Harry and Meghan attend Bob Marley film premiere in Jamaica
Harry and Meghan have been spotted on the red carpet in Jamaica, attending the premiere of a film celebrating the life of Bob Marley.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were photographed with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness in Kingston, who is accelerating plans to make the Caribbean nation a republic.
Mr Holness previously told William and Kate during their 2022 tour to the Caribbean that Jamaica was “moving on” and intended to “fulfil our true ambitions and destiny as an independent, developed, prosperous country”.
The couple were also pictured with Jamaica’s minister of legal and constitutional affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte, at the One Love premiere.
She told Sky News last May, prior to the King’s coronation, that the country was looking to “write a new constitution… which [would] sever ties with the monarch as our head of state”.
Ms Malahoo Forte had said a referendum to render Jamaica a republic could be held “as early as” this year, meaning it could soon become independent of the British monarchy and have its own president.
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The Sussexes’ appearance comes as the King prepares to undergo hospital treatment for an enlarged prostate, and the Princess of Wales remains in hospital after abdominal surgery.
Harry previously travelled to Jamaica in 2012 during a Diamond Jubilee tour in honour of his grandmother, the late Queen, marking 60 years of her reign.
Prince Harry ran alongside Usain Bolt during his 2012 visit. Pic: PA
The trip was considered a success as Harry competed with 100m champion Usain Bolt on the track and met with then Jamaican prime minister Portia Simpson-Miller, who welcomed him but was keen to remove Elizabeth II as head of state.
Meghan also has ties with Jamaica, having previously written she had visited its slums with her mother when she was 10 to learn about the “harsh realities” of life.
She had also married her first husband, film producer Trevor Engelson, on a Jamaican beach in 2011 before the couple divorced soon after.
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Posting about the film premiere on social media, Mr Holness said it signified a “momentous occasion for our nation and the global community”.
He added: “Bob Marley’s ability to connect people through his music, transcending cultural and geographical boundaries, has made him a symbol of unity and resilience.
“As we celebrate the premiere of this film, let us reflect on the enduring impact of Bob Marley’s work, recognising the importance of his contribution to global conversations on peace, love, and social change.”
The biopic will be released in February and stars British actors Kingsley Ben-Adir as Marley, and Lashana Lynch as his wife, Rita.
Donald Trump has said he is considering “taking away” the US citizenship of actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, despite a Supreme Court ruling that expressly prohibits a government from doing so.
In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, the US president said: “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship.”
He also labelled O’Donnell, who has moved to Ireland, as a “threat to humanity” and said she should “remain in the wonderful country of Ireland, if they want her”.
O’Donnell responded on Instagram by posting a photograph of Mr Trump with Jeffrey Epstein.
“You are everything that is wrong with America and I’m everything you hate about what’s still right with it,” she wrote in the caption.
“I’m not yours to silence. I never was.”
Rosie O’Donnell moved to Ireland after Donald Trump secured a second term. Pic: AP
O’Donnell moved to Ireland with her 12-year-old son in January after Mr Trump had secured a second term.
She has said she’s in the process of obtaining Irish citizenship based on family lineage and that she would only return to the US “when it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America”.
O’Donnell and the US president have criticised each other publicly for years, in an often-bitter back-and-forth that predates Mr Trump’s move into politics.
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This is just the latest threat by the president to revoke the citizenship of someone he has disagreed with, most recently his former ally Elon Musk.
But the two situations are different as while Musk was born in South Africa, O’Donnell was born in the US and has a constitutional right to American citizenship.
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Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, said the Supreme Court ruled in a 1967 case that the fourteenth amendment of the constitution prevents the government from taking away citizenship.
“The president has no authority to take away the citizenship of a native-born US citizen,” he added.
“In short, we are nation founded on the principle that the people choose the government; the government cannot choose the people.”
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