Former BBC correspondent and presenter. Commentator on constitutional and royal issues for outlets including @LBC, @BBCNewsnight,@ObserverUK and @theipaper.
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‘Prince Harry served in the Army for ten years, rising to the rank of Captain and undertaking two tours of Afghanistan’. (Royal website)
The cover the government needs to do what it should’ve always done - provide adequate, taxpayer funded security for Harry, Meghan and their children.
NEW: Security arrangements for high-profile public figures will be urgently examined to ensure those most at risk are better protected amid rising threats to their safety.
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood tells MPs the independent review of the UK’s protective security system will be carried out by Sir Stephen Lovegrove.
The former national security adviser will look at whether current security arrangements are fit for purpose, in particular whether there is adequate protection for those most at risk.
This includes high-profile individuals (including royals), government ministers, MPs, locally elected representatives and other prominent British political figures - but not individual cases.
Dedicated police support will be expanded to leaders of political parties who are not MPs, as well as peers, former MPs, former members of the devolved parliaments and political party spokespeople.
The murder of Ann Widdecombe is one of several recent events to raise serious questions about the security of those in public life.
Richard Kay, Daily Mail:
“….Spencer and I also spoke several times during that week and he told me certain things about Prince Charles, which he told me in confidence, which I too noted down, and they chime very much with the revelations he has made in the book.”
“I know the King, I simply cannot believe that he could have said something like that”
Rory Stewart, who tutored Prince Harry and Prince William, says claims by Earl Spencer that King Charles, in the days after Princess Diana’s death, said "rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough” are “not his character, not his personality”.
#Newsnight
Is there anyone left in Buckingham Palace - apart from Charles - who thinks their statement was a good idea?
As I said to @vicderbyshire on @BBCNewsnight “the content is royal gaslighting. There are times when silence is the right answer”.
"I'm telling the truth": Earl Spencer defends Princess Diana book claims about King Charles in BBC interview bbc.in/3TbMQok
There's been no bunting and plenty of bile.
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If King Charles is serious about reconciliation, he should invite Prince Harry to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday, as he last did in 2019.
If you stay here @piersmorgan , Harry might make you his Press Secretary.
Rapprochement - royal and Morgan - could be the order of the day.
This is not a good look and is untenable.
According to the royal website, one of the focuses of Queen Camilla’s charity work is “supporting survivors of rape, sexual assault and domestic violence”.
Rattled royals relieved.
Transparency and accountability can be abandoned.
More royal walkabouts the solution to Andrew crisis.
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A test for the BBC.
Last year’s live coverage of the Commonwealth service made no reference to the visible republican protest outside - drummers were at the entrance to drown out the shouting.
The protesters say they’ll be there again next month.
Will the BBC find its spine?
Andrew's haunted look said it all - he is truly alone inews.co.uk/opinion/andrews-…
Surreal.
On the first day of #LondonFashionWeek, Dame Anna Wintour met The Queen at Clarence House to discuss British fashion and the work of The Queen's Reading Room, a charity dedicated to promoting and celebrating the benefits of reading.
One day soon, the royals will have to answer these questions. And many more.
It will be a seismic moment for them - being held to account is an alien concept.
Our latest video looks at some of the outstanding questions for the Royal Family over the alleged conduct of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Produced by Katerina Karelli. Further coverage on the BBC News website: bbc.co.uk/news
