Explainer: The new life of Prince Harry and Meghan after split from royal family
London, UKReuters Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will stop using their royal titles, give up state funding and repay taxpayer money used to refurbish their home at Windsor Castle as they seek to pursue new careers outside of Britain’s royal family. The deal is intended to end a crisis that erupted two weeks ago […]
UK’s Prince Harry demands end to “greed and selfishness”, for nature’s sake
Liwonde, MalawiReuters Britain’s Prince Harry appealed on Monday in a national park in Malawi for increased global efforts to protect the environment against “greed, apathy and selfishness”. Harry, whose tour of southern Africa has taken him to four countries, observed a simulated anti-poaching operation by Malawian rangers and British soldiers aimed at protecting endangered species […]
Prince Harry to visit Diana’s Angola landmine project
LondonReuters Britain’s Prince Harry will make a poignant visit to Angola this month to visit the landmine clearance project that featured in some of the most famous photographs of his late mother Princess Diana. The pictures of Diana wearing protective gear as she walked among red skull-and-crossbone signs in 1997 won vital publicity for the […]
Prince Harry backs mine clearance in Angola, following in Diana’s footsteps
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s Prince Harry on Monday threw his weight behind mine clearance efforts in Angola, a cause championed by his mother more than two decades ago when she made global headlines by walking through a minefield in the country. The prince welcomed an announcement that Angola will invest $US60 million in clearing mines […]
Longer-term impact of Royal Wedding sermon on Brits limited, poll suggests
US Episcopal Bishop Michael Curry’s 14 minute sermon may have been the most “tweeted moment” during the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Windsor last month, but a new poll suggests that its longer-term impact may not have been as great as some may have hoped. Commissioned by British thinktank Theos and […]
Episcopalians reflect on staying power of “the sermon that stole the show”
RNS It’s not Meghan Markle’s stunning almost five metre long veil or bouquet of forget-me-nots, the favorite flower of the groom’s late mother, Princess Diana. It’s not the romantic words Prince Harry whispered to his bride as she joined him at the altar. Days after the royal wedding, it’s the address by the Most Rev […]
ESSAY: IT’S A MARRIAGE, NOT JUST A CARNIVAL
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER says it’s important to look beyond the glitter when it comes to the weekend’s Royal Wedding…
ROYAL NUPTIALS: IN THE US, EPISCOPALIANS SCRAMBLE TO CAPITALISE ON WEDDING OPPORTUNITY
MARK A KELLNER, of Religion News Service, reports on how excitement is building in the US after Episcopalian Presiding Bishop Michael Curry was asked to deliver the wedding sermon at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s marriage…
STRANGESIGHTS: HARRY AND MEGHAN TAKE FLIGHT; AN ANGEL CAPTURED ON FILM?; AND, A REESE’S CELEBRATION…
DAVID ADAMS reports on the odder side of life…
ROYAL ENGAGEMENT: PRINCE HARRY WILL MARRY A DIVORCED AMERICAN – AND THE CHURCH IS FINE WITH IT
In the wake of the news of Prince Harry’s engagement, CATHERINE PEPINSTER, of Religion News Service, takes a look at what the response to the announcement reveals about how the position of the Church of England has changed…