Prince Harry admits he and Prince William are 'on different paths'

LONDON- Prince Harry has admitted he and his brother are now "on different paths" and have "good days" and "bad days" in their relationship.

The Duke of Sussex has been plagued by rumors in recent months of a rift between him and Prince William, and in an interview with ITV, he acknowledged that "inevitably stuff happens" given their high-profile role and the pressure the family faces.

Speaking during his recent tour of southern Africa with his wife Meghan Markle, he said: "We are brothers. We will always be brothers.

"We are certainly on different paths at the moment but I will always be there for him as I know he will always be there for me.

"We don't see each other as much as we used to because we are so busy but I love him dearly.

"The majority of the stuff is created out of nothing but as brothers, you know, you have good days, you have bad days."

Meghan, who has also been rumored to have feuded with Kate Middleton, described the past year as "hard" and said her British friends warned her not to marry Harry.

Meghan, 38, has had to face an increasingly hostile press since she married into the Royal Family last year, with the tabloids luxuriating in stories about her fractured American family and the rumors of palace rifts. 

The couple launched legal action this month against British tabloid the Mail on Sunday for invasion of privacy.

The US-born former actress said she had tried to cope by putting on a "stiff upper lip" but she was not prepared for the intensity of tabloid interest.

Meghan said: "When I first met my now-husband, my friends were really happy because I was so happy, but my British friends said to me, 'I'm sure he's great but you shouldn't do it because the British tabloids will destroy your life'."

Asked whether she can cope, Meghan said: "In all honesty, I have said for a long time to H -- that is what I call him -- it's not enough to just survive something, that's not the point of life. You have got to thrive."

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UK's Prince Harry and I are in love, says US actress Meghan Markle

LONDON (Reuters) - US actress Meghan Markle, the girlfriend of Britain’s Prince Harry, has said they are in love and happy together, in her first frank comments about their relationship since they became a couple last year.

In an interview with Vanity Fair magazine published on Tuesday, Markle said she began dating Harry, fifth in line to the British throne, in July last year after she met him through friends.

”We’re a couple,“ Markle told the U.S. magazine. ”We’re in love. I‘m sure there will be a time when we will have to come forward and present ourselves and have stories to tell, but I hope what people will understand is that this is our time.

“This is for us. It’s part of what makes it so special, that it’s just ours. But we’re happy. Personally, I love a great love story.”

The relationship between Harry, 32, the younger son of heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles and his first wife Princess Diana, became public knowledge last November when the prince issued a rare warning to the media to leave his 36-year-old girlfriend and her family in peace, reflecting his own battles with the press.

He was once pictured scuffling with paparazzi outside a London nightclub and in 2012 was photographed partying naked and playing billiards in a private room in Las Vegas.

Asked how she coped with media intrusion, Markle, a divorcee best known for her role in the U.S. TV legal drama “Suits”, said: “I can tell you at the end of the day I think it’s really simple. We’re two people who are really happy and in love.”

She added: ”We were very quietly dating for about six months before it became news and I was working during that whole time and the only thing that changed was people’s perception.

“Nothing about me changed. I‘m still the same person that I am, and I’ve never defined myself by my relationship.”

The British royals, and particularly their often tangled love lives, provide worldwide fascination and on Tuesday, a French court was ordered to pay damages to Harry’s elder brother William and his wife Kate for breaching her privacy by publishing topless photos of her.

Markle said the attention of being involved with the prince had its challenges.

“It comes in waves - some days it can feel more challenging than others,” she said. “And right out of the gate it was surprising the way things changed. But I still have this support system all around me, and, of course, my boyfriend’s support.”

Harry, once the wild child of the royal family who admitted smoking cannabis and getting drunk when under the legal age limit, has secured a place as one of Britain’s most popular royals since enjoying a successful military career which saw him on active service twice in Afghanistan.

The interview fueled speculation among bookmakers that the couple could get engaged soon and comes a day after William revealed that he and his wife Kate were expecting their third child.

Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Stephen Addison

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Royals William and Kate release new photos of baby Charlotte

Kensington Palace has just released new photos of Princess Charlotte, the daughter of Britian's Prince William and his wife Kate.

Here's a new photo of 6-month-old Princess Charlotte, taken by her mother, The Duchess of Cambridge, in early Nov. pic.twitter.com/sgfYOj6fAQ

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) November 29, 2015

This photo of Princess Charlotte was also taken by The Duchess of Cambridge at home in Norfolk earlier this month. pic.twitter.com/YHeJ5ItPmi

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) November 29, 2015

The two pictures were taken earlier in November by mom -- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge -- and they come six months after the princess' much-anticipated birth in May.

Charlotte is fourth in line to the throne but for fans of the British Royals, the little princess is Number 1.

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Prince Harry sells Britain on first visit to Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO - Prince Harry launched a high-profile campaign in Brazil Friday to promote all things British ahead of the 2012 London summer Olympics on his first visit to the South American economic power.

Making his first solo tour, he flew into the "Marvellous City" earlier in the day for a three-day official visit following his tour of Belize, the Bahamas and Jamaica. He was escorted to a hotel in Copacabana.

The third in line to the British throne then had lunch in a local steakhouse before being treated to a 30-minute helicopter tour of the city's major tourist attractions, including Sugarloaf Mountain and Christ the Redeemer, the imposing statue of Jesus Christ overlooking the spectacular Rio bay, local television reported.

Prince Harry later strolled along Ipanema beach, then joined festivities including samba dance and capoeira martial art presentations, before kicking off the Britain promotion campaign from the top of Sugarloaf Mountain.

The campaign aimed to highlight what makes Britain great in 2012 as the European island nation celebrates 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and hosts the summer Olympics.

Prince Harry was greeted at the event by Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes, Rio State Governor Sergio Cabral as well as by the Samba band Uniao da Ilha, which paraded at this year's Rio Carnival to the theme of London to Rio, the two cities which will respectively host the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

The campaign was also conceived to deliver long-term economic benefits from the interest generated by the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Britain is the fourth largest foreign investor in Brazil and the event showcased many of the top British businesses operating in the country, including BP.

Last December, Latin America's dominant power displaced Britain as the world's sixth largest economy.

More than 700 top investors, artists, cultural leaders, entrepreneurs and opinion-makers from across Brazil were invited to the event, which also celebrated the strong ties between Britain and Brazil.

Guests were to enjoy an exclusive menu prepared by top British and Brazilian chefs Marcus Wareing and Roberta Sudbrack, while a cocktail designed specifically for the event by Claridge's hotel was to be served in a bar created by London's renowned Groucho Club.

On Saturday, Prince Harry was to attend a British and Brazilian-themed sports day on Flamengo beach and tour a favela complex pacified by security forces since November 2010, according to city officials.

On Sunday, the prince was to take part in a polo match in Sao Paulo to raise money for Sentabale, his charity in Lesotho, and several local charities.

His tour is one of several being made by British royals in 2012 as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Harry's older brother Prince William and his wife Catherine are to travel to the Asia-Pacific region, while heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will visit countries including Australia and Canada.

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