Royal News – Live: Duchess Kate 'sets return date' as Duchess Meghan reveals distress over 'cruel' comments during pregnancy

Gary Goldsmith has once again slammed Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, saying he believes they should be stripped of their royal titles.

Duchess Kate's uncle has asked the Duke and Duchess of Sussex if they are “furious” at Prince William over his decision to step back from royal duties. criticized.

Duchess Meghan denounced the “toxicity” of social media during her keynote speech at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Texas on International Women's Day.

“Even if you make money, it doesn’t make sense,” he said. suit Star.

The Duchess of Sussex, 42, appeared on a panel to commemorate International Women's Day on Friday, March 8, alongside celebrities including Katie Couric and Brooke Shields. During a panel discussion in Texas, Meghan spoke candidly about the challenges of motherhood as she shares four-year-old son Archie and two-year-old daughter Lilibet with Prince Harry.

While she said being a mother is “not perfect,” she praised her husband, who was sitting in the audience at the event, for being a great support system and father.

During her three pregnancies, the Duchess of Cambridge suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum, which causes severe vomiting.

She reveals on podcast how she overcame extreme illness Mommy is happy, baby is happy too. She relied on the hypnobirthing techniques of mindfulness and meditation.

In a 2020 podcast, the princess told host Giovanna Fletcher: “I'm not going to say Prince William was standing there sweet-talking me.

“He definitely wasn't. I didn't even ask him, I just wanted to try it myself.

“When I was really sick, I really witnessed the power of things like meditation and deep breathing that are taught in hypnobirthing and realized that this is actually something that you can control while giving birth. It's very powerful and did.”

The Queen's beloved '500 Words' competition, which aims to promote a love of literature by encouraging children aged five to 11 to write their own stories, is now open thanks to Duchess Camilla's intervention It has been revived for the first time in three years.

The i-newspaper reports that the Queen first broached the idea of ​​reviving the contest with the support of former BBC radio DJ Chris Evans, who launched the contest in 2011.

A source told the magazine: “The Queen has started contacting the BBC and its director general, Tim Davie, has committed to bringing the competition back to the BBC, moving it from radio to television and putting it on The One Show. “I exposed it on BBC Breakfast.”

Judge and Fast Show comedian Charlie Higson said: And it was really because of her that the competition came back, and she gave her a few twists in the arm and said, “Look, this is really good, you have to keep going.”

Duchess Kate's uncle Gary Goldsmith claimed on Wednesday's episode of Celebrity Big Brother that the Prince of Wales is waiting for the Duke of Sussex to “become part of the gang again”.

This comes after the businessman brother of the Princess of Wales' mother made critical comments about Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex.

“Harry was really, really loved. When they were a trio, Kate, William and Harry, they seemed very comfortable together,” Goldsmith said on Tuesday.

“Then, all of a sudden, there's this special dynamic where it's like a stick in a spoke,” he added of Meghan.

There has been intense speculation online about the health of Duchess Kate, who has been absent from royal duties.

Royal commentator Rupert Bell said: “I wish he wasn't there because it just increases the level of speculation again…The fact that he is there doesn't make her It just puts more of a spotlight on it.”

On International Women's Day, a panel featuring Meghan Markle gathered to discuss issues such as how women and mothers are portrayed in traditional and social media.

The panel discussion is part of the annual SXSW (South by Southwest) event, which runs through March 16 in Austin, Texas, and will feature actor, model, and author Brooke Shields and journalist Katie Couric. , sociologist Nancy Wang Yuen also participated.

Meghan responded to a report about how her mother is portrayed in the media, saying that the report found that working mothers' salaries were 62 cents on the dollar compared to working fathers' salaries. Ta.