Princess Diana would have handled the conflict between William and Harry
Princess Diana would have assisted her sons Prince William and Prince Harry in resolving their problems.
Ken considered how the mother-of-two would have handled her sons’ differences.
Ken has collaborated with author Ros Coward.
According to her former bodyguard Ken Wharfe, Princess Diana would have assisted her sons Prince William and Prince Harry in resolving their problems.
Writing exclusively for the magazine, Ken considered how the mother-of-two would have handled her sons’ differences. Ken has collaborated with author Ros Coward to write Diana: Remembering the Princess ahead of her 25th death anniversary this month.
Her goal was to improve the lives of those who were in need, Ken writes.
“Regarding the conflict between William and Harry, Diana would have filled the position of the close relative who generally steps in to offer guidance when two siblings argue. She would have been able to relate to the issues brought up and assist her sons in resolving them, all the while giving Harry the guidance he appears to be lacking at the moment.” Without a doubt, she would have cherished their interactions with their wives and cherished time spent with her five grandchildren, Ken continued.
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Ken also considered the following as her 25th death anniversary approached: “Nobody was quite like Diana. She is without a doubt the member of the royal family with the most charisma that I have ever encountered. I saw the things she accomplished, the difficulties she overcame, and her compassion and charity during my time with her.” My main responsibility was to keep her safe, but I was also there for her when she required assurance, the odd bit of counsel, or even a reassuring hug.
“This personal touch was unlike anything I had encountered in my 16 years of duty to the royal family, but it was Diana’s way of working and, for the first time in my life, I learned how vital it is to listen,” said the royal family employee.
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Travis and Gregory McMichael, already sentenced to life in prison for killing Ahmaud Arbery, were each given an additional life sentence Monday for federal hate-crime violations — and told they must serve their time in state prison, which they contend will be far more dangerous.
Amy Lee Copeland, Travis McMichael’s attorney, said in U.S. District Court in Brunswick, Ga., that her client has received hundreds of threats and faces “an effective back-door death penalty”if he’s sent to Georgia state prison — a system Copeland noted is under federal investigation for alleged violent and deplorable conditions.
But Arbery’s family vehemently opposed allowing his killers to choose where they will be incarcerated, noting that the young Black man who was gunned down while jogging will never make choices about his life again.
"How can you ask for mercy? You didn’t give my boy no mercy,” Marcus Arbery said as he asked U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to hand down the “stiffest penalty that the court allows.”
The elder Arbery called his son, who was 25 when he was killed, “the greatest sunshine of my life” and condemned his killers as “devils.”
Godbey Wood sentenced Travis McMichael, 36, to life in prison plus 10 years, and his father, Gregory McMichael, 66, to life in prison plus seven years. They were convicted in federal court in February of attempted kidnapping, a weapons violation and violently interfering with Arbery’s right to use a public street because he was Black.
The federal jury found their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, 52, guilty of attempted kidnapping and violently interfering with Arbery’s right to use a public street because he was Black; he is scheduled to be sentenced later Monday.
The men, all White, already face life sentences on state murder charges following their November 2021 convictions, with no possibility of parole for the McMichaels.
Godbey Wood said the state sentence had custodial priority for the McMichaels, since they were convicted and sentenced in state court before the federal trial. That means the father and son will likely spend the rest of their lives in state prison. They have two weeks to appeal.
In court filings, Gregory McMichael raised safety concerns similar to his son’s in seeking to serve his time in a federal facility, which tend to have better amenities, including healthcare. Bryan has argued he deserves a lesser sentence than his neighbors in part because, unlike them, he was not armed when he pursued Arbery.
The Post's Hannah Knowles recaps the trial of Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William "Roddy" Bryan, who were convicted in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. (Video: Joshua Carroll, Allie Caren/The Washington Post)
Addressing the court on Monday, the elder McMichael apologized to his son, saying he should have “never put him in that situation” of shooting Arbery. He also apologized to his wife and thanked her for standing by him. “You are a better wife than I deserve,” he said.
Speaking to Arbery’s family, the elder McMichael said: “I’m sure that my words mean very little to you, but I want to assure you I never wanted any of this to happen. There was no malice in my heart and my son’s heart today.”
Travis McMichael declined to speak in during his sentencing hearing. In seeking an order that he serve his sentence in federal prison, Copeland, his lawyer, said she understood “the rich irony ... of expressing that my client will face vigilante justice himself.”
Arbery, an avid jogger, was out for a run when the McMichaels and Bryan chased him in pickup trucks and then killed him in Satilla Shores, Ga., on Feb. 23, 2020, in an attack widely described as a “modern-day lynching.” The case drew little national attention until video of the shooting was released that May. It then became part of the broader national debate over racial injustice spurred by the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police that same month, and the police killing earlier in the year of Breonna Taylor.
Prosecutors offered a plea deal to the McMichaels before the federal trial: The father and son, who had both denied in their state murder trial that race was a factor in their actions, would have to admit under oath that they killed Arbery because he was Black. In exchange, they would serve 30 years in federal prison.
“Granting these men their preferred conditions of confinement will defeat me,” Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, said in court in January. “It gives them one last chance to spit in my face after murdering my son.”
Arbery’s family tearfully renewed their appeal Monday.
“If they had left him alone that day, they would have been fine. But they tortured him,” Kimberly Arbery, Ahmaud’s aunt, said of her slain nephew. “Give these people what they deserve.”
Another aunt, Ruby Arbery, said Gregory McMichael failed his son by participating in the chasing and killing of Arbery.
“Seems like a generational curse: like father, like son,” she said. “I don’t want them to have an easy life, because we will never have an easy life again. If they could bring Ahmaud back, they could have an easy life. But they chose to take a life, so they don’t deserve an easy life.
Outside the courthouse, Arbery’s supporters gathered for a prayer vigil. Arbery’s family was accompanied by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a longtime civil rights leader, as well as their attorney, Lee Merritt.
Leigh McMichael, Gregory McMichael’s wife, was also photographed at the courthouse.
Prince William warned about youth turning against monarchy
The Duke of Cambridge was booed in a pub in Sheffield following England’s Euro 2016 win.
Newsweek’s Jack Royston and Kristen Meinzer said backlash could affect The Firm in future.
“They kind of saw William as a privileged aristocrat who doesn’t have the problems that they have”.
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The Duke of Cambridge was supposedly booed in a bar in Sheffield when he showed up in the tilt following England’s success against Germany.
Responding to the occurrence on The Royal Report digital recording, Newsweek’s Jack Royston and Kristen Meinzer said that kickback could influence The Firm in future.
“A pub in Sheffield booed [William] when he came on screen,” Royston made sense of.
“I was messaging with one of the people who was in the pub at the time who said basically it was an anti-establishment feeling and that Prince William basically is seen as a symbol of the establishment.”
“So this is the second time in several months that this has happened to William,” Royston told Meinzer, “suggesting a conversation starter for William: how truly does he need to take this?
“Is this going to be a big recurring problem for him or can he just shrug it off?”
“The particular fan that I spoke to said ‘we’re going through a cost of living crisis, people are struggling to pay their bills’…and they kind of saw William as a privileged aristocrat who doesn’t have the problems that they have.”
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Anton Mzimba was shot and killed on Tuesday.
Mzimba was a park ranger and head of services at Timbavati Private Nature Reserve.
Prince William, who met with Mzimba last year, has demanded "justice" for the "wildlife warrior".
Prince William has released a statement following news of Anton Mzimba's death.
Mzimba, head of services at Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, was hailed as a "wildlife warrior", fighting off poachers at the reserve where he worked for over 25 years.
He was shot and killed on Tuesday. Further details around his death are unknown.
Head of Ranger at Timbavati, Anton Mzimba, was shot and killed outside of his home last night. This follows recent death threats and highlights the daily threat facing Rangers. Our deepest condolences to Anton’s loved ones and co-workers at this difficult time pic.twitter.com/fRayloiFjB
The Duke of Cambridge met with Mzimba via Zoom last year when they learnt about a new device to combat ivory smugglers.
"This is a very well-organised crime. It involves local people. But, down the line, it goes across the border of the country," Mzimba told the prince, per People.
I’m deeply saddened to learn of the killing of Anton Mzimba who I spoke to in November. Committed and brave, rangers like Anton are central to the conservation of Africa’s fantastic wildlife. Those responsible must swiftly be brought to justice. My thoughts are with his family. W
— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) July 27, 2022
In a personal statement, Prince William said on Wednesday: "I'm deeply saddened to learn of the killing of Anton Mzimba who I spoke to in November. Committed and brave, rangers like Anton are central to the conservation of Africa's fantastic wildlife.
"Those responsible must swiftly be brought to justice. My thoughts are with his family."
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