"On the show I do at home, "Loose Women," I'm like the only person who flies the Harry and Meghan flag," Welch says.
The television personality praised Markle for her human rights contributions.
"Remember she was in those rooms, a lot of them, you know, as a young black American woman, she had a big voice in UNICEF and the United Nations, she was in a lot of those rooms before Harry."
"She had a big voice in UNICEF and the United Nations, and was in a lot of those rooms before Harry," Welch said when praising Meghan. GC Images
"What has she really done? And every single day she is battered," Welch said about the criticism directed at Markle. Bravo
Welch says she has sympathy for Harry for his upbringing. "This is a boy who was forced at 12 years old to walk behind his mother's coffin. His dad had been unfaithful, and he grew up in that world."
"I think that for him to want to say his peace, is something quite admirable."
"What has she really done? And every single day she is battered," Welch said when reviewing the criticism directed at Markle.
Princess Diana was looking to get away from this getaway.
The royal family's summer holidays at Balmoral Castle were her "worst time," despite how much her husband, then-Prince Charles, enjoyed Scotland.
"I think from day one, she realized that that place was so full of ghosts from the past that she could never fit in as a modern woman," Paul Burrell, her former butler, recently told Marie Claire.
"She could never fit into that archaic world."
Princess Diana did not enjoy going to the Balmoral Castle like Prince Charles did. Getty Images
Charles and Diana in the grounds of Balmoral Castle, Scotland on their honeymoon in 1981. Getty Images
"Diana tried to please Charles, so her times at Balmoral were to please him," he went on.
"She wanted to fit in, she wanted to be loved, she wanted to be accepted, and that was all part of that acceptance," said Burrell, who also once served as Queen Elizabeth's butler.
Visiting the castle in Scotland was a royal tradition. Getty Images
"She could never understand why it wasn't more relaxed and informal," he said about the environment that modern woman Diana found "suffocating," with structured routines that "have never changed since Queen Victoria's time" in the 19th century.
"Breakfast is at nine o’clock. If you're down at 10, you've missed it," Burrell said. "Lunch is at 1 o’clock, you've got to be there. Tea is at five o'clock. You had to be there for a cup of tea. Dinner is at 8:15. Woe betide if you come downstairs dressed in the wrong thing, at the wrong time, for the wrong event, it's very, very formal."
"She wanted to come down for dinner in jeans."
"Diana tried to please Charles, so her times at Balmoral were to please him," Paul Burrell, Diana's former butler, said. Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images
"She wanted to fit in, she wanted to be loved, she wanted to be accepted, and that was all part of that acceptance," Burrell said about the late royal going on trips to Scotland to please others. UK Press via Getty Images
"I mean, going onto the hillside and killing a majestic beast, for instance, stalking, and then being smeared with its blood and having to come back to the castle blooded for the first time. She thought that was like something from a Victorian novel," Burrell said.
"And so, Diana considered Balmoral to be stuck in the past, in a world that didn't exist anymore, and she wasn't that person."
Prince Harry fears he will be banished from his homeland once his estranged brother, Prince William, becomes king, a prominent royal biographer has claimed.
The Duke of Sussex, 40, is said to have begun thinking about the future and is eager about mending bridges with his cancer-stricken father.
Earlier this month, his aides were seen meeting up with the monarch’s communications secretary for a top-secret meeting in London.
Prince Harry fears he will be banished from his homeland once his estranged brother, Prince William, becomes king, a prominent royal biographer has claimed. Getty Images
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave King Charles III a tree sapling during their Thursday meeting at Sandringham House in England.
During the meeting, Modi presented the monarch, 76, with a sapling of Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ -- also known as the Sonoma dove tree or handkerchief tree.
King Charles III and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shook hands in front of the tree sapling. via REUTERS
The leaders met after Britain and India signed a free trade agreement. via REUTERS
“During their time together, His Majesty was given a tree to be planted this Autumn, inspired by the environmental initiative launched by the Prime Minister, ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam,’ which encourages people to plant a tree in tribute to their mothers,” the Royal Family’s official X account shared.
The gesture was made under the Prime Minister’s touching initiative that encourages people to plant a tree in honor of their mothers.
Their meeting and gift exchange took place shortly after the free trade agreement was signed between the UK and India.
Princess Anne is reportedly annoyed at nephew Prince William, 43, for not doing more "bread-and-butter" royal engagements, according to The Sunday Times in a profile on King Charles' only sister.
On Tuesday, the princess, 74, hosted the monarchy's latest investiture ceremony, an event in which the royal family gifts insignias to honorable members of the public for their contributions to society.
At Tuesday's Windsor Castle ceremony, Princess Anne awarded English actress Sarah Lancashire with a medal.
Princess Anne and Sarah Lancashire during the investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. Alamy
About 30 investiture ceremonies are held every year, and only three royals are permitted to host these events: King Charles III, Princess Anne and Prince William. So far this year, Princess Anne has hosted 10 investiture ceremonies, while King Charles has held six and Prince William has done five.
"She's still doing most of the investitures [at Windsor] even though William lives there. It annoys her," a source told the Times.
Prince William (left) and Princess Anne (right) ride on horseback during the Trooping The Colour parade on June 14. Getty Images
Princess Anne was revealed to be the "hardest-working member" of the royal family in 2023, taking on more engagements than any other person in the Windsor clan.
And she doesn't plan on stopping her royal duties anytime soon.
"She has said her plan is to push on [with work] until she is 80, then start winding down a bit, and then copy the [late] Duke of Edinburgh and wind down completely at 90," a source told People.
Queen Camilla burst into laughter when a dedicated fan showed off his unusual tribute at the Sandringham Flower Show, a massive tattoo of her royal cypher on his thigh.
Queen Camilla reacts as she receives flowers from Phil Smith. REUTERS
Phil Smith shows his tattoos of Royal cyphers. REUTERS
Phil Smith, 61, from Northampton, rolled up his shorts to reveal the fresh ink to the Queen. "It bloody hurt," he told her, prompting her delighted reaction. The real surprise was when Camilla turned to one of her police officers and said, "Look, he's got one too!"
Smith has four royal tattoos on his left leg featuring the cyphers of Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles, and Queen Camilla. He's been writing to the Queen since before her marriage to the King and says she frequently responds.
"I just think she's fabulous," Smith said after meeting Camilla, who clearly recognized her loyal fan. The Queen found the tribute so amusing she told her security team, "It's catching on!"
Phil Smith, 61, from Northampton, rolled up his shorts to reveal the fresh ink to the Queen. REUTERS
The real surprise was when Camilla turned to one of her police officers and said, "Look, he's got one too!" Getty Images
"I just think she's fabulous," Smith said after meeting Camilla. Chris Radburn-Reuters/POOL supplied by Splash News / SplashNews.com
The encounter happened during the royal couple's annual visit to the popular Norfolk flower show – their final major public engagement before summer holidays.