Tag: #QueenElizabethII
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UK parliament ratifies Brexit divorce law
London, Jan 23 (AFP/APP): After years of acrimonious debate, British lawmakers on Wednesday finally approved the terms of their country’s historic departure from the European Union — due in just nine days time. MPs in the lower House of Commons had already backed the EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill, which ratifies the divorce deal that Prime…
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Harry and Meghan start new life in Canada with media spat
Victoria, Canada, Jan 22 (AFP/APP): Prince Harry and his wife Meghan started their new life in Canada on Tuesday by launching a legal warning to media over photographs of the duchess near their seaside bolthole. Following their shock exit from life as working royals, Harry jetted out from Britain to join Meghan late Monday at…
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Prince Harry starts new life with Meghan in Canada
Vancouver, Jan 21 (AFP/APP): Prince Harry was spending the first full day of his new life in Canada on Tuesday after jetting in from Britain to join his wife Meghan following their shock exit from their royal roles. Harry, 35, landed at Vancouver International Airport on a British Airways flight from London Heathrow shortly after…
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Britain’s Prince Harry expresses ‘great sadness’ at royal split
London, Jan 20 (AFP/APP): Britain’s Prince Harry expressed “great sadness” on Sunday at the way he and his wife Meghan had to give up their royal titles as part of a separation settlement with the Queen. “It brings me great sadness that it has come to this,” Harry said in his first remarks on Saturday’s…
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Meghan Markle makes first public appearance since shock announcement
Vancouver, Jan 16 (AFP/APP): Meghan Markle has made her first public appearance since she and Prince Harry sensationally decided to quit as full-time royals, visiting two women’s charities in Vancouver as British media reported she could face her father in court. Harry and Meghan are in the middle of a storm after making their bombshell…
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Queen grants Harry and Meghan ‘transition period’ in Canada
Sandringham, United Kingdom, Jan 14 (AFP/APP): Queen Elizabeth II on Monday allowed her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan to split their time between Canada and Britain during a “transition period” in which the family will figure out how to deal with their shock resignation from front-line royal duties. The monarch said she held…
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Harry, William present united front before royal crisis summit
Sandringham, United Kingdom, Jan 13 (AFP/APP): Prince Harry and his brother Prince William put on a united front as they were summoned to showdown talks Monday on Harry’s future after he and his wife Meghan unilaterally announced they were quitting as front-line British royalty. The brothers lashed out at a story alleging that William bullied…
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Queen, Prince Harry, senior royals set for crisis meeting
London, Jan 12 (AFP/APP): Queen Elizabeth II will host a showdown meeting with Prince Harry on Monday in an attempt to solve the crisis triggered by his bombshell announcement that he and wife Meghan were stepping back from the royal frontline. Other senior royals including Harry’s father Prince Charles and brother Prince William, with whom…
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Prince Harry’s wife Meghan returns to Canada amid royal storm
London, Jan 11 (AFP/APP): Prince Harry’s wife Meghan has returned to Canada following the couple’s bombshell announcement that they were quitting their frontline royal duties, it emerged Friday, as the monarch held urgent talks with her family to resolve the crisis. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spent an extended Christmas holiday in Canada with…
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Harry, Meghan quit royal front line in shock move
London, Jan 9 (AFP/APP): Prince Harry and his wife Meghan stunned the British monarchy on Wednesday by quitting as front-line members — reportedly without first consulting Queen Elizabeth II. In a shock announcement, the couple said they would spend time in North America and rip up long-established relations with the press. Media reports said the…