Kate Middleton makes surprise return as Harry and Meghan Colombia tour called a ‘distraction’ – royal news live

William and Kate appeared in a video message congratulating Team GB, with a compilation of messages from celebrities including Snoop Dogg and David Beckham.

Congratulating Team GB’s heroes in a short video clip, Kate says: “From all of us watching at home, congratulations to Team GB,” before William adds: “Well done with all you’ve achieved. You’ve been an inspiration to us all.”

Following the claim that King Charles is ignoring Prince Harry’s calls, a royal expert has said that the Duke of Sussex “assumed he would be forgiven”.

Royal author Tom Quinn told The Mirror: “Despite all his criticisms Harry always assumed he would be forgiven by his father.

“He thought Charles would make amends for the hurt that – in Harry’s view – justified the criticisms.”

The Duke of Sussex, 39, has been a vocal critic of life as a working royal after stepping down in 2020 and his relationship with his family has worsened as a result.

Kate, 42, will travel to the Aberdeenshire estate to spend some quality time with her family as the royals enjoy their summer break after a difficult first half of the year.

Royal author Phil Dampier told Fabulous: “The fact that Kate is well enough to travel to Scotland and enjoy a holiday at Balmoral is a sure sign she is on the mend and a very positive step.”

Royal author Angela Levin said that Meghan, 43, had a “meltdown” when she was asked about her previous suicidal thoughts, which she admitted in her 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey.

“After the interview was over, she was apparently screaming at the producers, very, very annoyed at what they had asked,” Levin said, as reported by OK! magazine.

“You mustn’t do that with Meghan because she’s in control. But you could see she couldn’t contain her anger, her fury.”

In response to the question, Meghan said that she had not yet “scratched the surface” of her mental struggles in the royal family.

A new poll has found that the majority of people think Prince Harry should give back the £7 million he will receive from the late Queen Mother when he turns 40 next month.

Carried out by the Express, 75 percent of respondents said that the Duke of Sussex should return the money.

However, not everyone was against his receipt of a portion of her estimated £70 million fortune and 22 percent of respondents said Harry should keep the money.

Three percent of respondents were undecided about what he should do.

Taking to Twitter/X, he wrote: “Fantastic news! This is going to have a life-saving impact. A huge thank you to everyone who donated. W”

The Duchess of Sussex’s latest interview has been described as a “car crash” after she and Prince Harry shared their fears for Prince Archie and Princess Lillibet growing up in an online world.

This prompted her to admit that she had not publicly “scratched the surface” when it came to disclosing the experience.

Many viewers have now said they believe that the duchess was angry that the issue had even been raised by CBS Sunday Morning host Jane Pauley.

Broadcaster Dan Wooton said on his podcast: “I imagine that’s the sort of question, she wasn’t there for that, because she said ‘I did not expect this’. But you could see she couldn’t contain her anger and fury.”

The Princess of Wales announced her diagnosis in March after initially stepping back from her duties for planned abdominal surgery in January.

She explained that her doctors initially did not think her condition was cancerous, but it was, and she was prescribed “preventative chemotherapy” as a result.

Royal author Rob Jobson told US Weekly the diagnosis was “devastating” for William who was left “completely crestfallen” after learning that King Charles also has cancer.

Following the announcement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s second unofficial tour of the year to Colombia, an expert has said they have set up a “rival court”.

Royal author Phil Dampier has said that while it is “tragic”, it should not be an issue as long as it does not overlap with the work of the Wales family.

“Now that they [have] set up as this kind of rival court, they will obviously hope that things they do don’t overlap what William’s doing,” Dampier told Fabulous.

“He’s [William’s] got events with the Earthshot Prize that he’s involved in in South Africa later in the year, and Harry, of course, has got his Invictus Games, so as long as they don’t directly clash in terms of dates, and try and score points off each other, and they’re not directly competing in the same field, I think they can carry on.

“But it’s just tragic that it’s come to this, that they’re doing their own thing.”

Eugenie, 34, marked her sister’s 36th birthday yesterday (8 August) with a sweet tribute that included pictures of the pair together.

She wrote on Instagram: “Happy birthday dearest Beabea!!

“What an inspiration you are. You’ve paved the way for your little sissy. Love you xx”