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topicnews · July 17, 2025

Desperated Royals tried to censor the king's funeral plans,

Desperated Royals tried to censor the king's funeral plans,

Buckingham Palace's top helper are in a tail spin after the planned plans for the death of King Charles were made into the media – which divides huge censorship surgery in order to “contain the spill”.

The leak too The Daily Telegraph Details revealed, such as Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, would be of central importance for the funeral of the current British monarch – something that actively plan for civil servants when he fights against cancer.

Despite the public fracture of the king's relationship, his younger son, who was also with brother William in Loggerheads. Prince William will have become Charles König at the time of the funeral.

The royal family together on the balcony in Buckingham Palace in happier times. Karwai Tang/Karwai Tang/Wirmage

Plans for the funeral, the “London Bridge” called the code, are the most sensitive royal secrets that are carefully planned by Höflingen and ultimately monitored by the king itself.

If the telegraph Published the revelations on the front page with the heading “Prince Harry and Meghan in Kern of King's funeral plans”. It was the first content -related insight that British papers had given their readers an event of worldwide importance.

However, as soon as it was published, the courtes began an extraordinary operation to stop the spread of future reconciliation, although the Daily Beast can disclose that the leak comes from Buckingham Palace.

Insiders say that the remarkable episode offers an insight into the type of “Eisenfaust in a velvet glove” that take place behind the curtain of the British royal family in order to control the narrative about the institution.

Several sources have informed The Daily Beast that the king's most high -ranking spin doctor, Tobyn Andreae, “a collapse on the phone” to the editors on telegraphA reliable pro monarchy publication, about her London bridge story.

Tobyn Andreae
Tobyn Andreae has been working for Charles since 2022. Mark Cuthbert/Mark Cuthbert/UK Press

“These new details about the London Bridge, including its Harry and Meghan, are invited to central roles and that the mourning time is shortened have found their way to the way to the way telegraph Exclusive, ”said a well -placed Fleet Street Source.

“Before the publication there was a conversation with the palace communication team. Tobyn [Andreae] Was very, very, unhappy. He was directly involved and campaigned for the telegraph for more than 24 hours to influence timing and the publication conditions. “

But, said a second source, a high -ranking journalist with knowledge of the situation, his editors did not want to be “controlled”. That was “bad” with Andreae, who was “very resistant to publication”.

The source said: “There was a heated call. In the end, the view was taken that the paper was necessary to protect its editorial independence, and it decided to publish her scoop if it wanted what was available from Tobyns [Andreae’s] View was premature. “

However, according to a source, a censorship surgery was that Andraea tried “to contain the spill”.

King Charles III. And Tobyn Andreae
He is now one of the king's senior consultants. Max Mumby/Indigo/Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images

Andreae used a WhatsApp group with other journalists who report the royal family for British newspapers and television stations – a group called “Royal Rota” – to destroy them telegraph History and legends there are consequences for every outlet that uses the information.

In a message that is characterized by the Daily Beast with “not for reporting in any form” Daily Mail And Post on Sundaycriticized the article as “not surprised” and “downright insulting”, since King Charles is currently fighting against cancer, and warned that the sales outlets that repeated his details “receive support in the future”.

In what Andreae referred to as “gentle advice” to the group, which has around 15 members, and the “International Rota” group, which has about 30, he wrote: “While we are not withdrawn to the details or accuracy of the claims, the Bridges have not yet been completed and there are no active planning outside of the entire shop.

“Speculations about the deposit planning are deeply uncomfortable under normal circumstances – but almost insulting, since HMK [His Majesty the King] Lives with cancer, continues with the treatment … and is doing very well, as they have all seen in the past few weeks and months.

“This type of article is therefore unsurpassed, no matter how” sensitive framed “. It is also a violation of the clear understanding that Royal Reporter cannot write speculative pieces on bridge planning, regardless of the source to support media in operational planning. “

Tobyn Andreae what is app messages illustration
A model of WhatsApp Text message Tobyn Andreae sent the Royal Rota Group on the evening of June 27, 2025.
Photo illustration by Eric Fase/The Daily Beast
Tobyn Andreae what is app messages illustration
Photo illustration by Eric Fase/The Daily Beast
Tobyn Andreae what is app messages illustration
Photo illustration by Eric Fase/The Daily Beast
Tobyn Andreae what is app messages illustration
Photo illustration by Eric Fase/The Daily Beast

Andreaes threats from a distant “help”, which was sent to the influential group of the Royal Rota correspondent, had the intended effect. No other British outlet repeated the details in the printed telegraphDespite their reputation as an establishment newspaper with reliable royal sources. Some details were repeated in the US media.

In addition to the claims about the Sussexes, the newspaper showed that King Charles' lifelong commitment to the environment with the inclusion of sustainable elements, wherever possible, is recognized, and that the time of national grief died from his death to the day of his funeral.

Prince William, Prince of Wales, King Charles III, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Anne, Princess Royal
Prince William, Prince Harry and King Charles came together at the Queen's funeral. Jeff J Mitchell/Jeff J Mitchell – Wpa -Pool/Getty

The censorship offer was assembled before another bomb hit the Royals: another leak, this time of a supposed “peace summit” between the king's courtes and the helper of Prince Harry.

In the late Saturday, details of a meeting Andreae had details in an exclusive London club, whose member he is a member, with Meredith Maines, who operates general and media operations for the Sussexes in the USA, and Liam Maguire, who operates her communication operation in Great Britain Post on Sunday.

Tobyn Andreae
Andreae worked for the palace in an extremely high time in the relationship between the royal family and the media. Andrew Milligan – PA Bilder/Andrew Milligan/PA Pictures about Getty Images

Pictures of the summit were taken in long -litter photos, which were taken from paper by a well -informed photographer, the publisher of which is currently being sued Harry because of allegedly his phone and other illegal information that gather at the age of 30. The paper denies the allegations.

Buckingham Palace and The Daily Telegraph I don't have answers to a request for comments. A Sussexes spokesman said that they never comment on London Bridge's planning.