A Homeowner Was Ordered To Demolish A Monster Mansion Worth £200,000

Gurwinder Singh is being forced to demolish the large new house he built in Willenhall after only obtaining planning permission for a modest extension

A man has been ordered to destroy his monster mansion by council chiefs after he built it without planning approval.

Gurwinder Singh bulldozed his modest semi-detached house and replaced it with a four-bedroom property which has made his neighbour’s lives hell.

Here is an image of Gurwinder Singh’s property (left) before the building work began.

Walsall Council has slapped Gurwinder Singh with an enforcement notice ordering him to pull the building down following complaints from neighbours in Willenhall, West Midlands.

It’s believed the brand new house would have cost in the region of £200,000 to build and would have been the largest property in the area.

Gurwinder Singh had planning permission for a mediocre extension in the 1960s house but he went one stage further and demolished the entire structure.

Councillors vetoed a retrospective planning application for the new structure and ordered Gurwinder Singh to pull it down after they received 95 complaints from residents.

Committee Chairman Mike Bird said it was an extremely serious situation, and that an extension was approved and what they got was a brand new house to the disadvantage of the adjacent neighbour. He said that Walsall Council was going to put ‘force’ back into enforcement.

He said that he was sick and tired of seeing breaches of planning regulations around the borough because people believe that they can do it, and the committee is now telling them that they can’t do it because they won’t let them and that when they find out, they will prosecute them.

He said that adjoining neighbours have suffered hell. That there’s been a lack of co-operation from day one and that he welcomed the enforcement, and that they’ve got to be shown to make a stand against people who believe they can build anything they like in relation to the planning permission they receive.

Frank Whiteley, Senior planning enforcement officer said ordering a demolition was a last resort, but he added that it would be extremely difficult to change the current structure which would be similar to demolition.

Residents living near the house, which sits on the corner of Sandringham Avenue and Arundel Road, welcomed the decision.

One neighbour, who wished to remain anonymous, said: ‘I think it’s right that he should tear it down. They said why should anyone get away with breaking the rules. That the house was huge and looked like a horrible monster mansion, and that none of the other houses in the area were that big.

This monster of a house was no doubt developed for his extended family who clearly haven’t arrived yet, perhaps fresh off the boat.

Let’s hear it for the council – singh out loud.

However, you could also say the same about the billionaires and their sub-basement extensions.

Sadly some people believe they can get away with anything. The house looks like a pile of rubbish and perhaps it was a good decision to pull it down.

The house is hideous and looks extremely out of place, and this is yet another story of people not following the rules. Generally, if you ask nicely, and in the right way, you can get planning permission for quite a lot.

The house really looked lovely before Mr Singh destroyed it, and I wonder who the builders were? They must have been some rather dodgy builders because clearly, they weren’t following compliant plans from the council.

Sadly people are doing it everywhere, and Mr Singh was apparently another self-entitled fool who believed the law didn’t apply to him.

Madonna’s Bizarre TikTok Video Raises Eyebrows As Fans Become Concerned About Her Unsettling Appearance

It seems she may have been channelling Madonna, who recently revealed an interesting look with a TikTok filter

A TikTok video shared by Madonna before the Grammy Awards on Sunday has become a cause for concern for fans who were upset about her appearance.

Madge is seen in the less than 15-second clip in a thin top with no bra, chains and plaits puckering up and leaning into the camera.

Fan flooded the comments with questions about the 63-year-olds excessively swollen lips and puffy cheekbones which appeared to be the work of a video filter.

Set to music, Madonna appears in a selfie-style clip with a face morphing filter that seemed to comically enhance her features and turned her brown eyes a milky slate grey.

The Material Girl crooner is braless in a thin black T-shirt accessorised with layers of silver and diamond jewellery.

Her blond hair is braided into several plaits and she has small clips studding her platinum locks.

Madonna’s video has already been viewed more than 8 million times on the social media platform but the response hasn’t all been positive.

One follower commented that her appearance left them unsettled while others asked what she had done to herself and asked if she was on anything and that she should get some help and that sentiment was mirrored by a fourth who asked if she was alright.

One who regularly embraces social media, Madonna has often posted bizarre and revealing, sometimes lewd content.

The adverse remarks don’t appear to concern the idol either, and she was back on TikTok on Monday morning using a glowing new filter for a video set to her new remix Frozen, featuring 070 Shake.

She recently starred in a music video for the modern remix of her 1998 classic Frozen.

The remix is primarily handled by rapper and singer 070 Sake as Madonna didn’t seem to contribute any new vocals to the tune.

The latest remix of Frozen isn’t the first time Madonna has surrendered the limelight to a younger artist on the same track.

In March, she stood almost stationary in another Sickick inspired remix of Frozen, this time featuring lyrics from singer Fireboy DML.

The producers initially achieved a hit on TikTok back in December with his trip-hop inspired take on the song, which was feat.

Madonna was an extremely beautiful young woman back in the day, but over the years she’s got older and is starting to look her age, although now, she’s looking more like an alien, which is rather heartbreaking.

Now you can see the incision scars on her eyelids and the needle marks on her bottom lip and it’s not the Madonna we once knew, that girl has long gone, and now it looks like the outside matches the inside now.

Madonna has a tremendous fan base. I just wish she would realise that she’s attractive without all of this silliness. At the moment she just looks scary, but if her plan was to look absolutely nothing like her actual self and more alienesque, then she nailed it.

Madonna is obviously liked all around the world, but these images were funny and you can’t help but laugh at them, and I really do hope that it gave her the attention that she desired.

Madonna was once an electrifying unique beauty who apparently doesn’t remember how gorgeous she was back then, and perhaps she should look at herself in the mirror because if she did, she wouldn’t recognise herself, and this is all extremely sad because there will be people out there wondering if she’s mentally all there.

‘DUMPED BY EMAIL,’ Says Emily Bridges’ Mother

British Cycling has announced it will ban trans cyclists from racing after suspending its policy following the ongoing debate

The mother of Emily Bridges has promised to take suitable measures after British Cycling reported it will ban transgender cyclists from racing following the suspension of its policy on the matter.

In a statement, the body said the existing policy, which permits trans women to compete in female races if their testosterone levels are below five nanomoles per litre for a period of 12 months, is unfair to all women riders and said a full review would take place in the coming weeks.

The statement added that they understood there were problems concerning the extent to which their existing policy properly reflected the Sports Councils’ Equity Group guidance.

The body has also confirmed it will consult women and the transgender and non-binary communities, as they aspire to provide all within their sport with the transparency and understanding they deserve.

Sandy, Bridges’ mother, however, responded soon after the statement was made public, claiming she’d been dumped in her email inbox, and confirmed the family would make a statement of their own in the next 24 hours.

In a reply to another tweet from a private account, she responded that she would take action, the proper action.

British Cycling had originally cleared transgender cyclist Bridges to ride before the Union Cyclist Internationale (UCI) interceded and prohibited the rider from competing in the British National Omnium Championships last Saturday.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson then joined the transgender controversy on Wednesday when he said that he didn’t believe that biological men should be competing in female sporting events.

Bridges previously received funding of at least £8,000 when she was on British Cycling’s senior academy as a male rider named Zach as recently as 2020.

After beginning hormone therapy last year, she now wants to compete in women’s events but was thwarted last week by the UCI, which has assembled an expert panel to examine her case ahead of a decision next month.

UK Sport however defied Boris Johnson by announcing they would be willing to give public funding to Bridges if she’s cleared to race in women’s events.

UK Sport chief executive Sally Munday said that they would support every or any athlete who a sport or governing body has considered to have prospective potential and is suitable to compete.

She said that with regards to what is said politically, they’ve been transparent in their guidance and that it’s down to sports to determine what the regulations should be.

In recent years numerous trans athletes have started to partake in competitive sports, but it appears that society hasn’t become as progressive as one might think.

There have been many that have applauded this change, but the inclusion of trans athletes in professional competition remains positively contentious with many stressing unfair advantages between trans and cis athletes, and because of this, existing regulations regarding the inclusion of trans athletes are highly challenged and research on the effects of gender-affirming hormones on trans athletes is widely lacking.

The study strives to examine current research on the long term effects of androgens and estrogens on trans athletes and offer insight into the future of trans athletes in professional sports. This was primarily done through a review of Robert et al.’s (2020) study and supplemented with various other contemporary studies.

Robert et al.’s (2020) longitudinal study of 29 trans men and 46 trans women in the US Air Force revealed that while gender-affirming hormones minimised the athletic gap between trans and cis athletes, ergogenic effects during puberty produced inherent advantages that couldn’t be altered by hormone exposure later in life.

Britons Face Tax Hikes… But Not In No 11

Rishi Sunak is scrambling to suppress a row over his billionaire heiress wife’s non-dom status amid claims she could have evaded millions of pounds in UK tax.

Akshata Murthy, whose father is one of India’s wealthiest men, is facing scrutiny after it emerged she’s kept the status despite living in 11 Downing Street with the Chancellor and their children.

It means she was not liable for tax on overseas earnings, including dividends from her father’s company that reportedly came to £11.6 million last year. That sum could have meant £4.4 million to HMRC.

A spokeswoman for Ms Murthy pointed out she is an Indian citizen and stressed she pays UK taxes on UK income. There’s no indication any laws or rules had been violated.

Nevertheless, reforms brought in by the Tory government in 2015 stated that non-dom status was intended to help those from overseas who come to the United Kingdom but don’t plan to remain here permanently.

Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband acknowledged that the arrangements were legal but pointed out the government was making Britons pay more tax after the national insurance hike came in.

He told Sky News that he is the UK Chancellor asking people to pay more taxes, so was it right that his immediate family was sheltering from UK taxes? And that Rishi Sunak and his family should reflect on that.

Mr Miliband also sparked questions by suggesting non-dom status should have been repealed by the last Labour government, although it’s not clear whether that’s the party’s present position.

Boris Johnson blanked questions about Mrs Murthy on a visit to Somerset, saying that as far as they possibly could in politics it was a good thing to steer clear of wives and families in political debate, but in a round of interviews, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the emphasis on Ms Murthy was totally unjust, repeating similar comments from Mr Sunak last week.

Questioned if she was sheltering herself from tax, Mr Kwarteng said he didn’t believe that was true at all and that sheltering sounded as if you were avoiding things.

He said that he believed that she’d been extremely clear, very transparent and that the Chancellor had been extremely transparent, and that this non-dom status had been part of the UK tax system for more than 200 years.

A spokeswoman for the Chancellor’s wife said Akshata Murthy was a citizen of India, the land of her birth and parents’ home.

Rishi Sunak should be made to resign over this debacle.

His wife lives in Downing Street, is married to a man who decides how much tax we pay, and it’s extremely curious that she can dodge one tax, live in the heart of London, in the heart of Government, but claims she doesn’t for tax.

This tax loophole is only legal based on temporary residence. Does this mean that she’s going to leave Rishi Sunak in the near future? It seems extremely unlikely, thus she should consider becoming a permanent citizen so that she can be taxed accordingly.

In order to be exempt, you can only live in the United Kingdom for a certain amount of time. She has lived here continuously since 2018, and this is what people are upset about because it appears there are two laws, one for the wealthy and one for the poor.

Of course, Rishi Sunak will not resign, nor will the Prime Minister for lying to Parliament. When will the penny drop that our present cabinet isn’t even trying to hide their true colours, whilst they cheerfully tax the little people, whilst dodging paying it themselves?

The First Indoor Beach In Britain Will Open In 2025

Work on an extensive new £250 million indoor waterpark in Manchester will begin next year, with the centre opening in 2025.

The park, called Therme Manchester, will feature living water slides, a wave pool and swim-up bars, and has been developed to increase visitors’ mental health and wellbeing.

Located opposite the Trafford Centre on the Event City site, it’s predicted to attract up to two million visitors per year within five years, which would make it the most visited based attraction in Europe.

The next-generation water park will even include immersive digital art, an on-site farm and botanical gardens, all sitting inside glass domes.

The park, which is being billed as the UK’s first city-based wellbeing resort, will cover 28 acres, the size of 19 football pitches.

It was due to open in late 2023 but has been moved back two years and revised plans will be presented to Trafford Council in the summer.

Stelian Iacob, senior vice present of Therme Group Worldwide and CEO of Therme Group UK told a newspaper outlet that their commitment to bring Therme Manchester to the United Kingdom was as strong as ever. He said that expert independent studies had shown the hugely favourable economic and social influence that Therme Manchester would have, helping to create jobs, economic wealth and bringing health and wellbeing to the everyday lives of millions of visitors.

Inside, its extensive family zone will include 35 slides, indoor and outdoor pools, a steam room and exotic palm tree relaxation areas.

The dedicated adult’s area will have warm water lagoons, therapeutic mineral baths and steam rooms and saunas.

There will also be a daily programme of water-based fitness classes as well as yoga, pilates and meditation sessions.

According to the plans, a broad range of well-being treatments will also be available as well as advanced body scanners and professional therapists.

There will also be a range of bars, cafes and restaurants, offering everything from snacks and light bites to à la carte service.

The site will also have a visitor and education centre designed for school and community groups. It has been included in a bid to teach people about health, sustainability, food and nature.

The central focus of the project will be a two-acre well-being garden in the form of a rose.

The developer, the Therme Group, explained that this biodiverse garden for all seasons will be an evolving work of art, with petal-shaped terraces and stunning pools and water features. It will serve as a focal point for socialising, learning and discovery.

Jeeze, at this rate people, will be moving in because it will be more affordable than heating their own homes.

Manchester is known as a bit of a cesspit, but what people don’t know about this part of Manchester is that it has massive shopping malls, indoor skiing, skydiving centre, golf range et cetera, and there are already a bunch of people visiting this region of Manchester and there are two massive football clubs within a couple of miles which get approximately 70 thousand visitors every week, it can’t be all that bad.

It’s all very good opening this, however, living locally they will need to sort out the already crowded roads around the Trafford Centre.

This site will be a considerable biosphere and it will require an abundance of light otherwise there will be germs, no heat, no sunlight and numerous people will say no thanks.

In theory, it sounds amazing, but in fact, a bunch of brawling tattooed Mancunians peeing in the pools really doesn’t sound like the most attractive place to visit.

The Finns Will Decide If They Will Join NATO

Finland may make the call on whether to join NATO only weeks following Russia’s attack on Ukraine, with a decision likely during this spring.

The country may join the transatlantic military alliance despite warnings of retaliation and military and political consequences from the Kremlin.

Prime Minister Sanna Marin this weekend said that both joining NATO and not joining are choices that have consequences. She said that they need to consider both the short term and long term effects, but at the same time, they must keep in mind their goal, ensuring the safety of Finland and Finns in all situations.

Sanna Marin added that Finland’s association with neighbouring Russia had altered irreversibly after the attack on Ukraine and that it takes a lot of time and work for trust to be restored.

Finland shares an 830 mile (1,340 kilometre) border with Russia, the longest by any European Union member.

It has remained military non aligned, therefore not engaging in combat or warfare, since the end of the Cold War for fear of provoking Moscow.

This weekend the country’s foreign minister Pekka Haavisto said Russia’s activities in Ukraine have completely altered the security geography in Finland.

He told Kyodo News that Finland must be prepared for more negative military tactics.

This comes despite indications of retaliation from Moscow should the nation join NATO.

Last month a Russian politician warned of serious military and political consequences if Finland and Sweden joined the alliance.

Russian Foreign Ministry Second European Department Director Sergei Belyayev told Interfax that it was evident that Finland and Sweden’s joining NATO, which is a military alliance in the first place, would have profound military and political consequences requiring use to revise the entire range of relations with those nations and take retaliatory measures.

Last month Finland also noticed interference with passenger jet’s GPS signals near Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave and the country’s eastern border with Moscow.

Finnish airline Finnair said its pilots had noticed the disturbances near Kaliningrad, which is sandwiched between NATO members Lithuania and Poland on the Baltic Sea’s east coast.

Other aircraft reported unusual disturbances in GPS signals near Finland’s eastern border with Russia, with aircraft unable to disembark at Savonlinna airport due to the interference.

In February Helsinki also received letters from Russia, requesting clarity on the Nordic nation’s future concerning security.

Haavisto then told a newspaper outlet the instance reminded him of the Cold War when the country was used to this sort of Russian letter asking for consultations.

In December 2019, Marin was nominated by the Social Democratic Party to succeed Antti Rinne as the Prime Minister of Finland, but Antti Rinne formally remained party leader until June 2020.

In a narrow vote, Marin conquered Antti Lindtman.

The majority of ministers in her five-party cabinet are women, numbering 12 out of 19 at the time of the cabinet’s formation, and she’s the third female head of government in Finland, after Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Mari Kiviniemi.

Upon her confirmation by Parliament at the age of 34, she became Finland’s youngest-ever prime minister and was the youngest serving state leader until Sebastian Kurz regained the title in January 2020.

Vladimir Putin has started the most senseless conflict in history and quite clearly Finland isn’t going to let Vladimir Putin’s threats discourage them, but how will this end?

Is there anyone foolish enough to take Vladimir Putin out because he clearly seems to have lost his mind, and shouldn’t be allowed to stay in power?

The US has made it extremely apparent it has no interest in becoming a direct participant in the war and of course, any removal by force of a foreign head of state would definitely qualify as an act of war.

Some people are asking if we are close to World War III. Well, some analysts are saying that we’re already there and have been for several years, and the rationale is that a 21st-century world war would look significantly different to those of the 20th century.

For now, NATO is managing to stay out of it, ensuring it stays a conflict between Ukraine and Russia, but given that NATO is giving arms to Ukraine, conducting cyber offensive attacks and has launched an all-out economic war, it’s not unreasonable to believe that we’re already in a form of conflict with Russia.

If Vladimir Putin is eventually found guilty of war crimes, how will they go about bringing him and his associates to justice? Well, assuming that Vladimir Putin is removed from office and survives, then his successor might decide to hand him over for trial at the International Criminal Court, but Vladimir Putin will always retain some supporters in Russia, whatever happens, so the possibility of seeing Vladimir Putin in court one day is extremely slim.

And of course, the very worst-case scenario that could happen with Vladimir Putin’s special military operation is that there could be a nuclear attack, ordered by Vladimir Putin in an act of desperation to try to ensure a Russian victory.

Number 10 Has No Cost-Of-Living Crisis!

The prime minister (pictured walking into Claridge’s on Thursday) is also said to have ‘laughed off’ the ongoing Partygate investigations by the Metropolitan Police, telling guests: ‘There won’t be any questionnaires sent out to those attending this event.’

A report declared that just hours before the drastic new cost of living bills came into place for Britons, Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosted lavish champagne and canapes do and quipped about Partygate.

On Thursday night, Boris Johnson and fellow Cabinet ministers went to Claridge’s in London’s Mayfair to schmooze Tory donors, ahead of the life-changing rise in costs for bills and council tax for the people of the United Kingdom.

At Claridge’s Hotel on Thursday 31 March, Boris ate ‘fancy canapes’ and drank champagne for two hours with 150 other guests.

The next day saw millions of ordinary Britons face an invasion on their budgets because council tax, car tax, national insurance, water ills and the cost of broadband, phones and TV were all going up in April.

Households are suffering a tremendous hit on living standards as the price of gas and electricity skyrockets by 54 per cent, as regulator Ofgem raised the price cap for an average home to £1,971 from £1,277. Experts anticipate it will be about £2,700 a year from October.

All the while Boris Johnson was wooing rich donors, with his aim to get money for the Conservative’s marginal seats fund.

He was also have said to have laughed off the ongoing Partygate investigations by the Metropolitan Police, telling guests that he could assure them that they wouldn’t be sent any questionnaires for attending the event.

According to a newspaper outlet, Cabinet ministers and MPs, including Home Secretary Priti Patel were also in attendance as Parliament broke up for Easter.

They joined the remaining 150 guests at the five-star hotel, feasted on fancy canapes and sipped champagne for two hours on Thursday 31 March.

The Prime Minister wasn’t seen to have joined in on the boozing.

The timing of the event, as well as jokes of Partygate when Downing Street officials have been issued with the first set of £50 fines, comes on the eve of a tremendous hit to people’s wallets.

Downing Street officials who attended a boozy leaving do while indoor events were prohibited due to COVID have started receiving £50 fines over the lockdown busting party.

The first fixed penalty notice from the police investigating the Partygate saga arrived through email to those found to have disregarded the law.

They relate to a party in June 2020, understood to be a leaving do for an associate, Hannah Young, who was departing Downing Street for a Government position in the US.

Also named Bleak Friday, April 1 saw all 66 million Britons face an invasion on their budget because council tax, car tax, national insurance, water bills and the cost of broadband, phones and TV are all going up in April.

Boris Johnson is laughing at you, yes you, the ordinary person and we should quit voting for them, not enabling them. Yet people voted for this obsessive liar, despite knowing he was full of baloney.

People are just mooing animals to the Tories who can be easily convinced of any old rubbish. But we can no longer blame the politicians – fool me once shame on them, fool me repeatedly, shame on me!

And Boris Johnson is laughing because he knows he’ll probably get re-elected. But the problem is we say the self-same thing about Labour when they do get elected and it’s about time we had some new players.

This Tory government aren’t out of touch with reality, they just couldn’t care less about the people as long as their fat snouts are in the trough.

It’s just a shame that Boris Johnson didn’t put on the side of a bus that energy prices would go up – nobody would have voted for Brexit then. Come to think of it, they probably wouldn’t have voted for Boris either!

President Vladimir Putin Orders The Conscription Of 134,500 Additional Soldiers

A Ukrainian soldier takes a selfie next to a destroyed Russian tank in the Sumy region, Ukraine, 30 March 2022

President Vladimir Putin has ordered 134,500 more draftees to join his troops as Russia’s forces continue to struggle to make substantial gains in Ukraine.

The Russian dictator signed a decree ordering the new draftees into the military as part of Russia’s annual spring draft. Despite Moscow’s struggles, the defence ministry argued the call up had nothing to do with the conflict in Ukraine.

Putin vowed not to send young, untrained conscripts to the front lines of the war in Ukraine – but has since broken that promise

The order came five weeks into Russia’s invasion, which has run into fierce Ukrainian opposition that has imposed devastating casualties on Moscow’s troops.

As the decree was signed, Pro Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine declared they now control virtually all of the Lugansk region and more than half of the Donetsk region after Moscow made those territories its primary military goal.

The foreign ministry of the self-proclaimed republic said in a Telegrampost that more than 90 per cent of the Lugansk region had been freed. The head of the Donetsk separatists said 55 to 60 per cent of the area was under Russian control.

The declarations, which came after Russia said this week that it would deescalate its more attacks further west in Ukraine, couldn’t be independently confirmed.

Later, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that Russian squads in Ukraine were not withdrawing but regrouping.

Jens Stoltenberg also said the alliance had yet to be convinced that Russia was negotiating in good faith in peace talks in Istanbul because Moscow’s military objective since launching its attack on Ukraine had not altered.

Speaking on Tuesday as Vladimir Putin signed the decree, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that none of the 134,500 call ups would be sent to any hot spots.

The issue of conscripts’ involvement in the fight was highly sensitive.

On March 9, the defence ministry admitted that some had been sent to Ukraine after Vladimir Putin had renounced this on various occasions, saying only experienced soldiers and officers had been sent in.

Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said at the time that the president had ordered military prosecutors to examine and redress the officials responsible for disregarding his instructions to exclude conscripts.

Vladimir Putin’s decree said that the annual spring military draft, which runs from April 1 to July 15, will impact Russian men between the ages of 18 and 27.

Shoigu said that those called up would start to be dispatched to their designated bases in late May.

The fact is that 134,500 young men, probably from impoverished families, with no links to the government will be sent to their death by weakling Vladimir Putin.

Vladimir Putin thinks that he’s a real leader, but he’s not sending his own family to their death. He’s willing to send children of others, husbands of others, fathers of others, brothers of others to their death, but yet Vladimir Putin is not to be seen anywhere.

I thought that Vladimir Putin wanted peace talks, but actually, all he wants is war because he’s a real warmonger, and these draftees will be used like Russian soldiers in World War II, and this is 134,500 more unsuspecting fools Vladimir Putin has duped.

Vladimir Putin doesn’t give a hoot about the law, and it appears that the Russians can’t do anything about it.

It seems that Vladimir Putin can enlist as many people as he wants, even if they are untrained and using decades-old equipment, it doesn’t make a shred of difference, and as bad as it sounds most of those people will be heading back to Russia in body bags. Who will he send in after that?

It Would Have Been Appropriate For Prince Harry To Be Here To Honour His Grandfather

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at Global Citizen Live in New York on September 25, 2021.

Prince Harry has been criticised for remaining in California and not bothering to attend Prince Philip’s memorial at Westminster Abbey, with the late Duke’s former protection officer describing his absence as pathetic.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex remained at their $14 million mansion in Montecito while the rest of the Royal Family, including the Queen despite recent health problems, assembled in London for the poignant occasion.

Harry, who’s expected to journey to the Netherlands in two weeks to attend the Invictus Games, refused to travel over a row about his security.

The Duke, 37, is pursuing a legal challenge against the Home Office after being told he would no longer be given the same degree of personal protective security when visiting from the US, despite offering to pay for it himself.

However, his excuse was branded pathetic by Richard Griffin, who spent 14 years as a royal protection officer for Prince Philip.

He said that Prince Philip was their grandfather so William had clearly had excellent training from him and is going to learn examples from him. He said that he just hopes that Harry gets some of those things in his mind, and he said that Harry not being there was a big disappointment for everyone and that people were talking about it saying that he should have been there.

And he said that it was all drivel about how he couldn’t get security, and that as far as he was concerned it was a pitiful reason and that he should have been there to honour his grandfather.

He said that at the end of the day, if he was that worried about security, he could’ve stuck with his brother and father who’ve got great security and he would have been more than safe.

Royal expert Angela Levin tweeted that it was heartwarming to see the great-grandchildren at Prince Philip’s thanksgiving service, with an abundance of royals, and hundreds of those connected to his charities. No one will forget or forgive he who doesn’t feel safe.

Fans took to Twitter to criticise the Duke of Sussex, and one wrote that they always defend Prince Harry no matter what but now he could royally kiss his fat a–. Because he’s far too important to attend his grandfather’s memorial.

Another said that it was disgraceful that Prince Harry refused to attend, but that this was the same man that trashed his family on global TV while his grandfather lay extremely unwell in hospital.

It appears that the Queen might have to sit alone for the memorial because Harry won’t come back to England because he doesn’t feel safe, but then she does have another grandson, but then Harry knows he’s made a huge mistake with this up and coming book.

There is no way he’s going to come back and be all cordial and nice when he’s about to pierce a blade in the backs of those who have shown nothing but love for him, but then we actually don’t know what goes on behind closed doors, do we!

But there are also a lot of people who are saying that Harry is being controlled by his wife and that she has alienated herself from the Royal Family.

Harry had a family, friends in England, and let’s face it England is a lovely country to live in, but then I guess he didn’t want anything to happen to his wife, like what happened to his mother and he wants his family to be safe, and that’s understandable as well.

There are some people that are saying that he’s not being a good example to his children. Well, there are a lot of families who don’t see each other and their grandchildren because families do move away to make a better life for themselves, it happens all the time, but we don’t hear about those people, do we?

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