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Dec

2023

Former UK police officers sentenced for sending racist messages about Meghan, royals

SIX former London police officers were given suspended prison sentences for sharing offensive and racist messages on WhatsApp, including references to Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and other members of the royal family. In a statement after the sentencing hearing Commander James Harman, who leads the Metropolitan Police's Anti-Corruption and Abuse Command, said "The racist and discriminatory content of these messages is absolutely appalling". "Given the defendants once served as police officers, we recognise that this case may further damage confidence in policing," Harman said. The six officers, who have all retired, were charged after an investigation by the BBC's…

May

2021

By The African Mirror

‘Pain of Diana’s death pushed me to drink, drugs’

WORLD

PRINCE Harry said he abused alcohol to numb the pain of his mother Diana's death in 1997 and accused the British royal family of neglecting him and his wife Meghan as she contemplated suicide. Harry, now 36, has spoken before about the trauma of losing Diana in a Paris car crash and then having to walk as a 12-year-old behind his mother's coffin in her funeral cortege under the glare of the world's media. "I was willing to drink, I was willing to take drugs, I was willing to try and do the things that made me feel less like…

Nov

2020

By The African Mirror

Britain’s Duchess Meghan speaks about miscarriage in break with royal reserve

WORLD

ESTELLE SHIRBON MEGHAN, the Duchess of Sussex, has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July, an extraordinarily personal disclosure coming from a high-profile British royal. The wife of Prince Harry and former actress wrote about the experience in detail in an opinion article published in the New York Times on Wednesday, saying that it took place one morning when she was caring for Archie, the couple's son. "I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second," Meghan wrote, describing how she felt a sharp cramp after picking up Archie from his crib, and dropped…

Sep

2020

By The African Mirror

Prince Harry and Meghan sign production deal with Netflix

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

BRITAIN's Prince Harry and his American-born wife Meghan have signed a multiyear contract with Netflix to produce programming ranging from children's shows to scripted series, the streaming platform has announced. The couple, who moved to Southern California with their infant son Archie earlier this year after stepping back from royal duties in the United Kingdom, will produce content on issues that resonate with them and that their nonprofit Archewell is focused on. "Our focus will be on creating content that informs but also gives hope," the couple said in a statement. "As new parents, making inspirational family programming is also…