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University of California could ban political speeches on some web pages

Sabir Ansary — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:42:37 +0000

The Israeli bombing of Gaza is “genocidal,” the newspaper’s homepage said Department of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Such a statement would be considered political and would be prohibited, according to a new proposal from the University of California regents.

Under the proposal, academic departments would not be allowed to post political statements on their home pages. And any political statement issued by a department – in any location – would have to meet stricter guidelines.

The regents will vote as early as Wednesday on the plan, which would apply to the UC system’s 10 schools, including Santa Santa Cruz, UCLA and Berkeley.

Higher education is rich with opinions on current events, from Black Lives Matter to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel and Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, universities have been under pressure to impose stricter limits on their speech, sometimes in ways that have alarmed supporters of academic freedom.

The state’s progressive politics have generally insulated the University of California from some conservative attacks on colleges. But the regents’ proposal, some teachers and students worry, could mark a sea change at a time when the language used to describe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is deeply contentious.

Many Jewish students, teachers and alumni have accused some pro-Palestinian protesters and teachers of anti-Semitic statements. Last month in Berkeley, an event with an Israeli speaker got cancelled after a crowd of protesters smashed doors in what Chancellor Carol Christ described as “an attack on the fundamental values of the university.”

Berkeley political science professor Ron Hassner has staged a sit-in at his office to protest what he says is the administration’s inaction regarding anti-Semitism on campus. And more than 400 professors signed a letter they denounce the way the university system’s ethnic studies departments posted material on their homepages that “defames Israel, rejects the characterization of the Hamas massacre as terrorism and calls on the UC government to ‘end the call for boycott, divestment and sanctions to endorse.’”

On Tuesday, Rep. Virginia Foxx, chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, sent a letter to university officials requesting documents and information about Berkeley’s response to anti-Semitism on campus.

According to Jay Sures, the regent who developed the proposal, banning such statements on a department’s homepage does not restrict academic freedom. Professors and students have many other forums to express themselves, he said, but their opinions on department homepages can be misinterpreted as representative of the University of California.

“The faculty can have access to their Twitter accounts,” Mr. Sures said at a regents meeting in January. “They can do social media. They can publish peer studies. There are so many other ways.”

Some universities have already tightened their rules.

There has also been intense debate over whether universities should adopt the University of Chicago’s famous policy of “institutional neutrality,” meaning the university does not take a position on issues that are not central to the university’s functions .

The debate at the University of California is not quite that. The president, board chair and others who speak as the university’s official voice would not be affected by the regents’ proposal.

In fact, a statement from the university sparked the battle between Mr. Sures and the ethnic studies faculty.

On October 9, Michael V. Drake, the president of the University of California, and Richard Leib, the chairman of the board, issued a statement condemning the Hamas attack as ‘terrorism’ and ‘sickening and incomprehensible’.

A week later, the university’s Ethnic Studies Council, which represents hundreds of the discipline’s faculty members across the system, decided objectedwriting in a letter that the official statement lacked “a full understanding of this historic moment” and contributed to anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian sentiment.

“We call on the UC administrative leadership to withdraw its charges of terrorism, strengthen the Palestinian freedom struggle and oppose Israel’s war crimes, ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Palestinian people,” the council said.

Mr. Sures called letter “horrible and disgusting.”

He responded that he would do everything in his power “to protect our Jewish students, and for that matter everyone in our extended community, from your inflammatory and insensitive rhetoric.”

The UC system had already considered the issue of political statements. In 2022, a Committee for Academic Freedom argued against the ban of political statements from departments.

Departments, the report said, should instead set guidelines on when to make statements, be transparent about whose views are represented, and also consider whether they can cool the speech of those who disagree.

For the time being, political statements are allowed, as long as they do not end up in electoral politics.

But the regents’ proposal would limit the departments’ home pages to day-to-day operations, including course descriptions, upcoming events and the release of new publications.

Opinions would be allowed on other university websites. But any political statement would need a disclaimer stating that the views are not necessarily those of the university.

The regents’ proposal adopts other recommendations from the 2022 academic freedom report. It would require department members to vote before issuing a political statement, with ballots collected anonymously to protect dissent. Departments should develop and publish guidelines on the process.

The proposal failed to address the concerns of many faculty members, who say it was politically motivated.

The regents’ proposal “delegitimizes the work we do in ethnic studies,” said Felicity Amaya Schaeffer, Santa Cruz department chair.

The Ethnic Studies Department’s statements are, she said, “based on the academic expertise of almost everyone in the department and especially our faculty who work on Palestine.”

James Steintrager, chairman of the university’s academic senate, expressed concern that the proposal would be an invitation for outsiders to enter academia.

“It’s not just about outright political statements about certain events in the world,” he said in an interview, “but also about things like climate change, vaccine science and things like that.”

But Ty Alper, a Berkeley law professor who led the 2022 Academic Freedom Committee, was pleased that the proposal adopted the recommendations. Mr. Alper said he was less focused on rules about department home pages.

“I’m more concerned,” he said, “about ensuring that teachers have the individual and collective right to make statements on matters of importance.”

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Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian are banned from giving speeches at family gatherings

Sabir Ansary — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 12:09:21 +0000

Khloe Kardashian revealed the incident that caused her and Kourtney Kardashian banned from giving speeches at family gatherings.

“I stopped giving speeches after @khloekardashian and I gave a drunken speech together at @kimkardashian’s second wedding and somehow here I am…” Kourtney wrote via Instagram story from the recent launch of her wellness brand Lemme at Target, where she was asked to give a speech.

Khloé shared the message with her own message Instagram story to substantiate her sister’s story and reveal that she and Kourtney were “banned” from giving speeches, was looking for Kim Kardashian‘s wedding in 2011 with Kris Humphries. (The couple separated after 72 days of marriage.)

“However, this is a true story [Kourtney] used the word ‘gave up,’” Khloé wrote. “Since that wedding we have been BANNED from speeches. It wasn’t pretty for either of us, but I’m sure almost everyone in attendance enjoyed our speech that evening. I vote to bring back Kourt and Kokes’ speeches! Who is with me.”

Khloe Kardashian Courtesy of Khloe Kardashian/Instagram

Khloe previously spoke about Kim being ‘banned’ from speaking at her sister’s wedding during an appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden in 2014 after Kim tied the knot with rapper Kanye West earlier that year.

“I’m such a talker and I feel like I’m such an open book, but I did get banned from speaking at Kim and Kanye’s wedding,” Khloé said at the time. “I wasn’t allowed to give a speech because I was just wandering around, and I think maybe I’m giving a compliment and not saying the right thing.”

However, that didn’t stop the groom from giving a long speech at his wedding. “Kanye gave his speech and said, ‘Khloé, I know you want the mic,’ he was like challenging me,” Khloé said. “It was one rant after another: ‘I want that microphone.’” She added: “His speech was epic and I think it lasted about 45 minutes.”

Fans of Keeping up with the Kardashians may remember the Season 6 finale in September 2014, which aired footage of Kim and Kanye’s marital months following their wedding week in Paris — including a rehearsal dinner at the Palace of Versailles — before tying the knot in Florence, Italy.

Khloe Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation)

“I think everyone had such a good time at Versailles that they drank too much,” Kim said during an appearance on the channel Jimmy Kimmel Live! in August 2014. “Khloé drank a little too much the night before and I had to wake her up. She was laying down and doing her make-up while she slept, she was so hungover!’

Kim and West officially divorced in 2022 after 8 years of marriage.

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In two speeches, Trump and Biden offer completely different views of the country

Sabir Ansary — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 18:57:29 +0000

On Tuesday evening, a triumphant Donald J. Trump looked out on an adoring crowd at his seaside mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, and evoked the glorious days of his presidency when, according to his story, there were no wars and the nation was universally admired . and united in egalitarian prosperity – and then declared, “Our country is dying.”

Two days later, President Biden looked at a sharply divided audience and conjured up the mirror image: a country that is now “literally the envy of the world,” and a recent past as “one of the toughest periods in the country’s history.” when crime was soaring, a deadly virus was raging, and the country’s president had “failed the most basic presidential duty” – “the duty to care.”

With the presidential elections in full swing, two speeches two days apart laid out the choice facing voters, with diametrically opposed visions of the past, present and future. But both men seemed to share the political goal of rallying their own voters, rather than the more traditional task of pivoting to the center to appeal to witches and enemies.

Thursday’s State of the Union address and Trump’s victory speech after his near-sweep of Super Tuesday took place in different settings and under different circumstances. The former president was hosting a political rally at his perennial political perch at Mar-a-Lago. Mr. Biden’s letter was supposed to be a constitutionally mandated update on the state of the nation, delivered to the elected branch of government, members of the Supreme Court and military leaders, with all the trappings and pageantry of statehood.

But in this tale of two speeches, both were strikingly partisan, delivered by a pair of older politicians who began their general election rematch with nods to their age, hyperbolic warnings about this moment in history, prescriptions for the future – the vague, vague Trump’s statements. Mr. Biden is specific down to a serving of potato chips — and the visions for the nation are as different as they can be.

“I see a future for all Americans,” Mr. Biden’s speech concluded. “I see a country for all Americans. And I will always be a president for all Americans because I believe in America.”

Trump’s finale struck a different tone.

“We’re going to have to deport a lot of people, a lot of bad people,” he said in closing his 20-minute speech, “because our countries can’t live like this, our cities are suffocating, our states are dying and, frankly, our country is dying, and we’re going Making America Great Again.”

Yet there were notable parallels. Neither man reached out to the other side or to a centrist party paralyzed by the choices they face in the coming presidential elections. Each spoke of the liability of his age.

Mr. Biden spoke of his 81 years as an accumulation of wisdom and experience: “When you get to my age, certain things become clearer than ever before,” he said. “I know the American story. Time and time again I have seen the struggle between competing forces in the battle for the soul of our nation.”

Mr. Trump was more oblique but more wistful as he acknowledged that he was no longer a young man, as he acknowledged youthful people in his audience: “I’d like to be your age,” he told them. “I’d pay a lot of money to be your age.”

Both directly referred to each other in the most negative terms possible.

Without uttering Trump’s name, Mr. Biden referred to “my predecessor” 13 times, slamming him for his “outrageous” suggestion that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia “do whatever you want” while NATO allies have overdue military expenditure. , for burying “the truth” about the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, for orchestrating the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and especially for Mr. Trump’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, in which Mr. Biden said his predecessor had “failed the most fundamental presidential duty he owes to the American people: the duty to care.”

Trump was less specific, even more hyperbolic, and did indeed use his opponent’s name, with his signature emphasis, cutting his pronunciation of “Joe” and then expanding the vowels in “Biden.”

He went after his opponent’s age in visceral terms, reminiscent of “Joe Biden” on the beach, where White House advisers may think he looks good in a bathing suit but “he can’t get his feet out of the fetching sand, or lifting the pants. chair that weighs about nine ounces.”

Then Mr. Trump added of his rival: “He is the worst president in the history of our country. Nothing like this has ever happened in our country.”

That assessment of American history leaves out some widely acknowledged bad presidents who led the country to Civil War, when a nation divided by slavery tore itself apart through secession and as many as 750,000 American soldiers slaughtered each other in fratricidal battles.

Mr. Biden, in turn, acknowledged that ugliest chapter of history in his attempt to put the coming campaign in the most dire context: “Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have freedom and democracy at home been under such attack as they are today. today,” he warned. “What makes our moment rare is that freedom and democracy are simultaneously under attack both at home and abroad.”

Unlike Mr. Trump, Mr. Biden was specific in his promises for a new four-year term, from the grand — a 25 percent minimum tax on billionaires — to the detailed, a temporary $400-a-month tax break to offset new mortgages.

But it was another aspect of American history that distinguished one person’s politics from another’s: the fact that the United States is a nation of immigrants. Whether this will remain the case could determine much of the coming campaign.

Mr. Trump had a few other policy prescriptions — he said he would “drill, baby, drill” for oil and gas in a second term and pursue “the second phase of our tax cuts,” an economic policy that Mr. Trump wanted pursue. Biden warned it was coming, but Republicans in Congress denied it was being worked on.

But Mr. Trump made clear that the centerpiece of his campaign would be border control and immigration, speaking liberally of an invasion of criminals and thugs that he said must be reversed through tough border closures and mass deportations.

If that is what voters want, their choice will be clear, because while Mr. Biden used the Republican term “illegal” to refer to an undocumented immigrant accused of murder, and while he embraced the stricter border security measures put in place in the Senate were reached Only to be torpedoed at Trump’s insistence, he spoke of the immigrants themselves in the rising terms of presidents and poets of the past.

“I will not demonize immigrants by saying they are ‘poison in the blood of our country.’ I will not separate families. I will not ban people because of their faith,” Mr. Biden promised. “Unlike my predecessor, I know who we are as Americans. We are the only nation in the world with a heart and soul that draws on the old and the new.”

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Matt Keogh sleep video: Watch the excruciating moment the minister repeatedly falls asleep during Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Catherine King's Question Time speeches

Albert Elence — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 05:23:20 +0000

By Brittany Chain, Political Correspondent for Daily Mail Australia

Published: 00:00 EST, February 7, 2024 | Updated: 00:16 EST, February 7, 2024

It was only the second Question Time of the year, but already the exhausting hours appear to be bearing down on one of Australia's elected leaders.

Veterans Affairs Minister Matt Keogh struggled to stay awake during a second day of intense Question Time scrutiny into the third phase of the Albanian government's tax cuts.

Sitting front and center behind the Prime Minister during Question Time on Wednesday, it was hard to miss Mr Keogh's attempts to fight the kinks as the opposition bombarded his party with questions about its broken election promise.

About 30 minutes later, Mr Keogh appeared to fall asleep several times as Transport Minister Catherine King outlined the benefits of the changed tax policy.

On several occasions he rested his eyes and then blinked aggressively. At one point his head appeared to droop forward, before quickly snapping back up.

This all happened in the space of about four minutes, before Mr Keogh acted as if nothing had happened, engaging again, chanting 'hear hear' with his party and nodding along with their arguments.

Keogh's moments of calm came as the coalition again bombarded the government with questions about further election promises made over the past two years.

They expressed concerns about whether the government would deliver on these promises, especially regarding negative gearing and franking credits, given the recent decision to change the tax situation in phase three.

Mr Albanese tailored the concessions to give a greater tax benefit to middle-income earners – at the expense of the city's top end.

Veterans Affairs Minister Matt Keogh struggled to stay awake during a second day of intense Question Time scrutiny into the third phase of the Albanian government's tax cuts.

It was only the second Question Time of the year, but already the exhausting hours seem to be bearing down on one of Australia's elected leaders

Under Labour's new plan, high-income earners earning more than $200,000 will get a tax cut of $4,529 compared to what they currently pay – just $4,549 less than the $9,075 initially proposed by the Morrison government.

A worker with $100,000 in income would have received $1,375 in additional tax time under the original plan. Now they take home almost double that: $2,179.

And people earning $45,000 — who would have taken nothing home under last month's policy — will now be $805 better off in July.

The benefits are starting to emerge for voters making $150,000 or less. On that salary, a person would have received a $3,975 tax cut under the original legislation. Now they'll take home $3,739 instead.

Only 3.4 per cent of voters earn more than $180,000 – and Mr Albanese is betting that most Australians will be better off under his changes, and therefore more likely to forgive or ignore the fact that he has an election promise broken to make this happen.

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Bumbling Joe Biden says Donald Trump is the 'INCLUDING president' as confused 81-year-old stumbles through economic speeches in South Carolina in attempt to shore up support for another term

Albert Elence — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 16:00:24 +0000

Bumbling Joe Biden said Donald Trump is the “sitting president” as the befuddled 81-year-old stumbled through an economic speech in South Carolina this weekend.

The president sought to shore up support for another term when he ran into the former president Saturday at a dinner celebrating the state and its large base of black voters.

In addition to bashing Trump over his views on the U.S. economy, Biden also said his Republican rival's failure to support the rights of black citizens posed a threat to democracy.

“American consumers have real confidence in the economy we are building. Let me tell you who else notices that: Donald Trump,” Biden said in his speech.

The president then began to fumble his words as he tried to gather his thoughts, saying, “Did you see what he said the other day about, he wants, he wants to see the economy crash this year? A sitting president.”

During a speech in South Carolina last Saturday, President Joe Biden stumbled over his words as he attacked Donald Trump and called him a “sitting president.”

Biden also labeled Trump a “loser” for bringing up his Republican rival's “refusal” to visit a cemetery in France honoring fallen American soldiers.

“And called those heroes, and I quote, 'suckers and losers.' He really said that! How dare he say that!'

“The only loser I see is Donald Trump,” Biden said.

The president added that Trump “knows” that the U.S. economy “is good and strong and getting stronger.”

“He knows that while it's good for America, it's bad for him politically.”

Biden's latest blunder came moments after he stumbled during another speech at a Wisconsin brewery, where he called Trump a “professor” instead of a “pastor” before correcting himself.

During his remarks, the president appeared to be speaking nonsensically when he said, “The beer brewed here. It is used to make the brewed beer. While defining Earth Rider.”

“Thank you for the Great Lakes. I wonder why,” he added.

Biden is pictured with Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and workers in yellow vests at a bar as he put on a construction hat backwards

In addition, a photo published on the Twitter account of Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota showed the president at a bar with union workers.

He had put on a helmet, but was wearing it backwards.

Klobuchar held a beer with workers in yellow vests as Biden, who does not drink, gathered around them and smiled.

Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips criticized Biden just hours after he delivered his rambling speech.

Phillips said Biden showed “physical and communication decline” and that the problems are “obvious” as concerns about the president's age loom over his re-election bid.

'I don't see any cognitive decline. Of course we see the physical and communication decline,” Phillips told Fox News later Thursday evening.

“I think that goes without saying with any video,” he added. But he didn't think it was “fair” to suggest Biden was in cognitive decline.

'He's human. But he's an 81-year-old man. He's human. Donald Trump is 77,” the congressman said.

Phillips added that he still has “respect” for Biden, but throughout his presidential campaign he has made it clear that the country does not want either Trump or Biden on the map.

Just before that blunder, Biden had another stunning moment during a speech he gave in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he touted the plan to connect thousands of homes to high-speed internet.

Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips castigated Biden just hours after his Wisconsin blunder, saying the president was showing “physical and communication decline”

Biden is seen at a drive-thru at a Cook Out restaurant after his speech. He is seen spooning a 'triple thick' black and white milkshake into his mouth while talking to employees

As he spoke, he became momentarily confused as he tried to praise Democratic state Rep. Deborah Ross.

'Where is Deborah? I just took a picture with her. That's probably why she left,” he first joked.

“Oh, actually, she couldn't be here. That is not true. I got it mixed up,” he said uncomfortably. “You know, she fights really hard for the people of this district and she's in Washington right now.”

He went further, explaining the White House's goal to connect “everyone” in America to high-speed internet “just like Franklin Roosevelt did with electricity a generation ago.”

“I promised to be president for all of America, whether you voted for me or not. These investments also help all Americans in red states and blue states. We won't leave anyone behind.'

North Carolina is a state that Biden's campaign is targeting as a possible rebound in the 2024 race.

After his speech was mixed up, Biden stopped for a sweet treat at a Cook Out restaurant, where he ordered a “triple thick” black and white milkshake.

He then took selfies and chatted with restaurant staff, as he was seen in photos standing at the drive-thru while shoveling the milkshake into his mouth.

A new survey showed Trump taking a six-point lead over Biden as the 2024 election heads toward a possible rematch after both men prevailed in the New Hampshire primary.

Trump leads Biden by 40 to 34 percentage points in the new Reuters/Ipsos poll of 1,250 adults.

Overall, 70 percent of respondents said Biden should not run for re-election, while 56 percent said Trump should not run.

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Biden is planning two campaign speeches to underline the contrasts with Trump

Sabir Ansary — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 10:53:48 +0000

President Biden is stepping up his campaign efforts as he looks toward November, planning a series of speeches that aides said Wednesday would stake the coming election as the survival of American democracy itself.

Even before a single vote is cast in the Republican Party’s nomination race, Mr. Biden and his team are treating former President Donald J. Trump as their de facto opponent in the general election. They try to frame the battle not as a traditional referendum on the incumbent president and his rule over the nation, but as an existential struggle to save the country from a dangerous adversary.

Now that the calendar has turned to 2024, Mr. Biden is making a notable escalation of his re-election campaign with a speech scheduled at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania on Saturday, the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump Capitol riot. crowd.

The location, where George Washington commanded troops during the Revolutionary War, is intended to create a sharp contrast between Washington, who voluntarily relinquished power after serving as the nation’s first president, and Mr. Trump, who refuses to accept the results of the 2020 race. . On Monday, Mr. Biden will appear in Charleston, S.C., at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historically black church where a white supremacist killed nine parishioners in 2015. The location epitomizes the country’s current struggle against political violence and white supremacy, his campaign said.

The two speeches are part of an effort to divert attention from Mr. Biden’s low approval ratings and remind Democratic and independent voters of the alternative to his reelection. In recent weeks, campaign aides have seized on Trump’s violent and authoritarian rhetoric and potentially radical plans for a second term.

“The threat that Donald Trump posed to American democracy in 2020 has only grown greater in the years since,” said Julie Chávez Rodríguez, Biden’s campaign manager. “Our message is clear and simple. We are campaigning as if the fate of our democracy depends on it. Because it is.”

Mr. Biden has held just one public event for his 2024 campaign, though he has drawn contrasts between his leadership and that of Mr. Trump and other Republicans in many official White House appearances. Instead, he has focused on recruiting donors at private fundraising events.

Mr. Biden’s performances will also provide voters with the first side-by-side contrast between himself and his predecessor this election cycle. Mr. Trump will hold two campaign rallies on Saturday in Iowa, where he leads the nominating contest by double-digit margins.

For months, Democrats have issued public and private warnings about the need for Mr. Biden’s campaign to engage more aggressively in the 2024 effort. Polls show the race to be neck-and-neck, with Biden struggling to key Democratic coalition constituencies, including young, black and Latino voters.

Biden aides said the campaign planned to hire organizing teams in every battleground state, eventually hiring thousands of staffers across the country. A new round of campaign ads is planned for later this week.

They also plan to send Vice President Kamala Harris on a national tour focused on abortion rights, which will begin in Wisconsin on January 22, the 51st anniversary of the landmark abortion rights ruling in Roe v. Wade. The Supreme Court overturned that ruling in 2022 with the support of three judges appointed by Trump.

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Kate Middleton proves Omid Scobie’s cruel Stepford Wife jibes are far from the truth – from abseiling cliffs in Wales to confident speeches for her Shaping Us campaign

Sabir Ansary — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 16:01:11 +0000

Omid Scobie is sure to have ruffled feathers in the Palace with his cruel assessment of the Princess of Wales in his new book.

In End Game, which hits shelves in the UK today, the author launches into a character assassination of Kate Middleton – branding her ‘cold’ and also claiming her workload means she is ‘technically a part-time working royal’.

On top of this, Scobie, 42, then goes onto criticise the Princess’ willingness to support The Firm by claiming she’s earned herself the nickname ‘Katie Keen’ among staffers.

However, the most damaging comment Scobie makes about the Princess is labelling her a ‘Stepford-like royal wife’ who is ‘too scared’ to do anything more than photo ops.

In the 11 years since she married into the Royal Family, Kate has proven time and time again that she’s more than willing to throw herself into all kinds of royal engagements – from training with the England women’s rugby team to bravely abseiling down a cliff in Wales.

Pictured: The Princess of Wales enthusiastically took part in a rugby training session at Twickenham after becoming their new royal patron last year

Pictured: the Princess of Wales abseiled down a cliff in Wales with Prince William earlier this year

What’s more, the royal has also earned herself the nickname the ‘Children’s Princess’ due to her natural ease with youngsters and her ongoing Shaping Us campaign, which focuses on the importance of the first five years of children’s lives.

Here FEMAIL takes a look back at the ways in which Kate has proven she’s anything but the ‘Stepford Wife’ Omid Scobie claims.

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One year after she married into the Royal Family, Kate Middleton showed off her impressive hockey skills when she met the Team GB squad for a solo engagement ahead of the Olympics.

Kate has played since junior school and was captain of the 1st 11 at Marlborough College.

Proving this was anything but a mere photo op, the Duchess got stuck into the action and was seen enjoying a laugh with the players.

The royal wasn’t afraid to poke fun at herself after missing the goal – and jokingly covered her mouth in mock shame.

In 2016, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge embarked on a royal tour of India and Bhutan – where Kate happily showed off her competitive side again.

Pictured: the Princess of Wales happily showed off her hockey skills at the Olympic Park in March 2012

Proving this was anything but a mere photo op, the Duchess got stuck into the action and was seen enjoying a laugh with the players

In Bhutan, the Princess of Wales showed off her archery skills – and joked about her poor performance afterwards

Happy couple: The royal couple grinned for the cameras at the mid-way section of their three-hour hike up to the monastery in 2016

At the beginning of the Bhutan tour, the Princess of Wales showed off her competitive side by playing football with William

During the eight-day tour, Kate got stuck into a game of football against her husband – displaying razor concentration as she aimed for the goal.

Later in the trip, Kate and William were challenged to try archery – the nation sport of Bhutan.

After a few failed attempts to hit the target, the Duchess was allowed to step closer towards it – before bursting into giggles and apologising for her efforts.

Later that day, the mother-of-three embarked on a three-hour trek with Prince William to a remote, cliff-side monastery which is 10,000 feet above sea level.

Proving she was up to the challenge, Kate joked that the excursion had ‘burned off the curry’ the couple had eaten during the trip.

After reaching the summit, the couple even declined an offer of water or to sit down on the two specially created seats which had been placed under a parasol.

In February 2017, the Prince and Princess of Wales launched their Heads Together campaign by competing in a sprint with Prince Harry

The following year, Kate wasn’t afraid to go head-to-head with her husband again when she raced against him and Prince Harry at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

The then mother-of-two tied her hair back as she pelted full throttle alongside her husband during the 100m sprint.

Despite losing the sprint, Kate and William appeared particularly flirtatious and were seen exchanging a high five and embracing after the race.

After Prince Harry stepped down as a senior working royal, Kate took over his role as the royal patron of Rugby Football League – and happily dusted off her trainers once again in February 2022.

Competitive Kate looked delighted to be stepping into her brother-in-law’s shoes and giggled, laughed and smiled her way through the drills at Twickenham Stadium, led by head coach Eddie Jones.

Wearing her hair swept back into a high ponytail, the mother-of-three was in her element as she tore across the pitch, joined in a scrum and even scored a try.

After Prince Harry stepped down as a senior working royal, Kate took over his role as the royal patron of Rugby Football League

Competitive Kate looked delighted to be stepping into her brother-in-law’s shoes and giggled, laughed and smiled her way through the drills

Unafraid to throw herself in the deep end, Kate put her arms around England players Jamie George and Ellis Genge in a mock scrum and was lifted into the air in a line-out, prompting a fit of giggles.

A few months later, Kate was pictured meeting new recruits at the Pirbright Training Academy in Woking – where she enthusiastically climbed in a tank, like her late mother-in-law Princess Diana.

Photos showed the Princess flashing a cheeky grin while donning a helmet and also happily speaking with the trainee soldiers.

In April 2023, Kate also proved she still has the same childhood adventurous spirit as she got stuck into some abseiling.

The royal, 41, looked totally at ease on the mountain as she enjoyed an afternoon of climbing with her husband Prince William.

In April, Kate appeared in great spirits as she took part in some abseiling with a Mountain Rescue Team

Before heading over the edge, Kate was heard reminding the Prince of Wales: ‘We’re not racing!’

The Princess of Wales seemed thrilled to abseiling in Wales with the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue in April

After the abseiling, the Prince and Princess of Wales treated the mountain rescue team to some pizzas

Anyone for pizza? Kate and William bring the Central Brecon Mountain Rescue team pizza as they arrive at the Dowlais Rugby Club

One of the team! The Princess of Wales chats to volunteers in the Dowlais Rugby Club

Kate puts on an animated display as she chats to members in the Welsh rugby club

Dressed in a practical pair of jeans, £175 walking boots and a £145 outdoors jacket, the mother-of-three was all smiles as she worked her way down the cliff-face.

When asked by instructors if he had abseiled before, William said: ‘It’s been a while’.

Before heading over the edge, Kate was heard reminding her husband: ‘We’re not racing!’

Later that evening, the Prince and Princess of Wales then bought some pizzas for the mountain rescue team and were seen speaking to locals at the pub.

‘Children’s Princess’

Over the past few years, Kate has earned herself the nickname the ‘Children’s Princess’ among royal fans as a result of her ongoing work highlighting the importance of the first five years of children’s lives.

The Princess of Wales was dubbed the ‘children’s princess’ after delighting families on a string of heart-warming engagements in 2020. Pictured, Kate in a jovial mood as she served breakfast to two young girls at Stockwell Gardens Nursery & Pre-School, London

Over a nine-day period in 2020, Kate carried out four separate engagements involving children, starting with a visit to Birmingham’s science museum, pictured

In 2020, Kate visited Evelina London Children’s Hospital, where she beamed as she helped children make cut-out paper characters, pictured

In January 2020, the royal embarked on a series of engagements to promote her landmark survey on early childhood development.

Proving to be anything but a mere photo op, the beaming Princess delighted children and their parents with her natural warmth, prompting royal supporters to praise her ‘amazing’ ability to connect with families.

The nickname has echoes of Princess Diana, who was affectionately known as the ‘people’s princess’.

Many also noted it is a reflection on what a hands-on mother she is to her own children, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, eight, and Prince Louis, five.

Writing in the comments section of the Kensington Palace account, one royal supporter posted: ‘I love seeing her with children. She relates well with people of all ages but with children she has a different type of glow. She clearly loves them.’

Another added: ‘It’s always exciting to see HRH with kids…she glows different and seems to really enjoy being with them, and working with them…says so much about what kind of a mum she is to her little kids.’

The moment the Princess of Wales tells a group of inquisitive children her age during the opening of the Young V&A

The Princess of Wales couldn’t mask her delight as she was showered with hugs from students at the Globe Primary School

In June, Kate also charmed a group of primary school children at the reopening of the Young V&A museum in London.

‘I’m 41, shh don’t tell anyone,’ Kate quietly revealed to the youngsters, who had moments earlier welcomed the delighted royal with a showering of hugs.

During the tour, Kate stopped and spoke with students at the nearby Bethnal Green primary school and found herself in the centre of a group hug.

The mother-of-three beamed at the youngsters as they wrapped their arms around her waist.

Later in the tour, the Princess was also seen engaging with other young children and dishing out high fives.

Confident Public Speaker

In his bombshell book, Omid Scobie claims that Kate Middleton ‘often stumbles on her words’ and labelled her ‘naturally timid’.

The Princess of Wales delivers her keynote speech at the Shaping Us National Symposium reception at the Design Museum in London last week

However, this wasn’t the version of the Princess of Wales that royal fans saw when she officially launched her Shaping Us campaign in January.

The royal kicked off her new ‘Shaping Us’ initiative, which saw an ambitious advertising blitz in cinemas and on billboards across the country with a glitzy reception at BAFTA in London, where she described the programme as her ‘life’s work’.

In a speech at the event, the 41-year-old showed her dedication to the campaign, saying: ‘The campaign is fundamentally about shining a spotlight on the critical importance of early childhood and how it shapes the adults we become.

‘During this time we lay the foundations and building blocks for life. And it is when we learn to understand ourselves, understand others and understand the world in which we live.

‘This is why it is essential, to not only understand the unique importance of our earliest years, but to know what we can all do to help raise future generations of happy, healthy adults.’

The Princess of Wales sat down with Roman Kemp and asked him about his early childhood over a cup of tea

The Princess of Wales has found another famous supporter of her Shaping Us campaign – described as her ‘life’s work’ – in radio presenter Roman Kemp

Kate beamed as she greeted Roman for a wintery walk in the countryside to promote her new Shaping Us campaign

The following month, Kate confidently interviewed Roman Kemp about his mental health in a promotional video, which saw them taking a walk together in the Hertfordshire countryside.

When asked about why she wanted to take on the project as a mother herself, Kate told Roman: ‘The importance of having healthy and strong relationships in a child’s life is really critical.

‘Having a nurturing environment and having experiences in which a child can really understand and discover not only themselves but the world in which they live.

‘These are the key things we should be focusing on in early childhood because they set us up for so many things later on in life.’

The Princess of Wales has opened the Eurovision song contest with a piano performance in a touching tribute to Ukraine

In May, the Princess of Wales opened the Eurovision final in spectacular fashion with a touching piano tribute to Ukraine.

Showing that she’s no shrinking flower, Kate donned a stunning a Jenny Packham one-shoulder blue chiffon gown as she played the piano from the Crimson Drawing Room at Windsor Castle.

Earlier this month, Kate made another confident television appearance when she opened Children in Need with an impassioned speech.

‘Tonight is all about helping to support, champion and empower all children to be the very best they can be, which is crucial for their future health and happiness,’ the mother-of-three explained.

She continued: ‘Our relationships, surroundings and experiences during the earliest years lay the foundations that shape the rest of our lives.

‘And yet sadly, we know that for too many people, stressful and traumatic situations in early childhood can cause harm and it can take many years to overcome.’

The Princess of Wales turned guest presenter as she opened the BBC ‘s annual Children in Need television appeal tonight.

She concluded: ‘It is vital, therefore, that we nurture every childhood and why the sorts of projects supported by Children in Need are so important.

‘They help the very youngest, most vulnerable members of our society feel safe, secure and loved in these important, formative years, so that they can enjoy their childhoods now, and grow to reach their potential and thrive in the world in later life.’

Later this year, Kate will Christmas Eve host her Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey for the third year in a row.

In addition to the Westminster Abbey service, 12 community carol services will be held across the UK, hosted by lord lieutenants and supported by William and Kate’s Royal Foundation.

Last year, many of the royal family and the Middletons headed to the event.

The Princess of Wales will again host her Christmas carol service, where midwives and nursery teachers will be among the guests in celebration of those supporting young children and families

Prince and Princess of Wales with their children Princess Charlotte and Prince George at the carol service last year

The first since the late Queen passed away, Kate said that the concert was dedicated to her husband’s grandmother ‘and to all those who are sadly no longer with us’.

During the concert, Kate talked emotionally of Queen Elizabeth’s affinity with the festive period ‘as a time which brings people together and reminds us all of important values’.

In a clear swipe, Scobie writes Kate’s lifestyle is something most parents could ‘only dream of’ and that Palace aides were afraid to push her do to anything that ‘makes her uncomfortable’ before the Queen died.

Scobie claims Kate ‘didn’t want to make’ her widely praised Blue Peter appearance in 2019.

Describing it as a ‘low-pressure, small-stakes’ appearance, Scobie says Kate was ‘a bag of nerves’ and ‘well out of her comfort zone’ before the taping’, which was suggested by then press secretary Christian Jones.

‘Where other senior royals are out and about several times a week, meeting people across the length and breadth of the country, Kate has long maintained a smaller work schedule that helped her check off the required royal boxes while saving time for her roles as a mother and a wife,’ he writes.

Omid Scobie, pictured here on This Morning in January, has not held back in his criticism of the Royal Family in his new book

Scobie adds that William manage to circumvent Kate’s lower workload by allowing her role to produce an heir, and spares, first.

He adds that Palace gatekeepers are ‘vigilant’ of Kate, never pushing her too hard ‘as the road to Queendom is a marathon, not a sprint’.

Royal expert Richard Fitzwiliam added that ‘Scobie was always likely to aim for sensation.

‘One sure way of getting headlines is to aim a few blows at the Princess of Wales. It is important to understand Scobie’s attitude to the institution of monarchy, which he claims faces a crisis that may mean extinction or, at best, irrelevance.

‘He is, or at least, was, known as the unofficial spokesperson for the Sussexes. The review in the New York Times of Endgame, which is published tomorrow, was far from flattering.

‘Scobie’s attack on Catherine’s workload shows how little he understands about what the Waleses are trying to do, as they balance their royal commitments and family life so well.

‘He moans that Catherine ‘has no plan to increase her workload for 10-15 years’ or until her children reach adulthood. The Palace are currently reviewing royal patronages. Unlike the late Queen, Prince Philip and Charles when Prince of Wales who were attached to numerous institutions, the Waleses have selected a few and do a great deal for those they have chosen. Catherine’s focus is on early childhood.

‘They are both enormously popular at home and abroad, with levels of support the Sussexes would envy! Scobie believes that the late Queen found Catherine “coachable” in contrast to Diana and he apparently regards Meghan as ‘ the new Diana’.

‘His prose is execrable, what”coachable”presumably means is that she was prepared, together with William, to dedicate herself to being the monarchy’s future. What better example to learn from than Queen Elizabeth who is iconic.

‘Diana as we know was a genius at reaching out to those in need but also wilful.

‘Perhaps Omid Scobie will provide examples in the book where Meghan actually does something worthwhile, other than talking about doing so and trashing the royal family.

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Who’s who in the posse of teenagers gearing up to be European monarchs – and how they’re preparing by doing military training, studying at Oxford, and giving confident speeches

Sabir Ansary — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 09:21:12 +0000

Most people celebrate turning 18 with their first legal drink or a night out with friends.

But if you’re a future king or queen of Europe, your adulthood celebrations might be a little different.

Grand galas, state addresses to parliament and documentaries about your life if much more typical for royalty.

This weekend, Prince Christian of Denmark reaches the milestone – and will have a grand gala in his honour with many of the highest houses in Europe in attendance.

And just two-weeks his junior is Princess Leonor of Spain, who will give a speech to Parliament to mark her 18th birthday on October 31.

The pair are the latest to turn 18 and take on more responsibility ahead of taking the throne.

In Belgium, Princess Elisabeth, 21, has been stepping into the limelight in the last three years – balancing public duty with military training and studying at Oxford.

Meanwhile, Ingrid-Alexandra of Norway, 19, is undergoing military training.

While Prince George is a while away from turning 18, Prince William had a low key 18th – as he was in the middle of his A-level exams. Prince Harry had a relaxed celebration – just enjoying lunch with William and Charles.

Here, FEMAIL looks at how the future of monarchs of Europe are preparing for the throne.

PRINCE CHRISTIAN OF DENMARK

A documentary, a gala dinner, and a special radio show are all part of the preparations for Prince Christian’s 18th birthday next week. Pictured in the documentary with his father

While the future king is still studying, his parents Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary are certainly preparing the teen to step up and take on royal duties, with him gradually appearing more and more in the spotlight. Pictured in the new documentary

A documentary, a gala dinner, and a special radio show are all part of the preparations for Prince Christian’s 18th birthday this weekend.

For the first time, a new documentary airing Sunday, will give an insight into the teenager’s life – which the palace have said will give Danes chance to get ‘up close and personal’ with the prince like never before.

Set to air on the eve of his birthday in Denmark, the Prince’s documentary will see him learn about institutions in Danish society and give and insight into his relationship with his father.

Christian, who is a four-times great grandson of Queen Victoria and fifth cousins with Prince William and Harry, has previously taken time away from royal duty to focus on his studies.

For the first time, a new documentary will give an insight into the teenager’s life – which the palace have said is Danes chance to get ‘up close and personal’ with the prince like never before

Set to air on the eve of his birthday in Denmark, the Prince’s documentary will see him learn about institutions in Danish society and give and insight into his relationship with his father

Last year, the palace announced he will only take money from the royal grant when he turns 21 – unless his father ascends the throne before.

But that hasn’t stopped the royal from stepping into the spotlight.

The documentary about Prince Christian, shown on the eve of his 18th birthday, will see him speak freely and frankly about his learning of the profession.

Mary and Frederik allowed cameras to follow around Christian last August, where he took ‘King lessons’ alongside his father.

‘Together, they undertake this adventure with a clear mission: to ensure that Prince Christian knows better the country of which he will one day be king,’ the Palace said in a statement.

The documentary will show him meeting with Danish Parliament, as well as members of the Supreme Court and representatives from the Danish church.

Christian, who is a four-times great grandson of Queen Victoria and fifth cousins with Prince William and Harry, has previously taken time away from royal duty to focus on his studies

Last year, the palace announced he will only take money from the royal grant when he turns 21 – unless his father ascends the throne before

As well as the documentary, a local radio station in Copenhagen will host a call-in, asking listeners what they wished they’d known aged 18.

There will also be a gala held in his honour – with hundreds of well-heeled guests from across the commonwealth in attendance.

The Danish Royal Household has already posted a video teaser of courtiers sending out the invitations, with guests expected to include notable young people and representatives from youth organisations.

Leading royals from around Europe are also expected, including, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Christian’s godmother, with her daughter Princess Estelle , 11.

But the real question is this: after all those dating rumours, will Princess Marie Chiara of Bourbon-Two-Sicilies be invited to the dinner, hosted by Queen Margrethe.

In recent months he’s been linked to Princess Maria Chiara – from the defunct Italian royal family.

Rumours that Chiara, 18, and Christian were close began when the two were pictured together at the Monaco Grand Prix earlier this year.

Neither her sister, Princess Carolina, nor mother, Duchess Camilla, did anything to dispel the rumours.

Crown Princess Victoria , one of Christian’s godparents, has confirmed her invitation. Pictured: Prince Christian (right) at the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Prince Daniel

(L-R) Prince Vincent, Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Danish Crown Prince Frederik, Princess Josephine and Crown Princess Mary pose in front of the Palace in April 2022

Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra, front and centre, with (back row from left) Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange and Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant and (front from left) Princess Estelle of Sweden (and Prince Charles of Luxembourg. The portrait was taken last year to mark Ingrid Alexandra’s 18th birthday

Princess Josephine, Prince Vincent and Prince Christian of Denmark are pictured with their grandmother Queen Margrethe on the balcony of the Amalienborg Palace in April 2022

Crown Prince Frederik, Prince Christian, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine stand by the gangplank to the Royal yacht in September 2022

The guest list seems likely to include young royals from other European households – particularly those from Scandinavia.

Possible guests include Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, 19, Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, 19, Princess Leonor of Spain, 17, and Princesses Elisabeth, 21, of Belgium.

In November, Prince Christian will formally promise to uphold the country’s constitution, an important step forward in his journey as a king-in-waiting.

Christian was born on October 15, 2005, at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, and is known by his title of Count of Monpezat.

He is second-in-line to the throne of Denmark behind his grandmother, Queen Margrethe, and his father.

Crown Princess Mary and Prince Frederik chose to keep their son’s upbringing relatively private in his early years.

It wasn’t until 2012 that Christian attended his first official royal engagement with his grandmother, the Queen.

Crown Princess Mary and Prince Frederik chose to keep their son’s upbringing relatively private in his early years. Pictured: With his father at Amalienborg Palace in April 2016

Frederik and Mary of Denmark pose for photographs with their son Christian on his first day of School in August 2011

Christian became the first Danish royal to attend a public state school, Tranegårdskolen in Hellerup, and his siblings, Princess Isabella of Denmark, 15, and Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, 10, joined him in the years that followed.

At the start of 2020, all four of the royal children began a 12-week program at the Lemania-Verbier International School in Switzerland. But, just weeks into their studies the COVID-19 pandemic hit and they returned to Denmark.

Christian is currently undertaking the final years of his education at Ordrup Gymnasium, a state school in Copenhagen.

In June, Christian announced we would forgo his royal allowance to instead focus on his education.

He will wait until he is 21 before becoming a full-time royal.

PRINCESS LEONOR OF SPAIN

Queen Letizia and King Felipe of Spain are preparing Princess Leonor to enter the spotlight ahead of her 18th birthday this month.. Princess Leonor (right) and Princess Sofia of Spain attended a workshop on creativity, innovation and teamwork in Gironda in the summer

The future queen of Spain , who reaches the milestone on October 31, has been making solo appearances and training at the General Military Academy in Zaragoza to ensure she’s ready for her future in the monarchy. Pictured in a recent ceremony

The future queen of Spain, who reaches the milestone on October 31, has been making solo appearances and training at the General Military Academy in Zaragoza to ensure she’s ready for her future in the monarchy.

Both the royal and her sister Infanta Sophia, 16, have been taking a bigger role in the spotlight as they come of age – with Leonor giving yearly speeches at the Princess of Asturias awards and often taking centre stage at family outings.

Unlike Prince Christian of Denmark – who is just two weeks older than her and also a future European monarch – Leonor’s 18th birthday celebrations will be decidedly low-key.

While Christian is set to celebrate with a gala to mark his 18th, the heir to the Spanish throne will instead swear an oath to the Spanish constitution before the congress and senate on her big day.

There will be some fanfare however, the Royal Mint of Spain will create a limited edition 40-euro coin to mark her birthday. Up to one million of the coins will be put into circulation by the Bank of Spain during the last three months of this year.

The coin will weigh 18 grams and be made of a mixture of silver and copper with the effigy ‘Her Royal Highness the Princess of Asturias’ engraved on it.

Princess Leonor is seen giving a speech during the Princess of Asturias awards in 2022

Princess Leonor with her mother Queen Letizia of Spain in July – she often takes centre stage at family events

The 17-year-old is currently undergoing military training at the General Military Academy in Zaragoza.

The school dubbed Spain’s equivalent to Sandhurst and follows a strict timetable, but the princess is able to return home at the weekends if she is not on manoeuvres.

Before starting at the academy, she took place in her first engagement without her parents as she headed to Gironda with sister Sofia.

She has also cut a professional figure at the Princess of Asturias Awards.

The UNESCO-approved awards reward scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work. She has delivered a speech at each one since the age of 13.

After the Princess’s year in Zaragoza, before moving to a naval school and will then spend her third and final year of training at the General Air Academy.

The heir to the Spanish throne will become commander-in-chief of the armed forces once she is monarch.

Snaps shared by the Royal Household last month suggested that this is a role Leonor will be comfortable in- despite saying she was feeling ‘a little nervous’ when she was dropped off at military school.

She has also cut a professional figure at the Princess of Asturias Awards. The UNESCO-approved awards reward scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work. She has delivered a speech at each one since the age of 13

After the Princess’s year in Zaragoza, before moving to a naval school and will then spend her third and final year of training at the General Air Academy.

Images shared by the Royal Household show Princess Leonor of Spain (pictured) getting stuck into a training exercise

Leonor appeared regal in military uniform while standing in formation alongside her fellow cadets. Pictured right: As per tradition, the ceremony saw Leonor kiss the Spanish flag after swearing an oath of allegiance to her King

One of the snaps, taken during a training exercise, shows the princess smiling with her fellow cadets, while dressed in fatigues and holding what appears to be an automatic rifle.

Another of the photos shows her posing with fellow students, dressed in camo and protective gear.

The princess revealed her enthusiasm for being a cadet at the Princesa de Girona Foundation award ceremony in Girona, in Catalonia, on July 5.

She said: ‘I have just finished high school and I am about to start a new stage with a period of military training.

‘I am happy because I know how much the Spanish value our armed forces… it is an important moment in my life and I feel very excited and determined to continue learning and giving my best effort.’

Meanwhile, to celebrate turning 18 Princess Leonor will also receive the symbolic Collar of the Order of Charles III from her father on her birthday.

Princess Leonor of Spain looked radiant in white as she joined her parents to visit the military academy where she now studies

Infanta Sofía and her older sister, Princess Leonor, have been stepping into the limelight in recent years as they prepare to enter adulthood on the world stage

The Collar is a historic gift, created by Carlos III in 1771, and represents the possibility that Princess Leonor will one day assume the crown.

King Felipe VI received the Collar of the Order of Charles III on his 18th birthday in January 1986.

Princess Leonor will be given it in a ceremony attended by the royal family, senators and elected representatives. This will be the second honour the Princess of Asturias has received from her father King Felipe VI.

In 2015, on the day before her tenth birthday, he granted her the Order Of The Golden Fleece. The Order Of The Golden Fleece is a Catholic order of chivalry that was established in 1430 by the Duke of Burgundy.

Princess Leonor’s 18th birthday celebrations will mark the end of a busy month for the heir to the Spanish throne.

Before starting at the military academy, Princess Leonor was a pupil at the UWC Atlantic College in the Welsh county of Vale of Glamorgan.

The cadets smiled as they took part in the flower offering ceremony at the Spanish cathedral last week

Queen Letizia and King Felipe of Spain looked every inch the proud parents as they watched Princess Leonor take part in her flag swearing-in ceremony

Princess Leonor, Queen Letizia, Queen Sofia and Infanta Sofia leave a restaurant over the summer holiday

Sofia and Leonor are taking on a bigger role at royal engagements

The school is often referred to as ‘Hippie Hogwarts’ thanks to its progressive approach to education and picturesque castle setting.

Leonor’s sister, Infanta Sofía of Spain, 16, began her studies at UWC Atlantic this autumn.

In September last year the Spanish palace announced that Princess Leonor will go to university to study law once her three years of military training have been completed.

While Leonor’s choice of university is unknown, the Princess’s academic background already bears a resemblance to that of her father King Felipe.

After graduating from high school at Lakefield College in Canada, Felipe returned to Spain and attended the General Military Academy of Zaragozo, and went on to study at the Naval Military School in Marín.

He ended his training with a stint at the General Air Academy in San Javier.

His also completed his military training with a stint on the shop Juan Sebastián Elcano aged 18 in 1987, and went on to study law at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

PRINCESS CATHARINA-AMALIA OF THE NETHERLANDS

Catharina-Amalia, daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of The Netherlands

The heir to the throne (far right) also has two younger sisters, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane, pictured together with their parents in Amsterdam in 2022

Catharina-Amalia became the heir apparent when her grandmother Queen Beatrix abdicated in 2013.

The royal, 19, missed out on the grand celebrations often afforded to a royal birthday as she turned 18 while the Netherlands still had Covid restrictions in December 2021.

While she is still at university – and has rejected her right to a 1.6 million euros (£1.36 million) annual income – she has been increasingly stepping into the limelight, but often stays by her parents and sister’s sides at royal events due to security fears.

The 19-year-old, who started a degree in politics, psychology, law and economics at the University of Amsterdam last year, moved out of her student accommodation and returned to her home in The Hague in October.

At the time, several Dutch media outlets reported that the princess, whose formal title is Princess of Orange, was under heightened security due to fears that criminal gangs may target her for kidnapping or an attack.

The princess took a gap year before starting her degree and turned down a €1.6 million yearly allowance that she would have been entitled to when she turned 18

The young princess joined her parents for a two-week tour of the Dutch Caribbean Islands earlier this year – her first official tour of her career

During her recent tour of the Caribbean, the royal briefly touched on her heightened security, and in a clip sharing by Dutch media site NOS, said: ‘I’m going to be very honest, I’m still having a very hard time.

‘I miss the normal life, the life of a student. Walking the streets, being able to go to a store.’

Meanwhile she said she had enjoyed having some freedom back during the international tour, saying: ‘I had a wonderful time.’

In October, Dutch news agency ANP quoted Queen Maxima, 51, during a state visit to Sweden with her husband King Willem-Alexander, saying: ‘She can hardly leave the house.

‘The consequences are very difficult for her. There is no student life for her like others have,’ she added with an unusual amount of emotional candour.

Amalia, 17, said she would ask her Argentine-born mother, Queen Maxima, 50, to assume the throne if her father, King Willem-Alexander, 54, were to die suddenly. Pictured, King Willem-Alexander and his eldest daughter Amalia in a sweet snap published in ‘Amalia’

Princess Amalia of the Netherlands admits she is not ready to be queen in an authorised biography published today. Pictured, Amalia, centre, with her sisters Princess Ariane (left) and Princess Alexia (right) and their parents King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima

The name of the the princess, along with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, are understood to have come up in communications among organised crime groups which indicated they may be in their crosshairs for kidnapping.

‘I’m very sorry for her and I’m obviously very concerned about it,’ the prime minister said, without divulging details about the threats or the security measures.

‘That makes people angry who want to be informed,’ said the prime minister.

He added that Dutch authorities are doing everything to ensure that the princess is safe.

The Minister for Justice and Security, Dilan Yesilgöz, confirmed on Twitter that ‘measures’ have been taken ‘with regard to the safety of the Crown Princess’.

Amalia, heir to the Dutch throne, started university in September and had moved into an apartment in Amsterdam, but weeks later the royal couple said concerns for her safety have forced her to move back to Huis ten Bosch royal palace in The Hague.

She travelled to the Dutch Caribbean islands of Bonaire, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba with her father King Willem-Alexander and mother Queen Maxima

Princess Amalia and mother queen Maxima on a two-week Caribbean tour

Dutch police and the country’s secret service declined to discuss security arrangements around the Royal House.

Rutte said he could not specify the details of the threats.

Princess Amalia started her degree in September and was living in rented accommodation she shared with several other students in Amsterdam before she has had to move back home.

The princess is viewed in Holland as a relatively down-to-earth royal.

She is a keen jockey with a horse named Mojito and she was nicknamed the Cocktail Queen after working a summer at a beach bar in Scheveningen.

She recently took part in her first international tour, joining her parents on a lengthy visit to the Dutch Caribbean Islands.

In a biography published in 2021, Amalia admitted she was not ready to be queen.

Speaking at the time, she said she would ask her Argentine-born mother, Queen Maxima, to step in temporarily if her father, King Willem-Alexander were to die suddenly.

‘But I said to my father: you just keep on eating healthy and exercising a lot,’ the teenage princess added.

Dutch Crown Princess Catharina-Amalia has opened up about ‘missing normal life’ after she was forced to leave university accommodation over a gangster plot to kidnap her

The biography, simply titled ‘Amalia’, was written with the approval of the Royal Family to mark Amalia’s 18th birthday.

It offered a rare glimpse into the princess’s private life, which has been closely guarded by her parents since Willem-Alexander ascended the throne in 2013.

Biographer Claudia de Breij revealed Amalia had a part-time job at a beachside cafe, feels self-conscious when she is recognised by members of the public and would pursue a career as a singer or equestrian if she was not destined to be queen.

Along with her sisters Princess Alexia, 18, and Princess Ariane, 16, Catharina-Amalia spent the early years of her life at Eikenhorst Villa in Wassenaar, an affluent suburb of The Hague.

‘We do our best to be really with them – on holidays or weekends or even at breakfast in the mornings,’ Willem-Alexander once said in an interview.

The family enjoyed days out cycling and to the beach, and holidays to Maxima’s home country of Argentina.

However life changed in 2013 when Amalia’s grandmother Queen Beatrix abdicated and Willem-Alexander ascended the throne. The new king and queen moved their daughters into Huis ten Bosch, the royal palace in The Hague

Speaking ahead of his investiture, Willem-Alexander said: ‘Amalia’s title will be made formal when she’s 18 and she enters the State Council. Until then, we will protect her as much as possible.

During her recent tour of the Caribbean, the royal briefly touched on her heightened security, and said she was ‘having a hard time’

‘That means she won’t participate in official engagements, or as little as possible. Her environment right now should only include her parents, her sisters, and her friends.’

She decided to take a gap year before starting her degree and turned down a €1.6 million yearly allowance that she would have been entitled to when she turned 18.

Writing a letter to Prime Minister Mark Rutte, she said that she would not feel comfortable taking the money without performing royal duties.

The letter, published by NOS, the Dutch public news broadcaster, read: ‘On 7 December 2021, I will be 18 and, according to the law, receive an allowance.

‘I find that uncomfortable as long as I do not do anything for it in return, and while other students have a much tougher time of it, particularly in this period of coronavirus.’

In September last year, the Princess began studying Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics at the University of Amsterdam and revealed she would live in a rented house share with her fellow students.

However, the Princess was forced to move out of her student accommodation and return to The Hague the following month fearing a gangland plot to kidnap her.

Earlier this year, the royal opened up about ‘missing normal life’ over the incident and in a clip shared by NOS, she said: ‘I’m going to be very honest, I’m still having a very hard time.

‘I miss the normal life, the life of a student. Walking the streets, being able to go to a store,’ she added.

Her mother, Queen Maxima, spoke openly during a state visit to Sweden with her husband King Willem-Alexander and was quoted by Dutch news agency ANP saying: ‘She can hardly leave the house.

‘The consequences are very difficult for her. There is no student life for her like others have,’ she added with an unusual candour.

In an authorised biography entitled Amalia, released in 2021, the royal admitted she did not feel ready to be Queen yet.

She said she would ask her mother to step in temporarily if her father were to die suddenly.

‘But I said to my father: you just keep on eating healthy and exercising a lot,’ the teenage princess added.

Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, 21

Princess Elisabeth, daughter of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, is heir to the Belgian throne

The eldest daughter of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, she is pictured with her parents and Princess Eleonore (far left) Prince Gabriel and Prince Emmanuel (far right)

The young royal, pictured on her 21st birthday last year, is another student of Atlantic College in Wales. She gained her International Baccalaureate in 2020

Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, 21, the eldest daughter of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde and heir to the Belgian throne, is certainly getting set for royal life.

A clear diplomat-in-training, the royal speaks four languages and is currently studying at Oxford University – while juggling military training.

Last month, she took part in the ceremony of taking the oath as an officer – swearing ‘loyalty to the King, obedience to the Constitution and the laws of the Belgian people.’

In snaps from the event, the Princess appeared serious as she took part in the ceremony – marching and saluting to the King alongside her comrades from the 160th Promotion of Social and Military Sciences.

It is not known how long Elisabeth plans to spend at the academy but her father King Philippe studied there for three years as a teenager.

The law was changed in 1991 so that the eldest child, regardless of whether they are a son or daughter, would be the next to inherit the throne. When her father became King in 2013, Elisabeth became the heir to the throne and Duchess of Brabant.

The law was changed in 1991 so that the eldest child inherits the throne regardless of gender

In October 2021, the Princess began studying History and Politics at Lincoln College, Oxford

She completed a one-year course in social and military sciences at the Royal Military Academy

The young royal was also a former student of Atlantic College in Wales – known as ‘Hippie Hogwarts’ – , obtaining her International Baccalaureate in 2020.

She then completed a one-year course in social and military sciences at the Royal Military Academy which is said to teach in-depth about the four components of Belgian defence: Army, Air Force, Navy and Medical.

In 2021, she was photographed at the Lagland camp in Arlon, where she marched in formation with her fellow cadets.

For the officer cadets of the Royal Military Academy, this camp is part of the last training phase for first year students, and constitutes part of the Initial Military Phase.

In October 2021, the Princess began studying History and Politics at Lincoln College, Oxford.

Talented: Princess Elisabeth enrolled at Lincoln College, Oxford, last October. The Belgian royal family released a series of photos of the royal on campus, including the one above

Proud mother: Elisabeth, heir to the Belgium throne, was congratulated by her mother Queen Mathilde after receiving the Order of Leopold during today’s ceremony. Elisabeth is now old enough to rule without a regent being appointed

Composed: The Belgian princess demonstrated grace beyond her years when delivering her speech at the birthday event, pictured. The proceedings were broadcast live across three of Belgium’s biggest television channels

Royal duties: Crown Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, marked her 18th birthday with a celebration in Brussels. The future Belgian queen posed for photos with dancers from the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp, who were invited to perform at the event

According to Belgian newspaper Le Soir, the princess completed a written entrance exam in history ‘anonymously’ so that her social status would not affect her marks.

Elisabeth is believed to have chosen the course herself, in agreement with her parents, and reportedly consulted with graduates from various universities and made her decision based on what would be most useful to her in her role as queen later in life.

The high-achieving Princess, who is fluent in Dutch, French, German and English, continues to juggle her degree with military training back home.

For her 18th, Princess Elisabeth occasion with an official ceremony in Brussels which broadcast live on three of Belgium’s biggest TV channels.

Usually, a live broadcast of a royal event in Belgium is reserved for weddings and funerals – unlike in the UK where the Queen’s Trooping the Colour parade for her birthday is aired on TV.

But the significance of the heir officially becoming eligible to ascend the throne warranted the exceptional treatment.

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, 19

Princess Ingrid Alexandra, pictured in 2022, is in line to inherit the Norwegian crown

Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra (front centre) poses for a family photo with (front L and R) Norway’s King Harald V and Norway’s Queen Sonja and (back LtoR) Marit Tjessem, Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon, Norway’s Prince Sverre Magnus and Marius Borg Hoiby on the occasion of a gala dinner for her 18th birthday in Oslo on June 17, 2022.

Ingrid Alexandra attended the same local primary school as her half-brother, Marius Borg Høiby. Here she is pictured for National Day celebrations at the royal residence in Skaugum

Second in line to the throne after her father, Princess Ingrid is the daughter of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and granddaughter of current ruler, King Harald V of Norway.

Ingrid Alexandra will become Norway’s second female monarch after her father secured her place in the line of succession by changing the law to allow first-born daughters to ascend the throne over their younger male siblings.

The last Norwegian queen was 600 years ago: Queen Margaret reigned over Norway, Denmark and Sweden from the late 1380s until her death in 1412.

Ingrid has a younger brother, Prince Sverre Magnus and an older half-brother, Marius Borg Høiby, who is Mette-Marit’s son from a previous relationship.

In an attempt by her parents to give her as ordinary a childhood as possible, Ingrid Alexandra attended the same local primary school as her half-brother.

Newspaper reports said the princess would walk to school with Marius and school officials hoped to make it a place where she could make friends and enjoy some relief from public scrutiny.

She was later moved to a private international school in Oslo so she could become fluent in English and transferred to two more schools during her education.

The princess turned 18 at the start of last year and joined her grandfather, King Harald V, on the day for a cabinet meeting at the Royal Palace as she marked her coming of age.

In 2021, the princess visited a female-only squadron of the army to learn more about their work and co-piloted a plane during a tour of a Norwegian air force base

She was moved to a private international school in Oslo so she could become fluent in English. Pictured with Manchester City’s Norwegian star Erling Haaland for a friendly game

In the next few years, she will increase her public profile and take on more responsibilities on behalf of the royal family but will continue to focus on her education, said the palace in a statement on her 18th birthday.

The pandemic meant that formal celebrations for the princess’s birthday were postponed. But she later held a glamorous party in June 2022 to mark the event in style.

A host of European royals were invited, including Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and King Felipe VI of Spain – all of whom are godparents of the princess, with their spouses.

A group of young princesses also enjoyed the party, including Princess Estelle of Sweden, Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands and Princess Elisabeth of Belgium – all of whom are also in line to inherit the throne in their respective countries.

Ingrid Alexandra has taken part in a number of public engagements, including opening a public sculpture park within the palace gardens in her name in 2016 to mark the 25th anniversary of King Harald V’s reign.

Princess Ingrid visiting the Norwegian Navy at its main and logistics base in Northern Norway in Setermoen in October 2022

Norway’s Princess Ingrid prasticing parachuting as she visits the military base at Rena Leir in Norway in November 2021

She was shown given Prince William and Kate a tour of the sculpture park while they visited Norway in 2018.

The royal also toured several army and air force bases in Norway to learn more about the country’s armed forces. When she ascends the throne, she will become commandant of Norway’s armies.

In 2021, she visited a female-only squadron of the army to learn more about their work and co-piloted a plane during a tour of a royal air force base.

Sitting in the backseat of an F-16 fighter jet, the teenage princess observed as a trained pilot flew it away from the base, and later was allowed to control it briefly during a flight over Northern Norway.

She was also a bridesmaid at the wedding of her godmother, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, in 2010.

Aside from her royal duties, Ingrid Alexandra enjoys skiing, boxer and surfer, winning a gold medal in the Norwegian surfing championship for juniors in October 2020.

The Norweigan Royal Court announced in June that the future queen would spend the autumn working at a school before beginning a full 12 months of military service at the Skjold Camp in Indre Troms.

According to the Norwegian military’s website, members of the Engineer Battalion are specialists ‘who, among other things, work with defence facilities, bridges and other constructions and CBRN.’

In 2021, the royal toured several army and air force bases in Norway to learn more about the country’s armed forces. Sitting in the F-16’s backseat, she was allowed to take control of the plane and pilot it as it flew over Northern Norway.

When she ascends the throne, she will become commandant of Norway’s armies.

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Actors recite speeches by King Charles on the occasion of the launch of the environmental channel RE:TV

Sabir Ansary — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 02:06:56 +0000

Olivia Colman and Woody Harrelson are among the stars delivering the King’s speeches as a new YouTube channel on climate change launches.

RE:TV was founded by Charles in 2020 and has since made more than 100 short films about sustainable solutions to help the environment.

A new short film, The King’s Speech, is being released today (Monday) to mark the channel’s arrival on YouTube.

During his time as Prince of Wales, Charles made numerous speeches on the environment, beginning in February 1970 when he focused on conservation.

In The King’s Speech, actors and environmentalists will read lines from some of these speeches.

Olivia Colman (who played Charles’ mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II in Netlix’s The Crow) is one of the actors promoting the launch of RE:TV

RE:TV was founded in 2020 by King Charles (then the Prince of Wales). It has made more than 100 films about the environment

One of the stars is Olivia Colman, who famously played the late Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix royal drama The Crown.

The Oscar-winning actress is joined by 18 others in the short, including Luther star Idris Elba.

Fatal Attraction star Glenn Close and Zombieland actor Woody Harrelson also participate.

In a preview clip, while reciting a 2020 speech of his in Davos, Charles’ voice is cut into Elba today.

They are heard saying parts of the following: ‘Global warming, climate change, the devastating loss of biodiversity are the greatest threats humanity has ever faced and are largely a result of our own creation.’

The video is also interspersed with footage of the effects of climate change, including flooding, drought and weather conditions, and locations such as the greenhouses at Kew Gardens and the ancient woodland at Burnham Beeches.

BBC garden presenter Danny Clarke; The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse author Charlie Mackesy; YouTube environmentalist Jack Harrys; and climate activist Leah Thomas also appear.

At the end of the clip, a 2020 video of the king can be heard saying, “There is real hope, but we just need to get our act together.”

Actor Woody Harrelson (pictured) also appeared in the promotional short The King’s Speech

British horticulturist Danny Clarke is one of the celebrities helping environmentalists launch a new RE:TV YouTube channel

Actress Glenn Close (pictured, left) and environmentalist Jack Harries (pictured, right) are both involved in the project

Fatou Jeng (photo) is a young climate activist from Gambia. She is also one of the prolific people involved in RE:TV

RE:TV was launched three years ago during Climate Week as a content platform for short films with Charles as editor-in-chief.

It grew out of its Sustainable Markets Initiative, which aims to accelerate the world’s transition to a sustainable future, as a way to inform and inspire the public.

In 2020, the King admitted that people thought he was ‘grossed’ when he started speaking about the importance of environmental protection to the Countryside Steering Committee for Wales.

At the age of 21, Charles gave his first impassioned speech about his personal concern about oil spills and single-use plastics.

He also shared how, as a teenager in the 1960s, he worried about the destruction of trees, wetlands, and habitats, and about “the white heat of progress and technology to the exclusion of nature and our environment.”

In his 1970 speech, Charles highlighted a problem that has become an illustration of humanity’s threat to nature.

Then he had said, “When you consider that each person produces about 2 pounds of waste a day, and that with 55 million of us on this island, we use single-use bottles and indestructible plastic containers, it is not hard to imagine the mountains of waste we will be involved in one way or another.’

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Hollywood stars including Olivia Colman perform King Charles’ speeches on the environment

Sabir Ansary — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 09:21:15 +0000

Hollywood stars, including Olivia Colman, will read lines from King Charles’ speeches on the environment spanning more than 50 years.

Ms Colman – who played the Queen in The Crown – will star alongside 18 other actors and environmentalists in a short film released today.

Glenn Close, Woody Harrelson and Idris Elba are also recorded reading the King’s words to mark the launch of a new YouTube channel for his RE:TV website.

A new short film called The King’s Speech, released today, features the landmark speech delivered to the Countryside Steering Committee for Wales on February 19, 1970, when young Prince Charles was just 21.

In the speech – which the king has said people at the time judged as ‘dotty’ and ‘completely potty’ – he predicted the catastrophe of plastic waste, stating: ‘When you consider that each person produces about 2 pounds of waste a day, and there are 55 million of us on this island using disposable bottles and plastic containers, it’s not hard to imagine the mountains of waste we will be dealing with one way or another.’

Hollywood star Olivia Colman – who played the queen in The Crown – will star alongside 18 other actors and environmentalists in a short film released today

In the speech – which the king has said people judged as ‘dotty’ and ‘completely potty’ at the time – he predicted the catastrophe of plastic waste

In a preview clip for the new film, the King’s voice in his opening speech at the 2020 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, where he met environmental activist Greta Thunberg, warned that: ‘Global warming, climate change and the devastating loss of biodiversity are the greatest threats humanity has ever faced.’

His voice is then split with that of Luther star Idris Elba, who utters the same words today.

The video is interspersed with images of the effects of climate change, including bushfires, floods and drought, and locations such as the greenhouses at Kew Gardens and the ancient woodland at Burnham Beeches.

RE:TV was launched three years ago during Climate Week as a content platform for short films, with Charles as editor-in-chief.

It has produced more than 100 films highlighting innovations in response to the climate and biodiversity crisis.

In 2020, on the 50th anniversary of his first major speech on the environment, Charles said it was met with bewilderment, adding: ‘I was thought rather stupid, to say the least, for even suggesting these things, much like when I set up a sewage treatment system with reedbeds in Highgrove – that was considered utterly insane.

“Everything I suggested was apparently completely trivial.”

The Daily Mail has long campaigned against waste with our Turn the Tide on Plastic campaign.

Horticulturist Danny Clarke (photo: left) has joined a roster of celebrities, including actor Woody Harrelson (photo: right), to help environmentalists launch a new RE:TV YouTube channel

The preview of the new video also includes the king’s speech at the opening session of the important COP21 conference on climate change in Paris in 2015, in which he said: ‘By damaging our climate, we become the architects of our own destruction.

“While the planet can survive the scorching earth and rising waters, humanity cannot.”

Oscar winner Olivia Colman, star of The Crown, then picks up other key themes from the speech, saying, “We have the knowledge, the tools and the money. We just lack the will.’

BBC gardening presenter Danny Clarke, author Charlie Mackesy, YouTube environmentalist Jack Harries and climate activist Leah Thomas also appear in the video.

At the end of the preview clip for the video, titled The Speeches: 50 Years of Speaking Up For The Planet, the king is shown, from the original RE:TV launch movie in 2020, and concludes, “There is real hope, but we just need to get our act together.”

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