SHOULD'VE SENT HARRY!
Kate Middleton and Prince William visit project on how to be nice to your granny – after Harry tells Queen he’s off
WILLS and Kate are visiting a workshop on how to be nice to your grandmother today - after Prince Harry told the Queen he was quitting as a royal.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge put on a brave face as they visited Bradford after a tumultuous week that saw Harry and Meghan Markle announce they were quitting The Firm and moving to Canada.
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But Kate Middleton and Prince William appeared in good spirits for their first public engagement together of the year, with the duchess stunning in a dress by Zara and green McQueen coat paired with the same Zeen earrings she wore in Pakistan.
Today's outing will see them visit a number of community workshops - including one session aimed at strengthening bonds between grandparents and grandchildren.
The pair happily waved to crowds enthusiastically shouting greetings, as Prince William cheerfully dubbed one section the "noisy corner".
Any questions asked from well-wishers about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were reportedly ignored.
The pair moved from outside City Hall to MyLahore, a curry house which does a lot of charitable work in the community, where they immediately got stuck in making mango and kulfi milkshakes.
Curry is said to be a favourite in the Cambridge household, with Kate revealing last year she loves to make them, and Charlotte is "good with heat".
Prince Harry even tried his hand at drumming as he visited grassroots community support group Khidmat Centres - while Kate awarded one lucky royal fan a hug as she met locals.
The couple also met former world boxing champ Amir Khan, who later weighed in over the Megxit drama.
Khan said he felt for the family and thought they needed to sit down together to resolve the issues.
Saying he had personally never experienced racism in the UK, he added: "I feel that Meghan will also be welcomed because the people in Britain are very loving."
It comes just days after the Sussexes dropped a bombshell they were quitting as royals and moving to North America - with Her Majesty making it clear she did not want her grandson to leave the Royal family but accepted the decision.
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And today, Kate, 38, and William were cheered by a huge crowd as they arrived in the West Yorkshire city, with the town hall's bells ringing out to mark the visit.
The couple smiled as they met with city officials - their first joint engagement since the charity event to support mental health support service Shout in November last year.
While speaking to local business leaders, William even chatted about his beloved Aston Villa.
Speaking about injured goalkeeper Tom Heaton, he said: "Poor Tom, it's a horrible injury."
While Wills, 37, had appeared exhausted yesterday morning after the crunch talks with his brother, dad Prince Charles and grandmother the Queen, he was later seen smiling as he presented knighthoods at Buckingham Palace.
The brothers’ bond has not recovered since a falling-out just before the two families appeared together in public with baby Archie for the first time last year.
And it is feared his relationship with brother Harry has reached an all-time low over the chaos, with sources saying there had been a series of furious rows.
Tensions between the pair have grown since, with Wills accusing Harry of “changing” and “speaking rudely to staff”.
It has since been claimed the Sussexes felt forced out because of the "toxic" Royal Family.
The pal told US magazine : "This is not how they wanted to handle this but Meghan and Harry's hand was forced."
Meghan, 38, is still in Canada - having fled the UK as she and Harry unleashed the bombshell news they were quitting.
Harry was locked in crunch talks with the Queen on Monday, with it decided that it "wasn't necessary" for Meghan to phone in from North America.
She was overnight spotted getting on a seaplane from Vancouver Island to Vancouver, while also performing a quiet visit to a women's centre.
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The former actress has been lying low at an £11million retreat on Vancouver Island - now preparing to welcome Harry back in Canada later this week.
Kate and William will today join in with workshops, including one session helping grandparents with child-caring responsibilities and another aimed at bringing people together in religiously and ethnically diverse communities.
The duke and duchess will begin the day at City Hall, in Centenary Square, where they will hear about life in Bradford from a group of young people and meet representatives from local businesses who are helping young people into employment.
Meanwhile, bombshell court papers claimed Meghan was behind a devastating smear campaign against her dad, Thomas Markle.
The documents have been filed by the Mail On Sunday as it fights a legal action bought by Meghan.
They say intimate details of her broken relationship with Thomas, revealed in a US magazine by five “friends,” could only have come from her. They also accuse Meghan of scheming to use friends to pressure UK journalists into dropping stories about her.
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Meanwhile, Princess Anne was yesterday praised for her hard-work - receiving an Honorary Degree in recognition of her contribution to public life.
The Princess Royal has worked with more than 300 charities over 50 years.
Last year alone, the 69-year-old attended 506 official engagements, while Meghan worked 31 days.
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