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☆ The Dark Reality of Being a Princess in the British Royal Family
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Samantha Grindell | Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

To millions, it appeared to be the reality for Princess Diana, Kate Middleton, and Meghan Markle. By making the fairy tale feel real, the royal family appears far more accessible — and the British tabloids are more than happy to help. David Levenson/Getty ImagesMeghan and Harry's royal tour of Australia 35 years later stirred up those same bitter feelings among the royal family, the prince recalled in "Harry & Meghan." Princess Diana. More often than not, the princesses marrying into the royal family earn the public's loyalty and love, not those born into the monarchy.

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Tatum told The Associated Press in an interview how he wants to help others in his hometown of St. Louis get that feeling themselves and buy their own homes. He said financial services company SoFi has given the Jayson Tatum Foundation $1 million to help do that. It also offers scholarships to St. Louis high school students along with mentoring. The company also announced a partnership with the NBA to be its official banking partner and is sponsoring the SoFi NBA Play-in Tournament in April. “There are some really good people in St. Louis — people who are really trying to help change their life and their situation.

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"We are making bold decisions to meet our commitments to our shareholders," Fraser, 56, said in a statement. The latest changes have already eliminated 35 committees, Fraser said, citing an example of efforts to reduce bureaucracy. Job cuts are expected, but the bank did not estimate the number of positions being eliminated or the financial impact, sources familiar with the matter said. "Investors are only going to give Citigroup credit for hard numbers meeting their goals," said Eric Compton, banking analyst at Morningstar. Citi is eliminating layers in former divisions Institutional Clients Group and Personal Banking and Wealth Management.

Persons: Jane Fraser, Fraser, Shahmir Khaliq, Andrew Morton, Peter Babej, Gonzalo Luchetti, Andy Sieg, Wells, JPMorgan Chase, Brian Mulberry, Eric Compton, Ernesto Cantu, Mark Mason, Tatiana Bautzer, Saeed Azhar, Medha Singh, Lananh Nguyen, Nick Zieminski, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Citigroup, Citi, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Zacks Investment Management, Morningstar, Wealth Management, International, Thomson Locations: North America, New York

☆ Citigroup's business heads in revamped structure
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The Citigroup Inc (Citi) logo is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. He is an alum of the London Business School and the London School of Economics. In 2021, he became the global head of Citi's treasury and trade solutions arm. ANDY SIEG, WEALTH The incoming head of Citi's wealth management unit starts on Sept. 27, after running Bank of America's powerhouse Merrill Lynch Wealth Management division since 2017. He was previously the head of the consumer bank in Asia and Europe, Middle East and Africa.

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CNN —New audio has been released of Princess Diana talking about how Britain’s Prince Charles – now King Charles III – was disappointed that they were having a boy, not a girl, when Prince Harry was born. The late princess recorded a series of audio tapes in the 1990s and had them secretly delivered to author Andrew Morton before her death in a high-speed car crash in 1997. ABC’s Good Morning America got an exclusive listen to the tapes in which Diana says her husband wouldn’t even talk to her stepmother Raine Spencer. ‘Pain, Raine?’She recalled Spencer reacting by saying she had “no idea how much pain your mother put your father through.”The late Princess responded: ‘Pain, Raine? When asked if he would release more audio, Morton said, “There is global interest, but we’ll have to see what happens.”

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"The royal family are a competitive bunch, they always have been and always will be," royal biographer Andrew Morton told Reuters. "Prince William is the future king, Prince Harry no longer has a royal role. William and Kate will visit Boston, primarily to attend an awards ceremony for the Earthshot environmental prize which the prince set up. In contrast, William and Kate are portrayed in the British media as dutiful and earnest, encapsulating the style of monarchy set by the late queen. "I can tell you that Americans have never been as enthusiastic about the royal family as they are now," said Morton, who was in California to promote his latest book "The Queen".

☆ ‘The Crown’ Season 5 takes dramatic liberties, but here’s where they lean into history
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s marriage miseryDominic West as Prince Charles and Elizabeth Debicki as Diana in Season 5 of "The Crown." The friendship between Prince Phillip and Penny KnatchbullJonathan Pryce as Prince Phillip and Natascha McElhone as Penny Knatchbull in Season 5 of "The Crown." Keith Bernstein/NetflixPenny Knatchbull married the godson of the Duke of Edinburgh, but her friendship with Prince Phillip was solid in a way that went beyond that. The series features Prince Phillip stepping in to help Knatchbull after a family tragedy which leads to years of them growing closer. That dressElizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in the now famous "revenge dress."

☆ Prince Harry’s memoir, titled ‘Spare,’ to come out in January
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

NEW YORK — Prince Harry’s memoir, an object of obsessive anticipation worldwide since first announced last year, is coming out Jan. 10. “For Harry, this is his story at last.”The memoir’s title is an apparent reference to Prince Harry’s being a royal “spare,” not the first in line to succession. William, Prince of Wales, is next in line. The 416-page book will come out in 16 languages, from Dutch to Portuguese, and also will be released in an audio edition read by Prince Harry. “Penguin Random House is honored to be publishing Prince Harry’s candid and emotionally powerful story for readers everywhere,” the global CEO of Penguin Random House, Markus Dohle, said in a statement.

☆ Un documentar despre prinţesa Diana, bazat pe înregistrări inedite, în pregătire
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-06 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: BBCUn documentar despre prinţesa Diana, bazat pe înregistrări inedite, în pregătireNetflix pregăteşte o continuare a documentarului de succes "Diana: In Her Own Words", din 2017, care va fi lansat în 2022 pentru a marca 25 de ani de la moartea prinţesei. Regizorul american Tom Jennings a explicat pentru Daily Mail că pregăteşte documentarul său plecând de la şase ore de înregistrări inedite. "Există şapte ore de înregistrări pe care Diana le-a făcut pentru Morton", explică Tom Jennings. "În filmul nostru de două ore, nu am exploatat decât o oră de înregistrări". Va fi un interes reînnoit pentru Diana, mai ales că va fi lasnat al cincilea sezon al serialului "The Crown".

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