King to affix veterans for Monday’s VE Day celebrations
King Charles shall be joined by senior royals, navy veterans and enormous crowds to witness the celebrations for the eightieth anniversary of VE Day.
The celebrations, involving a grand navy parade and a flypast, will start on Monday when London’s well-known Big Ben clock strikes noon and extracts from British struggle chief Winston Churchill’s VE Day speech shall be learn out.
More than 1,300 members of Britain’s armed forces will then course of by way of central London from exterior parliament to Buckingham Palace, watched by the king, Queen Camilla, Prince William and his spouse Kate together with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and veterans of the battle.
Ukrainian armed forces will even participate to indicate Britain’s assist for its struggle towards Russia.
As the procession concludes, there shall be a flypast by historic navy plane and the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows aerobatics show group, watched by the royals from the balcony of Buckingham palace.
The royals will then host about 50 veterans and others who lived by way of the struggle for a tea celebration contained in the palace.
Alex Croft3 May 2025 23:00
‘It’s not that Charles gained’t converse to Harry — he can’t’, says buddy of King
King Charles would converse to Prince Harry if not for the concern of a “private and delicate” dialog ending up on a information particular “within hours”, a detailed buddy of the King has stated.
Speaking to the Times, the buddy accused Harry of seeing “conspiracy every time a decision doesn’t go in his direction”.
They added: “He is like a gambler in a casino who can’t walk away — he just doubles down. Even when he speaks of reconciliation, it is laced with threats and anger.
“It’s not that the King won’t speak to him — it’s that he can’t. How can you have a private and delicate conversation when you know it is going to end up on a news special within hours?
“Perhaps if he tried to earn rather than demand a reconciliation, things might go a little better for him. It’s just very tragic.”

Alex Croft3 May 2025 22:33
Prince Harry criticises Ravec
During his bombshell BBC interview, Prince Harry spoke out towards the committee accountable for conserving senior royals secure – the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec).
The committee determined he wouldn’t mechanically obtain complete safety when within the UK after he stepped down from royal duties.
But Prince Harry claimed the choice was made with out finishing up a full evaluation into the threats he confronted.
He instructed the interviewer his “jaw hit the floor” when he found a consultant of the Royal Household sits on the Ravec committee.
He claimed that enabled it to affect what safety members of the Royal Family get.
The safety dangers nonetheless stay the identical no matter whether or not he’s finishing up his royal duties or not, Prince Harry defined.
He stated: “My status hasn’t changed. It can’t change. I am who I am.”
“I am part of what I’m part of, and I can never escape that. My circumstances will always be the same.”
“I was born into these risks, they’ve only increased over time,” he added.
Alex Croft3 May 2025 22:07
There is “no level” in fighting anymore, says Prince Harry
The Duke of Sussex revealed there has been many disagreements between himself and his family – but he said he has forgiven them.
In the interview with the BBC he said: “There’s no level persevering with to struggle any extra, life is valuable.”
It comes after he stepped down from royal duties in 2020 and moved to California with his wife Megan Markle.
Rebecca Whittaker3 May 2025 21:15
What Buckingham Palace has said ?
Commenting after the BBC interview, Buckingham Palace said: “All of those points have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the identical conclusion reached on every event.”
Rebecca Whittaker3 May 2025 20:31
Prince Harry calls on Prime Minister to intervene
The Duke of Sussex said there is “no way to win this through the courts”, and said he would not be taking the legal challenge against the government to the Supreme Court.
In the BBC interview he said: “I do not need any battles to proceed.
“There is way too much suffering and way too much conflict in the world.”
But he did name on the Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary to intervene in how selections are made by Ravec.
He stated: “I’d ask the prime minister to step in. I would ask Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, to look at this very, very carefully.
“And I’d ask her to evaluation Ravec and its members… as a result of whether it is an skilled physique, then what’s the royal family’s position there if it is not to affect and determine what they need for the members of their family?”
Rebecca Whittaker3 May 2025 19:45
A timeline of the Duke of Sussex’s legal challenge
The Duke of Sussex has lost an appeal against a ruling related to the level of taxpayer-funded security he receives while he is in the UK.
The legal battle started in 2020 and ended with the High Court decision in a ruling on Friday.
Read here the full timeline of events:
Rebecca Whittaker3 May 2025 19:00
Palace insider claims Queen Elizabeth, would have been “horrified”
A palace insider has claimed that Queen Elizabeth, would have been “horrified” by it all.
When the Duke of Sussex spoke in his BBC interview about King Charles refusing to talk with him over the security dispute, the palace reacted with contempt.
The royal source told ITV News: “For a son who claims to want a family reconciliation, it’s certainly a very curious way to build bridges or offer olive branches.”
“As for their being no contact, well he has just proven why, yet again”, a royal insider said. “There is nothing that can be trusted to remain private.”
Rebecca Whittaker3 May 2025 18:15
A timeline of events: Prince Harry’s troubled relationship with the royal family
Prince Harry’s troubled relationships with the British royal family, the UK establishment and the media have played out in public for years – in books and interviews, on television programs and in the courts.
The latest twist saw Harry give a revealing interview after a court rejected his attempt to restore the police protection that was stripped from him after he quit his royal duties and moved to the US in 2020.
Read here for a timeline of recent events involving Harry and the British royal family:
Rebecca Whittaker3 May 2025 17:30
Should Harry be welcomed again into the royal household? The public has their say…
Rebecca Whittaker3 May 2025 16:45
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