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Michael Fawcett resigned for the third time after allegations in two U.K. newspapers that he offered honours in exchange for donations to Dumfries House, in Scotland. Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz donated £1.5 million ($2.1 million) to help restoration projects, including for the historic architectural jewel, built in the 1750s by renowned Scottish neoclassicist master architect Robert Adam. Charles visited the house where he and wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, unveiled a knitted art installation which hangs from a bridge....

The backlash began after pictures emerged of the royal couple boarding a 12-seater Cessna with their son in Nice, on the French Riviera on Saturday, The Sun reported. The flights to the U.K. and back in the Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign jet—which costs around $24,000 to hire—would have generated seven times more carbon emissions per person than a standard commercial flight, ITV reported. The pair have previously been outspoken about environmental issues, with Prince Harry recently warning of the “terrifying” impacts of climate change at a youth-empowerment event in July known as WE Day....

The royal brothers’ relationship has been torn apart by bullying allegations and claims of insensitivity towards Meghan Markle, the British Monarchy’s first royal of color in living memory. However, on Thursday they will together unveil a statue in their mother’s memory at The Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace, a place Princess Diana went for moments of quiet contemplation. Historian Robert Lacey chronicles the royal rift in his bestselling biography Battle of Brothers and says this week must mark a turning point for the siblings if the commemoration of Diana is to have any meaning....

The Princes And The Press is due to be broadcast on Britain’s BBC 2 Monday night and will look in detail at the the two royals and their dealings with the media. The first episode will examine the period after Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012. The second half of the two-part series will take the show into more inflammatory terrain as it takes the timeline from 2018 to 2021....

In a video uploaded to his Patreon, Andrew Lawrence defended his offensive remarks as “cheeky jokes” and claimed he has been “properly stitched up” after the comments resulted in several tour dates being scrapped. He was also dropped by his agent, RBM Comedy, in the wake of the controversy while his Twitter profile was also taken down. It is not yet clear whether he chose to close the account or it was removed....

The Duke of Sussex was interviewed by Katie Couric in 2012 in Brazil for an ABC show about Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. Couric, who works alongside Harry at the Aspen Commission on Information Disorder, said it was during his “wild-oats sowing phase” in her biography Going There. Quoted by The Daily Mail, the CBS host wrote that cigarettes and alcohol seemed to “ooze from every pore.” Harry told his Apple TV docuseries The Me You Can’t See how he experienced four years of chaos from aged 28 to 32....

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex leveled damaging allegations against the royal family during their CBS prime-time special with Oprah Winfrey in March. And in his Apple TV docuseries, also with Oprah, he later said the intention was to “speak truth in the most compassionate way possible, thereby leaving an opening for reconciliation and healing.” The Me You Can’t See also showed Prince Harry undergoing alternative trauma therapy EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing)....

The Duke of Sussex is suing The Mail on Sunday for libel after the newspaper accused him of turning his back on the Royal Marines in an October 15 article. Harry was a captain-general until he stepped back from royal duties for a new life in America with Meghan Markle at the end of March. However, The Mail on Sunday claimed he had “not been in touch by phone, letter nor email” with the Royal Marines since....

The Duke of Sussex has launched a libel case against Associated Newspapers, which owns the Daily Mail, the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online. Papers were filed at the High Court in London on November 27, though little additional information is available as the lawsuit is still in its infancy. The prince’s legal team at Schillings threatened the Mail on Sunday with legal action in October over claims he had not kept in touch with the Royal Marines since March, when he moved to America....

The Duke of Edinburgh, 99, was admitted last week to hospital after feeling unwell. The Earl of Wessex has told Sky News “we keep our fingers crossed.” His words came as Buckingham Palace released an update confirming Queen Elizabeth II’s husband is fighting off an infection and is responding to treatment, but will need several more days in hospital. A statement released today read: “The Duke of Edinburgh remains at King Edward VII’s Hospital where he is receiving medical attention for an infection....

The Duke of Edinburgh’s coffin was carried through the grounds of Windsor Castle outside St. George’s Chapel before Britain fell silent for a minute at 3 p.m. in his memory. Royals hid their faces behind coronavirus masks at the scaled-down ceremony for just 30 guests. However, the emotion was nonetheless visible on their faces, with some appearing to blink away tears. Rebecca English, royal editor of the Daily Mail, wrote on Twitter: “Other members of the family are waiting outside the Galilee Porch of the chapel, some in tears....

Nicola Thorp nicknamed William the “Fresh Prince of Wales” in a viral Twitter post that called for “the same energy” to be applied to the future king. Smith apologized for slapping Chris Rock on air during the awards ceremony in March, but Kensington Palace is yet to comment on Harry’s account. Thorp told her 65,000 Twitter followers on Wednesday: “The people who clutched their pearls at the Will Smith slap had better be giving the same energy to the Fresh Prince of Wales....

The royal brothers used to play together before the Duke and Duchess of Sussex quit the palace for a new life in America. Initially, Harry’s polo career appeared to be in abeyance, but it came back with a bang in summer 2022 when he signed up with his new team Los Padres for a season at Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, a short distance from his home. Now Prince William is preparing to get back on the field for the annual Royal Charity Polo Cup, Kensington Palace announced....

Speaking to Chief Royal Correspondent Jack Royston, Meinzer said that William’s comments on the war in Ukraine suggest “that Europe is more civilized than other places which is completely supremacist thinking. The idea that Europe is above war—even in his lifetime—is also just completely ahistorical and ludicrous.” The comments follow a speech given by William on a visit to the Ukrainian Cultural Centre with Kate Middleton earlier this month where they met with volunteers for the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal....

The brothers—who were seen together for the first time since the funeral of their grandfather Prince Philip in April—laughed and chatted before unveiling the monument in the gardens of Kensington Palace, on what what would have been their mother’s 60th birthday. Royal experts Katie Nicholl, Ingrid Seward and Robert Lacey expressed their belief that the event could be the first step in melting the frostiness in the brothers’ relationship, which was exacerbated when Prince Harry and his wife Meghan quit their roles as senior royals and moved to California....

In an extended trailer released Thursday by Netflix, Diana, played by Elizabeth Debicki, is shown interacting with BBC journalist Martin Bashir (Prasanna Puwanarajah) to covertly arrange the interview, which took place without Buckingham Palace’s knowledge. The interview is famous for some revelations Diana made, including discussing her experiences with depression and her experiences as a member of the royal family. Perhaps most notable was the princess’s disclosure that “there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded” when asked by Bashir if she believed Camilla Parker Bowles, now Queen Camilla, played a key role in the breakdown of her marriage....

“The plain language of the probation statute leads us to conclude that a court may not impose sentences to both imprisonment and probation for multiple offenses in the same case,” the ruling reads in part. “The probation statute gives courts guidance and discretion in choosing to grant probation. However, it requires a choice between prison and probation.” “The legislature intended to allow courts to choose only one or the other....

Hey, everybody needs to fit in somewhere. The superrich have long had various places—clubs, jets, resorts and communities—where they could temporarily retreat from the rest of the world. But now the members-only phenomenon is exploding into a whole way of life, encompassing everything from private-banking coalitions to invitation-only health clinics. With security concerns growing and Internet gossip capable of trashing global reputations in an instant, those with money are increasingly locking their entire lives behind closed doors....

Ellison issued a news release on Friday assuring voters that the Tennessee-based company, Atlas Aegis, will not bring security guards to any polling places in Minnesota and said his office will investigate and prosecute any efforts to intimidate voters before and on Election Day. Ellison said in the release that he wanted “to make it crystal clear to anyone who is even thinking about intimidating voters that I will not hesitate to enforce the laws against it to the fullest extent....