A prince and princess. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s kids, son Archie, 3, and 21-month-old daughter Lilibet, are now using their official royal titles.
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The statement that almost wasn’t! Princess Diana’s little black “Revenge Dress” has been hailed as one of the most iconic fashion moments of all time — but it turns out the late royal never intended on wearing the dramatic design.
Claudia Joseph — author of Diana: A Life in Dresses, which explores the late princess’ fashion evolution — opened up to Us Weekly exclusively about Diana’s unforgettable Christina Stambolian number, which she wore to the Serpentine Gallery on June 29, 1994. The event took place on the same night King Charles III admitted to cheating on his then-wife with Queen Consort Camilla. (Diana and Charles, now 74, formally divorced in August 1996 after 15 years of marriage. The princess died at age 36 in August 1997. Thing King and Camilla, now 75, wed in April 2005.)
“The story behind her wearing the ‘Revenge Dress’ is quite interesting,” Joseph told Us earlier this week. “She’d gone into Christina Stambolian dress shop with her brother Charlie Spencer, and he sat there while she tried on clothes.”
The writer explained that Diana had ordered the memorable off-the-shoulder dress but originally “wanted it in white.” Joseph continued: “But Christina said, ‘No, no I think it would look better in black.’”
Diana, however, wasn’t convinced. “She was [groaning] about it, but Christina insisted, ‘This looks fabulous on you,’” Joseph told Us. Diana ended up obliging and ordered the piece in black.
On the day of the Serpentine Gallery event, the British press leaked that Diana would be wearing Valentino, which didn’t sit well with her. “She got quite angry about that, so she went into her closet and her butler suggested she wear the [Stambolian],
A prince and princess. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s kids, son Archie, 3, and 21-month-old daughter Lilibet, are now using their official royal titles.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s kids are now allowed to use Prince and Princess titles!
still “master” and “miss” on Wednesday.Despite being used for the first time Wednesday, the young royals were officially free to use them once their grandfather, King Charles III, ascended to the throne in September after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.The palace waited for Harry and Meghan to take the lead by using the titles first, sources told The Times of London.It comes despite the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s ever-growing rift with Harry’s family, leaving it unclear if they will even attend his dad Charles’ coronation as king.Markle had used the lack of a “prince” title for Archie — who turns 4 in May — to justify some of her most explosive attacks against the royals in her initial interview with Oprah Winfrey.When asked if the lack of title — and the security that comes with it — was “because of his race,” Markle appeared to agree.“All around this same time — we have in tandem the conversation of, ‘He won’t be given security, he’s not going to be given a title,’ and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born,” replied the former actress, whose mother is black.However, royal experts quickly pointed out that Archie had been too far down the line of succession to get the title, which changed when they rose the ranks once their grandfather became king.Archie is sixth in line for the throne, one place ahead of his sister, who turns two in June.Despite now being prince and princess, neither are a His or Her Royal Highness, or HRH, the UK Times said.“The use of the style HRH would come through their father and the Duke of Sussex’s HRH is in abeyance,” a palace source told the UK paper of the decision after he quit life as a senior royal.Lilibet was christened by the
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Prince Harry is honoring his late mother’s legacy in making a difference in the HIV community.
Terrence Higgins Trust.The 38-year-old estranged royal claimed that his late mother’s involvement with the HIV and sexual health charity was a “big piece” of her legacy. It is named after Terrence “Terry” Higgins, who was one of the first people to die of an AIDS-related illness in the UK in July 1982.“I’ve been involved with Terrence Higgins Trust for a number of years, and the fight to end this epidemic is a big piece of my mum’s legacy,” Harry wrote in the note, which was included in a catalog for the charity’s flagship fundraising event, The Auction, on Monday, according to The Independent.
The Duke of Sussex has praised his mother Diana, Princess of Wales for leading with empathy and demonstrating the "power of connection in the face of fear" as he marked 40 years of the Terrence Higgins Trust. Harry, in a message in honour of the UK’s leading HIV and sexual health charity, said the fight to end the HIV/Aids epidemic was a "big part" of the late princess’s legacy.
King Charles III will reportedly offer Prince Harry and Meghan Markle a suite in Buckingham Palace for the Coronation after their Frogmore Cottage eviction.
An insult aimed at Queen Consort Camilla in Prince Harry’s memoir Spare may have proved too much for King Charles, as the prince and wife Meghan Markle are asked to leave Frogmore Cottage. The King has reportedly asked Harry and Meghan to give up their UK residence in Windsor, with the move following Harry’s controversial memoir, Spare.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have now been issued an eviction notice from Frogmore Cottage which might have come down to a cruel insult lobbied at Queen Consort Camilla.
Following the news that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have officially been asked by the Palace to give up their UK residence, Frogmore Cottage, the internet as been inundated with theories behind the decision. The couple were told they could no longer stay in the home, which was gifted to the couple by the late Queen in 2018 as a wedding present, the day after Harry’s controversial memoir Spare was released, with the keys to the property now being offered to Prince Andrew instead.
Royal children Archie Harrison and Lilibet Diana are unlikely to receive royal titles following King Charles' decision to evict the Sussexes from their UK base of Frogmore Cottage, according to an expert.The King is said to have made the decision to evict Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from their former home following the publication of Harry's memoir Spare, in which he accused his step-mother Queen Consort Camilla of leaking stories to the press. A spokesperson for the couple confirmed the news to press in a statement which read: "We can confirm The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been requested to vacate their residence at Frogmore Cottage." Now royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams has discussed the impact this may have on the couple's two children, telling Express.co.uk that Archie and Lilibet are "highly unlikely" to receive royal titles.
King Charles III was given no other option but to evict Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — at least in the eyes of one royal expert.
At least two members of the Royal Family are “appalled” by King Charles’ decision to kick Prince Harry and Meghan Markle out of Frogmore cottage. After their exit from royal life back in 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been living in the US.
rather than “queen consort.”Christopher Anderson, author of “The King: The Life of Charles III,” claimed that 74-year-old Charles “hammered away relentlessly at the late queen for 17 years, pleading with her to endorse Camilla as queen and not merely consort.”“Toward the end of her life the queen did just that, quite reluctantly I’m told, and it was a shock to Diana’s sons,” he told Fox News. The Queen died in September 2022, and just months before her passing, she expressed her “sincere wish” that 75-year-old Camilla — Charles’ former mistress — should be known as queen consort.It was reported on Feb.
King Charles III's upcoming coronation could be a huge moment for his grandson Prince George. According to The Telegraph, the nine year old's parents Kate Middleton and Prince William are currently "mulling over" how big George's role in the ceremony should be, given the "attention he will inevitably get at an event covered by media across the world".
Queen Consort Camilla will be working with the British designer Bruce Oldfield, responsible for making some of Princess Diana’s most emblemantic dresses. Oldfield will be designing the Queen Consort’s gown for King Charles’s coronation, an event that will take place on May 6th, at Westminster Abbey.
With just two months to go until King Charles in formally crowned, plans for the Coronation already appear to have hit a snag as several musical celebrities invited to perform at the high profile ceremony have already turned down their invitations. A host of musical heavyweights including Elton John, Harry Styles and The Spice Girls have already reportedly turned down the change to perform at His Majesty’s big Windsor Castle concert on May 6, just hours after the official ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey.
Queen Camilla has reportedly picked Princess Diana’s “favorite” designer to make her coronation gown! Yes, really!!!
Willingham Auctions in Cambridgeshire is auctioning off the set, as well as the original negatives, on March 4 — and they’re expected to fetch a pretty penny. “The sky is the limit on the price. We have never had anything like this before,” auctioneer Stephen Drake excitedly told the Mirror.“Plenty of pictures have been sold of Princess Diana before, but nothing as relaxed as this and nothing as early in her marriage,” he added.