Woman’s Day Australia – August 26, 2019

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Royal

news

“Meghan”

isspending

timewith

herA-list

friends...

Harry whisks Meghan

MEGHAN&HARRY’S

SHOCK SPLIT!

C

learlydesperateto

showhiswifejust

howmuchhecares,

PrinceHarryis

believedtohavewhisked

MeghanawaytoIbizato

celebrateher38thbirthday,

whichfellonAugust4.

ThetripmarkedtheSussex

family’sfirstholidaywithbaby

Archie– butroyalwatchers

werequicktopointoutit may

nothavebeena wisemove.

Harry,34,andMeghan’strip

totheSpanishislandvia

privatejetcomesjustweeks

afterthedukerevealedhe

andMeghanplantohave

justtwochildrenina bidto

savetheenvironment.

However,theirflightis

believedtohaveemitted

The family

spent their time

in Ibiza on a

private yacht.

more than seven times the CO 2

per person than a commercial

flight from London.

Controversially, Harry’s

comments, made in a

conversation with

conservationist Dr Jane Goodall

in the issue of British Vogue

MEGHAN’S

‘WORTHY’

BIRTHDAY CAKE

The duchess celebrated her

birthday before jetting out of

London with a special carrot cake.

It was made by Luminary Bakery,

which supports women who have

experienceddomesticviolence,

homelessnessandincarceration.

summer palace on a British

Airways flight.

Late last week, British

tabloid The Sun revealed

Fergie had taken a “panicked”

Andrew to their favourite

Spanish hideaway in Malaga,

with the pair arriving via

private jet and without their

daughters Princess Beatrice,

31, and Princess Eugenie, 29.

“The duke has been fairly

relaxed up to now, he’s starting

to sh*t himself,” a source

revealed at the time. “It’s

become the biggest story in

the world and he’s at the heart

of the coverage.”

“Ironically, this whole

awful mess could be what

brings Andrew and Fergie

publicly back together,” our

source adds.

“She really is a rock for

him. She believes him 100 per

cent, as do his girls. They’re

devastated about these

claims, but they hope the

positive that comes out of it is

that it brings their parents

closer together.”

It seems Fergie, too, may

have had reason to flee last

week, with reports surfacing

that the Duchess of York may

have been bankrolled by a

Hong Kong businessman.

According to the British media,

Fergie was paid $535,000 as

well as a $128,000 retainer

by a company chaired by

Dr Johnny Hon.

In April 2017, before taking

up her post as director of

media investment firm Gate

Ventures – formerly chaired by

Dr Hon – she received

$357,000 from an offshore

account, according to The Sun,

for “marketing and promotion”.

Even ordinarily squeaky

clean Zara Phillips, 38, found

herself caught up in the

scandal after it was found she

was paid $178,000 last year

for advising Dr Hon on horse

racing, while her brother Peter

Phillips, 41, signed a deal

with Dr Hon in which he’ll

receive a salary for his

figurehead role at a new

horse racing members’ club.

DrHon(left)reportedly

broughtseveralroyal

familymembers– like

Zara– onboardtoboost

hisprofilewithinvestors.

Zara’s brother Peter

is on the Hong Kong

tycoon’s payroll.

There has been

unprecedented outcry in

the UK after Madame

Tussauds announced it

would separate the Duke

and Duchess’ likenesses.

Meghan’s waxwork has

been transferred to the

celebrity section, where she

will be surrounded by

famous people who attended

her wedding last year, including David and Victoria

Beckham, while “Harry” will be with his royal rellies.