Royal news - live: King Charles faces unusual ‘snub’ as Zara Tindall’s husband lays bare life in royal family

Prince William’s upcoming documentary that showcases his belief that homelessness can be eradicated has been teased by ITV.

Alongside a trailer for the documentary, the channel wrote on Twitter/X: “Prince William: We Can End Homelessness Coming Soon to @ITV and @ITVX.

“An exclusive ITV1 documentary which follows the launch and first year of @HomewardsUK and its work to demonstrate that it’s possible to end homelessness.”

Zara Tindall’s husband has opened up about his experience of marrying into the royal family and described it as a “pretty easy” process.

Mike Tindall, 45, made the revelation in his new book, The Good, the Bad & the Rugby, where he said the process was “simple”.

“Believe it or not, marrying into the Royal Family was pretty easy for me,” he wrote. “They were always nice to me, and I was always nice to them. Simple really.”

Anti-royalist activists are selling “farewell tour” merchandise ahead of King Charles’ visit to Australia this week.

Charles and Camilla are set to kick off the first royal visit to the country in over a decade on Friday - but their anticipated arrival has sparked debate about the monarchy’s role in modern Australia.

The Australian Republican Movement (ARM) has branded the visit as the royal’s “farewell tour” as they campaign to separate the Commonwealth country from the monarchy.

Retro style satirical posters, T-shirts and beer coasters have been created with Charles, Camilla and Prince William on them, encouraging Australians to “wave goodbye to royal reign”.

A T-shirt, featuring the royal trio in aviator sunglasses, is retailing for 34 AUD on the campaign group’s website, finished with the description: “Alright legends the stage is set... Let’s wave goodbye to royal reign! Grab this killer t-shirt to support the campaign and help take the republic movement to the main stage.”

One of Queen Elizabeth’s most trusted aides has revealed the late monarch was a “gutsy” driver who loved speed behind the wheel.

In her first interview about her 18 years as one of the royal’s most trusted confidantes, former communications secretary Samantha Cohen recalled spending summers with the Queen at her Scottish estate Balmoral.

She told The Sunday Times: “She loved hosting everybody for summer, allocating the rooms and checking them herself.”

The aide said her children, who would stay with her in a lodge near the castle for the summer, would often look up at breakfast and see the Queen riding by on her horse.

She also revealed the monarch had a taste for speed behind the wheel as she drove around the remote Scottish estate.

“She was gutsy,” Ms Cohen said. “She would drive her cars fast around Balmoral.”

Prince George has declared he’d like to run a pizza parlour before becoming King, it has been claimed.

The young royal - who is third in line to the throne - reportedly shared his culinary ambitions whilst on a trip to a cafe in Norfolk.

The owner of Wiveton Hall, a 17th-century Jacobean mansion, told the Mail Online that the prince expressed his enthusiasm when he was shown the wood-fired pizza oven on the estate.

He reportedly said: “That’s what I want to do when I grow up!”

King Charles and Queen Camilla are facing a humiliating snub by leading Australian politicians, as they gear up to begin their tour of the country this week.

As the couple prepare to kick off their nine day visit down under on Friday, every single state premier has turned down invitations to attend their royal reception in Canberra on October 21.

Charles is set to deliver a speech at the event to recognise Australians for their achievements in the arts, culture, sports and health.

Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan is the latest representative to snub the invitation, whilst other politicians have given excuses such as “schedule clashes” and “election campaign duties”.

Campaigners have called for “full disclosure” of gifts received by the royal family after it emerged King Charles has failed to publish an annual list for four years.

Unlike MPs, members of the royal family are not required to declare gifts, donations and hospitality on a public register of interests.

Nevertheless, they began publishing an annual list of official gifts received by the royal household following scrutiny of jewellery given to Queen Camilla by a Saudi royal in 2007.

However, it has emerged King Charles and his family have not shared such a list since 2020.

Recent delays in sharing details of presents received by royals have been attributed to a challenging few years for the family, including the pandemic, the change of reign and high-profile state occasions such as the coronation, The Independent understands.

Meghan Markle candidly spoke to teenagers about her experiences with being bullied online at a recent event.

On October 2, the Duchess of Sussex, 43, visited the Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara, which is the “preeminent girls’ leadership organization equipping girls to reach their full potential,” according to the company’s official website. Her appearance came to help the organization with a digital wellness program, Social Media U, which has received financial support from Meghan and Prince Harry’s Archwell Foundation.

During an interview with Vanity Fair, Larissa May, the co-founder of #HalfTheStory – an advocacy group that’s working with Girl Inc. – shared how Meghan spoke to children about her personal experiences with online bullying.

“We did an activity where we talked through a bunch of scenarios, and Meghan talked about being one of the most bullied people in the world,” May said.

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More attention is needed on the “desperate” humanitarian crisis in Sudan, the Duchess of Edinburgh said on a visit to the neighbouring country of Chad.

Speaking at a reception on Saturday, the first day of her three-day visit to Africa, Sophie said she hoped to “shine a light” on the situation at the border, where hundreds of refugees are crossing every day to escape the civil war in Sudan.

She said: “Whilst the world and its attention is being focused very much on other conflicts around the world, the humanitarian crisis being faced by the people of Sudan, which is landing on Chad’s shores, cannot be ignored.

“So I’m here to try and help continue to shine a light on what needs to be done, on the work that is being done, but to ask for more to be done.”

The duchess, who spent a day in Adre, at the border with Sudan, thanked the people of Chad, one of the poorest countries in the world, for the support they are offering to refugees.

She added: “Really, my job here this next couple of days is to learn more about the issues and to see for myself at the border what is happening so that I may take that message back to the United Kingdom and in my travels more widely to try to create more focus, more attention on the situation that is happening here in Chad as a result of what’s happening in Sudan.”