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King Felipe VI expressed deep indignation and concern over the migration crisis in Ceuta, prompting a sharp political debate between the Monarchy and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's government.
King Felipe
VI expressed deep indignation and concern over the migration crisis in Ceuta,
prompting a sharp political debate between the Monarchy and Prime Minister
Pedro Sánchez's government.
The Ceuta
Crisis and the King's Response
- The Trigger: Tensions flared after thousands
of migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish North African enclave of
Ceuta.
- The Royal Stance: Breaking a perceived initial
silence, King Felipe VI conveyed his "great concern and
indignation" through direct calls to key political figures, including
PM Pedro Sánchez, opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and local
regional presidents.
- The Message: The monarch emphasized that the
state must firmly ensure the security and protection of Spanish autonomous
cities like Ceuta and Melilla.
Political
Aftermath and Friction
- Clash with Sánchez: Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
offered a muted response and took rare public swipes regarding the
situation, while some ministers questioned the timing of potential royal
interventions or a possible royal visit.
- Debate Over a Royal Visit: Local leaders, such as Ceuta's
president and opposition figures like Feijóo, maintain that the King
wishes to visit the autonomous city. However, the central government has
delayed or conditioned any official trip, balancing domestic sovereignty
concerns with diplomatic relations with Morocco.
The King’s fury over Ceuta crisis as Felipe VI delivers one of the strongest statements of his reign
The
King’s fury over Ceuta crisis as Felipe VI delivers one of the strongest
statements of his reign
By Molly
Grace • Updated: 01 Aug 2026 • 22:54 • 3 minutes read
Spain’s
monarch breaks with tradition after deadly migration emergency, demanding the
State guarantees the security of Ceuta and Melilla Spain’s King almost never
speaks like this but as politicians traded accusations over the worst migration
crisis to hit Ceuta in years, Felipe VI abandoned the measured language
expected of a constitutional monarch and delivered a message that has
reverberated across the country.
The King
said he had watched the events in the North African enclave with “great concern
and indignation”, before issuing a serious warning: “The State must ensure the
security of Ceuta and Melilla and prevent these events from happening again.”
For a monarch whose constitutional role depends on political neutrality, the
choice of words was extraordinary. It was not simply a message of sympathy. It
was a clear declaration that what unfolded on Spain’s southern frontier was
unacceptable.
A crisis
that reached the Royal Palace
The
statement, issued by the Royal Household from the Marivent Palace in Mallorca,
came after a day of unprecedented scenes in Ceuta that stunned Spain and much
of Europe. Thousands of migrants crossed into the autonomous city in a matter
of hours, overwhelming security forces, emergency services and local
authorities. The humanitarian cost quickly became apparent, with dozens of
lives lost during the chaos and countless others requiring medical attention.
segunda-feira, 31 de agosto de 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez issued a rare public critique of King Felipe VI, chiding the monarch for never visiting the Spanish semi-exclave of Ceuta during his reign amidst an ongoing migration crisis.
Sánchez
takes rare swipe at Spain’s king over Ceuta crisis
Spanish
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez issued a rare public critique of King Felipe VI, chiding the monarch for never
visiting the Spanish semi-exclave of Ceuta during his reign amidst an ongoing
migration crisis.
In a media
interview on August 31, 2026, Sánchez drew a sharp contrast between his
own record and the Crown's presence in the territory:
- The Prime Minister's Critique: Sánchez stated that while he
has been in power for eight years and has visited Ceuta four times, the
King has not visited once.
- Factual Discrepancy: Sánchez claimed the king had
reigned for 20 years, though Felipe VI actually ascended the throne in
2014. The last time a Spanish head of state visited Ceuta was in 2007,
when former King Juan Carlos I conducted a brief five-hour trip.
- Royal Intervention Refused: According to the Sánchez
government, the King was requested to call Morocco's King Mohammed VI to
help de-escalate the border situation using traditional back-channel
diplomacy, but the monarch reportedly declined.
Context of
the Ceuta Crisis
The
diplomatic friction comes roughly one month after approximately 80,000
migrants crossed into Ceuta within a 24-hour period in late July,
overwhelming border guards and forcing Spain to deploy its military. About
5,000 migrants still remain in the exclave.
Sánchez has
staunchly defended the Moroccan government, asserting that Spanish
intelligence shows no evidence implicating Rabat in the mass influx. Instead,
he attributed the surge to human-trafficking mafias and disinformation
campaigns tied to Russia, Israel, and international far-right groups.
Political
Fallout
The Prime
Minister's remarks have drawn swift internal and international backlash:
- The Right-Wing Opposition: Leaders from opposition parties
like Vox and the People's Party (PP) accused Sánchez of
"servility" toward Morocco and attempting to shift blame onto
the Crown to deflect from his government's failure to protect the border.
Detractors point out that royal travel to sensitive territories like Ceuta
requires explicit government authorization.
- International Friction: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon
Sa'ar responded on X on August 31, 2026, calling Sánchez’s
allegations of Israeli involvement a "brazen lie" intended to
distract from domestic failures
Sánchez takes rare swipe at Spain’s king over Ceuta crisis
Sánchez
takes rare swipe at Spain’s king over Ceuta crisis
The prime
minister pointedly contrasted his government’s hands-on handling of the surge
of migrants in the North African city with the monarch’s absence.
August
31, 2026 12:57 pm CET
By Aitor
Hernández-Morales
Spanish
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez appeared to criticize King Felipe VI on Monday
over his lack of involvement in the ongoing migration crisis in Ceuta, chiding
the monarch for his failure to visit the city.
“There
are more than enough reasons and motives for the head of state to visit Ceuta
and Melilla,” Sánchez told Spanish radio network Cadena SER, giving his first
interview since 72,000 migrants surged into Spain’s North African autonomous
city one month ago.
It is
highly unusual for members of the Spanish government to publicly challenge the
Crown’s actions. Yet Sánchez’s statement hinted at his frustration with the
head of state’s absence from the Ceuta response, which he contrasted with his
own emergency visit to the city, and his government’s on-the-ground handling of
the still unresolved crisis.
“A lot of
people think I’ve been governing for a long time, but I’ve only been in power
for eight years,” said Sánchez, who has visited Ceuta four times since becoming
prime minister. “The king has reigned for 20 years. How many times has he gone
to Ceuta and Melilla? Not once.”
Sánchez’s
statement was technically incorrect: Felipe VI has only been on the throne
since 2014. The prime minister appeared to be referring to former King Juan
Carlos I’s five-hour visit to Ceuta in 2007 — the last time a Spanish head of
state visited the city.
The only
other Spanish heads of state known to have visited were King Alfonso XIII, who
traveled there in 1927, and President of the Second Republic Niceto
Alcalá-Zamora, who visited Ceuta in 1933.
While
declining to “share the content of the conversations I have with the head of
state,” Sánchez emphasized he had recommended the king travel to the city. He
said a royal visit would happen but declined to say when, noting it depended on
“there being the conditions for it to happen.”
In the
past, Spain’s kings have played an important role in the country’s interactions
with Morocco. Juan Carlos I had a deep personal friendship with the late King
Hassan II of Morocco, and was frequently called upon to handle back-channel
negotiations when Madrid and Rabat clashed.
But
Felipe VI is not known to have a similarly close relationship with Morocco’s
current monarch, Mohammed VI. According to the Sánchez government, Spain’s king
was asked to call his counterpart in Rabat in the immediate aftermath of the
crisis but declined to do so.
Thousands
remain
Both the
Spanish government and EU officials previously stated that nearly all of the
unauthorized migrants who had crossed into Ceuta had returned to Morocco within
just a few days, but Sánchez on Monday said that around 5,000 remain in the
Spanish semi-exclave.
Over the
past week, clashes have broken out throughout the city. Several migrants have
been arrested for attacking members of the Spanish military, and Spanish police
had to intervene to protect migrants after a group of locals set fire to the
improvised shelters set up on one of Ceuta’s beaches.
Sánchez
expressed solidarity with Ceuta’s residents and said he was confident normality
would soon be restored. He compared the current situation to previous mass
entries of migrants into the Canary Islands in 2020 and 2021, which he said the
government had been able to handle.
The prime
minister said that in the coming weeks, the approximately 1,200 unaccompanied
minors who entered the city would be relocated to shelters on the Iberian
Peninsula. Nearly all the other migrants are subject to deportation, he said,
because “the majority of people who entered Ceuta did so for economic reasons”
and therefore do not qualify for asylum.
The prime
minister carefully avoided blaming Morocco for the crisis, instead attributing
the surge to human-smuggling mafias, as well as to online campaigns
orchestrated by Russia, Israel and “an international far-right group that
always uses migration not only to attack Spain but also Europe, and divide it.”
“Continuing
to spread defamatory lies will not distract from Sánchez’s disgraceful failure
to manage his country’s affairs,” Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said
on X in response to Sánchez’s interview.
“What
would Morocco gain from these kinds of tactics?” asked Sánchez. “I have no
information from Spanish security forces or our intelligence services that
would cast any doubt on Moroccan authorities.”
“This
crisis can only be resolved with cooperation,” he insisted. “Showing a lack of
confidence in Morocco will only aggravate this situation.”
Governmental
turbulence
Sánchez
denied the suggestion that his government had ignored intelligence warnings and
downplayed the growing rifts within his government regarding who knew what and
when.
Last
week, Defense Minister Margarita Robles told lawmakers in the Spanish
parliament that the National Intelligence Center — which handles foreign and
domestic intelligence as well as counterintelligence — had alerted national
authorities that a surge could take place. The statement contradicted those
made by Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, who has systematically
insisted the government had no way of knowing such a crisis could take place.
In his
statements on Monday, Sánchez attempted to strike a compromise, saying that
while intelligence services had detected an increase in illegal entries into
Ceuta in the days preceding the crisis, none of the alerts they issued
predicted its magnitude.
He also
rejected the criticism he received for going on vacation in the immediate
aftermath of the crisis, saying: “Even politicians have the right to rest, but
I can assure you that the prime minister does not disconnect.”
Sánchez
has previously stated he will not only stand for reelection but that he intends
to remain in power for years to come. On Monday, however, he struck a less
confident tone, saying he would be willing to run for reelection if his
Socialist Party selects him as its candidate next year.
The prime
minister added that his “intention is to complete the term” that concludes next
year, but he declined to rule out calling snap elections ahead of the
nationwide local and regional votes scheduled for next May.
While
conceding that “change is always good,” Sánchez warned of the possibility of
the far-right Vox party coming to power. “We are talking about a regression
that has been seen in other parts of the world and that I, of course, am going
to fight tooth and nail to prevent from happening in our country.”
This
article was updated with comments from Gideon Sa’ar.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Europe Protests as U.S. Invites Russian Minister to Finance Meeting
LiveUpdated
Aug. 31,
2026, 2:15 p.m. ET36 minutes ago
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/31/us/trump-news#section-834653794
Trump
Administration Live Updates: Europe Protests as U.S. Invites Russian Minister
to Finance Meeting
Russia’s
finance minister, Anton Siluanov, attending the G20 ministerial meeting for the
first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.Credit...Sam Wolfe/Reuters
What
We’re Covering Today
- G20 Meeting: The Trump
administration’s decision to invite Russia’s finance minister to a
gathering of top global financial officials in North Carolina drew
immediate protests from European nations on Monday. Europe has sought to
isolate Moscow since it invaded Ukraine in 2022, and the Russian
minister’s surprise appearance comes amid increased tension between
President Trump and longtime allies. Read
more ›
- Middle East: The first
exchange of fire in a month between the United States and Iran
highlighted how their war, which Mr. Trump had promised would end quickly,
has persisted for more than six months despite his attempts to find a
resolution. Read
more ›
G20
Meeting
Aug. 31,
2026, 5:04 a.m. ETAug. 31, 2026
Jim Tankersley and Alan Rappeport
Jim
Tankersley reported from Asheville, N.C., and Alan Rappeport from Washington.
Finance
chiefs from the world’s wealthiest nations are meeting at a challenging moment.
Image
Treasury
Secretary Scott Bessent and the Federal Reserve chairman, Kevin Warsh, in
Asheville, N.C., before the summit. The International Monetary Fund has
projected that global growth will slow this year and that inflation will
rise. Credit...Melissa S. Gerrits/Reuters
Russia’s
finance minister made a surprise appearance at a gathering of top global
economic policymakers on Monday after a prolonged absence, an invitation that
was extended by the Trump administration but drew rebukes and protests from
European officials committed to isolating Moscow for its war against Ukraine.
The
summit of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations,
in the mountain town of Asheville, was billed by the Treasury Department as a
chance to find global cooperation on new economic punishments for Iran and new
strategies to boost growth at a time of stubbornly high inflation and rising
borrowing costs that are straining government budgets.
Instead,
the meeting opened on Monday morning with European outrage over the Russian
finance minister, Anton Siluanov, who was physically in attendance for the
first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
Lars
Klingbeil, the German vice chancellor and finance minister, told reporters that
he had scolded Mr. Siluanov during an early session of the meeting for the
invasion, demanding that Russia end the war and pledging ongoing support for
Ukraine, which was not represented in person at the gathering.
Serhiy
Marchenko, Ukraine’s finance minister, is expected to participate by video
conference on Monday afternoon in a meeting of finance ministers from the Group
of 7 nations that France is leading. France is host of the G7 this year and
will be holding the meeting on the sidelines of the broader G20 gathering.
European
leaders have worked to isolate Russia in the global economy and on the
diplomatic stage, and, at a moment in the war when Moscow has
relentlessly bombarded Kyiv, they did not want anything at the meeting to
suggest that has changed.
“Receiving
the Russian finance minister here sends a signal I find troubling,” Mr.
Klingbeil told reporters on Monday afternoon. “I would have preferred clear
positioning from the U.S. side that he not be received like a regular guest.”
Mr.
Siluanov’s presence was not announced publicly by American officials before the
summit, and White House officials did not respond to questions on Sunday over
whether he had been invited. His appearance came as President Vladimir V. Putin
of Russia was set to join President Xi Jinping of China and President Masoud
Pezeshkian of Iran at a summit in Kyrgyzstan. China’s finance minister and the
head of its central bank were, as is typical, also in attendance at the G20
meeting.
Mr.
Klingbeil said European representatives had unanimously demanded that their
American hosts not include Mr. Siluanov in a traditional group photo from the
summit, threatening to boycott if he was in the picture.
It was
eventually taken without him, and with the Europeans.
Many
Europeans were also upset that representatives from South Africa, a longtime
member of the G20 and Africa’s largest economy, were not invited by the
Treasury Department to Asheville. President Trump announced
last year, after skipping a G20 summit hosted by South Africa, that he
would exclude the country from this year’s meetings, citing a false narrative
that white South Africans were being indiscriminately killed and that their
land was being seized.
Administration
officials invited a group of American business executives, from industries like
banking and cryptocurrency, to meet with the government leaders in an effort to
create networking opportunities between government officials and the private sector.
They rebuffed requests to also include executives from other G20 countries. The
moves have unsettled some attendees at the gathering; Mr. Klingbeil appeared to
have left the first C.E.O. session to speak to reporters.
As he
welcomed his international counterparts to the summit, Treasury Secretary Scott
Bessent said the U.S. wanted to refocus the G20 on its original mission of
accelerating global growth. He said countries needed to work together to
reverse global economic imbalances that were harming many nations.
“A
durable global economy cannot rest on beggar-thy-neighbor acts that stifle
fair, market-based competition,” Mr. Bessent said.
The
summit comes at a pivotal moment, with the International Monetary Fund
projecting that global growth will slow this year and inflation will rise. The
decision by the United States to attack Iran in February disrupted the flow of
oil and pushed energy prices higher, darkening the outlook for a world economy
that has been battered by wars and a pandemic in recent years.
Huddled
in a North Carolina mountain resort, officials were expected to discuss ways to
reinforce global supply chains for commodities such as critical minerals,
opportunities to increase international investment and strategies for reducing
or restructuring debt. The conversations are taking place as the U.S. gross
national debt just
topped $40 trillion, creating anxiety among bondholders and raising fears
about higher borrowing costs.
“Mounting
fiscal pressures, as evidenced by rising bond yields, and a stalled
disinflation process — they are sources of worries both for markets and for
policymakers,” Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the I.M.F., told
reporters ahead of the meetings.
Those
concerns have been especially evident in the United States. In recent weeks,
Mr. Bessent initiated surprising interventions in global currency markets and
in the U.S. bond market in an effort to contain rising borrowing costs. Those
measures have so far been only modestly effective, and they have drawn pushback
from the European Union, which has seen its own currency suffer as a result of
some of Mr. Bessent’s machinations.
Global
leaders also remain wary of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, which has driven up
energy costs worldwide, disrupted supply chains and dragged on growth.
Unifying
the G20 has been a challenge for the administration, as countries continue to
cope with the uncertainty surrounding Mr. Trump’s trade policies and the steep
tariffs that he has imposed on imports, along with fallout from the war.
American
officials have asked allies to join their “Operation Economic Outcast”
initiative, which aims to strangle the Iranian economy and resolve the conflict
through economic sanctions. Mr. Bessent warned last week that countries that
did not sever economic ties with Iran would also face U.S. sanctions.
A senior
Treasury official said in a briefing ahead of the Asheville meetings that the
Iran plans would feature prominently in the discussions. Mr. Bessent signaled
last week that the United States would have limited patience for countries that
maintained economic ties with Iran, and that he hoped other countries would
comply with the Trump administration’s demands to cut off Iran in order to
avoid a broader global economic war.
“Why
would I want to blow up the global financial system?” Mr. Bessent said.
In
another controversy, the Treasury has denied
press credentials for attending the meetings to certain U.S.-based
reporters for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, along with
correspondents for Bloomberg News from several countries.
Germany’s
finance ministry intervened with the Treasury after it initially denied
credentials to German-based reporters from The Times and Bloomberg, who planned
to travel with Mr. Klingbeil to Asheville.
The
ministry succeeded in securing a credential for the Times reporter, the
newspaper’s Berlin bureau chief, but not the Bloomberg reporter.
A
diplomatic official, speaking on the condition of anonymity under a customary
practice in the official’s home country, said German officials viewed the
denial of credentials for Bloomberg, an international news agency, as
unprecedented and unacceptable.
Met Gala exhibition honoring John Galliano is cancelled after backlash
Met Gala
exhibition honoring John Galliano is cancelled after backlash
Fashion
designer was convicted of hate crime by French court in 2011 after series of
racist and antisemitic remarks
Mon 31
Aug 2026 16.00 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/aug/31/met-gala-john-galliano-cancelled
The
controversial fashion designer John Galliano announced
on Monday that an exhibition honoring his work that New York’s Metropolitan
Museum of Art had scheduled to open for the upcoming spring’s Met Gala is not
going to go forward.
The
museum’s decision to honor Galliano, who was convicted of
a hate crime by a French court in 2011 after a series
of racist and antisemitic remarks, had drawn controversy and backlash.
“After
much reflection and discussion with all those involved, I have decided, with
great sadness, that it is best for the exhibition not to take place at this
time,” Galliano wrote in a statement posted
on Instagram on Monday morning.
The
exhibition, titled John
Galliano: Horizons, was announced
in early August and was set to have been kicked off by the annual Met
Gala.
In his
statement on Monday saying that the exhibition was off, Galliano wrote: “I
remain fully accountable for the pain caused by my words in the past,
particularly the hurt I caused to the Jewish and Asian communities, and I
remain deeply sorry.
“I
understand that meaningful atonement is not achieved through an exhibition,
institutional recognition or a single public gesture. It is a continuing
responsibility, demonstrated through listening, learning and one’s conduct over
time.”
He also
wrote: “I do not want the debate surrounding me to place the Met in a difficult
position or distract from the remarkable work of the Costume Institute. I also
recognize and respect that an exhibition honoring my work would be painful for
some.”
In a
separate statement on
Monday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art director and chief executive officer,
Max Hollein, said: “Following thoughtful discussions with John Galliano, we
have together decided not to proceed with the exhibition.”
The Met
trustee Anna Wintour added:
“John’s decision that the exhibition devoted to his work should not take place
at this time is very courageous and a measure of the man he is.
“I
believe this is the right decision, and both he and the museum have my full
support.”
The New
York Times had reported on Friday that opposition to the museum’s
plans with respect to Galliano had grown in recent days among Jewish leaders in
New York City and beyond. The newspaper also reported that some donors had
contacted Met executives and threatened to withdraw gifts to the museum if the
exhibition went ahead as planned.
The New
York City council speaker, Julie Menin, also sent a letter to the
Met leadership, calling the museum’s decision to honor Galliano “a mistake”.
Menin also urged the institution to reconsider.
On
Monday, Menin wrote on social media: “Museums such as The Met must be held to a
high standard of inclusiveness and tolerance, and I am pleased that they have
listened to the concerns I have raised and reacted with the right decision.”
Menin
also described herself as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and the first
Jewish speaker of the New York City
council, saying, “This decision was personal to me, and the Jewish community
and I felt a strong obligation to speak out.”
The New
York Times reported that the Met’s board of trustees had been
scheduled to gather on Monday morning to discuss the exhibition.
The
museum said on Monday that details about “a new spring Costume Institute
exhibition and the 2027 Met Gala will be
announced at a later date”.
The
remarks which resulted in Galliano’s hate crime conviction in France also led
to his being fired as creative director of the famous fashion brand Christian
Dior.
Anniversary of Diana’s death comes just days after Harry and Meghan’s return to UK
Anniversary
of Diana’s death comes just days after Harry and Meghan’s return to UK
The
anniversary comes weeks before Charles Spencer prepares to release his memoir
to counter ‘untruths’ about Diana
Sunday 30
August 2026 08:37 BST
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prince-harry-dianna-death-anniversary-b3041699.html
File
photo dated 06/09/97 of (Left to right) Earl Spencer, Prince William, Prince
Harry and King Charles III, the then Prince of Wales, waiting as the hearse
carrying the coffin of Diana, Princess of Wales prepares to leave Westminster
Abbey following her funeral service. The 29th anniversary of Diana, Princess of
Wales’s death falls on Monday, just days after her youngest son the Duke of
Sussex returned home with his family to live in the UK. Issue date: Sunday
August 30, 2026. (PA)
Monday
marks 29 years since the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. The dat falls just
days after her youngest son the Duke of Sussex returned to live in the UK with
his family.
Six years
after the Megxit crisis, Harry and the Duchess of Sussex have relocated from
California with Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
During a
brief summer stay, Harry took both children, now enrolled in British schools,
to visit Diana’s resting place for the first time.
The
princess rests on a small island in the Round Oval Lake at Northamptonshire’s
Althorp estate, the Spencers ancestral home now cared for by her brother Earl
Spencer.
Next year
will mark the 30th anniversary of the princess’s sudden death following a car
crash in Paris.
Harry
revealed over the summer that he bakes a lemon drizzle cake annually to mark
the date as a "sweet" way to remember his mother.
Diana,
Princess of Wales, died in a Paris car crash in 1997 (John Stillwell/PA)
Diana –
the ex-wife of the now-King – was tragically killed on August 31 1997 when her
sons Princes Harry and William were just 12 and 15.
The
anniversary comes just three weeks before Charles Spencer prepares to release
his deeply personal memoir to counter “untruths” about her life.
Earl
Spencer, Prince William, Prince Harry and the then-Prince of Wales on the day
of Diana’s funeral (Fiona Hanson/PA)
His new
book Swan Song: Diana, My Sister is due out on September 22 and is set to
contain “many revelations that will draw considerable attention”, according to
its publisher.
The earl
famously delivered a passionate eulogy at her funeral, pledging the princess’
“blood family” would protect William and Harry “so that their souls are not
simply immersed by duty and tradition, but can sing openly as you planned”.
He said
of writing the memoir: “With the 30th anniversary of Diana’s tragic death on
the skyline, I’ve been inundated yet again with requests for interviews about
my sister.
“This has
convinced me to write down my own thoughts and memories, once and for all,
rather than having the discomfort of again reading the opinions of others, many
of which are based on untruths that have become accepted over time.”
Earl
Spencer delivers his eulogy at Diana’s funeral in Westminster Abbey (John
Stillwell/PA)
Daniel
Bunyard, publishing director at Penguin Random House UK, said: “While
these pages contain many revelations that will draw considerable attention,
readers will find, for the first time, but also for all time, a fitting tribute
to the beloved woman who was Princess Diana.”
Devoted
fans of the princess usually gather each year at the gates of her former London
home Kensington
Palace to leave flowers and other tributes.
In the
Palace’s Sunken Garden stands the bronze statue of Diana commissioned by the
now-Prince of Wales and Harry, and unveiled by the estranged brothers together
in 2021.
The
then-Duke of Cambridge and Duke of Sussex look at the statue they commissioned
of their mother in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace in 2021 (Dominic
Lipinski/PA)
The pair
put on a united front despite their rift to reveal the sculpture on what would
have been their mother’s 60th birthday.
Their
fallout stretches back to before Harry’s 2018 wedding to American-born former
Suits actress Meghan.
The duke
was apparently angered at what he perceived to be his brother’s “snobbish”
attitude towards his bride, after William questioned whether he should
rush into things.
William
and Harry speak to the crowd at Wembley Stadium during the Concert for Diana in
2007 (Stephen Hird/PA)
But their
relationship deteriorated further during Megxit and after Harry’s accusations
against William and other family members in his Oprah interview, Netflix
documentary and memoir Spare.
William
and the Princess of Wales have yet to comment on Harry and Meghan’s return.
In 2007,
William and Harry commemorated 10 years since their mother’s death together,
staging a pop concert at Wembley on what would have been her 46th birthday, and
an emotional memorial service in London on the actual anniversary.
William
leaves flowers as he and Harry look at tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales
attached to gates of Kensington Palace ahead of the 20th anniversary in 2017
The day
before the 20th anniversary in 2017, the siblings were side by side as they
viewed tributes left for the princess outside Kensington Palace.
The
brothers will be expected to mark this year’s anniversary separately, with a
reunion on the 30th anniversary looking, at this stage, unlikely.
Grand Canyon flash
Grand Canyon
flash
A major
flash flood tore through parts of Grand Canyon National Park, leaving one person dead
and approximately 15 people missing or unaccounted for. The disaster
struck on the afternoon of Saturday, August 29, 2026, forcing emergency
personnel to airlift more than 60 hikers and campers to safety.
🚨 Current Status & Critical
Closures
The National
Park Service (NPS) has issued severe emergency restrictions due to
"extensive damage" to the inner canyon infrastructure:
- Infrastructure Destruction: Torrential waters destroyed
nearly all footbridges spanning Bright Angel Creek, eliminating
pedestrian crossing access. The iconic Black Bridge and Silver
Bridge crossing the Colorado River are closed until further notice.
- Water Emergency & Lodging
Closures: The
floodwaters washed large boulders into the Colorado River, severely
damaging the Trans Canyon water line—the park's primary water
infrastructure. As a result, the park is under Stage 4 water
restrictions. All overnight guest lodgings on the South Rim (including
El Tovar, Bright Angel Lodge, Maswik Lodge, Yavapai Lodge, Phantom Ranch,
and Trailer Village) have halted operations.
- Allowed Access: Day visits and dry camping are
still allowed, and lodging remains open just outside the park entrance in Tusayan.
- River Traffic Blocked: The Colorado River is entirely
closed to river traffic due to heavy metal structures and debris floating
in the water.
🌧️ What Caused the Flood?
According to
the National Weather Service (NWS) in Flagstaff, a series of monsoonal storms
saturated the area early in the day. When the main storm arrived, an additional
0.5 to 1 inch of rain fell in just 20 minutes on the steep, rocky slopes
of the Kaibab Plateau.
The water
rapidly accumulated and rushed down Bright Angel Canyon toward the Colorado
River, dropping roughly 6,000 feet in elevation and transforming into a violent
torrent of mud, logs, boulders, and debris.
🔍 Search and Rescue Efforts
Park rangers
recovered the body of a 46-year-old male hiker on Sunday evening near Crystal
Rapids along the Colorado River. The search continues for the remaining
missing individuals. The NPS has requested that anyone with information
regarding hikers or backpackers who were in the inner canyon along the Bright
Angel Creek corridor on Saturday contact park authorities immediately.
Because the
region remains highly unstable with saturated soil, officials warn that additional
thunderstorms could trigger further flash flooding, landslides, rockfalls,
and changing river conditions through Monday night.
If you are
planning to travel to the area or have family members there, please let me
know. I can provide the latest weather alerts, NPS emergency contact
numbers, or alternative lodging options outside the park
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