“Recollections may vary”. Harry and Meghan (again - I know!)

The Queen is privately funding the Duke of York’s legal fight against sex abuse allegations to the tune of millions of pounds, the Telegraph understands.

Prince Andrew, 61, last week expanded his American legal team, hiring Melissa Lerner,a Princeton and Columbia graduate, to work alongside lead counsel Andrew Brettler.
Both work for Lavley Singer, a renowned Los Angeles-based law firm reputed for its ability to make celebrities' legal problems “go away” - and commanding the fees to do so.

Mr Brettler is thought to be charging the Duke around $2,000 an hour, while Ms Lerner’s appointment, their junior staff and his UK-based legal team, led by criminal defence solicitor Gary Bloxsome, have already sent his bills soaring.

Her Majesty, 95, agreed to pay for her son’s defence at the beginning of last year, shortly after his disastrous Newsnight interview, in which he failed to show any empathy for Jeffrey Epstein's victims or regret over their friendship

The Duke returned to Windsor on Thursday after spending the last few weeks at Balmoral, the Queen’s Aberdeenshire estate, where he is thought to have kept his mother updated on the case during private lunches.

He has until October 29 to respond to the lawsuit and the next hearing is scheduled for November 3.

Then not ‘privately ‘because the Telegraph understands !

‘Mr Brettler is thought to be’

‘Where he is thought to have kept his mother updated ‘

My thoughts too Annie and I think I'd want a more discreet team if I were the Queen. Not sure why her paying PA's defence costs is news worthy

Is anyone surprised?

Smileless. why oh why not facts. Only fact in Grany’s post
is Andrew spent a few weeks at Balmoral

Queen the Head of State pays for her son to escape justice

No, Queen the Head of State pays for her son's defence and there wont be many mothers who wouldn't do the same and who wouldn't believe in their son's innocence.

That may be miss placed of course but some of us don't believe in a kangaroo court and would rather wait for the judicial process to come to a decision.

On another issue. it's being suggested that Harry will be naming the 'racist' in the RF to appease the publishers for his $15 million book deal.

Is there nothing he wont do for money; apparently not.

Grany did the Queen or the law firm announce publicly who was paying ? Link please

It’s interesting so many of you find it upsetting that Harry would name someone who made a racist comment about an unborn child, but are unconcerned that the comment was made….

I'm not unconcerned that the comment was made Grandpanow but would like to know the context in which it was said. It may or may not have been intended to be racist and taking into account the false accusations that were made in that 'interview', there's no certainty that a) a comment was made and b) if it was intentionally racist.

Grandpanow. We do not know a racist comment was made.

Grandpanow wondering how dark an unborn baby's skin will be is not racist, it is a question often asked even when both parents are black.

In the context of RF it is racist PP was known for it and queen mother and princess Alexander.

queen exempted herself from race discrimination laws for four decades and law still exists today.

In film the queen has banned shows their easy life she was heard saying about a governor looked like a gorilla.

Siena Elizabeth are pretty names.

It was an aide who told the Queen that an ambassador she was about to meet was “a gorilla”.

He was a white, gangly American with an unfortunate gait.

In assuming he was black rather shows your racist tendencies I’m afraid.

Peasblossom

It was an aide who told the Queen that an ambassador she was about to meet was “a gorilla”.

He was a white, gangly American with an unfortunate gait.

In assuming he was black rather shows your racist tendencies I’m afraid.

In the film about the RF which queen banned. You can hear her talking to PP and Charles that the man looked like a gorilla I can show you a clip of the banned film from Republic YouTube channel to prove it actually.

Yes, Beatrice's baby girl is Sienna Elizabeth. a very pretty combination...... and a much better topic.

lemsip

Yes, Beatrice's baby girl is Sienna Elizabeth. a very pretty combination...... and a much better topic.

Yes, let's talk about baby names, much nicer than discussing how the queen can be rude about people.

lemsip

Yes, Beatrice's baby girl is Sienna Elizabeth. a very pretty combination...... and a much better topic.

Yes, lemsip.
I noticed the spelling is Siena with one n like the town in Italy. Maybe her husband has links to it?

From Beatrice's tweet about the baby. Maybe she got it wrong.

We are delighted to share that we have named our daughter Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi.

2 n's

Alegrias1

From Beatrice's tweet about the baby. Maybe she got it wrong.

We are delighted to share that we have named our daughter Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi.

2 n's

Oh that's good. The more "common" spelling will be better for her at school.

Who is Princess Alexander? If you mean Princess Alexandra , then I for one have never understood her to be racist, or utter a racist comment. In fact as she is so rarely in the public eye, she doesn't utters much at all .

Grany, I do actually remember the film from when it was first shown. The whole film with Prince Edward hitting the cello when the string broke and hit him and numerous other scenes. Maybe I am a bit older than you.

The Queen relayed to members of her family a time when she was receiving ambassadors and her aide had lent over before the entrance of the next one and murmured “The next ones a gorilla” The Queen then went on to say how difficult it was to kept a dignified demeanour when the ambassador entered and did indeed make her think of a gorilla.

As I say it was the American an ambassador who was white. Actress perhaps for her to recounted it in the film but your assumption that it was racist just shows that you equated gorilla to black. So you made the racist assumption.

People who live in glass houses ?

Tactless not actress

@Smileless2012, then it will be good for the person who made the comment to be named and have a chance to explain the context. Better yet he/she should come forward. If the comment was badly made, own up to it. If not, explain. If there was truly no comment made, then Harry can name the person and the person can sue.

Grany

Peasblossom

It was an aide who told the Queen that an ambassador she was about to meet was “a gorilla”.

He was a white, gangly American with an unfortunate gait.

In assuming he was black rather shows your racist tendencies I’m afraid.

In the film about the RF which queen banned. You can hear her talking to PP and Charles that the man looked like a gorilla I can show you a clip of the banned film from Republic YouTube channel to prove it actually.

Well bully for you. Honestly my niece, yes niece, wondered if her baby’s skin would be light or dark, would they take after his daddy or her, wondered what colour baby’s eyes would be. Nothing racist whatsoever, just people being curious. Don’t tell me you never wondered what colour hair eyes etc your family’s baby’s would be. Want to know what real racism is, talk to my family member when he went to live outside his home country.