Royal news – live: Kate Middleton ‘turns corner’ in cancer treatment as Harry message defending Meghan removed

It is “unclear” whether the Princess of Wales will attend the Trooping the Colour next month, PA News Agency reports.

The news comes amid the army’s confirmation that the King’s official birthday parade will still go ahead despite the upcoming General Election.

The event famously features an appearance from the royal family on the Buckingham Palace balcony, which Kate was present for in 2023.

According to recent reports, she has “turned a corner” with her cancer treatment but is expected to remain out of the public eye for the foreseeable future.

The King, meanwhile, who also has cancer, returned to work last month and has undertaken a host of engagements despite reports that would have a reduced summer schedule.

Following the news that the King’s official birthday parade, the Trooping the Colour, will go ahead, a rehearsal is scheduled to take place on Thursday.

The “khaki rehearsal” will see almost a thousand soldiers and 240 horses from the Household Division practice for the event in London.

The rehearsal will not be without an audience and around a thousand spectators are expected to watch so that all soldiers and horses have a chance to perform before the event on 15 June.

The Princess of Wales has reportedly “turned a corner” in her ongoing cancer battle.

Kate, who revealed her diagnosis in March, is now “tolerating the medicine” “a lot better” as she undergoes preventative chemotherapy, Vanity Fair reports.

“It has been a great relief that she is tolerating the medication and is actually doing a lot better,” the publication reported. “It has, of course, been a very challenging and worrying time. Everyone has rallied around her – William, her parents, and her sister and brother.”

The Trooping the Colour, which marks the King’s official birthday, will go ahead despite the upcoming General Election, the army has confirmed.

There was some doubt surrounding the event, which will take place on 15 June, following the election announcement.

Buckingham Palace released a statement saying that all engagements “which may appear to divert attention or distract from the election campaign” will be postponed.

However, the events were being reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and it was expected that the Trooping the Colour would still go head.

The royal family’s recent health troubles have reportedly brought Prince William and King Charles closer than ever.

According to an insider, this bond has been developed while William supports Kate Middleton through her own cancer battle.

The unidentified source told People magazine that the heir to the throne is “staying positive” for his family.

The news comes after it was revealed that Kate is “out and about more” as she has treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer.

Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle brand American Riveria Orchard could make seven figures in its first business year, it has been claimed.

The estimate was made by PR expert Mayah Riaz ahead of the brand’s official launch, with its official website and Instagram page still displaying none of its products.

Meghan has, however, sent out 50 limited edition jars of its jam to soft launch the brand, and Riaz believes they could retail for a staggering amount of money.

“So far, the jams have been sent to only 50 people. This suggests that it will be an exclusive and limited edition item,” Riaz told the Mirror.

“It has already been reported a single jam jar could cost three figures. I believe that is entirely likely from what we have seen so far. This is not rare for a celebrity brand.”

“Therefore, my estimation is that American Riveria Orchard in under a year could make Meghan seven figures. It is entirely possible for the brand to make multi-seven figures by the end of next year.”

King Charles has been given the first seedling successfully cultivated from the felled Sycamore Gap tree.

Ahead of its replanting by the Monarch in Windsor, the palace released a powerful statement about the hope it represents for the future.

Buckingham Palace said: “Part of the power of trees to move and console us lies in the continuity and hope they represent: the sense that, rooted in the past and flourishing in the present, their seeds will be carried into an as yet unimaginable future.”

The seedling made its debut at the Chelsea Flower Show last week – eight months after the tree it came from was illegally felled.

Prince Harry could be forced to leave the US if it emerges that he lied on his US visa application.

It is currently under review following the Duke of Sussex’s revelations about past drug taking in his 2023 memoir Spare.

Should it emerge that he lied, Donald Trump said Harry will be treated like any other civilian if he is reelected in November.

The former president said: “We’ll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied they’ll have to take appropriate action.”

Harry currently lives in a nine-bedroom Montecito, California mansion worth £12m with his wife Meghan Markle and two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

A royal photographer has claimed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding was “miserable”.

Reflecting on the sixth anniversary of the event, Arthur Edwards described the 2018 Windsor wedding as one of “the worst” royal events he has ever captured on camera.

The photographer claims that the couple were deliberately uncooperative because of Harry’s dislike of the British media.

“I was there I hated the day, it was a miserable day,” he told The Sun.

“I can tell you now it was the worst royal engagement I ever did, the worst royal wedding I ever did because Harry was determined to keep the newspapers away from it as much as possible.

“Everything was done on long lenses. It was hopeless. And when they went past in the carriage, they turned away from me.

“I felt it was deliberate, with the British press, in many ways, they were badly treated.

“Harry was angry at us about things said about Meghan.

“Some of the things were pretty harsh. Some were pretty unfair.

“He was angry and I felt we were punished for that.”

The First Lady of Nigeria has seemingly taken aim at Meghan Markle’s choice of clothing on her recent trip to the country.

Senator Oluremi Tinubu made the comments during a speech to mark President Bola Tinubu’s first year in office where she discussed the “nakedness” of “film stars from America”.

She said Nigerian women “do not want to mimic and try to emulate film stars from America” with their “nakedness”.

“The message here is we have to salvage our children. We see the way they dress,” she said.

“They keep forgetting that Nigeria, we are beautiful. You can see what they showcase on the stage, I said, ‘We are fashionable, we see what is going on.’

“We are not having the Met Gala. And everyone, the nakedness, is just everywhere and the men are well-clothed.

“So we have to do something. Tell them we don’t accept nakedness in our culture. That is not beautiful. It’s not beautiful at all.”