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Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Will Perrett has been referred to by some within British Cycling as ‘the best track rider you’ve never heard of’ but is fast making sure people learn his name. The 26-year-old lit up the first of two nights of UCI Track Champions League action in London last weekend with a stunning scratch race victory, so far ahead he started celebrating more than a lap out. It was the latest standout result for a rider who was fifth in the points race on his World Championships debut in October, won the British Madison title alongside Mark Stewart in January, and made his Commonwealth Games debut in July. The rapid rise explains why, in August, Perrett quit his job and went all-in to try to force his way onto British Cycling’s podium programme. Recommended Charity boss speaks out over … [Read more...] about Will Perrett making his mark after going ‘all in’ to forge cycling career

Live Updates Prince Harry and Meghan Markle documentary is due to drop on Netflix after weeks of speculation over its contents. Trailers for Harry and Meghan landed on December 1 and December 5 and suggested the couple will tell an emotionally charged story about their experiences of the palace, family and media during royal life. Meghan could be seeing crying in several shots and photographers featured prominently. So too did Kate Middleton, who appeared in both teasers including alongside a headline from Life & Style magazine, which appeared to relate to a 2010 edition that described her as a "Princess in Crisis." In the first teaser, the shot cut from Meghan seemingly crying to Kate and Prince William staring at the camera as the sound of glass breaking was superimposed in the background. The show has already triggered a tidal wave of debate in Britain, where the front page of The Daily Express this morning read: "Stop this betrayal of our beloved … [Read more...] about Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Netflix live updates: ‘They are destroying us’

Piers Morgan on Monday lashed out at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry during an appearance on Fox & Friends . Morgan, a well-known broadcaster who hosts Piers Morgan Uncensored on Fox Nation, spoke with host Ainsley Earhardt about a report that an image in the trailer for the upcoming Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan allegedly uses a stock picture taken from a Harry Potter movie premiere. The image, which shows a group of photographers, was allegedly taken before the couple met. "This Harry Potter thing actually goes to the heart of where I think the problem lies with these two—emphasis on the word 'lies.' They just made this up," Morgan said. Morgan became more heated when he turned the discussion to Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana . "They use a lot of imagery of Princess Diana on what she had to go through and paparazzi. Let me tell you, I knew Diana well. I used to speak to her regularly, used to have lunch with her. She had 10 times the … [Read more...] about Piers Morgan calls Meghan Markle comparison to Princess Diana “disgraceful”

Meghan Markle's mother, Doria Ragland, has spoken out for the first time since her daughter started dating Prince Harry in 2016 as part of the royal couple's new Netflix docuseries, released on Thursday. Ragland, 66, appears in a sit-down interview as part of the series' second episode, telling interviewers that she is "ready to have my voice heard." When asked to introduce herself, Ragland told viewers: "My name is Doria and I am Meghan's mom, and the last five years has been challenging, yeah. I'm ready to have my voice heard that's for sure. A little bit of my experience you know, as her mom." As part of the episode, Ragland recounts the first time she heard about her daughter's relationship with Britain's Prince Harry following the couple's meeting in 2016. "When she told me, we were on the phone and she says, 'Mommy, I'm going out with Prince Harry,'" she said. "And I started whispering, 'Oh my god.' She says, 'You can't tell [anyone].'" On her first meeting with … [Read more...] about Meghan Markle’s mom says “I’m ready to have my voice heard” in docuseries

From the time of Meghan Markle 's engagement to Prince Harry in November 2017 to the 2022 Netflix docu-series detailing the couple's exit from the royal family, members of the press and public have been fascinated by the relationship between the Duchess of Sussex and her sister-in-law, Kate Middleton . Speculation over tensions between the two began to circulate in November 2018, just six months after the royal wedding, with reports that Meghan had made Kate cry in an argument over bridesmaids dresses. In March 2021, Meghan finally took the opportunity to settle the rumors in her own voice, telling Oprah Winfrey in her landmark TV interview that Kate had been the one to make her cry, and that an apology had been made that she accepted. Meghan closed the discussion about her sister-in-law by appealing to fans of both royals, saying: "If you love me, you don't have to hate her. And if you love her, you don't need to hate me." Here, Newsweek looks at what Kate has … [Read more...] about What Kate Middleton has said about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Prince Harry said Princess Diana "spoke the truth of her experience" during a controversial 1995 interview which Prince William has described as a "false narrative." Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan was released on Thursday, December 8, after a week of frenzied speculation about whether it would be critical of the monarchy. The first episode was full of candid behind the scenes footage of the couple with their young children Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor. However, Harry also discussed difficult aspects of his childhood, as he watched his mother being hounded by the media and faced shouted questions as a young boy from the media. The prince also gave his own take on Diana's famous 1995 interview with BBC Panorama , obtained by journalist Martin Bashir after he used falsified financial documents to make it look like her staff were against her. Harry said: "She felt compelled to talk about it. Especially in that Panorama interview. I think we all now … [Read more...] about Prince Harry says Diana spoke “truth” in tell-all Prince William slammed

Meghan Markle has recounted her first meeting with Kate Middleton and Prince William while she was dating Prince Harry , in an interview shown in her new Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan . As a TV actress who began dating the royal in 2016, Meghan discusses the challenges of press intrusion and fitting in with the royals during the second installment of the six-episode season, released as part of a multi-million-dollar content creation deal with Netflix . Discussing her early relationship with Harry in hindsight, Meghan told series viewers: "It's so funny if I look back at it now, because now I know so much and I'm so glad I didn't then. Because I could just authentically be myself without so much preparedness." On this theme, the duchess offered her first meeting with future brother- and sister-in-law, Prince William and Kate Middleton, as an example. "Even when Will and Kate came over and I met her for the first time, they came over for dinner and I was in … [Read more...] about Meghan Markle recounts first meeting with Kate Middleton while “barefoot”

Nikenike Vurobaravu presides over a tiny country with a large hand in climate diplomacy. Rising sea levels threaten the very existence of his Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu and its population of just over 300,000 people. Its best defense, he says, it to raise its voice creatively in international diplomatic talks. From Vanuatu in 1991 came the idea that industrialized countries should pay for the irreversible climate-induced damage faced by developing countries like his. Last month at the United Nations climate talks in Egypt, an agreement was reached — after 30 years of negotiations — to establish a fund that would help poor countries cope with climate loss and damage. Earlier this year Mr. Vurobaravu used the United Nations General Assembly podium to demand, for the first time, a fossil fuel “nonproliferation treaty .” Now, he is dangling Vanuatu’s most provocative suggestion yet. He wants the International Court of Justice, the world’s highest judicial body, based in The … [Read more...] about Tiny Vanuatu Uses Its ‘Unimportance’ to Launch Big Climate Ideas

The Cook Islands had given up on its dream of United Nations membership and, with it, greater autonomy and influence on the world stage. New Zealand, the country that once governed the small Pacific nation and still exercises power there, had rejected its repeated entreaties. But now that President Biden has provided a stamp of approval — with formal recognition for the Cook Islands at a summit of Pacific nations in September — the country of 18,000 people has shifted course, moving toward joining international bodies with renewed vigor. What began with Washington’s attempt to counter Chinese influence with America’s imprimatur has now prompted an apparent shift in New Zealand policy and created a project of something resembling separate nationhood for the Cook Islands, even as its residents remain New Zealand citizens. The Cook Islands’ prime minister, Mark Brown, said in an interview that the country now planned to apply for full membership in the International Monetary Fund … [Read more...] about U.S. Recognition of Tiny Pacific Country Reshapes Its New Zealand Ties

See the article in its original context from July 9, 1981 Section Page Buy Reprints View on timesmachine TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Vanuatu, a chain of 70-odd South Pacific islands, 150,000 acres of coconut palms and only 120,000 people, took its first step today toward becoming the 155th member of the United Nations. With the Security Council's approval of its application, the Vanuatu Government of Prime Minister Walter Lini, an Anglican priest, hopes that United Nations membership will heal the deep cultural … [Read more...] about VANUATU, NEW PACIFIC NATION, MOVING TOWARD SEAT AT U.N.