Legal battle over Harry’s US visa documents reopens as William meets farmers – live

The Prince of Wales said it is important to break down any “taboos and stigmas around mental health” as he met young farmers to discuss rural isolation and loneliness.

William was visiting a farm where he took part in a roundtable event hosted by the Farm Safety Foundation, a charity working to address attitudes and behaviours to farm safety and poor mental health in future farmers.

“I love the countryside and I love farming as well,” he told young farmers.

“And I am conscious that it’s an area that needs maybe a little bit of support and understanding that there is access and support out there for young farmers, as well as making sure we are breaking down any taboos and stigmas around mental health.

“Because I think in the farming world it’s maybe not talked about as much as in other sectors – and yet we know it exists.”

A woman who met the King at a Nepali shelter in 1998 has given the Duchess of Edinburgh a handmade gift and “thank you card” for him more than 25 years later.

On the second day of her royal tour Sophie spoke to survivors of trafficking and gender-based violence at Maiti Nepal – an organisation Charles also visited in 1998.

With the cushion was a picture of Ms Shrestha meeting the King and a card thanking him for the money he raised for the refuge.

The note read: “Your Highness King Charles, I hope you are doing well. When you visited Maiti Nepal in 1998 I was just five years old. I don’t remember much but this photo of us fills me with warmth.”

As she received the cushion, Sophie told Ms Shrestha: “That’s beautiful, you’re very clever. I shall give that to him with your love. He’ll be very happy to get it.”

Earlier in the visit, as she greeted the women who live at the refuge in Kathmandu, Pampha Adhakari and Pusba Thapa said they also remembered meeting the King during his visit.

The duchess said: “Well, he’s still the same.”

The Royal British Legion’s Team UK have begun their journey to Vancouver to take part in this year’s Invictus Games.

The team were pictured at Birmingham Airport on Thursday as they prepared to depart for the seventh annual games in Canada.

Prince Harry, a former British Army captain, launched the Invictus Games in 2014 as an international sports tournament for injured and wounded service personnel and returned veterans.

The King’s racing manager has said the late Aga Khan’s influence to continue to be felt for “many generations to come” in the racing world.

The renowned owner-breeder died on Tuesday evening at the age of 88, and was a long-standing friend of the late Queen.

The pair shared a passion for racing that saw him gift a filly for her 80th birthday.

That filly was Estimate, who went on to win the 2013 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, sparking famously joyous scenes in the royal box as she triumphed.

Racing manager John Warren has ranked that day as one of the late Queen’s “most enjoyable” on a racecourse.

In a statement to the PA news agency, Warren said: “Three days before the late Queen died, we sat and watched the video of the 100 years celebration of the Aga Khan Studs.

“Her Majesty remarked how amazing he was, along with his scientific approach to breeding and rearing stock and, of course, Estimate’s success in the Gold Cup gave the Queen one of her most enjoyable day’s racing.”

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have met elderly Gurkha veterans and widows during a visit to a Gurkha Welfare Trust Centre, in Pokhara.

The couple toured the Veterans Residential Home, on day three of their trip to Nepal.

A rare signed letter to Queen Elizabeth I from her lifelong friend and possible love interest, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, has been sold for £32,700 – four times more than the estimated price.

The document contains an enigmatic reference to an unspecified great matter of state, said to bear directly on the Queen’s life.

The earl also apologises in the letter for his elusiveness during his recent journey across the Midlands of England.

His marriage in 1578 to Lettice, dowager countess of Essex, who Elizabeth loathed, is believed to have contributed to his absence and he was forced to keep his marriage half-hidden as a result.

The statesman and Queen had known one another since childhood and although he had failed to win her hand in marriage, they remained close friends until his death.

Experts at Lyon & Turnbull, the auctioneers who sold the letter on Wednesday, traced just two other autographed letters from the earl to Elizabeth.

On Wednesday, Prince William is set to discuss loneliness with two groups to discuss mental health and loneliness.

The visit is intended to highlight William’s commitment to supporting those in farming communities.

In 2023, the Duchy of Cornwall and William launched a new mental health strategy for Duchy tenants designed to prioritise farmers’ mental health and de-stigmatise the issue within the sector.

When it launched, it stated its ambitions to provide mental health care and support via a multi-layered approach. This included the ability to talk to trained staff via a dedicated wellbeing service, as well as staff and farmer training and hosting social events.

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Sophie and the Duke of Edinburgh are currently on a six-day official royal tour of the Nepal to celebrate its close ties to the UK.

On the second day of their trip, the couple held hands as they toured the Godawari National Botanic Garden.

The Duke of Edinburgh joked with his wife as he planted a tree in a Nepali garden, next to two that were planted by his parents almost 40 years ago.

The duke said: “Gosh they’ve done very, very well,” as he was shown the trees from his parents’ previous visit.

The duchess encouraged her husband as he picked up a spade and filled in the hole for the new tree, saying: “Keep going, darling.”