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Washington (AFP) - The picture was meant to douse speculation about the whereabouts and health of Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, but instead her manipulated image unleashed a torrent of internet-breaking rumors and conspiracy theories. The storm in the royal tea pot erupted after Kate, 42, on Monday apologized and admitted to editing a palace-issued photograph of herself with her three children after the altered image was withdrawn by news agencies including AFP. The fiasco gave way to a fresh swirl of speculation about the British royal -- dubbed online as "Katespiracy" -- laying bar......

London (AFP) - Buckingham Palace is considering its next move after a British TV host named two royals who allegedly raised concerns about the skin colour of Prince Harry's son, a royal source said Thursday. Speculation has swirled since Harry and his mixed-race wife Meghan made the claims in an explosive US television interview about their time in the royal family in March 2021. Harry's late grandmother Queen Elizabeth II responded afterwards that "some recollections may vary" about what was said. His older brother Prince William -- heir to their father King Charles III -- has also insisted t......

London (AFP) - After months of anticipation and a sustained publicity blitz, Prince Harry's autobiography "Spare" finally went on sale in his native UK on Tuesday, threatening more embarrassment for the royal family. Some UK stores opened late for the midnight release of the biggest royal book since Harry's mother Princess Diana collaborated with Andrew Morton for "Diana: Her True Story" in 1992. The publication has been accompanied by four television interviews in the UK and the United States, where he now lives with wife Meghan. But the contents of Harry's ghost-written memoir, which will be......

London (AFP) - Prince Harry will discuss his memoirs in television interviews Sunday after the book's explosive revelations about royal rifts, sex and drugs cast doubt on his future in the British royal family. The 38-year-old prince's ghost-written book "Spare" was widely leaked after it mistakenly went on sale in Spain ahead of the official publication date Tuesday. Details include an allegation his brother Prince William, the heir to the throne, attacked him during a row about his wife Meghan; an account of how he lost his virginity; an admission of drug use; and a claim he killed 25 people......

New York (AFP) - Britain's Prince Harry recounts in his new book how he was physically "attacked" by his older brother Prince William during an argument in 2019, the Guardian reported Wednesday.  According to the newspaper, the story of the incident appears in Harry's new memoir "Spare," which is due to be released later this month amid an ongoing row within the British royal family.  Harry, 38, writes that during a disagreement in the kitchen of his London home, William called his wife Meghan Markle "difficult," "rude" and "abrasive," before tackling him to the ground as the pair continued to......

Boston (AFP) - US President Joe Biden met briefly Friday with Britain's Prince William in Boston where the two quickly hit on the most British of conversation topics -- the bad weather. As the heir to Britain's throne strode up outside the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum without an overcoat, Biden remarked that it was "freezing." Prince William chuckled and later could be heard informing the president that "when we got in Wednesday, it was pouring with rain." The less than hour-long meeting took place while Prince William was in Boston with his wife Kate for their Earthshot Prize Awards cer......