Royal Family LIVE: Meghan devastated as ‘she can’t understand why people don’t admire her’

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Meghan Markle‘s whirlwind romance with Prince Harry may have appeared like every girl’s dream, but friends close to the Duchess said she set her sites on him for UK fame.

Prior to meeting Prince Harry and becoming friends with A-list celebs such as George Clooney and Serena Williams, Meghan was a struggling TV actress pleading for notice on red carpets.

Ex-friends told the Daily Mail that the Suits star was growing frustrated with how her career was going in Hollywood– in 2013 she thought that the UK might be the place for her to be.

Getty (Image: eghan Markle maneuvered herself into the right circles to meet Harry)

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Queen Camilla arrived at Westminster in the Diamond Jubilee state coach wearing the famous Diamond Diadem, also called the George IV State Diadem or Circlet.

This is not the first time Queen Camilla has worn the significant headpiecehaving worn it for the first time last November at King Charles’s first State Opening of Parliament. She dressed it with a diamond collet necklace and wore a dress by designer Fiona Clare.

Queen Camilla wore the famous Diamond Diadem (Image: Getty)

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were gifted Frogmore Cottage in Windsor after their marriage in 2018.

Even after they stepped down as working royals they were still entitled to use it until last year, when King Charles asked them to vacate the property.

Harry is said to have responded to his father after the bombshell with eight words: “Don’t you want to see your grandkids anymore?”

Prince Harry lost Frogmore (Image: Getty)

For royal fans hoping to get closer to Buckingham Palace you can now enjoy a coffee and cake in its Garden Café, set in the Palace grounds on the West Terrace.

The menu boasts a variety of options, from sandwiches and bagels to fruit pots, raspberry Victoria sponge and an array of cakes, with a range of teas and coffees also on offer.

Throughout July and August the café will be open from 10am until 7pm, while takeaway is available from 7pm until 7:15pm. In September the stunning spot will be open from 10am until 6pm with takeaways from 6pm until 6:15pm.

The King is making royal life more accessible (Image: Getty)

The King and Queen were in Westminster for the State Opening of Parliament today, but there is one tradition that may have puzzled those watching on TV.

Mrs. Samantha Dixon MBE MP, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, was today “held hostage” until King Charles returned to Buckingham Palace as part of a strange tradition that dates from the 1600s.

It began following Guy Fawkes’ failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. This took place when he and his supporters planned to blow up the Palace of Westminster when King James I arrived.

An MP is traditionally held hostage when the King opens Parliament (Image: Getty)

Before Camilla became Queen she was known as the Duchess of Cornwall, however there was another royal title she could technically use which now belongs to Princess Kate.

Upon her marriage to King Charles, when he was still Prince of Wales, Camilla became the Princess of Wales.

But she decided not to use the title publicly, presumably out of respect to the late Princess Diana, who also famously used that title.

Camilla used to have Kate’s title (Image: Getty)

King Charles and Queen Camilla were greeted by shouts of ‘Not My King’ from Republic protestors as they made their way to Westminster for the State Opening of Parliament.

The group Republic wishes to abolish the monarchy and are often spotted at events such as Trooping the Colour and the King’s Coronation.

The King spoke at the State Opening as he outlined Labour’s plans for their new government.

The royals faced an anti-monarchy protest (Image: Republic/PA)

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could use Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet as a way back into the Royal Family, an expert has claimed.

Speaking on GB News back in January, host Patrick Christys told royal expert Kinsey Schofield that the pair could “surely use the grandkids as a way back” into the family. To which, she agreed that this would be the “perfect” way back into the Firm.

Ms Schofield said: “If Harry did want a way back in he could use the excuse that despite his personal beef with King Charles, he wants his children to have a relationship with their grandfather, it would be the perfect way back wouldn’t it?”

Harry and Meghan are raising their children in California (Image: Getty)

Happy birthday to Queen Camilla, who is turning 77 today!

Camilla has come a long way since the early days of her relationship with King Charles, as they are due to celebrate 20 years of marriage next April.

Here Express.co.uk has selected seven of her best throwback pictures to mark the big day.

Queen Camilla has come a long way (Image: Getty)

Princess Kate and Prince William may ensure their younger children Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis do not feel like spares by encouraging them to work outside the Royal Family.

Royal expert Jennie Bond told OK! magazine: “William and Kate must be acutely aware of the problems for a royal spare. They have already shown that they have a different and modern attitude to bringing up royal children and I’m sure they will do everything to make Charlotte and Louis feel every bit as special, loved and valued as George.

“I imagine they will encourage Louis to explore life outside the royal fold… it could be the military, but it could also be working in the charity world or whatever he finds appealing after his education is finished.”

Charlotte and Louis may not become working royals (Image: Getty)

EXCLUSIVE: A royal commentator has given his take on how happy the country was to see Princess Kate back looking so happy at Wimbledon last Sunday.

Richard Fitzwilliams told Express.co.uk: “The country and the wider world feel relieved that she is making progress, as she told us in her statement in June.

“There is a realisation, however, as she only attended one of the finals, that she is, as she put it “not out of the woods”.

“It was however, wonderful to see her look so well and happy and also to see Charlotte as well as her sister Pippa with her.”

Princess Kate is making progress (Image: Getty)

A lip reader has given an insight into King Charles’s interactions with Queen Camilla during their royal visit to Jersey and Guernsey.

On their first day in Jersey they were plagued by wet weather, as they both held umbrellas to protect themselves while Camilla also donned a raincoat.

The Queen was caught in a struggle, trying to manage her umbrella and slide her right arm into her coat sleeve, leading to an apparently exasperated Charles stepping in to assist.

According to lip reader Jacqui Press, who spoke to the Daily Mail, Charles instructed Camilla: “‘Move your arm through the back.”

The couple had better weather in Guernsey (Image: Getty)

Princess Kate’s choice of outfit for Wimbledon paid tribute to Princess Diana, as both women opted for purple.

On July 14 Kate made her second public appearance of the year in a stunning Safiyaa dress as she presented Carlos Alcaraz with his trophy and brought Princess Charlotte along to watch.

Back in 1991 Diana wore a patterned purple dress to take in the tournament with Prince William when he was just nine years old.

Princess Kate was perfect in purple (Image: PA)

King Charles helped Queen Camilla celebrate her 50th birthday in July 1997, before they were married, but the late Queen Elizabeth reportedly refused to attend.

The party was held at Highgrove, his country estate in Gloucestershire, and no members of the Royal Family attended.

On the other hand it is not known exactly who was on the 80 person guest list.

The incident was famously depicted in the last series of The Crown, although a fictionalised version.

Charles helped Camilla turn 50 (Image: Getty)

Queen Camilla and Prince William may get along well now, but she was apparently nervous to meet him for the first time when he was still a schoolboy.

William had been returning home from Eton to York House in London for a weekend visit.

He returned home early for their first meeting as royal author Penny Junor claims Charles approached Camilla and said “he’s here” adding “let’s just get one with it”. Camilla and William were then said to have been left alone for half an hour to get acquainted.

After the encounter, Junor claims Camilla had a seven-word response. She said: “I need a gin and tonic.”

Camilla was nervous to meet William for the first time but it went well (Image: Getty)

King Charles and Queen Camilla will be attending the State Opening of Parliament later today in the Palace of Westminster.

The event is in honour of the new Labour government, with Sir Keir Starmer elected Prime Minister nearly two weeks ago.

The King will be wearing his Imperial State Crown, while Camilla will be wearing the late Queen Elizabeth’s iconic diadem.

The State Opening of Parliament will be happening today (Image: Getty)