MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry's "attacks" on the Queen are "unforgiveable", the Duchess' dad has blasted.
Thomas described the royal couple's interview with Oprah Winfrey as "embarrassing" and branded the pair hypocritical "liars".
The 77-year-old, who is yet to meet grandchildren Archie and Lilibet, made the shocking statements during an interview with GB News.
He said: "For God's sake. Attacking their 95-year-old grandmother is unforgiveable… None of the rest of the world deserves what they’ve been shovelling out. It's embarrassing they are doing this.
"It's embarrassing for them to be telling me a few years ago to ‘never talk to the press’, but then they spend three hours on a show with Oprah where Harry claims he's reclaiming his mental illness and curing himself. It is a joke.
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PRINCE ANDREW ‘WILL BE SERVED SEX ASSAULT COURT PAPERS IN PERSON’, SAYS VIRGINIA ROBERTS’ LAWYER
The 61-year-old will be given them in Britain in a “difficult” feat that could take weeks, the American’s legal team claimed.
They said that they needed to get them to the Royal before the start of the 21 days in which he will have to reply, with the first court hearing set for September.
Prince Andrew is said to be currently having ongoing crisis talks with lawyers by phone after joining the Queen at Balmoral supported by daughter Eugenie.
David Boies told The Telegraph: “We present him with a copy of the complaint in a formal way. Because he is a foreign citizen, we have to do this under the Hague Convention.”
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, 38, is suing Prince Andrew over allegations that he abused her at the disgraced financier’s Manhattan home, on his private Caribbean island, and at Ghislaine Maxwell’s home in London.
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BBC SET TO ‘PAY £1.5MILLION IN ‘GUILT MONEY’ TO MAKE AMENDS FOR THE MARTIN BASHIR SCANDAL
THE BBC is set to pay £1.5 million in "guilt money" to make amends for the Martin Bashir Scandal, it has been reported.
Cash from the donation will go to a charity of the Royal family's choice.
Read more here.
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PRINCE ANDREW’S RAPE LAWSUIT IS LAST THING ‘EXASPERATED’ QUEEN NEEDS AFTER PRINCE PHILIP’S DEATH, SAYS ROYAL EXPERT
The monarch and her third child had dinner together a few nights ago at her retreat Balmoral Castle just hours after he was served US summons over allegations he abused a 17-year-old girl trafficked by paedo Jeffrey Epstein.
And while The Queen will be putting on a brave face, she will be feeling the heavy weight of the shocking allegations, Royal commentator and author Angela Levin told The Sun Online.
She said the ongoing scandal was the “last thing” the Queen needs following her beloved husband’s passing, with the Duke often described as her “rock”.
Ms Levin told The Sun Online: “It is very sad, she was wanting a nice, warm, family summer and its going to be difficult.”
Read more here.
- Joseph Gamp
QUEEN PUT THE ‘MONARCHY FIRST’ AHEAD OF PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE, ROYAL EXPERT SAYS
Reportedly “hurt and disappointed” by Megxit, the Queen adopted a monarchy-first mindset.
Royal author Matthew Dennison has said that the monarch has consistently honoured “her father’s belief that ‘the highest of distinctions is the service of others’, she had placed the monarchy first”, meaning she left little wiggle room for Harry and Meghan to exercise any of their royal duties while across the pond.
While the Queen has been firm in her decision “putting the monarchy first” and “still loving and supporting Harry and Meghan” are not mutually exclusive terms.
With this in mind, Matthew states that, “Elizabeth had never been a sentimental woman; she had acted in the only way she understood.”
- Joseph Gamp
PRINCE CHARLES ATTENDS HIGHLAND GAMES IN ABERDEENSHIRE
Prince Charles, attended the Highland Games in Aberdeenshire, sporting a kilt, walking stick and tweed jacket.
The future king was spotted out on a drive in the Scottish Highlands – before he faced crisis talks with other senior royals about his brother’s sex abuse lawsuit in the US.
The heir to the throne, 72, was behind the wheel of a Range Rover as he made his way past the Balmoral estate back to his own neighbouring Birkhall residence with just an aide for company.
The Prince of Wales had been touring Scotland as part of his latest round of royal engagements with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and arrived at Birkhall on Thursday.
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WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN MEGHAN AND HER DAD EXPLAINED
The Duchess’ dad Thomas recently revealed that he no longer even has his daughter’s phone number – so it’s highly unlikely he was invited to her birthday celebrations on Wednesday.
They dramatically fell out after he set up paparazzi snaps of himself getting fitted for a suit and reading articles about his daughter in the lead up to the Royal Wedding.
Mr Bower said that “Meghan appears to show little remorse about hurting” her dad.
Shunned Thomas, who lives in Mexico, has not had any contact with his duchess daughter for three years, and he has never met her husband Harry, or their two tots, Archie and Lilibet.
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WITNESS SAYS HE IS PREPARED TO TESTIFY AGAINST PRINCE ANDREW
A witness says he is prepared to swear on oath that he saw Prince Andrew groping Virginia Roberts Giuffre on Jeffrey Epstein’s “paedo island”.
Steve Scully, Epstein’s former telecoms specialist, says he spotted the Duke kissing and grinding against a bikini-clad blonde by a pool “between 2001 and 2004”.
He insists the woman was Virginia — and is willing to give evidence in court for the first time.
Her lawyers were understood to want to speak to Steve, 71.
He told The Sun on Sunday: “I was working on the phone and he (Andrew) was by the pool with Virginia. As soon as I saw him, I recognised him. I thought, ‘If I had a camera in my bag right now, I’d have a $50,000 picture’.”
- Joseph Gamp
BBC TO PAY £1.5M IN GUILT MONEY TO MAKE AMENDS FOR MARTIN BASHIR SCANDAL
THE BBC is set to pay £1.5 million in “guilt money” to make amends for the Martin Bashir Scandal, it has been reported.
Cash from the donation will go to a charity of the Royal family’s choice.
The donation will include the money that the corporation made from selling the global rights to Bashir’s bombshell 1995 interview, the Mail on Sunday claims.
An inquiry by Lord Dyson back in May found that the journalist had used “deceitful methods” to obtain the interview that there had been a “woefully ineffective” internal investigation.
The damning inquiry revealed “rogue reporter” Bashir forged bank statements and spun wicked tales to win the vulnerable princess’s trust.
Read more here.
- Joseph Gamp
MEGHAN MARKLE’S DAD THOMAS CLAIMS ‘SHE’S BEEN LYING FOR YEARS’
According to Thomas, Meghan’s alleged behaviour was new, claiming she didn’t have the capacity to lie before meeting her husband.
He said: “This is since Harry. Harry has influenced it.”
Referencing the interview, Thomas said: “Meghan and Harry are attacking the world. Attacking his 95-year-old grandmother is unforgivable.
“It’s embarrassing they are doing this, it’s embarrassing for them to be telling me a few years ago to ‘never talk to the press’, but then they spend hours on a show with Oprah.”
- Joseph Gamp
LAWYERS HAVE 120 DAYS TO REACH ANDREW AND SERVE COURT PAPERS
Ms Guiffre's legal team have 120 days to get court papers to him or his lawyers could call for the case to be dismissed.
Once the papers are served, Andrew has 21 days to respond.
Her lawyer David Boles added: "We’ll present a copy of the complaint in a formal way. He is a foreign citizen so we must do this under the Hague Convention.”
- Joseph Gamp
SOURCE SAYS ANDREW 'COULD BE AT BALMORAL FOR MONTHS WITHOUT COMING OUT'
A source told the Mirror: “Virginia’s lawyers are under no illusions how difficult it is to get alongside the prince. They’ve been trying to speak to him for five years.
“Processors were on the ground on Monday when the papers were filed in Manhattan hoping to hand them to him if he went out on his horse. He could be at Balmoral for months without coming out.”
Under the Hague Convention, Virginia Roberts Giuffre's legal team must give the papers to Andrew in person.
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PRINCE ANDREW BEING TRACKED BY LAWYERS WHO ‘PLANNED TO AMBUSH HIM ON WINDSOR CASTLE HORSE RIDE’
PRINCE Andrew is being tracked by American lawyers who reportedly planned to ambush him on a Windsor Castle horse ride.
Andrew, 61, was the subject of a civil lawsuit filed by Virginia Roberts Giuffre in the US claiming he assaulted her in New York, London and the Caribbean when she was 17.
The prince denies the allegations.
Legal staff were waiting for Andrew to go on his regular horse ride at Windsor Castle just hours before the sex abuse allegations were filed, the Mirror reported.
They reportedly wanted to serve him court papers in person.
- Joseph Gamp
FURIOUS DAD OF PRINCE ANDREW ACCUSER VIRGINIA ROBERT TELLS ROYAL ‘YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF’ OVER RAPE LAWSUIT
Sky Roberts, 65, let rip after Virginia, 38, filed a civil suit against the duke in New York, claiming he sexually abused her three times when she was 17.
Andrew has fiercely denied any allegations, says he has no memory of even meeting alleged victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre, and he had no suspicions of Epstein’s wrongdoing during their friendship.
Speaking at his home in Summerfield, Florida, Sky – in his first comments on Virginia’s lawsuit – told The Sun: “I support my daughter 100 per cent.
“The royals are not above the law. That’s not the way it works. They can’t just do what they want. People fight back. That’s what Virginia is doing, she is fighting back.
“She has to do what she thinks is right.”
He continued to say: “He has the money and the power, but I hope Virginia comes out ahead. She is persistent when she gets her mind set on something, so I think she will win. She will get her day in court.
“It’s brave and I’m proud of her.”
Read more here.
- Joseph Gamp
PRINCE ANDREW ‘WILL BE SERVED SEX ASSAULT COURT PAPERS IN PERSON’, SAYS VIRGINIA ROBERTS’ LAWYER
PRINCE Andrew will be served court papers in person, the lawyer for his sexual assault accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre has said.
The 61-year-old will be given them in Britain in a “difficult” feat that could take weeks, the American’s legal team claimed.
They said that they needed to get them to the Royal before the start of the 21 days in which he will have to reply, with the first court hearing set for September.
Prince Andrew is said to be currently having ongoing crisis talks with lawyers by phone after joining the Queen at Balmoral supported by daughter Eugenie.
David Boies told The Telegraph: “We present him with a copy of the complaint in a formal way. Because he is a foreign citizen, we have to do this under the Hague Convention.”
- Joseph Gamp
MEGHAN MARKLE’S BROTHER THOMAS JR CRITICISES HER FOR 'CUTTING OFF' THEIR DAD
Thomas Jr has criticised Meghan for “cutting off” their dad after he admitted he was paid to pose for paparazzi pictures sold to news outlets worldwide.
He claimed Meghan also ignored her dad after he sent flowers for her 40th birthday. But the Duchess of Sussex was said to have been unhappy that she wasn’t invited to Barack Obama’s birthday – which falls on the same day.
Sources say Meghan “desperately wanted” to be among those in attendance at the three-day do.
Author Angela Levin said: “I am told that despite claiming she was unable to attend, Meghan desperately wanted to be the special guest at the Obama’s amazing party.”
Due to Covid restrictions, the guest list had to be shrunk down from 475. The expert added: “But the fact is, Harry and Meghan were never even on the original list.”
- Joseph Gamp
ROYAL SOURCES SAID TO BE INVOLVED ON HOW ‘GUILT MONEY’ FROM BBC WILL BE SPENT
An independent probe by former judge Lord Dyson concluded then-BBC news and current affairs boss Lord Tony Hall and other executives whitewashed concerns over how Bashir bagged the scoop in 1995.
He commissioned fake bank statements to persuade her that officials were being paid by MI5 and the media for information about her.
Royal sources are understood to be involved in deciding how the money from the BBC will be spent. It will be funded by BBC studios, the corporation’s commercial trading arm that is not funded by the tax payer.
Last night Diana’s close friend Rosa Monckton said: “This is an admirable decision, though obviously it cannot undo the damage that has been done or erase the BBC’s guilt.”
The decision to donate the money comes amid discussion initiated by the Duke of Cambridge, the BBC and palace bosses, the Mail claims.
- Joseph Gamp
‘DRAW A LINE UNDER AFFAIR’
It is understood that the donation idea was first suggested by Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, who said some of the money made by the BBC should go to Diana’s charities.
William is reportedly keen to continue investigating and “to see what comes out”.
But current director general Tim Davie is thought to believe that the donations could draw a line under the whole affair.
He has allegedly sent letters of unconditional apology to the Queen, Charles, William, Harry and Earl Spencer.
The letter reportedly includes the confession that “Martin Bashir employed lies and fake documents to gain access to the princess’ and that he ‘made a series of lurid and untrue claims”.
- Joseph Gamp
BBC TO PAY £1.5M IN GUILT MONEY TO MAKE AMENDS FOR MARTIN BASHIR SCANDAL
THE BBC is set to pay £1.5 million in “guilt money” to make amends for the Martin Bashir Scandal, it has been reported.
Cash from the donation will go to a charity of the Royal family’s choice.
The donation will include the money that the corporation made from selling the global rights to Bashir’s bombshell 1995 interview, the Mail on Sunday claims.
An inquiry by Lord Dyson back in May found that the journalist had used “deceitful methods” to obtain the interview that there had been a “woefully ineffective” internal investigation.
The damning inquiry revealed “rogue reporter” Bashir forged bank statements and spun wicked tales to win the vulnerable princess’s trust.
Read more here.
- Joseph Gamp
MEGHAN MARKLE’S DAD THOMAS CLAIMS ‘SHE’S BEEN LYING FOR YEARS’
According to Thomas, Meghan’s alleged behaviour was new, claiming she didn’t have the capacity to lie before meeting her husband.
He said: “This is since Harry. Harry has influenced it.”
Referencing the interview, Thomas said: “Meghan and Harry are attacking the world. Attacking his 95-year-old grandmother is unforgivable.
“It’s embarrassing they are doing this, it’s embarrassing for them to be telling me a few years ago to ‘never talk to the press’, but then they spend hours on a show with Oprah.”
- Joseph Gamp
PRINCESS BEATRICE’S CHILDREN WILL GET UNIQUE TITLES – BUT THEY WON’T BE FROM THE QUEEN
In May, Beatrice, 33, and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 38, announced they are having a child, and they will be the Queen’s 12th great-grandchild.
It is not expected that Her Majesty will give the newborn a title when they arrive, but they could get a unique one through Edoardo’s family.
Edoardo is actually an Italian count, so his children will also inherit a count or countess title.
Edoardo’s dad, Count Allessandro Mapelli Mozzi, explained to the Daily Mail: “Edoardo is the only male descendent taking the family into the next generation.
“He is a count, his wife will be a countess automatically and any of their children will be counts or nobile donna.”
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MEGHAN MARKLE’S MOTHER DORIA RAGLAND’S ‘ROYAL SPEED-DATING’ BEFORE DUCHESS WED HARRY
A relationship expert has said that Meghan’s mum Doria went “royal speed dating” as she was introduced to her new son-in-law Prince Harry’s family for the first time.
Relationship expert Anjula Mutanda said: “Meeting all the royals – Kate, William, Charles – must have felt like royal speed dating, ‘I’ve got to get to know everybody, I’ve got to form these connections really quickly.’”
- Joseph Gamp
PRINCE CHARLES ATTENDS HIGHLAND GAMES IN ABERDEENSHIRE
Prince Charles, attended the Highland Games in Aberdeenshire, sporting a kilt, walking stick and tweed jacket.
The future king was spotted out on a drive in the Scottish Highlands – before he faced crisis talks with other senior royals about his brother’s sex abuse lawsuit in the US.
The heir to the throne, 72, was behind the wheel of a Range Rover as he made his way past the Balmoral estate back to his own neighbouring Birkhall residence with just an aide for company.
The Prince of Wales had been touring Scotland as part of his latest round of royal engagements with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and arrived at Birkhall on Thursday.
Prince Charles has attended the Highland Games this weekend on his trip to ScotlandCredit: Rex - Joseph Gamp
WITNESS PREPARED TO TESTIFY THAT HE SAW PRINCE ANDREW GROPING VIRGINIA ROBERTS
Steve Scully, Epstein’s former telecoms specialist, says he spotted the Duke kissing and grinding against a bikini-clad blonde by a pool “between 2001 and 2004”.
He insists the woman was Virginia — and is willing to give evidence in court for the first time.
Earlier this week 38-year-old Virginia filed a civil lawsuit in the US claiming Andrew assaulted her in New York, London and the Caribbean when she was 17.
Her lawyers were understood to want to speak to Steve, 71.
He told The Sun on Sunday: “I was working on the phone and he (Andrew) was by the pool with Virginia. As soon as I saw him, I recognised him.
“I thought, ‘If I had a camera in my bag right now, I’d have a $50,000 picture’.”
Steve says they were “bumping and grinding” for several minutes before lying on lounge chairs by the pool.
- Joseph Gamp
PRINCE ANDREW ‘WILL BE SERVED SEX ASSAULT COURT PAPERS IN PERSON’, SAYS VIRGINIA ROBERTS’ LAWYER
PRINCE Andrew will be served court papers in person, the lawyer for his sexual assault accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre has said.
The 61-year-old will be given them in Britain in a “difficult” feat that could take weeks, the American's legal team claimed.
They said that they needed to get them to the Royal before the start of the 21 days in which he will have to reply, with the first court hearing set for September.
Prince Andrew is said to be currently having ongoing crisis talks with lawyers by phone after joining the Queen at Balmoral supported by daughter Eugenie.
David Boies told The Telegraph: “We present him with a copy of the complaint in a formal way. Because he is a foreign citizen, we have to do this under the Hague Convention.”
- Joseph Gamp
'DRAW A LINE UNDER AFFAIR'
It is understood that the donation idea was first suggested by Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, who said some of the money made by the BBC should go to Diana’s charities.
William is reportedly keen to continue investigating and "to see what comes out".
But current director general Tim Davie is thought to believe that the donations could draw a line under the whole affair.
He has allegedly sent letters of unconditional apology to the Queen, Charles, William, Harry and Earl Spencer.
The letter reportedly includes the confession that "Martin Bashir employed lies and fake documents to gain access to the princess’ and that he ‘made a series of lurid and untrue claims".
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