Royal Family news LIVE – Harry and Meghan ‘would rather DESTROY Queen’s legacy than let Charles ignore their complaints’

ARCHIE’S FACE APPEARS IN FRONT OF LENSE FOR FIRST TIME EVER

Until now, royal fans haven’t seen the young tot’s face since he was a young baby, but the new clips shared by Harry last week offer a glimpse of what the two-year-old looks like now.

Colour footage of Archie and his parents, Meghan and Harry, playing on the beach was shown in Harry Apple TV documentary series, which fans first saw in black and white during the couple’s explosive Oprah Winfrey chat.

While you can’t see a close up of Archie’s sweet face, the young boy is facing the camera as he runs along the sand, finally offering viewers a glimpse of his face.

This comes just after Harry and Meghan released a new photo of Archie for his second birthday, however, fans were disappointed that he had his back turned to the camera while holding balloons.

In the documentary, there’s also a throwback shot of one-year-old Archie sitting on his mum’s lap while isolating in their LA mansion, which was taken at the time of his first birthday last year. This also marks the last time Archie was properly shown on camera, with the toddler’s face in every photo since then being hidden.

MEGHAN BABY PHOTO RESURFACES (CONTINUED…)

It’s believed the young Meghan, now 36, was sitting on the lap of her half-sister Samantha Markle in the snap, with royal fans saying that the mum and son duo definitely look alike.

The cute footage of Archie appeared in Prince Harry’s new AppleTV+ documentary, The Me You Can’t See, which aired last Friday – alongside a new coloured snap of the young tot where you can finally see his face.

Pictures of Archie and baby Meghan both show each of them with curly brown hair, big dark eyes and super cute chubby cheeks as they both flash a cheeky grin.

Many fans pointed out that they had the “same smile” while one agreed: “Yes very much like Meghan, handsome!”

“I have always said that Archie looks like his mother from the 1st time we saw him at the photo call,” one eagle-eyed royal fan wrote, adding: “He’s a mini- Meghan with his curly and wavy hair.”

ARCHIE DUBBED MEGHAN MARKLE’S ‘MINI ME’ BY THRILLED ROYAL FANS AFTER HER BABY PHOTO RESURFACES

THRILLED fans have dubbed Archie Meghan Markle’s ‘mini me’ after a childhood snap of her resurfaces online.

Royal watcher Julieth was first to make the comparison after posting the photo of six-month-old Meghan on Twitter alongside recent footage of Archie, two, sitting on a swing in their $14million Montecito home.

Read more here.

REPUBLIC APOLOGISES FOR MAKING FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT HARRY & MEGHAN’S ‘INAPPROPRIATE USE OF CHARITABLE FUNDS’

The charity was investigated after Republic, which campaigns for an elected head of state, reported the Sussexes and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s foundations to the Commission for alleged “inappropriate use of charitable funds, conflicts of interest and lack of independence”.

Republic has issued a lengthy apology on its website.

It says that it “falsely claimed” the transfer of funds was improper and likely to be unlawful, and that it failed to contact the Royal Foundation or Sussex Royal before going to the Commission and the media.

The pressure group said: “If we had contacted the organisations directly, we accept we would have realised quickly that there was nothing improper in their operations. The Charity Commission has now concluded its review and found that all activities of the charities were lawful and proper.

“We apologise unreservedly to the charities and personally to the Duke of Sussex for our actions and the public damage that has been caused as a result of widely publicised untrue claims.”

MEGHAN MARKLE ‘INTRODUCED PRINCE HARRY TO ‘ANCESTRAL HEALING”

MEGHAN Markle reportedly introduced Prince Harry to “ancestral healing” which he claimed will help him “break the cycle of genetic pain”.

The Duke, 36, claimed his dad Charles, 72, “suffered” due to his upbringing by the Queen and Philip, then “treated me the way he was treated”.

A source close to Meghan told DailyMail.com: “Meghan is the one who introduced Harry to the term ancestral healing.

“She said she learned about generational trauma from her mumm who started taking her to weekly services at Agapé International and credits its founder Michael Beckwith for teaching her about spirituality.

“‘Meghan said both she and Harry come from a long lineage of pain and suffering, generations of genetic baggage and that it’s now up to them to break the cycle once and for all.”

Read more here.

MEGHAN MARKLE AND PRINCE HARRY CRITICISED AFTER USING £300,000 TO START SUSSEX ROYAL FOUNDATION BUT QUIT 12 MONTHS LATER

MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry have been criticised for spending £300,000 to start their Sussex Royal foundation only to quit 12 months later.

The organisation spent half the money on legal and admin fees setting it up and closing it down.

A review into the couple’s charity revealed William and Kate’s Royal Foundation made two grants totalling nearly £290,000 to Harry and Meghan’s non-profit organisation Sussex Royal.

Later, £145,000 of this was paid to Travalyst, a private company in which Harry owns 75 per cent of the shares.

But after the review, the Charity Commission found that the transfer of funds to MWX – which was formerly Sussex Royal: The Foundation – was in line with the governing document of the Royal Foundation and allowed under charity law.

CRITICISMS AFTER HARRY AND MEG SHUT DOWN FOUNDATION (CONTINUED…)

The review said: “In this case we have found that the trustees complied with their duties under charity law, and the transfers of funds between different organisations were in keeping with the charities’ governing documents, with conflicts of interest being appropriately managed.

“The MWX Foundation should, though, have done more to document its decisions, especially regarding the charity’s expenditure on legal and administrative costs.

“We also note that a substantial proportion of funds went into setting up and then winding up a charity that was active for a relatively short period of time.

“Trustees cannot predict future events when establishing a new charity – circumstances can change after a charity has been set up.

“But all trustees, before setting up a charity, should think about the longer term, and consider carefully whether a new charity is the best way of achieving the intended aims. This helps ensure that set-up costs are offset by longer-term impact.”

PRITI PATEL SLAMS BBC FOR DIANA INTERVIEW

Priti Patel has slammed the BBC and refused to rule out criminal prosecutions over its 1995 interview with Princess Diana.

The Home Secretary warned the corporation’s reputation has been damaged following Lord Dyson’s report into Martin Bashir’s “deceitful behaviour” to secure the interview.

Ms Patel added that the mid-term review of the BBC would be a “very, very significant moment” for the corporation – where “lessons have to be learned”.

She told Sky News’s Trevor Phillips: “If there is subsequent action that needs to be taken, then clearly – alongside the publication of this report and lessons being learned and changes, changes to the institution, structure, governance, accountability – then that will follow.”

The Home Secretary added: “The BBC itself – one of our great institutions – its reputation has been compromised.”

MEGHAN HAS BEAUTIFUL GIFT READY TO GIVE HER NEW BABY GIRL

Meghan Markle already has a giftplanned for her baby daughter and the story behind it is so sweet.

Back in 2015, Meghan said she hopes to one day pass down her £4,800 Cartier watch to her daughter.

Meghan bought the pricey Cartier Tank Française after learning Suits – the television programme she starred in – had been commissioned for a third season.

The Duchess previously told Hello: “When I found out Suits had been picked up for our third season – which, at the time, felt like such a milestone – I totally splurged and bought the two-tone version [of the watch].”

She continued: “I had it engraved on the back, ‘To M.M. From M.M.’ And I plan to give it to my daughter one day. That’s what makes pieces special, the connection you have to them.”

DIANA WOULD WANT HARRY TO LIVE A ‘PRIVATE LIFE’

Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell has claimed the Princess would have wanted Harry to “live a private life” and “stop airing his dirty laundry in public”.

He told Closer: “Diana would be heartbroken it’s come to this.

“Not only would she be devastated that Harry is cut off from his family, but she’d disapprove of him tearing down the royals.

“She’d want him to stop airing his dirty laundry, and to live a quiet, private life, focused on his children.”

PRINCE CHARLES SEEN FOR FIRST TIME SINCE HARRY DOC AS HE AND CAMILLA VISITED COVENTRY DURING CITY OF CULTURE CELEBRATIONS

PRINCE CHARLES ‘HAS NO INTENTION OF CUTTING OFF HIS SON’

Harry’s appearance left the Queen “deeply upset” – although Charles has no intention of “cutting off his son”, despite his hurt, it’s been claimed.

Meanwhile, it’s emerged that Harry volunteered to have a trauma therapy session filmed for the series.

He was was shown undergoing EMDR – eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing – and said it was “one of the varieties of different forms of healing or curing that I was willing to experiment with”.

HARRY’S ‘GENETIC PAIN’

Harry had hailed his mum Diana’s “immense impact” on his upbringing but said he didn’t cope with her death until Meghan suggested therapy.

In a sweary podcast chat, he described royal life as a mixture of The Truman Show film and being in a zoo.

The royal also revealed he wanted to quit royal duty when he was in his twenties, saying: “I didn’t want this job.”

He told how he hated his role after the death of his mother Princess Diana and always felt different from the rest of his family.

And he said he moved to the US with Meghan and baby son Archie to escape his “genetic pain”.

KATE ASKED IF SHE’S A PRINCE BY CURIOUS CHILD

Kate Middleton smiled after cheeky kids asked her if she was a prince as she visited the Orkney Islands today with Prince William.

The Duchess of Cambridge joked with the children, telling them “I’m the Duchess!” on a stop of their week-long royal tour of Scotland.

Kate spoke to the schoolchildren as they visited the European Marine Energy Centre on day five of their visit.

MEGHAN MARKLE ‘INTRODUCED PRINCE HARRY TO ‘ANCESTRAL HEALING”

MEGHAN Markle reportedly introduced Prince Harry to “ancestral healing” which he claimed will help him “break the cycle of genetic pain”.

The Duke, 36, claimed his dad Charles, 72, “suffered” due to his upbringing by the Queen and Philip, then “treated me the way he was treated”.

A source close to Meghan told DailyMail.com: “Meghan is the one who introduced Harry to the term ancestral healing.

“She said she learned about generational trauma from her mumm who started taking her to weekly services at Agapé International and credits its founder Michael Beckwith for teaching her about spirituality.

“‘Meghan said both she and Harry come from a long lineage of pain and suffering, generations of genetic baggage and that it’s now up to them to break the cycle once and for all.”

Read more here.

DIANA’S BUTLER SPEAKS OUT ON HARRY’S TELL-ALL INTERVIEWS

Princess Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell said he fears the Duke’s desire to publicly air grievances with his family will only end up hurting him.

In an interview with Closer magazine, Mr Burell said: “There’s no doubt it’s a great idea for Harry to have help and therapy.

“But therapy is supposed to be confidential – it doesn’t work on the world stage. Doing what he’s doing is only going to cause him so much more pain.

“I don’t recognise him now – he’s almost become the centre of his own world. He’s hurting his family and saying things that I really think he’ll regret.

“Meghan has encouraged him to get therapy and change his way of thinking – but I thinkhe’ll be left broken when this all stops and he realises what he’s done.”

BASHIR ‘SCARED DIANA HALF TO DEATH’

BBC journalist Martin Bashir scared Diana “half to death” with frightening meetings in underground car parks, a royal expert says.

Andrew Morton, who penned a biography on the princess, said Bashir wouldn’t have scored the Panorama interview if he hadn’t lied to her.

Asked by Sky presenter Trevor Phillips if Bashir would have got the interview if he hadn’t lied, Mr Morton blasted: “He wouldn’t have got it, simple as that. He scared her half to death.

“He arranged meetings in underground car parks – they’re scary places at best of times, but when you think your life in danger, it was very potent.

“She was put in state of fear and trepidation and it encouraged her to speak out.”

WHAT IS MEGHAN’S BIRTH PLAN FOR BABY NUMBER TWO?

With Meghan’s due date rumoured to be just days away, what is her birth plan for baby number two?

She was rumoured to be have wanted a home birth with her son Archie – but he was born at the Portland Hospital in London, where Sarah Ferguson gave birth to Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.

Finding Freedom author Omid Scobie wrote she had decided to head to the hospital in her third trimester.

Meg is rumoured to be considering a home birth again – with Page Six reporting a close friend thinks the couple’s Montecito mansion is the perfect setting to welcome her baby girl.

PRITI PATEL SLAMS BBC FOR DIANA INTERVIEW

Priti Patel has slammed the BBC and refused to rule out criminal prosecutions over its 1995 interview with Princess Diana.

The Home Secretary warned the corporation’s reputation has been damaged following Lord Dyson’s report into Martin Bashir’s “deceitful behaviour” to secure the interview.

Ms Patel added that the mid-term review of the BBC would be a “very, very significant moment” for the corporation – where “lessons have to be learned”.

She told Sky News’s Trevor Phillips: “If there is subsequent action that needs to be taken, then clearly – alongside the publication of this report and lessons being learned and changes, changes to the institution, structure, governance, accountability – then that will follow.”

The Home Secretary added: “The BBC itself – one of our great institutions – its reputation has been compromised.”

WATCH: PRINCE CHARLES SEEN FOR FIRST TIME SINCE HARRY DOC AS HE AND CAMILLA VISITED COVENTRY DURING CITY OF CULTURE CELEBRATIONS

QUEEN IS ‘DEEPLY UPSET’ BY HARRY’S CLAIMS – ‘PARTICULARLY THE COMMENTS ON CHARLES’ PARENTING’

An unnamed source told the Mail on Sunday: “Harry’s grandmother has taken this very personally and is deeply upset by what Harry has said, in particular his comments about Charles’s parenting and suggesting his father knows no better because of how he was brought up.

“It has been a very upsetting time.”

PRINCE CHARLES ‘HAS NO INTENTION OF CUTTING OFF HIS SON’

Harry’s appearance left the Queen “deeply upset” – although Charles has no intention of “cutting off his son”, despite his hurt, it’s been claimed.

Meanwhile, it’s emerged that Harry volunteered to have a trauma therapy session filmed for the series.

He was was shown undergoing EMDR – eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing – and said it was “one of the varieties of different forms of healing or curing that I was willing to experiment with”.

HARRY ‘HELLBENT ON BLAMING EVERYONE ELSE’ SAYS ROYAL EXPERT

PRINCE Harry is “hell-bent on blaming everyone else for his problems” – particularly father Charles, a royal expert has claimed.

Robert Jobson, who was friends with Princess Diana and has written books on Philip and Charles, said the Duke of Sussex has behaved “shamefully” in recent weeks.

And he warned there may be little chance of Charles and Harry ever reconciling over fears anything said will simply be repeated “for commercial gain”.

In an episode of True Royalty’s The Royal Beat, Mr Jobson laid into the Duke for his comments.

“I thought it was pathetic actually,” he said. “He was hell-bent on blaming everyone else for his problems and mainly his father.”

KATE JOKES ‘I’M THE DUCHESS’ AFTER KID ASKS IF SHE’S A PRINCE

Kate Middleton smiled after cheeky kids asked her if she was a prince as she visited the Orkney Islands today with Prince William.

The Duchess of Cambridge joked with the children, telling them “I’m the Duchess!” on a stop of their week-long royal tour of Scotland.

Kate spoke to the schoolchildren as they visited the European Marine Energy Centre on day five of their visit.

BBC DIRECTOR GENERAL: ‘NO INTENTION OF AIRING DIANA INTERVIEW EVER AGAIN’

BBC director Tim Davie has said he has “no intention” of airing the 1995 Diana interview “ever again”.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4 Today, the BBC boss also said a report will be published next week on why Martin Bashir was rehired in 2016.