Buckingham palace has announced the new arrangements for prince harry and his wife meghan, saying theyll no longer be working members of the royal family and will no longer use their titles of Royal Highness. Harry and meghan will step back from royal duties, but will continue to be patrons of charities theyve chosen to support. In a personal statement, Queen Elizabeth said she supports the couples wish for a more independent life. This report from our royal correspondent Nicolas Witchell contains some flashing images. The deal has been done. They are walking away from the british monarchy. They will earn their own living and they will spend most of their time in north america. A man who was born to be royal will no longer style himself as his Royal Highness. She will not call herself her Royal Highness. That hrh styling applies to full time, working members of the British Royal family which, come the spring, harry and meghan will no longer be. They are going with the best wishes of th
And the line could stop at birmingham. A sign of things to come. Liverpools moment ofjoy at anfield. They continue their unbeaten start to the premier League Season with a 2 0 win over Manchester United. Good morning. It is a chilly start of the day across england and wales with some frost and also some fog. For scotland, Northern Ireland and the far north of northern england, claudia drizzle here and there and breezy in the south west. I will have all the details later. Cloudier. Its monday january 20th. Our top story prince harry has spoken out for the first time about the decision to step back as a senior royal, saying he is taking a leap of faith. Speaking at a Charity Event last night he said that he and the duchess of sussex had hoped to continue serving the queen without public funding but that had proved to be impossible. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. They had hoped, they said in their personal statement of 8 january, to find a progressive new role within t
As he and meghan step down as front line royals for a more peaceful life. He says its sad its come to this but the couple, he insists, are not walking away. What i want to make clear is where not walking away and we certainly are not walking away from you. Our hope was to continue serving the queen, the commonwealth and military associations but without public funding. Unfortunately, that wasnt possible. Ive accepted this, knowing that it doesn t change who i am or how committed i am. Theyre set to earn millions how will they do it . And, eight year old farouk is a model, but he may be forced to cut his hair when he goes to secondary school. His mum says thats discrimination and tells us shes reported the schools to the equality and human rights commission. We will talk to them later. Is hi, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Have you been offered cash or holidays in exchange for sex . Thats our excusive story today let me know if youre big on social media and i
A sea of placards and a wave of issues as the Fourth Annual womens march takes place across the us. Buckingham palace has announced the new arrangements for prince harry and his wife meghan, saying theyll no longer be working members of the royal family and will no longer use their titles of Royal Highness. Harry and meghan will step back from royal duties, but will continue to be patrons of charities theyve chosen to support. In a personal statement Queen Elizabeth said she supports the couples wish for a more independent life. This report from our royal correspondent Nicolas Witchell contains some flashing images. The deal has been done. They are walking away from the british monarchy. They will earn their own living and they will spend most of their time in north america. A man who was born to be royal will no longer style himself as his Royal Highness. She will not call herself her Royal Highness. That hrh styling applies to full time, working members of the British Royal family wh
Senior South Yorkshire Police Officers ignored sexual abuse of girls in rotherham by asian men, for fear of causing racial tensions, says the Police Watchdog. Police demand an urgent meeting with the commander of the us base, close to where teenager harry dunn was killed after two more incidents with cars driven on the wrong side of the road. The queen has announced that prince harry and meghan will no longer use their royal titles, and will no longer receive public fund for carrying out royal duties. The sussexes will no longer represent the queen as working members of the royal family, including official military appointments for prince harry. The new model is expected to come into effect in the spring. This comes after the couple said earlier this month they wanted to step back as senior royals. In a statement her majesty the queen said, following many months of conversations and more recent discussions, i am pleased that together we have found a constructive and supportive way forw