A number of Wednesday’s front pages reflect on the Duke of Sussex’s appearance at the High Court in London challenging a Home Office decision to set the level of his personal security while he is in Britain on a “case by case” basis. “Sidelined” is Metro’s headline as the paper touts a “deep royal split revealed”. The paper says King Charles III flew off to Rome without seeing Prince Harry “even though he landed in Britain a whole day before”.
The front of the Daily Mail reports on a “day of royal drama” at the High Court in London. The paper also notes that Prince Harry’s wife, the Duchess of Sussex, released the first episode of her much-anticipated new podcast series, Confessions Of A Female Founder, on the same day where she discussed suffering an episode of “scary” poor health after childbirth. The tabloid splashes on Health Secretary Wes Streeting giving his support to a Daily Mail campaign for prostate cancer national screening.
“Moan alone” is the headline on the front of Wednesday’s the Sun as it pictures Prince Harry outside the High Court and his father in Italy. The paper says the royals have been “estranged for 14 months”.
Prince Harry is pictured waving on the front of the Guardian as the paper says he feels “singled out for inferior treatment” over his security arrangements. Trump’s tariff turbulence continues to be a theme on other front pages, including the Guardian which says China and the US are on a “collision course for all-out trade war” as the tariffs look set to hit at midnight US time.
The clock ticks for Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs to take effect at midnight, as the Financial Times continues to analyse the latest “business backlash”. The paper’s headline says Trump is “poised to ignite global trade war with steepest tariffs in a century”.
Trump’s tariffs dominate the front page of the i Paper which describes China being hit with 104% levies as a “major trade war escalation” as it says Beijing vows to “fight to the end”. Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice is pictured wheeling away after scoring one of two stunning free kicks against Real Madrid in the Champions League. “Rice, Rice baby!” is the sub-headline.
Sticking with American politics, the Daily Telegraph leads with a very public mud-slinging match between Elon Musk and Trump’s top trade adviser, Peter Navarro. Musk has branded Navarro a “moron” and “dumber than a sack of bricks” while Navarro has told Musk to “stay in his Doge lane”, the paper says. Moving closer to home, Matt’s cartoon looks at the ongoing issues in Birmingham with an Easter bunny planting eggs among bin bags.
The Daily Mirror’s front page features a photo of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in Huddersfield. “A cruel life” is the tabloid’s headline as it reports on Ahmad Mamdouh Al Ibrahim who the paper says fled Syria after being injured in a bombing. He had “very recently” arrived in the UK for a new life, the Mirror says.
The Times leads with a story on London falling out of top five wealthiest cities as millionaires leave the capital. The paper says it has lost 11,300 dollar millionaires over the past year, a higher proportion than anywhere other than Moscow.
Dacorum borough council in Hertfordshire features on the front of the Daily Express as the paper looks at the authority’s decision not to allow a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day because it is “elitist”. The move has been branded by Reform UK’s Richard Tice as “bonkers”, the Daily Express reports.
Finally, the Daily Star’s front page features two wolf cubs above the headline “Jurassic Bark”. The tabloid says “dire wolves extinct for 10,000 years are brought back to life”. Otago University’s paleogeneticist Dr Nic Rawlence has told the BBC he disputes the claim dire wolves were brought back from extinction.
