It looks like it's all systems go for Harry and Meghan as the new year gets underway.
They released a holiday special later that month and their first series was expected last year but the airwaves have been silent since.
Queen travels to her country retreat. The Queen has made a special pilgrimage to her country home of Sandringham. A palace spokesperson told CNN she relocated on Sunday and is expected to stay at the sprawling 20,000-acre estate for the next few weeks. This means she is likely to be there for Accession Day -- the day she ascended the throne -- on February 6. The Queen's annual trip at Christmas, which usually involves immediate family, was canceled as a precaution amid concerns over the Omicron variant. She instead celebrated the holiday season at Windsor. (Reporting by CNN's Eleanor Pickston) Andrew demands trial by jury in Virginia Giuffre lawsuit. We've all been curious about how the Duke of York intends to address the civil suit against him in the US, and this week he gave us the strongest signal yet. Prince Andrew formally denied allegations that he sexually abused Virginia Giuffre, and demanded a jury trial, according to a legal filing Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. In the 11-page filing, Andrew's lawyers responded paragraph-by-paragraph to the allegations in Giuffre's lawsuit. "Prince Andrew denies that he was a co-conspirator of Epstein or that Epstein trafficked girls to him," his attorneys Andrew B. Brettler and Melissa Y. Lerner wrote. He also denied he was a "close friend" of Ghislaine Maxwell or that he became a "frequent guest" in Epstein's homes around the world. On other points, the attorneys wrote that the prince "lacks sufficient information to admit or deny the allegations." Giuffre's attorney, David Boies, said in a statement that they looked forward to a trial. Read more on this story here. Court to hear legal challenge over Prince Philip's will. The UK Court of Appeal will hear a fresh legal challenge from the Guardian newspaper over Prince Philip's will. We told you a few months back that the paper wanted to take action over the media's exclusion from a private hearing on the Duke of Edinburgh's will, after which the document was sealed for 90 years. The media wasn't told of the July hearing or permitted to attend, with the public interest represented by the attorney general. A Guardian News & Media spokesperson previously told us in an emailed statement that the High Court's decision to block the media was "a clear threat to the principles of open justice." This week, Lady Justice King gave her permission and said: "There is a real prospect of the applicant succeeding on the ground that the High Court erred in law in denying the media an opportunity to make submissions, or at least to attend and hear submissions, as to whether the substantive application to seal the will of His Late Royal Highness, The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh should be heard in private." A court date has not yet been set.
The Prince Andrew High School in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is getting a new name as the sex abuse civil case against the British royal moves forward in the US. "We are changing the name to move in a different direction due to the negative reports about Prince Andrew," school principal Craig Campbell told CNN in an email. "We hope to build our identity as a positive, supportive school community with a name to match." Local residents will have a chance to submit name suggestions to a six-person renaming committee that includes students, staff and community members. Get the whole story.
Prince Charles appeared visibly moved while speaking with Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert as she showed him her concentration camp tattoo earlier this week. The Prince of Wales commissioned seven portraits of some of Britain's remaining Holocaust survivors for a new Buckingham Palace exhibition. Attending the unveiling at The Queen's Gallery on Monday, Charles, who is patron of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, spoke with several sitters.
Prince William checks out the new BAFTA HQ. Prince William took in a tour of the newly refurbished British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) building on Thursday. He spoke to BAFTA bursary and scholarship recipients, as well as participants in the charity's mentoring program. The Duke of Cambridge has been the president of BAFTA since 2010 and the new headquarters will support more than 80,000 people to develop their creative arts careers, according to the charity. (Writing by CNN's Jeevan Ravindran) Kate visits charity as it marks milestone moment. It was a memorable week for mental health service Shout. The text-messaging platform marked reaching over a million conversations with those in need by welcoming a special royal guest. Catherine, along with Prince William and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, launched the 24/7 free text service through their Heads Together campaign back in 2019. During her visit on Wednesday, Kate expressed gratitude to clinical supervisors, volunteers and fundraisers for their work, which has seen usage on its platform increase by 140% since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. She joined a live demonstration before speaking directly with volunteers about their experiences of supporting people struggling to cope. Chanel sends princess on horseback down the runway in Paris. The French fashion house unveiled its latest collection in dramatic style at Haute Couture Week in Paris -- by sending a real-life princess down the runway on horseback. To the surprise of guests at the Grand Palais Éphémère, it opened Tuesday's show with the help of Prince Albert of Monaco's niece, Charlotte Casiraghi, who is also a competitive showjumper. Wearing a sequined Chanel jacket and black helmet, Casiraghi emerged on horseback, trotting down the catwalk accompanied by a live performance from musician Sébastien Tellier. Find out more here.
"All of you who work in the field of domestic abuse would be the first to say that you look forward to the day when your service is no longer needed. Today, then, we are marking rather than celebrating your fiftieth anniversary. Let us use it as a milestone to galvanize and inspire us all towards a world where women and children can live in safety, free from fear."
– The Duchess of Cornwall shares her hope for a future where all are free from domestic abuse Camilla paid tribute to domestic violence charity Refuge on its 50-year anniversary, following a visit to the organization's very first shelter, which opened in Chiswick, west London back in 1971. Marking the developments in service provision for survivors in the decades since, Camilla said she remembered "how different life was for women and, above all, for women living with abuse" who were "prisoners in their own homes; held captive by the one person they should have been able to trust." The duchess also said Refuge had brought domestic abuse "into the national consciousness" before sharing her hope the problem would one day be entirely eradicated.
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