One of the two second leg FA Cup semi-final encounters that will take place this Saturday will be between Terengganu and Kedah, at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu. The first leg match, played in Alor Star almost two weeks ago ended in a slim 1-0 win to the home side, thanks to young substitute Farhan Roslan’s 70th minute goal. In terms of recent form, both sides are not doing too well currently....
Father Gennady Zaridze spoke at a funeral last week for Kirill Ulyashev, 21, who is thought to have died two weeks earlier on the third day of the invasion. His remains were brought home to the family The priest said Ulyashev was a “warrior of Christ” who “fought against evil, Satanic spirits: Ukrainian Nazis, created by American multinational corporations,” Zaridze said, according to The Moscow Times. When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his “special military operation” in Ukraine nearly four weeks ago, he said he wanted to “denazify” the nation....
Mbappe is hot property after scoring 26 goals in all competitions as Monaco dethroned Paris Saint-Germain in France and reached the Champions League semi-finals last season. The biggest transfers of the summer The 18-year-old forward has been linked with Spanish and European champions Real Madrid, as well as Arsenal, Manchester United and Barcelona. But Prince Albert II warned France international Mbappe against joining a club like Madrid. “I don’t think [that he will leave],” Prince Albert II told L’Equipe....
The Duke of York will today be able to do no more than watch from Windsor as his former friend Ghislaine Maxwell applies for $5 million bail. She is facing allegations she helped Epstein groom girls as young as 14 for sex between 1994 and 1997 and faces up to 35 years jail if convicted. Her arrest created a new dimension to Prince Andrew’s negotiations with prosecutors over whether he will testify about his friendship with Epstein....
The Duke of York is facing a fresh onslaught following an investigation by the Daily Mail into the account he gave during a sitdown interview with the BBC last year. Virginia Giuffre claims she was forced to have sex with the prince when she was a 17-year-old trafficking victim under the control of Epstein, including at the financier’s house in New York in 2001. Andrew told BBC Newsnight journalist Emily Maitlis: “I wasn’t staying there....
Michael Fawcett was once so close to the future king that he squeezed the toothpaste onto his toothbrush after the royal broke his arm playing polo. The former valet and now head of charity empire The Prince’s Foundation has been forced to quit following investigations by two British newspapers, The Sunday Times and The Mail on Sunday. Reports suggest Fawcett offered to help Saudi billionaire Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz—who according to The Sunday Times gave more than £1....
The Prince of Wales and the chief executive of his charity The Prince’s Foundation were yesterday reported to police. Officers are currently assessing information provided. It comes after allegations in The Sunday Times and The Mail on Sunday that Michael Fawcett offered to help a Saudi tycoon secure a knighthood and British citizenship in return for donations to Charles’ charities. A Clarence House statement said: “The Prince of Wales has no knowledge of the alleged offer of honors or British citizenship on the basis of donation to his charities and fully supports the investigation now underway by The Prince’s Foundation....
The Prince of Wales is in positive territory for the first time in almost 18 months in a crucial measure of support—whether or not he will make a good king. The data comes after Queen Elizabeth II experienced a health scare in October and November, triggering questions over the transfer of power from mother to son. Research by YouGov showed 34 percent of people felt he would make a good king, compared to 33 percent who didn’t....
Psychotherapist Julia Samuel told The Observer Magazine: “I feel lucky I was such a good friend of Princess Diana. And I really love my godson, George. And it’s a lovely way of loving her.” Samuel met Diana in the 1980s and became close to Prince William as a result. Since Diana’s death in a car crash in Paris in 1997, she has remained a close family friend of the prince and was asked to be a godmother to Prince George—William and Kate Middleton’s eldest son—in 2013....
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex do no believe full ownership was taken over the allegations in their bombshell CBS interview in March, according to the biography Finding Freedom written by Carolyn Durand and Omid Scobie. A new epilogue published in People last week quoted a friend of Meghan as saying: “Months later and little accountability has been taken. How can you move forward without that?” The extract published on Wednesday sparked a royal storm in Britain with media coverage suggesting the couple had criticized Queen Elizabeth II over her famous response to the Oprah interview, in which she said “some recollection may vary....
The video, posted by TikTok user iloveprincessdiana71, has gained over 450,000 views since being uploaded and received more than 50,000 likes. Some of the images shown in the clip were taken during the prince’s time in the British armed forces. He served two tours in Afghanistan in 2007 and 2012. Several commenters on the video highlighted the physical similarities between Harry and his grandfather, as well as his mother, Princess Diana....
Spare became the fastest selling non-fiction book in history after shifting 1.4 million copies by the end of its first day, but the publicity campaign has been a “disaster” for his reputation, Edward Coram James said. The chief executive of PR agency Go Up told Newsweek: “If the brief was just to sell books and get high viewership numbers then they’ve smashed it. They’ve done a terrific job. If the brief had a reputational component then that element of it has been a disaster....
The Duke of Sussex is suing the U.K. government for having removed his police protection during trips to Britain. His attorney Shaheed Fatima received a stern word from Judge Jonathan Swift after it emerged an embargoed version of a judgment—shared with the lawyers before it was formally handed down—was circulated to former British Army Major General Tim Robinson. The latter is a partner at the law firm Schillings, which represents Harry, but he is not a lawyer and therefore should not have gotten the copy of the judge’s ruling, the Evening Standard reported....
Possibly most embarrassingly of all for the new author, The Sun and the Daily Mail—two newspapers he is suing—acquired copies of Spare after it was reported it was accidentally put on sale early by a bookshop in Spain. After initially boasting about their scoops in online articles, both publications dropped several exclusives on Thursday, including details of how Prince Harry and Prince William begged King Charles III not to marry Camilla, now the queen consort....
The prince won headlines during Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations last year for his hilarious reactions on Buckingham Palace’s balcony to the specially organized flypast of Royal Air Force aircraft, covering his ears and shouting in delight. Two more likely balcony appearances are coming up this year with King Charles’ coronation in May and then the Trooping the Colour event in June. Before then, fans have shared an endearing clip of Louis’ Buckingham Palace debut, proving that he has been a royal balcony superstar for longer than you might think....
The Duke of Cambridge said he was “pleased” about an independent review by the international body, condemned by President Donald Trump. His words contrast sharply with those of the President, who in May claimed “China has total control over the World Health Organization” before pulling America out. The prince said: “The COVID-19 pandemic has ruined lives and threatened livelihoods across the world. “It is important that we learn the lessons from this pandemic, including looking at why the outbreak happened, why it was not stopped earlier, and what can be done to manage any outbreak in the future....
The new Prince of Wales takes over his father’s official estate, the Duchy of Cornwall, which is worth more than £1 billion (around $1.2bn) and in 2021-2022 brought in more than £21 million ($25 million) for King Charles III while he was still a prince. The property portfolio changed hands after Queen Elizabeth II’s death on Thursday, September 8, because it belongs to the office rather than the individual....
Queen Elizabeth died on September 8 and her state funeral occurred at Westminster Abbey on Monday. Charlotte, 7, attended the funeral service alongside her parents Prince William and Kate Middleton and older brother George, 9. The children walked in to Westminster Abbey with their mother and sat quietly throughout the service, later following the procession of the queen’s coffin through London in a car with Kate and Camilla, the Queen Consort....
Remembrance Sunday is a big date in the royal calendar each year, one of many royal events involving the military. That means there are many opportunities for epaulettes, double-breasted blazers and army- and navy-inspired hats. Princess Diana at Sandhurst Princess Diana wore a Catherine Walker dress with gold frogging and epaulettes during a visit to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on April 10, 1987. She paired the outfit with a matching white hat by Graham Smith, a designer from brand Kangol....
The Kensington Palace reunion was the first time they had seen each other in person since Prince Philip’s funeral in April and came against the backdrop of a bitter rift. The pair spoke outside St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle on the day Queen Elizabeth II buried her husband of 73 years but since then there have been more bombshell revelations from both sides. The Duke of Sussex told his mental health docuseries The Me You Can’t See how his family responded with “total neglect” when he asked for help dealing with the media....
