Day: November 13, 2016

    Prince Harry's girlfriend Meghan Markle opened up about receiving terrifying death threats earlier this year. The Suits actress has been thrust into the global spotlight after the royal confirmed their budding relationship earlier this week, but during a conversation with Piers Morgan earlier this year, the star revealed that she's dealt with scary times due to her job. Meghan was on a visit to London in June, and spoke to Good Morning Britain's Piers in a London pub after spending a day in the Royal box at Wimbledon. In a recent statement, Harry hit out at the “abuse and harassment” that his girlfriend had suffered since their relationship came to light. In her conversation with Piers, Meghan reportedly revealed other scary times she had faced because of her character Rac...

    Theresa May faces a showdown with the Queen – over scrapping ¬seven of Her Majesty’s royal charters. The PM plans to take them away from the UK’s research councils, which invest £3billion a year so university science teams can make ground-breaking discoveries. The royal charters guarantee that scientists are independent of the Government and can carry out whatever research they choose. They are now concerned they will lose that freedom and might be subjected to political interference. Constitutional expert David Rogers said: “The Queen will hit the roof and it will cause a huge dust-up with the PM. “This could turn into Mrs May’s first row with Her Majesty since she became PM. The Queen is likely to raise it with Mrs May at one of their weekly audiences before she signs it...

    Theresa May has been warned by sacked ministers that she must promote them back into Government within a year or face “trouble” in Parliament. Senior Tories dismissed by the Prime Minister in the summer have privately warned their “loyalty” only stretches so far after being sent to the backbenches. Some are ready to increasingly rebel over Mrs May’s grammar schools ban and Brexit priorities unless they are put back on the Government payroll soon. The ultimatum, made in conversations with The Sunday Telegraph, is designed to make sure Mrs May makes good on indications there is a route back to the Government for those who behave. “We have said we will be unflinchingly loyal for one year. But if they keep us on the back benches for longer we will start causing trouble,” ...