‘BETRAYAL’ OF SUSSEXES SLAMMED

Royal aides want Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to give up their titles after a “disgraceful” swipe at Charles’ and Philip’s parenting skills, according to a report. 

It came after the Duke of Sussex suggested he had been failed by his dad after he claimed he moved Archie and Meghan to the USA to “break the cycle” of “genetic pain” from his own childhood. 

The Duke made the comments during a podcast with American media personality Dax Shepard, in which he said his dad Charles “suffered” due to his upbringing by the Queen and Philip, then “treated me the way he was treated”.

Senior courtiers told the Mail on Sunday that the Duke’s attack had prompted a sense of “bewilderment and betrayal” in the palace. 

An aide told the newspaper: “People are appalled that he could do this to the Queen when the Duke of Edinburgh is barely in his grave”.

QUEEN ‘WILL COPE WITH ROYAL RIFTS’

According to Royal author Matthew Dennison, the Queen will take the latest royal rifts – primarily involving Prince Harry and Prince Andrew – in her stride and “will cope”.

He said: “She will do so using the simple instinct she has honed over many decades: that she was born into a role which leaves her no alternative; a role which history itself has bestowed upon her and from which there is no shirking.

“She will cope precisely through her understanding that her role is everything and supersedes all else in her life – even the most profound of personal tragedies.”

WHEN IS BABY TWO DUE FOR MEGHAN AND HARRY?

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announced on February 14 that they are expecting a second baby later this year.

Although there are no specifics on her due date, Meghan revealed to Oprah Winfrey in their interview that the baby would be due in the summertime.

The tot will be eighth in line for the throne behind Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Prince Harry, and baby Archie.

HARRY WANTED PRIVACY BUT HAS ANYTHING BUT, SAYS COMMENTATOR

A royal commentator has raised questions over why Prince Harry left royal duties and the UK behind for a more private life and then “generated anything but privacy”.

Dickie Arbiter said: “Prince Harry opted out of Royal life a little over a year ago on the pretext of wanting privacy since when he has generated anything but privacy.

“Time now for him to stop the blame game and look in the mirror.”

QUEEN HAS ‘ONLY EVER TRUSTED THREE PEOPLE’

The Queen has only ever fully trusted three people during her reign – and they have all now died, a biographer has claimed.

Royal author Matthew Dennison said Her Majesty was closer to the trio than “any of her children or friends” but that her role as monarch prepared her for their loss.

The trusted group included her mother, her sister Princess Margaret and husband Prince Philip, who died at the age of 99 last month.

“In her long role as monarch, the Queen has probably trusted fully just three people: her mother, her sister and her husband, a trio to whom she was closer than any of her children or friends,” Mr Dennison writes in his new book, The Queen.

“After the deaths of the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret in 2002, Philip was the sole remaining member of that group. With his loss, the monarch is arguably more alone than at any time in her long life.”

DIANA GAVE PERMISSION FOR BOOK ON LIFE, CLAIMS AUTHOR

Princess Diana’s former vocal coach has claimed she gave him permission to write a book – but on one condition.

Stewart Pearce told Us Weekly she said he could pen Diana The Voice of Change, released on June 15, only if he waited to publish it until after her sons Harry and William were married.

He said: “Diana said to me shortly before she died, ‘Wouldn’t it be amazing if all of the work that we’ve done together became a book, but if you do, please don’t publish it until after the boys are married.

“Also, with all the things that are going on with Harry and Meghan, I thought it was really important to step forward and say, ‘OK, well, their mother was one of the first great voices of change.’

“And now Meghan is becoming another great voice of change and [here’s] how we can support them and how we can support [all women] in this endeavour.”

KATE MIDDLETON ‘BULLIED AT SCHOOL’… MORE

Kate’s former schoolmate, Emma Sayle, from her time at Downe House, Berkshire, told the Mirror that Kate was tormented by a group of mean girls during her time at Downe House.

Emma said to RSVPLive: “Everyone wanted to be the best, the fittest, the prettiest. I think Kate was miserable from the start.”

Headmistress Cameron claimed that she had no knowledge of any serious bullying taking place.

She said: “Yes, there would be teasing. It’s all a part of the normal competition of growing up, of establishing a pecking order.”

Only after a couple of years at Downe House, Kate moved in the middle of the academic year to another exclusive school, Marlborough College in Wiltshire.

KATE MIDDLETON ‘BULLIED AT SCHOOL’ FOR BEING SLIM

Kate Middleton may be the nation’s sweetheart and future Queen Consort, but a royal expert claims she was tormented by bullies at school.

Royal biographer Kate Nicholl suggests that although the duchess may be living the dream now, life and people weren’t always the kindest to her.

According to Nicholl, the all-girls school Downe House, in Berkshire, where Kate attended from the age of 13, is supposedly incredibly cliquey.

Nicholl claims that pupils would pick on Kate because she was “gangly” and “lanky,” and that she supposedly felt left out after not being chosen for the school’s lacrosse team.

She also claims that Kate stood out for all the wrong reasons with her slender and tall frame – something Kate is now praised for.

PRINCE HARRY ‘TRAPPED’ BY MEGHAN, SAYS ROYAL EXPERT

Prince Harry thinks he has found freedom – but is increasingly trapped by Meghan Markle, a royal expert has claimed.

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams says it’s “obvious” the Duke of Sussex no longer makes up his own mind, with the Duchess now making it up for him.

“He claims he’s found freedom,” Mr Fitzwilliams told The Sun Online.

“In reality he seems to be increasingly trapped, but it is clear he doesn’t realise it yet.”

RACE STORM OVER SUSSEXES’ PROCTER & GAMBLE DEAL

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are facing questions over their deal with Procter & Gamble, as it sells what campaigners say is a “racist” skin-whitening cream.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Archewell Foundation announced the multi-year “global partnership” with the US consumer goods giant earlier this week.

The deal has brought to light P&G’s sale of skin-lightening creams in Africa and Asia. The creams reduce the production of melanin – the pigment that creates colour – in users’ skin.

Former P&G executive Alex Malouf said Meghan and Harry would face pressure to say whether or not they supported the sale of these products.

He said: “Meghan has talked a lot about the issue of race and racism, so this does stick out like a sore thumb.”

WHO IS EX-BBC EDITOR MARTIN BASHIR?

Martin Bashir began working as a journalist in 1986 but made headlines around the world in 1995 for his interview with Diana for Panorama.

Diana famously said their were “three people” in her marriage to Prince Charles, and dropped a number of royal bombshells during the exclusive chat.

But Diana’s brother Earl Spencer has alleged Mr Bashir showed him fake financial documents and told untrue stories about the royal family to gain access to his sister.

An investigation into how Mr Bashir landed the Panorama interview was led by former master of the rolls and head of civil justice Lord Dyson.

A spokeswoman for Lord Dyson said: “Lord Dyson has concluded his investigation and the report has been passed to the BBC for publication in due course.” A BBC spokesman said the report would be published “very soon”.

BBC DELAYS PANORAMA PROBE OF MARTIN BASHIR’S INTERVIEW WITH DIANA… MORE

Jonathan Munro, the BBC’s deputy director of news, said in a message to staff: “Martin Bashir has stepped down from his position as the BBC’s religion editor, and is leaving the Corporation.

“He let us know of his decision last month, just before being readmitted to hospital for another surgical procedure on his heart.

“Although he underwent major surgery toward the end of last year, he is facing some ongoing issues and has decided to focus on his health.

“We wish him a complete and speedy recovery.”

Bashir has rarely been seen in public since falling ill last year.

BBC DELAYS PANORAMA PROBE OF MARTIN BASHIR’S INTERVIEW WITH DIANA

The BBC has delayed the broadcast of a Panorama investigation into Martin Bashir’s 1995 interview with Diana, Princess of Wales.

The programme was expected to air on BBC One tonight, Monday, but has been postponed it due to a “significant duty of care issue”, according to the broadcaster.

A new broadcast date has not yet been confirmed.

Bashir, who was the BBC News religion editor, left the corporation last week on health grounds. He has been seriously unwell with Covid-19 related complications.

It comes shortly after Lord Dyson’s investigation concluded into how Bashir landed his 1995 interview, with a BBC spokesman saying the report would be published “very soon”.

PRINCE HARRY ‘GONNA BREAK GENETIC PAIN’ CYCLE

Speaking on the Armchair Expert Podcast last week, Prince Harry, 36, told host Dax Shephard his dad, 72, “suffered” due to his upbringing by the Queen and Philip, then “treated me the way he was treated”.

He said: “I verbalise it, which is, ‘Isn’t life about breaking the cycle’?

“There’s no blame, I don’t think we should be pointing the finger or blaming anybody.

“But certainly when it comes to parenting, if I have experienced some form of pain or suffering because of the pain or suffering perhaps my father or my parents suffered, I’m gonna make sure that I break that cycle so that I don’t pass it on, basically.

“There is a lot of genetic pain and suffering that gets passed on ­anyway. As parents we should be doing the most that we can to say, ‘You know what, that happened to me, I’m gonna make sure that’s not going to happen to you’.”

‘DAMAGE DONE’ TO CHARLES & HARRY’S RELATIONSHIP WARNS EX-ROYAL BUTLER

Prince Harry will never again enjoy a loving, caring and fun relationship with Prince Charles, a former royal butler has claimed.

Athough Harry told Oprah he hopes “time heals all things”, Grant Harrold, warned, “the damage is done”.

“And that makes me sad because the relationship that I knew which was a loving, caring, fun relationship can never be like that again,” he told Channel 5’s Charles & Harry: Father and Son Divided.

Royal author Tom Quinn added: “There is no doubt the gulf between Harry and Charles had widened considerably.

“I mean I think if they are not careful it will be very difficult to bridge that divide in future. I can’t see how they can do it.”

HARRY ACCUSED OF ‘BETRAYAL’ ON PODCAST

Royal aides want Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to give up their titles after a “disgraceful” swipe at Charles’ and Philip’s parenting skills, says a report.

The Duke made the comments during a podcast with American media personality Dax Shepard, in which he said his dad Charles “suffered” due to his upbringing by the Queen and Philip, then “treated me the way he was treated”.

Senior courtiers told the Mail on Sunday that the Duke’s attack had prompted a sense of “bewilderment and betrayal” in the palace.

An aide told the newspaper: “People are appalled that he could do this to the Queen when the Duke of Edinburgh is barely in his grave. To drag his grandfather into this is so shocking and disrespectful.

“The Duke of Sussex has now spent a significant amount of time emphasising that he’s no different to anyone else and attacking the institution which he says has caused him so much pain. There is a growing feeling that if you dislike the institution that much, you shouldn’t have the titles.”

CHARLES TO FLING OPEN MORE PALACE DOORS WHEN KING

Prince Charles will open the royal palaces to the public once he is king — giving greater access to the monarch’s official and private homes.

He wants Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Balmoral, Sandringham and Clarence House open for longer.

The 72-year-old has started discussions with Camilla, William and Kate and other royals. The Queen, 95, is said to be aware of his plans.

A royal source told the Sunday Times: “The prince wants to bring people in to connect with the institution. He sees them as public places more than private spaces.”

During his reign, Charles is expected to divide his time between Buckingham Palace, Highgrove, Sandringham and Birk-hall in Scotland.

ANDREW ‘QUIETLY REMOVED’ AS PATRON OF 50 ORGANISATIONS

Prince Andrew has reportedly been dropped as patron of almost 50 organisations in the wake of the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal.

The Duke of York has been quietly or publicly removed from the top role by dozens of different bodies, it was reported.

The Telegraph stated that some felt it was “no longer appropriate” to continue their public associations with him, while others are said to have expressed a desire to find someone “better suited” to their aims and values.

A spokesperson for the Duke of York has declined to comment on the report.

The royal stepped back from public duties over his friendship with convicted paedophile Epstein 18 months ago.

DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE’S ‘SECRET PUB DOOR’

When you’re a member of the most famous family in the world, you run the risk of having photos plastered all over social media whenever you leave the house.

So when Kate Middleton wants to go for a drink with other mums at George and Charlotte’s school, she reportedly has her very own private entrance – a hidden doorway said to have been previously installed for Prince Harry’s use back in his bachelor days.

In November 2019, the Duchess of Cambridge, 39, managed to sneak in through a secret side door at the Chelsea pub Hollywood Arms for a “meet and greet” party with other parents.

According to the Mail on Sunday, Kate snuck in through her private entrance – designed to keep her away from prying camera phones.

But while enjoying an ordinary evening with other parents, Kate’s discreet security team still kept a close eye on the Duchess.

HARRY AND MEGHAN ‘MET IN SUPERMARKET’

The Royal family has come up with clever ways to hide in plain sight as they go about their day-to-day lives.

Harry and Meghan’s secret supermarket meeting: Appearing on Dax Shepard’s ‘Armchair Expert’ podcast last week, Prince Harry revealed that he and Meghan Markle did their best to stay “incognito” during their first dates in London in 2016.

“The first time Meghan and I met up for her to come and stay with me, we met up in a supermarket in London, pretending we didn’t know each other, texting each other from the other side of the aisles,” Harry said.

Trying his best not to get recognised, the Duke wore a baseball cap and kept his head down – but was still approached by a couple of eagle-eyed royal fans.

He joked: “I had baseball cap on, looking down at the floor, trying to stay incognito. It’s amazing how much chewing gum you see, it’s a mess!”

HISTORIC CHAPEL IN THE CROWN TO BE DEMOLISHED

An historic chapel used as a makeshift mortuary in the school tragedy village of Aberfan will be demolished from tomorrow, May 18, after an arson attack.

The scenes at Capel Aberfan broke hearts around the world when it was a makeshift mortuary for pupils killed in the 1966 disaster. But it was seriously damaged in the fire – and has been declared an “immediate danger to the public” by the council.

The chapel has an important link to the 1966 disaster which killed 144 people including 116 children in the Welsh village of Aberfan – and was featured in The Crown TV series.

Serial arsonist Daniel Brown, 27, was jailed for setting fire to the historic Capel Aberfan in 2016. Brown caused more than £500,000 worth of damage to the chapel built in 1876 as he watched it burn.

His arson attack gutted the church including destroying the £40,000 church organ given by the Queen after she visited the village after the school was buried in the landslide from a neighbouring coal tip.

PRINCE HARRY SLAMS MEDIA ‘FEEDING FRENZY’

Prince Harry jetted off to the US with wife Meghan Markle and their son Archie to start a new life last year.

The royal spoke about his shock at the amount of attention he received while living in Beverly Hills while taking part in the Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast.

He complained about the media “feeding frenzy”, despite appearing on the Oprah Winfrey show, and rapping and having a laugh with The Late Late Show host James Corden.

Back on UK turf, responding to Harry labelling the First Amendment ‘bonkers’, Nigel Farage tweeted: “For Prince Harry to condemn the USA’s First Amendment shows he has lost the plot.

“Soon he will not be wanted on either side of the pond.”

ROYAL AIDES ANGRY OVER HARRY’S ‘BETRAYAL’… MORE

An aide told the Mail on Sunday: “People are appalled that he could do this to the Queen when the Duke of Edinburgh is barely in his grave.

“To drag his grandfather into this is so shocking and disrespectful.

“The Duke of Sussex has now spent a significant amount of time emphasising that he’s no different to anyone else and attacking the institution which he says has caused him so much pain.

“There is a growing feeling that if you dislike the institution that much, you shouldn’t have the titles.”

ROYAL AIDES ANGRY OVER HARRY’S ‘BETRAYAL’

Royal aides want Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to give up their titles after a “disgraceful” swipe at Charles’ and Philip’s parenting skills, according to a report.

It came after the Duke of Sussex suggested he had been failed by his dad after he claimed he moved Archie and Meghan to the US to “break the cycle” of “genetic pain” from his own childhood.

The Duke made the comments during a podcast with American media personality Dax Shepard, in which he said his dad Charles “suffered” due to his upbringing by the Queen and Philip, then “treated me the way he was treated”.

Senior courtiers told the Mail on Sunday that the Duke’s attack had prompted a sense of “bewilderment and betrayal” in the palace. 

EDO AND BEATRICE ‘SET TO RETURN £20,000-A-YEAR PALACE APARTMENT’

Unconfirmed gossip about Princess Beatrice and Edo Mapelli Mozzi searching for a new Cotswolds home could mean the couple are “set to hand back her £20,000-a-year four-bedroom apartment in St James’s Palace,” writes Charlotte Griffiths for the Mail on Sunday.

She adds that Beatrice shared it with sister Eugenie for several years, but her sibling is “said to have moved to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s old home, Windsor’s Frogmore Cottage, with husband Jack Brooksbank.”

A source said: “Edo is keen to give [son] Wolfie a brother or sister, and a sprawling manor house would be the perfect place to start a family.”