• Prince Harry and his fiancee, American actress Meghan Markle, announced Friday that they would invite about 1,200 members of the public to Windsor Castle to celebrate their marriage in May. The couple will welcome 2,640 people in all to the grounds of their wedding venue to watch the arrival of the bride and groom at the chapel, which will be followed by a carriage procession from the castle, Kensington Palace said in a statement. "Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle have said they want their wedding day to be shaped so as to allow members of the public to feel part of the celebrations, too," the palace said. Members of the public from across Britain and from various walks of life will be nominated to attend the celebration. The couple also invited 200 people from a range of charities and organizations; 100 students from two local schools; 610 members of the Windsor Castle and St. George's Chapel communities; and 530 members of the Royal Households and Crown Estate. The palace announced the couple's engagement in November, after Harry proposed to Markle at his home in Kensington Palace.
• Former radio host Garrison Keillor says he hopes the sexual allegations against him are fading and that he believes Minnesota Public Radio made a grave mistake when it cut ties with him. Keillor's comments followed his first appearance before an audience since the allegations surfaced in November, The Daily Courier in Prescott, Ariz., reported. Minnesota Public Radio has said that a woman who worked with the station as a freelance contributor accused Keillor of dozens of sexually inappropriate incidents over several years. During Keillor's Wednesday night show at Yavapai College in Prescott, the ex-host of the once popular A Prairie Home Companion joked about how the allegations against him must have been contagious in light of other scandals involving former Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., television journalist Charlie Rose and media mogul Harvey Weinstein. Keillor said the controversy made him appreciate his friends. "In the newspaper, they refer to you as a disgraced broadcaster. They refer to this as a scandal, but your true friends, and you don't need that many of them, but you find out for absolute sure who they are in the first two weeks after all of this happens," he said. In an extensive interview last month, Keillor described several sexually suggestive emails he exchanged with the woman -- a former freelance researcher for his show -- as "romantic writing" that never resulted in a physical relationship. Through her attorney, the woman said that Keillor's power over her job made her afraid to say no to him. The Associated Press does not typically name alleged victims of sexual harassment unless they have chosen to go public.
A Section on 03/04/2018