’, WARNS EXPERT
Ms Martin, who is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women and Enterprise, has blasted Meghan’s 40×40 scheme as “a little like a publicity stunt”. She continued to say there is “no structure or advice for how anyone can participate”.
Ms Martin told Mail Online: “Mentorship can be incredibly powerful, especially if your confidence has been knocked.
“The right person offering you tailored advice and encouragement will make an enormous difference.
“However, the key words here are ”right person”. The wrong words or poor advice can do more harm than good – however well-meaning they may be.”
- Joseph Gamp
FLIGHT ATTENDANT EXPLAINS WHY MEGHAN MARKLE DIDN’T PAY THE BILL ON FLIGHT
Back in 2017 when the Duke of Sussex proposed to Meghan, he took her on a trip to Tromso in Norway.
A flight attendant who was looking after the couple revealed that “were lovely throughout the whole flight”, they didn’t pay for any of the drinks and snacks they had themselves.
She said: “Harry had a breakfast tea and shortbread and Meghan had tea as well, but she chose a lemon muffin.
“They were very nice and friendly, but at the time to take the payment, I didn’t know what to do, as they didn’t ask for the bill and it seemed like they assumed that was for free.
I panicked so I just kept going and decided not to ask for the payment, although they had requested to be treated like regular passengers before the flight.”
Worrying she didn’t do the right thing, the couple’s body guard came to the rescue and, “by the end of the flight, though, their bodyguard, who was travelling with them, came to me and asked for the bill.”
“The bodyguard explained to me that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex never carry any money and he’s in charge of paying for everything.”
- Joseph Gamp
MEGHAN’S MENTORS TO GET WOMEN BACK TO WORK ‘COULD DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD’, WARNS EXPERT
Ms Martin, who is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women and Enterprise, has blasted Meghan’s 40×40 scheme as “a little like a publicity stunt”. She continued to say there is “no structure or advice for how anyone can participate”.
Ms Martin told Mail Online: “Mentorship can be incredibly powerful, especially if your confidence has been knocked.
“The right person offering you tailored advice and encouragement will make an enormous difference.
“However, the key words here are ”right person”. The wrong words or poor advice can do more harm than good – however well-meaning they may be.”
- Joseph Gamp
KATE MIDDLETON REVEALS PRINCESS CHARLOTTE’S FAVOURITE SNACK – AND IT’S SURPRISINGLY FANCY
As a member of the Royal Family, Princess Charlotte certainly has a more refined taste – even if she is only six years old.
While chatting about the salads she makes at home, the Duchess said that her middle child shares her love of olives.
Royal correspondent Rebecca English tweeted at the time: “The Duchess of Cambridge revealed today that her daughter, Princess Charlotte, loves olives.
“And she encourages both her and Prince George to cook with her. They made cheesy pasta together the other day!”
But Charlotte isn’t the only Cambridge child with a sophisticated palette – as Kate previously revealed that little Prince Louis loves beetroots too.
Read more here.
- Joseph Gamp
EUGENIE HAS ALWAYS HAD A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH PRINCE HARRY
Eugenie's relationship with Harry has always been particularly strong – and when he was a single man, she introduced him to her pretty female friends, including his ex Cressida Bonas.
It's speculated that she may have set him up with his future wife after she and Meghan became friendly.
The couple have never named their matchmaker. However, when news that the prince was dating an American TV star broke in 2016, Eugenie and her now-husband Jack were with them on holiday in Toronto.
The four also double-dated in the early days of Meghan and Harry's relationship.
And Eugenie has repeatedly shown her support for Meghan.
- Joseph Gamp
ROYAL FAMILY NEWS ROUND-UP: THE LATEST
- Just 200 people have shared Meghan Markle's birthday poem on Instagram – despite her calls for support
- Experts say the Duchess is happy at 40 with no royals, 'millions in the bank and A-listers on hold'
- Meanwhile, one expert says it'll have come as a "psychological blow" to Harry to lose more patronages
- And sporty Kate Middleton will replace the Duke as the patron of his beloved England rugby teams
MEGHAN MARKLE & PRINCE HARRY MAY HAVE SHOCK ROYAL REUNION THANKS TO ‘PEACEKEEPER’ EUGENIE
MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry may be reunited with the Royal Family thanks to "peacekeeper" Eugenie – who has "been there from the start".
The princess is known to have a close bond with cousin Harry, and may even have been the one to introduce him to Meghan.
Read more here.
PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE MIDDLETON WILL REPORTEDLY ‘DITCH LAVISH BREAKS AS THEY PREPARE TO BECOME KING AND QUEEN’
According to royal expert Katie Nicholl, who did an interview with OK! Magazine, she said their choice of traditional holidays might actually be down to their preparation to be King and Queen.
She said: “While in the past we’ve seen the couple enjoy more lavish holidays skiing or visiting sunnier climates, they’ve been adopting a more traditional royal approach and spending their time at royal residences in the UK instead.
“This could obviously be the result of Covid travel restrictions but I also believe that Kate and William are transforming into the future King and Queen and therefore are adopting more traditional practices.”
Earlier this week, it was reported that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took their children to the Isles of Scilly for the second year running.
PRINCESS CHARLOTTE JOINS CONSERVATION PROJECT (CONTINUED…)
The Cambridges are taking part in the annual Big Butterfly Count run by the charity Butterfly Conservation.
They posted: "We wanted to share these beautiful Peacock and Red Admiral butterflies as part of Big #ButterflyCount initiative taking place across the UK."
They added: "Butterfly Conservation are encouraging us all to count these incredible creatures because not only are they beautiful creatures to be around but they are also extremely important.
"Butterflies are vital parts of the ecosystem as both pollinators and components of the food chain. Hopefully you can beat last year's total @savebutterflies!"
The Cambridges' post received 3,200 likes on Twitter within 25 minutes.
PRINCESS CHARLOTTE JOINS THE BIG BUTTERFLY COUNT CONSERVATION PROJECT
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have shared a sweet snap of Princess Charlotte cradling a butterfly to urge Britons to help count the beautiful insects.
The six-year-old is pictured gently cupping a Red Admiral in her hands in the image shared on William and Kate's Twitter and Instagram accounts.
The couple's photos – that were taken close to the family's home in Norfolk – also included some close-ups of Peacock butterflies on a spray of lilac.
Charlotte wears pink shorts and a cute purple T-shirt in the photo.
The Cambridges are taking part in the annual Big Butterfly Count run by the charity Butterfly Conservation.
HBO POKE MORE FUN MEGHAN'S DREAM 'TO BE A PRINCESS'
In a scene from the third episode of HBO animated series The Prince, cartoon Meghan and Harry were reading lines from a script and Meghan talked about her acting career and childhood dreams.
Harry confessed that he wanted to be a massage therapist when he was younger.
He said: "You never had a dream when you were a child to be something everything else said was impossible, like an astronaut or prime minister, or masseur?"
Meghan responded: "Ah… I wanted to be a princess."
To which Harry then savagely said: "Oh, well you kind of f***ed that up."
- Joseph Gamp
HARRY AND MEGHAN SAY THEY ARE 'ROYALLY SCREWED' IN SCENE FROM HBO'S 'THE PRINCE'
PRINCE Harry and Meghan Markle say they are 'royally screwed' in an outrageous new scene from The Prince.
Created by Family Guy writer Gary Janetti, The Prince follows Prince George's imagined time in Kensington Palace alongside parents William and Kate and other royal family members.
The HBO series pokes fun at the Royal Family and it previously mocked Meghan's feud with Kate Middleton.
In a new episode, Harry and Meghan are once again the focus as they present a home makeover show called Royally Screwed.
In the segment on the animated show, the couple introduce themselves, saying: "Hi, I'm Meghan Markle and I'm Harry and we're royally screwed. Each week we take a house from drab to fab."
- Joseph Gamp
PRINCE HARRY & MEGHAN MEGHAN ‘TROLLING THE WORLD’ WITH UNCLEAR SNAPS OF CHILDREN, SAYS ROYAL AUTHOR
Harry and Meghan have shared a picture of Archie holding balloons to mark his second birthday. But it was blurry with a filter over it – so you could barely see the youngster.
But it isn’t the first time the Royal pair have released a picture which is unlikely to win awards for clarity.
Omid Scobie, author of Finding Freedom, says it is entirely deliberate – and the pair are “trolling” the public.
“This was, as I think we’ve come to experience from the Sussexes, a photo of Archie but not too clear.
“I think this is their way of trolling the world.”
Read more here.
- Milica Cosic
PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE MIDDLETON WILL REPORTEDLY ‘DITCH LAVISH BREAKS AS THEY PREPARE TO BECOME KING AND QUEEN’
According to royal expert Katie Nicholl, who did an interview with OK! Magazine, she said their choice of traditional holidays might actually be down to their preparation to be King and Queen.
She said: "While in the past we’ve seen the couple enjoy more lavish holidays skiing or visiting sunnier climates, they’ve been adopting a more traditional royal approach and spending their time at royal residences in the UK instead.
"This could obviously be the result of Covid travel restrictions but I also believe that Kate and William are transforming into the future King and Queen and therefore are adopting more traditional practices."
Earlier this week, it was reported that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took their children to the Isles of Scilly for the second year running.
- Milica Cosic
PRINCE HARRY FOCUSED ON 'SURVIVAL' AS RIFT 'NOT A PRIORITY' FOR WILLIAM, CLAIMS EXPERT
Prince Harry's reconciliation with his brother Prince Willima does not seem top priority, as he's more focused on his 'surival' with Meghan, a royal commentator claims.
Ms Schofield, who runs the website To Di For Daily, said: "I am still not convinced that there is a looming reconciliation.
"I don't suspect that it is a priority for Prince William to patch things up with Prince Harry as they are at severely different stages in their lives.
"It appears that Prince William is busy trying to support his family through death and scandal while Prince Harry is concentrating on projects that are financially beneficial."
- Milica Cosic
WATCH: PRINCE HARRY'S HILARIOUS APPEARANCE IN MEGHAN'S BIRTHDAY VID STILL GOING VIRAL
Prince Harry hilariously tries to juggle as he makes cameo appearance in Meghan Markle’s 40th birthday video
- Milica Cosic
MEGHAN MARKLE AND KATE MIDDLETON BOTH NAMED IN VOGUE’S TOP 25 LIST OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
In previous years, the fashion bible has only chosen to feature one member of the Royal Family in their annual list.
But this year, both the Duchess of Sussex and the Duchess of Cambridge get a nod for their respective philanthropic efforts.
Explaining why mum-of-three Kate deserves a place on the list, the judges wrote: “With the flashier end of royal duties largely on hold during lockdown, it was her charity work rather than her fashion choices that pulled the majority of headlines.
“She used the pandemic to launch major campaigns around early-years development and continue her work trying to lift the stigma around discussing mental health, as well as supporting those living with childhood trauma.”
Read more here.
- Milica Cosic
MEGHAN MARKLE AND PRINCE HARRY SET FOR SOME ‘MUCH NEEDED R&R’ WITH BIRTHDAY TRIP
According to reports from Page Six, Meghan will “be whisked away” by her husband Harry, where they will “have time with each other” to mark the occasion and enjoy some time alone. Meghan gave birth to Lilibet in June.
Sources have reported that: “the former Suits star won’t have an over the top bash to ring in her big day on August 4th but instead, the couple will reportedly have time with each other on their trip.
“It’s probably safe to say that the busy parents will enjoy some much-needed R&R.”
- Milica Cosic
INSIDE MEGHAN MARKLE’S OFFICE WITH A HEALING CRYSTAL, H BLANKET, STACKS OF HER BOOKS AND PICS OF ARCHIE AND LILIBET
The luxurious space features a healing crystal, what appears to be a Hermes “H” blanket, stacks of her books and pictures of Archie and Lilibet on her desk.
She chatted to McCarthy Apple Macbook computer, flanked by 11 copies of her children’s book The Bench on a huge oak desk, which also features white file in-trays and glass bottles as her beagle “Guy” slept behind her.
Viewers could also see a fancy £1,240 Hermes throw blanket emblazoned with the letter “H” on two cream chairs, while a gold vase with a bunch of large white roses took center stage on her desk.
Her throw blanket is made of woven wool, cashmere and the shade Meghan chose appears to be Écru/Gris Clair, the Daily Mail noted.
Meghan Markle releases video to mark 40th birthday as she launches women’s initiative
- Milica Cosic
EXPLAINED: WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN MEGHAN AND HER DAD
The Duchess’ dad Thomas recently revealed that he no longer even has his daughter’s phone number – so it’s highly unlikely he will be invited to her birthday celebrations today.
They dramatically fell out after he set up paparazzi snaps of himself getting fitted for a suit and reading articles about his daughter in the lead up to the Royal Wedding.
Mr Bower said that “Meghan appears to show little remorse about hurting” her dad.
Shunned Thomas, who lives in Mexico, has not had any contact with his duchess daughter for three years, and he has never met her husband Harry, or their two tots, Archie and Lilibet.
- Milica Cosic
A RECAP: OPRAH’S INTERVIEW
The bombshell interview was televised in the UK on the 8 March this year. While many viewers passed Ofcom complaints and voiced their fury, Oprah insisted Meghan Markle was “truthful” in her interview and that she didn’t realise the “racist” claims would be so impactful.
In the revealing chat aired in March, Meghan told how her mental health had suffered during her time as a working royal – and she felt suicidal while pregnant with Archie.
Meanwhile, Harry said his dad and brother were “trapped” in the Royal firm and that one member of the Royal Family had probed the duke about his unborn son and what colour his skin would be.
Read more here.
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