KATE Middleton is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone with Covid after visiting Wimbledon and Wembley last week.
The Duchess of Cambridge, 39, is not experiencing any symptoms but is staying home to follow government guidance.
She was due to join Prince William in marking the 73rd anniversary of the NHS yesterday but had to miss out – including hosting a tea party at Buckingham Palace to pay tribute to the frontline staff of the pandemic.
Kate has received both her Covid jabs and got the alert on Friday. She will have to isolate for ten days but it is not clear when the quarantine period started.
Kate had been pictured watching the tennis at Wimbledon on Friday afternoon in the Royal Box.
Read our Royal Family live blog below for the latest updates…
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ROYAL STUMBLE
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s plan to trademark Archewell has hit a setback at the hands of US lawyers.
The pair want their non-profit organisation Archewell Foundation and Spotifty podcast series Archewell Audio to be protected by company law in America – but their bid has hit a stumbling block.
Documents were filed to the US Patent and Trademark Office by the couple, requesting sole use of the terms.
But their bid hasn’t had a smooth outcome as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been told their applications need clarification if they are to be made into law, reports the Mail.
Applying for Archewell Audio’s trademark, the pair said the company was for the “creation, development, production and distribution of podcasts, audio programmes, music, and audio books” and would create “live podcast performances, live stage performances, live music performances, and live audio-book readings”.
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MEGHAN MARKLE’S BOOK THE BENCH IS NOT BEING STOCKED AT QUEEN’S ONLINE STORE
THE Duchess of Sussex’s picture book The Bench is not being stocked in the Queen’s online store.
The online Royal Collection Shop boasts a whole “storytime” section of “delightful” children’s books.
They include Paddington at the Palace for £6.99 and even Peppa Pig Meets The Queen for £4.99 But the Duchess of Sussex’s title – which has crashed out of Amazon’s top 100 – is not among them.
Meghan, 39, claims it was inspired by a poem she wrote for Harry on his first Father’s Day and a “love story” of him and Archie.
The picture book topped the New York Times Bestsellers List for children’s picture books but sold just 3,212 copies in the UK its first week since publication on June 8.
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PRINCE WILLIAM FELT MEGHAN MARKLE HAD AN ‘AGENDA’ FROM ‘EARLY STAGE’ IN RELATIONSHIP WITH HARRY, BIOGRAPHER CLAIMS
PRINCE William felt that Meghan Markle had an agenda from an early stage in her relationship with Prince Harry, a royal biographer has claimed.
Robert Lacey, author of Battle of Brothers, said the claim came from a source close to William.
Lacy told ITV documentary, Harry & William: What Went Wrong?: “Someone close to William told me William felt from an early stage that Meghan had an agenda”.
This is far from the first report of William’s attitude toward the Duchess of Sussex.
In Mr Lacey’s book, he claimed that Prince William raged at Meghan’s “merciless” treatment of staff and called her “that bloody woman”
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WHERE IS KATE SELF-ISOLATING?
It might be called Apartment 1A, but at four storeys high and boasting 20 rooms, this Royal residence is far from poky.
William and Kate made it their London residence in 2013 and spent £4.5 million on refurbishing Princess Margaret's former home, plus another £170,000 of their own money on a second family kitchen.
Royal author Christopher Warwick said: "It has 20 rooms from the basement to the attic, it is not a small house."
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ROYAL RETURN
Prince Harry is due to return to the UK in ten weeks for another Princess Di ceremony — and Meghan may join him.
It comes after last week’s Diana statue unveiling with Prince William “failed to heal the brotherly rift”.
Harry, 36, and William, 39, had an hour together at their mother’s memorial on Thursday followed by a brief reception in Kensington Palace.
The event was scaled down due to Covid. Insiders say there was no time to address the row caused by Harry blasting the Royal Family from the US.
But Harry is set to come back in September and join more than 100 friends, family and charity leaders for another memorial event. Wife Meghan, 39, could also return with him but sources say it may still be too early as it will come just two months after the birth of second child Lilibet.
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SPECIAL TEA AT PALACE ‘MEANS A LOT TO NHS STAFF’ SAYS NURSE
Alexandra Heys, nurse ward manager in the respiratory high care unit at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “The special tea at Buckingham Palace means a lot to NHS staff who have been through so much over the last year, and I feel so honoured to be meeting the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today.
“I know from personal experience that the past year has taken a huge toll on NHS staff who have worked incredibly hard to take care of patients during a challenging time.
“My team at the respiratory high care unit has cared for over 300 very sick Covid patients, all of whom required dedicated around-the-clock care.
“All NHS staff have gone above and beyond, providing additional care in difficult circumstances, including connecting isolated and very sick patients with their families in their most challenging moments.
“We have all been through a lot, so seeing the public get behind the NHS Big Tea on such as massive scale is an immense boost and really makes a difference.”
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CHARLES TAKES TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE TO ICELAND’S HQ
The Prince of Wales took a trip down memory lane and visited a high street retailer known for its frozen goods.
Charles began a week-long tour of Wales by visiting the headquarters of Iceland in Deeside, Flintshire and dropping into the cold store – a facility he opened 34 years ago.
He was joined by Iceland’s co-founder and executive chairman Sir Malcolm Walker, who established the first store in 1970 in Oswestry, Shropshire with Peter Hinchcliffe, a fellow Woolworths trainee manager.
Sir Malcolm’s wife came up with name of the store after the they hit on the idea of selling frozen food loose, which meant shoppers could buy as little or as much as needed.
The retailer recently opened its 1,000th store, in Newport, South Wales, and today employs 30,000 people.
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SPECIAL TEA AT PALACE ‘MEANS A LOT TO NHS STAFF’ SAYS NURSE
Alexandra Heys, nurse ward manager in the respiratory high care unit at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “The special tea at Buckingham Palace means a lot to NHS staff who have been through so much over the last year, and I feel so honoured to be meeting the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today.
“I know from personal experience that the past year has taken a huge toll on NHS staff who have worked incredibly hard to take care of patients during a challenging time.
“My team at the respiratory high care unit has cared for over 300 very sick Covid patients, all of whom required dedicated around-the-clock care.
“All NHS staff have gone above and beyond, providing additional care in difficult circumstances, including connecting isolated and very sick patients with their families in their most challenging moments.
“We have all been through a lot, so seeing the public get behind the NHS Big Tea on such as massive scale is an immense boost and really makes a difference.”
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WATCH: 'APPALLING' MEGHAN MADE STAFF MISERABLE, SAYS ROYAL EXPERT
Meghan Markle latest news – ‘Appalling’ Duchess made people MISERABLE from very first days as a royal, expert claims
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DIANA’S VOICE COACH THAT TURNED HER INTO A CONFIDENT SPEAKER
In November 1955, Stewart Pearce, was asked to meet a young lady who was in need of voice training classes.
Not long after her panorama interview was aired, despite feeling liberated, Diana did not like the way she came across and so was in search of a voice specialist.
By the time Diana sadly passed away, Stewart said he had helped Diana with her transformation into an assertive and confident speaker.
“She had found a way of balancing her private and public self so that there was no change between the two. She could stand on a platform and feel relaxed and confident about whatever it as she needed to say.” Stewart said.
A former actor, turned voice coach and drama teacher, and a former Master of Voice at London’s Globe Theatre, Stewart, now 69, has just published a book, Diana the Voice of Change – something he describes as a “call to arms for women”.
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PRINCE HARRY FELT SILENCED BY CHARLES OVER DIANA INQUEST – LEAVING HIM LIKE A ‘VOLCANO READY TO ERUPT’, EXPERT SAYS
Prince Harry was a “volcano ready to erupt” after feeling silenced by his dad Prince Charles over Princess Diana inquest, claims an expert.
In 2008, an inquest into Diana’s death concluded that she and partner Dodi Fayed had been unlawfully killed as a result of the “gross negligence” of Mercedes driver Henri Paul and the paparazzi.
In the run up to what would have been Diana’s 60th birthday on July 1, royal expert Duncan Larcombe told The Sun how Diana’s death in 1997 had affected youngest son Prince Harry.
The royal commentator said: “It hurt him. It hurt him badly. He was damaged by her death. A 12-year-old’s mother dies, a 12-year-old suffers obviously.
“But then to have 11 years, over a decade, of his mother’s death being the stuff of open discussions and theories and ‘this is what happened.’ From Prince Harry’s point of view, he was like a volcano waiting to erupt.”
Read more here.
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ROYAL RETURN
PRINCE Harry is due to return to the UK in ten weeks for another Princess Di ceremony — and Meghan may join him.
It comes after last week’s Diana statue unveiling with Prince William “failed to heal the brotherly rift”.
Harry, 36, and William, 39, had an hour together at their mother’s memorial on Thursday followed by a brief reception in Kensington Palace.
The event was scaled down due to Covid. Insiders say there was no time to address the row caused by Harry blasting the Royal Family from the US.
But Harry is set to come back in September and join more than 100 friends, family and charity leaders for another memorial event. Wife Meghan, 39, could also return with him but sources say it may still be too early as it will come just two months after the birth of second child Lilibet.
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MEGHAN MARKLE’S BOOK THE BENCH IS NOT BEING STOCKED AT QUEEN’S ONLINE STORE
THE Duchess of Sussex’s picture book The Bench is not being stocked in the Queen’s online store.
The online Royal Collection Shop boasts a whole “storytime” section of “delightful” children’s books.
They include Paddington at the Palace for £6.99 and even Peppa Pig Meets The Queen for £4.99 But the Duchess of Sussex’s title – which has crashed out of Amazon’s top 100 – is not among them.
Meghan, 39, claims it was inspired by a poem she wrote for Harry on his first Father’s Day and a “love story” of him and Archie.
The picture book topped the New York Times Bestsellers List for children’s picture books but sold just 3,212 copies in the UK its first week since publication on June 8.
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KATE SELF-ISOLATES AFTER COMING INTO CONTACT WITH COVID SUFFERER
The Duchess of Cambridge is having to self-isolate after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for coronavirus, Kensington Palace said.
Kate was due to spend the day with William celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the NHS at two major events but will now have a 10-day period at home.
They had planned to attend a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral in honour of the nation’s health service, and in the afternoon host a Big Tea at Buckingham Palace for NHS staff, in their roles as Joint Patrons of NHS Charities Together.
Kensington Palace said in a statement: “Last week The Duchess of Cambridge came into contact with someone who has subsequently tested positive for Covid-19.
“Her Royal Highness is not experiencing any symptoms, but is following all relevant government guidelines and is self-isolating at home.”
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ITV CUT CLAIM PRINCE WILLIAM’S STAFF PLANTED STORIES ABOUT HARRY FROM BROTHERS-AT-WAR DOC
ITV cut claims that Prince William and his staff planted stories about his brother’s mental health after being warned they were defamatory, reports claim.
The documentary, Harry & William: What Went Wrong?, had originally planned to air allegations of leaking from the Duke of Cambridge about Prince Harry.
Omid Scobie, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s biographer, had suggested on the show that senior palace aides had briefed newspapers over concerns regarding Harry’s state of mind.
He claimed that it was following an interview with journalist Tom Bradby in 2019 where Harry said that he and his brother were on “different paths”.
However, Kensington Palace are understood to have warned ITV that the suggestion, if aired, would be defamatory in that it was substantially untrue.
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BAD STORIES
Meghan Markle upset people from the early days of her joining the Royal Family, a royal biographer has claimed.
Penny Junor claimed palace insiders told her the Duchess of Sussex was "not as charming as she seemed."
"I was hearing very bad stories from early on that Meghan was upsetting people," she told the ITV documentary, Harry & William: What Went Wrong?
"She was not as charming as she seemed."
Junor went on to say that the Duchess's approach is not just Californian but "showbiz-y, celebrity."
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PRINCE CHARLES REVEALS BANGERS WHICH GIVE HIM ‘AN IRRESISTIBLE URGE’ TO DANCE
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PRINCE WILLIAM FELT MEGHAN MARKLE HAD AN ‘AGENDA’ FROM ‘EARLY STAGE’ IN RELATIONSHIP WITH HARRY, BIOGRAPHER CLAIMS
Prince William felt that Meghan Markle had an agenda from an early stage in her relationship with Prince Harry, a royal biographer has claimed.
Robert Lacey, author of Battle of Brothers, said the claim came from a source close to William.
Lacy told ITV documentary, Harry & William: What Went Wrong?: “Someone close to William told me William felt from an early stage that Meghan had an agenda”.
This is far from the first report of William’s attitude toward the Duchess of Sussex.
In Mr Lacey’s book, he claimed that Prince William raged at Meghan’s “merciless” treatment of staff and called her “that bloody woman”
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KATE SELF-ISOLATES AFTER COMING INTO CONTACT WITH COVID SUFFERER
The Duchess of Cambridge is having to self-isolate after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for coronavirus, Kensington Palace said.
Kate was due to spend the day with William celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the NHS at two major events but will now have a 10-day period at home.
They had planned to attend a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral in honour of the nation’s health service, and in the afternoon host a Big Tea at Buckingham Palace for NHS staff, in their roles as Joint Patrons of NHS Charities Together.
Kensington Palace said in a statement: “Last week The Duchess of Cambridge came into contact with someone who has subsequently tested positive for Covid-19.
“Her Royal Highness is not experiencing any symptoms, but is following all relevant government guidelines and is self-isolating at home.”
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CLOSE FRIEND OF DIANA SAYS PRINCESS WASN’T FULLY AWARE OF ROYAL ‘MACHINE’ WHEN SHE JOINED FIRM
A close friend of Princess Diana has revealed that she was not fully aware of royal “machine” when she joined the firm.
Writing in The Telegraph, Dr Colthurst recalled witnessing the pressure she faced.
Close friend, Colthurst said: “I felt, when she joined the Royal family, she may not have been fully aware of the machine she was in,” he wrote.
“The Firm, for its part, was unaccustomed to having a superstar in its midst, and I don’t think they knew how to cope with the enormous amount of publicity she generated.”
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MEGHAN MARKLE’S BOOK THE BENCH IS NOT BEING STOCKED AT QUEEN’S ONLINE STORE
THE Duchess of Sussex’s picture book The Bench is not being stocked in the Queen’s online store.
The online Royal Collection Shop boasts a whole “storytime” section of “delightful” children’s books.
They include Paddington at the Palace for £6.99 and even Peppa Pig Meets The Queen for £4.99 But the Duchess of Sussex’s title – which has crashed out of Amazon’s top 100 – is not among them.
Meghan, 39, claims it was inspired by a poem she wrote for Harry on his first Father’s Day and a “love story” of him and Archie.
The picture book topped the New York Times Bestsellers List for children’s picture books but sold just 3,212 copies in the UK its first week since publication on June 8.
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ARTHUR EDWARDS SAYS ‘WILLIAM AND HARRY FRICTION IS REASON SO FEW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO DIANA MEMORIAL’
Royal photographer, Arthur Edwards, has had his say on the rift between the two Princes ahead of Diana’s statue unveiling.
Arthur Edwards has said: “If they had wanted more people there for the unveiling they could have done it somehow.
“It is sad the Queen, Prince Charles and other members of the Royal Family who were close to Diana can’t be there.
“I believe the on-going friction between William and Harry is the real reason so few people have been invited. In many ways I find that unacceptable.”
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PRINCE WILLIAM ATTENDS NHS 73RD BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS WITHOUT WIFE KATE AS COVID SCARE FORCES HER TO SELF-ISOLATE
Prince William is attending the NHS 73rd birthday celebrations solo today.Wife Kate Middleton is self-isolating after coming into contact with who tested positive for Covid.
The Duke of Cambridge was snapped heading up the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral in London to honour the work of frontline hospital and care home staff.
He took a front row seat before a choir dressed in white robes sang hymns to commemorate the occasion.
William followed religious leaders past rows of NHS staff who have kept the service afloat during the pandemic.
NHS England said staff would be placed “at the heart” of the socially distanced service.
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MEGHAN MARKLE’S BOOK THE BENCH IS NOT BEING STOCKED AT QUEEN’S ONLINE STORE
THE Duchess of Sussex’s picture book The Bench is not being stocked in the Queen’s online store.
The online Royal Collection Shop boasts a whole “storytime” section of “delightful” children’s books.
They include Paddington at the Palace for £6.99 and even Peppa Pig Meets The Queen for £4.99 But the Duchess of Sussex’s title – which has crashed out of Amazon’s top 100 – is not among them.
Meghan, 39, claims it was inspired by a poem she wrote for Harry on his first Father’s Day and a “love story” of him and Archie.
The picture book topped the New York Times Bestsellers List for children’s picture books but sold just 3,212 copies in the UK its first week since publication on June 8.
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ROYAL RETURN
PRINCE Harry is due to return to the UK in ten weeks for another Princess Di ceremony — and Meghan may join him.
It comes after last week’s Diana statue unveiling with Prince William “failed to heal the brotherly rift”.
Harry, 36, and William, 39, had an hour together at their mother’s memorial on Thursday followed by a brief reception in Kensington Palace.
The event was scaled down due to Covid. Insiders say there was no time to address the row caused by Harry blasting the Royal Family from the US.
But Harry is set to come back in September and join more than 100 friends, family and charity leaders for another memorial event. Wife Meghan, 39, could also return with him but sources say it may still be too early as it will come just two months after the birth of second child Lilibet.
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