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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle won’t be keeping a hape of wedding gifts
When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tied the knot last month, the couple were (unsurprisingly) inundated with gifts from numerous companies and businesses – almost €8,000,000 worth, but who’s counting?
And they won’t be keeping a solitary thing.
Royal protocol states that members of the Royal Family are not entitled to keep gifts if it puts them under any obligation.
Gifts offered by private individuals living in the UK not personally known to the Member of the Royal Family should be refused where there are concerns about the propriety or motives of the donor or the gift itself.
In other words, if companies are hoping to grab themselves a little publicity off the gift, that’s a no go.
When gifts are accepted, the consent of the Member of the Royal Family should be contingent upon the enterprise undertaking not to exploit the gift for commercial purposes.
However, if the gift is a souvenir from an official visit, different rules apply.
Prior to the couple’s wedding on May 18th, they requested that guests make a donation to one of seven charities of their choice: CHIVA, Crisis, Myna Mahalia Foundation, Scotty’s Little Soldiers, StreetGames, Surfers Against Sewage, and The Wilderness Foundation UK.
Bella hasn’t had surgery and she’s more than happy to prove it
Bella Hadid is done with the rumours, lads.
The 21-year-old has been the subject of intense speculation in recent times, with focus on the possibility that the model has had facial surgery.
And she’s not having it.
The Victoria’s Secret Angel spoke to Instyle and insisted that if a scan of her face is what it takes to quash the rumours, then she’s here for it.
People think I got all this surgery or did this or that. And you know what? We can do a scan of my face, darling.
Hammering the point home, Bella implied she doesn’t see surgery in her future either.
I’m scared of putting fillers into my lips. I wouldn’t want to mess up my face.
Well, that’s us told.
Blur’s Damon Albarn turned down a collab with Prince because he wouldn’t let him smoke
The frontman of one of the 90s biggest bands has revealed he let a serious opportunity slip through his fingers when he pied Prince’s offer of a collaboration back in the day.
Speaking to Radio X, Damon confirmed it all came down to a packet of smokes.
Setting the scene, he said:
I’d done a gig in Minneapolis and I was invited to go and play with Prince so to speak.
Then he heard that Prince is pretty particular when it comes to smoking in his house – something Damon couldn’t get his head around.
And you know, I was having a drink and a fag — I don’t actually smoke anymore as I knocked that one on the head — and I was just like… If you can’t be who you are.
As far as Damon is concerned, Prince could have smoked as many fags as he wanted around his gaf, so he stands by his decision to this day.
If I’ve invited someone, they’re my guest and there aren’t any conditions like that. And anyway, it’s like I could go and have a cigarette outside if I needed it. You know, I’d be fucking excited and how could I not fucking go mad if I’m with Prince? So I’d rather not do it and not get pissed off with the whole thing. It’s one of those could’ve beens. I’ve got a few of those.
Nope, fail.
And in the rest of the day’s dirt
- Amanda Holden tried to jock David Walliams on last night’s Britain’s Got More Talent. As you do. (thesun.co.uk)
- Rumour has it that Halle Berry and Keanu Reeves are shifting. (eonline.com)
- Coronation Street’s Helen Flanagan has gotten engaged to Scott Sinclair. (mirror.co.uk)
