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Charles forbids Meghan from selling jam during UK visit in latest brutal blow to ex-royal

Sky News Australia

July 2, 2026

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Sky News Lifestyle Reporter Chloe Walker weighs in on the rules Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been given ahead of their upcoming trip to the UK. “These rules that they have agreed to, they’re quite interesting … one of the rules is that they are not to film any of the private meetings that they have with any of the Royal Family,” Ms Walker told Sky News host James Morrow. “Another rule is that it’s not a commercial trip at all, so there’ll be no selling of jam and no keynote speeches from Harry during this trip … no shenanigans.”

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