Royal news – live: King Charles ‘surprises’ D-Day veteran as Kate ‘considers’ Trooping the Colour appearance

The King is threatening to cut ties with his disgraced younger sibling Prince Andrew if he refuses to leave his Royal Lodge home for a smaller residence, according to a royal insider.

A friend of the monarch says Andrew is testing the King’s “patience and tolerance” by staying in the 30-room mansion in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire.

“The King’s kindness is not without limit,” a friend of Charles told the Times on Saturday.

“There is a very good option for Andrew to move into Frogmore Cottage, recently vacated by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.”

The King is to take part in the Trooping the Colour ceremony next month and will inspect the soldiers from a carriage, it is understood.

The annual event has marked the official birthday of the King or Queen for more than 260 years and will take place on June 15th.

The confirmation comes after Buckingham Palace was forced cancel and review dozens of royal engagements after the General Election was called for July 4.

A D-Day veteran was “surprised and delighted” to be invited to Buckingham Palace where he was presented with his 100th birthday card from the King.

Jim Miller, who turned 100 on June 1, landed on the Normandy beaches in June 1944 and took part in the Allied military operation to liberate occupied France and western Europe.

“I am humbled to reach such a great number, especially when I think of those who fell on the Normandy beaches all those years ago.

“The King was very interested to hear about my military service and personal experience of such a momentous and harrowing time.

“I am proud that I can still share my memories with the generations that come after me and thankful that young people are interested in what happened.

“I’m looking forward to attending the Royal British Legion’s commemorations at the National Memorial Arboretum in June.”

Prince Andrew “ain’t going anywhere” in his battle with the King over his royal residence, a source has claimed, as the royal row between the siblings deepens.

Amid the controversy over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Duke of York, 64, stepped down from public duties in May 2020 and was subsequently stripped of his royal titles. However, the prince has continued to live at the royal residence Royal Lodge, the 30-room mansion he has called home for two decades.

Charles has been urging his younger brother to vacate the property and move into the smaller Frogmore Cottage instead – but Andrew has refused to move, much to his older brother’s frustration. The duke has the lease on Royal Lodge, whereas the King controls the purse strings – and consequently, the siblings have become embroiled in what insiders have called the “siege of Royal Lodge”, according to The Sun.

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The First Lady of Nigeria has seemingly taken aim at Meghan Markle’s choice of clothing following her and Prince Harry’s recent trip to the country.

The couple, who visited in their capacity as private citizens, spent three days in Nigeria celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, 63, made the comments during a speech celebrating her husband’s first year in office and discussed her hopes for the modesty of Nigerian women and girls.

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The society wedding of the year between the Duke of Westminster and Olivia Henson is taking place at Chester Cathedral next weekend.

Hugh Grosvenor, 33, is one of the richest men in the UK with a net worth of £10.127bn, according to the 2024 Sunday Times Rich List and was once considered the country’s most eligible bachelor.

But he will officially be off the market on 7 June when he ties the knot with Henson, 31, in a lavish ceremony where Prince William and Prince George are set to play key roles.

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The prospect of a reconciliation between Prince Harry, King Charles and Prince William is said to be only becoming more distant amid rumours that the Duke of Sussex is writing a second memoir.

Prince Harry’s claims in Spare have created deep “trust” issues and fears of another book are preventing any meaningful conversation between them to move past it, revealed King Charles’s biographer Robert Hardman.

“The problem that exists is, at the moment, there is still a trust issue,” he told Tatler on Thursday.

“He gave away so many secrets,” Hardman explained, as he accused the Prince of taking notes when Queen Elizabeth died.

“At the time of the Queen’s death … he was taking notes,” he said, raising suspicions that the prince might be preparing to write a sequel to his memoir.

“As an author, that says to me one thing and one thing only: part two might be on its way,” he said.

The King and Queen’s sporting hopes were dashed when their thoroughbred was well beaten in one of racing’s most prestigious events.

Charles and Camilla spent the day at Epsom race course where, despite the blustery and cold conditions, thousands of racegoers turned out for Ladies’ Day.

All eyes were on the runners in the Oaks - a classic twice won by Queen Elizabeth II - with the monarch and his wife’s horse Treasure a longshot with odds of 16-1.

Jockey Chris Hayes rode the Aga Khan’s horse Ezeliya to a well-judged victory, with Treasure finishing at the back of the pack.

The royal couple had walked into the parade ring in the final moments before the classic was run, to see their horse and chat to its jockey James Doyle and their racing manager John Warren.

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Prince William is upset by comparisons made between Meghan Markle and Princess Diana in the wake of the Sussex’s unofficial Nigeria tour, it has been claimed.

A royal insider has said he finds the comparisons “beyond tasteless and offensive” to both himself and Kate Middleton.

The insider told Closer magazine: “William doesn’t want to deprive Harry of the right to celebrate their mother’s legacy. What bothers him is how Meghan’s paraded around as the modern-day version of Diana, he finds that beyond tasteless and offensive, not only to him but also to Kate.”

Streaming giant Netflix is reportedly losing interest in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after the couple signed a $100 million deal.

The five-year partnership with Archewell production company, signed in 2020, is set to end next year, and one insider has claimed it’s unlikely to be renewed.

“[The Sussex deal] runs out next year and Netflix are no longer producing the series of The Crown, as they previously were. They might therefore have less interest in the Sussexes,” Richard Fitzwilliams told the Daily Mail.

The couple are currently producing two new programmes but Fitzwilliams does not believe this will be enough for Netflix.

“Meghan’s programme for Netflix on cookery and entertaining and her lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard and Harry’s series for Netflix on polo, show some much-needed activity [but] they clearly need more A-list endorsements,” he added.