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FILE - Prince Charles and Princess Diana escort their children William, left, and Harry, right, onto the Royal stand as VJ-Day commemorations got underway at Buckingham Palace in London, Saturday Aug. 19, 1995. Prince Harry alleged Thursday, March 21, 2024, that the publisher of The Sun tabloid unlawfully intercepted phone calls of his late mother, Princess Diana, and father, now King Charles III, as he sought to expand his privacy invasion lawsuit against News Group Newspapers. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Arzt, File)

Prince Harry says tabloids intercepted phone calls of mother, the late Princess Diana, and father

Prince Harry alleges that the publisher of The Sun tabloid unlawfully intercepted phone calls of his late mother, Princess Diana, and father, now King Charles III.

FILE - Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive to attend the Christmas day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham in Norfolk, England, Dec. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

As a frenzy of speculation grips the royal family, a look at recent events that have fueled rumors

FILE - Britain's Prince Harry leaves the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, on March 30, 2023. Prince Harry's lawyer says the cover-up of unlawful information gathering at British tabloids owned by Rupert Murdoch went all the way to the top. Attorney David Sherborne said Wednesday, March 20, 2024 in the High Court that Murdoch was among the executives at News Group Newspapers aware of skullduggery carried out by journalists and private investigators working for the now-defunct News of the World, and The Sun. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Prince Harry’s lawyer implicates Rupert Murdoch in cover-up of unlawful snooping by his tabloids

FILE - A general view of The London Clinic where Kate, Princess of Wales is recovering from surgery, in London, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. A British privacy watchdog said Wednesday, March 20, 2024, it is looking into a report that staff at a private London hospital tried to access the Princess of Wales’ medical records while she was a patient for abdominal surgery. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Did UK hospital staff try to snoop on Kate’s medical records? A privacy watchdog is investigating

Kate, Princess of Wales, in London in November. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool )

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FILE.- A refugee fleeing the conflict from neighbouring Ukraine holds her baby as she sits in a tent at the Romanian-Ukrainian border, in Siret, Romania, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. As a woman photojournalist Andreea thinks "it is tougher as a woman in professions regarded as male territory but it's not at all hopeless: just a few generations ago, most professions were considered "men only," and that changed so drastically that it's hard to imagine times like that ever existed."(AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru,File)

An AP photographer on what motivates her as a woman in her profession

Andreea Alexandru, a photographer with The Associated Press based in Bucharest, Romania, still faces comments from family members that her job is not one for a woman.

Britain's Prince William delivers a speech as he attends the Diana Legacy Awards, at the Science Museum in London, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The Prince met key staff and supporters of the Diana Award, and heard about the recipients' work. (Arthur Edwards/Pool Photo via AP)

Oceans apart, William and Harry both salute Princess Diana’s legacy at an awards ceremony

Prince William and Prince Harry both took part in an awards ceremony in honor of their late mother Princess Diana.

Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex walks onstage for the keynote "Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen" on the first day of the South by Southwest Conference on Friday, March 8, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, returns to Instagram to tease new food, cookbook, cutlery brand

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has returned to Instagram to tease a new brand that records show could feature jams, household items, cookbooks and cutlery.

King Harald leaves Rikshospitalet in Oslo, where he has been hospitalized and implanted a pacemaker, Thursday, March 14, 2024. (Rodrigo Freitas/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Europe’s oldest monarch, Norway’s King Harald is discharged from hospital after getting a pacemaker

Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, who received a permanent pacemaker earlier this week, has been discharged from the hospital,.

FILE - Kate Middleton arrives for her wedding with Britain's Prince William at Westminster Abbey at the Royal Wedding in London Friday, April 29, 2011. Attention on Princess Kate has reached levels not seen since she married Prince William in a fairy-tale wedding in 2011. An admission from Kate that she altered an official family photo triggered a backlash. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer, File)

Kate’s been the reliable face of a modern monarchy. Now she’s at the center of a media backlash

Attention on Princess Kate has reached levels not seen since she married Prince William in a fairy-tale wedding in 2011.

FILE - Kate, Princess of Wales, departs Westminster Abbey after the coronation ceremony in London, May 6, 2023. The scandal over Kate, Princess of Wales’ family snapshot — dubbed “photogate” — is a new chapter in the thorny relationship between the media and Britain’s royal family. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Delete a background? Easy. Smooth out a face? Seamless. Digital photo manipulation is now mainstream

“Pics, or it didn’t happen” has been a common refrain when seeking proof that someone’s story or some event actually took place.

FILE - Kate, Princess of Wales, departs Westminster Abbey after the coronation ceremony in London, May 6, 2023. The scandal over Kate, Princess of Wales’ family snapshot — dubbed “photogate” — is a new chapter in the thorny relationship between the media and Britain’s royal family. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Kate’s photo scandal shows how hard it is for the UK monarchy to control its narrative

The scandal over Kate, Princess of Wales’ family snapshot is a new chapter in the thorny relationship between the media and Britain’s royal family.

Kate, Princess of Wales, in London in November. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool )

The palace hoped a photo of Kate, Princess of Wales, would calm speculation. But it had the opposite effect

The Princess of Wales has apologized for “confusion” caused by her altering of a family photo released by the palace.

FILE - A dog walker passes Kensington Palace in London, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. The first official photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since she underwent abdominal surgery nearly two months earlier, was pulled from circulation by The Associated Press and several other news organizations, Sunday, March 10, 2024, because the image appeared to have been manipulated. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Why the AP retracted the first official photo of the Princess of Wales since her abdominal surgery

The first official photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since she underwent abdominal surgery nearly two months ago was pulled from circulation by The Associated Press and other news organizations because it appeared to have been manipulated.

FILE - A view of Kensington Palace in London, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. The first official photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since her abdominal surgery nearly two months ago was issued Sunday after weeks of speculation about her whereabouts. But The Associated Press and other news agencies later retracted it from publication because it appeared to have been manipulated, fueling more conjecture. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

First photo of Princess of Wales since her surgery is retracted because image appeared manipulated

The first official photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since her abdominal surgery nearly two months ago was issued Sunday after weeks of speculation about her whereabouts.

FILE - Storage tanks are seen at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 21, 2021. Saudi oil giant Aramco reported Sunday, March 10, 2024 a $121 billion profit last year, down from its 2022 record due to lower energy prices. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Saudi oil giant Aramco announces $121 billion profit last year, down from 2022 record

Saudi oil giant Aramco says it made $121 billion profit last year, down from its 2022 record due to lower energy prices.

Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, Katie Couric, Brooke Shields and Nancy Wang Yuen take part in the keynote "Breaking Barrier, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen" on the first day of the South by Southwest Conference on Friday, March 8, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)

Duchess of Sussex, others on SXSW panel discuss issues affecting women and mothers

A panel featuring Meghan the Duchess of Sussex came together on International Women’s Day to discuss how women and mothers are portrayed in traditional media and across social media, among other issues.

FILE - Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Aramco and stock market officials celebrate the debut of Aramco's initial public offering on the Riyadh Stock Market, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 11, 2019. Saudi Arabia's crown prince transferred another 8% of shares in the kingdom's oil giant Saudi Aramco to the country's prominent sovereign wealth fund Thursday, March 7, 2024, shares worth some $160 billion. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince transfers another 8% of Aramco shares to sovereign wealth fund

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has transferred another 8% of shares in the kingdom’s oil giant Saudi Aramco to the country’s prominent sovereign wealth fund.

Britain's Kate, the Princess of Wales, Patron of The Forward Trust visits HMP High Down in Sutton, England, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, to learn about how the charity is supporting those in the criminal justice system to manage and recover from their addictions. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool, File)

UK government says Kate to appear in June for a ceremony. But the announcement has caused confusion

Britain’s government appears to have made an embarrassing mistake after it advertised that Kate, the Princess of Wales, will attend a Trooping the Color ceremony in June, apparently before consulting palace officials.

Norwegian Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Crown Princess Mette-Marit leave the Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, where King Harald is admitted, in Oslo, Norway. Monday March 4, 2024. (Terje Bendiksby/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Norwegian King Harald V’s health is improving but he’ll need a permanent pacemaker, palace says

The Norwegian royal palace says King Harald V’s health is improving but that he’ll need a permanent pacemaker after falling ill during a trip to Malaysia.

FILE - King Harald V of Norway leaves the Notre Dame cathedral after attending at the funeral of the Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, in Luxembourg, on May 4, 2019. Norwegian royal officials say that King Harald V of Norway has been hospitalized with an infection while on vacation in Malaysia. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Norway’s hospitalized king gets a pacemaker in Malaysia after falling ill during vacation

The royal house of Norway says King Harald has been implanted with a temporary pacemaker at a hospital in Malaysia’s resort island of Langkawi.

FILE - Britain's Prince Harry leaves the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Prince Harry scored a tactical victory in his battles with British tabloids Friday, March 1, 2024, when government ministers said he could use confidential documents that show payments by the publisher of the Daily Mail to private investigators who allegedly snooped on him and several celebrities. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Prince Harry gets OK to use key evidence in phone hacking case against Daily Mail publisher

Prince Harry has scored a tactical victory in his battles with British tabloids. Government ministers on Friday said he could use confidential documents that show payments by the publisher of the Daily Mail to private investigators who allegedly snooped on him and several celebrities.

Britain's Prince William, the Prince of Wales wears a kippah as he visits the Western Marble Arch Synagogue in London, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP)

Prince William condemns antisemitism during visit to London synagogue

Prince William has condemned antisemitism during a visit to a London synagogue, the first time he appeared in public after he unexpectedly pulled out of a royal event earlier in the week.

FILE - Britain's Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, waves during the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at Circuit of the Americas, on Oct. 22, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Prince Harry was not improperly stripped of his publicly funded security detail during visits to Britain after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the U.S., a London judge ruled Wednesday Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Nick Didlick, File)

Prince Harry loses a court challenge over being stripped of a UK security detail. He plans to appeal

A London judge has ruled that Prince Harry was not improperly stripped of his publicly funded security detail during visits to Britain after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the U.S.

FILE - King Harald V of Norway leaves the Notre Dame cathedral after attending at the funeral of the Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, in Luxembourg, on May 4, 2019. Norwegian royal officials say that King Harald V of Norway has been hospitalized with an infection while on vacation in Malaysia. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

King Harald V of Norway has been hospitalized with an infection while on vacation in Malaysia

Norwegian royal officials say that King Harald V of Norway has been hospitalized with an infection while on vacation in Malaysia.

FILE - Britain's Prince William, The Prince of Wales, listens as he visits the British Red Cross at its headquarters in London, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Kensington Palace says Britain's Prince William has pulled out of attending a memorial service for his godfather, the late King Constantine of Greece, because of a personal matter. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool, File)

UK’s Prince William pulls out of memorial service for his godfather because of ‘personal matter’

Kensington Palace says Britain’s Prince William has pulled out of attending a memorial service for his godfather, the late King Constantine of Greece, because of a personal matter.

FILE - Cambodian former Prime Minister Hun Sen, foreground, of ruling Cambodian People's Party, shows off a ballot paper before voting for senate election at Takhmau polling station in Kandal province, southeast of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. The National Election Committee on Monday, Feb. 26, began releasing results by constituency, after earlier announcing that according to a provisional overall count, the Cambodian People’s Party won 55 of the 58 seats that were contested on Sunday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

Cambodia’s ruling party wins Senate election, paving the way for Hun Sen to act as its president

The long-ruling Cambodian People’s Party has won its expected landslide victory in the election for the country’s Senate.

FILE - Cambodian former Prime Minister Hun Sen, foreground, of ruling Cambodian People's Party, shows off a ballot paper before voting for senate election at Takhmau polling station in Kandal province, southeast of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. The National Election Committee on Monday, Feb. 26, began releasing results by constituency, after earlier announcing that according to a provisional overall count, the Cambodian People’s Party won 55 of the 58 seats that were contested on Sunday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

Cambodia’s ruling party wins Senate election, paving the way for Hun Sen to act as its president

The long-ruling Cambodian People’s Party has won its expected landslide victory in the election for the country’s Senate.

Mourners follow the flag-draped coffin of the late Namibian President Hage Geingob during his funeral service in Windhoek, Namibia, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Esther Mbathera)

Namibian President Hage Geingob laid to rest at Heroes’ Acre cemetery after state funeral

Namibian President Hage Geingob has been laid to rest in the country’s Heroes’ Acre cemetery following a state funeral attended by African leaders, the German president and Princess Anne, the sister of Britain’s King Charles III.

King Charles III, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shake hands during their meeting at Buckingham Palace, London, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP)

King says he’s “reduced to tears’’ by good wishes from public since his cancer diagnosis

King Charles III says he has been reduced to tears by the messages he has received from people around the country since his cancer diagnosis.

Britain's Prince William, The Prince of Wales, listens as he visits the British Red Cross at its headquarters in London, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. The Prince of Wales undertakes engagements which recognise the human suffering caused by the ongoing war in the Middle East and the subsequent conflict in Gaza, as well as the rise of antisemitism around the world. The Red Cross are providing humanitarian aid in the region via the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, including Magen David Adom in Israel and the Palestine Red Crescent Society. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool)

The UK’s Prince William appeals for an end to the fighting in Gaza as soon as possible

Prince William, the heir to the British throne, has called for an end to fighting in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible.

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, walk together after Harry slid down the track on a skeleton sled a second time while attending an Invictus Games training camp, in Whistler, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

Prince Harry says he jumped on a plane to London after learning of King Charles III’s cancer

Prince Harry says he immediately arranged to go to London after his father, King Charles III, called to tell him he had cancer.

FILE - Britain's Queen Camilla leaves Westminster Abbey following her coronation ceremony, in London, Saturday, May 6, 2023. Queen Camilla, once seen as the scourge of the House of Windsor, the woman at the heart of King Charles III’s doomed marriage to the late Princess Diana, has emerged as one of the monarchy’s most prominent emissaries. With Charles and the Princess of Wales sidelined by illness, Camilla has stepped lightly into the void, increasing her schedule of appearances and taking on the all-important role of keeping the royal family firmly in the public eye — of being seen. (Toby Melville, Pool via AP, File)

Queen Camilla, once shunned by British public, comes to the rescue as Charles is treated for cancer

What a difference a few decades can make. Queen Camilla was once seen as the scourge of the House of Windsor.

FILE - Jared Kushner listens as former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. Kushner defended on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, his business dealings after leaving government with the Saudi crown prince who was implicated in the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Jared Kushner, former Trump adviser, defends business dealings with Saudi Arabia

Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s former White House adviser and his son-in-law, is defending his business dealings with the Saudi crown prince after leaving the U.S. government.

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla leave after attending a Sunday church service at St Mary Magdalene Church, in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (PA via AP)

UK’s King Charles III attends church for first time since revealing he has cancer

King Charles III cheerfully waved to well-wishers on Sunday as he left church services near his country estate in eastern England, making his first public appearance since his cancer diagnosis was announced last week.