When the Duke of Edinburgh passed away at the age of 99 on Friday, the BBC went into overdrive. All frivolous programming was cancelled, newsreaders donned black, and the late husband of Queen Elizabeth II became the subject of every minute of coverage for the remainder of the day. While …
Read More »Jordanian FM confirms accusations against ex-Crown Prince Hamzah, alleges foreign government involvement
Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi held a brief press conference on Sunday to confirm the arrest on Saturday of Prince Hamzah, among around 16 others. The royal scion held the position of crown prince under his half-brother King Abdullah II before the monarch revoked the title in 2004, making his son …
Read More »If you’re looking to Prince Harry to fix your mental health, not even the Royal Family’s pre-Megxit billions can save you
The man still known as the Duke of Sussex is hurling himself into the dubiously useful field of life-coaching feet-first, taking the job of CIO at Silicon Valley mental health coaching firm Better Up Inc., where he has declared his work will help provide “endless possibilities for personal development, increased …
Read More »Prince Harry is tacky and treacherous, but why should we expect any different from a member of Britain’s royal family?
While most of the attention has focused on Meghan Markle, or the Duchess of Sussex as she is officially known, the key player in this real-life soap opera is Prince Harry. The disconnect, breakdown, betrayal and revenge only involves him. It’s his family that was roasted in front of the …
Read More »Khashoggi murder: Saudi Crown Prince ‘cleared of all wrongdoing, it’s time to move on,’ kingdom envoy tells RT
A recently declassified US intelligence assessment concluded that the powerful Saudi royal scion personally “approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey to capture or kill” the Washington Post columnist. But as far as Riyadh is concerned, the Crown Prince “has been cleared of all wrongdoing,” Abdallah al-Mouallimi, the Saudi representative at …
Read More »Biden administration will NOT sanction Saudi Prince over Khashoggi killing, but will use ‘more effective’ tools – White House
The Biden administration’s decision to sanction a number of Saudi officials, but not the Crown Prince himself, was made after an intelligence community report released on Friday accused the Prince of approving the capture and killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in 2018. Psaki appeared on CNN’s ‘State of the …
Read More »Saudi Crown Prince APPROVED plan to ‘capture or kill’ Khashoggi, newly-declassified US intelligence report says
“We assess that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi,” reads the report, which was released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Friday. The report cites Prince Mohammed’s “control of decisionmaking in …
Read More »Prince Philip admitted to hospital, expected to remain in care several days – Buckingham Palace
Philip began feeling unwell on Tuesday, and was admitted to London’s King Edward VII hospital that evening, the palace said in a statement to media on Wednesday. “The Duke’s admission is a precautionary measure, on the advice of His Royal Highness’s Doctor, after feeling unwell. The Duke is expected to …
Read More »‘Is this satire?’ Twitter baffled by report that UK govt discussed relocating Prince Edward to Scotland in bid to ‘save’ the Union
The Daily Mail reported that, last year, an aide to Prime Minister Boris Johnson had “mooted” an idea to send the Earl of Wessex and his wife Sophie to live at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, the Queen’s official residence in Scotland, and to host more events there. The plan was …
Read More »‘A bit like royalty’: Prince Harry mocked for condemning ‘attack on democracy’ in US Capitol
“There is no way to downplay this. There was a literal attack on democracy in the United States, organized on social media, which is an issue of violent extremism,” Harry said in an interview with Fast Company on Friday, referencing the January 6 storming of the Capitol, adding, “It’s hard …
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