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■ Meghan Markle skipped the coronation of her father-in-law, King Charles III, last week because she wanted to “protect her peace,” according to biographer Omid Scobie. Markle opted to stay home in Montecito, Calif., to celebrate the fourth birthday of her son, Prince Archie, while her husband, Prince Harry, made a brief appearance at the ceremony in London. Harry, who saw many family members for the first time since the publication of his explosive memoir, was seated in the third row at Westminster Abbey, next to his uncles Prince Edward and Prince Andrew. Hours after the service, Harry caught a British Airways flight to California in time for Archie’s birthday. Scobie said Markle knew that if she attended, “the spotlight” would be on her—stirring up more resentment among the royals and the British public.

■ Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson announced this week that he’s launching a show on Twitter, which he called “the last big” platform in the world that allows free speech. Carlson, 53, said the Twitter show would be like his prime-time program on Fox, which averaged 3 million nightly viewers. Carlson was fired last month soon after Fox’s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. Carlson is still under contract with Fox, which reportedly may seek to block him from bringing his show to Twitter. In a letter from his attorneys, Carlson accused Fox of breaking promises, fraud, and breach of contract, signaling a possible lawsuit.

■ Actor Richard Dreyfuss said last week that the new diversity requirements to win the Academy Award for Best Picture are “patronizing” and “make me vomit.” Beginning next year, films can only be nominated for Best Picture if they meet one of three criteria designed to boost the “on-screen representation” of women, nonwhite, and LGBTQ actors. “This is an art form,” said Dreyfuss, 75. “No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is.”