PRINCES William and Harry will not meet in the USA this week despite both attending awards ceremonies there, according to royal commentator Jennie Bond.

Prince William is due to host his Earthshot awards in Boston this week, while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will pick up the Ripple of Hope award for human rights in New York City.

Ms Bond told GB News: “The Americans have always been obsessed with our Royal Family. I do a lot of public talking, particularly on cruise ships and you get large numbers of Americans on board, and they run towards me to ask me all sorts of questions about the Royals.

“They are fascinated by them and a little bit jealous I think about the fact that we have a royal family.

“There is this rivalry going on as well between Meghan and Harry and the William and Catherine crowd. And a lot of the publicity is about the sibling rivalry, and people are interested in will they meet.

“Well, no. There are absolutely no plans for the two brothers to meet.

She added: “There’s this irony that in a few days’ time, Meghan and Harry are going to be going to the east coast themselves to accept an award under the auspices of JFK’s brother Robert Kennedy.

“So, it’s very ironic. One is launching the second of his Earthshot prizes. While Harry, is accepting an award alongside Meghan for standing up for what is said to be structural racism within the royal family.

“It’s going to stir up a lot of feelings once again.”

On the security threats to Harry and Meghan, Ms Bond told GB News: “The former head of counterterrorism has spoken out about the extraordinarily serious threats which were made against Meghan Markle.

“He said that if you read what was written, the racism within those threats, and the outright threats to her life, it’s clear that she was in considerable danger several times when she was living over here, so it brings up the whole issue of yes, they do need security, clearly.

“But who should pay for that security? I don’t think she’s probably alone in having threats. I’m sure several members of the royal family, I’m sure the Duke of York, for example, and others received threats, but these seem particularly serious according to the top man and we must of course believe him.”