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All aboard, Meghan Markle! The new Duchess Meghan of Sussex is getting a master’s-class lesson in her new royal job – from Queen Elizabeth II, no less – with an invitation to board The Royal Train for a day of solo engagement­s with Her Majesty in Cheshire.

After an overnight rail trip Wednesday, the 92-year-old monarch and her 36-year-old granddaugh­terin-law arrived in northwest England, 165 miles from London, with a variety of typical royal engagement­s: They opened a new bridge, visited a theater and had lunch with local big-wigs.

They were greeted by cheering crowds in the center of the city of Chester. There they joined the rest of Britain for a minute of silence to remember

‘Stranger’ star deletes Twitter account after slurs against her

“Stranger Things” actress Millie Bobby Brown has deleted her Twitter account after users posted memes depicting her as homophobic.

The memes featured photos of the 14-yearold with homophobic slurs. It is not clear why she was targeted. The actress’ publicist did not immediatel­y respond to an email seeking comment Thursday. Brown has been a supporter of LGBTQ rights and created a secondary Twitter account Milliestop­shate last summer that remains active.

Brown is set to return for the third season of the Netflix series.

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