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Post by Admin on Jan 9, 2021 4:02:55 GMT
Meghan Markle has officially missed her chance to become a UK citizen... for now, DailyMail.com can reveal. The Duchess of Sussex had fully intended to become a Brit after marrying Prince Harry in May 2018 in a spectacular wedding at Windsor Castle. She was required to live in the UK for a minimum of three years before applying for citizenship and legally qualifying for a British passport. And at the time Kensington Palace confirmed the former Suits actress intended to apply. However, her and Harry's shock Megxit announcement in January 2020 saw the plans hit the skids. Under strict Home Office rules the Duchess, who first moved to London on November 21, 2017, could have begun her citizenship application three years later on November 21, 2020. But the jet-setting Duchess was also required to limit the total number of days she spent outside of the UK in that time to less than 270 - something she failed to do. Now any future application would be delayed and would involve a move back to the UK.
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Post by Admin on Jan 11, 2021 21:49:19 GMT
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will reunite publicly with the royal family this spring for the first time since they gave up their titles, according to a report. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expected to attend the Trooping of the Colour, the Queen’s annual birthday parade, on June 12 in London, the Sunday Times reported. The military parade, which will mark the Queen’s 95th birthday, will also be the first national celebration in the United Kingdom since the beginning of the pandemic. The Queen appeared last year without her family at the event, which was scaled down and moved from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle due to lockdowns. “The current plan is for the Queen’s birthday parade to go ahead in London as normal, with the acceptance that it may need to be adapted or scaled back depending on what guidelines are in force at the time,” a royal aide told the outlet. “But the aspiration and the ultimate desire is to make it happen.”
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Post by Admin on Jan 18, 2021 5:47:03 GMT
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have had quite a year. Since their royal exit, the couple has relocated across the Atlantic to North America, where they moved around several times before settling into their forever home in Montecito, California. This would be stressful enough, of course, but Harry and Meghan made their huge life change in the midst of a global pandemic that has made it impossible for them to visit Harry's family in the United Kingdom for months now. Still, through it all, the couple is thriving. In a piece for Grazia, Finding Freedom coauthor Omid Scobie described the Sussexes' year, writing, "To be at the point they are at now, having set up an empire and a charity in just over nine months, shows just how hard they have worked to make this transition a success, but it’s taken a lot of work to get here. The journey has been painful." Part of that pain comes from the loneliness Harry and Meghan have experienced. In addition to being separated from the rest of the royal family, the couple was left by a key member of their staff early in their transition, apparently. "It's just been a lot," a friend of Meghan's told Carolyn Durand, the other half of the Finding Freedom writing team, according to the Daily Mail. "Their nanny moved back to the UK when they moved to LA because of the pandemic and restrictions left them feeling quite alone. Each move made them feel more displaced.
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Post by Admin on Jan 28, 2021 7:15:34 GMT
As one of the women who helped make Meghan Markle's iconic wedding dress, the professional embroiderer Chloe Savage had a behind-the-scenes peek at the royal wedding that would capture the world's attention. Fast-forward nearly three years, and Markle and Prince Harry have since taken a step back from the royal family to forge their own path in California with their 20-month-old son, Archie. It's a move that surprised many. But Savage told Insider she believed the former actress wasn't adequately prepared for the pressure that comes with being a royal. "I think she misjudged the role," Savage said. "The royal family has broken people before. Kate had plenty of time to adapt and adjust to it. They gave her time, whereas Meghan sort of dived in headfirst." Savage said she didn't think Markle was prepared for all the "rules and regulations" required of a British royal. "It virtually broke Diana; it broke Sarah Ferguson," Savage said. "It has broken people before. I know it's looser now than it used to be, but even then, I don't think [Meghan] was prepared for the things she could and couldn't do, say, and wear."
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Post by Admin on Feb 7, 2021 4:46:36 GMT
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are said to have held a secret 'introductory meeting' with California Governor Gavin Newsom in the run-up to the election - just weeks after the former Royals 'violated' the terms of their 'Megxit' deal by wading into politics. The Sussexes, who now live in the Golden State, took part in a virtual hour-long meeting with the Democratic governor back on October 19, according to a memo obtained by The Sun. It is not clear what was discussed in the meeting with Newsom's office telling the outlet it does not comment on 'the content of meetings between the Governor and private parties or his staff.' At the time, the presidential election was just two weeks away and Newsom was facing mounting calls to line up a woman of color to replace then-California Senator Kamala Harris if she was elected vice president. The alleged meeting between the former Royals and the prominent politician came after Meghan and Harry were accused of 'crossing the line' in September in a Time 100 video where they told American voters to 'reject hate speech, misinformation and online negativity' in 'the most important election of our life.' Members of the Royal family are supposed to be politically neutral. Meghan and Harry stood down as senior Royals effective March 2020 but part of their agreement with Buckingham Palace was that 'everything they do will uphold the values of Her Majesty'.
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