Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Harry: My therapy
Beatrice’s big day ‘to cost police £500k’ He tells banking fatcats about coping with the loss of Diana
PRINCE Harry has spoken about having therapy to help him cope with the death of his mother, Diana.
The Duke of Sussex opened up at his first paid event with Meghan – a banking summit.
The couple attended a JP Morgan conference in Miami at South Beach’s 1 Hotel, where rooms can cost £4,500 a night.
A source said that Harry, 35, “spoke about how he has been in therapy for the past few years to try to overcome the trauma of losing his mother”.
Meghan, 38, is said to have introduced her husband at the Alternative Investment Summit attended by billionaires.
The source added: “He talked about how the events of his childhood affected him and
THE Met Police and Home Office are due to clash over who will foot the possible £500,000 security bill for Princess Beatrice’s wedding.
Beatrice, 31, and millionaire property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 37, are to wed at Chapel Royal in St James’s Palace on May 29 and a Buckingham Palace reception will follow.
Security sources say the Met will pay for security via Royal
Protection funds but they can apply to the
Home Office for a
“special grant”.
But as the event is not likely to cost more than
1% of the Met’s annual budget, insiders say Scotland Yard will have to pick up the tab.
Dai Davies, former Head of Royal Security for the Met, said: “It needs to be policed as a medium to large-sized event for the safety of the guests and that he has been talking to a mental health professional.
“He also touched on Megxit, saying that while it has been very difficult, he doesn’t regret
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the public. Because it is split over two venues with royals travelling between them, with a crowd gathering on a nice spring day, extra layers of security and policing costs will start to mount, which could very easily turn into the hundreds of thousands.”
Graham Smith, of anti-monarchy group Republic, said: “After months of Beatrice’s father courting headlines for all the wrong reasons, you’d think they’d have had the good grace to realise that the public appetite for extravagance is wearing very thin.”
The Mirror understands that the Home Office is yet to receive a special grant application from the Met to help cover the security costs. A Home Office spokesman said:
“Any request for special grant funding will be carefully considered in line with the published guidance.”
Security for Princess Eugenie’s 2018 wedding cost taxpayers £2million. their decision to step down as senior royals because he wants to protect his family.
“He does not want Meghan and their son Archie to go through what he did as a child.”
The couple is reported to have stayed at the mansion of tennis star Serena Williams.
According to the New York Post, the source added they spoke to 425 people inside a marquee. It is believed they also dined with attendees.
Public relations experts estimated the gig earned them £400,000. PR boss Ronn Torossian, of 5WPR, said: “This event is a massive win for JP Morgan. How can any brand go wrong having them as speakers?
“There is no celebrity in the world hotter. They can earn up to £75million this year.”
Buckingham Palace and JP Morgan declined to comment.
Last night it was claimed the couple turned down an offer to present an award at tomorrow night’s Oscars in Los Angeles.